Ful Hulun, who was sleeping on the small bed, covered himself with a small quilt and slept soundly with the warm sapphire stone in his arms. Longxi and Shang Jiashi stayed beside him for more than half an hour, and saw that his son did not show any signs of behavior anymore.
What's wrong with my chest?
After a regular snoring sounded, the young couple kept it high in their throats. The worry that their son would suddenly die one day was firmly put back in their stomachs, and they got up and went back to their house.
It's rare to have a good night's sleep hugging each other.
The maids and maids who served the eldest brother used to be very worried about their little master's health when they were keeping vigil at night. They were afraid that something might happen to Fulhuulun while they were on duty. Now they were watching the little baby sleep.
It was very peaceful, and they also felt a lot more relaxed. At least they no longer had to stare at the eldest brother all the time, which was really tiring.
Tonight, because Concubine Jing from the palace sent someone to brave the snow and wind to deliver the precious and top-quality warm jade to Prince Chun's residence, the atmosphere in the main courtyard was surprisingly good, as if to celebrate New Year's Eve in advance,
The maids, servants, and nuns all received silver rewards. Even though there was still fine snow falling outside and a roaring north wind, it could not dampen the excitement in the house at all.
Fine snowflakes drifted until late into the night, and it didn't stop completely until the end of the night.
The next day, it is three quarters of the hour.
Mrs. Shangjia was worried about her son getting up early in the morning, and after briefly washing himself with the help of several maids, she hurriedly walked to her son's room door.
Nanny Hu, who was sitting by the crib guarding Ful Hulun, heard the cotton door curtain move. She quickly turned her head and looked back, and saw a woman wearing a bright red winter robe, with her hair pulled up loosely into a bun.
Mrs. Shangjia walked in and immediately stood up from the embroidery stool and leaned over to salute.
Shang Jia walked to the small bed in a few steps, leaned down on the wooden railing, bent down and touched her son's little face. When she saw that he "chirped" twice, a gentle smile appeared on his face.
Smiling, he asked in a low voice to the nanny standing beside him:
"Mother Hu, did you sleep well last night?"
"Back to Fujin, the eldest brother slept very deeply last night. In the middle of the night, the servant helped him to urinate. At the beginning of the morning, the eldest brother woke up because he was hungry. After the servant fed him, he went to bed again.
Fell asleep."
Aunt Hu also replied in a low voice.
As soon as Mr. Shangjia heard this, his eyes suddenly burst into joy. Usually, his son was not feeling well, although he lay on the small bed almost all day, but the quality of his sleep was very poor. The slightest movement could scare him.
Wake up, and Fulhun
It was as if he didn't know he was hungry, and his appetite was pitifully small. They prepared two wet nurses for him, but he didn't know that he couldn't even drink the milk of one person. I have to say that the little emperor's wife asked Eunuch Zhang to deliver it to him last night.
The Nuanyu that came here was really her son’s life-saving stone!
She stretched out her white and soft hands to tuck her son into the quilt. She had just straightened up when she suddenly remembered that last night when she was sitting at the table, flipping through the blue-sealed booklet by candlelight, she saw beautiful hairpins on it.
The small regular script reads neatly one by one:
[Eighth: For babies, only the mother’s colostrum 2 to 3 days after delivery is the most nutritious and a real good thing. However, after that special time period, the mother’s life after 10 months will be the most nutritious.
In fact, milk is not as good as cow's milk and goat's milk for nourishing the body. Generally speaking, children can be given nutritious paste and egg custard as complementary food after 6 months of age.】
Thinking of the healthy little prince and fourth brother, Shang Jia stroked the smooth surface of the wooden railing a few times with his hands, turned around and ordered to the nanny standing at the head of the bed:
"Mother Hu, Ful Hulun has a few teeth now. From now on, you should stop breastfeeding him."
"I will instruct people to go out to buy a ewe later in the day, and then I will find an opportunity to go to the palace to look for a strong Mongolian female cow. In the future, Fulhuulun will mainly eat complementary food. Every morning you
Just feed him a small bowl of goat's milk or cow's milk."
