Banou is busy with the new borns. Thus she leave the rest of the children to Min Min and the rest of the maids to take care. However Li Nan proves to be a difficult child to take care. He constantly rebel unless Banou is around to discipline him. Even Wang MoMo too cannot handle an unruly child.
One day in school Li Nan get into trouble for not learning how to write properly. He vent his anger by destroying the brush on his hands and press in down on the table. In the end he scream and cry. Li Xin who is with him is not able to control that hot temper child. In the end, a messager send from the school to the Prince mansion to arrange an early pick up for Li Nan. Min Min report to Banou what had happen and rush to school. The carriage return with a child crying out loud. Banou who is carrying one of the child try to talk to Li Nan. He ignore her and run with all his might to his bedroom. After she put down her child, she walk in the bedroom of her second child.
"Li Nan can you tell me what is the problem that you have?"
Li Nan keep cry under his blanket. Banou sit on the chair and wait for him to calm down. After a long time, he cry. Then slowly silence comes. He takes a peek if Banou is still in his bedroom. He see her feet under his blanket. He wonder if he should come out and face her.
"Li Nan, i am still waiting for you."
He takes a deep breath and push the blanket away. He cross his arm and sit on his bed.
"Come here, my son."
He sit not move for a while. He see his mother's stern looks. He decided to move as soon will be lunch. He cannot miss the lunch food. He walk to her and stand in front with his head lower.
"Can you tell me what had happen? Why did you nearly destroy the desk in school? And what the brush did to you that you smash it into the desk?"
With his head lower, he stare at the floor and say in a low voice.
"The teacher say i am stupid. I cannot write properly even he hold my hand. Plus... i am getting hungry. I cannot hold back anymore."
She reach out and hug him. For the first time since he start learning to talk, she never hug him. He smile when his mother reach out to hug him. He lean on her to smile her hair.
"Li Nan, you are not stupid. You need more time to learn. Try to be more patience. I will ask your father to help you practise to be a patience person. You cannot be this untruly temper as you grow up. Do you understand?"
"But.. but the teacher is so ... bad."
"Li Nan, do you want to stay at home and learn? I can teach you some. I don't know everything but i know something."
"Mother can i be with you? Other people don't like me much."
"Li Nan, we are different a bit from the rest of the people. So, we have to show them we are the same like them. We are all the same."
"Just like father and you. Different but same?"
"Yes. You are so smart!"
He immediately smile. His chubby cheeks raise and his eyes got smaller. Banou push down his messy hair. Just then the maid come to the bedroom and inform lunch is ready. He ask for permission to go eat. Banou nod her head and he run off to the dining hall.
Banou talk to Li Cheng about this issue. He brings it up to the imperial school whom they have ensure to send a more patience teacher to teach Li Nan. While Li Cheng return to the mansion, he wake Li Nan up before the sun rises to exercise along with his personal guards. Li Nan surprisingly have the endurance to keep up with Li Cheng. Most importantly Li Cheng finds that Li Nan loves horse ridding. Li Cheng and Banou encourage him to do horse ridding and exercise to cultivate his character and a habit as well. Li Nan enjoys the attention his parents are giving him. When the twins are born, he is never happy but now he is smiling almost everyday. He even wiling to share food with Li Xin whom he grows up with. For the other brothers, he learn to have more patience and endurance. He watch Li Xing the eldest brother who is a respectable man in the army. At the age of seven, he is determined to follow that. As his mother said, we are different but we are same.
Another year have pass and the twin are older. The emperor have revel their names on their three months celebration. The older child is name Li Shung and the younger child is Li Shou. While Li Nan only eight years old is so much taller than the children of his age. His weight never decrease nor increase. He remain a bulky looking child that breaks things even when he did not mean it. However when it comes to his sister Li Xin, he is the one who protect her even though he is the younger one between the two of them. To him, Li Xin always quiet and gentle, a sister whom he needs to protect.. As they used to be the youngest in the mansion, now they are the second set of youngest children in this mansion.