"Greetings to His Majesty," Ituma Shushu said, bowing.
"Greetings to Father." The Seventh Prince, Hongzhao, also bowed respectfully.
Yongzheng walked to Ituma Shushu's side, helped her up and said, "Consort Shu, there's no need for such formalities. How are you feeling? Is there anything wrong?"
Ituma Shushu quickly replied gently, "I am well, Your Majesty. Thank you for your concern. Haven't you been busy with matters of state lately?"
Yongzheng helped Shushu to sit down on the couch and said, "I'll be busy later, but I came to see you and the Seventh Prince before I get back to work. I'll probably be very busy for the next two weeks and won't have time to visit you and the children then."
At this moment, the Seventh Prince Hongzhao lay on Yongzheng's lap, repeatedly calling out, "Father, Father, Father, Father, Father."
Ituma Shushu said helplessly, "The Seventh Prince misses the Emperor very much because he hasn't seen him recently."
Yongzheng's expression softened as he looked at the Seventh Prince Hongzhao on his lap. He picked up the prince and asked, "Hongzhao, did you miss your father?"
Hongzhao laughed happily, shouting, "Hahahaha, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to!"
Emperor Yongzheng spent some time playing with the seventh prince, Hongzhao.
Suddenly as if remembering something, Yongzheng said to Ituma Shushu, "Although Consort Shu, you gave birth to the Seventh Prince safely last time and are now pregnant with the imperial heir for the second time, you are still young, and I am still worried about you."
At this point, Yongzheng called out to Su Peisheng, who was waiting outside, "Su Peisheng."
Su Peisheng immediately trotted in, bowed, and said, "This servant is here."
Yongzheng turned to Su Peisheng and instructed him, "You shall personally go and select two more capable nannies for Consort Shu."
Su Peisheng immediately replied, "Yes, Your Majesty. This servant will take care of it right away."
After Su Peisheng withdrew, Ituma Shushu rose again to bow and said honestly, "Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty. I will definitely take good care of my pregnancy and give birth to another prince or princess for Your Majesty."
Emperor Yongzheng helped Ituma Shushu up with satisfaction and said, "This time, you can rest assured and recuperate in Qingyun Yaxuan. I will arrange for Imperial Physician Wang to come and check your pulse every half month. I will also instruct the Empress to exempt you from paying your respects on the first and fifteenth of each month, and issue an edict ordering the concubines in the harem not to disturb your pregnancy."
She said gently again, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Afterwards, Yongzheng chatted with Ituma Shushu for a few minutes before leaving Qingyunya.
Because the previous dynasty had a lot to do, especially after Emperor Yongzheng recently rectified official corruption with swift and decisive measures.
Now, Emperor Yongzheng intends to address the repercussions of his previous drastic measures by implementing a policy of high salaries to encourage integrity and raising the salaries of officials.
At the same time, Emperor Yongzheng also planned to implement reforms such as the reform of returning the fire tax to the public treasury, hoping to effectively increase the country's fiscal revenue.
After Yongzheng left Qingyun Yaxuan, the Seventh Prince Hongzhao did lose interest for a while, but children's emotions come and go quickly. Soon, Ituma Shushu coaxed the Seventh Prince Hongzhao away, and he happily went off to play again.
Then Ituma Shushu instructed Chunhua, Qiuyue, Xiaolinzi, and Xiaoanzi to carefully serve the Seventh Prince Hongzhao.
Before long, Xiao Dingzi strode in, bowed to her, and said, "Your Highness, Eunuch Su and two matrons are waiting outside."
Ituma Shushu nodded and instructed, "Xiao Dingzi, quickly invite Eunuch Su in."
Xiao Dingzi quickly replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Then Xiao Dingzi led Su Peisheng in, followed by two nannies.
"Greetings to Consort Shu," Su Peisheng said, bowing to her with two matrons.
“No need for such formalities, Eunuch Su, please rise quickly,” Ituma Shushu said gently.
"Thank you, Consort Shu." Su Peisheng bowed in return.
“Your Highness Consort Shu, these two nannies were personally selected by this servant to serve you during your pregnancy. This is Nanny Dong, and this is Nanny Quan,” Su Peisheng said, pointing to the two nannies behind him.
"Hurry up and pay your respects to Consort Shu," Su Peisheng said to the two matrons behind him.
"This servant greets Consort Shu and pays respects to her." The two matrons hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.
Ituma Shushu said gently, "Granny Dong, Granny Quan, there's no need for such formalities. Please rise."
She then turned to Xiao Dingzi, who was waiting to the side, and instructed him, "Now that both of the nannies have delivered the goods, we won't bother you any longer, Eunuch Su. Xiao Dingzi, please see Eunuch Su off."
Xiao Dingzi bowed and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Then Xiao Dingzi bowed again and said, "Eunuch Su, this way please."
After bowing to her, Su Peisheng followed Xiao Dingzi and withdrew.
Ituma Shushu pondered for a moment, then instructed Xia Ju, who was waiting to the side, "Xia Ju, take Granny Dong and Granny Quan downstairs and settle them in."
"Yes, Your Highness." Xia Ju responded and then withdrew with Granny Dong and Granny Quan.
Not long after Su Peisheng returned to Yongzheng's side, he personally brought a large number of rewards to Qingyun Yaxuan.
The list of rewards included: "100 gold melon seeds, 1000 taels of silver, 9 bolts of silk, 9 bolts of spring silk, 9 bolts of palace silk, 9 bolts of cloud satin, 9 bolts of plain satin, 9 bolts of commercial silk, 9 bolts of Pengduan silk, 9 bolts of Hangzhou fine silk, 9 bolts of cotton satin, 9 bolts of Korean cloth, 9 bolts of three-thread cloth, and 9 bolts of dark blue cloth; 1 gold-inlaid gemstone peach and bat hairpin, 1 gold filigree nine-phoenix hairpin, 1 gold filigree nine-phoenix hairpin in butterfly shape, 1 gold-inlaid gemstone two-dragon-playing-with-pearl hairpin, 1 pair of jadeite-inlaid gemstone bee-patterned earrings, 1 tourmaline-carved squirrel and grape pendant, 1 gold-inlaid pearl and jadeite ring, 1 emerald ring, 1 gold-inlaid gemstone dragonfly hairpin, 1 pair of jadeite ruyi scepters, and 1 purple-gold inlaid ruby necklace." Among Yongzheng's rewards this time were several pieces of jewelry that Ituma Shushu had never seen before.
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