"Yes, yes, I understand."
When the nanny heard the first half of Prince Chun Fujin's words, her heart skipped a beat, thinking that the master's family no longer planned to use her and was about to return her to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Halfway through, I realized that Shang Jia just wanted to change the recipe for the eldest brother, and he quickly nodded and agreed.
Shangjia looked at Fulhuulun for a while, and found that her son couldn't wake up for a while, so she turned around and left the door of his room in a good mood, walked straight out of the hall, and stood under the eaves of the main courtyard.
, looking at the high courtyard wall outside, the snowflakes piled up on top are already as thick as the length of a palm, and there is a vast expanse of white everywhere.
She can only say that "people feel refreshed when happy events happen." Yesterday, she thought that after the winter storm, the loneliness was the most heartbreaking. Now that she is in a better mood, everything Shangjia sees is good, even the occasional
A few birds that came out of their nests to look for food fluttered their wings from the dead branches covered with snowflakes and flew away. A lot of snow fell in the "whistle", showing some agility.
Shang Jia couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth in an arc, and took a deep breath of the cold fresh air, feeling completely refreshed.
Grandma Shang, who had just delivered the "Infant Nutritional Meal Preparation Method" copied by Prince Chun Fujin from the blue-sealed booklet last night to the small kitchen, when she came back, she saw that the girl who had grown up from small breasts was relaxing all over.
Standing at the door of the hall, the usually frowning brows relaxed.
She also hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Fu Jin, the breakfast in the small kitchen has been prepared, and the recipe written by the imperial concubine for the eldest brother has been delivered to the chef.
Do you and the prince plan to have a meal now?"
"Hmm, mama, please order the food to be served first. I'll go in and call you."
After Mrs. Shangjia said this with a smile, she was about to turn around when she remembered the New Year's ceremony again, and then gave another instruction to the wet nurse standing at the bottom of the steps:
"Mommy, after you finish your breakfast, you will go to Prince Yu's Mansion again and tell the first sister-in-law that my father and I are planning to send New Year's gifts to the little emperor's sister-in-law in a few days. We have never done so before.
I don’t know how much to prepare, so I just want to take a look at the annual gift list she sent to Chuxiu Palace in previous years for reference."
"Yeah, I've written it down."
Seeing the wet nurse nodding and remembering the matter in her heart, Mrs. Shangjia stretched out her hand to lift the thick cotton curtain and crossed the threshold into the hall.
It was early noon in about an hour.
Mr. Shang Jia was sitting at the round huanghuali wood table in the hall. There was a pair of pens, ink, paper and inkstones placed on the table, and two New Year gift lists were placed side by side.
Among them, the one on the left is one prepared by Siruk in previous years, and the one on the right is a list written by Shang Jia herself. At this time, she is holding a cinnabar-stained brush in her hand and drawing on the two gift lists with great care.
I just hope that I can send gifts to people's hearts and leave a good impression on the little princess in the palace.
Aunt Shang stood beside her, giving her a hand so that she could promptly tell Shangjia what was and was not in the palace's warehouse.
"Ah, yaa, let's go, wow, ya!"
Not far away from them, Prince Longxi, also dressed in regular clothes, bent down and put his arms through Ful Hulun's armpits, teaching his one-year-old and one-month-old son to walk crookedly on the carpet.
"Sir, I found that the New Year's gifts given by the first sister-in-law and the first brother are basically quite satisfactory. They cannot escape the jewelry, antiques and the like. There are so many rare objects in our house that you bought from foreigners. Why don't we give them to you?
How about they add a few pieces to the previous year’s gifts, which can be considered a bit of a novelty?”
Shang Jia raised his head and looked at the father and son and asked softly with a smile.
"Okay, you read and write first, and I will read it over later." Prince Chun replied with a smile without raising his head.
