Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 1253 Postscript 109: The Maid's Path to Promotion and Family Progress

When the princess heard that she had given birth, there was an endless stream of visitors.

Even those princes with sensitive identities sent their princesses or wives of the crown princes to come.

As royal relatives, they could not cut off contact no matter how much they avoided suspicion.

In addition, there were Xie Yan's friends and colleagues, not many in number, but not a few.

Many science scholars living in Luoyang took the opportunity to visit and congratulate Xie Yan and discuss the change of scientific units with him.

After sending off another group of congratulators, Xie Yan strolled back to the inner house.

Qingluan came out from behind the screen and smiled, "Congratulations, my lord, your highness has finally produced milk."

Xie Yan walked around the screen and saw Zhu Tangxi breastfeeding the baby, and the wet nurse was beside her to instruct on precautions.

Why did the princess have to breastfeed herself when there were four wet nurses?

This was of course also the medical progress brought by Taizu and Taizong.

Because colostrum is yellowish and thicker, it makes people unconsciously think of pus. Therefore, in ancient times, more particular families would deliberately squeeze out colostrum, believing that it was harmful to babies.

There were even doctors who attributed babies' illnesses to drinking colostrum.

Modern people, as long as they have been parents, know the benefits of colostrum for babies. Even if they didn't know it at first, the nurses would repeatedly remind you.

Babies who eat colostrum can not only improve their immunity, but also promote the growth of intestinal epithelial cells, promote the development of epithelial cells in the liver and other tissues, and participate in regulating the pH of gastric juice.

During the reigns of Taizu and Taizong, even many obstetricians and pediatricians did not accept this view.

The two time-traveling emperors forced the princes and princesses to drink colostrum. All queens and concubines must feed their children with colostrum before they can completely hand over the children to the wet nurses for feeding.

Gradually, this method became a rule in the palace and spread to the homes of the powerful.

Doctors were still skeptical, but after long-term observation and summary, they found that colostrum seemed to be useful, and then they slowly accepted and promoted it throughout the country.

So, in those families who had the money to hire wet nurses. The mother herself had the task of feeding the baby for two or three days.

Later, some doctors even wrote papers, inferring that the emperors of the Song Dynasty were weak and sickly because they never drank colostrum when they were babies. This view is difficult to prove, but many doctors agree.

Xie Yan sat next to her and watched the princess breastfeeding, and asked the wet nurse: "Will it be uncomfortable when the milk stops flowing after only two or three days of breastfeeding?"

The wet nurse was experienced: "Don't worry, Prince Consort. On the first day of weaning, the princess did feel a little uncomfortable. At that time, she would drink malt water first, then eat fried chicken liver with leeks, and apply sodium sulfate. On the second day, she was not very swollen, and continued the first day's method. On the fourth day, there was basically no milk, and there was no more lumps and pain in the chest."

Drinking malt water is to help lower blood sugar, regulate milk secretion, and supplement B vitamins.

Eating fried chicken liver with leeks is mainly to supplement vitamin B6.

Today's doctors in the Ming Dynasty are of course not clear about the specific scientific principles, but long-term observations and summaries have let them know that it works.

Hu Ge'er drank enough quickly.

Zhu Tangxi did not hand the child over to the nanny, but learned from her how to burp the child.

Her face was full of maternal smiles, and when the little guy burped the milk, the princess instantly felt a great sense of accomplishment.

After teasing the child for a while, the nanny took the child away.

Zhu Tangxi was happy and said to Zifeng, who was sitting next to her: "Go pick a small courtyard and two maids. You don't have to serve me in the future, just come and greet me every day."

Zifeng was happy and nervous when she heard this.

She was happy because she had a separate courtyard and maids, and her treatment was equivalent to that of a concubine, except that she was officially a concubine.

She was nervous because she was afraid that the princess would be jealous.

"I will serve your highness for the rest of my life!" Zifeng bowed and saluted to show her loyalty.

If she hadn't had a child in her belly, she would have knelt down.

This kind of loyalty was still very useful. Seeing that she was still humble and respectful, Zhu Tangxi's dissatisfaction with Zifeng instantly dissipated a lot: "Wait until you give birth to the child, and then restore your real name and surname."

"Your Highness's kindness, I have no way to repay it!" Zifeng was even more excited.

Taking a concubine also requires legal procedures.

Since the Tang and Song dynasties, concubines recognized by the law must write a marriage certificate. Moreover, the wife must sign the marriage certificate.

If the wife does not sign the marriage certificate, it is considered an illegal concubine. The government will not come to pursue accountability, but if there is a lawsuit in the future, the government will not recognize this concubine.

Don't really think Zhu Tangxi is a naive person.

She has been trying to control Xie Yan and Qingluan Zifeng. It's just that the means are relatively gentle, and you have to be grateful for being controlled by her.

Zifeng is pregnant, and she is given a small courtyard and a maid. That is, she is given the treatment of a concubine.

When Zifeng gives birth to the child, her original name will be restored to pave the way for formal concubines.

But she didn't really give the concubine a marriage certificate, and kept Zifeng hanging.

