The first heir of the new emperor since he ascended the throne, naturally attracted much attention.
As soon as the second prince was born, news was received everywhere.
Xiaohua's delivery time was not long, she was well nursed during pregnancy, and she had done enough preparations. Before evening, she gave birth to a baby.
When the queen received the news, she breathed a sigh of relief, and then smashed the medicine bowl in her hand.
The next day, the conferring ceremony was carried out as usual.
The aura of indifference on Emperor Jing's body has faded a lot today, thinking of the second prince who has just given birth, all the ministers are aware of it.
Xiaohua should have led the concubines and ordered the wives to pay homage to the queen, but today it was led by Concubine Qiao Xian.
The queen sat high on the phoenix seat, complacent, but the lack of such a person made her regret. But others are right, she will have a long time in Japan, she is the queen of the mother world, she leads the harem, holds the phoenix seal, and sometimes has the opportunity to clean up that person.
This day belonged to the queen. Xiao Shi had never experienced this feeling of looking down at all beings from above. This feeling made her drunk, and then something happened that woke her up from the intoxication.
On the second day of the conferring ceremony, Emperor Jing issued an decree to confer the title of the eldest prince, Luo Yan, as the crown prince.
This imperial decree immediately caused a wave of waves.
One after another, ministers have played, saying that it is not reasonable.
This time, Emperor Jing did not do Tai Chi with anyone, and he rejected it very decisively. Daxi has always been either a heir or a leader.
For the time being, it is impossible to think of a direct descendant. So far, there is no direct descendant, so it is long. The eldest prince is the eldest son of Emperor Jing, and his mother's status is not low.
Don't tell me that Concubine Yuan Gui was born from a lowly background. In the royal harem, she did not have a lowly background. The whole world belongs to the emperor. If the emperor says you are noble, who dares to say something cheap
What's more, Emperor Jing also said that it would be beneficial to establish the crown prince early in the country's society, which is indeed reasonable.
The emperor's attitude is strong, and there are no people who jump out and find it unhappy. The only few were deliberately ignored by Jingdi, and the matter was settled.
When the old god Jia Sheng, Minister of Rites, was present, when everyone was surprised, he was the only one who was not surprised.
Without him, Prince Li's edict was drawn up together with the edicts of Fenghou and Feng Guifei.
Why this is done is worth thinking about.
Of course, Jia Sheng is also an old man.
The second prince, Xisan, was set up in the Dawn Palace, and Emperor Jing personally sat in charge. This time, it was no longer the same as when Luo Ye was born. There were many people who wanted to add basins. Because Xi San was only present with his own family, only a few concubines from the harem and a few princesses from the previous emperor were present.
Empress Xiao hated her teeth so much that she had to pretend to be generous to refill the basin. She looked at Emperor Jing full of grievances, but Emperor Jing didn't even want to lift her eyelids.
Ever since she came to the capital, the queen has rarely been seriously ill, at most the medicine is always in her hands. Occasionally, she has a headache and coughs twice. The concubine first and then the empress have been stimulating her nerve endings, making her unbelievably excited.
After returning home this time, he fell ill and couldn't even pretend, so many imperial physicians were called in for diagnosis and treatment. It was enough to see how much this series of events stimulated her.
Some people privately said that the queen was not broad-minded enough to give the second prince a basin, and he would be so angry that he would fall ill when he went back, so he didn't mention it.
Dawn Palace
"Mother, why doesn't this little brother wake up, he is always sleeping."
"My younger brother is still young. When my younger brother is as big as our little Yiyi, he will play with Yiyi every day."
Yiyi pouted, with a little complaint on her face.
"Yiyi is not too young now, she is the eldest princess, the eldest princess Yi'an."
Yiyi's canonization has already come down, and the title is 'Yi'an'. And being called too much by the princess, the princess, every time Xiaohua called her daughter Xiao Yiyi, she would correct it, not a small one, but a big one. It seems that this big character is much, much better than a small one.
The prince took a look at the silly sister, and stretched out his finger to rub his brother's little face.