His body was not as healthy as the three previous brothers, Fuquan, Xuan Ye, and Chang Ning. Therefore, the empress dowagers of the two palaces had already planned for Long Xi the path of becoming an idle and wealthy young prince in the clan. Kangxi also favored his little brother.
For a few minutes, he was always treated as a free rein, without any pressure on him. Once he turned fifteen, he was given the title of "Prince".
In such a relaxed and free environment, Longxi developed a romantic and casual temperament. He has a lot of time to play on weekdays. He loves to play and can play, and likes to interact with all kinds of people.
When dealing with people, the palace would receive money from the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager from time to time, so he also had plenty of money. Occasionally, he would receive any exquisite or novel gadgets he came across in the capital to his palace, year after year.
Coming down, the warehouse of Prince Chun's Mansion was filled with strange objects.
After seeing his favorable attitude, Shang Jiashi also began to search for available Western items in the warehouse in his mind. While thinking about it, he recited them one by one as if announcing the names of dishes:
"Then let's give the little queen sister-in-law six bottles of Baihua perfume, six pieces of Western rose soap, three self-ringing clocks of fortune, wealth and longevity, two flip pocket watches with silver chains inlaid with diamonds, two violins..."
Long Xi helped Ful Hulun walk a few meters away. When he saw that his son couldn't walk, he picked him up.
After listening to him, Fujin counted a dozen Western objects in detail, then walked to the table not far away with Ful Hulun in his arms, pointed at the "two violins" on the rice paper and said:
"Fu Jin, please replace this. If this thing can't be pulled, it will sound as unpleasant as sawing wood. It can only be used to collect dust. It's better not to send it to the palace of the little emperor's sister-in-law."
Aunt Shang, who was standing behind Shang Jia, couldn't help but remind her when she heard Prince Chun speak:
"Fu Jin, although the self-ringing bell is expensive and not common in the market, if it is a New Year gift, doesn't it sound like a bad idea to give a bell to someone during the Chinese New Year?"
The young couple, who had never thought about this at all, couldn't help but froze in shock when they heard Aunt Shang's words.
Ful Huulun, who was nestled in Long Xi's arms, screamed "baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"" a few times without knowing the truth. He saw that his Ama was blocking his small chest and putting a shiny ring on the index finger of his big hand with clear joints.
White jade finger.
The little milk baby tilted his little head curiously and looked at it for a few times. Then he didn't know whether he was hungry and wanted to drink milk, or simply wanted to use that thing to grind his teeth. While the adults were not paying attention to him, Fu Fu
Er Hulun lowered his head suddenly and bit the white jade ring on his Ama's hand with his teeth like millet grains. But after all, he misjudged the situation. He never thought that such a beautiful thing could bite him.
The teeth hurt. After a few breaths of reaction, he felt the clear pain coming from his mouth. The little baby said "Wow", turned around, hugged Long Xi's neck and cried loudly.
, and shouted softly and softly with inarticulate words: "Hey, Mama, my hands are so bad, la."
It was the first time that the young couple saw their son look so full of life. Somehow, even though their son was crying very wronged, they both couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Aunt Shang hurriedly stretched out her hand and opened the eldest brother's small mouth and took a look. She found that the baby teeth were all fine and there was nothing wrong with her. The corners of her mouth also curved up slightly. She felt that this was a normal family.
The way the three of them get along, Fujin's life was really hard in the past...
When such an accident happened, Long Xi saw that he could no longer coax his son, so the two had to switch tasks. Shang Jia stood up from the chair and personally held his son in his arms and patted him. Long Xi also sat down.
In her place, she took the brush and continued writing the gift list.
He remembered that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, several blond and blue-eyed English businessmen had given him several boxes of blessing and longevity ointments, so he raised his head and asked Shang Jia who was standing at the table:
"Fu Jin, have those boxes of blessing | longevity | ointment been opened?"
