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The three rites of baptism in the palace are not as complicated and lively as outside.

The child is too young, everything is based on safety.

Especially in the twelfth lunar month, when the dripping water turns into ice, it is even more impossible to throw the child into the water to wash it.Even if it is hot water, the child may catch a cold.

Therefore, the whole thing related to Minmin in the three baptisms was that the Compassionate Ning Palace sent a golden basin and asked the wet nurse to put Minmin in it.Jiang Heng watched from the side, that is to say, if the swaddle got on the bottom of the pelvis, Minmin's mission was completed.

In the subsequent process, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will bestow blessings on this golden basin.

Although the emperor was in a hurry to observe Bao and return to Beijing, he was ordered to enter the palace to participate in the princess's baptism.

But the actual situation is that Guan Bao returned to the capital in time, and he couldn't see his daughter—even if he was his own father, he couldn't enter the harem to see his daughter.

There are big banquets and small banquets for the third and full moon of the prince and princess. The big banquet is the feast for the clan and courtiers hosted by the emperor. The main process is the banquet given by the emperor. Blessed and long-lived.

Guan Bao caught up with the three baptisms, just as the completion of his grandfather's participation in the ceremony, and at the same time received three cups of imperial wine and received many congratulations.

The small banquet in the harem only went through the process of washing three.

Thirteen Fujin and others will naturally go to the palace to add pots, comforting Jue Ercha, who will not see her daughter and granddaughter for the time being: "Don't worry, madam, when the full moon banquet is held, the concubine Xin will see you when she comes out with the princess in her arms. "

Jue Ercha also laughed and said: "Exactly, although I was panicking, my wife also knows that the princess was only born for three days in the cold winter months. If she really came out and tossed in the basin for a while, she would feel bad. .”

After the third bath, Jue Ercha returned to the mansion and began to look forward to the full moon banquet for the sixteenth princess of the first lunar month.As a result, this year's Spring Festival in the house was sloppy.

After Minmin's three baptisms were over, the Forbidden City was in full swing to prepare for the New Year.

For the whole preparation and New Year's Eve, Jiang Heng was in confinement, and he didn't need to worry or socialize at all. It can be said that he hid a lot of leisure.

Even the full moon banquet does not require her to be busy.

The queen mother's palace took care of it all by herself.

The palace has not heard the cry of a child for a long time, and finally there is an extra princess. The queen mother has done two things this year: the first thing is to boast of her new granddaughter to the wives who entered the palace next year to pay her respects; the second thing It is to prepare a full moon banquet for this granddaughter.

The Empress Dowager naturally took this job away, and only said to the emperor: "It takes a long time for a woman to give birth for the first time, and naturally the energy consumption of the body is also great. This first confinement should not be neglected! Let the concubine enter the palace! It's only been two years, and I haven't gone through the old rules of the full moon banquet in the palace. It must be difficult to do it--she is born as a mother-in-law, so she must try her best to make sure that her daughter's full moon banquet does not go wrong. It will take a lot of effort. I'm afraid Concubine Xin can't stand this kind of toil. Forget it, I'd better take care of my family."

The emperor heard the empress dowager's duplicity.

Seeing Erniang's high spirits, the emperor didn't want to expose it, but only made a statement of entrustment to the queen mother: "My son originally thought the same way, but it's not easy to ask the emperor's mother to worry about it."

The queen mother was even more delighted when she heard the words, and waved her hands very generously: "What's the matter, for the sake of my granddaughter, it's nothing for the Ai family to suffer a little bit."

On the contrary, when the emperor saw the queen mother, he not only arranged it all by himself, but also said that after the full moon banquet, he wanted to take the child to the Compassion Palace for two days.So I went to talk to Jiang Heng about this in advance, fearing that she would feel bad about it.

"Emperor Niang regretted for a long time that I was fostered under Empress Xiaoyiren's knees back then. Even if the fourteenth brother was not in Beijing, Huang Erniang would not let the children of Xunjun Prince's Mansion stay in the Palace of Compassion. To avoid separation of mother and child...Emperor Niang will only stay for a day or two when she takes us Minmin away."

