When the plum blossoms bloomed in the spring of Tiandi Family, Ji Ling finally gave birth to her confinement.
On the first day of confinement, it took her almost a whole morning just to take a shower.
Qixi and Bixue rolled up their sleeves, their chests were already soaked through. They used four baskets of rose petals next to them. They finally waited for their master to wash them, and Ji Ling felt refreshed.
She lay on Qixi's lap, her wet hair pouring down like water.
Qixi took a handkerchief and wiped her hair over and over again.
Ji Ling raised his arms and looked at the sun. He saw that the skin on his forearms was white, tender, delicate, and extremely elastic. It was simply in better condition than when he had just traveled through ten years ago.
This body indeed ages at a different rate than ordinary people.
Ji Ling suddenly had a vague suspicion in her heart: When her daughter gets married and becomes a mother in the future, and she becomes a grandmother, or even a concubine... will she still look like this?
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In the blink of an eye, three months have passed, and the Dragon Boat Festival in the twelfth year of Yongzheng's reign is approaching.
This year's Dragon Boat Festival banquet was held in a unique location. It was not held in Tantandan Hall or Jiuzhou Qingyan Hall, but at Guanghan Palace next to Fuhai.
Guanghan Palace is located in the southeast corner of Fuhai, east of the natural landscape. It is covered with light blue glazed tiles and lined with ancient pines and green trees. It is a good place with a very quiet environment.
Ji Ling thought about the name and thought: The Dragon Boat Festival should not be held here, what should really be held is the Mid-Autumn Festival.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, when you enjoy the moon, eat mooncakes, and view the sweet-scented osmanthus, you should be in the Guanghan Palace.
Three princesses in nature pictures.
Since becoming independent, the third princess has completely let herself go in terms of food - she likes spicy food.
Ji Ling used to be a little more controlling, not letting her daughter eat too spicy food for fear of hurting her stomach.
Ever since the third princess had her own dining room to command, there was almost no shortage of dried chili peppers in the tea and fruit room in the dining room.
The red pot was brought up, and there were various ways of eating it. In addition to spicy, there were also home-style, fish flavor, spicy paste, hot and sour, red oil, and tangerine peel. She was blowing on the food while using cold water.
Zi wiped the corners of his mouth - the edges of his lips were already a little red.
Yiyun advised her with a sad face: "Third Princess, you should use less, you have been using the pot for four days in a row. When the imperial concubine knows about it, she will feel distressed again!"
The third princess stretched out her hand to grab a piece of small noodle cake, dipped it directly into the pot, and said calmly: "If you don't tell me, I won't tell you. People in this yard don't allow them to tell anyone. How will E Niang know?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Ling had already walked in.
The third princess was putting a chopstick of hot and sour shredded bamboo shoots in her mouth, but she didn't have time to chew it and it hit her throat. It was so spicy that tears came out of her eyes and she couldn't stop coughing.
Next to him, Evian quickly poured a cup of warm tea and handed it over.
The third princess drank all the tea in one breath before she stopped coughing. She raised her head with a look of embarrassment and asked Ji Ling: "Why are you here? There's no movement at all!"
Ji Ling didn't answer. He glanced around the table. When he saw the table was all red, he couldn't help but ask, "Do you have such a taste now?"
The third princess came forward and teased her: "It just looks spicy, but actually tastes okay. The kitchen even removed the chili seeds for me. It's not interesting at all."
As she said this, she pushed forward a plate of spicy rice dumplings next to her: "Mom, if you don't believe it, try this."
Ji Ling glanced at the rice dumpling, which was crispy and brown in color and drizzled with red soup oil. It looked like it would be so spicy that it would kill you.
The third princess had already pulled Ji Ling's sleeves and asked her to sit down. She took the chopsticks handed over by the palace attendant, gave Ji Ling a blessing, tilted her head slightly and said, "My daughter will serve you."
After she finished speaking, she picked up a piece of rice cake with her own hands and put it on the plate in front of Ji Ling.
Ji Ling saw her attentive face and couldn't bear to spoil her daughter's mood, so she put the rice cake into her mouth.
The result... it's really not very spicy! It's just slightly spicy, and it seems that crab roe is added to it. If you taste it carefully, it still has a taste similar to cumin.
The third princess saw the subtle expression on her face, so she filially gave her three or four more chopsticks.
Ji Ling ate them all.
The third princess turned her face and smiled secretly.
She simply had a meal with her daughter - mother and daughter now do not have the convenience of living in the same place as they did in the past, and they talked about a lot of common things at once. The third princess was always a talkative person, so she picked it up again
Since I started my own business, I have told my mother many interesting things.
Ji Ling saw hot and sour fried dumplings served on the table.
The third princess raised her chopsticks and picked one out for her: "This one is filled with sauerkraut, and only a little bit of meat is wrapped in it. The outside is rolled in egg yolk before being fried. It's very fragrant."
Ji Ling took a bite and then remembered the purpose of his trip.
She asked Qixi to take out the Dragon Boat Festival purse that she had prepared for her daughter. The purses were extremely delicate. They contained the finest Dragon Boat Festival agarwood-scented pills. The outside was also scented with calamus incense, and the colors were all chosen.
The bright and lively colors that the third princess usually likes are now spread out on the table. When you look at it, you can see the light yellow and green willows, which is very pleasant.
The third princess took a look, and she really liked it, so she happily asked Evian to put it away for her.
Ji Ling didn't stay too long - she had already reported to Jiuzhou Qingyan Palace today, and then she would go to Hongxin's place to have a look. The remaining small box of sachets were all for her son.
The third princess didn't want to let her mother go, so she took Ji Ling's arm and walked to the gate of Natural Pictures.
Evian, Qixi, and Bixue haven't seen each other for a while - she was fine with Bixue, but she was very affectionate to Qixi. At this time, she kept talking about "Sister Qixi" for a long time.
After everyone helped Ji Ling get on the imperial concubine's carriage, the colorful ceremonial instruments rose up in a mighty manner and surrounded Ji Ling as she walked forward.
Ji Ling sat on the shoulder carriage, turned slightly to look at the third princess, and said, "Go back."
The third princess hummed, but didn't move even an inch.
When she didn't leave, the servants behind also knelt down to see off the concubine Chen. However, the concubine's wedding ceremony was extremely long and she passed by in a mighty manner. Only then did everyone get up.
The third princess looked at E Niang's back and whispered to Yiyun next to her: "E Niang now has me, brother Xin, and taking care of the seventh brother. It's really hard. Running around like this, working back and forth, it's better to do it like this
Like before, we might as well all live together!"
In the evening, Ji Ling was still thinking about the fried dumplings with pickled cabbage in the natural paintings, so she asked Xiao Dazi to make them.
Xiao Dazi understood it and quickly brought the golden fried dumplings to him, still steaming.
Ji Ling picked up one with her chopsticks and put it into her mouth to try it. She found that the one made by Xiao Dazi was more delicious than the one with natural pictures.
She was eating here when Yinzhen came over.
Ji Ling stood up symbolically to salute, but Yinzhen pushed her down on her seat.
He first went to wash his hands, hugged Brother Seventh for a while, coaxed him and kissed him several times, and then came back.
