The Favorite of the Court of Joy

In the past few days, Zhao Yunxuan lived very comfortably, the court was finally in his hands, and good news came from the border from time to time, and the sound of babies in the harem added vitality to the palace that was too solemn and indifferent in the past.

The first two days were the days when the two children washed their hands.Washing the third is a very important ceremony in the birth ceremony. On the third day after the baby is born, a bathing ceremony is held to gather relatives and friends to wish the baby good luck. The purpose of "washing three" is to wash the dirt and eliminate disasters and avoid difficulties; the second is to pray for good fortune and good luck.

The ritual of washing three times was held in Zhaoyang Hall. Outside the hall, gods were enshrined. After burning incense, they knelt down devoutly, and then put the two children into two exquisite ichthyosaur-changing basins. Just add a teaspoon of water to the basin and say some auspicious words.

Although the water in the basin was warm, Zhang Xiaoqian and Wan Zi felt distressed when they let the child soak in the water naked until the ceremony was over, for fear that the child would catch the cold.As soon as the ceremony was over, Zhang Xiaoqian and Wan Zi couldn't wait to pick up the child, wiped his body, wrapped the child in a thick cotton jacket, hugged the child and kissed.

It has been three days, and the child is no longer wrinkled like a little old man when he was just born. The little guys are slowly growing, and the skin is slowly becoming smooth, showing a handsome appearance, which is very cute.

Zhao Yunxuan named his son Zhao Chengxuan according to the family tree.璂 is a kind of beautiful jade, and I hope that children can have the same pure and tenacious character as jade.

On this day, Zhang Xiaoqian was not particularly happy, because Zhao Minghan missed the appointment, and he clearly promised that the child would come back when it was time for the third day, but there was no sign of him when it was time for the third day, so the child's name had not been taken yet, Zhang Xiaoqian Always use "little golden pig" to call his child, for no reason, just because he was born in the year of the pig, and because the child is like that bastard Zhao Minghan.Because of this matter, Zhang Xiaoqian is really going crazy. She has worked hard to conceive for many months, and the facial features of the child she gave birth resemble him in every way. You say it is annoying or not.

"Aunt Nine Emperors, don't be annoyed, Uncle Nine Emperors didn't come back on purpose." Zhao Yunxuan said, "Uncle Nine Emperors was supposed to return to Beijing with the escort of the rebels five days ago, but the border situation is not good, So Uncle Nine Emperors caught the rebels and set off for the border. Yesterday there was news that our army had won several small victories. Uncle Nine Emperors meant to push the enemy back to their territory five hundred miles back and push them back If you are afraid of fighting, you can return triumphantly after signing a peace treaty."

Zhao Yunxuan was afraid that he would not understand, so he continued: "This time it is really thanks to Uncle Jiuhuang. Before he went, our army had been defeated all the time. Now that we are victorious, it is really showing our country's prestige. It was I who sent Uncle Jiuhuang to the border. If you want to blame, blame me."

"Don't, how dare I blame you, the emperor. The prince also wants the people on the border of Dongyue to live and work in peace and contentment. I don't blame anyone. But, I want to go back to the palace. Now I have given birth to a child. In the palace There is no danger, there are many hidden guards protecting me, my children and I are safe, I want to go back to the palace." Yes, he wants to go back to the palace, the palace is his home, it is the place where he and Zhao Minghan remember together.

"Go back, Xiaoqian, why do you want to go back?" Wan Zi couldn't accept that there was no Zhang Xiaoqian for a while.

Zhao Yunxuan asked: "Where in the Zhaoyang Palace is the service not good?"

"The Zhaoyang Palace is very good, but it is not my Yimei Garden after all. I want to go back to the palace and wait for the prince to come back. Please allow the emperor."

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Yunxuan agreed to Zhang Xiaoqian's return to the mansion, and asked the head of the House of Internal Affairs to send various high-quality supplements and clothes to Prince Rui's mansion.

The next day, Zhang Xiaoqian left Ximei to serve Wanzi, and Xiaocheng and a few others followed him back to the palace.

Zhang Xiaoqian set off from the gate of the palace in a gorgeous royal carriage with the child in her arms, and the journey was unimpeded.On the way, Zhang Xiaoqian lifted the curtain of the car and looked out.This street is still the familiar street. Zhao Minghan once took him to the street to buy, buy, buy, watch juggling performances, drink tea and listen to opera songs. At that time, he wanted to leave him every second. , but now that he has been away for more than a month, he misses him terribly, and he only hopes that he will come back soon.

Suddenly, he saw a washerwoman on the far bank of the river crying while washing clothes, thinking that there was an old woman beating her standing beside her, the washerwoman turned her head to dodge, Zhang Xiaoqian saw who she was.She was Xiao Hong who was implicated and kicked out of the palace because of him that day. After she was kicked out, she must have lived a very bad life.

"stop."

"What are your orders, master?"

"Xiao Cheng sees that the person washing clothes by the river is Xiao Hong?"

Zhang Xiaoqian saw her go to the river and gave the old woman some money, and the old woman asked Xiaocheng to talk to the washerwoman.When Xiaocheng came back, she told Zhang Xiaoqian that the person was Xiaohong. After she was kicked out of the palace, she was sold again and again, and finally bought to be a washerwoman. She had to wash a lot of clothes every day, and her hands were ruined.