Seeing the emperor going around explaining to her, Jiang Heng couldn't help laughing and said: "The empress dowager likes Minmin, so it's good to take her with her often. This is the first time for a concubine to raise a child. If there is anything unexpected, the empress dowager can tell her as soon as she sees it." gone."

She really thinks it's okay.

People in the modern workplace get married and have children. Who doesn't expect the elderly on both sides to take care of their children, otherwise how can they open a relationship?Some children are high-need babies and it is difficult to take care of them. If you expect a mother to take care of them alone, there will be no day and night, and you will be tired and collapse sooner or later.Especially after the maternity leave is over, I look forward to having an elder who can help me, even if it is just to help the aunt at home take care of the child, it is better than leaving the non-speaking child alone with the aunt at home.

Therefore, Jiang Heng felt that the queen mother was willing to take care of the children and take the trouble of directing the Ministry of Internal Affairs to organize the full moon banquet. She was very relaxed and happy to see her.

Unlike the concubine who sees the child as the only one in the palace, the most fearful thing is that the child will be taken away. Jiang Heng has accepted it from the bottom of his heart because of his past life. After five months of normal work after giving birth, the child will basically be I have to entrust others to raise them.

Being a mother is about having a life of your own.

"There is one thing. The concubine wants to ask the emperor to speak to the queen mother on behalf of the concubine."

The emperor nodded: "Is it about the full moon banquet? What do you want to add? You can't tell the emperor's mother, I will tell you." The concubine Xin always has more ideas, and the emperor doesn't mind listening to her. , to add something new to my daughter's full moon banquet.

This time the emperor guessed wrong, Jiang Heng's novelty was not intended to be used to make Minmin's full moon banquet different, she just hoped that she would grow up healthy and strong, and being in the limelight was not a priority.

Jiang Heng shook his head and said: "It's not about the full moon banquet, the concubine is reluctant to let go of the mother."

Ever since she became pregnant, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has added manpower according to the old practice of concubines who are pregnant.The emperor said earlier, among these people, if you like them, you can stay and continue to use them. First keep the people you are familiar with, and the princess's people will be matched.

Because the palace servants of the Yonghe Palace originally provided for the concubine alone, she moved from the back hall to the front hall, and basically only two people who looked after the house were left behind.

Not now.

The entire apse and main room has been transformed into a structure suitable for raising a princess. In the future, the princess will grow up and do activities here, so naturally another set of staff is needed.The emperor had ordered the Gu Nai of the House of Internal Affairs to also order Zhang Yuzhu to bring more reliable palace maids and eunuchs, and let Concubine Xin choose by herself.

Jiang Heng said: "The people in the palace next to me, the concubine looked good, so I decided to stay on my own, and I just sent someone to tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But Madam Yu is a high-ranking concubine beside the Empress Dowager, and the concubine Of course not."

The emperor said casually: "Emperor Niang said before that Nanny Yu would take care of pregnant women and children, and she was happy to let her stay here in Yonghe Palace—at that time, she was not worried about your place, so she was allowed to come here."

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager ordered Yumao to stay with the concubine for the first three months, and then extended it for a few more months. After Yumao worked so hard for so long, it seemed more reasonable for the emperor to speak up. "

In fact, Nanny Yu continued to stay in the Yonghe Palace, which was the result of the willingness and acquiescence of the three parties, the Queen Mother, the Yonghe Palace, and Nanny Yu herself.

Only after being gilded by the emperor's mouth is the commendation for the mother's hard work in the past year.

Otherwise, if you don't mention it, you will change from a member of the Empress Dowager's Mercy Ning Palace to a member of the Yonghe Palace, as if you have made a mistake and lowered your status.

Sure enough, after the emperor opened his mouth, the Empress Dowager's Compassionate Ning Palace and the Empress' Chengqian Palace specially sent a generous reward to Nanny Yu, and Jiang Heng had already prepared it here, except for the real gold and silver thanks , and a gift for Mammy.

