The third princess's birthday is on the first day of May. Yinzhen's fatherly love was fully demonstrated in the preparation of his daughter's birthday gift.
Even Ji Ling was shocked.
First, there was a house named after her, which was placed in the northwest suburbs, not far from the Old Summer Palace. All the information and maps related to the house were sent.
After a Manchu princess gets married, according to the ancestral rules, she is not allowed to live with her husband's parents. Usually, the Ministry of Internal Affairs chooses a place in the capital and builds a separate palace for the princess.
However, it is generally necessary to wait until the princess reaches the age of ten and is proposed to be married before there is a need to build a princess palace.
While the third princess was just a little baby who could not speak clearly, the emperor had already prepared a house named after his daughter, which shows how much he loved the princess.
Then again, the emperor's daughters who can build a princess palace in the capital are all lucky, because it means that they don't have to stay away from their relatives and go to their families far away from the capital.
Or even though you are married to a Mongolian consort, you can still live in the capital, which is very close to the Forbidden City. It is very convenient for your parents to call you whenever they miss you.
Ji Ling breathed a sigh of relief - like all the concubines who had daughters, what she was most afraid of and worried about was that her daughter would be sent out for marriage, and she would be separated from her from then on.
A princess who marries far away to Mongolia can enjoy a salary of one thousand taels of silver, while a princess who stays in the capital can only enjoy a salary of four hundred silver - but as a royal princess, who cares about this little symbolic salary?
Although Yinzhen did not explicitly state that this was a princess mansion, it was named after the third princess.
This was a reassurance given to her by Fourth Master.
In addition, there are fifty-one amulets and fifty-one royal treasures.
This number is exactly the number of the third princess's birthday - the first day of May.
On the princess's birthday, everyone came to congratulate her. Needless to say, there was no need to say much about the excitement in the Chengqian Palace.
In the main hall, there are all the concubines who came to celebrate. They are all dressed up with flowers and branches, surrounded by green beads. When you walk in, the fragrant breeze hits you.
Concubine Qian came forward as usual, and circled tightly around Ji Ling, causing Zhang Guiren to stumble, but luckily Ji Ling held her back.
Concubine Qian's face was full of joy. She smiled and said that Concubine Chen was really lucky. She had just given birth to a princess, and now she is pregnant with her second child. Everyone nearby heard what Concubine Qian said, and they all agreed in unison, but
There was more or less a hint of sourness in those words.
Concubine Yu looked at it and covered her face with a fan. There was a trace of disdain in her eyes, thinking that the concubine was occupying the emperor without shame or impatience. According to the frequency of the emperor's coming here - she was not pregnant with a dragon seed.
Who can get pregnant?
While thinking about it, Concubine Yu stared at Ji Ling's belly with her eyes, wishing to see through the gorgeous flag uniform whether the belly underneath was pointed or round. She had no idea that her expression was already...
She completely fell into Mao Bi's eyes.
The people at Kunning Palace only sent congratulatory gifts and a message, saying that the Queen had been feeling cold recently and was feeling unwell.
The visitor was Mi Yugui, the eunuch of Kunning Palace. After hearing the arrangements made by the Ulanara family, all the concubines exchanged glances with each other.
Ji Ling accepted the reward, thanked her respectfully, and said humbly: "The Empress is ill, and I will go visit her as soon as she recovers."
At noon, when Yinzhen went to court, he went to the Military Aircraft Department to discuss for more than an hour - at this time, the military supply room had been renamed the Military Aircraft Department.
Enter through Qianqing Gate, turn left, and there will be a row of small houses.
It is said to be a small house, but in fact, this "house" only has one wall.
The other side is directly attached to the palace wall of Qianqing Gate - equivalent to a small shed built diagonally from the palace wall.
Although this small shed is also covered with glazed tiles, it is still too simple compared to other palaces.
However, just such a row of gray and inconspicuous small buildings is now the center of power of the empire.
Under the red walls and yellow tiles of the Forbidden City, the most private decrees all come from here.
When several important officials had exited the military aircraft office, the lights in the military aircraft office's room turned on.
Su Peisheng was waiting at the bottom of the steps. According to the rules, he stayed far away from the military aircraft. He saw a few adults coming out and greeted each other with smiles. Those people were also very polite to him and waited to watch the ministers go away. Your Majesty Just came out.
He took long strides, and Su Peisheng trotted behind him before catching up.
When he arrived at the Nuan Pavilion of the Yangxin Hall, Su Peisheng estimated that the emperor was about to get up and go to Chengqian Palace to celebrate the birthday of the third princess, but he heard the emperor calling him in the Nuan Pavilion.
When he entered, he heard the emperor knocking on the table and saying: "At midnight tomorrow, Prince Xuanyi will come to Yangxin Palace."
Su Peisheng agreed, and when he exited, he glanced at the emperor's face and realized that there was a big one and a small one waiting in the Chengqian Palace, all of which were the emperor's treasures - but he was still sitting in the Nuan Pavilion at this moment, Steady as Mount Tai, unmoving.
It seems that what Prince Yi will come to the palace to discuss tomorrow must be an important matter.
Things have been calm in the previous administration recently, and the implementation of the New Deal—according to the daily reports—has been relatively smooth.
Of course, what could possibly happen?
He thought about it for a while, but naturally he didn't dare to show anything on his face. He turned around and ordered his servants to prepare the emperor's carriage. When the emperor's father was waiting under Yangxin Highness, Yinzhen came out but did not get on.
"I'm walking." He glanced at Di Yu and dropped these three words.
Su Peisheng was even more certain—Long Live Lord is in a bad mood!
He turned around and waved, asking everyone to follow him. He glanced at the eunuchs before him and gave him a look, and they all understood.
Long Live Lord has a nameless fire, but don't hit the muzzle of his gun.
Everyone followed behind in silence.
When they arrived at Chengqian Palace, all the concubines knelt down to greet the emperor. Ji Ling also held Qixi's hand and was about to squat down. As soon as she made a move, Yinzhen stepped forward to hold her hand and let her get up.
After the third princess's birthday ceremony was over and all the concubines had left, Ji Ling asked Qixi to take out the birthday hat she had made long ago and put it on the third princess.
In fact, she originally wanted Xiao Dazi to make a birthday cake, but it was a bit challenging.
In the end, Ji Ling simply asked him to make a super large thousand-feuille cake with butter on the outside.
In ancient times, butter was called "cream". It had to be extracted from "cheese", left to dry outside for a day, and then boiled out the excess moisture while adding water.
The process is quite troublesome, but it’s really delicious when made.
This oversized thousand-layer cake is cut into a round shape and is divided into five layers. The three layers sandwiched in the middle are made separately of honey cake and white sugar osmanthus glutinous rice cake. When you cut it with a knife, the three flavors will mix with each other.
In addition, there is a circle of thousand-layer cake, all decorated with red fruits, which is gorgeous and eye-catching.
When the servants just brought it to the table, the third princess hugged Qilin, and everyone and the dog were dumbfounded.
Ji Ling held up her daughter's birthday hat and smiled. Just as she turned around to see the fourth master's expression, she found that he was not in the right mood today and seemed to be very depressed.
Not only was he depressed, his whole person also exuded a sinister temperament.
His look immediately reminded Ji Ling of Yong Zheng, whom he had met for the first time.
The third princess was still climbing on Yinzhen, as if climbing a big tree. She reached out and grabbed the pendant on Huang Ama's waist. Ji Ling quietly stood up and gently took the third princess down.
The third princess was still holding the purse on Yinzhen's waist. Yinzhen raised his hand to untie the purse and handed it to his daughter absentmindedly.
