Chapter 604 - 304 Lady Cui_3
Wu Zuzhi simply sighed, "What a pity."
Wu Qingshu called out to him, and he stopped talking, embarrassed.
After dinner, Qian Yixiu returned to Xiangxue Courtyard and went straight to her bedroom, where the warm air and gentle incense dispelled the chill from her body. She took out a cinnabar-lacquered flower-engraved box from the drawer of her vanity, containing more than half a box full of items. These were gifts from Uncle Liang and letters he had written to her over the years, including toys, palace flowers, combs, and the recent "Uncle Liang" doll. These objects bore witness to the growth of her body from a six-year-old child to a fourteen-year-old maiden. The salutations on the letters changed as well: little girl, girl, Yixiu. The content too, from playful teasing with a little child to heartfelt talks with a young adult, and then to his bold confessions as she grew up.
Uncle Liang wasn’t always by her side, yet he was with her as she grew up, providing her with much assistance.
It was just that... their destiny was so brief, and in the end, they had to part ways sadly.
She stared at these items for a long while before sighing, closing the lid, and putting the box back into the cabinet.
Turning to Liang Jinzhao, he hurried back to Liang Mansion, first washing up in his courtyard before going to the main house to see his mother, Lady Cui.
By then, lanterns had just been lit, and the main house was quiet, with tree branches on the roofs of the courtyard covered in snowflakes, creating a vast expanse of white. Only the few fiercely blooming red plum trees in front of the upper room windows were illuminated by the faint light shining through, revealing a hint of red.
The snow on the plum blossoms must have been regularly shaken off by the maids at his mother’s behest.
His mother was like this, maintaining elegance and refinement each day, no matter how desolate or hurt she felt, just like the proud and beautiful plum blossoms.
Sister Cui, on seeing Liang Jinzhao’s return, was overjoyed, shouting loudly, "Oh my, the young master has returned. Madam, Madam, the young master has come to see you in such heavy snow."
With that shout, the courtyard suddenly became noisy.