The Golden Award Festival is one of the most important festivals for the Manchu people, but Honghui has never participated in it, nor has he seen with his own eyes how the Manchu people celebrate this festival.

He was only three years old before he died, and his father would not bring him to meet the Emperor.

So now his eyes were not enough to see. The various costumes worn by the palace servants amazed him, although they were still not as strange as the costumes worn by people in later generations.

"The Emperor has arrived!"

Honghui quickly stopped his small movements and followed his father's actions attentively. He knelt when he was told to kneel and stood up when he was told to stand up. He would never make a fool of himself and cause trouble for his father.

The other cousins ​​seemed to have been given many instructions by their respective fathers, so they all behaved well and did not make any mistakes.

Of course, Honghui, who was only three years old, was the youngest among them. The youngest of the other grandchildren was seven years old, and those younger than six were not brought along.

The eldest grandson of the Emperor, Hongxi, who was eleven years old, was now following behind the Crown Prince and standing a little closer to the Emperor Mafa. It was obvious that his current status was indeed unrivaled.

There were so many people coming today! Almost all the princes and relatives were here. He didn't know any of them, because his father had never brought him to see outsiders before. The only two he was familiar with were his thirteenth and fourteenth uncles. He could only recognize the others by their uniforms.

He didn't know those cousins ​​very well, so when he entered the temple later, he would ask his father to introduce them to him.

After a series of complicated ceremonies, Kangxi finally announced the start of the banquet and took the Empress Dowager into the hall to take their seats first.

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, and a thousand years and a thousand years of live the empress dowager!"

Kangxi looked ahead, full of vigor and energy, as he did in his youth. "Everyone, stand up! Take your seats."

After expressing their gratitude, everyone took their seats. Honghui was seated next to Yinzhen, the fourth prince, and had a small table for himself.

After the banquet began, there was singing and dancing in the hall, and all kinds of acrobatics and music played continuously. The royal family members and ministers in the hall toasted each other and left their seats from time to time to make a toast.

There was a plump and elegant young man running back and forth like a butterfly, paying respect to this prince, talking to that prince of the royal family, and then running to some minister. Even the crown prince's second uncle was not as popular as him.

On the other hand, Ama sat next to him and he had never left his seat, let alone any relatives or ministers coming to toast him. It was obvious that Ama's popularity was really not that good.

It was Uncle Thirteen who came over and offered a glass of wine, which saved Ama from being alone.

Then, Fourteenth Uncle also came over, but his movements were a little awkward, and he said vaguely, "Fourth Brother, I toast you a glass."

Then Honghui was picked up, and Yinzhen left after saying, "Fourth brother, I took Honghui away. It was you who kept stopping me from seeing Honghui."

Yinzhen was unable to stop them from behind, and was afraid of making any noise that would attract the emperor's attention, so he could only anxiously watch Honghui and Yinzhen's backs gradually disappear into the distance.

The fourteenth uncle's arm was a little tight, but it looked very strong. Honghui poked the fourteenth uncle's arm with his hand in envy, successfully attracting people's attention.

"Honghui, this is your first time meeting these uncles, right? With Fourth Brother's temper, it will take a long time for him to remember to take you to greet them. It's better for Fourteenth Uncle to take you to meet them!"

Without waiting for Honghui's reply, Yinzhen carried the person to his seat. Next to him was the seat of the Thirteenth Prince Yinxiang.

Yinxiang knew what had happened when he saw this, and hurriedly whispered, "Fourteenth brother, don't mess around, the emperor is watching from above!"

Yinzhen replied nonchalantly, "It's okay. I didn't do anything out of the ordinary. I just took my nephew to meet some people. Thirteenth brother, do you want to come with us? If not, I will go alone."

Yinxiang was afraid that Yinzhen would cause trouble again, so he sighed and hurriedly followed him to toast. He had to watch from the side.

The first is the Crown Prince. No matter how high up the list Prince Yinzhi ranks, he cannot escape the order of seniority, so the Crown Prince always toasts first, followed by Yinzhi.

"Brother Crown Prince, I'm toasting to you! This is Honghui, the eldest brother from Fourth Brother's family. Honghui, this is your uncle, the Crown Prince."

The prince looked on with amusement as his two younger brothers brought the fourth brother's eldest son behind them. He completely ignored the fourth brother's gloomy face and snatched the fourth brother's task of taking his own son to greet his uncles and aunts.

Honghui called out to him obediently. He couldn't lose face in this situation. "Hello, Prince Second Uncle."

