Yingnu sat sadly on the steps. When the prince came back and saw him sitting there in a small ball with his chin propped up, he couldn't help smiling, stepped forward to lift him up, and said with a straight face: "What a big man, what is there to worry about?" of?"
Ying Nu immediately said: "Father, mother said that the baby in the stomach is my sister, but I didn't prepare a gift for my sister."
He pursed his mouth aggrievedly, and said with tears in his eyes, "I still want my brother."
Hearing this, the prince carried him into the house, and said: "What's so difficult about it, just let your mother give birth to you in the future, there will always be a younger brother."
The princess who just stood up from the couch: ...
The prince put his son on the couch, pressed his hand to let her sit down, and asked, "Who is here today? When did the Tai Hospital be so careless and tell you that the child in your womb is a girl?"
They had asked the princess when she was just pregnant, but everyone from Xiao Yuanzheng to the little-known little imperial doctor laughed at their inquiries, expressing that they couldn't make a diagnosis.
Of course the crown prince didn't realize that they really couldn't diagnose all of them, and that's all for others. With the skills of Xiao Yuanzheng and Imperial Physician Liu, it is impossible for them not to be able to diagnose.
But I dare not say it, and I don't want to say it.
The princess smiled and said: "I'm not feeling well today, so I invited Zhou Man over. She said that our child will be as loving as Ming Da in the future."
The prince knew it in his mind, he stretched out his hand to touch her belly, "Then it's better to prepare more colorful clothes."
"Children's family doesn't need too many clothes. I asked, and I told them that they should wear eagle slaves."
"No, I have to wear new ones." This is his eldest daughter, how can she wear old ones
The princess: "...the old ones are more comfortable, and the eagle slaves grew fast at that time, and the old clothes were not worn for long, and they were almost the same as the new ones."
But the prince has a dog temper, and the princess can't convince him for a while, since it is almost the same as the new one, why not just wear the new one
Is he a man short of cloth
He said again: "Let the people below buy soft fabrics. Could it be that Gu can't even find two pieces of fabric for the child?"
The princess was silent.
When Man Bao entered the palace again, he heard the princess asking about it in annoyance.
Man Bao asked: "Then do you want to make new clothes or old clothes?"
The concubine sighed and said: "I made a few sets of clothes before, because I thought it was a boy, so I made them all according to Ying Nu's previous clothes, and Ying Nu's clothes were enough, and His Highness didn't say anything bad at that time. , it turned out to be a daughter, so he was unwilling to let the child wear the old clothes of the eagle slave again."
Man Bao: "Then what do you mean?"
The princess said helplessly: "I have to listen to him, otherwise I will lose my temper. It's just that the clothes of the eagle slaves have been washed and dried, and no one is wearing them now, so it's not easy to throw them away. I have always been frugal, if I know that I just threw it away, I will definitely be angry."
The current children in the East Palace are occasionally sick and are invited by either the Imperial Physician Liu or her, so she knows that although the Crown Princess is good to them, she will not give them the things of Ying Nu.
Man Bao thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, you can give it to me."
The princess stared slightly, and looked at her in surprise, "You, are you pregnant?"
Man Baole said: "No, but my second niece and eldest nephew's wife are about to give birth, and they need it."
The Crown Princess was very happy, and after thinking about it, she said: "It's okay, I'll let someone clean it up."
The Crown Princess asked the maid to clean up, and packed four packages, including not only clothes, but also swaddling clothes, small shoes, and small cloth pockets...
They are all brand new. After all, children grow up fast, and a set of clothes will not be suitable after two or three months.
The princess said: "This is the clothes before the first birthday, take a look."
Man Bao opened it and took a look. They were all very simple clothes, without any embroidery on them, all of them were printed with their own, or in simple colors, most of which were red and moon white, and the close-fitting clothes were mostly soft linen , the outside is mostly red.
Well, Ying Nu has been a Xi Baobao for several years, so that now he likes to pull when he sees red ones, especially red ones.
There are so many things that Man Bao can't take back home alone, so the princess appointed a few people to take them home with her, and said with a smile: "When you give birth to a child, I will give the clothes worn by the child to you." You collect it."
Man Bao didn't dislike it at all, nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay, okay."
Seeing that she received it so happily, the Crown Princess was also very happy.
It is very cool in the morning after autumn, so Zhou Man and Bai Shan came on horseback in the morning, and the East Palace sent a carriage to take her back. Today, Zhou Dalang and Xiao Qian happened to be at home and saw the carriage coming from the palace. I thought that Man Bao had received a reward again, and was thinking about whether to prepare an incense table or something.
As a result, the servants and two maids who drove over brought four large bundles from the cart, and Man Bao handed the horse to the porter, and went to carry one himself.
Zhou Dalang came to his senses, hurried up to pick it up, and asked, "What is this?"
"The little clothes that the Crown Princess gave to Sanniang and Lijun's children."
This is a common occurrence in the village, but generally only the mother's family is willing to give the child clothes that the child has only worn once. This can not only save money, but also borrow blessings.
Even Mrs. Qian thanked the maids and servants repeatedly, and then touched her body. She didn't have the habit of carrying money, so she went to touch Zhou Dalang.
Man Bao looked at the music, picked up the money bag to reward them, and kept them saying: "It's almost lunch time, you can stay for a meal before going back."
The servants in the palace did not dare, so they quickly bowed their knees and declined.
Man Bao thought for a while, but didn't hold back, nodded and said: "Then you go back, be careful on the road."
When Xiaoqian heard this, he immediately said: "If you don't stay for dinner, you can take some to eat on the way."
Before Man Bao could stop him, Little Qian had already turned around and ran to the kitchen. After a while, he came out with lotus leaves wrapped in several meat-stuffed pancakes, and filled them with soy milk in a bamboo tube.
She took a small basket from the porch, put everything in the basket, stuffed it into their hands, and said with a smile: "I just made it, it's still warm, the meat is pork, you should have something to eat, right?"
The maids and servants were dumbfounded.
Man Bao swallowed the words that stopped him, and smiled with them, "Hurry up, take it, eat it on the way, and fill your stomach."
The three of them couldn't refuse their kindness, so they could only accept it.
They got in the carriage and walked a long way before they came back to their senses, and then looked at the things in the basket together, so eat... or not
Thinking of returning to the palace to hand over errands, he had to report back first, and when they went to eat, it was already past meal time, and he was afraid that there would only be leftovers left, so he stretched his hand into the basket.
A court lady said: "It's something from Zhou Taiyi's house, it should be fine if you eat it."
The other said: "I think it's okay too."
The servant should be more cautious, "But the father-in-laws in charge have said that you are not allowed to eat outside food when you are out of the palace on business. If you have diarrhea, it will be sent directly to the epidemic prevention station."
The maid had already taken a bite, her eyes brightened and she said: "Eat it quickly, it's delicious. If you eat up your stomach, Imperial Physician Zhou will still be in the palace tomorrow, so just quietly get some medicine from her."
"Yes, I heard that Rong Si, who used to drive the carriage for Imperial Physician Zhou, had also been ill before, and it was Imperial Physician Zhou who treated him, and he was never sent to the epidemic prevention center."
Man Bao knew nothing about it, so she called Liu Sanniang, who was on vacation, and Zhou Lijun, who was waiting at home, to pick things up.