This day, Nanny Yu inspected the princess's supplies in the apse. From the small quilt to the large leisure car, she inspected them one by one based on her rich experience, without missing a single detail.Even the inside and outside of the car, she took the little maid to touch it with her hands, using her own skin to feel that there is no wood thorn on it, so as not to hurt the little princess.

It took a whole half a day, and I didn't even bother to eat lunch.

Qiu Xue came to invite her twice. Seeing Mammy Yu's concentration and knowing her temper, she couldn't eat at ease until she finished her work, so she simmered Mammy Yu's dishes and rice on the small tea stove first.

Sure enough, Nanny Yu didn't go out until she was done.

When she went out, she found that the Yonghe Palace was a bit different.

A slope is added to all the steps. It looks like it has just been poured with mud lime and glutinous rice, and there are light lines on the slope.

Qiushuang stood at the door to pick her up, smiled and said, "Nurse, let's go ahead, the empress said that I have prepared a gift for you."

Nanny Yu didn't know what these slopes were for for the time being, she still went up and down the steps on crutches, and then walked to the front hall with Qiushuang. She has a strong nature, although there will be some dull pain in her hips when she walks too fast, but she is used to it , and don't want to act slow in front of others.

When she entered the cella, she saw a strange-looking chair on wheels.

In fact, for this wheelchair, Jiang Heng discussed with the manufacturing office for a long time to improve it, and finally after the children were all born, the manufacturing office also produced this wheelchair.

In fact, things like wheelchairs appeared very early in ancient times. For example, Sun Bin sat on a wooden cart that could be pushed around.Zhuge Kongming also studied four-wheeled vehicles.

But with Mammy Yu's character, it's not that she can't stand up and walk, so she's probably not willing to sit and be pushed around.

Jiang Heng asked the manufacturing office to make this wheelchair, which can be said to be tailor-made for Nanny Yu. It is half like a wheelchair and half like the swivel chair given by Yingjili before. It's different, she has no problem with her legs and feet, she just broke her hip bone.

"It's okay for Mammy to accompany me to live in the front hall before, but now the child lives in the back hall, and Mammy has to run back and forth every day, so it's better to use a small car." Jiang Heng once asked Imperial Physician Liu. A person like Mama who has an old hip bone injury should feel some pain after walking too much and walking too fast.

Jiang Heng motioned Qiushuang to sit on it and demonstrate it. This rattan car is light and flexible, and you can use your own hands to turn the wheels, so you don't have to be responsible for pushing the cart all the time.

Nanny Yu only felt an indescribable warmth in her heart.

She immediately thought about the gentle slope poured next to all the steps, presumably to make it easier for her wheelchair to get up and down.And the shallow ravines made on the slope should prevent the wheels from slipping.

Seeing that there seemed to be tears in Mammy's eyes and she kept silent, Jiang Heng said seriously: "Momma thought of everything for me before, and the details of the Yonghe Palace have been thought of for me. I'm reciprocating, Mammy, don't worry. "

"How can this old servant not understand your mother's painstaking efforts." Yu Yu came back to her senses, and said generously: "It's okay, the children grow up fast, and the princess will leave and run within two years. The servants can't catch up with the little princess on crutches, and they have to sit on this cart."

In the Palace of Mercy Ning, the Empress Dowager misses her little granddaughter again.

"There are two days left before the Chinese New Year. With the New Year's Eve together, Aijia's Compassionate Palace will be full of people. It must be very busy. Hurry up and bring Minmin to accompany Aijia while it is still quiet."

Aunt Wuya agreed.

Since the concubine Xin gave birth to the little princess on the night of December [-], this is the third time that the Empress Dowager has brought the little princess over to play. The nursing mother and nanny were also ordered to keep up with several, and a mighty team came back to the Palace of Compassion,

When Aunt Wu Ya arrived at the Yonghe Palace, she saw her former colleague sitting on a weird chair.

"Yo, what's new?"

Nanny Yu drove her new car to pick her up on purpose, and showed it to Nanny Wu Ya.

Aunt Wu Ya smiled and said: "You are very happy, have you all been on a wheeled cart?" From the palace of the empress dowager to the palace of the concubine, the rank of the concubine has actually dropped—after all, the concubine is the highest here. The grade is not as good as that of the Empress Dowager's Palace.