Until Zhu Tangxi is satisfied one day, she will take the initiative to propose to take a concubine for her husband and sign her name as the wife on the marriage certificate.

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The next day, Zifeng moved into the courtyard with a single door.

The courtyard was small, with only eight rooms, but Zifeng was so excited that she couldn't sleep last night.

Including Qingluan, all the maids were extremely envious and hoped that they could be like this one day.

Zifeng also picked two low-ranking maids to take care of her daily life. She suddenly went from being a servant to the master of the courtyard - although her current identity was still a maid, and the employment contract was not invalidated.

Qing Yan came to the small courtyard, and his heart was a little unhappy. He couldn't help but feel emotional: "You are blessed, flying to the branch into a phoenix."

Zi Feng said quickly: "Sister Ah Mo wants to talk like that. In the future, I am the female envoy of His Royal Highness and sister. I am just lucky and get pregnant. Lang Jun loves sister A , You must be pregnant in two months.

The relationship between the two has always been very good, and Qing Yan also felt that he had speaking too much, and sighed: "Well, I have no blessing."

Zi Feng came up with his idea: "After His Royal Highness out of confinement, he will definitely go to major temples to pray for Xiaolangjun to bless. If my sister has not conceived, I can follow the wish. It's a spirit. "

"You won't be the wish when you go down to worship God during the New Year?" Qing Yan said curiously.

"No ... there are also" Zi Feng was afraid of lying to offend the god of the gods. To be honest, "At that time, I followed Liulang and the temple to worship God. "" "

Qing Yan muttered: "It seems which god and Buddha is really spiritual. How can I forget my wish at the time? Well, I'm so stupid!"

There is no mistake, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one 619, one book, one, one, one, one, one, one, a book!

Zi Feng was a good persuasion again, and finally he was happy to coax Qingyu.

She was very humble, and she had to coax others as a pregnant woman.

It seemed to completely eliminate the mustard in her heart. The two women were as close to their sisters and talked with their hands, recalling the past in the palace when they were young, and talked about the loneliness and grievances of previous years.

Finally, look forward to the future.

They agreed that in the future, children and girls will worship each other as righteous mothers regardless of their boys and girls. Moreover, we must also take the name of each other's children.

Qing Yan left the courtyard with expectations, and she had to take advantage of the postpartum recovery of the princess to carry out a good movement with Xie Lao Liu.

Yesterday, the doctor went to the door to determine that when Zifeng was pregnant, she quietly asked the doctor to diagnose herself.

The doctor said that her body had no problem and should be able to conceive.

She planned to take the time to do some female workers, and quietly sewed more shameful obscene clothes, making Lang Jun more obsessed with her body. The solution that Lang Jun said, she was unwilling before, and she agreed happily in the future.

Zi Feng's side is continuing to admire the yard.

In the small courtyard of only eight rooms, Zifeng felt more magnificent than the palace. This is her private territory, and her life suddenly has a head.

There are two maids.

Due to the weakness of the princess, not only the servants brought by the ex -husband Yao Wuyang, but also made some unfaithful princess servants rely on.

After the ex -husband was asked, the princess also cleaned up the servants in the family.

At that time, a lot of male servants and maids were dismissed, and then recruited again to supplement.

The two maids selected by Zifeng were hired more than four years ago, and they were almost full of contract period. They are all ages of eighteen or nine.

"Your employment deeds are all expired in autumn," Zi Feng said. "If you don't plan to renew your contract, say it three months in advance."

One of the maids said: "The slaves are 19 years old, and the family is in Beigui. When I was fake home during the Chinese New Year, my parents mentioned that there was a man in Tongfang. The patrol police directly under the Bing Ma Di.

"Understand, you don't need to say anymore," Zifeng interrupted, "Let you go home in autumn to get married."

Another maid is quite entangled: "Slave ... slaves still don't know if they stay."

In the summer, the princess will recruit people. Based on the existing maid's intention, they will recruit a batch of supplements.

Two or three months of training can be changed.

Zi Feng intends to pick the heart when he arrives at that time, and he will be cultivated as his own confidant.

She never thought about any house fighting.

Can fight again?

But the maid still has to have it.

Let the two maids do things by themselves, Zifeng returned to the room to take out the paper pen.

She wanted to write a letter to go home to report the goodbye, but she was worried that she was too happy. Wouldn't she worry her family in case of abortion or difficulty?

Bahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

My child will not be surprised.

Zi Feng finally couldn't hold back, and wrote a letter to his parents and brothers.

She said that the princess was very good at her horses and loved her. Now that I am pregnant, I have a separate yard and maid. When the child is born, it may stand as a side room. At that time, the Major Club would send someone to the house to hire.

Then he told his parents to urge the nephew and brother to learn. Even if you ca n’t get into a scholar as an official, learning is more likely to make a living.

Zi Feng, like many maids, is usually very frugal. He saves wages and appreciation and is sent home every year through the post office.

The tea stall in her town has become a tea shop, and she bought the store.

Can be counted as a well -off family.

If she is really affected as a concubine room, she can send more money to her home. At that time, maybe she can buy land in my hometown. Slowly become a small landlord family!

Isn't this a leap -up class?