This was a favor from the inner court. Ji Ling had already thanked him, but he didn't use it.
At the same time, all the things prepared for the newborn were also planned one by one: spring silk of various colors measuring seven feet, five feet and one inch, road silk of various colors eight feet, one foot and three, two pieces of white bleaching cloth, and twenty-six small bags. ……etc.
This is just a fraction
In Manchu language, this is called manna, but in today's terms, it is the maternity bag - the clothes for the newborn, which are prepared before the mother starts.
In addition, the birth stone and Daleng steaming knife, which played a role in protecting and suppressing evil during childbirth, were also sent to Concubine Chen by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for viewing.
According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, when concubines are about to give birth, a knife must be hung outside the delivery room to ward off evil spirits. In addition, a labor-prone stone must be placed to assist in childbirth.
In particular, the fertility stones are rare items in the palace and have always been kept in the Qianqing Palace. During the Yinzhen Dynasty, they were returned to the Yangxin Palace. Normally, no one is allowed to take them out without authorization. Only when an important concubine is about to give birth, They can only be taken out with the permission of the emperor, and they must be returned to the original place immediately after giving birth. Violators will be punished with serious crimes.
Concubine Chen's daily life, food, errands, arrangements and preparations for the wedding attendants were all recorded.
On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Dr. Qin Tianjian was brought by Su Peisheng. He was ordered to come to the Heaven and Earth Family to observe the direction. He thought that the east door of the back hall was auspicious, so he asked people to dig out a lucky star at the selected day and hour. pit.
The so-called happy pit is a small pit specially used to bury the placenta and umbilical cord.
Just burying the baby is not enough. After the birth, the two grandmothers must be led to the wedding pit. While reciting the wedding song, red silk, gold, silver, eight treasures, etc. are placed in the wedding pit to ensure that the child is safe and happy. grow up.
Ji Ling now has a veritable "big" belly, and he can't even see his feet when he lowers his head.
Yinzhen was afraid that she would be afraid, so the closer he got to giving birth, the more frequently he came to Tiandi Family Spring House.
He used to come a lot before, but now he almost visits the Tiandi family every morning. He doesn't even go back to Kyushu Qingyan Palace very often, and he also ordered people to bring many things that he usually uses directly here.
That night, he first listened patiently to what the third princess said for a while. After the third princess left with satisfaction, Ji Ling in the Nuang Pavilion had been served to wash up and rest.
With such a big belly, just like a fat middle-aged man, Ji Ling could not help but feel ugly. When facing the Fourth Master, he couldn't help but always turn his back, trying to hide the undulating curves of his body.
As a result, she couldn't sleep after several tossings.
After tossing and turning for a long time, Yinzhen got up and asked people to come in and light the lamps. He then asked Su Peisheng to go back to Jiuzhou Qingyan Hall and bring back several handfuls of books.
He mysteriously said that he wanted to read to Ji Lingnian.
Ji Ling slightly had a bad premonition.
Sure enough, Yinzhen leaned on the bedside, and the dim yellow light of the palace lantern shone on his body. He held Ji Ling's hand with one hand and took out a few books from the book basket with one hand: Ji Ling glanced at the cover and recognized the title of the book. It's "...The Record of Differentiation of Demons", "... Sutra", etc.
Although she had known for a long time that Emperor Yongzheng was the emperor who most believed in Buddhism and Taoism in almost the entire Qing Dynasty. As early as when the princes were competing for the throne, he liked to read Taoist and Buddhist classics, and also talked with monks and Taoists. There were many contacts. For example, in the outer palace of the Forbidden City, it is said that Lou Jinyuan, Jia Shifang, Zhang Taixu and other high-ranking officials at that time were enshrined.
Looking back carefully, it seems that since that year, after the Spring Plague, Yinzhen suddenly became enthusiastic about Taoism.
In the tenth year of Yongzheng's reign, he also specially ordered and favored Longhushan's Taoist priest Lou Jinyuan, who was stationed in Beijing, and named him a fourth-grade Longhushan admonisher and "Miaozheng Zhenren".
Ji Ling was once worried, worried that he would be like what the books said, seek immortality and Taoism, seek immortality, let Taoist priests make elixirs for him in the palace, and overdose would damage his body.
But for a long period of time, for some unknown reason, Yinzhen's enthusiasm for this matter decreased slightly.
Now this is... another comeback?
Yinzhen read through them one by one, and finally selected a book called "Imperial Quotations".
This was just compiled this year. He squeezed out time to personally select and compile the important quotations of twelve Zen masters, as well as the Zen sayings of more than 500 other Zen monks and laymen, while reviewing memorials. He also included his own
Written Zen language.
Yes, in short, he switches back and forth between Buddhism and Taoism.
Yinzhen opened the book, glanced at Ji Ling, and started reading to her with a solemn expression.
When he reads a book, he always calms down and is not in any hurry - starting from the very first page: "My young man likes to read the inner scriptures, but I only admire the Buddhist deeds. I always find solutions to all public cases.
It is inferred that Zen Buddhism with a light heart should not be like this when it is called the Tathagata's orthodox teaching. The Holy Ancestor granted the initiation to Universal Benefit and Guangming Merci..."
Ji Ling:…………
A quarter of an hour later, she felt that her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier.
However, the more Yinzhen read, the more he felt immersed in it and full of interest. Sometimes he pondered, sometimes he sighed, completely immersed in his world.
The more he read, the more energetic he became.
After turning over an unknown number of pages, Yinzhen looked up inadvertently and saw Ji Ling's head dozing off little by little.
Yinzhen:……
He quickly held her shoulders, just as Ji Ling's head fell down, Yinzhen reached out to catch her, and put her small and delicate chin into the palm of his hand.
Ji Ling was shocked and suddenly woke up. He blinked his eyes and his first reaction was: Fourth Master recited to me with such enthusiasm, but I fell asleep. He must be very disappointed!
But this book sounds really hypnotic o(╥﹏╥)o
Ji Ling felt that she should keep the same rhythm as Fourth Master, so she tried her best to open her eyes wide and nestled into his arms.
Yinzhen looked at her, his voice was very gentle, but there was a hint of guilt: "Go to sleep, I was negligent - pregnant people are naturally sleepy, but I was so happy reading that I forgot about my feelings for a moment."
He put the book down, reached out to touch her hair, and sighed softly.
Ji Ling leaned in his arms dazedly, and suddenly she heard Yinzhen pinching her ears and asking in a low and soft voice: "Lingling, do you really not need your mother's family to come in to accompany the birth?"
Ji Ling couldn't explain to him the fact that she was a time traveler, so she shook her head vaguely and said: "I'm afraid that my mother will feel uncomfortable when she looks at it, so why not give birth to me myself? Grandma also said that I have given birth to children before."
After having two children, this one will always be easier."
Yinzhen hummed, patted her back gently, lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead. He seemed a little reluctant to end the conversation with her, and said softly: "I have been thinking about giving our child a good name recently.
As for the name, if it’s a little brother, how about calling him Hongluo?”