She was the eldest daughter born in a family of military generals whose yang was prosperous and yin was declining, and she had a princess grandmother who loved her very much. Is it possible that she still lacked clothes?
If their Li Mansion really has more money than the Imperial Palace and the Prince's Mansion, aren't they just here to prick the Emperor's eyes?
Qingyan also turned to look at Li's shining eyes, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch, not knowing what to say.
Is this woman who loves to act coveting her son’s clothes? No, she is clearly coveting her son’s furry little body!
However, a human cub that is less than two years old cannot see through An Bin's true thoughts.
Yin Xiaozhen stuffed the last bite of plum blossom cake left in his hand into his mouth, puffed out his white and tender cheeks, stretched out his two small hands and patted them, trying to sweep away all the snack residue stuck to his hands.
But he didn't expect that these pieces of debris did fall from his little hands, but they all landed on the brown fur on his chest.
Xiao Si was a little dumbfounded when he saw this scene.
Realizing that a good opportunity had come, Mrs. Li quickly took out her handkerchief and waved it towards Yin Xiaozhen, and said happily:
"Xiao Si, come here quickly and let An Niang Niang wipe your hair clean."
Yin Xiaozhen saw that Concubine An had taken out her handkerchief. He didn't even know where his mother's handkerchief was, so he nodded his "bear head" reservedly.
Remembering how An Bi was obsessed with her little bear costume earlier, Xiaosi made her request in a coquettish voice:
"Sisi, okay, let An Niangniang take a look at the bear costume."
‘But I can’t let you take it back and wear it!”
"You are too big, you will burst it!"
"Forty-four, there is only one piece. If it is broken, it will be gone."
"No, no, Madam An promises to only look at it and then touch it. She will never take it back to Changchun Palace!"
An Bin hurriedly raised her three fingers together, as if to make a promise.
Xiaosi frowned and thought about it carefully. The "little bear costume" and "dog costume" worn in winter are different from the thin "lotus leaf costume" worn in summer. Just touch it and it should be fine.
Right?
Thinking of this, Xiaosi nodded in agreement.
When An Bin saw that Yin Xiaozhen had agreed, she was afraid that he would regret it again. She quickly stretched out her arms and leaned forward to hug the "little bear" sitting in Qingyan's arms. She also took the white porcelain plate containing the plum blossom cake.
They all pulled closer, picked up a piece of plum blossom cake and stuffed it into Xiaosi's hand.
How could Yin Xiaozhen refuse a sweet cake filled with honey?
He stretched out his little hand to take the plum blossom cake that was passed to his mouth and continued to eat seriously. While eating, the crumbs were falling off. An Bin also smiled and picked up the handkerchief and carefully wiped the hair on his chest.
After all the debris was cleaned up, he started to stroke from the "bear's head" down to the "bear's legs" with an intoxicated look on his face, over and over again.
Qingyan looked at the big and small children sitting next to her. One was addicted to playing with the "bear" and feeding the "bear", while the other was enjoying the gentle cleaning service with satisfaction. She didn't have to worry about soiling her clothes, so she could eat her hands boldly.
sweet desserts inside.
Realizing that neither of them cared about talking to her at the moment, Qingyan picked up the hot tea on the table and started drinking it leisurely like Siruke.
After waiting for a while, the cotton curtain of the main hall was lifted from the outside again. Everyone hurriedly turned their heads to look over there and saw the Empress Dowager and the Emperor following them in.
The Empress Dowager held today's protagonist, Princess Kejing, in her arms. Kangxi was accompanied by the young prince and elder brother in new robes. Obviously, these people came directly from the side hall.
Everyone quickly fell silent, then stood up from their chairs and bowed to the two of them.
"Everyone, get up."
Kangxi waved his hand, took a quick glance and saw that the main concubine and the people close to him in the clan were almost there, so he smiled and said to the Empress Dowager:
"Empress Huang, this auspicious time has arrived, how about we start now?"
"Okay!" the Empress Dowager agreed with a smile, and carried her little granddaughter to a large red-painted wooden basin placed on the table.
This large wooden basin was made to look like a gold ingot, and many "福" characters were engraved on the basin. The layers of "福" characters mean: wealth, good luck and good luck, and blessings surround you all year round!
Then he gently placed Princess Kejing, who was waving her two small fists, into the ingot basin. She closed her eyes lightly, put her hands together on her chest, and recited a prayer verse devoutly.
