She looked up at him, smiled and pointed to the side - meaning that the third princess was asleep now, but she had to keep her voice down so as not to wake up the little baby.
Yinzhen lifted the hem of his robe, sat on the edge of her bed, looked at Ji Ling, and reached out to touch her head.
After a month of confinement, I sat down and nourished myself with various soups and water. Except for the first few days, Ji Ling's complexion was a little sluggish, and now his face looks very good.
He raised his hand and scratched her cheek, even thinking that she had applied rouge, but then he found that his hand was clean and there was nothing - just pure white skin with rosy skin.
Seeing that she was taking care of her so well, he smiled happily. The two of them leaned together and chatted for a while about the full moon banquet.
The next day was the full moon banquet of the third princess. In the early summer morning, at dawn, all the servants in Chengqian Palace got up and started working.
The Manchu people attach great importance to Xisan and the full moon - the full moon means that the newborn has passed the dangerous period of the first month, the body will be stronger, and the risk of premature death will be smaller, which is something worth celebrating.
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In the evening of this day, Ji Ling had just tidied himself up in the Nuan Pavilion, and the concubines had already begun to come over one after another.
Ji Ling walked out, and the wet nurse wrapped the third princess well in her swaddling clothes, then held her in her arms and followed her.
In the front hall, Qixi and Nanny Chen were leading the concubines to sit down, while Bixue was counting things beside her. Evian was giving her instructions, one reported and the other took notes.
According to what Ji Ling had said in advance - if there is a gift that is too expensive, it will still have to be sent back to others after the full moon banquet is over.
Seeing Concubine Chen come out, Concubine Xi was the first to stand up. Li Gui and Gao Guiren both came over with a smile, blessed themselves and said: "Greetings to Concubine Chen, may I wish you good luck!"
As soon as Ji Ling shouted, Concubine Qian looked at the third princess behind her and praised: "What a beautiful child! She will definitely be a beauty when she grows up!"
No mother would be unhappy when someone else praises her child. Ji Ling couldn't help but smile.
As soon as Xi Bi said these words, she seemed to have grown up, and people around her immediately started to compliment her. She praised the third princess so much that she was praised in heaven and on earth, just like a fairy from the Nine Heavens descending to the mortal world.
Amidst the flattery, the third princess looked dazed in her wet nurse's arms while eating her chubby little hands. She turned her head and looked blankly at the empress and then at the noble man.
After a while, the eunuch singing the ceremony outside sang loudly: "The Queen has arrived——!"
Ulanara came in person to attend the third princess's full moon banquet.
Ji Ling went out to greet the Queen and saluted the Queen. Everyone followed and knelt down: "Greetings to the Queen, may the Queen be blessed with peace and happiness!"
Uranala called everyone together and looked at Ji Ling up and down a few times. She saw that she looked very good and her figure was still as slender as before giving birth. She had not given birth to a child like other concubines.
Then she gained weight - for example, the concubine Li of Qi back then.
Ulanara remembers very clearly that at that time, when she was still in the dormitory, Mrs. Li gained weight almost every time she gave birth to a child. In the end, her oval face turned into a round face.
Ulanara looked at the radiant appearance of the concubine in front of her. She felt sour in her heart, but it didn't show on her face at all. She just smiled and said: "Chen concubine is now in confinement. How is her health recovering?"
Ji Ling considered it carefully and said with a smile: "I've just passed my confinement, and I'm still nursing..."
When she said this, she raised her head, paused and said, "Thank you, the Queen, for not having to pay my respects to me a while ago. Your Majesty takes care of the Sixth Palace, and I am very grateful!"
Qixi thought to herself at the side: The Queen did not spare the master's greetings, it was clearly the Emperor who did not - and she knew that the Master gave the Queen a high hat in front of everyone.
As expected, Ulanara smiled and said: "It's nothing. You are pregnant and it is inconvenient to move. Just have this respectful intention."
At this time, the palace lanterns were first put on. The Chengqian Palace was broad, deep and gorgeous, with exquisite furnishings. A single lamp illuminated the interior of the palace. The corridors outside the palace were dark and winding, with flowers, trees and fusu in the courtyard, and the imperial garden.
This rare species that is rarely seen in Zhongdu has decorated the Chengqian Palace like a palace in the sky. Many concubines turned their heads and looked at it with envy.
Seeing that everyone was still standing on the steps to greet him, Ulanara took the lead and entered the hall.
At the full moon banquet, Ulanala turned her head and looked at the third princess - the third princess was really cute, as small as an ice and snow jade dumpling.
She was not blessed and had never given birth. At this moment, she couldn't help but feel a bit of motherly thought, and she reached out to hug the third princess.
The queen wanted to hug her, but the wet nurse didn't dare not give her. However, the third princess stared at Uranala with a wary look on her face, then kicked her legs and started crying.
She had just had a milk meal and was very strong. She cried loudly and went straight to the roof. The Queen was immediately embarrassed. She could neither stretch out her hands nor withdraw them.
The nanny quickly hugged the third princess and rocked her, coaxing her, but the third princess turned red from crying and could hardly breathe.
When Ji Ling saw her daughter crying like this, she was afraid of an accident, so she hurried over, held her little ancestor in her arms, and kept patting her on the back. After a long time, the third princess stopped crying.
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Ji Ling smiled and hurriedly explained to Ulanara: "Don't mind, the Queen, the child is afraid of birth, and it will be fine when it is taken care of. Now her closest relative is the wet nurse, and even the concubines sometimes want to hug her.
She’s not happy either!”
Xi Concubine smiled and said: "No! When I just gave birth to Hongli, he was just like Princess Duanrou. He couldn't be touched by anyone. When he was touched, he cried as if someone was pinching him.
, Now when I think about it, I still remember it vividly!"
Everyone laughed, but Concubine Qi looked at her with a smile on her face.
After Ji Ling finished speaking, he took the third princess's little hand and said with a soft smile: "Xi'er, this is the emperor's mother."
As soon as the words "Emperor's Mother" came out, the queen's face finally looked better.
"Queen, my concubine, I see that this child's features and eyes look exactly like the emperor's. He is almost carved from the same mold. Do you think so?" Concubine Qi looked at the three princesses and said to the queen with a smile.
As if she understood what Concubine Qi said, the third princess suddenly turned her pink and tender cheeks to look at Concubine Qi, her little body swaying a little.
Concubine Qi looked at Princess Duanrou - she was obviously still a baby in her infancy, but for a moment, a calm and unhurried expression flashed across her face, with a hint of nobility and elegance. She really looked like an emperor.
How it looks on a daily basis.
She thought she might have been dazzled.
Not long after, the full moon banquet began. After various ceremonies, the concubines gathered together again, laughing and chatting with each other. The concubine never stopped talking auspicious words, and she could say them better than the grandma who delivered the baby.
The queen left early. As soon as she left, the concubines began to chat and gossip. They brought out all the big and small things they heard about the capital. Ji Ling asked the wet nurse to report the third princess in. While listening, she slowly
Slowly, he finished all the pastries in front of him.
I am finally out of confinement, and now the food I eat is delicious, unlike before where the soup was always clear and watery, which made even the gluttons in the stomach faint from hunger.