When Crown Prince Su Jinxuan was sent to Canyang Palace, Ah Man was completely dazed, as if she was in a dream.
"Royal sister, you are finally back, you are back." Su Jinxuan ran towards A'man, tears falling.
He cried like a tearful man and threw himself into Ah Man's arms. His tears wet Ah Man's clothes. The warm touch brought Ah Man back to his senses, which had already run away due to shock.
"Xuan'er, be good. The imperial sister is here. The imperial sister is here." Ah Man gently stroked Su Jinxuan's head and comforted him softly, but her heart was already filled with sadness.
In just a few dozen days, the brother who always ran towards her with a smile had changed. The moment he saw her, there was joy in his eyes, but more of it was worry and timidity.
He was just a five-year-old child. In a short period of time, he lost his mother and was placed under house arrest in someone else's palace.
"Imperial sister, mother..." Xuan'er spoke while crying, but he could only utter the word "mother", and his voice was choked with sobs.
"Xuan'er is not afraid. Can you tell me what happened in the Queen Mother's palace that day? The Queen Mother..."
Ah Man knew that it was too cruel to let a five-year-old child have such a problem, but this was the only way. What happened to the Queen Mother and the Emperor that would cause...
But before Ah Man could finish her words, Su Jinxuan's body began to tremble. Ah Man hugged him tightly, patted his back gently, and said softly: "My dear Xuan'er, don't think about it, don't think about it, it's okay, sister is here, sister is here."
Ah Man knew that his younger brother must have remembered what happened in Fengyang Palace that day, but what kind of thing could have made his brother so frightened that he trembled all over just thinking about it
Ah Man knew clearly that she couldn't ask, and she couldn't let her brother's memory repeat the memory of that day over and over again.
But what happened on that day? Why did the loving parents turn against each other overnight
"Sister, I want mother, I want mother, mother..." Su Jinxuan's choked voice was full of mother. Ah Man was heartbroken. She also wanted mother and wanted to give Xuan'er a good mother, but mother was gone. They, the siblings, would be motherless children from now on.
Ah Man could only coax and persuade him softly, but she didn't expect that Xuan'er fell asleep in her arms after he stopped crying.
Xuan'er's daily routine is very regular. How come he fell asleep when it's not even noon yet
She looked at the maid following Xuan'er, Rumeng, who had served Xuan'er personally since childhood. Seeing Ah Man looking at her, she nodded quickly, probably because she understood why he fell asleep.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince has not been able to sleep for a long time. He always wakes up crying from nightmares, so he is always groggy during the day."
Rumeng explained softly, her words full of guilt and heartache.
Ah Man looked down at Xuan'er's thin face, her heart aching. She patted Xuan'er's back gently and held him in her arms until he fell asleep.
It was not until Xuan'er's light snoring could be heard that she breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Rumeng who was still kneeling on the ground.
"You weren't in Fengyang Palace that day, were you?"
Ru Meng looked up when she heard this and replied, "That day, the emperor came into Fengyang Palace in a rage. After the queen consoled him with a few words, she ordered me to go to the kitchen to make plum soup for His Highness. The process of making plum soup was complicated. When I returned to Fengyang Palace, the palace was already full of..."
"At that time, the Queen was standing in a pool of blood. Seeing that several aunts had lost their lives, I couldn't help but ask, but the Queen told me that the less I knew, the more likely I would survive. That day, the Queen also told me to take good care of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. But I didn't expect that the Queen actually had the intention to die. If I had known that the Queen had such a plan, I would never agree to it even if I died. Princess, I am incompetent..."
(End of this chapter)