The emperor personally ordered the grand ceremony in the morning, and the East Palace ordered the three baptisms to be held, and the scene was extremely grand.
Many people came to attend the ceremony. This is the eldest son and eldest daughter of the Crown Prince, the first child of the third generation of the royal family. They have been the focus of attention in the capital since they were never born, and when they were born, the popularity exploded.
Even if you don't look at the political significance behind this pair of children, just because they are twins, visitors can step down the threshold. Whether it is a wife with a son, or a young grandma who just got married, they all want to come here to be happy.
Many guests gathered, and the main hall of Ciqing Palace was dressed in fragrant temples, and the eyes were full of pearls and emeralds. The ladies laughed and gathered together to talk. At this time, the eunuchs filed in from the outside, and everyone stopped talking and looked out.
The two maids came in with two swaddles in their arms, and when everyone saw it, they immediately congratulated. These things were prepared before, but no one expected it to be a dragon and a phoenix before they were born. In the past three days, the female officials of the Shangyi Bureau rushed to make them overnight, and specially prepared a big red embroidered golden dragon for the two little masters. , Jinfeng's swaddling clothes, just in response to the twins of the dragon and the phoenix, to be happy. Now the people watching the ceremony can recognize which is the king of the small county and which is the master of the small county only from the swaddling clothes.
The prince's son is the county king, and his daughter is the county master. As soon as these two children were born, they were already of a higher rank than most of the ladies present. It was also the first time that the ladies saw the twins with their own eyes, and they were full of praise, and the rarity in their eyes almost turned into reality. After the royal celebrant sang the words, Po Wen spoke auspicious words and washed the bodies of the two children.
The siblings were wrinkled and red when they were first born, but after a day they were as clean and plump as blowing air. Although they still have a light red on them now, they are already good-looking. A group of dignitaries and ladies gathered around on both sides, watching Granny Wen pour water on the two children's small arms and calves like the lotus festival. No matter whether they have had children or not, their hearts will melt at this moment.
In fact, the two children are very clean, and the three washings in public are just a symbolic meaning. After she rubbed the baby with warm water, she quickly wiped the child dry with a clean white silk cloth, and rewrapped the baby in a swaddle. The crowd was full of praise and blessings. The two mothers each held a child, laughed and listened for a while, then covered the child's head and walked back.
At this moment, in the apse, the earth dragon was burning as warm as spring, and there was a faint scent of milk in the room. The two maids came in with their children and saluted the people on the bed: "Prince Concubine, the little master has finished the three rituals."
Cheng Yujin responded, and as soon as she made a move, Du Ruo hurriedly stepped forward to pick it up and put it in Cheng Yujin's arms carefully. Cheng Yujin is still weak now, so she can't hold two at a time. She can only hold one in her arms and one on the bed.
"Have your Highness and Your Majesty seen it?"
"The first to go to the Qianqing Palace, His Majesty also personally hugged the two little masters, and only sent them to the female relatives after showing them to the adults."
Cheng Yujin nodded and asked again, "Did you see the wind all the way?"
"No, the maid is careful. His Highness also specially instructed that when you came back from the Qianqing Palace, there were eunuchs on both sides who blocked the wind and blocked the wind. The maid wrapped a layer of red quilt outside the swaddle, and would never let it go. The two little masters saw the wind."
That's it. Cheng Yujin was relieved, and gently shook the little guy's hand on the bed. The twins are smaller than ordinary fetuses. Cheng Yujin was born like this when she was born. However, it doesn't seem strange for her to happen to her, but when it happens to her children, it immediately feels different. Cheng Yujin grew up healthy and healthy, but she was always worried when she saw the two little guys were weak. It just so happened that they were born in winter, so they inevitably had to show their faces in front of Quanchao people at the third o'clock, so they had to be extra careful on the road.
Cheng Yujin asked the two children about their drinking and sleeping. While talking, Forsythia came in and said, "Prince Concubine, the old lady and the eldest lady have come to see you."
Forsythia is a maid from the Cheng family. She can be called by her, except for Mrs. Cheng and the Lord of Qingfu County. Cheng Yujin nodded and said, "Please."
