I actually just planned on sketching adult tetia but then i remembered the>! "spring princess" !<comment and i REALLY REALLY wanted to draw this
So i was actually digging into Hua Cheng's background and I felt a bit teary eyed by his relationship to his mother. Although his background history was not revealed, from whatever I've seen and read, he loved his mother and i fully believe his mother adored him too.
First was I realize his mother died before he was 10 and was from miao(?) clan and his father was from the Xianle kingdom. He was also kicked out of his home when he was around 10 so I believe it must be after his mother died, so if i speculate, his mother must have shielded or protected him from people who believed he was evil only because of his red eye.
It was his mother gave him such a beautiful nickname Hong Hong er and that was what he referred to himself by even after she died. She also perhaps sang lullabies to him and taught him her language as hc sang love songs in his mother's language to xl. Also the fact that even after so many years, even after 800 years , he prefers to wear an attire from his mom's place when he could be wearing something from xianle's to show have some association with xie lian , really shows she must have placed an impact on him.
idk if we ever get some backstory on hua cheng but I know Hua cheng's mother adored her little red. PS: do check this out, this is a music that I found while I was searching for songs sung by his mother to him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zE3r9x-L9I&list=RD1zE3r9x-L9I&start_radio=1 also the credit for the absolutely stunning pic : https://x.com/Murasakinoyuki_/status/1409085673311653892
Hua cheng tilted his umbrella completely towards xl so every inch of xie lian was covered omg...how did i not notice it earlier😭😭😭