Irene's eyes were gradually covered with mist, and she said in a resentful tone, "Anna, it was because Mommy didn't take good care of you before, which caused you to wander outside for 22 years. Now you finally returned to Mommy's side , don’t leave, okay?”
Rong Bao'er knew that Irene would have this kind of reaction, and quickly explained softly, "Mum, it's not that I won't come back after I leave, but I have to go back to deal with some things. I will come back when I'm done."
However, Eileen didn't believe Rong Baoer's statement. She felt that Rong Baoer was tired of the monotonous life in the palace and wanted to leave her.
Because although the palace is full of luxury, it is also cold and monotonous, far less colorful than the life outside. Even when she was young, she once had the idea of fleeing the palace.
"Anna, Mommy has already lost 22 years of living with you, and for the rest of the time, I just want you to stay by my side more."
Aileen choked up as she spoke, "Could it be that Mommy's simplest wish can't be fulfilled?"
"Mum, listen to me, I don't want to leave you, really."
"No, I know, you still don't like the palace." Irene's tears were already rolling down, no matter how Rong Bao'er explained, she thought she was tired of life in the palace and wanted to leave.
Seeing the tearful Irene, Rong Bao'er knew who she inherited her habit of crying from time to time.
She sighed helplessly in her heart, and changed her words, "Mummy, I was wrong, don't be sad, I won't leave, okay?"
"No, you still want to leave me. My Anna, my Anna will disappear, just like twenty-two years ago, I just took a nap, but when I woke up she was gone, I cried and searched , but I can't find her anymore." Irene's eyes were in a trance, and her shoulders trembled from crying.
Looking at the incoherent Irene, Rong Bao'er was a little annoyed by her impulsiveness today.
If she knew that her proposal to leave would make Irene so sad, she would not have raised it hastily, at least she should have discussed it with Daddy.
"Mummy, I'm here, I'm right in front of you. Don't cry, it's not good for the wound." Rong Bao'er tightly held Irene's hand to keep her from getting too emotional.
"Oh, my Anna is still here, still here." Irene recovered from the stunned expression, and hugged Rong Bao'er tightly in her arms, "Anna, don't leave Mother Concubine, don't leave Mother Concubine, okay?" Okay? You are everything to the concubine mother, if you leave, how will the concubine mother survive!"
The corners of Rong Bao'er's eyes became wet, and she patted Irene's back to comfort her, "Okay, I won't leave, Mommy, don't cry."
Irene's panic of losing Anna again was slowly suppressed by Rong Bao'er's soft words, and it took a while before she finally stopped crying.
Rong Bao'er sat with Aileen for a while, and left her bedroom only after Aileen was tired to take a nap.
After leaving Aileen's bedroom, Rong Bao'er walked heavily in the garden, feeling very gloomy.
Originally, she just wanted to go back to see Yun Haotian and Xi'er, but she didn't expect that this idea would make her mother so emotional.
Looking at Irene who was crying so hard, Rong Baoer quietly swallowed what she originally wanted to tell her about Xi'er's existence.
But a faint bitterness quietly rose in Rong Bao'er's heart, because she is also a mother, and she also misses her daughter!
Just when Rong Bao'er was in a dilemma, she heard a low cry from the flowers in front of her.
Rong Bao'er walked over curiously, and saw an elderly court lady squatting among the flowers, holding a doll in her arms and weeping softly.
"My poor daughter, Mommy misses you so much! But in order to support the family, she had to stay in the palace to do things, and she couldn't even attend your birthday. Don't blame Mommy, it's Mommy who didn't use!"
The maid's low-pitched sobs pierced Rong Bao'er's ears verbatim, and her face suddenly turned pale.
She almost forgot, two days later, it will be Xi'er's birthday!
Xi'er, Xi'er is going to be four years old soon, and she used to celebrate her birthday by herself.
She still remembered that when their mother and daughter were living in poverty abroad, she would buy Xi'er an exquisite cake every time it was her birthday.
Thinking of those sad but fulfilling days in the past, the corners of Rong Baoer's eyes regurgitated again, and her heart softened.
When her little Xi'er was just born, she was thin and small due to malnutrition, and even now she is far from the height of her peers.
However, it is because of Xi'er's existence that she lights up a bright light in her gloomy life and illuminates her originally gloomy future.
Xi'er gave her infinite courage, allowing her to grit her teeth and endure all difficulties, and finally ushered in her own happiness.
But now, Xi'er's birthday is coming, but she can't return to Xi'er's side, how sad that cute little person will be then!
The corner of Rong Bao'er's mouth was filled with bitterness, she turned her head to look at Aileen's bedroom, her brows were wrinkled into a Sichuan shape.
Mommy, you are also a mother, you must be able to understand my current mood, right?
Rong Bao'er said something silently in her heart, and looked up again at the weeping maid in the grass, only to find that she had disappeared.
The night was dark, Rong Bao'er was lying on the bed, unable to fall asleep no matter what.
During the day, the figure of the crying palace maid kept lingering in her mind, which made her miss Xi'er even more.
Rong Bao'er turned her head to look out the window, and found that the moonlight was bright and scattered silver on the ground. She couldn't sleep and decided to go for a walk.
She thought so, and she did so.
After Rong Bao'er came out of the bedroom where she was asleep, she realized that the entire Golden Palace was in a dreamland, and she didn't even meet the guards who patrolled at night.
If she just left like this, and brought Xi'er back to Daddy and Mummy, it would definitely surprise them, right?
Xi'er, Mommy will come back to see you now, okay?
Rong Bao'er looked at the silent night with resolute eyes, and walked towards the gate of the Golden Palace quietly.
She traveled unimpeded along the way, did not see any guards, and even the gate of the Golden Palace, which was closed tightly on weekdays, quietly cracked a small crack.
Rong Bao'er didn't notice these abnormalities at all, all her emotions were controlled by the ecstasy of seeing Xi'er, and she only focused on walking forward.
She slipped out through the cracked gate of the Golden Palace, walked for another ten minutes, and finally left the range of the Golden Palace and arrived on the street.
There were no pedestrians on the street, only a few street lamps dimly illuminated.
Rong Bao'er's back was drawn very long, and the sound of lonely footsteps made the night even more silent.