Mrs. Cheng and the Lord of Qingfu County entered the hall. Today, the little county king and the little county master had three banquets, and everyone was looking forward to it. In the end, they could only see each other from a distance, but Mrs. Cheng had a decent family, and could come directly to the inner palace of Ciqing Palace to visit the crown princess. Mrs. Cheng and the county master of Qingfu sat down one after another. Mrs. Cheng asked, "Prince Concubine, how are you? How is your postpartum recovery?"
"Everything is fine." This is indeed true, Cheng Yujin now has no worries about food and clothing, and all the people in the palace treat her like a bodhisattva. Li Chengjing was considerate to her, Cheng Yujin just moved her finger a little, and the maids and servants immediately stepped forward to do it for her, and the emperor sent rewards like water. Empress Yang and Empress Yang met, and they had to reward them together, so as not to be said.
Cheng Yujin doesn't need to worry about anything, just watching two children every day is enough. Feeling calm, postpartum recovery is naturally good.
After Mrs. Cheng asked as usual, she looked at the Lord of Qingfu County. Qingfu is very good at the Taoism, and immediately came up to ask questions. Cheng Yujin smiled and answered all the good words one by one.
After the Qingfu County Master and the Crown Princess had communicated their mother-daughter relationship, Mrs. Cheng did not intend to explain: "Today, the second child is coming, but I am afraid that everyone will go out, and there is no one in charge in the house, so I just Let her stay in the Hou Mansion to watch the house."
The corner of Cheng Yujin's mouth remained unchanged, and she said, "Grandmother is in charge of the family, and the affairs of Hou's mansion are naturally arranged by grandmother."
Mrs. Cheng was a little uneasy when she made this decision. The concubine gave birth to a twin, and her worth in the palace doubled. Everyone in Beijing understood that as long as the prince did not make a big mistake such as treason, or the emperor suddenly went crazy, the next emperor would be It must be the prince and his wife. There is still a difference between pleasing the crown prince and concubine, and pleasing the quasi-emperor.
Mrs. Cheng followed in fear for a month in November. Not only her, but other Cheng family members ate fast and chanted Buddha, and even Cheng Yuanxian didn't go out to mess around. In the early morning of the first day of the new year, Mrs. Cheng heard that the princess had given birth to a pair of twins, and she immediately chanted the Buddha's name, so she almost fainted with joy. Everyone in the Yichun Hou Mansion was extremely happy, and the mansion was beaming with joy, even more cheerful than the Chinese New Year.
On the third day of washing today, Mrs. Cheng happily took her daughter-in-law into the palace, but before she went out, she was worried about Ruan's affairs. Cheng Yujin herself is also a twin, but she has already passed on to Qingfu County Master, and now she has given birth to a twin. Moreover, Qingfu is the county master after all. In order to give face to her eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Cheng forced her to make a decision, leaving the crying Nguyen family in the Hou residence, and only brought Qingfu county master into the palace.
When Mrs. Cheng made her decision, she showed no mercy at all, but now that she saw Cheng Yujin, she was completely empty and cautiously tested the Crown Princess's attitude. Without him, the Cheng family has to rely on Cheng Yujin today, and their whole family has to hold Cheng Yujin, how dare they provoke the princess. Although Cheng Yujin has been clever since she was a child, who knows what her attitude towards her biological mother and adoptive mother is.
Mrs. Cheng watched carefully for a long time, and when she saw that Cheng Yujin was not unhappy, she was a little relieved. In fact, even if Cheng Yujin has an idea in her heart, Mrs. Cheng can't see it.
Cheng Yujin has been in the palace for a year and a half. I don't know if it is the court grinder or the prince who taught me well. Cheng Yujin's already good superficial skills have been greatly improved. Now, Mrs. Cheng has lived for 40 years, and she can't see that she is only the princess of her grandchildren.
Mrs. Cheng was reluctantly at ease, and slowly began to talk about the outside world. Today, the Marquis of Yichun has changed its once marginal status and has become the hottest dignitary in the capital. Although Cheng Yuanxian was praised as feeling comfortable, he was essentially an impatient playboy who had no interest in his career and still devoted himself to eating, drinking, and having fun. In a sense, very worry-free.