But Aunt Wu Ya looked much happier when she saw the eyes of Aunt Yu.

At their age, they know how important and difficult it is to live a happy life.

Aunt Wu Ya also felt relieved for her, and said: "Take me in and say hello to Mrs. Xin, I was ordered to pick up the little princess and go to the Palace of Compassion."

Jiang Heng was sitting on the bed, idly reading two pages of a book, when he heard that Madam Wu Ya was coming to pick up the child, he smiled and said, "Please trouble Mama."

In fact, Jiang Heng was a little surprised when the mother came to pick up the child for the first time.

Isn't it said that children before the full moon are best not to go out?There are such precious children in this palace, especially the queen mother. Minmin is not allowed to go through the process during the third bath, for fear that there will be too many people to frighten her, and fear that the water will freeze her. She thinks more than Jiang Heng, a novice mother. You're still considerate, why are you still asking someone to pick up the child?

After learning how the child was transferred to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Jiang Heng felt that he was worrying too much, and at the same time he was moved by the wisdom of the ancients.

They actually designed the prototype of the incubator.

It is said that in the Ming Dynasty, there were records of prematurely born princes and princesses who survived because they were kept in a hut with high temperature.After these years, Tai Hospital has developed an invention similar to the incubator, but the enlarged version is an incubator sedan chair.

The nurse hugged the prince and princess and sat in. Basically, the nurse felt a little hot, and the child felt just right, without the wind and cold.

The queen mother used this kind of insulated sedan chair to pick up her little granddaughter.

When Jiang Heng saw this large-scale equipment, he immediately felt relieved, and simply sent his daughter to his grandmother to play.After all, the current Minmin doesn't know how to interact with her, and doesn't want to find her mother. She basically just eats, eats and sleeps. She probably doesn't even know where she is.

Aunt Wuya came out and saw that she was 'driving' the small car and following beside her, she couldn't help but be curious and like it: "This small car looks good, it saves legs—you can get up and sit for me for a while .”

Nanny Yu was shocked: "Are you speaking human words? Ask a cripple to stand up and give you a chair?"

Aunt Wu Ya smiled and said: "Can you be called disabled? I remember that you were in a hurry once, and you ran faster than me on crutches! Get up and let me sit and try, I am still waiting to send the princess back What about the Ci Ning Palace?"

The relationship between the two is obviously very good, and it seems that Aunt Wu Ya is about to pick someone up.

Since this wheelchair is specially made for Mammy Yu, there are slots on the back to hold her two crutches. Nanny Yu has no choice but to take off the crutches and stand up, letting Nanny Wuya sit down and slide back and forth for a while .

When Aunt Wu Ya escorted the little princess to the Palace of Mercy Ning, the Empress Dowager had already changed into soft and clean homely clothes, not to mention taking off the nail covers, and tried her newly manicured nails against the smooth silk to make sure the nails were clean. It will not scratch the tender little face of the granddaughter.

At this time, with a smile on his face, he stretched out his hand to take Minmin from the nurse's arms, and quickly immersed himself in the joy of having his grandchildren.

It wasn't until it was time for Minmin to breastfeed that the queen mother remembered it and asked Aunt Wu Ya: "The Ai family really likes Minmin, and they pick her up a little more often—you don't feel unhappy seeing Concubine Xin, right?"

Aunt Wu Ya shook her head: "Not at all, this servant looks at Xinbi and empress, and from the bottom of her heart is willing to have one more person to love the little princess."

The lives of concubines in the harem are extremely narrow, and their temperaments become narrow over time, so those who have children often regard their children as their only sustenance and only eyeballs, and no one else can touch them.

The queen mother smiled: "The emperor originally said that Concubine Xin was willing to let Ai's family take more granddaughters. Ai's family thought that it was because he doted on Concubine Xin that he said good things for her, but you can see that it is the same, you can see her A good boy."

