After Changning gave birth, Tuantuan also gave birth not long after, and there were three of them, one male and two females, which echoed Changning's triplets.
When Yinzhen found out, he couldn't help but sigh that Tuantuan and Yaoxian were truly destined for each other.
However, Tuantuan's recovery is much better than Changning's.
Within two days, she was running around everywhere, leaving the baby in the nest. Anyway, with Caiwei taking care of the baby and Yuanyuan watching over the child, she felt at ease.
This worried Caiwei terribly. She searched for her in the courtyard all day, held her down, and fed her food and soup in a gentle and kind manner.
Hongmin and Hongchen have been incredibly busy these past two days. One minute they're visiting their younger siblings, the next they're checking on Tuantuan's newborn kittens. Their two short legs aren't enough to keep up with all that.
Changning was still suffering through her postpartum period. Everything else was fine, but not being able to take a bath was driving her crazy.
Fortunately, the weather is getting colder now, and winter is just around the corner. Otherwise, if it were the height of summer, the stench of sweat would make her feel like she might faint from the stench of her own body.
This is where the lunar branch comes in handy.
She first made osmanthus incense using osmanthus flowers and pear juice, which she then gave to Changning to scent the house.
After the snow fell and the plum blossoms bloomed, she specially collected the snow from the plum blossoms, and combined it with angelica, cardamom, cloves, costus root, agarwood, and nard to make honey and cakes, thus creating "Spring Tidings in the Snow".
Hutuli smelled it and loved this fragrance the most, especially the plum blossom scent hidden within it.
So she went out of her way to collect snow from the plum blossoms, filling a whole jar at a time, which made Changning laugh.
She was finally out of confinement, but she still couldn't be exposed to the wind easily, otherwise she would have accompanied her daughter to collect snow. She looked at Hutuli, who was busy with sweat on his forehead and had collected such a large jar, and couldn't help but laugh and say, "Everyone says that tea made from snow from plum blossoms is the most elegant."
Hutuli didn't really like drinking tea, but she was getting old and often played with her sisters, so she knew a bit about being charming and vain and indulging in refined tastes. So she enthusiastically went to get a jar of snow to boil water and brewed her Jingting Green Snow tea.
She even used a glass from Changning to pour the tea, and after carefully tasting it, she found it to be quite good.
In celebration of the reputation of this plum blossom snow tea, a small banquet was specially held for Wanji, Yierha, Moyaqi, the Third Princess of the Third Prince's Mansion, the First Princess of the Seventh Prince's Mansion, and a group of other young ladies.
Changning naturally supports her daughter making friends. She arranged everything for them at Shangxia Tianguang, and even specially decorated it with some ornaments that her daughter likes. She also had the flower shop send over many flowers that are still blooming in winter.
After all, it's not just about enjoying tea and incense; in winter, you can also admire flowers and create paintings. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
Even the teaware they used was blue and white porcelain and glass cups from Changning.
The girls were having a great time, enjoying tea, admiring flowers, composing poems, painting, strolling in the garden, picking plum blossoms, and even grilling meat.
When Hongzhao heard about it, he dragged Hongyan along, wanting to join in the fun.
Although they are all young girls, they are all my own sisters and cousins, so what's there to be afraid of?
Hongyan felt a little uncomfortable. He was older now and knew that boys and girls should not sit together after the age of seven. He pulled Hongzhao and tried to leave.
Little did he know that the boy had already been drawn to the girls' laughter. He heard that they were playing pitch-pot, but they were all cousins, and he was especially used to seeing Sister Wanji. So he focused his attention on Shangxia Tianguang.
Fearing that he would cause trouble, Hongyan had no choice but to hurry after him.
When they arrived at dawn, it happened to be Hutu's turn to throw arrows into a pot. She was the best at this, hitting the target every time, and soon she was greeted with cheers.
To everyone's surprise, Wan Ji came in second. She looked like a gentle and delicate talented woman, but her moves were quite fierce. It seemed that she had practiced at home. She was able to hit both ears, which made people look at her with new respect.
"Wow! Sister Wanji, I didn't expect you to be so skilled! Such great pitch-pot technique!" Hongzhao was the first to praise her, giving her a thumbs up.
Wan Ji blushed slightly, glanced at the two of them, and said gracefully, "This is just a trivial skill of mine. I do this as a pastime at home in my spare time."
When Hutu saw his two younger brothers coming over, he quickly waved to them: "You two are free now, isn't Father asking you about your homework?"
Hongzhao patted his chest, raised his head, and said smugly, "That's easy! A piece of cake. Oh? Sister Moyaqi, you're here today too. You just got back to the manor. Has your second aunt given birth yet?"
Mo Yaqi was slender and gentle, unlike Chang Rong, who was a rough and uncouth man.
She said softly, "My mother had a baby girl yesterday, and I've come to share the good news."
Hongyan and Hongzhao exchanged a glance, both quite happy.
Hongyan congratulated her repeatedly: "What a coincidence, we now have two more little sisters."
Mo Yaqi smiled as beautifully as a magnolia: "I've heard about it from Hu Tu Li already."
The Third Princess of the Third Prince's Mansion looked on with envy: "The sisters in your mansion are so harmonious, much better than my two older sisters."
Hongyan and Hongzhao couldn't join in the conversation, so they went to the side to build a snowman.
Leave a group of young girls here to comfort her.
The eldest princess of the Seventh Prince's mansion also had several half-sisters, with whom she didn't get along very well. Like her mother, Lady Nara, she was very straightforward: "We're all the same. Your two older sisters rely entirely on the power of the Fujin (principal wife). You have to protect yourself. Who knows what kind of bad intentions they might have! The Third Fujin is not someone to be trifled with."
The Third Princess sighed. She was truly unlucky, but fortunately, her mother had always protected her and had given birth to a younger brother, which gave her a little room to maneuver in the Third Prince's mansion.
Yierha remained silent on the side. She and Hutuli and the others were half-sisters, but she had a legitimate mother who treated her like her own daughter, and a paternal mother who treated her with deep affection. These were extremely rare qualities.
One should never be ungrateful.
So she planned to go back and make some small blankets for her two newborn sisters and brother, and also make a forehead band for Chun'e's mother.
After a couple of exclamations, the Third Princess stopped. Since they had finally gotten out to have some fun, she couldn't keep ruining the atmosphere, so she immediately suggested playing a new game.
Several girls saw the two of them building a snowman and rushed over to help.
Hongyan was sketching the shape when he saw his sisters crowding around, so he had no choice but to step down and give way to her.
Unexpectedly, Hongzhao suddenly had a mischievous idea and threw a snowball in each hand. One hit Wanji's cloak foot, and the other hit Hongyan's back, making him clap and laugh with delight.
Wanji also liked his straightforwardness and liveliness, so she quickly made a snowball and threw it at him, but it hit Moyaqi instead. Then a group of children started playing, throwing snowballs everywhere and having a snowball fight.
Yierha was weak and dared not touch the snow, so he had to be supported by his maid and stand under the eaves, where he saw them laughing and joking around.
These days are so wonderful.
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