Snow Color

After Li Ma Ma chose a wet nurse, Xue Ying finally felt relieved. She gently stroked the little prince's cheek, her heart filled with the tenderness of a mother. "My child, mother will definitely protect you."

"Madam, the time is almost up. I will carry the little prince out to prepare for his third day's bath." Wet nurse Lin explained to Madam while holding the little prince.

"Go, take good care of the little prince. There are many people here today, so pay more attention." Xueying leaned on the bed and said as she saw many people coming today. She also asked Li Ma to follow her out and take good care of the little prince.

"Haha, this kid is quite energetic." Yinzhi looked at the little prince who had just been stripped of his clothes. He was kicking his feet vigorously, and his arms were swinging vigorously on his face. It felt like something fun was happening now.

"This kid is really interesting." Yinreng felt amazed when he saw the little prince's appearance.

"Brother, Prince, don't think that he is having fun now, but he has a bad temper." Yinzhen looked at the healthy body of his legitimate son and couldn't help but feel very happy. Hearing the words of the Prince and the eldest prince, he replied with rare gentleness on his face.

"Hmm? He's quite a temperamental kid." The prince felt that he had an inexplicable liking for the child he had just met. Hearing this, he became even more interested in the child.

"Don't say that, Prince. This child just won't be born. Okay, let's start now. Let's start with the third day bath." After hearing this, Yinzhen knew that the prince had some interest in this child, but he didn't want to show the child in front of these people too early, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. If something bad happened, he would change the subject.

Most of the people who came were from the royal family. They put the auspicious and healthy items they brought into the basin. The midwife looked at the items in the basin and smiled, saying blessings all the time. If you add water, she said, "Long flowing water means smartness"; if you add some auspicious fruits such as dates, laurels, and chestnuts, she said, "May you have a son soon and give birth to many sons."

After "adding water to the basin", the midwife picked up the mallet and stirred the basin, saying: "Stir once, twice, and three times, the elder brother leads the younger brother to run. Seventy-year-old, eighty-year-old, crooked-haired, naughty, they are all here!" Then she began to bathe the baby. The little brother seemed to be having fun and was very happy, but he was stunned by the cold water and started crying loudly.

"Haha, this child is strong and will definitely be a Baturu in the future." The prince laughed and praised when he heard the crying.

(When the baby is being washed, the louder the baby cries, the better and more auspicious it is, and the happier the host and guests will be. This is called "ringing the basin".)

While washing, the children chanted blessings, "Wash the hair first, and you will become a prince; wash the waist later, and each generation will be higher than the previous one; wash the eggs, and you will become a county magistrate; wash the ditch, and you will become a prefect." Then, they lit a moxa ball, placed it on the baby's forehead with ginger slices as a support, and symbolically roasted it. Then they combed the baby's hair and dressed it up, saying "Three combs, two locks, and you will wear a red hat when you grow up; draw eyebrows on the left, and do the sideburns on the right, and find a wife." They rolled an egg on the baby's face, saying "The face is rolled with an egg, and the face is like egg skin, red like willow, and it is really a lover." After washing, they tied the child up and hit him three times with a scallion, saying "One hit for smartness, two hits for cleverness." Then they asked someone to throw the scallion on the roof. Pick up the weight and gesture, saying: "Although the weight is small, it can bear thousands of pounds." Pick up the padlock and gesture three times: "When you grow up, your head, feet and hands will be tight." (Wishing the child to be steady and cautious when he grows up). Then put the baby on the tea tray, and tuck the gold and silver ingots or jewelry prepared by the host into the baby's body, saying: "Gold on the left, silver on the right, if you can't spend it, give it to the servants" (Wishing the child to be blessed with great fortune and wealth when he grows up).

Finally, gently sift a few paper pomegranate flowers into the baking basket, and recite: "Gardenias are white, jasmines are fragrant, peaches are red, apricots are yellow, roses are gorgeous, tuberoses are fragrant, and flower scars and eczema are sparse and few..." (Wishing the children to stay away from smallpox, be free from disease and disaster, and grow up healthily).

Afterwards, in order to prevent the child from catching a cold, the Fourth Prince ordered the wet nurse to carry the little prince back to the house.

"Prince, eldest brother, and third brother, please come in." The Fourth Prince took the initiative and invited the Crown Prince and others to go to the prepared banquet table and take a seat.