jdhmnovel Chapter 1172 So, love can be transferred, right?
Chapter 1172 So, love can be transferred, right?
Seeing that everyone from Jin'er to his mother-in-law, from Lao Deng to Xiao Deng, and even Yu'er and Chang Mou Nu disagreed with "Yang Baobei" as his formal name, Yang Shaofeng simply gave up and bowed to Empress Ma, saying, "My son-in-law's talents are limited, so I will trouble my mother-in-law to help me choose a name."
Empress Ma was stunned for a moment, and then she also felt a headache coming on.
Normally, girls' names are chosen by consulting the Book of Songs, or by looking up names in Taoist or Buddhist texts.
However, her son-in-law disliked the use of the Book of Songs in names, believing it didn't highlight the preciousness of his daughter, Yang Baobei. He also didn't think much of Taoist and Buddhist classics, making it quite difficult to choose a name for Yang Baobei.
Empress Ma glanced at Jin'er, then at Yu'er, and suddenly smiled and said, "Then let's take one character for Jin'er and one character for Yu'er. Her formal name will be 'Yang Jinyu'. Jin is the same as Yu. The eulogy for Master Zhu Daosheng of Longguang Temple says, 'Like an orchid among grasses, like a piece of jade.'"
"It also signifies virtue. In the Chu Ci, in the poem 'Nine Chapters: Embracing the Sand,' it says, 'I hold jade and precious stones in my hands, yet I am at a loss for what to do with them.'"
"Yu also means beautiful jade. As stated in Zuo Zhuan, Duke Xuan, Year 15: "Mountains and thickets hide diseases, and jade hides flaws."
It also symbolizes beauty. The Book of Han, Treatise on Rites and Music says, "The elephant carries jade, and the white elephant gathers in the west."
Yang Shaofeng was immediately filled with admiration.
Look, look, there are several people in the room. When it comes to naming their daughter, none of the Zhu family members are reliable. They are all dull-witted geese. Only the mother-in-law, who quoted classics, gave my daughter a good name.
Empress Ma pondered for a moment, then continued, "Logically speaking, your daughter's given name should be chosen by you, her father, or by her husband's family when she gets married."
“But you’re not a very reliable father. Our granddaughter doesn’t need her husband’s family to give her a courtesy name, so I’ll just give her one myself.”
The name is "Ming Mei".
“Ming means firstly, the name of our great Ming Dynasty, and secondly, the meaning of dawn and daybreak. It is taken from the poem “The East is bright, the morning is prosperous” in the “Qi Feng” section of the Book of Songs, which contains the meaning of the brightness of the sun and moon.
“媺者，是她母亲和姨母的名份字，同“美”，其意又通好。
Yang Shaofeng was completely impressed, while Heizhi Tangyuan quietly moved next to Chang Mou Nu and whispered, "Our son's name should be chosen by his mother. Our father's naming skills aren't necessarily much better than my brother-in-law's."
As for the name "Yang Jinyu" and the character "Mingmei," are they too auspicious? Can Yang Baobei's destiny handle them? If Yang Baobei's destiny is too auspicious and strong, will she bring misfortune to her husband in the future?
Even if you summoned the Zhang family of Longhu Mountain and the Kong family of Qufu, they would only say that the name was well chosen and that it was most compatible with Yang Baobei's destiny.
The idea of a woman being "husband-killer" is even more ridiculous—Zhongyuan Tangkou has always maintained that the so-called "husband-killer" refers to a woman whose destiny is extremely noble, and whose husband is not worthy of or able to control her noble destiny, which would lead to his early death. There is absolutely no such thing as a woman being "husband-killer".
To put it bluntly, the absurd notion that someone is destined to be unlucky in marriage is just like the practice of foot binding – it was invented by the Jianyi people.
Yang Shaofeng smiled and cupped his hands to Empress Ma, saying, "Thank you, Mother-in-law. I will write my son-in-law's full name and courtesy name into the family genealogy as soon as possible."
Empress Ma smiled and pulled back a corner of the small swaddling blanket, pointing at Yang Baobei and saying to Emperor Zhu, "Look at our baby, don't her eyebrows look just like Jin'er's? And her little mouth, she's so adorable."
Emperor Zhu chuckled twice and said, "It's just like it, so much like it! Our precious child is just so adorable!"
After a slight pause, Emperor Zhu smiled and said, "In a few days, when our precious baby is a month old, we will issue an edict to confer upon our baby the title of Princess of Ningyang County."
So, if we disregard the title of Duke of Ying and the status of Imperial Son-in-Law, my seven years of service to your Zhu family are actually less valuable than my daughter's, who received the title of County Princess at just one month old.
Yang Shaofeng felt a little jealous, but Lao Deng didn't care what his son-in-law was thinking. Instead, he took out a jade pendant tied with a red string from his pocket and said with a smile, "This jade was carefully selected and polished by us. When our precious daughter is a little older, we will put it on her."
Empress Ma also took out a jade bracelet from her bag and put it in Jin'er's hand, saying, "Keep this bracelet for our precious girl for now, and let her wear it when she's older."
After a slight pause, Empress Ma instructed Yu'er, "Our precious baby is at the age where he is growing, so remember to have two more wet nurses hired. We can't let our baby go hungry."
As Empress Ma finished speaking, Jin'er and Yu'er both felt a pang of sadness.
So, now that you have a granddaughter, your daughter is no longer important?
So, love can be transferred, right?
……
The air in the Prince Consort's mansion was thick with sourness, but Empress Ma, who had finally left the mansion and returned to Kunning Palace, smiled and said to Emperor Zhu, "Have you noticed? This little girl is a lucky star."
Emperor Zhu was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "What do you mean?"
Empress Ma glanced at Emperor Zhu and said, "When that girl asked your good son-in-law to give the baby a good name, saying that the Ming Dynasty already has a crown princess with a name that can be chosen arbitrarily, and there can never be a second crown princess with a name that can be chosen arbitrarily, that girl touched her belly."
"I'm guessing that the young lady is probably pregnant and is thinking about the baby now."
"Otherwise, she wouldn't have specifically said that."
Emperor Zhu's eyes lit up immediately, and he said, "Let's have Fifth Prince take the pulse of that girl later!"
Empress Ma glanced at Emperor Zhu and said, "What's the rush?"
"This young lady herself isn't even sure about something, and you're having Fifth Brother take her pulse? What kind of nonsense is that?"
"Besides, even if the girl is indeed pregnant, it's not obvious yet. We'll have to wait until her belly starts to show to see if it's a boy or a girl."
"You can only tell if a baby is a boy or a girl when they're seven or eight months old, right?"
Emperor Zhu chuckled twice and said, "It's my fault, it's my fault, I was too impatient."
"However, you're right, girl. This little girl is indeed a lucky star."
"When she arrived, she brought her younger brother along as well."
At this point, Emperor Zhu couldn't help but curl his lips in disgust and said, "Today we are all thanks to my sister for naming our precious child. That scoundrel is completely unreliable. He actually wanted to use the word 'precious child' as the name of our granddaughter!"
Empress Ma suddenly laughed for no apparent reason and said, "Actually, if we name our darling Jinyu, she'll probably complain about it later—how many strokes does 'darling' have? How many strokes does 'Jinyu' have? When our darling goes to school and writes her own name..."
As Empress Ma finished speaking, Emperor Zhu laughed rather wickedly.