A quasi-guo-zhang who only spends money and has no political ambitions is actually the best. After everyone in the capital discovered this, they were strangely relieved.
Mrs. Cheng chatted with the Cheng family, and she didn't know how to talk about the second prince and Dou Xiyin: "Prince Concubine, Princess Shou was banned by the Holy Master some time ago, but since the Empress Dowager fell ill, she didn't know how to solve her ban, and she was in the capital again. Be active. She didn't stop until you heard the news of the birth of a twin baby the day before yesterday."
Cheng Yujin knew about this. When Dou Xiyin peeked at Imperial Doctor Zhao's prescription, she learned that Cheng Yujin was pregnant with twins, and went to the palace to give it to the queen mother. Later, Cheng Yujin made a plan and stabbed them all in front of the emperor. The emperor was furious and did not dare to do anything to the queen mother. It was not enough to clean up Dou Xiyin as a princess. Dou Xiyin was banned indefinitely and ordered to study virtue in the mansion. Only one month later, the Empress Dowager Yang suddenly became "seriously ill", and Empress Yang summoned the entire clan into the palace to attend to the illness, and Dou Xiyin was naturally released.
In addition to using the ominous connotation of Cheng Yujin to lift Dou Xiyin's grounding, I am afraid it is also one of the purposes of Empress Dowager Yang. But Cheng Yujin didn't care much about these things. She had achieved her goal. Everyone in the capital knew that the emperor did not like Princess Shou, and everyone knew that Princess Shou entered the palace to harass the Queen Mother to harm the Crown Princess. As a result, the emperor was furious and rebuked and banned her feet. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it.
One is popular, the other is unpopular, Dou Xiyin's original political capital was basically wasted by her. A good hand of cards was played to a pulp, and now Dou Xiyin is not enough to be Cheng Yujin's opponent, and Cheng Yujin is too lazy to pay attention to her anymore.
Even Mrs. Cheng spoke of Dou Xiyin with a sense of schadenfreude: "Princess Shou jumped up and down some time ago and ran to the palace every day. She said that the princess's birth was a twin, and the omen was ominous. The twins are just the twins of the dragon and the phoenix, and Princess Shou begged for such a big shame, and now many people are laughing at her secretly, I don't know if she has the face to come out and walk around in the future."
"It doesn't matter." Cheng Yujin said, "It's her business to say what she likes to say, and to compete with her on what is good or bad."
Cheng Yujin has a very good mentality, why should she reason with the fool, it's fine if the fool doesn't have the strength to speak.
Having said that, Mrs. Cheng always felt a little uneasy when she thought of the bird anger she suffered some time ago. The Qingfu County Master also lowered his voice and said, "That one dares to be so arrogant without someone's support. It is also that His Majesty is too filial. The disaster relief in Jiangnan is obviously the credit of the Crown Prince, but in the end, the great achievements were robbed by others, then But it's been a few months of hard work. Many ladies told me about this matter, and they all felt injustice for the prince. "
Cheng Yujin didn't answer, and said, "I don't understand the affairs of the DPRK, but since it is the person recommended by Yang Shoufu, the sage and the cabinet agree, it must be reasonable."
Qingfu County Master pouted, because now there are people who can be trusted in the palace, Qingfu is not afraid to say more straightforwardly: "If I want to say, Empress Yang is too long. The harem is not allowed to do politics, but Empress Yang is promoted. My younger brother helped my niece and granddaughter to be the empress and concubine, and in the end, even the crown prince's credit, she would press and snatch it away. It's too much, it's a pity that the East Palace suffered a big loss."
Cheng Yujin smiled lightly and said, "It's not a pity."
County Master Qingfu and Madam Cheng were both stunned for a moment, Cheng Yujin smiled and added: "How can it be a pity to obey His Majesty and the Empress Dowager?"
What's more, it's not the East Palace that suffers.
Li Chengjing did hand over his achievements to others, but everyone knew that the crown prince had been robbed of his credit, and he could gain both fame and fortune. He didn't need to deal with the aftermath, and it was enough to earn a wave of sympathy.