It seems that every child is very sensitive to the word 'little', including Ye Er. He is young and the people are small, and the people who serve him always call him the little prince. Ye'er was very unhappy, so he deliberately corrected people to call him the eldest prince. Just like the first prince, Yiyi learned from his brother.
After Xiaohua found out, she almost didn't laugh, even King Jing showed a rare smile.
"Okay, it's time for my brother to eat milk. I'll ask Aunt Lilac to take you out to play?"
"No, Yiyi wants to see her brother here."
Xiaohua didn't say anything, she opened her clothes and picked up her second son. The little man seemed to smell the fragrance of milk, and without opening his eyes, he arched over.
After the second prince was born, there was no shortage, and Xiaohua didn't plan to feed it by herself. Just thinking that Yeer and Yiyi both grew up on breast milk, and now they are in good health, they always help to feed two mouthfuls by themselves, and at other times they are fed by the wet nurse.
Yiyi watched her brother suck hard, her eyes were red, and she bit her fingers, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Yiyi, mother told you several times, don't eat your fingers, it's a bad habit."
Yiyi immediately put her hands behind her back, smiled at Xiaohua with a wink, and whispered, "Mother, my brother eats really well!"
"My brother only has milk to eat, so he gets hungry faster."
"Mother, after a while, brother, give Yiyi two bites."
Xiaohua looked at her daughter in surprise, "Didn't Yiyi like it?"
Ye'er and Yiyi eat early, and since they can eat, they will not eat the milk of the wet nurse. Those who are so little know that it tastes good, and Xiaohua and King Jing talked about it as a fun at that time.
"But my brother eats deliciously—"
That is, greedy.
The second prince still can't have a lot of snacks, Xiaohua didn't drink the milk medicine, and she has to squeeze out a lot every day. Seeing her daughter's eager eyes, she thinks that the child is still young, just over three years old. Some people have a lot of milk until they are 7 or 8 years old.
"Milk is actually not good." Xiaohua also wanted to dispel the idea of her daughter.
Yiyi pouted her lips in disbelief.
Well, the little dolls at this time are more curious, and they will not give up until they reach the Yellow River.
Seeing that the second prince was full, Xiaohua wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and asked her daughter to come up.
Yiyi was really welcome, and when she came up, she hugged her mother's Xue Bai and took two big mouthfuls.
"Sister, is it delicious?"
Xiao Yiyi looked strange, nodded and said, "It's delicious."
Ye Er shyly glanced at Xiao Hua with a serious face, "My sister has something to eat."
How could Xiao Hua not know about her son's awkward temperament, she smiled and took her son over. Ye'er took a careful sip, the taste was weird, and she didn't believe in evil.
When Emperor Jing came in, what he saw was this picture. The eldest son was eating Xuebai with the little flowers in his arms, and he frowned immediately. After clearing her throat, Ye'er immediately retracted her mouth like a frightened little mouse.
Xiaohua blushed like fire, and pretended to be calm and patted her son's head, "Isn't it delicious, one of you is an older brother and the other is an older sister. Both of you are over three years old, and you are still jealous of your younger brother."
Ye Er said: "It tastes very strange."
Yiyi laughed and slapped her hands. "Brother was fooled, it's actually not delicious at all."
Emperor Jing's expression improved a bit, he walked over and sat down.
A man's careful eye, Xiaohua knows it. When she gave birth to the second prince, she offered to feed her, but she was rejected. It was only after she grinded it for a long time that Emperor Jing agreed to occasionally eat two bites.
"The two children are young, and they are curious because their younger brother can eat milk."
This is an explanation.
Xiaohua secretly glanced at Emperor Jing, but Emperor Jing didn't show any expression.
She thought it was over.
Two more days passed, and the second prince was full moon.
The second prince's full moon is a big deal, and Emperor Jing seems to want to make up for the shortcomings of Ye'er when he was born, and pays special attention to this matter.
Since it is a big event, it is natural for the princes, ministers and foreign women to participate.
Emperor Jing held a banquet in Zhaoyang Hall, and there was also a banquet in Yihe Hall in the harem. It was supposed to be hosted by the queen. The queen was sick and couldn't afford it. Naturally, she was incompetent, so Xiaohua, who had the highest ranking in the entire harem other than the queen, and the mother of the second prince, came to chair.
