And the gift for the Second Princess was a full bowl of pearls, each round and lustrous, with an excellent sheen.
"For now, these can be toy marbles for the Second Princess to play with. When she's older, they can be made into a necklace or earrings, both would be lovely."
The Second Princess stared at the bowl of pearls, mesmerized.
Without a hint of reservation, she pulled the items into her embrace.
Seeing her like this, everyone laughed.
Probably neither the Fourth Prince nor the Fourth Prince Consort expected that, in the future, these pearls would be ground into powder for the Second Princess to use as practice medicine, mixed into prescriptions.
Meanwhile, the somewhat neglected Fifth Prince in swaddling seemed displeased.
The first thing he did upon waking was to cry out a few times, as if he wouldn't feel right without raising his voice.
In contrast, the Third Princess beside him quietly slept day after day.