Shang Jiashi recalled it carefully, then remembered the precious ointment that was pitch black with a hint of golden color and was said to prolong life, so she shook her head and said to him:
"No, I remember that there were a total of four boxes sealed with carved glass vases and placed tightly in the cabinet. They were not opened. Could it be that I planned to include them with the New Year's gift?"
"Then just go in." Long Xi then wrote the three words "福 | longevity | paste" on the rice paper.
"Sir, can that thing really prolong life? I think it's not as good-looking as rose jam."
Mrs. Shangjia let her son lie on her shoulder, gently moved her right hand along his back, and swayed gently back and forth on his feet. Fulhun finally stopped crying.
"You don't understand this, don't you think that thing looks ugly, its price is terrifyingly high, one tael of black paste is one tael of gold! And this thing is not only available now, it has existed for a long time.
As it grew older, the Arabs in the Tang Dynasty called it 'Wuxiang', and this 'Fu | Longevity | Cream' was the name given to it by Emperor Wanli later."
Long Xi glanced at the gift list and found that it was almost written, so he put the brush in his hand on the pen holder, blew lightly on the ink a few times, and then continued to explain to Fujin:
"As for whether its efficacy is worthy of its name, I don't know. After all, I have never used this thing, but I think that in the past, this blessing | longevity | ointment was a tribute from foreign envoys to the Emperor and Empress of the Ming Dynasty.
, it should be a good thing that can be given to the emperor and empress. After all, the people in the palace are not stupid. Let's send this golden thing to the palace, whether the little emperor's wife uses it for herself or for the emperor's brother.
They are all decent gifts after all.”
When Mrs. Shangjia heard such an expensive price and the fact that this thing was once a royal offering, her eyes widened slightly and she said with a sigh: "Then let me give it to the little emperor's sister-in-law as you say. We'd better not give this thing to you."
Touched."
"But I think the chiming bell can still be given as a gift. After all, the three shells are engraved with the words 'Fu Lu Shou', and the meaning is still very good. Since we have it, why don't we give a few to the little emperor's wife. I went to Chu Xiu yesterday
In the palace, I saw a small telescope hanging around Xiao Si’s neck. I guess the mother and son are quite interested in such Western objects.”
Shangjia thought for a while, then opened her mouth to discuss with Prince Chun.
Long Xi felt that the little emperor's sister-in-law was open-minded and generous, and she probably wouldn't think as much as Aunt Shang, so she nodded in agreement.
Finally, the couple carefully read the gift list three times from beginning to end. After finding no mistakes or omissions, they asked Aunt Shang to go to the housekeeper to find the items written on the gift list in the warehouse as soon as possible.
,Bag
After pretending, Longxi sent his personal servant to Prince Yu's Mansion to deliver a message to Fuquan and his wife, saying that when their family gave New Year's gifts, they would send someone to Prince Chun's Mansion to inform him and Shang Jia.
Shi followed behind.
Time passed very quickly, and seven or eight days passed in a blink of an eye.
In the 19th year of Kangxi's reign, except for the first month of the first month when the sixth and seventh elder brothers were just born, which cast a haze over the Forbidden City and the atmosphere in the palace was somewhat depressed, the remaining eleven months went smoothly, so this
The New Year is also celebrated with joy.
Chuxiu Palace also received a lot of New Year's gifts, but because Concubine Menjing was too busy during the Chinese New Year, the rich New Year's gifts from each family were carefully registered and kept in a book by the palace staff, and then shipped in all at once.
In the warehouse, I haven't had time to check the classification yet.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the weather was gloomy again, giving people the feeling of snow falling, but the main hall of Chuxiu Palace was very lively.
"Xiao Qi climbs really fast!"
Qingyan and Tana were sitting on the carved chairs in the hall, while the little prince and the little fourth were gathered around Xiao Qi, watching the little baby, who was only half a month away from turning one year old, using his legs and hands to crawl on the wool carpet.
It was so fast, Yinreng couldn't help but said in amazement.
Xiaosi also blinked and was in disbelief at Xiaoqi's performance.
