Yunyi was well cared for during her pregnancy, so Honghui was born very healthy, which is very rare in the royal family.
Princes in the Qing Dynasty married at a very young age, and their children were born at a very young age. Since both parents were still young and not yet adults, the children they gave birth to naturally did not develop well.
Therefore, a great many children died young in the Qing Dynasty, and very few were able to live to adulthood.
For example, Emperor Kangxi was only twelve years old when he had his first child, and most of his previous dozens of children did not live past the age of five.
His son followed in his father's footsteps when he grew up. The eldest son born to Lady Li Jia in Yinreng's harem died at the age of one and did not live for long.
Although Yun Yisheng and Hong Huishi were not very old, she had a cheat code: a system, elixirs, and her own medical skills, so everything was not a problem.
A month later, it was Honghui's full moon celebration. He was Yinzhen's eldest son and the legitimate son born to him and his wife. He was of noble status, and the full moon banquet was very grand, far surpassing that of the previous two princesses.
The eldest prince and his wife, the crown prince, the third prince and his wife, and his younger brothers all came to celebrate the birth of Yinzhen's son.
Among them, Yinzhen, Yinxiang, and Yinzhen were the happiest. They not only had a good relationship with Yinzhen, but also with Yunyi. They loved their little nephew Honghui from the bottom of their hearts.
Because of Consort Hui, the Eighth Prince Yinzhi followed the First Prince Yinzhi and was not very close to the people on the Crown Prince's side.
Yinzhen openly followed his second brother, and the other three brothers were also generally considered to be part of the Crown Prince's faction.
Looking at her two younger brothers who were once close to her, she wondered when they had gradually drifted apart.
My ninth brother is the son of Consort Yi, and my tenth brother is the child of Consort Wenxi. Their mothers are both of high rank, unlike me, whose mother was just a concubine from the Xin Zhe Ku (a low-ranking official household), and could not raise her children herself. She had to be raised by a principal concubine.
Why? The eldest brother is just a brute, while Consort Hui is dreaming big, trying to compete with the second brother, and even dragging herself into his camp.
If only my mother were a high-ranking concubine, then I might have had the same opportunity to compete as my elder brother.
It's a pity that her mother was only a concubine, and the two good younger brothers she had finally managed to build a good relationship with gradually drifted away from her and were no longer as close as before.
Yinzhi's expression was inscrutable, but on this joyous day, he had to pretend to be happy. He was the Eighth Prince, praised by everyone, and he couldn't show any abnormal behavior.
When he raised his head, Yinzhi had regained his composure and returned to being the humble, polite, gentle, and dignified Eighth Prince. At only fifteen or sixteen years old, he already possessed the demeanor of the future Eighth Prince.
No one knows the dark thought that had been lurking in his mind just now.
The full moon banquet was successfully completed. Yinzhen showed off his healthy son to his brothers, which made the Third Prince very envious, as he didn't even have a son yet.
The eldest prince, Yinzhi, felt no envy, only a touch of bitterness. He and his wife had worked hard for so many years, having four daughters before finally having a legitimate son last year. This fourth prince was truly lucky, having a legitimate son in his first pregnancy.
Yinzhen paid no attention to his brothers' little emotions, whether it was envy or jealousy, he didn't care, he only cared about teasing his own son.
Honghui's birth seemed to have turned on a switch. Just two months after Yunyi finished her confinement period, Emperor Kangxi issued an edict to launch a campaign against Galdan.
On this trip, Emperor Kangxi brought his six sons, from the eldest to the eighth prince, while leaving his second son, Crown Prince Yinreng, in the capital to oversee the country.
Yinzhen was not good at riding and archery, but he knew why his father had brought his brothers along on this expedition.
The eldest brother was already twenty-five years old, but he was still a bald prince, crammed into the small prince's quarters with his sister-in-law and many concubines in the backyard.
He was alright; he only had four concubines in his backyard, so the population was relatively small and the living conditions weren't too cramped.
But the Khan's previous sons had all grown up, gotten married one after another, and continued to have more children, so the prince's residence was about to become too small.
Therefore, Emperor Kangxi brought several of his sons with him on this expedition so that they could gain military merit and have an excuse to bestow titles upon them upon their return to the capital, allowing them to establish their own residences outside the palace and free up the princes' quarters for the princes to live in later.
The war did not last long. Surrounded by Kangxi's several armies, Galdan eventually committed suicide by poison in a situation where he was abandoned by his followers.
Because of Honghui's presence, Yinzhen wanted to accumulate more merits and be granted a higher title, so that his youngest wife's status would be higher and not lower than that of her sisters-in-law.
He couldn't compare to his eldest brother, but he could still compare to his third brother. He was only one year younger than his third brother. If his third brother's title was higher than his own, then his young wife would be inferior to his third sister-in-law.
Yinzhen did not want to see this situation. Although his third sister-in-law was older than the Fujin (the wife of the first wife), the Fujin had entered the family first, and Yinzhen did not want to see the Fujin fall into such an awkward situation.
Therefore, despite not being skilled in horsemanship and archery, he worked exceptionally hard in this campaign against Galdan, giving his all for his beloved wife.
When the army returned to the capital, it was already the end of the thirty-sixth year. Kangxi privately hinted that his married sons could choose the location of their residences themselves.
This future residence will be where I live for the rest of my life, so I need to choose carefully. Once I've made my choice, I can start construction and renovations, and move in next year.
Before the mansion was fully repaired and before the New Year had passed, Emperor Kangxi's decree was suddenly issued at the end of the year.
The eldest prince, Yinzhi, was granted the title of Prince Zhi; the third prince, Yinzhi, was granted the title of Prince Cheng; the fourth prince, Yinzhen, was granted the title of Prince Yong; and the fifth, seventh, and eighth princes were granted the title of Beile.
When the imperial edict reached the prince's residence, Yunyi was somewhat surprised.
If she remembered correctly, Yinzhen was initially only granted the title of Beile, and never became a Junwang. It wasn't until many years later, probably when the Crown Prince was deposed, that he was granted the title of Qinwang, and then became the Emperor.
As expected, history changed because of her. The Tongjia clan was still alive, as was Consort Wenxi. The Ninth and Tenth Princes, who were part of the Eighth Prince's faction, also became part of the Fourth Prince's faction. History was indeed completely altered.
After thinking it over, Yunyi stopped worrying about it. It was a great joy that Yinzhen had become a prince. She was no longer just a prince's wife, but a prince's wife.
However, as a prince, Yinzhen was entitled to have a secondary consort.
Having lived in the palace for a long time and without a noble title, Yinzhen had no intention of taking a concubine.
Because he didn't care much about the women in the inner quarters and didn't even mention the idea of making them concubines, the matter was shelved.
But now, Yunyi is a little worried. Next year is the year of the imperial concubine selection, and she doesn't know if Emperor Kangxi will bestow a noblewoman from a Manchu family into the palace to become Yinzhen's concubine.
There were very few women in the backyard, most of whom were Han Chinese. In addition, she herself only had two Manchu surnames, one of which was Uya.
None of them came from good families, and given Kangxi's temperament, it was inevitable that he would bestow someone upon them.
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