The Yang family took advantage of it in name, but in reality it was inferior. If the disaster relief is done well, it is the crown prince's work. If the end is not done well, it is a vegetarian meal for the Yang family's corpse, which wastes the prince's efforts.
In any case, it will not be the East Palace that suffers. However, this is not the biggest gain. Yang Shoufu has many enemies and has accumulated resentments for a long time. Sooner or later, he will be unpopular, but this time, it is the Queen Mother's heart that has been lost.
You must know that the foundation of the Yang family is not Queen Yang, not the second prince, or even Yang Shoufu. It was Empress Dowager Yang.
For this matter alone, everyone in the capital knew that the Queen Mother was involved in politics and put pressure on her illness. In the past, Empress Dowager Yang occupied the high ground of the Empress Dowager, and etiquette and truth naturally stood on her side. Some old-fashioned old Confucian officials blindly followed the Empress Dowager regardless of the facts. But now that the queen mother has a stain, if the emperor and the prince do anything in the future, those civil servants and scholars can no longer point and condemn.
Empress Dowager Yang loses her heart and does not match her virtues. This is obviously because Donggong has made a lot of money. Cheng Yujin smiled without saying a word. Naturally, Cheng Yujin would not tell Mrs. Cheng and the county master of Qingfu in front of these real reasons.
The mighty baptismal ceremony was over. The cabinet, a group of ministers who represented the highest literary level in the world, argued with each other for a long time, and solemnly made a name list for the eldest grandson and granddaughter of the emperor. The emperor received the order for a long time, and called Li Chengjing over to discuss it for a long time. In the end, he gathered the power of everyone to name the precious and beautiful twins.
Li Chengjing's generation follows the word Cheng, which means inheriting the past, leading to the future, and rejuvenating the national strength. The children of this generation follow the Ming Dynasty, and the achievement is a sign of the past and the future, and the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty.
In the end, the elder brother was named Li Mingqian, and the younger sister was named Li Mingyue.
When everyone heard the name of the prince's eldest son, there was another uproar.
Cheng Yujin was a little surprised when she heard it. She had expected that the names of the two children would be precious, but she didn't expect it to be so precious.
Dry, for the sky, for the Yuan, for the king, for the yang. In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor and the crown prince gave this name to the eldest son, and the expectations were clear at a glance.
The girl's seniority is not actually the word "Ming". It is said that this is Li Chengjing's idea, saying that since the two children are twins, they should be treated equally.
When the maids heard it, they all surrounded Cheng Yujin and made fun: "Prince Concubine, the king of the small county is called Minggan, who is the sun, and the master of the small county is called Mingyue, which is the moon. A small sun and a small moon, it can be seen that in the future, it will be the princess's sweet little padded jacket."
Cheng Yujin smiled and picked up her daughter, tapped Li Mingqian's forehead, and said, "You know that if you eat your sister's hand, you can bully her so that she can't climb."
Li Chengjing came in, heard Cheng Yujin talking about the child, and said with a smile, "What's the matter, I heard you teaching my son as soon as I entered the door."
"Ask him." Cheng Yujin hugged her little moon distressedly, and said, "he doesn't eat his own hand, he insists on biting Mingyue. Mingyue is not as strong as him, so he can't grab him every time."
Li Chengjing heard the laughter and walked over to see Li Mingqian. Sure enough, this kid had nothing in his mouth, and fluttered his arms trying to get his fists to eat.
Li Chengjing picked up his son and said, "Look at your mother, she is biased. She never calls your name, but every mouthful is full of moonlight."
Cheng Yujin didn't even look at these two men, Li Chengjing hugged for a while, without attracting any attention, he had to sigh, and honestly commented: "He has gained weight again, and has become a lot heavier."
This Cheng Yujin agrees: "Children are the same every day. They were so small and wrinkled when they were born, and now they have become white and fat."
Li Chengjing nodded and put Li Mingqian by Cheng Yujin's hand. Cheng Yujin looked up at him strangely, and Li Chengjing said honestly, "He is too heavy, come and hug him."
"I want to hug Mingyue."