Whether it is a child born in a royal family or an ordinary family, on the third day after the birth of the baby, it is necessary to hold the washing three, which has two purposes, one is to wash the filth and eliminate disasters and avoid difficulties; The second is to pray for auspiciousness and seek good fortune.

The person who presides over this kind of ritual in the folk is the auspicious grandmother, and when she arrives at the palace, she is called the auspicious grandmother.

After discussing with Kangxi this time, Shu Wan decided not to hold the little brother's washing ceremony, because Battle's washing and full moon banquet were extremely prosperous at that time, and now she gave birth to a little brother, Shu Wan was afraid that she would be too popular all of a sudden, and she would be burned.

Therefore, Kangxi directly set up this washing banquet in the Youyou Pavilion, although it is inconvenient for Shu Wan to show up now, it does not prevent her from watching the excitement.

Before the start of washing, according to the usual requirements of auspicious grandmothers, in the Youyou Pavilion prepared a good umbilical hairpin, pot cloth, stove millet, gold and silver bills, and some flowers, flowers, sheng'er, buckets, locks, scales, small mirrors, toothbrushes, tongue scraping, green cloth tips, green tea leaves, new combs, new cages, rouge powder, pig pancreatic soap balls, new towels, copper tea trays, green onions, ginger slices, mugwort leaf balls, baking cages, incense candles, money and grain paper yards, raw and cooked eggs, mallets and so on.

Among them, the most important thing is to boil the water of acacia and pu wormwood, and use rouge to dye red cinnamon, lychees, raw peanuts, and chestnuts.

On the day of washing, only a few princes Fujin and Shu Wan's Eniang came, and after a few finished washing the three noodles, the washing banquet presided over by Jixiang Mama began.

First of all, the front of the outer hall of the delivery room is set up with an incense case, which must be dedicated to Bixia Yuanjun, Qiongxiao Niangniang, Yunxiao Niangniang, giving birth to Niangniang, sending a child Niangniang, bean rash Niangniang and other thirteen gods, the incense burner on both sides contains millet, when the incense ash is used for incense, a pair of "small double bags" are inserted on the wax skewers, and the lower side is pressed with yellow money, ingots, thousands of zhang and other full worship of the gods.

First, the highest status Prince An Fujin was present, and then the auspicious grandmother led everyone to worship three times.

Then, the copper basin containing the soup made of acacia sticks and mugwort leaves and all the ceremonial supplies are placed on the table, at this time, the auspicious mother hugged the baby, and the prelude to the "washing three" began.

The two princes present were Fu Jin, Prince Fu Jin, Prince Fu Jin of Xinjun, and Xi Tara Shi added a small spoonful of water to the basin in turn, and then put some coins, which is called "adding a basin", such as adding gold and silver bills, coins are placed in the basin, if adding paper money and silver tickets, they are placed in the tea tray, in addition, you can also add some laurel, lychee, red dates, peanuts, chestnuts and other happy fruits.

When adding clear water, Jixiang Mama will say "long flowing water, smart and smart", if you add some jujubes, guiyuan, chestnuts and other happy fruits, she will say: "early children, even give birth to precious sons" and the like.

After "adding a basin", it is the most important step, auspicious Mama picked up the silver mallet and stirred it into the basin, and said: "One stir two stir and three stirs, the elder brother leads the younger brother to run", and then began to bathe the little brother, the little brother cried when he was cold, not only did not commit taboos, but thought it was auspicious, called "ringing the basin", and the louder the cry of the little brother, the more happy the people around him looked.

While washing, the auspicious grandmother chanted the greetings, what "wash your hair first, be a prince; After washing the waist, one generation is taller than the other; Wash the eggs, as the county; Wash the ditch, do Zhizhou", and then, the mugwort leaf ball was lit, with ginger slices as a support, placed on the baby's head, symbolically burned, and then rolled the egg on the baby's face, saying what "the egg is rolling on the face, the face is like egg skin, the willow is red like white, it is really a lover." ”

After washing, he hugged the little brother, gently hit the body three times with a green onion, and said, "One dozen are smart, and two dozen are smart." ”

This handful of green onions should not be thrown, and when the time comes, people should be asked to throw the green onions on the roof, which is said to mean that this is extremely clever.

Then pick up the scale and stroke a few times, say: "Although the scale is small and weigh a thousand catties", and then pick up the lock three strokes: say: "Grow up, the head is tight, the feet are tight, and the hands are tight", and then put the little brother in the tea tray, with the gold and silver bills or jewelry prepared by the family in advance to his body, and said: "The left is gold, the right is silver, you can't spend it, and you will be rewarded", and finally use a small mirror to shine on the baby's buttocks, and say: "Use the treasure mirror, shine on the belly, and shit and be black during the day", the most interesting thing is to sieve a few paper pomegranate flowers into the baking cage, Said: "Gardenia, jasmine, peach, apricot, rose, tuberose, flower scarring pea rash sparse Lala's..."