Nurse Wu Ya said: "Concubine Xin has a big heart, she is not a narrow-minded person. This servant also saw something today, I heard that Concubine Xin specially asked the manufacturing office to make it for Yusi. "

Tell the empress dowager about the wheelchair.

What she said was interesting, and the queen mother said: "It sounds interesting. Ai's family didn't like the Western swivel chair that the emperor sent to Ai's family before. They slid too fast, and they were always worried that one of them would accidentally fall. But listen You say this one is solid? Then ask the Manufacturing Office to make one for Ai’s family too.”

Sister Wu Ya was dumbfounded: She was trying to sit down at most, but the Queen Mother actually wanted a wheelbarrow to be placed in the Compassionate Ning Palace?

This wheelchair is obviously made for people with hip or leg problems, so even if the manufacturing office made this new thing, it did not present it to the queen mother as before. Send me a wheelchair, could it be that the Queen Mother cursed her leg?

The Empress Dowager said: "The Ai family doesn't shy away from these, just get one to see if there is something new."

After the princess was carried back by the wet nurse, the queen mother immediately softened her voice: "Come on, Minmin, let the imperial grandmother hug you." After hugging her, she asked herself with a smile: "Who is the most obedient and prettiest little princess? Oh, it's us Minmin."

The sweet and thoughtless tone of the voice made Nurse Wu Ya, who was used to the Queen Mother's temper, startled.

Aunt Wu Ya thought: Ever since she had a granddaughter, the Queen Mother often used refraining words to coax the children, and the whole person seemed to have become younger and more energetic. Wei Dao had a childlike innocence. Hearing about new things, even if it was a wheelchair, he wanted to try it out. .

The Empress Dowager in the Palace of Compassionate Ning was busy taking care of the children, while Jiang Heng said to Qiu Xue, "It happens that Minmin is not here, one day when I am free, I can wash my hair."

Qiuxue pursed her lips and smiled: "Your Majesty still loves cleanliness. Fortunately, your Majesty is confinement in the cold winter months. If it's summer, you can't see the wind and water, and you can't use ice. Wouldn't you be tired of your Majesty?"

Jiang Heng told her to tremble: "Don't scare people." This is scarier than ghost stories.

Qiuxue went out to prepare Ligusticum dahurica powder.

Ever since she was pregnant, Jiang Heng has been worrying about health issues: it doesn't matter during pregnancy, what she worries about is the period of confinement.

There is no scientific confinement at this time, just sitting honestly.All the people in the palace watched, they would definitely not allow her to take a bath at the same frequency as before.

Fortunately, Nanny Yu, like a robot cat, solved this problem for her: "I don't know if the empresses who live in the Yonghe Palace have similar temperaments. The empress dowager also loves cleanliness very much. Don't worry, empress, when you can't get wet , I will prepare Ligusticum Angelica Powder for you."

Jiang Heng lighted up another point of knowledge: it turns out that there is a dry shampoo right now.

Even because it is inconvenient to take a bath, various medicinal powders for dry shampooing are actually more popular outside the palace. Of course, the most popular one is the cost-free comb head, which does not require water or medicinal powder, and only uses the comb to remove the dust, dander, etc. from the hair. .

But combing hair cannot solve the problem of oil.

In the third trimester of pregnancy, Jiang Heng used the high-quality Ligustic Angelica dahurica powder produced by the Imperial Hospital.

Generally, the medicinal powder sold in the market is not pure enough, you need to put it on your hair, and then use a comb to comb the medicinal powder away after a night, but it is not the case in the hospital, you just need to sprinkle it evenly on your hair, then wrap it with a cloth, and leave it for half an hour After taking it off, comb the hair carefully, and the hair will lose the oily feeling and become fluffy and clean.

This is simply one of the things that Jiang Heng most wants to bring back to modern times: girls don't know the trouble of washing their hair, and the most troublesome thing when going out to meet people is washing and drying their hair.

When Jiang Heng covered his head, he saw Mammy Yu coming in in a wheelchair—the thresholds in the palace are all detachable with mortise and tenon structures, especially the thresholds of the harem, and they are not nailed to death, after all, the concubines are in the late stages of pregnancy , If you don’t see your feet, it’s a big deal if you trip over the threshold.

