From six months old, He Zhuo and others controlled Xiao Zhen's daily milk intake and gradually introduced complementary foods.

Grains are the most nourishing food.

He Zhuo had the new glutinous rice ground into a fine powder and made into rice porridge, which he then slowly fed to Xiao Zhenbao.

Little Zhenbao is now over 7 months old. She eats rice cereal twice a day, half a bowl each time, half an egg yolk for lunch, and a little vegetable juice for the half bowl before bedtime, sometimes carrots, sometimes spinach.

The little girl ate with great relish.

Little Treasure had two wet nurses.

At that time, the Imperial Household Department sent four wet nurses. Generally, princesses in the palace had two wet nurses, while princes had four. Khoja did not want her child to receive special treatment, so she also chose two.

When they first started introducing complementary foods, one of the wet nurses was somewhat reluctant and made some complaints behind her back.

He Zhuo pretended not to know.

Everything in the main courtyard was under He Zhuo's divine sense; nothing the servants did could escape his eyes.

He Zhuo rarely used his divine sense, but that day, noticing the wet nurse's reluctance, he activated it.

Sure enough, I overheard the wet nurse saying behind her back, "The princes and princesses in the palace are all raised by wet nurses, but she's different. Usually, she only nurses the children in the main courtyard and doesn't want the princesses to get close to us. What a jerk. She didn't even give birth to a prince."

"Besides, no other primary wife is like this, monopolizing men all day long. When men enter the back courtyard, it's like entering the main courtyard. The concubines and maids in the back courtyard don't even get a drop of soup."

She launched into a long tirade of curses and swears. This wet nurse was originally the wife of a minor steward in the Imperial Household Department. When news came that the Grand Princess was selecting a wet nurse...

This one did spend money. I thought the First Consort would give birth to a prince, the first grandson of Emperor Kangxi, who would naturally be of high status. I didn't expect it to be a princess, but she is still the eldest granddaughter of the legitimate wife, so her status is not bad.

Later, they discovered that although the treatment of those serving the eldest princess was good, there was hardly anything to gain. The eldest princess's belongings were all kept by that wretched maid Qiufen, who served the Fujin (principal wife). They couldn't get anything at all.

This wet nurse wasn't actually looking to make some money right now, since the child was still young; she was thinking about things after she got married.

It's just that I'm unwilling to accept it.

He Zhuo thought that most of the Qing princesses had tragic fates, and most of them died young after being married off to foreign powers, leaving no children behind.

Aside from not adapting to the Mongolian environment, most of the cases were due to the wet nurses and governesses who controlled the princesses, preventing them from meeting their husbands. Over time, this led to the princesses dying of depression.

As everyone knows, in the Qing Dynasty, a prince consort needed to be summoned to see a princess.

Of course, the intention was good; they were worried that the prince consort might not treat the princess well, so they didn't forget the proper etiquette between ruler and subject, and it was also a form of protection for the princess who was marrying out of the country.

Unfortunately, in the hands of these damned servants, the princesses became tools for their own profit.

The governesses would use various rules of etiquette to prevent the princess and her husband from meeting, some even resorting to vulgar language, bluntly stating that the princess was shameless for wanting a man.

The princess was shy and didn't know how to complain when she was bullied.

During the Qing Dynasty, the person in charge of all economic and personnel matters in a princess's residence was the governess.

The princesses were married off to distant lands, left alone and helpless, with no other recourse.

Moreover, the princesses were taught etiquette and virtues from a young age. They had long lost the heroic spirit of the daughters of the Taizu era, who could fight on horseback to protect their families and manage household affairs.

They were all raised like Han women.

Gentleness and shyness are certainly virtues for women, but unfortunately, they are not suitable for the grasslands.

Many princesses died of depression in this way. The governesses in the princess's residence were like emperors, and princesses had to bribe the governesses with gold and silver treasures to see their husbands.