After dawdling outside Chengqian Palace for a while, I still had to go in.
"Greetings to Mother, is your health well? The weather has turned cold." Hongshi said.
"Mother is well, are you well? You look thinner than before." Xi Pin personally supported him.
"Thank you for your concern, Mother. The cold weather has upset my stomach, and there are many things I cannot eat." Hongshi replied flatly.
As he said this, there was an underlying tone of resentment.
He was intentionally saying it this way.
Xi Pin was briefly flustered but did not show it. She simply didn't respond to his words.
"Did you call me, Mother, because there is something you need?" Hongshi lowered his head, frowning, then looked up to ask.
"If there is nothing, can Mother not see you?" Xi Pin also frowned.
"I misspoke, Mother." Hongshi acknowledged.
It was truly dry and dull, much like the way Fourth Master and Consort De used to be.
