For the next few days, Ituma Shushu's smile never stopped as she saw the large amount of vitality points she collected from signing in.
However, this made the servants realize that Consort Shu really liked Chunqi Xiuse.
Ituma Shushu believed that Emperor Yongzheng must have known about it as well. After all, an emperor as suspicious as him would never believe that his concubine Shu would really only want the reward of Chunqi Xiuse.
Moreover, now that Consort Shu is the birth mother of five princes, it's normal for Yongzheng to want to test her.
In fact, Ituma Shushu had previously worried that Emperor Yongzheng might not allow her to raise the Tenth and Eleventh Princes personally, as she always kept in mind that this was a feudal dynasty with a strict system.
Because this feudal dynasty had an ancestral rule that princes and princesses had to leave their birth mothers after the first month of life, it was already a great favor that Emperor Yongzheng was able to allow these birth mothers to keep their children by their side for a few years.
Just look at the reign of Emperor Kangxi, and you'll see that he was the one who perfected this ancestral system.
However, Ituma Shushu believes that Emperor Yongzheng's willingness to let his birth mother raise several princes may be related to his own childhood experiences.
Then there are Hongzhao and his five brothers, after all, there is still a significant age gap between them and the three princes mentioned earlier.
As for the reasons why princes and princesses left their birth mothers, one of them was that this feudal dynasty learned from the lessons of previous dynasties about the interference of the empress's family in politics and the power of the maternal relatives, in order to prevent the maternal relatives from monopolizing power.
They believed that if princes were not raised by their birth mothers, the relationship between the princes and their birth mothers would not be as good, and if the princes were to come to power in the future, there would be no situation of interference in politics by the empress's family or the rise of powerful relatives.
Another point is that this feudal dynasty believed that if a son was raised by his birth mother, he would easily be spoiled and pampered by her, and a prince raised in this way would certainly not be able to shoulder the responsibility of the country.
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Pure, unique, and beautiful.
It is now March, a time when all things revive, and the air is filled with the fresh fragrance of soil and flowers, brimming with vitality.
Tender green grass peeks out quietly, like a green carpet laid out by nature, soft and full of life.
The small trees also began to sprout new buds, and the tender green leaves swayed gently in the spring breeze, as if greeting passers-by.
Spring is a sea of flowers, with all kinds of flowers blooming in competition, vying for beauty.
Spring is also a paradise for birds. They sing merrily on the branches or soar freely in the air, adding boundless vitality to spring with their beautiful songs and agile figures.
Ituma Shushu looked at everything before her and felt exceptionally happy. Then she began to pray.
[Ding! Vitality: +50, sign in to collect?]
[Ding! Vitality: +30.5, sign in to collect?]
[Ding! Vitality: +80, sign in to collect?]
[Ding! Vitality: +50.5, sign in to collect?]
[Ding! Vitality: +60.5, sign in to collect?]
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Before they knew it, the day arrived for the Seventh Prince Hongzhao to move into the Princes' Residence.
"Hongxu and Hongxuan, you two better behave."
The Seventh Prince, Hongzhao, speaking with the air of a precocious child, instructed his two younger brothers.
"Seventh Brother, Hongxu will be good."
"Seventh Brother, Hongxuan will be good too."
"Seventh Brother, can I come and play with you?"
"Seventh Brother, I've come to visit you too."
"Seventh Brother, I've come to play with your two rabbits."
"Seventh Brother, I want to come too."
The Eighth Prince Hongxu and the Ninth Prince Hongxuan held the Seventh Prince Hongzhao's hands and talked non-stop.
The atmosphere, which was originally reluctant to part, was greatly dissipated after the Eighth Prince Hongxu and the Ninth Prince Hongxuan stirred things up.
Ituma Shushu shook her head as she looked at Hongxu and Hongxuan, thinking to herself: You two little rascals, you're all talking now, but when you can't see your seventh brother, you'll definitely start making a fuss looking for him.
Then, she turned to Granny Gu, Granny Rong, Xiao Dingzi, Xiao Cuizi, Xiao Yezi, and Xiao Zhuozi and warned them: "From now on, you must take good care of the Seventh Prince. If anything happens to the Seventh Prince because of your negligence, I will absolutely not forgive you."
Granny Gu and the others solemnly replied in unison, "Yes, Your Highness."
At this moment, the seventh prince, Hongzhao, led his two younger brothers by the hand and walked up to Ituma Shushu, whispering, "Mother, Mother."
Ituma Shushu nodded reluctantly, then squatted down and opened her arms to hug the three brothers for a while before letting go.
Then, she patted the head of the Seventh Prince Hongzhao and said softly, "Hongzhao, take good care of yourself and don't worry your mother."
The Seventh Prince, Hongzhao, said, "Yes, Mother, you don't need to worry about Hongzhao anymore. Hongzhao has grown up."
This time, Ituma Shushu didn't refute him. After all, Hongzhao, this intelligent royal child, had indeed grown up, especially after spending a few months at Jiuzhou Qingyan, where he matured even faster.
So she said softly, "Yes, Mother knows that our Hongzhao has grown up."
However, looking at the serious expression on the face of the Seventh Prince Hongzhao, Ituma Shushu couldn't help but continue softly, "Also, your mother has already discussed it with your father. In six months, Hongxu and Hongxuan will be going to study in the Imperial Study. So Hongzhao, you must keep a close eye on them then."
The seventh prince, Hongzhao, felt a headache coming on when he thought about his two younger brothers' personalities.
Ituma Shushu suppressed a laugh and said, "Hongzhao, didn't you tell Mother before that you wanted them to go to the Imperial Study to study as soon as possible? Your Emperor Father also said that you mentioned it to Hongzhao as well."
Seventh Prince Hongzhao looked at his mother speechlessly. Could he say that he was so annoyed by their antics that he thought of leaving them to be managed by the tutors in the Imperial Study?
In the end, Ituma Shushu reluctantly left the Princes' Residence with the Eighth Prince Hongxu and the Ninth Prince Hongxuan, and returned to Chunqi Xiuse.
Sure enough, after dinner, the Eighth Prince Hongxu and the Ninth Prince Hongxuan started clamoring to find the Seventh Prince Hongzhao. It took Ituma Shushu a lot of effort to appease them.
And so, the Seventh Prince Hongzhao had been living in the Princes' Residence for a month.
As time went by, the Eighth Prince Hongxu and the Ninth Prince Hongxuan gradually got used to the fact that their Seventh Brother no longer lived in Chunqi Xiuse, but in the Prince's Residence.
That day, Ituma Shushu accompanied the Eighth Prince Hongxu and the Ninth Prince Hongxuan to practice calligraphy in the small study, just like she always did.
She looked at her handwriting and nodded in satisfaction; she had indeed made some progress.
Just then, "Dawn Mall" suddenly turned on automatically, and a large red light lit up in the upper right corner of the virtual transparent panel, flashing intermittently.
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