Mingzhu has been extremely busy these days, because she is going to prepare for Gillian Bao's first birthday banquet.

Because of the vaccine, the washing of the two babies for the third day, the full moon, and the 100 days have not been done seriously. In this regard, Mingzhu felt a little guilty in her heart.

So I decided to hold a big first birthday banquet this time. For this reason, there was no serious reunion in the Mid-Autumn Festival mansion, and they were all commanded by Mingzhu.

On August 16, at 9:00 a.m., people began to watch the ceremony. Although the time of the week ceremony on the invitation card is noon (11:00), everyone knows that the first birthday of the two children of Princess Mingzhu's family will be held today, and the previous etiquette must be complete. With the purpose of congratulations, joy, and knowledge, many people came.

Gillian and Bao were taking a nap, and Mingzhu began to inspect with Wei Ci in order to ensure the perfection of today's ceremony.

At this time, the entire Zhenguo Mansion was draped in red and hung with flowers.

The maids and servants who came and went were wearing uniform style of light yellow, and simple embroidered red Fuwen brocade clothes. The first class wears silk brocade, the second class wears cotton brocade, and the others wear cotton silk.

Originally, Mingzhu wanted to let the first class wear smoky satin, the second class wore streamer brocade, and the others wore silk brocade. I feel like that's atmospheric enough. This move was stopped by Mrs. Tai, saying that the guests who came this time had many noble families, and their identities were sufficient, but they were poor. If Yahuan's clothes overwhelm the guests, this is not an atmosphere, but a very serious faux pas. Mingzhu dispelled her previous thoughts when she heard this.

Mingzhu walked to the door, and saw Hai Lan and Mama Li receiving visitors there and recording the gift list.

"Aunt Hailan, Mama Li. Today is tired. ”

After some politeness, Mingzhu looked through the gift list and had some ideas for the guests who came early.

Looking up at the door of the house, Si Cha was leading the little girl ring to distribute red eggs more than a dozen steps away from the door. There are a lot of people who come to collect the eggs, and if you don't stay away, it won't be good if the door is blocked.

The red eggs in the Zhenguo Mansion are also particularly exquisite, and there are four words on the red eggs that reveal the true color of the eggs. This is the pearl's confession, and the words "long life", "peace and joy", "all the best", "auspicious and healthy" written in beeswax before dyeing it.

However, it is only available on the eggs sent out in front of the house. Like other red eggs sent to "lonely gardens", "nurseries", slums, etc., are very ordinary. For today, Mingzhu collected eggs in the capital a month in advance, resulting in a slight increase in the price of eggs.

After going around the whole house, seeing that everything was going well, Mingzhu hurried to the nursery room after calculating the time.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw that there were already many people in the nursery. It turned out that Gillian and Ah Bao had woken up, and when she saw that there were many people in the house, she didn't feel afraid, but instead took Mrs. Tai's hand left and right and jumped vigorously, "Zuzu-Zu-" shouted Mrs. Tai laughed.

Most of the noble ladies in the house were seeing the legendary auspicious for the first time, and they were very amazed that the two children would leave now, and for a while all kinds of compliments were sent out like money.

"Sure enough, it's Xiangrui from the southern country, and he doesn't look mortal like this." Mingzhu raised his eyes and said, why is it so sour, it turned out that Mrs. Taishi was in Cha Lemon.

"The old lady is so blessed, her great-grandson will be called Zuzu at such a young age, which is really enviable."

"Or Her Royal Highness the princess will raise children, my family can only climb when they are one year old, and they can't speak."

"My family is better, and I will call my mother. But he will only shout mother, hey, it can't be compared. ”

"I'll have to inquire for a while, Your Highness doesn't know if there is a secret to raising children."

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Si Hai Sijin was in a hurry and wanted to put on new clothes for the two uncooperative babies. However, at this time, Gillian had already discovered Mingzhu and stretched out her hand: "Mother-mother-hug!" ”

Mingzhu stepped forward with a smile, and finally helped to dress the two babies.

At this time, Mrs. Tai took out six pieces of money, which were made of gold, silver, and bronze. (This money is not spent on the other, but a kind of money that has the form of a coin, but does not circulate, and is dedicated to a certain need to ward off evil spirits, auspicious goods, and souvenirs.) Two strings were strung with a white thread. Bring them to Gillian and Bao respectively: "Put on gold, bring silver, and there will be no shortage of gold and silver in my life." ”

After speaking, Si Hai brought a tray with a round chopstick and a small plate of red fat prepared by Mingzhu. Mrs. Tai took the chopsticks and dipped them in the red fat. A small red dot was dotted on Gillian and Bao's eyebrows.

After doing this, Mrs. Tai asked Mingzhu and Wei Ci to hold the two children with their own hands and walked to the ancestral hall with her.

Outside the ancestral hall, there were already many male guests waiting to watch the ceremony under the greeting of Wei Shu.

After Mrs. Tai led the group over, the ceremony was about to begin.

The ancestral hall is tall and majestic, but the guests only worship outside the ancestral hall. This is the rule, no ancestral hall is allowed by outsiders. No one will enter someone else's ancestral hall without incident.

However, at this time, the ancestral hall was wide open, which did not affect the outsiders to watch the ceremony.

Wei Ci and Mingzhu knelt in front of the ranking of the ancestors of the Wei family with the child in their arms, and began to kneel three times and knock nine times. Mrs. Tai began to solemnly recite the memorial text, which was written by Mingzhu at the request of her maternal grandfather, Wen Guogong. To be honest, Mingzhu doesn't understand it, it's about singing praises and commemorations or something. However, judging from the admiring expressions of some guests outside the ancestral hall, it must have been well written.

After reading the memorial text, Mrs. Tai lit the memorial on the incense candle and put it in the brazier. Then he took out a family tree from the shrine on the side.

The guests outside the ancestral hall were in an uproar and discussed. Because of the infant mortality rate in this world, most people in the world will take the name of the family tree after the child reaches the age of three. Seeing Mrs. Tai's move, everyone expressed their disapproval, some expressed their blessings, some were sour, and some had red eyes.

Mrs. Tai didn't know, but still announced loudly: "Today, there is a good grandson Wei Ci, a good grandwife, Wei Yining, the son of Nan's Mingzhu, and a daughter Wei Anning. He has reached the age of one year, has no illness or disaster, and specially informs his ancestors. Hope for the protection of our ancestors. ”

After speaking, he opened the family tree and opened the page where Wei Ci was written at the end, and wrote the names of Wei Yining and Wei Anning one by one.

At this point, the ancestor worship ceremony is considered complete.

Calculating the time, it is less than half an hour before the auspicious time of catching Zhou. Everyone walked towards the main gate of the outer courtyard where the Zhou Ceremony was held.

There is an incense table at the main entrance, and a large dustpan with a diameter of nearly two zhang in front of the incense case is covered with a square red silk.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Si Chai took out a mahogany box, and took out the items from the box one by one.

This set of objects for the Zhou ceremony was prepared by the Queen Mother for the two children early in the morning, and Mingzhu was also amazed when she saw it. Who can be so entrenched? A full set of grabbing objects are imperial green inlaid with gold?

Pixiu jade chapter, the font is gold "long life hundred years old"; Mini jade slips, full of gold "disciple rules"; The jade abacus is marked with gold "ten hundred thousand"; jade scissors and jade rulers, and the scales are all gold wires; Jade spends money, and the auspicious character auspicious pattern outlined by gold wire......

One or two pieces of one or two still don't care, after the whole dustpan is always filled, the audience is already silent.