When Aunt Bai and Peilan came in, they saw the master and servant looking happy.
Shu Shu sat upright and slid away, but did not get up. She directly ordered Xiaochun and Walnut: "Move a seat for grandma and aunt."
Aunt Bai and Peilan saw Shu Shu's appearance clearly, and there was tension on their faces.
The last time they came back to the Prince's Mansion was years ago. At that time, Shu Shu's belly was more obvious, but it was not like it is now.
Now like this, even if she wears loose clothes, she can't stop him.
And she's not all fat. She looks almost the same as before, but the bulge in her belly is frightening.
Looking at the large and small square pillows behind her and on her hands, you can see how hard she is.
Aunt Bai hurriedly said: "Jiu Fujin, you are still leaning. Do whatever makes you feel comfortable. Don't be tired."
Shu Shu then leaned back to make his posture more comfortable, and said with a smile: "I've been lying down for a while, just sit down and talk for a while."
At this moment, Xiaochun and Walnut brought the soft stools over.
The two of them bowed to Shu Shufu before sitting down one after another.
Bai Momo looked at Shu Shu's belly and said: "This...what did Mrs. Dutong say, when is Fujin's delivery date? 79
Shu Shu touched her belly and said: "I said it's okay. She was also pregnant with my two brothers when she was pregnant. This way, if the child is raised well, it will be no different from a single pregnancy. As for the delivery date, if it goes well, it will be three months." If the little one is anxious during the month, it will be the end of February.”
Speaking of this, she remembered giving the child a nickname.
She was given a useless name, and there was no suitable one from Ninth Prince.
But now nothing is ready, and a nickname is not easy to come up with.
Once the gender is determined, you can ask the Queen Mother or Concubine Yi to help you come up with a nickname.
Aunt Bai said: "The empress got the good news about Wu Fu Jin's fortune, so she sent the old slave over to have a look. She also asked the old slave to bring some scallops and clams to Fujin."
After hearing this, Shu Shu became a little talkative and said, "I'm really greedy. I've been either beef or chicken all day long, and I don't dare to eat big meat. It's just a good change of taste."
As she said that, she was a little impatient and ordered Walnut: "Send it to the dining room now. Yao Zhu will cook the porridge directly." Add nothing but rice. When the porridge is ready, add chopped green onion and salt. That’s it; soak the dried clams and eat them with the fried cucumber slices when Master comes back in the evening..."
Walnut responded and went down.
Shu Shu knew that the dining room of Ningshou Palace did not make much seafood, and many of the tributes were left in vain, so he told Aunt Bai: "This scallop nourishes yin and blood, strengthens the spleen and kidneys, and is suitable for the imperial grandmother to eat. It doesn't need to be too complicated." To make it, you can dry the scallops with rice wine and cook them directly into porridge, or soak the scallops and tear them into shreds and steam them into chicken cakes."
Aunt Bai listened carefully and said: "I have taken note of it and asked the kitchen staff to cook it so that I can have a taste."
Seeing that Aunt Bai had finished speaking, Peilan spoke up and said: "The empress also sent a servant to deliver bird's nests, and also asked the servant to ask how the search for the wet nurse was going. The empress said that if there is no suitable person in the house, she will Please ask the Dutong Mansion to help find someone..."
Shu Shu said: "There are not many bird's nests left at home, and I was about to send people to go out to buy them. The empress gave me just the right gift. The wet nurse has prepared four of them now. I, Eni, are also keeping an eye on them for me, and have prepared two more." .”
There are time requirements for the royal family to select wet nurses. The wet nurse is required to have given birth for no more than three months, and it cannot be the first child. If it is the second or third child, she must have experience in feeding children.
Another thing is that there are requirements for the gender of the child the wet nurse gives birth to. Little Brother’s wet nurse is required to give birth to a girl, and Little Princess’s wet nurse is required to give birth to a boy.
The next step is to find out the family background. Family members and relatives of several generations must not have any bad deeds. They must have a clean origin and good behavior.
Then there is the good appearance, because he has to serve his little master since he was a child and often appears in front of others. If he is ugly, he is afraid of scaring the little masters.
In this case, it will be cumbersome.
Concubine Yicai was worried about the shortage of manpower.
Seeing that Shu Shu was in such an inconvenient state, Aunt Bai and Peilan did not dare to disturb her. After passing the message, they were about to leave.
Shu Shu said: "Wait a minute, the winter jasmine flowers in the greenhouse are blooming. I originally thought that I would ask Shi Fujin to take them with her when she enters the palace tomorrow.) Now grandma and aunt are here, it's just right to take them back."
After a while, Xiaosong brought back two young eunuchs. Both of them were holding flowerpots about one foot wide, and inside was a jasmine tree about three feet high.
Golden flower buds are already on the branches, and there are still a few that bloom sporadically.
