The next day, at Qingyun Yaxuan.
Ituma Shushu was waiting for her mother, Bukur, and her sister-in-law, Shala, to arrive.
"Does Hongzhao still remember his maternal grandmother and maternal aunt?" Ituma Shushu asked the seventh prince Hongzhao in a soft voice.
The Seventh Prince, Hongzhao, shook his head. "Mother, when was the last time I saw my maternal grandmother and aunt?"
Ituma Shushu sighed and said softly, "It's normal that you don't remember. The last time your mother saw your maternal grandmother and aunt was almost two years ago."
To avoid unnecessary trouble, she sent word while she was pregnant with the Eighth and Ninth Princes that she would allow her mother and sister-in-law to come to the palace to see her after the children were born and at an appropriate time.
Now that the Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince are over nine months old, she sent word to her mother and sister-in-law to come to the palace to see her.
As Ituma Shushu was talking to Hongzhao, she saw Xiaolinzi leading her mother, Bukur, and her sister-in-law, Shala, into the room.
Bukur and Shala bowed and said, "Greetings to Consort Shu and to the Seventh Prince."
“Mother, sister-in-law, please get up. We’re all family, no need for formalities.” Ituma Shushu quickly got up and helped her mother, Bukur, and her sister-in-law, Shala, to their feet.
The seventh prince, Hongzhao, also spoke with the air of a little adult, saying, "Grandmother, Aunt, there's no need for such formalities."
After helping her mother, Bukur, and sister-in-law, Sala, to her feet, Ituma Shushu said gently to Xiaolinzi, "Xiaolinzi, you may leave now."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Xiao Linzi bowed.
“Come, Hongzhao, to meet your maternal grandmother and maternal aunt,” Ituma Shushu said, pulling the seventh prince Hongzhao along.
The Seventh Prince, Hongzhao, said, "Hongzhao greets his maternal grandmother and maternal aunt."
"Good, good, good," said Bukur excitedly.
Ituma Shushu then pulled her mother, Bukur, over to the Eighth and Ninth Princes who were playing on the mat and said softly, “Mother, those are the Eighth and Ninth Princes, and they are twins just like their Fourth and Fifth Uncles.”
When the Eighth and Ninth Princes saw Ituma Shushu and the Seventh Prince Hongzhao, they threw away their toys and quickly crawled over.
Ituma Shushu, holding the Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince, said to Bukur, "Mother, come quickly and see your two little grandsons."
The Eighth and Ninth Princes were not afraid of strangers at all, and looked curiously at their mother, Lady Bukur, and sister-in-law, Lady Shala, beside them.
Suddenly, the Eighth Prince grabbed one of Bukur's sleeves and crawled into the mat. The Ninth Prince followed suit and grabbed Bukur's other sleeve and crawled into the mat as well.
Ituma Shushu was speechless and quickly pried the Eighth Prince and Ninth Prince's hands apart.
The Eighth and Ninth Princes thought that Ituma Shushu was playing with them, so they climbed back to pull on Lady Bukuer's sleeve.
He kept calling out to her, "Mother, Mother, Mother, Mother."
Instead, Lady Bukur said happily, "Your Majesty, the Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince are truly clever and quick-witted."
Ituma Shushu felt ashamed again!
She quickly said gently to the Seventh Prince Hongzhao, "Hongzhao, you stay with the Eighth and Ninth Princes. Your mother needs to stay with your maternal grandmother and your maternal aunt."
“Yes, Mother.” The Seventh Prince Hongzhao nodded.
Ituma Shushu then whispered, "Luoye and Zhiqiu, you two stay here to serve the Seventh Prince, the Eighth Prince, and the Ninth Prince."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Luoye and Zhiqiu bowed and replied.
Seeing that the Seventh Prince Hongzhao had crawled to the other side of the mat, the Eighth and Ninth Princes loosened their grip on Bukur's sleeves and excitedly crawled toward the Seventh Prince Hongzhao.
Ituma Shushu breathed a sigh of relief, took her mother Bukur's hand and sat down to sit down, asking softly, "Mother, sister-in-law, how has the family been lately?"
Bukur said softly, "Your Majesty, your father and nanny are both well."
The eldest sister-in-law, Sarah, then added softly, "Your Majesty, your third sister-in-law gave birth to a healthy baby boy this year, and your fourth and fifth brothers are of marriageable age."
"That's it?" Eldest sister-in-law Salah looked at Ituma Shushu with a hesitant expression.
She looked puzzled and said softly, "Sister-in-law, if you have something to say, you might as well just say it."
"Now the marriages of my fourth and fifth brothers are a bit difficult to arrange," said Sister-in-law Salad with a worried expression.
Ituma Shushu looked puzzled and whispered to Bukur, "Mother, why are the marriages of my fourth and fifth brothers a bit difficult to arrange? Isn't it enough to just have Auntie Yao check them out?"
Lady Bukur sighed and said softly, "Originally, I was just thinking that I could have your nanny check the suits, but no one expected that Your Majesty would have given birth to two more princes so quickly. Now there are even more families interested in marrying Your Majesty's fourth and fifth brothers."
Bukur whispered to Ituma Shushu, "And many of them are things our family can't refuse."
Upon hearing this, Ituma Shushu immediately showed a shocked expression!
Well, she certainly didn't think in that direction.
She now has three sons. In the future, whichever of the three princes, Hongshi (the third prince), Hongli (the fifth prince), or Hongzhou (the sixth prince), ascends the throne, for the sake of appearances, the next emperor will treat Shushu and her three sons well.
Therefore, the marriage prospects of Ituma Shushu's fourth and fifth brothers have indeed become even more sought after.
Bukur held her hand with a worried expression and whispered, "Your aunt and I discussed it and felt that Your Highness should make the decision."
Ituma Shushu thought to himself: I know nothing about the previous dynasty, so it's better for Yongzheng to make the decisions than for me to make them.
Wait a minute! She remembered that she had recently wanted to change the map, and a brilliant idea struck her.
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