Now the threshold of the Yonghe Palace is removed during the day, and it will be arranged at night when the door is closed, so that it is convenient for the nanny to use the wheelchair.

"This year, our palace will save trouble." Madam Yu said, "Your Majesty is in confinement, and the princess is not allowed to move until the full moon is over. Just now, Eunuch Su came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation in person, passing on the emperor's message." Meaning, this year, in our palace, except for the banquet on New Year's Eve, it's better to keep things as usual."

Jiang Heng didn't know if the emperor was doing fortune-telling again, so he figured it out and stopped it quietly.

But she was too happy.

Jiang Heng looked outside: Actually, she is not young, she was born on December [-]th.In fact, as soon as the twelfth month of December entered, the palace began to change red lanterns, the maids began to tie red ribbons, and the peach charms had already been changed.

There is a lot of Chinese New Year atmosphere, but all kinds of cumbersome etiquette are missing, which is just right.

She laughed and said, "You can save everything else, but you can't save the New Year's red seal. This year, the people in the palace are too busy for me and Minmin."

Nanny Yu, who has received several major rewards, quickly said yes, and Qiu Xue Qiushuang laughed beside her and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Just for the sake of your Majesty's safe birth of a princess, the Emperor issued a decree to reward the Yonghe Palace with monthly money for the first half of the year!" The Empress Dowager and the Empress gave us four seasons' clothes and gold and silver locks. Not to mention that the Empress also added two months' monthly money to us, which is already enough."

Jiang Heng shook his head: "That's joy. It's the same as the year-end award that our palace has set long ago. I remember it in my loose-leaf book. Who has contributed more and who has taken on more errands this year. Min Min just left Hey, the emperor said earlier that in order to accumulate blessings for Min Min, this year's New Year Palace is not allowed to severely punish the palace people, and it doesn't matter if there is a fault, there must be no reward for hard work."

Qiu Xue and Jiang Heng were more daring to talk, so she smiled and said, "The empress wants to reward the servants, the servants are of course happy, but I just think that the empress will keep the silver and give it to our princess as a dowry."

Jiang Heng said with a smile: "The gift received at the full moon is enough."

Minmin's full moon is the sixteenth of the first lunar month.

It happened that the Shangyuan Festival was over in the palace.

At noon on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor came down to the Yonghe Palace in person.

At that time, Jiang Heng had already changed his clothes and was about to take his daughter to the full moon banquet. When he heard that the emperor had arrived, he couldn't help but wonder: "Why did the emperor return to the harem?"

The banquet in the palace has always been separated from the inside and outside. For example, on New Year's Eve, the emperor will hold a big banquet in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, while the banquet in the harem is basically held in the Chonghua Hall on the north side of the East Sixth Palace.

The same is true for the full moon banquets for the princes and princesses in the palace. Of course, the full moon banquets for children are generally not held in the Qianqing Palace, for fear that the children will be too young to hold back.In terms of festive events, there is no difference between the royal family and the folks. They are all fathers who have a baby. They invite their relatives and friends to have a meal and a drink. The relatives and friends congratulate them. It is similar to Xisan. You can’t see the baby at all, and you are surrounded by it all the time. Father turns.

In the harem, women gather to congratulate. They can see the newborn baby, but because the baby is small, they will only take it out for a display and then take it away. The rest of the time is left for everyone to boast.

Jiang Heng looked at the clock: "At this time, the emperor should go to the Shousui Hall."

The emperor rarely wore a vermilion dragon robe today, and said to her: "It's okay, let them wait for a while. I will send you mother and daughter to Chonghua Palace."

Jiang Heng smiled: That's right, she forgot that this person is not the father who entertains guests, but the emperor.It was a habit for princes and ministers to wait for him, and all timelines revolved around him.

And the emperor was watching Jiang Heng holding the child intently: she was wearing a lying rabbit Zhaojun suit, and Minmin was also wearing a furry tiger head hat, which complemented each other.

Looking at the mother and daughter, the emperor felt very satisfied.