Chapter 241: Xiaojun in the Palace
The Champion Marquis’s son was learning to walk with the help of palace maids, occasionally blurting out simple words that made everyone around laugh with delight.
Cui Xiaojun was among the onlookers, a constant smile on her face as she found this little creature to be the most adorable being in the world.
A familiar voice spoke beside her ear: “This innocence of today will soon turn into mischief, and eventually become yet another ambitious Han descendant. You watch them grow up but never understand how the change happens.”
Six palace maids bowed and retreated, while another picked up the child and stepped aside.
Grand Consort Cui showed a playful smile – she too liked this little one, though she saw further ahead.
Her arrival disrupted the room’s atmosphere. Cui Xiaojun said softly, “Aunt, let’s go to my quarters.”
Cui Xiaojun led the way out. Grand Consort Cui instructed the palace maids: “Haven’t you raised children before? Move all these tables and chairs out.”
Cui Xiaojun’s room was next door. She dismissed the palace maids and personally served tea to her aunt, standing respectfully aside as befitting a niece.
Grand Consort Cui sat formally, sipped her tea, and said, “It’s not just children who change. Common folk may see fortune reverse in thirty years, but for us, three years is enough. Perhaps tomorrow you’ll be the one sitting here, while I kowtow below.”