Chapter 76 Fourteenth Wedding
October of the 42nd year of the Kangxi reign
Little Liuliu is already over one year old. Today, she is dressed in bright red from head to toe, with a little rouge on her brows. Sitting on the bed, looking from afar, she has become one with the wedding bed.

But the little girl was not in a good mood at the moment. She pouted angrily and kneaded the red dates and peanuts on the bed.

The good thing was beaten to pieces, and the wet nurse who followed him wanted to stop it but didn't dare to. Although this guy is young, he has a domineering personality.

He is spoiled by his father and brothers on a daily basis, and can only restrain himself a little in front of his wife.

Yihuan is helping Fourteenth Prince with the wedding preparations in his residence. Over the years, Fourteenth Prince has doted on Honghui with all his heart. Everyday in the study, Fourteenth Prince protects Honghui openly and secretly. On his days off, he often takes Honghui out for horse racing and fun. Even Yinzhen once lamented that Fourteenth Prince is so sincere to his nephew Honghui.

With this relationship, the two brothers became much more reconciled. At least when they met, they were not like before, when they either looked down on each other or fought with each other.

After all, they were brothers from the same mother, and almost all matters before and after the Fourteenth Prince's wedding were handled by Yinzhen and his wife, of course, on the premise of reporting everything to Concubine De.

Yinzhen has been unhappy because he failed to seize the mansion closest to his fourth brother. The ninth brother Yin'er has been doing very well in business in the south in recent years. Not only has he repaid the 200,000 taels of silver that Yinzhen donated back then, but he also receives a large amount of dividends every year to the Beile Mansion.

Yinzhen gave all this money to Yihuan, saying that it was to be used to buy betrothal gifts and dowries for the children.

Although she felt sad about the rapid passage of time and the children were still young, Yinzhen spoke as if the wedding would be tomorrow. However, Yihuan also followed the local customs and asked her brothers from her natal family to pay attention to these things.

Yinzhen also contributed the Jiangnan scenery to the wedding. He basically ignored the unilateral complaints of the Fourteenth Prince. The little brat didn't understand the principle of striking first and gaining the upper hand, so as an elder brother, he naturally had to teach him a lesson with actual actions.

There is a custom at weddings, which is to find a doll that is both blessed with good fortune and luck to roll on the bed. Firstly, it looks festive, and secondly, it is a good omen for the newlyweds, implying the early birth of a baby.

At the beginning, the Fourteenth Prince strongly requested Honghui to come, but Honghui tried every possible way and even begged Kangxi to push him out. Once the news of him, a handsome young man, being a bed-rolling boy, spread out, it would be enough for his brothers to laugh at him for a whole year.

As the saying goes, it is better to let my friend die than to let myself die. Honghui couldn't bear to see his fourteenth uncle sad, so he decisively packed up his sister and sent her over.

Liuliu was already able to clearly express her dissatisfaction. She tugged at her clothes and said in a sonorous voice, "No! It's red! It doesn't look good!"

Unfortunately, he was small and weak, so Yihuan forced him to change into new clothes, which led to the scene at the beginning.

The Ninth Lady saw that the little girl was plump and sulking, and she thought it was funny, so she went over to tease her with a small toy: "What's wrong with Liuliu? Talk to your aunt."

"Mom is bad! Brother is bad!" Liu Liu started to accuse, her little mouth pouting so much that an oil bottle could be hung on it.

Yihuan turned around and looked at her daughter with amusement in the midst of her busy schedule: "I don't know what's wrong with this child, she just doesn't like the color red. I still gave her face today and she didn't cry."

"That won't do." Lady Jiu stuffed a grasshopper-shaped jade stone into Liuliu's hand, "When Liuliu grows up and gets married, will she not wear red?"

The Eighth Lady was sitting on the side drinking tea and shook her head when she heard this: "This is not a good thing to say."

If a woman does not wear bright red when she gets married, it means she is going to be a concubine, and can only wear peach red, pink and other colors.

How can the legitimate daughter of the Fourth Prince be a concubine or a maid in the future? The Ninth Lady frowned and said, "I was just teasing the child. Why are you making such a big deal out of it, Eighth Sister-in-law?"

Yihuan was busy arranging the guests' seats, preparing the banquet dishes, and preparing all the arrangements for welcoming the bride. If it weren't for the help of Prince Cheng's wife, she would have been in a mess.

These younger brothers and sisters-in-law always quarrel whenever they meet, especially the Eighth and Ninth Concubines. Yihuan is also puzzled. The Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince were good friends before, but they have become more distant in recent years. Why do their wives seem to have a grudge against each other?

Mrs. Dong E was a know-it-all. Noticing that Yihuan was always staring at her two younger siblings, she pulled her away and started talking in a whisper.

"Old Eighth is very lucky. Guo Luoluo is beautiful and is from the same clan as the Empress in the palace." Dong E praised the Eighth Concubine, and then changed her tone, "She is just a little overbearing."

"What do you mean?" Yihuan had been watching the wedding banquet for the whole day and took this opportunity to take a break.

"Don't say you didn't know about the falling out between the Ninth and Eighth Princes." Dong E looked at Yi Huan and said with a smile, "It is said that the Tenth Prince is generous and kind, and our Fourth Uncle is not bad either. It is said that you took this amount."

Dong E gestured a two-word gesture, and Yihuan smiled without saying anything. Those were Yinzhen's money, and it was none of her business how he spent it or on whom he wanted to.

"My grandfather said that Lao Jiu went to find Lao Ba at first." Dong E continued, "but he only got this amount."

Dong E gestured again. Yihuan wanted to say that she didn't need to be as mysterious as an underground party member and could just say what she wanted to say.

"Old Nine was also very stubborn. He didn't take anything." Dong E came a little closer. "I heard that it was the Eighth Lady who stopped her. Although she had a good family background, she had a hard life without her parents. Her life was better after she was arranged to marry the Eighth Prince. Isn't it because she values ​​these valuable things?"

Yihuan was amused. She spread her hands and said, "Third sister-in-law, I am also a vulgar person. I also like these yellow and white things. If sister-in-law doesn't like it, I can drive a car to the Prince's Mansion to pretend."

"You have such a big mouth." Dong E pretended to twist her mouth, "Now you know why these two people are not getting along."

"We are both sisters-in-law, so just say less." Yihuan didn't say anything.

Dong E laughed angrily: "You are such a taciturn person. I don't know why your master values ​​you so much."

As she spoke, Dong E began to speak with some sincerity: "Thanks to your reminder last time, Hongqing had a comfortable life under the protection of the queen for several years, but now the father and son are getting more and more incompatible, and the mansion is in chaos every day. Hongsheng and his brother have an average relationship, and it seems that they are not as close as Honghui and Hongyun."

"I must have made some mistakes in my previous life that I gave birth to two evil stars to torture me." Dong E looked worried, with a few new wrinkles between her brows.

This time, Yihuan was powerless. She had been able to say a few more words before because of their good friendship over the years. She couldn't say any more.

"Let's not talk about this. Those of us who have children have our own worries, but those who don't have children don't know how to worry." Dong E's mood changed quickly, and she began to make meaningful remarks.

"I heard that she can't give birth herself, and she doesn't allow others to do so. I didn't realize that Uncle Eight is afraid of his wife." Dong E looked down on Guo Luoluo's arrogance and spoke harshly and mercilessly.

"Stop talking about this, let's go check it again. If anything goes wrong, I won't be able to explain to the Empress in the palace, and I won't be able to face my Fourteenth Uncle." Yihuan didn't like the Eighth Lady's tone, but she was too disdainful to attack her for being unable to have children.