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Dong Su was supposed to stay in the hospital for seven days, but when she woke up in the afternoon after giving birth to her third child, she saw Dabao and Xiaobao coming. Ling Moxiao almost turned the hospital's large conference room into a court meeting.

Because of the good news from Japan, important officials from various departments came to discuss post-war matters.

Japan is different from Korea, it is farther away and more difficult to manage. It will take at least several decades to completely sinicize Japan.

I then heard from Sister Yuan that all the relatives and friends of the Shen family had moved into the city and stayed at the Mo Mansion, waiting to visit the child after he was three days old.

In my hometown in Gwangju, a newborn baby cannot see guests until he or she is three days old, and the third-day bathing ceremony is a very grand banquet.

Dong Su had a smooth birth and recovered well. Although the third child was a little older, she felt at ease because it was not like the time when she gave birth to the twins, when there was still a war going on outside.

For pregnant women, the physical tiredness and pain are nothing compared to the mental tension and fear.

In short, whether it was Master Bai who checked or she checked herself, she was in good physical condition and had no episiotomy or stitches in her lower body.

I started to breastfeed after I woke up from a good sleep, and the pain from contractions was very mild.

Although Sanbao was worrying when he was just born, he can eat, sleep and defecate now, and is a very healthy fat baby.

Dong Su thought for a moment and decided to stay in the hospital for three days before returning to the palace.

A third-day bath banquet was held in the palace, and coupled with the great victory in the war against Japan, Ling Moxiao was determined to make the banquet as grand as possible.

In order to allow Dong Su to rest assured during her confinement, the trivial matters in the harem were taken over by Sister Ayuan and Chen Luoxue, while Zhong Yang and Mo Xiujing were responsible for receiving the relatives and friends of the Shen family.

Dong Su also formally "hired" Mo Xiujing to take care of the affairs of the female officials and various institutions for a month. After she was out of confinement, he and Sister Yuan would set off for Yizhou.

Shen Dongsu jokingly said to Ling Moxiao, "Fortunately, we both don't have many relatives, otherwise I wouldn't be able to rest peacefully during the confinement period."

Ling Moxiao certainly had many relatives, but they were all left in Chang'an by him. Only a few married princesses moved to the capital. They were all sensible people and had never caused trouble for Dong Su.

One of them once wanted to send a concubine to Ling Moxiao, but when he saw that Ling Moxiao sent Duke Anguo to exile in Lingnan very quickly, he immediately gave up the idea.

These royal relatives and dignitaries still looked down on Dong Su from the bottom of their hearts. It was okay that she was born a peasant girl, and she did not hide this fact at all, which made her seem out of tune with others.

But the queen was lucky. When she first came to Youzhou, it was an old border city. After being defended for a few years, it became the capital.

The emperor's attitude towards the empress cannot be described as "favor". Favor is mostly shown to concubines. The emperor truly regards the empress as his beloved wife, his Achilles' heel and his soft spot.

The powerful and influential people realized this and their attitude towards the Queen was to keep their distance from her.

But after they joined the maritime merchants, they could not avoid dealing with the Queen, so they thought of a compromise: sending their daughter to take the examination for female officials, or letting a woman in the family do it for them.

Of course, there were many nobles who were willing to humble themselves and flatter the queen, but Dongsu didn't buy it at all and didn't give them the opportunity to flatter her.

Then let's talk about the third-day bathing banquet. Dongsu said that she wanted to take good care of herself during the confinement period, but as the mother of a country, she could not do anything unless she really fainted in bed.

Otherwise, she would not be able to stay idle, she just stayed at home. There were some things that needed to be decided by her.

When she returned to the palace, her special carriage had been modified and had become a small bedroom. She lay in the carriage holding Sanbao, and Xiaobao sat obediently at her feet.

Dabao was taken on horseback by Ling Moxiao. No people gathered to watch the return to the palace this time. Ling Moxiao said that he was afraid that the noise would be too loud and would scare Sanbao, so the imperial guards had already cordoned off the road from the hospital to the palace.

