The queen leaned her head on the emperor's shoulder and said sullenly, "I won't go to see my son."
The emperor held the queen's shoulder, he felt sorry for Qing Ran, "I have news for you, Zhou Shuren's wife and daughter will come to the capital in a few days, don't you want to meet them? You can summon them now."
The Queen's voice rose a few notches, "Really?"
"It's absolutely true. This is the news from Jinzhou."
The queen no longer relied on the emperor, "Then I will choose a day to summon them."
Early the next morning, Chang Lian's family and Rongchuan went to the capital. At noon, Tao also came from Ran Mansion and took away Mingyun's horoscope.
The horoscope matching went smoothly. Although it was not a match made in heaven, it could be considered a good marriage. Then an auspicious day for engagement was chosen, and Zhulan prepared to set off for the capital.
The night before leaving, Zhulan hugged her son and said, "Mom will leave you at home to accompany Dad. You have to help me take good care of Dad."
Changzhong originally pouted and wanted to cry. He didn't want to leave his mother. But after hearing what his mother said, the grievance in his heart disappeared. "Mom, I will take good care of Dad."
Zhulan kissed her son and said, "My dear son, you are so good."
Changzhong hugged his mother's neck and said, "Mom, you have to come back early. Dad and I are waiting for you at home."
Zhulan didn't want to leave after hearing this. She hugged her son tightly and said, "Mom, I've thought about it and decided to take you with me."
Changzhong was conflicted. He wanted to go with his mother, but he couldn't bear to leave his father. He turned around and looked at his father, "Mom, I'm staying at home with Dad. Dad must have cried the last time he was alone at home."
Zhou Shuren, “… .”
He was just teasing his son, but the boy remembered it very clearly.
The next day, Zhulan and Xuehan got on the carriage. Zhulan didn't dare to open the curtain and look back. This was the first time her son had left her since he was born, and she was afraid that she would be reluctant to let him go.
Zhulan waited for a while, feeling tormented. She was afraid that her son would cry, so she couldn't help but secretly open the curtain to take a look. As a result, only Li was left at the gate, and everyone else had returned to the yard.
Xue Han saw her mother's expression freeze and laughed secretly, "Mom, I just secretly looked and saw that I have already gone back with my fourth brother. I didn't cry."
Zhulan finally understood Zhou Shuren’s feelings. This kid was reluctant to leave in the morning!
At Zhou's house, Changzhong recited the enlightenment book for a while, then stopped, "I want to go eat some fruit. Mom is waiting for me to come back and eat some fruit."
Changzhi stopped his younger brother and said, "You forgot that mother had already gone to the capital this morning."
Changzhong was dispirited. He forgot, "Fourth brother, I miss my mother."
Changzhi touched the little guy's head and said, "Mom will be back in a few days."
It would have been fine if Changzhi didn't touch his head, but when he did, Changzhong started crying, "I miss mom, mom likes to touch my head, fourth brother, I miss mom."
Changzhi wanted to pull his own hand, so that he could not hold it anymore, and picked up his little brother, "Okay, stop crying, Fourth Brother will take you to the garden to play."
"No, I want my mother."
Chang Zhi remembered that he was sweating profusely. He could only hug her and try to comfort her, but it didn't work. He really had no other choice but to say, "Fourth Brother will take you to see your nephews and nieces. Didn't you keep clamoring to see them?"
Changzhong listened and asked with tears in his eyes, "Really?"
"Come on, Fourth Brother will take you to see it now."
Changzhong stopped crying and looked at his fourth brother eagerly. When his mother was at home, she didn't let him go to his fourth brother's yard to see his nephews and nieces. Now that his fourth brother was taking him there personally, even if his mother knew about it, he would have something to say.
Changzhong wiped his tears and said, "I can only watch but not do anything."
Changzhi smiled and said, "Okay, I'll just watch but not do anything."
In the fourth room, Changzhong saw his little nephew and niece and exclaimed, "They are so young, no wonder mother didn't allow me to come over."
Changzhi smiled, "You also grew up this size."
Changzhong didn't believe it, "Mom said I'm a fat boy."
Changzhi weighed his brother and said, "He is indeed a fat boy."
Chang Zhong stretched his head and looked at the little baby. "Mom said that my nephews and nieces will be big when they are one month old, and she will bring me to see them. Fourth brother, how long will it take for my nephews and nieces to be one month old?"
Changzhi counted the days, "It will be almost a full month when mom comes back."
When Changzhong heard the word "mother", he held his mouth and was about to cry again.
Su Xuan glared at her husband, and then she coaxed Chang Zhong, saying, "Chang Zhong is your uncle. Look, your nephews and nieces didn't cry. Your uncle is an elder and should be a role model."
Changzhong didn't cry out loud, but tears fell, "Mom said the same thing."
Su Xuan, “… . . . .”
Chang Zhi, “… … .”
At noon, Zhou Shuren returned to the mansion. As soon as he entered the yard, he asked the housekeeper, "Did the young master make a fuss this morning?"
Steward Ding replied, "The young master has been crying all morning and has now fallen asleep from crying."
Zhou Shuren paused and asked, "Have you called a doctor?"
The child has been crying all morning, don’t let his throat get damaged.
Steward Ding said hurriedly, "I've asked the doctor to check it out. The young master is fine."
Everyone in the mansion knew how much the master loved the young master, so the Fourth Master had already called a doctor early on. Now it seemed that the Fourth Master was very smart. Who would have thought that the master would take time to come back at noon.
Zhou Shuren asked, "Where does the child sleep?"
Steward Ding said, "In the Fourth Young Master's courtyard."
Zhou Shuren hummed and quickly went to the courtyard of the fourth room. Changzhi was having lunch. Zhou Shuren asked, "Where is your brother?"
Changzhi stood up and said, "He's sleeping in the study!"
He was afraid that his father would worry about Changzhong's sudden return, and he turned out to be right.
Zhou Shuren entered the study room. His son was sleeping soundly on the small kang, with his mouth pouted and he looked unhappy. His eyes were swollen from crying. Zhou Shuren felt so distressed that he walked over carefully, touched his son's face, and gently tucked the quilt for him.
Chang Zhi felt so sad when he saw this, thinking back to the time when he was still the eldest son. Well, he couldn't think about it, the more he thought about it, the sadder he felt.
Changzhi said: "I cried because I was hungry, so I drank a bowl of porridge before I fell asleep."
Zhou Shuren chuckled. He could imagine the little guy drinking his porridge in a wronged manner. "Thank you for your hard work this morning."
Changzhi looked at his father's official uniform and said, "Dad, you haven't eaten yet, let's eat first."
Seeing the little guy frowning, Zhou Shuren motioned Changzhi to keep his voice down, and when he left the study, he said, "I won't eat anymore. I'll go back first. I'll try to come back early in the afternoon. Changzhong is in your hands."
Changzhi, "Dad, I will take good care of my little brother."
This is the trust his father has in him!
In the capital, Zhulan finally arrived home. Dong and Rongchuan were there. Zhulan asked, "Where is Changlian?"