Brother Yangyang was sowhat skeptical: "If mother is really going to escape the heat, why isn’t she taking along?" He was also afraid of the heat!
Kexin couldn’t help but smile, even though Brother Yangyang’s temperant was a bit soft, he definitely wasn’t easily fooled.
Yueyao answered effortlessly: "You need to study with your teacher, how can you leave the capital with mother? By the way, have you been lazy while mother was away?"
Brother Yangyang shook his head: "No." With Elder Sister and Elder Brother watching him, how could he slack off?
In the evening, Brother Shengsheng and Brother Xuxu were very happy to know that Yueyao returned ho. The days without mother made the ho’s atmosphere quite strange. Father kept a stern face all the ti, which made them nervous.
Yueyao looked at Brother Shengsheng and Brother Xuxu, thinking about Brother Xuxu who went out for study abroad, she said: "Brother Xuxu has been out studying for over a year, do you have any plans for the future?"
Brother Shengsheng said: "Father told to join the Imperial Guard Battalion next year."
Brother Xuxu said: "Father wants to go to Primus Battalion next year. He said I should go incognito to get real training. Mother, I don’t mind starting from the bottom, but going incognito seems unnecessary, right?" He’s just the third son from Earl’s Mansion, not a Prince, why should he go incognito, it’s a bit exaggerated.
Brother Shengsheng and Brother Xuxu are going to different places because of their differing statuses. Brother Shengsheng is the Princely Heir of the Earl of Pingyang’s Mansion and will inherit the Nobility Title, starting early in the service to gain more experience; whereas Brother Xuxu must earn his own future, so he must start from the bottom. Step by step, only then can his career path be smooth.
Yueyao smiled and said: "Your father has his reasons, just follow what he says." Sotis husband and wife may have differing opinions, but in front of the children, they always support each other.
In the evening, when An Zhichen returned, he also had a dark face towards Yueyao, making the children hesitant to speak during dinner.
After dinner, the children left the Main Courtyard as quickly as possible. Only then did Yueyao smile and say: "Okay, you’re only tiring yourself out by keeping a stern face, it makes feel tired as well."
An Zhichen was quite angry: "It’s fine if you go out for three to five days, but have you counted how long you’ve been gone this ti? Hmm?"
Yueyao, smiling warmly, said: "I hadn’t gone out for more than six years, and when I finally went out, I lost track of ti." When An Zhichen was angry, Yueyao wouldn’t argue with him.
An Zhichen thought about how Yueyao often said she lacked inspiration and couldn’t create good works, feeling sowhat uncertain himself: "Just this ti, there can’t be another next ti."
Yueyao smiled and said: "Once Brother Shengsheng and Brother Xuxu are married, I’d like to visit the Northwest, Yunnan, and other places."
An Zhichen was unwilling: "It’s too far, no way."
Yueyao wouldn’t contradict An Zhichen: "You can co along with then. We’ve worked hard all our lives, it’s ti to enjoy ourselves." Anyway, when the children are settled with their careers and families, there’s not much else to do.
An Zhichen disagreed: "The children are still too inexperienced, it’ll take at least ten years before they can handle things independently. After ten years, I’ll go out with you."
Yueyao understood An Zhichen’s concerns: in a few years, the children will enter officialdom, and as rookies in the bureaucracy, they’ll need An Zhichen’s guidance: "Alright, let’s make it a plan." If they can’t go to faraway places, they’ll go sowhere closer.
The kids saw their father’s mood brighten the next day, thinking it’s better when mother is ho, no need to see father’s cold face.
Ti flew by quickly, and another year passed. After the Lantern Festival, Yueyao began preparing for Kexin’s coming-of-age ceremony.
The night before the coming-of-age ceremony, Yueyao heard from the maid that Kexin was still practicing the zither in the Zither Room, and went to visit her. Yueyao devoted her fullest attention to her daughter Kexin.
Kexin felt a little embarrassed seeing Yueyao arrive: "Mother..."
Yueyao touched Kexin’s forehead and asked: "What’s wrong? Are you too nervous to sleep because of the coming-of-age ceremony tomorrow?"
Kexin shook her head: "No." She wasn’t nervous about the ceremony, just thinking that once it’s done, it ans she’s grown up, and growing up ans getting married. The thought of marriage made Kexin instinctively afraid. She had heard more than once from friends that being a girl at ho is the happiest thing, but once married, you beco a mistreated daughter-in-law, constantly at others’ rcy. Moreover, these friends cited many examples of relatives, describing how life is wonderful at ho and becos difficult after marriage.
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