From the twelfth lunar month to the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the entire Forbidden City is immersed in the atmosphere of the Spring Festival. After the lively Lantern Festival, there is the celebration of the nineteenth day of the first lunar month.
On this day, the emperor will hold the "Nine Feast" ceremony, which is the "finale" of the entire New Year celebrations in the Forbidden City. On the night of the 19th day of the first lunar month, everyone in the inner palace will attend. After the emperor has finished the banquet in the outer palace, he will return to Qianqing Palace. Give everyone refreshments, watch wrestling, pole climbing and other acrobatic shows together, as well as Manchu and Mongolian singing and dancing, and finally set off fireworks.
After "Feast Nine", the princes, nobles, foreign vassals, envoys, etc. resigned and left the capital one after another. At this point, the series of Spring Festival activities in the Forbidden City were officially concluded.
The twentieth day of the first lunar month.
In the West Nuan Pavilion of Chengqian Palace, the third princess sat on the bed with her head lowered, holding a music box about the size of an adult's hand, playing happily - it was something Ji Ling had carefully inspected a long time ago. Seeing the inside There were no bits and pieces that could be pulled off, so I just let it go for the third princess to play with.
Before it was opened, this gadget looked ordinary. When the eunuch from Yangxin Palace delivered the emperor's reward that day, among a pile of rare cultural toys, Ji Ling saw this inconspicuous little wooden box and almost ignored it. .
But when you open it, you will see that there are rollers and reeds inside. The structure is exquisite. There are many small dots on each roller. When it rotates, the reeds will slide across these bumps, and the moving music will come from the small box. It flowed out.
This is a Western toy given to his daughter by Yinzhen.
Before Ji Ling traveled through time, a music box was nothing rare—what gift shop couldn’t buy one?
But during the Yongzheng period, this was a standard luxury item.
Ji Ling plays the music box with her daughter.
The third princess kept opening, closing, and opening again, and then she put her ear to the box and listened carefully to the melody of the music.
At this time, she could already speak some simple words and short sentences. While listening, she turned around and said to Ji Ling in a small voice: "Eniang...box, box! Listen!"
Ji Ling taught her: "Eight tones."
The third princess followed suit: "Eight...music...music box, box!"
Ji Ling kissed her hard on the face and said with a smile: "Eniang's Xi'er is so smart, she even knows how to connect words together."
The third princess's little face turned red from her kiss, and she tilted her head to the side and giggled.
The wet nurse and the nanny were watching with smiles.
The door curtain moved, and it was Evian who brought the cakes in - a plate of Snow Cloud Cake. The cake was white and delicate, with a light milk smell. It had no decoration, but was cut into thin slices one after another, crystal clear. .
Qixi stepped forward, took it, pursed her lips and said: "Master said he was hungry just now, so you can use some now. They are all freshly baked, so they should be eaten while they are hot!"
While she was talking, Evian had already brought the handwashing water up. They were two silver basins, one large and one small. Flower petals were floating in the clear water in the basins.
Ji Ling took the third princess's little hand and washed her carefully. While washing, she consolidated her vocabulary: "Wash your hands."
The third princess followed the milking sound and said in a sweet voice: "Wash your hands!"
As she spoke, she raised her wet hands, squinted her two crescent-shaped eyes, and brought her hands to Ji Ling: "Eniang——!"
Ji Ling lowered her head and kissed her little paw, and said softly: "Our Xi'er is so clean!"
The third princess smiled happily. She sat on Ji Ling's lap and stretched her two fat legs so that she could reach the pastry with her hand.
She reached out and took out a piece of snow cloud cake. Ji Ling thought she was going to put such a large piece into her mouth, so she quickly said: "Let me help you tear it open first..."
As soon as she finished speaking, the third princess raised her little hand with difficulty and stuffed the piece of pastry into her mouth: "Eniang! Eat it!"
Ji Ling's heart felt as sweet as honey poured over it - they said daughters were caring little cotton-padded jackets, and she began to feel it.
She lowered her head and ate the snow cloud cake that the third princess had raised. After eating, she kissed the third princess on the cheek and pointed to the sunny yard outside: "Can you take Xi'er out to play, okay?"
The third princess put her arms around her neck and said in a sweet voice, "Okay!"
Ji Ling bent down, held her little hand, and walked out of the Nuan Pavilion step by step.
The third princess also pointed at Qilin and said: "Dog!"
So Bixue took Qilin out as well.
When they reached the threshold, the third princess raised her little fat legs unsteadily to cross, but Ji Ling carried her out directly.
At this time, the third princess could basically walk independently - the wet nurse and the nanny were afraid that she would fall, so they stretched out their hands to protect her. In the outer courtyard, several second-class maids were working in the sun. When they saw Concubine Chen
The empress and the princess came out, quickly put down what they were doing, and came forward to say hello.
Ji Ling said: "You are busy with your business."
In fact, she previously designed a toddler leash for her daughter. The wide silk belt had a slit on both sides and a thick cotton padding in the middle to tie between her daughter's back. Later, she was worried that it would harm the baby's lumbar development.
I didn't dare to use it.
The third princess stumbled a few steps. Qilin was also very happy, wagging his little tail and running back and forth after the third princess.
The third princess laughed happily, clucked and screamed, and reached out to grab the unicorn's tail.
Ji Ling was afraid that Qilin would run and knock the third princess down, so he quickly said: "Xi'er, let go!"
Qilin could obviously run much faster than the third princess, but seeing that the third princess grabbed his tail, Qilin just took small steps helplessly, waiting patiently for the third princess to catch up.
When Yinzhen came over, he was still some distance away when he heard the screams of the third princess coming from the courtyard of Chengqian Palace, and he sounded very happy.
He stopped at the entrance of Chengqian Palace and waved his hand, deliberately not letting the eunuch make a sound.
When I walked in with my hands behind my back, I saw the third princess and Qilin playing happily in the sunshine in the yard.
The wet nurse, the nanny, and Bixue formed a perfect "pin" shape and circled around the third princess. Their eyes were fixed on the little master's feet, for fear that she would fall.
Yinzhen narrowed his eyes slightly.
Everything in front of me is like a warm "Three Princesses Courtyard Game Scroll".
Ji Ling looked like a loving mother, sitting on the swing and looking at her daughter with a smile. She didn't even notice that the fourth master had come over.
As a result, it was the third princess who saw Yinzhen first.
She already knew a lot of vocabulary and short sentences, so she shouted in a sweet voice: "Huang Ama!"
Ji Ling turned around and saw Yinzhen, and quickly stood up.
She took the third princess's little hand, walked to Yinzhen, and bowed to her.
Yinzhen held up her elbow with one hand and touched the third princess' little head with the other hand.
As a result, the third princess stretched out her hand and hugged her emperor's legs. She leaned on Yinzhen, her head tilted back, grinning like a little fool, and smiled at Yinzhen.
There were cake crumbs and drool at the corners of her mouth, and her hands were covered with unicorn hair. She stretched out her little hands and rubbed them on Yinzhen's robe.
Ji Ling quickly whispered: "Xi'er, let go of Huang Ama."
However, Yinzhen bent down, picked up the third princess, and lifted her up in the sun.
The third princess screamed with joy and almost couldn't breathe with laughter.
