Chapter two hundred and eighty seventh wash three feasts
The Manchus have many customs, and there are also opinions about the weather on the day of "Xi San".
If the weather is calm and good, the child's life will be safe, happy, and have a bright future.
On the contrary, if it is a stormy day and the weather is bad, it means that the child will have to pass through several hurdles in his life and will have to work hard to get ahead.
Ji Ling was speechless for a moment when she heard what her grandma said. Although the words "fighting" sounded very irritating, she still hoped that the child would be safe throughout his life - anyway, this child was born in an emperor's family, and he was already a grown-up person after being reincarnated.
winner.
She suddenly thought of Su Dongpo's "Poetry for Washing Children": Everyone raises his children hoping to be smart, but I have been misled throughout my life by being smart; I only hope that my children will be foolish and careless, and that they will be able to be ministers without disaster.
"Isn't that right, baby?" Ji Ling smiled and teased the baby in her arms.
The little princess was only three days old, but she was no longer very red. Instead, she had skin like milk tofu. Her eyelashes were extremely long and as dense as two small fans. Of course she couldn't understand what Ji Ling was talking about.
He just kicked up his two fat legs, looked at his mother, waved his little hands, grabbed the skirt of Ji Ling's clothes and pulled it back and forth.
Qilin was lying next to her, staring at the little princess without blinking. It had probably never seen a baby before. Its eyes were wide open with curiosity.
It seemed to know that this was its little master. Yesterday, Ji Ling showed it the princess. After that, except for the wet nurse, Nanny, Qixi, and Bixue, whenever anyone else came close to the little princess, Qilin stepped forward to block it.
, glaring at the person with a vigilant look on his face - a special protector.
"Good Qilin." Ji Ling lowered his head and patted Qilin's head. Qilin squinted his eyes and grinned, as if he was smiling.
It was still very stuffy in the Nuan Pavilion, because she couldn’t see the wind during the confinement period, and Grandma Chen closed the windows so tightly that not even an ant could crawl in. Fortunately, it was still May, and the summer weather wasn’t too intense.
time, otherwise I would really cover up Ji Ling and be covered in prickly heat.
After lunch, it’s time for the official start of the "San San" ceremony. Generally speaking, the person who presides over the ceremony is the "Auspicious Grandma". This "Auspicious Grandma" is either an old woman with both children and a high reputation, or she is the one who gives birth to the child.
Midwife delivering the baby.
The grandma who delivered the baby became the "auspicious grandma" at this time. When the time came, Yinzhen hurried over from the Yangxin Hall. Qixi and Bixue walked into the Nuan Pavilion carrying a gold ingot-shaped big pot.
When they came, the basin was filled with soup made from mugwort leaves that had been prepared long ago. The servants greeted the emperor first. Grandma Jixiang walked around the basin a few times, saying a lot of auspicious words, and then went to
Sprinkling peanuts, eggs, etc. into the basin is called "adding the basin".
Then it was time to wash the doll.
Grandma Jixiang symbolically rubbed the little princess with ginger peel and mugwort, and then began to give her a bath.
Qixi knelt beside the basin, her eyes almost falling into the basin.
She pursed her lips tightly, stretched out her hands straight, and held the little princess's head, fearing that she would accidentally choke on the water. Grandma Chen held the little princess's hand tightly.
To everyone's surprise, the little princess seemed to like playing with water. She was immersed in the warm water and giggled. She didn't know how happy she was.
When Ji Ling heard the baby smile happily, she laughed too.
Then after a while, the little princess kicked her legs in the basin and waved, almost starting to swim. Ji Ling thought about it. There seemed to be a saying that the fetus grew up in the amniotic fluid in the mother's body. The water quality of the newborn was very important.
It is very familiar. Many newborns can swim without any instruction. This is almost their water-loving nature and instinct.
Yinzhen looked at the princess, and the stern lines on his face softened. What made him happy the most was that although he spent far less time with the little princess than Ji Ling, the little princess seemed to know that he was her emperor.
Yes, kept staring at him and smiling.
"Wash your waist, and you will become taller every generation; draw your eyebrows on the left, and do your temples on the right..." Grandma Jixiang sang three washing songs in her mouth while washing.
