Chapter 504: Do You Really Not Care?

A gust of wind blew over at this time.

Jiang Ning looked up at him, noting that a few strands of his hair were clinging to the corner of his eye.

A momentary gleam caught her eye.

She averted her gaze.

Pretending she saw nothing.

"As a child," he began in a muted tone, "I often wondered why other princes were lavishly pampered by their concubine mothers while I found it difficult to even see her. I thought I was not exceptional enough to gain her favor."

Jiang Ning remained silent.

Li Hongyuan chuckled, "I thought that if I tried hard enough, I could earn my concubine mother's love. I really did many childish and laughable things."

Jiang Ning said, "The things a child does to gain a mother's approval aren't childish or ridiculous. Rather, I think she didn't like you not because of your flaws, but because of her own."

"I didn't understand such things when I was a child. But as I grew older, I stopped caring."

"Are you truly indifferent?"

Jiang Ning never heard his answer.