Dong Su fed San Bao milk and put him to sleep. Every time a baby is just feeding, it takes all its strength and usually falls asleep after feeding.

She reached out to hold Xiaobao's hand, and Xiaobao obediently climbed into her mother's arms and leaned against her.

Dong Su smiled and asked softly, "Xiaobao, do you like your brother?" Before the birth of her child, the little girl always said she wanted a younger sister.

Xiaobao nodded heavily: "I like it! My brother is so cute."

She was afraid that the little girl would feel that after having a younger brother, her mother would favor her younger brother and give her less love and attention.

Dong Su hugged his daughter and kissed her cheek, chuckling, "In the past, Xiaobao had the love of his father, mother and brother, and in the future, there will be a younger brother who loves his sister!"

Xiaobao, the little elf, immediately realized his mother's intention and said with a sweet smile:

"Are you afraid that I'll be jealous of my brother? Don't worry, I'm your elder sister!"

"I'm not jealous of my brother! When I was a child, my mother also held me and fed me like this!"

He held Dongsu's face and kissed her again, whispered in her ear: "Xiaobao loves mother the most. Xiaobao knows in his heart that mother loves Xiaobao too."

Dongsu's heart melted. It was true that a daughter was always a mother's little cotton-padded jacket.

It is precisely because Dabao and Xiaobao are so well-behaved and loving that she has the courage to have a second child.

Sister Yuan in the corner pretended she didn't exist and quietly wiped away her tears of emotion with a handkerchief.

She would never be able to have her own children in this life, and when she saw the interaction between Dong Su and her daughter, she felt warm and sweet in her heart.

Still far from the palace gate, Dong Su could faintly smell the fragrance of flowers. She lifted a corner of the curtain, and she and Xiao Bao saw a romantic and beautiful scene through the glass.

The entire avenue is lined with flower baskets. In addition to the plum blossoms and camellia flowers blooming in early spring, there are more roses, roses, orchids, lilies, etc. in the greenhouses.

The entire avenue leading to the palace gate is simply a sea of ​​flowers.

The scene suddenly reminded her of the movie she had seen in her previous life, Curse of the Golden Flower. After a royal fight, in just a dozen breaths, the sea of ​​blood turned into a sea of ​​flowers.

Of course, the situation in front of me is completely different from the movie. These flowers are not used to cover up the ugliness, but to welcome her home.

Xiao Bao was the first to exclaim: "Wow! There are so many flowers! Did father have someone prepare them?"

A Yuan smiled at Dong Su and said, "I remember you said that you would bring flowers when you took the mother and baby home."

"I just casually told His Majesty that he might have understood it a little differently."

Dongsu: ...

Is this a little different? People go to the hospital with a bouquet of flowers, but Ling Moxiao brought a garden here.

She knew without entering the palace that the sea of ​​flowers must lead all the way to her bedroom.

Fortunately, the children have good constitutions and are not allergic to pollen.

Even if she no longer had any romantic instinct, she was still very moved when she saw this scene.

Ling Moxiao's horse hooves had reached her window at some point. He looked at Dong Su without saying anything. Dabao in his arms spoke for him:

"Mother, welcome you and your brother home!"

Xiaobao stretched his head and said, "What about me?"

Ling Moxiao laughed and said, "Welcome home, little princess."

As a queen, a powerful and wealthy queen, Dongsu felt no emotion no matter what gifts she received. However, when she saw some new inventions and people asked her for rewards, she would feel excited.

As for other harems, the queen and concubines are all proud of the emperor's rewards, but it doesn't mean anything to Dongsu because she is the only queen in the harem.

Nothing she uses has been picked by anyone else. It can be said that the best and most exquisite things in the world are available to her immediately when she wants them.

Whenever Ling Moxiao gave her a gift, he had to be creative.

It was obvious that Dong Su was very happy with the "flowers paving the road" this time, and the smile in his eyes never faded all the way.

Ling Moxiao secretly kept it in mind and decided to ask gardeners from all over the country to send more flowers and plants that were not available in Youzhou to the palace.

