However, Jingrou didn't really take this to heart. She remembered that Yinreng had said he would teach her to ride a horse and shoot arrows.
However, even if Yinreng didn't teach her, her cousin and grandfather were actually quite willing to teach her, so she didn't lack teachers at all.
It's just because she remembered what she told her before that Jingrou reserved the position of master for him!
Just as Yinreng was afraid that Jingrou would get angry and that she would have something to say about him, Jingrou was also worried that Yinreng would find something to talk about, even though Yinreng appeared cold and aloof in public.
In reality, if they find something they're interested in or want to talk about, they can chatter on and on in your ear—they're a real chatterbox!
Especially when Jingrou does something wrong and makes him a little worried, he has to keep talking until Jingrou promises him that she will never do anything dangerous again!
Just thinking about his appearance gave her a headache!
So of course she had to leave the position of master!
However, Yinreng is currently very busy, and if he really doesn't have time, Jingrou won't bother him, since she also has a lot of things to do herself.
She's been bothered by her little cousin lately because Xiao Jiu has managed to stand up and walk, albeit shakily. He's not afraid of falling, even though his muscles are still quite soft and he can't walk very fast.
But he was completely unwilling to admit defeat. He was very enthusiastic about walking every day, and he had to have someone accompany him. He was not happy at all about walking alone or having his nanny accompany him!
Not only does he want to walk, but he also needs to interact with people and play some chasing games, or he needs to be teased by others before he will stop!
In Jingrou's eyes, her little cousin is a complete extrovert! The kind who's all extroversion and no introversion!
He was not content with being alone and longed for everyone's attention. He would be happy if everyone in the palace, including his sister and mother, focused their attention on him.
Moreover, when she sees someone close to her, she wants to rush up to them excitedly, without caring whether she is on her own or not, so she often falls flat on her face.
Don't be fooled by his small size and slow walking; sometimes even the wet nurse has a hard time keeping up.
Even if they managed to keep up, it would take at least two people, a wet nurse or a palace maid, to take turns watching over him to keep a close eye on him.
If he were to accidentally look away, he might fall to the ground, but he wouldn't get angry.
If he falls to the ground, he will sit there blankly for a while, then look up at Jingrou and grin.
If no one is paying attention, just sit quietly on the ground, then slowly stand up, and you have to pat the dirt off your body first.
He would be even happier if someone paid attention to him, and he would definitely have to show off how he stood up in front of others. He would be unhappy if someone left in the middle of the performance!
Then he learned to be smart and stopped trying to get up on his own when he fell to the ground, because his little arms had no strength at all.
If you insist on getting up and there's no handrail nearby, you'll probably fall down before you even stand up.
So after several failures, he learned his lesson.
At that time, he would sit on the ground and wait for his wet nurse to come and help him up. He needed someone to support him before he could stand up with that strength.
Pick him up, or Xiao Jiu, with the help of the wet nurse, stands up and happily runs towards Jing Rou.
Sometimes, when Consort Yi saw him like this, she couldn't help but laugh. She felt sorry for him because he had fallen, and she also thought he was heartless. How could she have given birth to such a resilient little boy?
Don't you really feel any pain?
However, as the weather got colder, his clothes became thicker and thicker. He was already wrapped in thick clothes, and his arms and legs were like lotus root segments, covered with a thick layer of flesh. So even if he fell to the ground, he would bounce like a ball, as if he was about to bounce up, and he wouldn't feel any pain at all.
At first, Consort Yi was startled when she saw him like that, but she gradually got used to it over time. Since he was going to do this, she decided to let him be. As long as he was healthy, all that mattered was that he would fall and get hurt.
However, Consort Yi was not idle. She had the palace maids make two small knee pads for him and sew them onto the trousers of his outer garment. This made his knees bulge out a little, and when he stumbled along, it really reminded Jingrou of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Moreover, he really walks like a little turtle, swaying from side to side, probably because he's not very skilled at walking yet, and he also needs someone to follow him.
However, only she knew about this role, so she couldn't share this joke with anyone else. She could only think about it secretly and laugh to herself.
But sometimes, seeing her cousin's innocent eyes, she would despise herself for having such thoughts. Her cousin was so close to her, how could she secretly laugh at him!
But she really couldn't resist; Jingrou thought he was both cute and fun!
Ever since Xiao Jiu started learning to walk, his exploration area has expanded from the main hall of Yikun Palace to the entire Yikun Palace, and even further afield. This is because every time he enters or his fifth brother comes over, Xiao Jiu has to relentlessly follow behind him until the person in front softens and picks him up to walk forward or takes him for a stroll before he is satisfied!
But he has incredibly sharp eyes; as soon as someone approaches, he can immediately sense their presence and rush over.
So now Jingrou is entangled with them.
"Play...play..." Little Jiu, who is about to turn one year old, can't speak in complete sentences yet. He can only vaguely recognize a few words, including "mother," "father" (vague version), "sister," "play," and "eat." These are the words that Little Jiu is most interested in. As for "father," it's because Consort Yi was afraid that Emperor Kangxi would be jealous, so she forced Little Jiu to learn it!
However, Xiao Jiu later also liked to call him "Father," because every time he called him "Father," Emperor Kangxi would be overjoyed and bestow upon him a large number of sparkly things that Xiao Jiu really liked.
When his younger brother learned to speak but still couldn't say the complete words for his older brother, the Fifth Prince was depressed for several days!
At this moment, Xiao Jiu opened her round, black eyes and looked at Jing Rou with anticipation, making it impossible for Jing Rou to refuse.
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