Chapter 880: The beloved cousin escaped from control (6)
Du Shichu looked at the four or five little kids in front of him and felt a little overwhelmed. These were the emperor's children. The emperor asked them to come and accompany Du Shichu so that she would not be so bored, but Du Shichu suspected that the emperor wanted her to help him take care of the children.
"Sister Du, Qi'er also wants a cricket." A three-headed chubby boy looked eagerly at the grass leaves flying in Du Shichu's hand and said expectantly.
The little chubby boy is the emperor’s youngest son, Wuqi. He is just over three years old this year. He is chubby, delicate and cute.
"Sixth brother, it's not your turn yet. Sister Du wants to weave a rabbit for me first!" said a little girl about seven years old in a crisp voice. She was the emperor's fifth princess.
To prevent the siblings from quarreling, Du Shichu quickly said, "Don't worry, don't worry, we have everything. Qi'er, wait a moment."
"Okay." The Sixth Prince said disappointedly, biting his finger.
The fifth princess came up to Du Shichu, stared at her rapidly moving fingers carefully, and said in amazement: "Sister Du, you are really amazing. You can weave so many things."
"It's just so-so, actually not that difficult. Do you want to learn it?" Du Shichu asked her.
"Okay, I want to learn." The fifth princess said, and she plucked two long grass leaves from the flower bed next to her.
Du Shichu quickly wove a praying mantis for the Third Prince, then he plucked two blades of grass and said to the Fifth Princess, "Come, follow me and weave the straw rabbit you want."
The fifth princess nodded repeatedly, and several other princes and princesses also came over curiously. Those who liked to do things with their hands followed suit, while those who didn't just watched from the side, and showed off to their companions the little animals that Du Shichu had made for them.
Fortunately, the Fifth Princess's hands were not clumsy. Du Shichu spent some time and finally taught her how to weave a straw rabbit. Although the straw rabbit was crooked, she was still very happy and shouted to Du Shichu: "Sister, I really weaved it! I learned it, haha..."
She was such a cheerful and cheerful little princess, her laughter frightened the birds in the trees and made them run away.
Wu Qi had not yet gotten the grass cricket he wanted. He had been waiting for a while. When he saw Du Shichu finally made a grass rabbit for his sister, he couldn't help but stretch out his chubby little hand and said, "Sister, is it my turn now?"
His big, round black eyes looked at Du Shichu eagerly. Du Shichu's heart softened by his gaze, and he said quickly, "It's your turn. I'm going to weave the most majestic cricket for you now!"
Wu Qi immediately laughed happily, with two deep dimples on her chubby cheeks. She smiled very sweetly and said happily to Du Shichu: "Thank you, sister!"
Du Shichu couldn't help pinching his little face. Wu Qi grinned and deliberately put his chubby face into her hands. He was so well-behaved that Du Shichu was amused by him.
A quarter of an hour later, the cricket that Wu Qi wanted was finally woven. Du Shichu handed it to him. He held it carefully, his black eyes widened, and he looked at the grass cricket with great love.
"Okay, go play with your brothers and sisters, and fight with them to see whose little animal is more ferocious and powerful." Wu Qi was sent away by Du Shichu.
Du Shichu, who had finally coaxed the child, breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was lively in the palace, it was also tiring to play with children. Fortunately, the children in the palace were taught to be sensible by their mothers and would not act unreasonably or willfully, so Du Shichu could still bear it.
Just as she stood up and stretched quietly, she suddenly felt a pair of eyes staring at her. She looked in the direction of the gaze and saw a little boy about ten years old standing in the corner of the flower bed not far away. If she didn't pay attention, she might ignore him.
Seeing Du Shichu looking over, the little boy instantly withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and stared at his own shoes, as if he wanted to hide his body in the flowers next to him that were taller than him.
Du Shichu was a little confused. She had lived in the palace several times, but had never seen this little boy before. Could he be one of the emperor's disliked sons?
However, this emperor does not seem like someone who would be harsh on his sons. Just look at these lively and cute princes and princesses who are chattering away and you will know. If he is not a good father, his children would not be so lively.
"Fifth Princess, who is that little boy over there? I have never seen him before." Du Shichu pulled the Fifth Princess aside, gestured to the little boy beside the flower bed, and asked.
The fifth princess looked over there and immediately said, "That's the sixth uncle's son, cousin Ran. The sixth uncle doesn't like cousin Ran and abuses him with the sixth aunt. The emperor found out and was very angry. He scolded the sixth uncle and aunt and took cousin Ran to live in the palace..."
The fifth princess told everything about the little boy without Du Shichu even having to ask any questions.
Du Shichu was a little confused after hearing this, but she soon understood and asked, "Isn't your Sixth Aunt the biological mother of your cousin Ran?"
"Yes, cousin Ran's biological mother died when he was two years old. The current Sixth Royal Aunt is a later generation. Alas! When my grandmother and father scolded my Sixth Royal Uncle, they said that cousin Ran was pitiful. It turned out to be true that if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. "The Fifth Princess sighed like a child.
The Sixth Uncle mentioned by the Fifth Princess is the Emperor's full brother, and in other words, the Empress Dowager's biological son. Both the Emperor and the Empress Dowager dote on him very much. After all, the two greatest people in the world are his blood relatives. How could he not be favored?
But perhaps because he was spoiled too much, the Sixth Uncle was a little out of touch. He was basically a playboy who was incompetent at anything and was mostly a hindrance. Therefore, even though the emperor wanted to use him at first, he no longer dared to use him after he messed up a few things.
But no one expected that he could not handle his official duties or his personal affairs, and he actually allowed his later wife to abuse his son. This was really a fool. If the emperor had not discovered his abused nephew, this poor Prince Ran might have died at some point.
Du Shichu looked at him with pity. Although he had parents, he was not as good as her, a person without parents.
Feeling sympathetic, Du Shichu waved to him and said, "Hey, come here. I'll make you a little animal, too. What do you want?"
The fifth princess hurriedly said, "Sister Du, cousin Ran is a little afraid of people, he won't come over."
The Prince Ran did not refuse. After being greeted by Du Shichu, he paused and then slowly moved over. The Fifth Princess widened her eyes in surprise: "Cousin Ran actually paid attention to you! He doesn't like to pay attention to people and doesn't even want to talk..."
The little boy, who was over ten years old, was not even as tall as Du Shichu's ear. It was obvious that Du Shichu was only two years older than him, but he was thin and pale, and it was obvious that he was underdeveloped and very unhealthy. It was really pitiful that as the nephew of the prince, he was abused like this.
(End of this chapter)
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