Ituma Shushu and the Seventh Prince Hongzhao played with the Eighth and Ninth Princes for a while, then said softly, "Hongzhao, do you want to practice calligraphy now, or continue playing?"
"Mother, Hongzhao is going to practice calligraphy," the Seventh Prince Hongzhao said, looking up at her.
Ituma Shushu nodded and gently instructed, "Chunhua and Qiuyue, you two call Xiaoyezi and Xiaozhuozi in to serve the Seventh Prince together."
“Yes, Your Majesty,” Chunhua and Qiuyue replied with a bow.
After the Seventh Prince Hongzhao went to practice calligraphy, Ituma Shushu started playing with the Eighth and Ninth Princes.
The Eighth and Ninth Princes were not as enthusiastic about learning to speak as their older brother Hongzhao, but they were much more enthusiastic about learning to walk.
Ituma Shushu thought to herself: These two little rascals really rarely stop. They're always climbing around, and they still have so much energy.
However, she also thought gleefully that this was good, so that every time Yongzheng came to visit the Seventh Prince, Eighth Prince, and Ninth Prince, he could let the Eighth and Ninth Princes cause trouble for Yongzheng.
She only just found out about this herself.
Ituma Shushu estimated that Emperor Yongzheng, this cold and ruthless ruler, might not be very trusting of her, a village girl who had just left the countryside.
Cough cough, she guessed that Yongzheng was more worried that Xiao Ba and Xiao Jiu would be as "honest and simple" as her twin brothers.
In Yongzheng's view, his bloodline should naturally resemble that of the Aisin Gioro clan!
No wonder Emperor Yongzheng was so patient with his eighth and ninth children's antics, and no wonder Ituma Shushu noticed that the more his eighth and ninth children caused trouble, the happier Emperor Yongzheng seemed to be.
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