Several maids washed the three babies, rubbed their bodies and foreheads with boiled eggs, and then wrapped them in swaddling clothes.

This is the "replacement yellow" in the baby baptism ceremony.

After Huang was done, the eunuchs outside the palace began to throw gold and silver coins into the air. The guests and the maids and servants of the palace began to scramble for the "baby-washing money" that fell on the ground. For a while, the front yard was filled with joy and noise.

"Congratulations, Your Highness! The three-day baptism is complete. This little fairy princess must be hungry. I will take her back to the inner room to feed her."

"Go!"

"I'll take my leave!"

Seeing that the bathing ceremony was over, Zi Su thought of Shen Yuyao's instructions and without delay, picked up Xia Xiaoxian and walked towards the inner courtyard.

Shen Yuyao was waiting anxiously. Seeing the little fairy baby return safely, she hurriedly took him over to feed him.

[Oh, so tired...]

[Mother... Little Immortal is hungry...]

[It's a shame Mother didn't see it with her own eyes... the dumbfounded look on Father Prince's face...]

[Oh, today I saw the maid from Jinxiu Garden and Xiangling from the kitchen whispering in each other's ears. I wonder what they're up to!]

[On the day my mother gave birth to a child, shouldn't the maid Luoluo who prepared the medicine have been sold? Why did I see her in the front yard today, snatching money for "laundering the baby"?]

[Haha, I guess the whole capital will know about those two monkeys by tomorrow...]

What would the Emperor do if he knew Prince Ning favored his concubine and killed his wife?

[Just thinking about it makes me excited...]

Shen Yuyao smiled and patted the little fairy treasure, while secretly taking note of it.

On the second day, the entire capital was filled with rumors:

"The wife of Prince Ning gave birth to a little fairy."

"The twins born to Prince Ning's concubine look mentally ill."

"Prince Ning favors his concubine, even going so far as to hold a three-day ceremony and usher all the guests to the concubine's room... Tsk tsk, he must be trying to pass on everyone's blessings to these two sickly women."

"Prince Ning killed his wife, humiliated his legal wife on their wedding day, and treated his legal wife poorly during the three-day ceremony yesterday! He even forgot to send the invitation to his legal wife's family, the Duke's Mansion."

"That's right... The Empress, who values ​​the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children the most, was so angry that she didn't even attend the ceremony..."

....

The folk legend became more and more bizarre as it spread, and finally reached the ears of the current emperor.

The next day, in the court.

Just then, a civil official wrote a letter to the emperor to admonish him, saying that Prince Ning disregarded the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, favored his concubine over his wife, and lost the royal style.

Upon hearing this, the Duke thought about his daughter's advice and did not say anything.

When the emperor heard the officials talking about this, and saw his old friend being so open-minded, he couldn't help feeling embarrassed, so he severely reprimanded Prince Ning and fined him six months' salary.

Prince Ning returned to his palace after court, his handsome face livid. "Three days to cleanse the palace of indecency, the housekeeper nanny will be caned twenty times, and the rest of the people involved will be sold. Xu from Jinxiuyuan was negligent in employing people and will be confined for one month. The power of the palace will return to the principal wife, Shen."