The Return of An Lingrong in Legend of Zhen Huan

No matter what happens outside this month, An Lingrong just needs to know what happened. The most important thing is her children’s third-day baptism and full-moon ceremony this month.

The child must be bathed three days after birth. In the palace, when a prince or princess is born, the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs must immediately report to the emperor and other members of the royal family, and hand over the child's birth date to the Imperial Observatory. The Imperial Observatory will choose an auspicious time and perform the bathing ceremony three days later.

Before bathing, the palace servants would first pour water boiled with locust leaves and mugwort into the bathtub, and then throw gold, silver, money, peanuts, eggs, dates, chestnuts, etc., gifts given by the emperor and princes and nobles, into the water, which was called "adding to the basin".

Then the newborn's grandmother will wash the baby's body. While washing, the grandmother will stir the water with her hands and recite blessings, which is called "stirring the basin". After the Manchus finish "washing the third day", some grandmothers will gently hit the baby three times with green onions, while reciting blessings such as "one hit for cleverness, two hits for cleverness, and three hits for evil spirits".

All the concubines came on the day of the third day's bath. An Lingrong specifically asked Xiao Linzi and Bao He to keep an eye on the children and be careful of anyone who approached them, especially Concubine Qi and the Queen.

The baptism ceremony was completed successfully. After everyone left, they hurriedly checked on the children and called Wei Lin to check to make sure there was nothing dangerous and the children were not injured.

About twenty days later, An Lingrong was out of confinement under the care of Lin Xiu and the imperial physician. Despite the method given by Jiang Shen, An Lingrong still felt that her belly was a little loose.

Seeing An Lingrong touching her belly, Lin Xiu comforted her daughter, saying that this is what happens to every woman when giving birth, and that she just needs to take good care of the baby and not to worry.

Now that she was out of confinement, it was time for Lin Xiu to leave, and An Lingrong had to return to the Forbidden City. The emperor specifically allowed Lin Xiu to attend the baby's full-month banquet before leaving. The mother and daughter hurriedly thanked him.

The full moon banquet for the three children was held in Jiuzhou Qingyan, and the names of the children were also announced. The sixth prince was named Hongyun, the seventh prince was named Hongxu, and the princess was named Wenshu.

All the princes and princesses in the palace were present, and even the fifth prince was brought from the temporary palace a few days in advance. (According to the chronology of major events before the start of the show "Empresses in the Palace" written on the Internet)

Princess Shuhe, born to Concubine Xin, is fourteen years old this year and will soon be coming of age. She looks very reserved and calm.

The third prince, born to Concubine Qi, is eleven years old this year. When An Lingrong saw the third prince, she was stunned for a moment. An eleven-year-old child is so tall, almost as tall as Concubine Qi. This child is expected to grow to five feet (1.7 meters, historically, Yongzheng was 1.66 meters tall) and be taller than his father.

The Fourth Prince, born to a palace maid, is seven years old this year. As soon as he arrived, he went to pay his respects to the Emperor and Empress. However, the Emperor did not like him and waved his hand, telling him to leave quickly.

(The table written by the netizen does not have the birth time of the Fifth Prince, but in history, Qianlong and the Fifth Prince were born in the same year) The Fifth Prince, Hong Zhou, is also seven years old this year. He looks very lively and cheerful. After paying his respects to the Emperor and the Empress, he lay down beside the cradle to look at his younger brothers and sisters, and he especially likes Princess Wen Shu.

"Wen Shu, little Wen Shu, I'm your fifth brother. Grow up quickly. When you grow up, I'll take you fishing."

Little Wen Yi, who had just turned one year old, was brought in by Concubine Cao. The little girl stared at the three human cubs in the cradle who were even smaller than her, and tilted her head curiously.

The Third Prince also liked to see his little sister and the Fifth Prince teasing little Wen Shu beside the cradle together.

Wen Yi was more curious about the Seventh Prince. Concubine Cao and An Lingrong thought Wen Yi wanted to play with the Seventh Prince, so they put her next to the Seventh Prince. Wen Yi stared at the little brother, and suddenly raised her hand and slapped him in the face.

Hongxu was so wronged after being beaten by his sister that he pouted his lips as if he was about to cry. Concubine Cao was so scared that she took Wen Yi back. Little Wen Yi was not satisfied that she was far away from her brother, and she stretched out her little hands and yelled at her brother.

But Hongxu just pouted and didn't cry. Besides, Wenyi was just a one-year-old child, and the adults didn't take it seriously. The emperor even smiled and said that Hongxu was manly.