At this moment, Walnut, who had withdrawn with Shu Shu's eyes just now, also came back, followed by Xiaotang, each of them carrying a food box one and a half feet high.
Shu Shu said: "These two things were originally planned to be sent to the palace tomorrow, so let's take them together. They are prepared for February 2nd. The top is braised beef, and the bottom is beans, eggplant, celery, Leeks and other items can be paired with spring pancakes.”
The two of them came with big bags and small bags, and left with big bags and small bags.
When they got into the carriage, Aunt Bai and Peilan looked at each other.
The two also received rewards.
Aunt Bai is a golden flat square. She looks ordinary, but her hand is so heavy that it weighs two ounces.
Peilan is a pair of gold bracelets. They look very plain and are less than a cent wide. They can be worn on daily basis. They are round in shape and look like they contain gold. There are two halves of a pair of bracelets.
What Shu Shu said was that it was hard work for them to bring things, plus a New Year's gift, which they couldn't refuse.
It is said outside that Ninth Prince and his wife are rich and beautiful, but they are not as deeply felt as Aunt Bai and Peilan.
This has been the case as early as the Second Institute. Whenever the past comes, there is no time to go back empty-handed.
After moving to the Prince's Mansion, he still behaved like this.
At first, they were uneasy and unsure, wondering if Jiu Fujin was going to ask someone else.
As a result, not a single unnecessary word was said.
Looking at the girls next to Shu Shu who were also well-dressed and well-dressed, they knew that this master was just generous with his money.
They had also received rewards in the Wubeile Mansion just now. Each of them had a pair of purses, and inside were gold locks engraved with auspicious words, but after all, they were not as considerate as the rewards here in the Ninth Prince's Mansion...
When the winter jasmine and the food box arrived in the palace, it was a different situation.
Here in Ningshou Palace, the spring flowers were praised and moved to the corner of the room.
What Her Majesty pays most attention to is the food box.
"Open it quickly and take a look, what is it?
The old lady was greedy.
Aunt Bai responded and opened the food box while replying: "Jiu Fujin said that she was preparing food for the second of February for the empress."
It is said to be braised beef, but it is actually a braised meat platter. There are four kinds of braised beef, braised beef tendon, braised beef head, and braised beef tripe.
In addition to the beans, eggplants, celery, and leeks mentioned by Shu Shu, there are also four other items: shallots, green garlic sprouts, coriander, and peppers.
The Queen Mother looked at it, couldn't help it, and said: "How can we eat so much the day after tomorrow? Let's eat it today, fried beef head with chili peppers. The skin is translucent and the texture is delicious. Let's have another plate of fried beef tripe with leeks, Xiaojiu. I ate several pieces of eggplant sandwich, so I fried another one."
Aunt Bai ordered people to go to the dining room, and then told the Queen Mother in detail what she had seen and heard in the two mansions.
The Queen Mother frowned when she heard Wufujin's nanny said something wrong.
When she heard that the fifth elder brother was about to have an attack, she relaxed her brows and nodded: "That's how it should be. Such a person shouldn't be kept. The fifth elder brother is very clear-eyed and can't see these sneaky thoughts..."
The XI pulse was only diagnosed yesterday. Even if Wufujin is in trouble, he is just hungry. Is he at a place where he would alarm others?
It's just a matter of encouraging the master to fight for the upper hand by using the master's bad words.
The Queen Mother has lived for sixty years, what has she not seen?
After hearing Wu Fujin's reaction, the Queen Mother sighed: "At this age, it is not bad to be like this."
The fifth elder brother is the precious eldest grandson. As an old grandmother who dotes on her grandson, she naturally wants her grandson to have a decent marriage and a sexy granddaughter-in-law. However, the queen mother knows that everything the emperor does has deep meaning.
The fifth birth mother has a high status and is still raising her by his side, so it is not appropriate to get married to a noble of the Eight Banners.
In addition to Wufujin's slightly inferior background, his appearance and character are also not picky.
Previously, the old lady was worried that her grandson's wife would not be happy and her grandson would not have a legitimate son.
Now that she is happy, she has to worry about the future.
Although he is an understanding child, his family background will have consequences for him in the future.
The uncle's family of the emperor and grandson nearby can support each other, but Wufujin's natal family is a middle-class family.
Now her grandfather is in court, and he seems to be quite respectable. He lives in the palace of a minister, but when her grandfather retires, Amma will be a fifth-grade official.
How can such a grandfather help the emperor’s grandson?
Arrange two nuns, just arrange two nuns. This will save Wu Fujin from not taking enough care of things and the tired fifth elder brother to worry about it.
When she heard that Shu Shu was about to reach full term and her belly was high, the Queen Mother was a little worried and asked Aunt Bai, "Then if the baby is born in early March, wouldn't it be eight months? But according to the old saying , isn’t that bad? Why does Shu Shu mean that delaying it until March is still a good thing?”
