The Crown Prince stepped forward to invite Emperor Kangxi and the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager took her seat, and Emperor Kangxi stood up and patted the Crown Prince on the shoulder, saying, "Baocheng, you've grown up. Your Majesty is very pleased!"
"Father!" The prince choked up and couldn't speak.
The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager exchanged only a few words before leaving; no one would feel comfortable with them staying.
Emperor Kangxi specially drank a cup of wine with Suhetai, saying, "Suhetai, from now on we're in-laws!"
"Your Majesty, this servant dares not accept such praise!" Suhetai said, bowing deeply.
Watching He Xue and the Crown Prince get married, Su Hetai's eyes actually reddened.
Tongjia was also somewhat saddened by Hexue's marriage, but seeing Su Hetai crying and sobbing, she was furious. "Hold it back! It's your daughter's wedding, what's wrong with you acting like this?"
Su Hetai could only force back his tears as he watched Hexue marry the Crown Prince, but his heart was already overflowing with sorrow. "His little darling is gone, the daughter he cherished in his hands belongs to someone else!"
So when others invited him to drink, he would always keep his head down, because he didn't want them to know that he had cried.
"Don't worry, I will treat He Xue as my daughter! I won't let her suffer any injustice!" Kangxi said to Su Hetai.
"This servant thanks Your Majesty on behalf of He Xue!" Su Hetai said.
Kangxi understood Suhetai's feelings at that moment, said a few words to him briefly, and then turned around to drink with Suo'etu, Mingzhu and others.
As for the crown prince, he was also surrounded by people. At this point, no one cared about the crown prince's status anymore, and they kept toasting him.
The eldest prince, along with the third prince, arrived at the eighth prince's residence with Shuyi to help the crown prince avoid drinking.
Jing Shu accompanied the Crown Prince as he went to offer toasts.
After going around the circle, everyone had drunk quite a bit of alcohol.
The Eighth Prince staggered up to the Crown Prince. "Second Brother, congratulations! I'm really not a good drinker, so I'll head back to the manor first. I wish you and your wife a long and happy life together!"
"Thank you, Eighth Brother!" The Crown Prince looked at the Eighth Prince with a half-smile.
The Eighth Prince was helped out of Yuqing Palace by the people around him.
The Crown Prince and the eldest prince beside him exchanged a glance, then continued drinking.
After leaving the palace, the Eighth Prince immediately pushed away the people who were helping him, showing no signs of being drunk.
"Go back to the manor first! If anyone asks, just say that I am in the manor!" the Eighth Prince said.
"Yes!" the man replied.
After everyone left, two masked men appeared behind the Eighth Prince.
"Greetings, Eighth Prince!"
"How did things go?" the Eighth Prince asked expectantly.
"Everything has been done exactly as you wished!"
"Haha! Very good!" The Eighth Prince laughed triumphantly, then leaped onto his horse and galloped out of the city.
The Eighth Prince arrived at a festively decorated manor outside the city.
The people who came with the Eighth Prince knocked on the door. After three long knocks and two short knocks, someone opened the door quickly.
"Eighth Master is here!"
Upon hearing this, the person opening the door immediately opened it to let the Eighth Prince in.
"Have the people been settled?" the Eighth Prince asked anxiously.
"Reporting to Eighth Master, everything has been arranged!"
"Alright, everyone will receive a reward! Make arrangements, and everyone should take a bath and change clothes!" the Eighth Prince said excitedly.
"It's all ready for you!"
The Eighth Prince couldn't wait to take a bath and change his clothes.
The Eighth Prince quickly finished familiarizing himself with the clothes, and changed into a red wedding gown.
The Eighth Prince arrived at the room with the character for "happiness" pasted on it, and then carefully straightened his clothes before pushing the door open and going in.
The Eighth Prince looked at the person sitting upright on the bed, his heart pounding in his chest. He picked up the wedding veil and gently lifted it.
Kazuyuki stared at the person in front of her in disbelief. "How could it be you?"
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