The Second Prince was young and innocent now, so he could hang out with Little Treasure without any grudges. But would he still be able to do so when he grew up?
Even if he didn't want to change, would the people around him and the ministers be willing to see the brothers have such a close relationship?
Why did the Kangxi Emperor's nine sons fight to the death? Was it really because of their own ambitions?
They had probably been forced into such a position. It wasn't possible to guard against everyone. One had only heard of catching thieves from afar, but they had never heard of guarding against thieves for 1,000 days.
Once a person's thoughts strayed, whatever the adults did now would be interpreted by the children as biasedness in the future. They would only acknowledge what they thought.