As people get older, they see more.
Over the past few decades, many children have died in the palace, some of which were due to being less than a month old.
Aunt Bai has given birth before and knows more than the Queen Mother. She said: "There is an old saying, but it doesn't compare like this."
What the Queen Mother said is "seven are alive and eight are not alive".
I was afraid it was unlucky, so I kept it vague.
Aunt Bai explained another way of saying "seven are alive and eight are not alive".
Those are children who are seven months old. They are thin and small. They look not much older than children born after six months of pregnancy, but with careful care, many of them survive.
This "living" is compared to that of a six-month-old child.
On the contrary, it is eight months old. It looks similar to a full-term child, but compared with a full-term child, it is easier to maintain.
This "not alive" is also compared to full-term children.
Aunt Bai said: "Jiu Fu Jin and E Nie love the children more. She is probably afraid that the little brothers will fall early and become weak, so she wants to take care of them more. The imperial doctor is here and Mrs. Du Tong is also experienced, so you can rest assured. Already..."
The Queen Mother held the Buddhist beads in her hand and said: "The baby cannot be put down until it falls to the ground. After Shu Shu is born, I will still have to worry about the old Wu Fujin. I only hope that both my sisters-in-law will go well."
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Main hall of Yikun Palace, West Room.
Yifei leaned in front of the winter jasmine flowers, closed her eyes, and sniffed them gently.
Winter jasmine has a fragrance, but the smell is so weak that you have to be close to you to smell it.
When she opened her eyes, Concubine Yi smiled brightly and said: "These flowers are so well grown. Seeing this makes people feel comfortable. Winter is finally over. From now on, it will be warmer day by day. Tomorrow I will be with you." That goose-yellow satin dress, turned out, matches this flower perfectly."
Tomorrow is still the day to go to Ningshou Palace to pay respects, and it is also the time for the concubines to dress up.
After the first lunar month, the ermine clothes and pearl fur clothes are put away and can be replaced by silk and camel hair clothes.
The four-season clothes of the palace concubines, except for court clothes and auspicious clothes, which are handled by the Weaving Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, other daily clothes are directly divided into materials according to rank, and are cut and sewn by the needleworkers of each palace.
Spring clothes have been prepared since years ago, and now is the time to wear new clothes.
After Peilan told her what she had seen in Wubeile Mansion, Concubine Yi stopped laughing.
She rubbed her forehead, suppressed the irritation in her heart, and said, "This is what I'm most afraid of."
The royal family is the royal family, not an ordinary family, and no one can be frivolous.
Even the Queen Mother acts within the rules, let alone others.
There are those who are ignorant, but they all end badly.
Peilan advised: "This slave is just ashamed when he looks at Wu Fujin, and is not annoyed that the fifth master has gone beyond her."
Concubine Yi sighed and said, "Let's wait for Ningshou Palace to arrange people. Don't worry about them anymore."
People's hearts are biased.
A son is a son and a daughter-in-law is a daughter-in-law.
After being a mother-in-law for several years, she has had her ups and downs, and sometimes she can't help but find fault with her daughter-in-law.
But she also knew in her heart that that would be too annoying.
Among the four concubines, she was the last to become a mother-in-law.
For her, how to be a good mother-in-law is also completely foreign to her.
But with the third concubine in front of her, Concubine Yi was a clear observer and understood a lot of truth.
Long before the fifth elder brother's wedding, she decided to learn from Concubine Hui and be a tolerant and generous mother-in-law.
Like Concubine Rong, she also has a daughter, but she is mean to other people's daughters. I really don't know what to think.
I only have one son, and instead of expecting my son to live a smooth life, I find troubles to cause trouble for my son and daughter-in-law. This is inexplicable.
It's not normal for someone like Concubine De to be indifferent to her daughter-in-law because she doesn't like her eldest son.
Sometimes, Concubine Yi really wanted to ask those two people, why do they dare to do everything as they please?
But maybe this is why the emperor ranked Concubine Hui first with her when he listed the four concubines.
She and Concubine Hui are not very smart, but they are not fools either.
Those two just wanted to live up to their expectations, and they had many children, and they were born early. Otherwise, it would be strange to be able to survive until they became concubines.
Thinking of this, Concubine Yi couldn't help but laugh.
Who didn’t come here when they were young?
The virtues of Concubine De and Concubine Rong are not like this now, they were different when they were young.
I can only say that when you are young and beautiful, having a bad temper is not so hateful.
Now that I am older, I get annoyed by the same little temper.
This is also a lesson learned from the past. It is better for you to worry less about your son and daughter-in-law. Only after a few more years of beauty can you be serious.
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I saw that some readers asked me to save the manuscript, but they didn't. I tried to save one or two chapters every time I updated it, but my brain didn't allow it. If I didn't update my brain, I wouldn't save it. Damn procrastination.
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