Dong Su did not show up at the third-day bathing banquet. She only met Jiang and her two aunts in the bedroom. Other noble ladies who came to pay their respects were received by Sister Ayuan and Chen Luoxue.

However, the three treasures must be shown, and the bathing ceremony requires an elderly person of high moral character and high prestige to bathe the child.

The most suitable candidate in the royal family is naturally the Empress Dowager or the eldest princess.

Speaking of which, Dabao and Xiaobao didn't hold the third-day bathing ceremony at all. At that time, they were busy fighting in the northern border, so how could they have the time to hold a banquet?

Ling Moxiao knew that some of the older female members of the royal family were eagerly looking forward to having the honor of hosting the Second Prince's third birthday celebration, and some were even competing openly and secretly for this.

Women compete with each other in terms of their family background, the power of their husband's family, the official positions of their juniors in the court, and so on.

It seemed as if being able to hold the third birth ceremony for the second prince would make him the most powerful person in Youzhou from then on.

What happened in Chang'an was happening again in Youzhou.

Ling Moxiao sneered. He would never let these people touch his son!

Don’t you always look down on the Shen family and mock Dong Su for being a peasant woman?

Then I will not use you noble ladies, but a peasant woman to hold the prince’s third day bath!

Ling Moxiao decided to let grandmother Jiang come, as no one was more suitable than her.

Dong Su also agreed. Although she didn't like Jiang, if she had to choose one among the royal nobles, she would rather choose Jiang.

As a result, Jiang herself held back. Zhongyang brought the nanny from the Ministry of Rites to teach her the procedures for the third-day bathing ceremony, which scared her terribly.

I heard that many noble ladies and nobles were watching, and she had to hold the prince and wash his body with red dates water, and recite blessings.

He was so scared that he waved his hands: "I can't do it. I'm the only one in my family. I dare not say a word with so many noble people around."

Mo Xiujin kept her safe. Fourth Aunt was also a noble lady now. To be honest, no noble lady in You was as noble as Fourth Aunt.

Unfortunately, this consolation was of no use at all. Jiang was so scared that she didn't even want to attend the third-day bathing banquet. She used to think about moving to the city every day, but now she just wanted to go back to the farm and never go into the city again.

Such a grand occasion had to be attended by my second aunt, who was only there to listen, but had already learned the procedures by heart, and could speak the three blessing words clearly and pleasantly.

Speaking of this, everyone praised the second aunt. They came to Youzhou about the same time. Jiang had not yet learned a few words of Mandarin and spoke with a Guangzhou accent to everyone she spoke, but the second aunt spoke Mandarin very fluently.

Jiang seemed to be used to the feeling of looking for her sister when she had something to do. She pushed her second aunt and said to Mo Xiujin:

"Your second aunt is Anwa's great-aunt. She is more blessed than me. She has children and grandchildren. I don't even have a grandson yet."

"Can you tell the Emperor to let your second aunt go?"

Everyone was a little speechless. Zhong Yang lowered his voice and said, "Mother, please don't say that you are not as lucky as others in front of outsiders. Sister, you are the queen. Aren't you lucky enough?"

Jiang really wanted to say, no matter how blessed her daughter was, could she compare to her son? Neither of her two sons had a family, and she didn't even have a grandson, so how could she be considered blessed!

But she is very displeased with Zhongyang now. The older the child gets, the more he looks like his grandfather. He doesn't usually get angry, but when he does, he can be very scary.

At this time, she heard Shen's father warn her: "That's the Second Prince, what Anwa? You think you are in Shen's Village! When you meet outsiders, you must be careful with your words."

Jiang became more and more afraid to attend the third-day bath banquet, and even thought that if the emperor did not agree, she would just pretend to be sick.

When Sister Yuan told Dong Su about the matter, Dong Su nodded without hesitation and said:

"Let my second aunt come! This aunt is much more reliable than my grandmother!"

Then he sincerely said to Sister Yuan:

"I have always wanted to repay my second aunt, but I haven't found a good way. With the merit of giving the prince a third birthday, when the children grow up, they will also be filial to my second aunt."