Then he opened his eyes, stretched out his right hand and took out a pure gold long-life lock that had been enshrined in the small Buddhist hall of Cining Palace for three months from the white jade box held by Sister Wu Ren, and hung it up.
On the neck of the fourth princess.
The fourth princess, with her back leaning against the basin wall and sitting cross-legged in the center of the ingot basin, raised her little hand, pinched the lock and shook it, and the golden bell embellished below also rang and made a crisp sound.
The Empress Dowager touched the top of her head again and said with a smile: "The longevity lock is ringing, little Ke Jing has a long life!"
Princess Kejing didn't know whether she understood or not. After Qiqige finished speaking, she laughed out loud, revealing her soft pink gums and a few small deciduous teeth.
Kangxi, who was standing aside, also smiled and stretched out his big hand to touch his little daughter's black fetal hair.
Immediately afterwards, the Empress Dowager took out a pair of well-made gold bracelets from the white jade box. One was engraved with "Fu, Lu, Longevity", and the other was engraved with "Happiness, Wealth, Luck" correspondingly.
", took Xiao Kejing's fleshy little hand and put it on her white and tender wrist.
Concubine Rong, who was standing in the crowd, exerted a lot of effort to maintain the decent smile on her face and tried hard not to let the corners of her mouth droop.
Although she knew that there was a difference between concubines and concubines, looking at the smiling Princess Kejing sitting in the ingot basin, she thought about how there were so many procedures when her daughter Mo Yaqi celebrated her first birthday.
The empress dowager and the empress dowager just asked the palace servants to bring a gift and then sent it away. The difference between the direct descendants and the concubines was too big!
Qingyan couldn't help but sigh when she saw this scene. The grand ceremony held by the royal family in the previous dynasty was different from the procedures commonly used by the harem and the common people.
Comparing his son's Zhou Zhou gift in the first half of the year with Xiao Kejing's Zhou Zhou gift now, it means that he has to throw away the comparison.
All I can say about Xiao Si’s Zhou Zhou ceremony is: it was a lively event.
If it's a round style, it's still a little bit off.
But everyone in Chuxiu Palace had a happy time that day, and Qingyan didn't take it to heart.
When the Empress Dowager picked up a peeled hard-boiled egg and placed it on Princess Kejing's body to "roll the disaster", when the smooth and delicate egg rolled onto little Kejing's face, she felt a little itchy, so she put her little hands on it.
He raised it up, grabbed the egg in his hand, and yelled:
"Ah, Dandan, no, get out, la, times (eat, eat)!"
Xiaosi, who returned to Eniang's arms and stood aside to watch the ceremony with her arms around Qingyan's neck, heard Xiao Kejing's words and immediately spoke out to dismantle her, shaking her head and saying:
"Sister, the red dots on your forehead are all stained, and your balls are covered with it. You still eat duck?"
"Dirty! Not elegant!"
Little Kejing, who also had a red cinnabar mole between her eyebrows given to her by the grooming maid, raised her little head and saw that her fourth brother, who had been made to cry several times by her, opened and closed his mouth.
I don’t know if she understood it at all, but she directly pushed the Queen Mother’s hand in the direction of Xiaosi and said stumblingly:
"Yaya, no, times (eat), give, fine (four), giggle, times!"
"No, no, no, four-four, don't eat, dirty balls!"
When Yin Xiaozhen saw a small piece of white boiled egg stained red by rouge, he covered his mouth in horror, fearing that Madam Huang would actually stuff the egg into his mouth, and immediately pushed himself into the cowardly position.
His little body turned around, facing Xiao Kejing with his fur ball-shaped "bear tail".
The concubines and people in the royal family who were watching couldn't help laughing after seeing the interaction between the two little milk babies.
"Brother, I didn't expect that my nephew and niece are quite funny. Don't they usually deal with each other?"
Long Xi raised his hand and rubbed the round head of Bao Qing who was standing in front of him, and said loudly with joy.
Kangxi laughed and scolded him, and Baoqing quickly dodged and stood in front of his second uncle Fuquan, escaping from Uncle Wang's clutches.
Chang Quan, who was about to turn three years old when he was held by Siruke, believed it was true. He stretched out his little hand and patted Xiao Si on the shoulder. He comforted Xiao Si like a good brother:
"It's okay, Xiaosi. Brother Changquan will definitely stop Mama Huang from feeding you dirty balls!"
Hearing this, everyone burst into laughter again.
