The following day, Ituma Shushu began preparing for the first birthday celebration for Xiao Shi and Xiao Shiyi.
Ituma Shushu still remembers the incident where the Eighth Prince Hongxu and the Ninth Prince Hongxuan rolled around in a ball during their first birthday celebration. Fortunately, Emperor Yongzheng personally conducted their pre-birth training, so it was only Consort Yu who made a veiled criticism, and Emperor Yongzheng did not blame her.
At that time, no matter what method Ituma Shushu used to train the Eighth Prince Hongxu and the Ninth Prince Hongxuan for their first birthday celebration, the result was always a failure.
So in the end, she had no other choice but to take a desperate gamble and bring the matter to Emperor Yongzheng's attention. In the end, Emperor Yongzheng took action.
Thinking of this, Ituma Shushu turned around and instructed, "Xiaju and Chuyin, you two put Xiao Shi and Xiao Shiyi on the mats and let them sit."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After Xia Ju and Chu Yin responded, they carefully placed the two princes on the thick cloth cushions.
Next, Ituma Shushu placed five items—a book, a gold key, a silver box, a small sword, and a jade ornament—around Xiao Shi and Xiao Shiyi, and then she took turns leading them by the hand to retrieve those five items.
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Three days later, Ituma Shushu was driven crazy by the sight of her two children, Xiao Shi and Xiao Shiyi, sitting on the mats and showing absolutely no interest in the items she had placed around them for their first birthday celebration.
Then, Ituma Shushu took a deep breath and kept telling herself to calm down, calm down, calm down!!!
"Little Ten, Little Eleven, don't you like any of those things? You should tell your mother whether you like them or not," Ituma Shushu said softly.
"Mother, Mother."
"Mother, time for bed."
"Awakening."
"Little Ten, Little Eleven," Little Eleven whispered.
Upon hearing this, Ituma Shushu started to get angry again. She said softly, "Little Ten, Little Eleven, you little lazy pigs have just woken up."
"Mother, time for bed."
"Mother, time for bed."
Little Ten and Little Eleven continued calling out to their mother.
Ituma Shushu: "..."
After taking another deep breath, she pointed to the items for the baby's first birthday celebration and said softly, "Just like your mother just taught you, you only need to take one item."
After you take them, Mommy will sleep with you.
"Mother."
"Mother."
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Five days have passed in the blink of an eye.
"Mother, do Little Ten and Little Eleven still not like to grab things?"
The Seventh Prince, Hongzhao, asked in a low voice.
"Yes, Xiao Shi and Xiao Shiyi are too lazy; they don't want to grab anything."
Sigh, back then, Hongxu and Hongxuan wouldn't stop until they had grabbed every single item from the traditional first birthday celebration.
Ituma Shushu said with a helpless expression.
The Seventh Prince looked at his two younger brothers with a conflicted expression, and finally he took matters into his own hands.
"Xiao Shi, grab this, like this, like this, understand?"
"Little Eleven, this is like how Seventh Brother taught you."
"Xiao Shi, go catch one for Seventh Brother, okay?"
"Little Eleven, Seventh Brother wants that, bring it to him."
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Finally, the Seventh Prince Hongzhao shook his head at Ituma Shushu with a hint of frustration and said, "Mother, the Tenth and Eleventh Princes are too lazy."
“That’s right, they clearly understand what we mean, but they’re just too lazy to cooperate,” Ituma Shushu said helplessly.
The Seventh Prince, Hongzhao, frowned and asked in a low voice, "Then, Mother, what do you plan to do?"
Ituma Shushu looked at Xiao Shi and Xiao Shiyi, who were sitting lazily on the mat playing with their little feet, and said, "You know that your mother deliberately had two parrots bother the two of them so that they would move around more."
The seventh prince, Hongzhao, nodded, then frowned and asked, "Mother, do you mean it's the same during the first birthday ceremony?"
Ituma Shushu sighed helplessly, then frowned and said softly, "Originally, Xiao Shi and Xiao Shiyi were criticized and gossiped about because they frequently sought out the imperial physician when they were just learning to walk."
Previously, Hongxu and Hongxuan even got into a fight with your little nephew because of this, so Mother didn't want their first birthday celebration to be so unusual.
But now it seems there's nothing we can do, or rather, it's not that there's nothing we can do.
Most importantly, Mother couldn't bear to torment Little Ten and Little Eleven in any other way.
At this point, she gently patted the head of the seventh prince, Hongzhao, and said with emotion, "Of the five of you brothers, only Hongzhao doesn't need his mother to worry about the first birthday ceremony."
When your mother gave birth to you, there were many things she didn't know.
During that time, my mother was often in a flurry of activity, so she had no idea that there were so many things to pay attention to during the first birthday celebration.
It was only shortly after you turned one month old that your mother learned, during a casual chat with Granny Gu and Granny Rong, that you needed some training before the first birthday ceremony.
Your mother started special training for you a month before your first birthday.
At that time, the mother chose a book from a pile of gifts for the baby's first birthday celebration because Granny Gu and the others said that books were the most conventional.
Later, under your mother's guidance, Hongzhao, you quickly learned to take out the book from the items for your first birthday celebration and give it to your mother. At that time, your mother thought it was an easy task.
Therefore, when it came to Hongxu and Hongxuan, Mother was truly at her wits' end. In the end, she had no choice but to trouble you, Father Emperor, to personally train them.
At this point, Ituma Shushu couldn't help but laugh.
The Seventh Prince Hongzhao had just been listening intently to Ituma Shushu recount his childhood stories when he couldn't help but ask, "Mother, why don't you let Father train the Tenth and Eleventh Princes?"
Ituma Shushu raised an eyebrow and whispered, "Although Mother doesn't know how your Emperor Father trained Hongxu and Hongxuan, he must have been quite ruthless."
At that time, Mother knew that she was really heartless in training the two of them.
But Mother also knows that the two of them are like two round balls, they can be messed around with however they want, and they are forgetful anyway, so Mother can rest assured to entrust Hongxu and Hongxuan to you, Father Emperor.
But Xiao Shi, Xiao Shiyi, and Hongxu and Hongxuan are different.
Although they both seem lazy, they are actually quite forgetful, so you can't leave them to be bothered by, Your Majesty.
Let's use my mother's old-fashioned method: let's use two parrots to bother them.
Let Little Ten and Little Eleven know that as long as they choose one item from that pile of first birthday gifts, the two parrots won't bother them anymore.
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