The whole process is trivial and cumbersome, but Shu Wan behind the screen listens to it with relish, which is a scene that is difficult to see in modern times, not to mention that every word of Mama Jixiang contains blessings to the little brother, which makes her a mother listen to it very warmly.

The ceremony was noisy and noisy until the evening, and after the two Fujin left, only the Hitara clan remained.

Shu Wan hurriedly asked people to invite the Hitara into the room, and when she saw Shu Wan, the Hitara was surprised, "Oh, you kid, why is your face so good?" ”

Shu Wan secretly screamed badly, today she was too excited and thought that she wouldn't go out to meet people anyway, so she didn't hide her true complexion, but unfortunately she was discovered by the Hitara clan, she could only laugh twice, and casually found a reason to prevaricate, "My daughter is really happy to see Eniang today, so of course her face is good!" ”

The Hitara clan didn't care much, and carefully tucked the quilt corner for Shu Wan and sat next to her, "I didn't expect you to give birth so soon, I still want to wait until the family affairs are dealt with before entering the palace to accompany you to give birth, it seems that I don't have a chance this time." ”

Shu Wan hugged Hitara's arm, "My daughter knows that E-Niang is worried, but isn't my daughter okay now, E-Niang will rest assured." ”

Hitara wiped her tears, "Do you still want to hide it from me, Zhixing wrote to tell me about your birth that night, and I was really almost fainting when I heard it!" ”

Zhixing on the side silently retreated.

Seeing that Shu Wan was silent, Hitara continued: "Don't blame Zhixing, I asked her to write it, what?" If Zhixing didn't write that letter, wouldn't you be ready to tell me? ”

As he spoke, the Hitara clan cried directly, "I knew that this palace was sinister, but I didn't expect it to be to this extent!" How can I be reassured by your words? ”

Shu Wan was also very unhappy when she saw the Xitara clan crying, and hurriedly swore: "My daughter swears that no matter what happens in the future, she will definitely tell E-Niang, and she will never let E-niang worry again, good E-Niang, you can forgive your daughter." ”

Hitara suddenly burst into tears and laughed, "You are not allowed to be coquettish, they are all the mothers of two children, how can you still be coquettish." ”

"My daughter is only spoiled by Eniang, Eniang..."

Shu Wan really tried her best to make the Hitara clan happy this time, and she was finally relieved to see the gloom between the Hitara clan's eyebrows gradually disappear.

The Hitara clan suddenly changed his words, "None of the big and small things in this palace are simple, don't take it lightly." ”

"E-niang, don't worry, my daughter knows."

"Since you know, then you tell Eniang, have you found the murderer behind the frame you this time?"

Shu Wan stiffened, and the anger that had been hidden gradually came out, but because it was really in front of the Hitara clan, she could only pretend to be casual and say: "How can things in this palace be so easy to investigate, but E-Niang can rest assured that her daughter will find out that person." ”

"Well, that's good, yes, this thing..."Hitara pointed his finger at it, "you know what?" ”

"I don't know, right?" Shu Wan laughed at herself, I'm afraid Kangxi doesn't know what happened now.

"Also, if the emperor knows, he will definitely be angry for you," Xitara patted Shu Wan's hand, "Wan'er, you must remember that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and you must be careful in front of the emperor." ”

"My daughter knows," Shu Wan lowered her head, tears quietly slipped down her cheeks, and the sadness that had been hidden for a long time finally welled up.

"Alright, alright, what a big man."

Although Hitara said this, he still gently held Shu Wan in his arms, patted Shu Wan's back like he did when he was a child, and coaxed her softly.

…

When the Xitara clan left, it was almost time for the palace gate to be handed down, because Shu Wan was still a person who was in confinement in the eyes of everyone, so she couldn't get up to see her off, so she could only watch the Xitara clan leave.

After the Hitara clan left, Shu Wan waved everyone out, and thought quietly in the dormitory for a long time, from the first day she crossed over to this place, to now she has become a mother of two children, although it has only been two years, but she always feels that a lifetime has passed.

Thinking that she wanted to compete for favor at the beginning because she wanted to enjoy a better life, and then because of Kangxi, she had to admit that Kangxi's love words fascinated her dizzy, not to mention that Kangxi was tall and handsome, for a while, she did fall in love with him, but after all kinds of time, she realized that the love in the emperor's mouth was like a flower in the moon mirror in water, and everything was just her imagination.

In fact, she really has no ambitions, and she doesn't think that she can dominate the harem, but why does everyone come to deal with her?

Just like this incident, she actually figured it out a long time ago, and the one who was able to make such a big move in the palace and settle everything afterwards was no one else.

Shu Wan didn't understand where the Empress Dowager's hatred for her came from, in the past, in modern times, she had also seen some introductions to the Empress Dowager, and since then she has admired this great woman very much, but now that she has come to the harem, the Empress Dowager is facing a selfish, indifferent, and powerful woman, is this the truth of history?

Shu Wan rubbed her forehead and sighed helplessly, obviously she just wanted to live her little life quietly, and she didn't want to provoke right and wrong, why did she find her right and wrong?