The empress dowager was also amused so much that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear. She quickly completed the following procedures, then took her little granddaughter out of the big basin and walked to one side. Everyone knew that the highlight of the day was coming.
They all followed suit.
Realizing that he would no longer be fed dirty balls, Xiao Si turned his head back again and continued to look in the direction of his fourth sister.
The Empress Dowager walked to a long table covered with thick red soft cushions and stood in front of it. She placed Xiao Kejing on the edge, patted her back gently and said softly:
"Kejing, go grab something you like and bring it back."
The little prince, who still had the smile on his face, ran out from his side, stood on tiptoes, pulled his sister's little hand and said:
"Yaya, don't be anxious, pick carefully and pick up the one you like the most!"
Xiao Kejing smiled softly at the prince brother, sucked her fingers, and began to crawl towards the things placed on the table.
Qingyan also glanced at the items placed on the table, which were almost the same as those when Xiaosi arrested Zhou.
However, many little girls' favorite things have been added, such as: spoons (cooking utensils), scissors, rulers (sewing utensils), embroidery thread, patterns (embroidery utensils), silk flowers, jewelry, etc.
Although Kangxi did not speak, he was still curious about what his little daughter would catch today.
Unlike the princes, the princesses do not have to go to the court to do errands in the future, and they can obtain titles of different levels based on their merits.
If they catch something with a bad meaning, it may affect their future. Therefore, before catching Zhou Zhou, the emperor's brothers will be trained in advance by their mothers to catch items with good meanings.
However, the princesses cannot participate in politics. When they grow up and prepare to get married, they will be canonized as "Princess Gu Lun" or "Princess Heshuo", so the restrictions on arresting Zhou are not that big.
The emperor's daughter had no worries about getting married. Whatever the princess caught during the Zhou ceremony would be praised as a flower by Grandma Jixiang. Therefore, Kangxi had not deliberately guided his little daughter to catch anything before.
Everyone was watching quietly, wondering what the princess, who was also raised by the emperor in Qianqing Palace, would catch.
I saw little Kejing crawling around on the long table, grabbing a ball of needle and thread, and before Grandma Jixiang could praise "Princess Gu Lun, Good Girl Red", she shook her little hands and threw it to the ground.
Then I saw her grabbing a copy of "Girls' Commandments" and flipping through it. Then she threw it to the ground with a "clack" without interest. Sister Jixiang swallowed back the words that rose to her throat.
Kangxi continued to watch with great interest. If the women in his harem were good at the craftsmanship of women's beauties and were familiar with "Women's Training" and "Women's Commandments", they might be quite satisfied.
But he didn't want his daughter to fiddle with needlework all day long, wandering around her husband and son. The Manchu-Mongolian marriage played a role in stabilizing the situation in Mongolia, and the responsibilities and royal expectations of the princesses were also very high.
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In the next quarter of an hour, everyone watched Princess Kejing throw away silk flowers, jewelry, and spoons. With a crackling sound, most of the things on the table fell off.
After Xiao Kejing cleaned up the handful of fresh green onions that the palace people specially picked out from the greenhouse and threw them to the ground, she was the only one left on the table.
, there is nothing left.
At this time, the hall suddenly became quiet, and the people watching the ceremony couldn't help but look at each other. It was the first time they encountered such a Zhou Zhou scene, and they didn't know what to say next.
Kangxi, who was smiling at the corner of his mouth, couldn't calm down anymore. What was he grabbing? Could it be that he was grabbing the air?
Seeing his little daughter crawling towards the table with a silly smile, Kangxi was afraid that she would fall down, so he hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to stop her.
At this time, Xiao Kejing suddenly stretched out his little hand and took off the jade ring that Kangxi was wearing on his thumb. He put it in his little mouth and nibbled it. After realizing that this thing was inedible, he pulled his arm.
Sleeves stood up from the table unsteadily.
She lowered her head and put this big jade ring on her short index finger and ring finger. It took two fingers to get it stuck and not fall down, and then she laughed out loud.
After everyone realized that what Princess Kejing had caught in the end was the imperial green jade ring that the emperor wore all year round, they were all shocked and speechless!!!
Qingyan knew what this child would achieve in the future, and she had an idea in her heart that this was the way it should be.
The first one said with a smile: "Princess Kejing is indeed a child raised by the emperor himself. She is as talented as His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Kangxi, who came back to his senses, also laughed loudly and happily held his legitimate princess in his arms.