Counterattack of the Cannon Fodder Chambermaid

Untitled Part 160

When Xiao Hua got back to the Chenxi Palace, she first went to the side hall where her daughter lived.

Yi Yi had been very clingy these few days. Xiao Hua had left while she was asleep this morning, and didn't know if she had cried when she didn't see her.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Hua didn't hear her daughter crying when she went into the hall. Instead, she heard Yi Yi's extremely happy laughter. She went over and saw the two children sitting across from each other on the couch. In between them was a snow white little dog who lay there belly up.

"Big bro, this little doggy is really cute. Where did it come from?"

"This was given as an offering from an outer province. Father had specially picked it out and had me give it to little sis."

Zhuo'er reached his fingers out and gently tickled the puppy's stomach. The puppy curled up as though it was ticklish. Its eyes were large, its snout was white and its little tongue stuck out. It whined a couple of times but didn't resist. Yi Yi looked at her brother teasing the little dog and learned to do the same. After teasing it a few times, she started laughing loudly.

Yi Yi hadn't laughed in a long time. Her most common expressions now were to shiver in fear and alarm. Seeing her daughter reveal a happy expression once again, Xiao Hua couldn't help but tear up.

"Mother concubine—-"

Zhuo'er's eyes were still sharper, and immediately saw Xiao Hua.

She smiled and walked over, sitting next to the children.

"Mom, where did you go? Yi Yi didn't see mom when I woke up."

Xiao Hua stroked her daughter's head and said gently: "Mother went to handle some things, beating away the bad person who scared dear Yi Yi so they wouldn't dare do it again."

"Then did the bad person get beaten away?"

"Not yet." She gave her daughter a kiss, "But father and mom will both protect Yi Yi. We'll beat that bad person away sooner or later."

"Is that bad person the empress?" Yi Yi asked with a confused look.

Xiao Hua's expression turned rigid, "Why do you say so?"

"Big bro told me."

Xiao Hua's eyes moved to her son. Zhuo'er sat there and looked stubbornly at Xiao Hua.

Yi Yi continued saying: "Big bro said that the empress doesn't have children and is jealous that we still have a little bro. That's why she wants to kill us all...."

Xiao Hua frowned, "Zhuo'er, why would you say these things to your sister?"

"It's the truth."

Looking at her son's stubborn gaze that contained a hint of tears, Xiao Hua's heart shivered from pain. Her own tears couldn't help but flow out.

Her son was so young, he wasn't even four! What should a four year old child be doing? He should have been cuddled up in his mom's arms acting childish, but instead he had already encountered the darkest of things in this world.

Zhuo'er saw Xiao Hua crying and was a little frightened. He grabbed her hand and said, "Mom, don't be sad. Zhuo'er won't tell little sis these things anymore."

"No....mom isn't sad because you told your sister. Mom just feels she's letting you and Yi Yi down....you guys are so young but already encountered such things....mom has been too lax....mom had always thought taking a step back was the magnanimous thing to do, but now I realize it was a mistake....."

"Mom, don't cry anymore. If you cry, Yi Yi also wants to cry.....wah...."

In the end, the mother and children hugged each other as they cried. This scared Yi Yi's palace maids so much they didn't dare enter to see what the matter was.