To Be A Virtuous Wife

109

Qu Qing Ju's recent days were extremely carefree. Everyday, she played with her son and ate delicious food. Her days were both easy and comfortable.

Today, when He Heng came to the rear hall, he saw his son wearing underwear as he struggled to wave his limbs on the bed, his neck toiling to raise itself up slightly before heavily falling down. It caused his mother to laugh out loud.

"What is this?" He Heng sat down at the edge of the bed, watching his son move his limbs like a turtle. The result was that he didn't move an inch. But he didn't throw a tantrum, only resolutely pushing his legs.

"Nothing, just letting him exercise his legs and neck," Qu Qing Ju proficiently flipped her son around, dealing a slap on his butt. Seeing him smile widely at her, she bend down to kiss his cheek. Taking a talcum powder box from Mu Jin's hands, she started to dust the powder to prevent rashes.

"The nursemaids can do this," He Heng poked his son's arms that were like lotus roots, "This brat does have a good temper."

"My son takes after me," Qu Qing Ju pulled out Tun Tun's arms to powder in his armpits, "I can do these things. If I don't care for my one son, why did I give birth to him?"

He Heng felt slightly upset for a bit. He looked with a complicated expression at the grinning fat infant on the bed and for a second, felt that his place in Qing Ju's heart wouldn't even compare to half a finger of his son," Tomorrow is Tun Tun's Hundred Day Ceremony. Do you have anything to add to the schedule I gave to you earlier?"

"It's pretty good," Qu Qing Ju carried Tun Tun into the arms of his nursemaid for her to bring him down to eat. After the nursemaid and others left, she commented, "But isn't it too grand? It's just supposed to just be a hundred day ceremony…"

"He's the Imperial Eldest Son. His status is noble, there's nothing wrong with grand," He Heng understood Qu Qing Ju's misgiving. He gathered the other into his arms, "After our other children are born, we'll make it slightly less than their brother."

"Alright," Qu Qing Ju smiled. She didn't seriously considered the vow-like words He Heng said. She knew that his words were sincere now, but it didn't mean that she would believe the words would always be effective.

The time for the Hundred Day Ceremony of the Eldest Imperial Son had been chosen by the Imperial Astronomers, based on the birthdate characters of the Eldest Imperial Son and the celestial stars of the day. They had even examined the furnishings in the Luan He Hall to guarantee which time was the best time of the day and the most advantageous for the Eldest Imperial Son.

Qu Qing Ju wasn't very knowledgeable about that kind of complicated matters, but from the preparation of Tun Tun's Hundred Day Ceremony, it showed how much importance He Heng placed on the ceremony.

Personally putting her son into the "hundred day" clothes that the Empress Dowager had personally made for Tun Tun, she had heard that the cloth for this clothing had been sought by the Empress Dowager from many prosperous and healthy families. On closer look, it seemed that even the thread had come from more than a hundred families.

Touching the gourd peanuts and other designs embroidered on the hundred day clothes, Qu Qing Ju bent to lift up the still asleep Tun Tun, "Go, to Luan He Hall."

Luan He Hall was the place used by the court only to hold large banquets, such as the coronation of an empress, or the crown prince. To use such a place for holding a Hundred Day Ceremony, it was enough to prove Tun Tun's position.

In Luan He Hall, the people who should have arrived came. Everyone looked towards the entrance as they waited for the Empress to appear with the Eldest Imperial Son. But due to the fact that the Emperor and the two Empress Dowagers were present, their moves were very subtle.