CH 46

Remember that Yinyou was born in the 20th year of Kangxi. Right now, he’s 15 years old, while the fourth brother is 17. Yinsi was born in the same year as Yinyou. 

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At the end of November in the 35th year of Kangxi, the seventh prince Aisin Gioro Yinyou married the daughter of Deputy Governor, Hada Nara shi. At this time, the seventh prince’s mansion was just newly built, the garden was brimming from auspicious red decorations, and the guests were full of enthusiasm.

They initially thought that the seventh brother was now valued by the emperor because of his low birth, but who knew! The emperor actually favored him so much, sending gift after gift, the emperor’s rewards were like flowing water, even more numerous than when the eighth prince married his Fu Jin.

The officials sitting in the outer room saw that many imperial concubines also sent eunuchs with congratulatory gifts, plus the emperor’s numerous rewards, and secretly clicked their tongues. Although the seventh prince could not inherit the throne, looking at it like this, the Holy One in the palace really seemed to value him.

“The Crown Prince is here! The fourth prince is here!”

“The first prince is here!”

“The third prince is here! The fifth prince is here! The eighth prince is here!”

The princes arrived back and forth, and the officials present were busy greeting them, each sizing up the princes’ temperament, unwilling to let go of any opportunity to beat on the right man. Yet it’s a pity they could only have such brief meeting since the princes and the minister had to sit in separate rooms.

In the other room, all the princes’ Fu Jin looked very harmonious. The Crown Princess Shi shi held a teacup, glanced at the fourth Fu Jin and the eighth Fu Jin and put down the teacup with a smile, “Why didn’t the fourth sister take Honghui out today? I heard my Master say that Honghui is a smart and cute child. I haven’t seen him for a long time and I do miss that child a little.”

The fourth prince’s Fu Jin, Shu Ya, got up to saludate the Princess Consort, and replied. “I made the Crown Princess worried. Honghui is still young. Today is seventh brother’s big day. If the child begins crying, it will not be beautiful.”

Shi shi nodded. She also knew that the fourth Fu Jin was always a careful person, so she stopped mentioning this matter and started talking about other things.

On the other hand, the eighth Fu Jin, Gorolo shi, was a little displeased. She had been married to the eighth prince for a year already, but she was still not pregnant. She thought to herself that there was a hint of ridicule in the words of the Crown Princess, and her face sank. Her face was still gloomy when the banquet started.

The female relatives of seventh Fu Jin’s maiden family were also sitting in the inner hall. It was a happy day and seeing the eighth Fu Jin’s gloomy expression, they were a bit displeased. Still, because of Gorolo shi’s powerful family, they silently endured it.

“Fourth brother, we are here to toast today, not to drink.”

Yinxiang noticed that as soon as Yinzhen sat down the table he’d began drinking several glasses of wine. Since the two of them were sitting together, he couldn’t help but say something. “What does this look like? Wait for the seventh brother to come out and watch, what he will think?”

Yinzhen put down his wine glass, and answered calmly, “As his older brother, I’ve been taking care of him for so long. I only drank two more glasses of wine from him today, could it possible that he won’t let me drink?”

The thirteenth brother felt that what the fourth brother said was also reasonable, but he always felt that the expression of the fourth brother was not right. Still, no matter how he tried to guess what was wrong with the fourth brother, he wasn’t able to discern anything and finally, in a sullen mood, decided to eat some bites of the dishes in front of him.

As soon as Yinyou appeared, he was surrounded by several brothers, and then there was a toast to the left and to the right. On this kind of day, it was not inconvenient for him to refuse and in the end, drinking so much, he staggered.

In a daze, there seemed to be a person behind him supporting him, and that person seemed to be very familiar. Turning his head, it was indeed Yinzhen, so he just leaned his whole body’s weight on him.

“No, no, if I drink any more, I’m going to faint.”

“Knowing you’re going to faint, it seems to me you’re not drunk enough yet.”

Yinzhen stuffed a glass of wine into his hand, and wrapped his other arm around his shoulder. “No matter what, you should give your fourth brother face and drink this glass.”

Yinyou was so dizzy that his hand holding the wine glass trembled and even some spilled outside. He turned his head to look at Yinzhen and frowned, “Fourth brother, can’t I not drink it?”

The man’s eyebrows were picturesque, his eyes were shiny like stars, and his face was like a bright moon. Yinzhen felt that at this particular moment, no one in the whole world was more beautiful than Yinyou. He slowly tore his gaze away, “If you don’t want to drink, then don’t drink, that’s all.”

“Drink, I’ll drink.” Yinyou tilted his head and downed the glass.

A pity that this action was too heroic, which made his dizziness worse. His standing was also unsteady and he wobbled, almost falling down.

When Yinyou woke up the next day, he felt that his forehead was hurting badly.

The woman sleeping next to him was only a girl in her teens. He took advantage of the drunkenness last night to make things happen, but for such a half-grown girl, there was always an indescribable strange feeling he couldn’t get rid off.

On the second day of their marriage, they needed to go to pay their respects to the palace. Yinyou got up from the bed and was changed by a maidservant. After everything was done, the woman on the bed was still quiet, so he asked someone to wake up Hada Nara shi.

Waiting for a long time, he finally saw his Fu Jin came out from the inner room. She was wearing a Fu Jin’s official dress. She was about fifteen years old, and although her appearance was very ordinary, she was still pretty.

Min Hui greeted Yinyou, and after that, the two of them had breakfast together, then climbed the carriage to go to the palace.

The sound of the wheels made Min Hui feel a little uncomfortable. As a daughter of the Hada Nara family, she had no choice in her marriage, but she felt regretful and unhappy about her future husband being a lame man.

Glancing at the man sitting across from her with eyes closed and meditating, she lowered her head and twisted the handkerchief in her hand. The seventh brother was handsome, yes, but he was still a disabled prince. In the end, that’s all she could do for the rest of her life.

At the palace gate, Yinyou got out of the car first, then turned around and went to help Min Hui.

Min Hui saw the beautiful hand in front of her eyes, and slowly extended her palm to his. The warmth of his palm made her panic decrease.

The author (Butterfly) has something to say: The seventh Fu Jin in history seems not to be favored by the seventh brother. I am indeed following official history, but it’s actually more conforming to the mind of little Four, alas. Seeing that I’m a mom to two children, you’re still acting like an Overlord! Are you not embarrassed?!

The translator (Bambi) has something to say: I also like Yinzhen more than Yinyou, so I hurt more because of Yinzhen hurting than Yinyou hurting, after all, Yinyou has Yinzhen, but Yinzhen only has us, readers! So this is my excuse! Thank you for reading *shy*