On the way back to Qixiang Palace, the Eldest Prince couldn't calm down.
"Mother concubine, was I ever this small? Impossible!"
"Second Brother is so tiny, earlier when Grand Empress Dowager held him too high, I couldn't see clearly. When can we go visit Lady Xi?"
Princess Consort Jing beckoned and picked him up.
His stature is small, his frame light, not much flesh, holding him was effortless. Yet she wished he were plump and heavy like the Second Prince. Nutrient-rich dishes seemed to leave the Eldest Prince's stomach unchanged; with difficulty, he gained a bit of weight, but catching a cold and falling ill made him thin again, worrying Princess Consort Jing: "Consort Xi is on her confinement, we'll visit her once she's finished her confinement. But, brother will take years to be able to play with you. You were even smaller than him before, I could hold you up with one hand."
The Eldest Prince was skeptical.