The prince touched his nephew's face curiously and compared his height. "I remember Honghui was only three years old. Why did your fourth brother bring him to the imperial court so early? Isn't he afraid of scaring his eldest brother?"

"You know what Fourth Brother is like, Crown Prince, and I can't guess what he's thinking. But in my opinion, Fourth Brother just wants to bring Honghui in to show Mother and Father. After all, he was on the verge of death half a year ago."

The prince did not hesitate too much. As an outsider, he could not say too much about the decision made by his fourth brother. His fourth brother had always been close to him and was in his camp, so he had to give him some face.

Then the prince took off the jade pendant from his waist and stuffed it into Honghui's arms, "Prince, this is the first time I see you, so this jade pendant is a gift for you."

Honghui didn't even look closely at the material of the jade pendant. The things of the Crown Prince's Second Uncle were definitely precious. "Thank you, Crown Prince's Second Uncle."

Seeing the prince being so generous, Yinzhi was of course unwilling to be outdone and also gave him a generous gift, which made Honghui take advantage of the situation.

Then, the third uncle, the fifth uncle, and the seventh uncle followed in turn, and the next one was the eighth uncle Yinsi, who was flying around the room like a butterfly.

"My brother, I brought Honghui to your place to ask for a gift."

Honghui stared without blinking. From what his Fourteenth Uncle said, he could tell that he and Eighth Uncle had a close relationship!

Yinsi smiled as if in the spring breeze, and his words were full of kindness and consideration, "Fourteenth brother, your words are too polite. It should be my eighth brother who took the initiative to give the gift. Nephew Honghui, I am your eighth uncle."

Honghui took the jade pendant handed over by his eighth uncle and replied obediently, "Thank you, eighth uncle." He was thinking in his heart that with his eighth uncle's methods, it was no wonder that in the later fight for the throne, fourteenth uncle supported his eighth uncle instead of his father!

Fourteenth Uncle likes others to give in to him the most, but Ama is a hard-mouthed but soft-hearted person, and he pushed Fourteenth Uncle to Eighth Uncle, which eventually led to a tragic situation of brothers fighting each other.

Seeing that Eighth Uncle and Fourteenth Uncle wanted to continue chatting, Honghui interrupted them hastily, not wanting to make their relationship any closer. "Fourteenth Uncle, the one sitting next to Eighth Uncle is Nineth Uncle, right? I heard that Nineth Uncle is the most handsome."

When Yinzhen was about to answer, Yinlu stood up to steal the limelight. His fourth brother's nephew praised him for his handsomeness, which made him cheer and jump for joy. "Nephew Honghui is still a good judge of taste. He is much more pleasing to the eye than your father. This is my gift to you. Nephew Honghui, please accept it well."

Yin'er also glanced provocatively in the direction of Yinzhen's seat, feeling even more proud. In the heart of his nephew Honghui, he, the ninth uncle, was more handsome than his fourth brother, who had a dead face.

Honghui held the gold ingots handed over by Uncle Jiu. Hmm? Gold ingots? The rumors that Uncle Jiu liked business were true. He could always carry gold ingots with him to give as rewards.

Yinzhen, who had been sitting at the table and staring at Honghui and Yinzhen, couldn't bear it any longer. His ninth brother was too absurd to give gold ingots to Honghui as a gift. What if he led his talented eldest brother astray?

Yinzhen had a gloomy face and walked straight towards Yin'er with a wine glass in his hand. His astonishing momentum successfully attracted the attention of everyone in the hall, including the emperor and the empress dowager.

"Fourteenth brother, you are drunk."

Yinzhen was talking excitedly when he heard a cold voice from behind, which made him feel a little scared. "I'm not drunk!"

"You are indeed drunk. You are talking nonsense."

Yinzhen only felt a hand on his right shoulder, and then he turned around and found that his fourth brother was looking at him with cold eyes, and that gaze almost froze his body.

Yinzhen couldn't help but shudder. His fourth brother was really angry. But how could he, the fourteenth prince, be afraid? Besides, he didn't do anything excessive!

He mustered up the courage to say, "I'm not drunk," but when the words came to his lips, they turned into "Yes, I am indeed drunk. Fourth brother, I will give Honghui back to you."

What a coward! Several brothers who were watching nearby mocked Yinzhen at the same time.

Yinzhen glared back at them one by one and signaled with his eyes, "Do you dare to offend Fourth Brother?"

Those evasive eyes gave Yinzhen the answer he wanted. Well! Satisfied.

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