It can be considered that Concubine Yuan Gui officially met the foreign wives, Xiaohua was not present on the day of the conferring ceremony.
Xiaohua originally thought that meeting a foreigner was to meet or something, but only later did she realize that she was wrong.
When a woman of external life sees a woman of high rank from within, she must bow, and the etiquette varies according to her own grade. Generally speaking, the highest level of foreign women is a first-class wife, and Xiaohua is now a first-class noble concubine. When an inner-life woman sees a foreign-made woman, she is one rank higher, so all the foreign-made women who arrive today need to salute Xiaohua.
There are too many people, so naturally they can't come one by one. Except for a few high-ranking and high-status ladies of the country, the others are all salutes according to their rank.
Fortunately, there are eunuchs and female officials responsible for the ceremony, so there is no need to spend too much thought, just sit on the luan seat and accept the ceremony, and it is good to call after the ceremony.
Xiaohua was wearing the crown of a noble concubine and sat on the throne, smiling as she watched a group of life women come up slowly. These women all wore formal imperial uniforms, and they walked in very good manners. Some were young and beautiful, and some were gray-haired.
Xiaohua saw a very familiar person in a row of people, and after thinking for a while, she remembered who it was.
Mrs. Jinyang Hou!
This name opened up Xiaohua's distant memory, and she fell into a trance without realizing it.
I vaguely remember that when I was embarrassed and humble, I knelt in front of her, trying to find a way to survive, but was dragged out and sold...
"Miss, are you tired?"
Lilac's voice came into my ears, Xiaohua had just given birth, and she was going to experience such a very formal occasion. She was also wearing a heavy and cumbersome imperial concubine's crown dress. The whole morning palace was very nervous about her body.
"It's all right."
On the side, there is a bowing eunuch shouting: "Salute—"
"Meet the noble concubine, the goddess is a thousand years old."
"rise."
"Thank you madam."
This is not the first time that Mrs. Jinyang Hou has entered the palace. Whenever she encounters a palace ceremony or the like, the foreign wife must enter the palace to congratulate her. Not long ago, I just came to congratulate the empress at the ceremony of conferring the empress. This time it was the second prince full moon and the concubine.
Seeing this battle, it is true that the second prince He's full moon is fake, and it is true that the emperor gives the imperial concubine a long face.
With such a deep thought in her heart, Mrs. Jinyang Hou didn't show any stupidity. Few of the foreign women who arrived today are stupid. It is estimated that there are many of them, but none of them dared to express objection.
The emperor wants to give the woman he loves a long face. Everyone is a woman, so he naturally understands the reasoning. What's more, this imperial concubine Yuan Gui is in full swing. In terms of favor, she favors only her family, and she has two sons and one daughter, the queen. Not even an egg was laid. There is no stake in what is right and what is wrong, and no one will be offended without a long eye.
Mrs. Jinyang Hou was also very curious to make the most powerful man in the world so troublesome. When she got up by the ceremony, she took a peek at Concubine Yuan Gui who was sitting on the throne.
This Concubine Yuan Gui was born extremely beautiful, with a small face the size of a slap, a pair of squinting eyes, extremely white skin, and a thousand manners. But the ten thousand kinds of customs are mixed with a hint of greenness, interweaving a charm that makes people unable to take their eyes off. I can't tell how old you are, it looks like a double decade, and it seems to be very young...
So much so that when she retired, Mrs. Jinyang Hou was still reminiscing about the beauty of this Concubine Yuan. Thinking about it, she couldn't help frowning, always feeling that this Concubine Yuan Gui looked a little familiar.
Concubine Qiao Xian stood aside with Concubine Jing and Concubine An, the three of them couldn't hide their envy on their faces, Concubine Jing and Concubine An were okay, just that kind of admiration made Concubine Qiao Xian's expression strange. Trying to put on a generous and decent smile doesn't seem to be very successful, it's weird and powerful.
But these three people are just incidental today, and no one will pay attention to them. Even if they noticed that everyone was a woman, they could understand that the three of them serving a man together, seeing others enjoying this favor alone, must be in a sour mood at this time.