"Uh, cool, give me a hug~"
Wearing a small red dress, her eyebrows were dotted with red dots of rouge, and a silver longevity lock hung around her neck. Xiaoqi crawled to Tana in a few "swiss swish"s, then hugged her legs and slowly
He stood up and said softly.
"Oh! Our Xiaoqi is really amazing. I have never seen a child crawl so fast in the palace or on the grassland. He is indeed our Aisin Gioro Qiwa, he is a cow!"
Tana saw that the little milk baby had stood up on his own strength, and quickly stretched out her hands to pinch his small waist and carried him into her arms. Then she gave him a kiss and a hug and said, "No money, long rainbow fart."
He just hit the seventh brother with all his strength.
Xiaoqi also said with great joy: "Qiqi, tired, harmful! Xie, Baba, Lu!"
Qingyan looked at the confident mother and son in front of her and couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.
Tana lived next door to her, and she came to her early in the morning with Xiao Qi in her arms to wish her a happy New Year. Unexpectedly, Xiao Qi directly performed his Qing Kung Fu "Floating on the Ground" for them on the spot.
Yinreng and Xiaosi also ran to Qingyan. The two brothers looked at Tana and then at Xiaoqi, who was sitting on her knees and grinning at them, revealing pink gums with few teeth. They wanted to
Xiao Qi's "climbing skills" were compared with what they had done before, but they couldn't remember clearly. They could only give a thumbs up to Xiao Qi. It was as fast as a little rabbit, who could believe it?
There is actually something wrong with Xiao Qi’s right leg.
Qingyan also didn't expect that the seventh brother raised by Tana would have such a temper, but for such an energetic little baby, one can tell by looking at his bright smiling face that he is really living a happy life. From this
On the one hand, it can only be said that the Empress Dowager has indeed found a particularly suitable pair of adoptive mothers and adopted children.
"It seems like I'm a little late this time."
Several people were talking when they heard a clear female voice coming from the door.
Everyone followed the sound and looked towards the door and saw An Bin, wearing a blue winter robe and a goose-yellow cloak, walking in across the threshold with a smile behind Bai Lu.
"Ms. An!"
When Xiaosi saw Mrs. Li come in, and the cloak in front of her was tightly gathered and bulging, he thought that Madam An had brought him another toy, and immediately jumped up happily and trotted to her, and then he didn't wait until
Mrs. Li opened her mouth to respond to him. At this moment, the cloak in front of An Bin suddenly opened a crack, and then a small breast dumpling with a fleshy round face suddenly came out of the cloak. Xiao Si suddenly
When I met the eyes of this strange little milk baby, I was stunned in place for a moment, as if I was surprised that "Why did the cloak become a spirit?"
When An Bin saw Xiaosi's appearance, she couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Qingyan also followed her gaze towards the door and saw that the little breast dumpling was tied in front of An Bin with a wide silk ribbon. At this time, he was holding both sides of the cloak with his two small hands and tilting his little head.
Looking at them curiously, a sweet smile suddenly appeared on the door, giving people a feeling of spring breeze.
"Auntie, is he Xiaoba?" Yinreng pulled Qingyan's sleeve and asked uncertainly.
Before Qingyan could speak, the smiling little breasted dumpling blew out a round saliva bubble and said softly:
"Ah, eh, eh, ba-pa."
Most of the children in the palace are raised in a delicate way. Generally speaking, the princes and princesses who are under one year old are weak and prone to illness. Neither their mothers nor the palace servants who serve them dare to raise them.
Just carry it outside.
Because of this, even if Xianfu Palace and Chuxiu Palace are only separated by a wall, Changchun Palace is not far away, but whether it is Qingyan, Xiaosi and Yinreng, today is the first time since they moved to Xianfu Palace on the full moon of Xiaoqi.
I saw Tana carrying him out once, not to mention Xiaoba who had been living in Changchun Palace.
The first and second children never expected that today they would be able to watch both the seventh and eighth babies at once.