Zhang Xiaoqian felt deeply guilty, and said to Xiaocheng: "Go and redeem her later, let her continue to work in the palace."

"Yes, master."

In Prince Rui's Mansion, Butler Wu received early in the morning that Concubine Zhang was bringing her little son back to the mansion, and immediately asked people to reorganize Yimei Garden, adding a lot of new things, and asked the kitchen staff to prepare a lot of things suitable for pregnant women. and baby food.Butler Wu made arrangements with great fanfare, making Yu Xiujie's eyes red.

The carriage stopped at the gate of Prince Rui's Mansion, butler Wu led the blue, green, purple and other servants to greet him on their knees.Under the guidance and promotion of Butler Wu, the blue, blue, green and purple became stewards of each room, which was equivalent to Butler Wu's deputy.

"The old slave led a group of people to welcome the side concubine and the young son back to the mansion."

"Get up, Steward Wu, you have worked hard." Zhang Xiaoqian was helped out of the carriage by Xiaocheng, and walked into the palace.

Looking at this familiar place, Zhang Xiaoqian's mood suddenly improved a lot. As he walked, his good mood suddenly dropped a lot because he saw Yu Xiujie.

"Housekeeper, Yu Xiujie has finished his exams, why is he still staying in our palace?"

"This... this old slave also said, it's just Young Master Yu who..."

"Okay, I understand, I will let him leave the palace today." In fact, the palace is so big, it's okay for Yu Xiujie to be alone, but Zhang Xiaoqian just doesn't like him. He knows that Yu Xiujie stays in the palace and hopes to seduce him one day Zhao Minghan, he won't give him this chance.

"Yu Xiujie, your exams are over, and the prince has already arranged a house for you in Dongcheng. How dare you stay in the palace, do you want some face?"

"You...the lord who invited me to live here, only the lord can invite me out of the mansion. If you can invite the lord to tell me personally now, I will move out."

"Hmph, didn't you promise the prince to move out after the exam? Why are you breaking your promise now? You are still a scholar. Such dishonesty really humiliates all scholars."

Yu Xiujie blushed with shame and fought back speechlessly.

Zhang Xiaoqian saw that his face turned red, it was very funny, and said: "Hey, forget it, our palace is so big, raising a mangy dog ​​is nothing."

"Who do you call a mangy dog?"

"Whoever refuses to leave is a mangy dog." Zhang Xiaoqian glanced at him contemptuously, and said: "Our palace has never been short of dog food."

"You...you..." Yu Xiujie stammered for a long time before stopping such a sentence, "I tell you, I am not lazy, I am sitting in the palace, I am afraid that if the prince is not in the palace, these dog slaves will go against the sky .”

"Thank you so much for your kindness. My side concubine is returning to the mansion today. You can pack up your things and leave the palace immediately before sunset. I won't see you off. You go slowly."

Yu Xiujie was so angry that he couldn't speak, shook his sleeves and walked away.

Seeing him leave in a fit of anger, Steward Wu and Lanqingluzi heaved a long sigh of relief, and Xiaoqing even said: "Your side concubine, you don't know that the prince and you are not in the mansion, so he thinks he is Master, you are always pointing fingers. It is great that you are back now, and the servants miss you very much."

"I miss you too." Without Yu Xiujie, Zhang Xiaoqian was really happy, "I brought a lot of good things from the palace, and each of you has a share."

The blue, green, and purple four happily closed their mouths together, "Really? Thank you, side concubine."

"Okay, the empress is exhausted all the way, stop pestering the empress, and quickly escort the side concubine to rest in the plum garden."

"Yes yes yes, side concubine, let's go."

"Okay, go back to lean on the plum garden."

Back in Yimei Garden, Zhang Xiaoqian put the child in the cradle.At this moment, the child is waking up, with his eyes wide open, looking around, babbling, as if expressing a speech.

"Little Golden Pig, is the house your dad lives in beautiful?" Zhang Xiaoqian asked himself and answered, "It's beautiful, isn't it? Your dad and I chose it ourselves. Look at that red family portrait sticker over there, it was cut by your auntie Xiaohua during Chinese New Year , isn’t it lifelike. I’ll let Xiaohua cut and paste it in your image later, tell me if it’s okay, my little golden pig.”

Suddenly, the little golden pig frowned and burst into tears.

"What's wrong, my little golden pig. Don't you want paper-cut stickers, then we won't post them, oh, darling, let's not cry"

No matter how Zhang Xiaoqian coaxed him, he didn't stop crying.

"My concubine, the little prince is probably hungry," said the wet nurse.

Zhang Xiaoqian was a bit uncomfortable, but he didn't understand anything about the child he gave birth to. "Hold and feed."

Sure enough, the little kid loved frankincense the most, and he stopped crying when he came into contact with milk, and sucked desperately.

Zhang Xiaoqian sighed in his heart, as expected, if there is milk, it is a mother.His little hands held the other breast of the nurse.Zhang Xiaoqian sighed deeply, sure in his heart, this little pig's hooves must have inherited the big pig's hooves from the bullshit prince.

After eating and drinking enough, the little golden pig fell asleep contentedly.Seeing that his son looked so much like his old man, Zhang Xiaoqian was really angry and laughed, and began to wonder when Zhao Minghan would come back.

Zhao Minghan, who is far in the north, is directing the battle in the army tent.He looked calm as if everything was under control.