Chapter 910: Hidden Truths Traverse Rebirth (4)
There’s one more thing, the Mo Family lacks a foundation in Jing City, and it wouldn’t be easy for Princess Hejia to marry into a prominent family, unless the Crown Prince can ascend the throne tomorrow, and the Champion Scholar gets an important post. Otherwise, within the next three to five years, in the eyes of the real aristocratic families, the Mo Family still wouldn’t count for much.
Under these circumstances, even though the Cui family and the Mo Family are not well-matched in social status, Princess Hejia’s title could just offset this disparity, and no one could accuse anyone of marrying above their station.
Hearing this, Cui Qingrou finally understood Old Lady Cui’s good intentions, and all the past memories surged up, leaving her feeling bleak and forlorn.
If only... if only that person hadn’t come between her cousin and her older brother, if her cousin, Xiaoqi’s mother, was still alive, if her older brother hadn’t fallen and had strived to protect Xiaoqi, would their mother have had to exhaust herself worrying over Xiaoqi’s marriage prospects?
Seeing what her daughter was thinking, Old Lady Cui personally wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, comforting her, "Rourou, don’t be sad, your mother is strong and healthy. In the future, I will find you a good match, so don’t worry about me."
Cui Qingrou did not wish to sadden her mother and gradually stopped her tears, "In the future, I will stay with mother and go nowhere. If mother gets tired of me, I’ll just keep out of your sight. Anyway, you can’t get rid of me that easily."
"You..." Old Lady Cui tapped her daughter’s forehead, feeling somewhat helpless. She couldn’t bear to send her fine daughter away but didn’t want to see her spend her life alone. Knowing that her daughter didn’t want to hear this, she didn’t continue, but her mind was searching for suitable candidates.
Cui Qingrou was also worried that her mother would keep on talking about old concerns, so she changed the subject to her nephew Cui Pingan, "Today, I saw Xiaoqi looking sullen, and only after asking Can Dou did I learn that he had nightmares again last night. He was calling out a girl’s name all night long."
"Calling a girl’s name?" Old Lady Cui was very surprised, for her grandson often had nightmares, usually about his days in the southern estate and was hard to wake. It was the first time he had called out a girl’s name!
Seeing the troubled look on her daughter’s face, Old Lady Cui felt a slight sinking of her heart and said, "Rourou, are you hiding something from your mother?"
Cui Qingrou knew some things could be hidden temporarily but not forever. Sooner or later, her mother would notice what she was hiding. It was better to speak out. Perhaps she could fulfill her poor nephew’s wish.