The relationship between cousins ​​is fine for one generation, but after two or three generations, the relationship becomes weak.

But when my second aunt gave the three treasures a third bath, the children became closer to her when they were young, and even when they grew up, they would be more filial to their aunt and grandmother.

More importantly, Ling Moxiao had no impression of the Shen family's relatives, especially the Cai family.

Now that his second aunt had shown her face in front of him, she would think of the Cai family when giving rewards during festivals in the future.

The third-day bath banquet was held grandly and smoothly. A Yuan carried the third baby out. The second aunt, dressed in gorgeous clothes, did not show any shyness under the gaze of a group of noble ladies.

I quickly washed Sanbao's body in a golden basin and recited a long blessing. Sanbao was very considerate and did not cry or make a fuss, but he urinated after the wash.

Unexpectedly, his peeing made all the ladies present so happy that they rushed to grab the dates in the basin.

Not only because the Second Prince has a noble status, but the little fellow is also fair, plump and strong. He is the kind of 'good grandson' that middle-aged women who are eager to have a grandson like most.

The dates in the three-day bath are auspicious items, especially those with boy's urine. If newly married women eat them, they will give birth to healthy and strong children.

After hearing this, Dong Su was glad that when she married Ling Moxiao, she didn't have a serious mother-in-law to take her to the third-day bath banquet.

What if her mother-in-law forces her to eat a date, do you think she will eat it or not?

At the banquet outside, all the dignitaries and officials from Youzhou were present. Grandpa Shen and Father Shen sat at the head of the table. Ling Moxiao respected Grandpa Shen very much and poured wine for him personally.

This reminded Grandpa of the first time he met Ling Moxiao. At that time, he thought Ling Moxiao was a liar and even asked the county magistrate to verify his identity.

Looking at the present again, it feels like a dream!

When Sister Ayuan carried Sanbao back to Dongsu's bedroom, Second Aunt came along.

Before entering the room, Second Aunt kept her back straight and her steps steady. This was because she had learned it from the nanny from the Ministry of Rites and had practiced it for a long time in her bedroom at night.

But when she saw Dong Su and closed the door of the room, Second Aunt instantly slumped down in a chair.

It was February and her temples were sweating.

She kept asking A-Yuan, "Didn't the mother make any mistakes? I heard someone laughing. Was it because I did something wrong? Oh, I can't embarrass the mother!"

Ah Yuan hurriedly comforted her: "Mother, you did a great job. They were laughing at the Second Prince for being so cute. I heard people talking about how your manners are very good and you don't look like someone from the countryside at all."

Although Dong Su did not see it with her own eyes, the palace servants kept telling her about the situation at the scene.

She glanced at Sanbao who was sleeping soundly in the crib, and said to her second aunt with a smile, "I've also heard that you recite the blessing words very smoothly, second aunt."

The second aunt then patted her chest and smiled:

"That's good. You don't know. When I walked in and saw so many people, so many eyes staring at me, and they were all noble ladies wearing gold and silver, my heart was in my throat."

Dong Su praised his second aunt generously, thinking that if Jiang really came, she would probably be so weak that she would lose her legs.

She had already prepared a thank-you gift for her second aunt, but she was reluctant to accept it at first. Then she heard from A Yuan that this was the rule in the palace and that anyone who gave a third-day baptism to the prince would receive a generous gift.

Only then did my second aunt happily accept it and said she would ask someone to send it back to her hometown.

Naturally, these gifts had to be brought back to the villa first. When Jiang saw them, she felt very uncomfortable.

She also stole the spotlight at the third-day-birth banquet. Many people came to compliment her as the queen's mother, and the emperor also gave her many gifts.

But when she thought that she should have been the one to host the Second Prince's third birthday celebration and those valuable gifts should have been given to her, she felt sour in her heart.

At the end of February, the entire Youzhou City was celebrating the birth of the second prince by the Queen.

The second thing is to discuss what to do after defeating Japan.