At this moment, the married women lining up outside the palace gate each hold a gift box in their hands.
Because the only meaning of "washing three" is to wash away the dirt of the baby's previous life through the "washing three" ceremony, so that the baby will be harmonious and safe in this life, with good fortune and no disease or disaster.
Therefore, guests who come to attend the newborn shower will bring lucky things with good meanings such as green onions, money, apples, oranges... to pray for their children to be smart, wealthy, safe and good.
Of course, for reasons of money, when ordinary people go to attend the Baptismal Ceremony, they will go to the vegetable garden to pluck a handful of green onions and bring a few copper coins with them. After all, seasonal fruits like apples and oranges are not always available.
The boxes in the hands of the fortune-telling wives contain onions, apples, oranges, etc. made of jade and gold.
The third baptism ceremony was held in the afternoon. After entering the palace, all the married women would be taken to Tianyuan Hall for lunch. After having lunch in Tianyuan Hall, they would be invited to Fengyang Palace.
After Wen Nuan and Nalan Jinnian had lunch in Fengyang Palace, Chen Huan walked in: "Your Majesty, Queen, everything is ready for the third party!"
Nuan Nuan looked at the time on the sundial and said, "Let's get started!"
In Fengyang Palace, the flowers that bloomed three days ago have not withered yet.
At this moment, the entire courtyard, not the entire palace, has no bleakness of autumn at all, and the flowers are blooming like spring.
All this tells everyone that the child who is about to have his third birthday is born to be extraordinary.
The ladies were invited here, and everyone was looking forward to it.
The emperor's eldest son, the rumored lord of the world.
Everyone wants to see what that child looks like!
In the outer hall of the delivery room, everything was ready. Wen Nuan, Nalan Jinnian, the Queen Mother and the Supreme Emperor were all taking the main seats to watch the ceremony.
The baptism ceremony was presided over by the midwife. She placed Xiao Huang on a gold bathtub with exquisite carvings of fishes and patterns, and said some auspicious words.
At this time, the married women can take the lead in adding a small spoonful of water to the basin in the order of seniority, and then put some copper plates, gold nuggets, gold nuggets, silver coins, peanuts, longan... etc. which have good meanings. items to “add to the pot”.
The copper plates, gold nuggets, and silver nuggets were placed directly in the basin, while the banknotes, peanuts, longans, and other items were placed in the basin next to them.
As a precaution, all the gold and silver naked bodies that the married ladies added to their plates had to be given to the palace maids first, who washed them in clean water and then handed them to the common women to throw into the bathtub.
Moreover, those gold and silver naked bodies were not only washed once, but had to be washed by three basins of clean water and washed by three palace maids before they were thrown into the bathtub by the orderly woman.
All the palace maids lowered their heads with their eyes and noses in mind, carefully cleaning the golden bodies handed over by the ladies.
Nuan Nuan looked at the child in the bathtub with a smile.
The little one seemed a little afraid of being in the water, clenching his two little fists tightly.
Nalan Jinnian's eyes fell on the palace ladies.
Each of them is responsible for keeping an eye on one direction.
Watching the lucky ladies throwing gold seeds into the basin one by one, every word of good luck and good wishes came out of the noble lady's mouth without repetition.
The Queen Mother smiled and said to Wen Nuan: "Although there are many midwives in the palace, only Aunt Gui has a good mouth! I don't know how she came up with so many good words. When the Ai family heard that, none of them were repeated. "
Wen Nuan smiled and nodded: "No words are repeated, which sounds auspicious."
The Supreme Emperor looked at this lively scene and happily said to Nalan Jinnian: "I have been looking forward to the day when you, the Seventeenth Emperor, will get married and have a child. I have been looking forward to it for a long time! When this child is born, the most fun time is the third day. I just don’t know where all the money went when I was washed!”
Nalan Jinnian ignored him.
Brother Huang is crazy about money.
The Supreme Emperor's eyes were burning as he looked at the golden bodies thrown into the basin one by one by the lucky ladies!
And the silver notes next to it are all filled into a copper basin. How much silver does it cost
It's just that the child is too young and doesn't know how to respect the emperor's uncle, the emperor thought with itchy hands.
He planned to go sightseeing after Xiao Huang was full moon, but he found in the past two days that there was no cash in his small vault, only some rare treasures.
I had previously used it to prepare military pay for the Minister of Household Affairs.
Now there is only one hundred taels of silver left, the salary I just received.
Others are some rare treasures!
As a majestic emperor, he couldn't pawn those things in a pawn shop and exchange them for cash, right
So the Emperor is very troubled. One hundred taels, after leaving the palace, he can't go far!
The Emperor only has a salary of one hundred taels per month. How long will he have to save enough money to go out and spend a year and a half
I heard that the Seventeenth Emperor's brother used to carry tens of thousands of taels of silver notes with him when he went out for a wander.
Why has he been the king of a country for so many years and yet his performance is worse than that of a prince
Another person put a banknote into the basin next to him.
The Supreme Emperor became increasingly jealous.
"Our little Huang is a little rich man right after he was born! Speaking of these banknotes, does the Seventeenth Emperor intend to keep these banknotes and give them to him when he grows up? You are busy with state affairs, so I will help Xiao Huang keep these first. Leave it as a foreign possession! When he grows up, I will return it to him!"
Nalan Jinnian said expressionlessly: "How is that possible! I am his father, so of course this money belongs to me! How could I keep it until he grows up and give it to him!"
The Emperor's eyes widened: "Why are you so shameless!"
"Don't you need money to raise a child? This money can be used to raise him."
The Emperor's eyes widened even more: "How come there is such a father as you!... But, by the way, I have given birth to so many children, and every child has a baby. Where did all the money go?" Do they have it with themselves, or do their mothers and concubines keep it?"
Can he get it back from them
After hearing this, Nalan Jinnian finally turned to look at the Supreme Emperor: "What, the emperor brother doesn't want to get the money back, does he?"
"How is that possible! Do you think I am you?" the Supreme Emperor said with a guilty conscience.
At this moment, a palace maid's hair fell down. She raised her hand naturally, pushed the hair behind her ears, and then respectfully handed the washed golden naked body to Mrs. Hube Shangshu with both hands.
Nalan Jin didn't even turn around. He narrowed his eyes and an embroidery needle flew out of his sleeve.
Mrs. Hube Shangshu smiled and reached out to take the golden nudity. Just as the palace maid was about to let go, her body suddenly stiffened and she could no longer move.
Mrs. Hu Bu Shangshu: "......"
Mrs. Hube Shangshu looked at Wen Nuan: "Queen, this palace maid..."
Everyone was stunned, what happened
Why did this palace maid suddenly freeze
At this time, Chen Huan walked up to the palace maid, opened her hand, took out the golden nugget in her hand, and put it into a bowl of water.
She took out the silver needle and tested the poison. The silver needle turned white and black instantly.
Mrs. Hu Bu Shangshu: "......"
Everyone’s expressions changed!
"Oh my god! It's poisonous!"