Seeing the little princess smiling happily, she turned to the emperor and said happily: "Your Majesty! Congratulations to your Majesty. I heard the folk saying - the sooner the child learns to laugh, the smarter the child will be. Now the princess has only been bathing for three times.
, I can already laugh, I guess I will be ice-snow smart in the future!”
Yinzhen smiled, looked at Ji Ling and said, "Did you hear that? Lingling."
Ji Ling had been looking at her daughter with a smile and never left her eyes. When she heard Fourth Master's question, she raised her head and glanced at him. The two of them looked at each other and smiled, feeling warm in their hearts.
After washing the princess, Nanny Chen brought a tray from the palace maid. The tray was covered with colorful red brocade, with tassels hanging from the bottom. In the middle of the red brocade, there was a green onion that was washed clean and looked like jasper.
Next to it are a scale, a lock, and a pair of gold and silver picks.
Grandma Jixiang took the scallions, turned around, and tapped the little princess three times. While beating her, she said solemnly: "One dozen is smart, two dozen are wise, and three dozen will be lucky to grow up!"
After she finished the beating, she kept talking and moving her hands. She immediately picked up the scale and made gestures while chanting: "Although the scale is small, it can weigh a thousand catties!"
Then she picked up the lock, gestured to lock the princess's hands and feet, and said in a cadence: "When you grow up, your mouth will be tight, your hands will be tight, and your feet will be tighter!" This means that when the princess grows up, she should behave steadily and dignifiedly, and speak carefully.
In the last step, Grandma Jixiang tucks the gold and silver clasp onto the princess, glares, and says: "Tuck gold on the left, silver on the right!"
Although the grandma who delivered the baby had already informed the concubine about what to do beforehand, and it was considered a record, but at this time, when Ji Ling saw this series of operations with his own eyes, he was still dumbfounded.
Taking out the gold and silver thorns again, Grandma Jixiang held the green onion that she just hit the princess with, and knelt down to Yinzhen: "Please, Your Majesty, throw a lucky green onion!"
This is also an old custom of satisfaction. In order for the child to be smarter in the future, the child's father must throw the green onions onto the roof with his own hands, and the "three-washing" ceremony is officially completed.
Everyone came out with the emperor surrounded, and Yinzhen walked to the front hall of Chengqian Palace. It was noon in early summer, and the sun was dazzling. He squinted his eyes slightly, suddenly raised his hand, and neatly lifted the green onion.
Throw it on the glazed tiles of Chengqian Palace.
Everyone knelt down and said: "Congratulations to the emperor! Congratulations to the princess for her third baptism!"
After entering the house, Yinzhen hugged the little princess with his own hands. Grandma Chen came forward and wiped the water off the little princess's body and carefully wrapped her in swaddling clothes.
Seeing that everyone was gathered around the emperor and the princess, Grandma Jixiang walked to Ji Ling's bed, knelt down and kowtowed to Ji Ling three times, and then said respectfully: "Imperial concubine, according to the rules, everything is safe for the empress and the princess.
Now that the princess has passed the three feasts, it is time for the servant to leave."
After hearing this, Ji Ling lowered his eyes, then reached out and took out the prepared purse from the bedside, and wanted to give it to the grandma who delivered the baby.
The grandma who delivered the baby kowtowed repeatedly, waved her hands and said, "The queen no longer needs to reward the slave. The slave has already received the reward from the emperor. How can he get the reward from the queen again?"
Ji Ling leaned on the bed and said softly: "Take it, I was very scared on the day of delivery. Fortunately, you taught me Luck to endure pain and command properly. You deserve this reward. You don't have to."
decline."
The grandma who delivered the baby quickly said: "My empress is so blessed, and the little princess is also filial, so everything goes as planned!"
Ji Ling smiled and said, "It's also thanks to grandma, so take it."
Concubine Chen insisted on this, and the grandma who delivered the baby did not dare to refuse any more, so she walked up on her knees, lowered her head and raised her hands high, and took the purse. Feeling grateful in her heart, she kowtowed again. Seeing that the time was almost up, she whispered with a smile on her face: "
My concubine, it’s time for this slave to leave.”
She paused and said: "Your Majesty is full of blessings. One day she will surely have children around her knees. If she encounters another childbirth, don't be afraid - it is always difficult for a woman to have a baby. Once you get through this, you will have more troubles later."