Chapter 7

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Author: Xiao Yao

Chapter 6 – Title – Chapter 8

Naturally, Hui Ming didn’t know that Su-gonggong was already preparing for the result of her washing the jewelries, she had been a female embroiderer in the division in charge of sewing, there a steady hand and careful calculation was the basic requirement, by comparison, she only needed to know the steps to cleaning the jade pendant which was a trifling matter, the only troublesome thing was that before cleaning the jade, it had to be soaked in warm water for half an hour so that the dirt would dissolve, but the rear chamber contained not only His Majesty’s accessories, and also his dragon robes that would be replaced every other day, so in order to prevent these things from being exposed to smoke, a brazier could not be lit inside the chamber. Please read at insidethemirror translations. DO NOT REPOST.

In the Hall of Heavenly Virtue the hearth was lit, so people wouldn’t be cold, but in such a day, the warm water would cool down in just a short time, and people would need to replace it again and again.

Hui Ming was a diligent person, she would rather take a couple of trips herself than be lazy and perfunctory, this way, the number of back and forth she made became a lot more, and on the second time she changed the water, she saw at a distance the two favored people that were grabbing for the position of crown prince——

Xin-wang and Rui-wang.

Xin-wang came from the belly of the Empress Consort1, so could be regarded as a half di son, while Rui-wang came from the most favored concubine, and was the oldest, after the first crown prince died of illness, His Majesty had not yet established a new crown prince for a long time, these two had their own factions that they relied on, and were almost as incompatible as fire and water, that is, even when they came to give their respects to His Majesty they were rushing against each other, as if the difference of a few steps, would have their own filial piety compared.

Although she couldn’t remember the physical appearance of these two people in her mind, Hui Ming was not interested in taking a closer look at such a pair of difficult brothers, and at the moment, she was just standing under the cloister and bowing from a long distance away, waiting to get up, then around the corner, a group of people came again, and the palace maids who had just gotten up greeted the wet nurse who was holding the baby: “I have seen His Ninth Royal Highness.”

His Majesty had five princes, the most striking was the First Prince who was born from the first queen empress and was deeply in love with His Majesty, he was established as the crown prince at the age of three, but unfortunately, he had already left, while the rest except for Xin-wang, and Rui-wang, stayed in the palace of Imperial Concubine Kang, they were the Seventh Prince who was born a “fool”, and the youngest Ninth Prince.

The Ninth Prince was not yet a year old, so could only be held in the arms of the momo, he was the child His Majesty bore in his old age, and was supposed to have been the most favored, but unfortunately Ninth Prince was frail, this frailty was not just a thoughtless remark, but really ill and stricken, and couldn’t for a moment be away from an imperial physician’s side, nor not drink medicine for even a day, before he even turned a year old he had already faced the gates of the underworld more than a dozen times, and to live until today was a struggle with the heavens for survival.

For this reason, His Majesty did not dare to be too merciful to his little son, but apart from instructing the Imperial Department of Medicine to look after him carefully, he would also take advantage of the good weather when the Spring Festival came to go and see him. This time, it was obvious that His Majesty’s serious illness scared the birth mother of Ninth Prince so much so that hearing that the princes were being summoned, she scrambled and took the risk of the little prince catching a draught and getting sick, then asked the momo to hold him and came to “pay respect”.

Regardless of age, just looking at the body of the Ninth Prince, Xin-wang and Rui-wang these two did not put this little brother of theirs in their eyes, conversely their faces were filled with concern at the moment, like the appearance of a good older brother, carefully asking the momo about the Ninth Prince’s body and how he was eating.

Although Hui Ming was far away, the rules of the palace were that when the master was speaking in front, unless it was an urgent task, they definitely couldn’t turn away and leave, so while waiting for herself to be able to stand up and carry the water urn, she remained standing in an orderly manner, and after she had waited for the two wangye to display their brotherly affection outside under the cloister, then bring their younger brother to the hall with them, the water in the urn had already cooled down.

Hui Ming sighed helplessly and poured the cold water onto the roots of a pine tree on the side, then turned around and went back to the tea room to collect another jar of hot water, as she waited for the water to boil, another thought unexpectedly came to her mind——

His Majesty summoned all his sons, now that Xin-wang and Rui-wang, even the infant Ninth Prince had arrived, so the Seventh Prince who was also his son, would he come?

Thinking of this, Hui Ming couldn’t help but take a pause, if she was with His Seventh Royal Highness now, as long as His Little Highness was emotionally stable, she would definitely take this opportunity to come and give respect, after all, since His Seventh Royal Highness at the age of three or four moved to Imperial Concubine Kang’s palace, he never saw His Majesty’s face again, moreover the situation of His Seventh Royal Highness was different from that of Ninth Prince, although Ninth Prince rarely met the emperor, His Majesty felt sorry for this little son in his heart, so the palace did not dare neglect him, not to mention neglect him, because of the paper weak body of Ninth Prince, he was sometimes treated even more diligently that the master of the palace, lest just one bad mistake would get them into trouble.

His Seventh Royal Highness was different, His Majesty had long been fed up towards this son who suffered from “foolishness”, even if one day he perishes, she didn’t think His Majesty would take the matter seriously, so the servants naturally also wouldn’t diligently serve him.

But it was more so in such a situation, that the more they should come to wish him well, show a bit of goodwill and humility, so that if they were met with courtesy, they would not be extremely looked down upon inside the palace, after all, he was still a prince, if one day His Seventh Highness opened his mouth in complaint, even if it’s for the sake of the imperial family’s dignity, His Majesty would certainly never see his son not have a decent winter coat to wear, and life would naturally be better.

However, Tian Concubine was short-sighted, staying in the cold palace all day long full of resentment, attributing her fall from favor to the disappointing behavior of His Seventh Highness, and never took care of Seventh Royal Highness’ unfavorable situation, so presuming she came, she most likely wouldn’t bring His Seventh Royal Highness to pay respects today… Please read at insidethemirror translations. DO NOT REPOST.

Thinking of this, Hui Ming secretly sighed, but with her current capability, there was nothing she could do, so after changing the warm water, she just continued to walk back and wash the jade ornaments. After the two princes left the palace, His Majesty summoned the ladies in charge of helping him change, and changed his clothes again, Hui Ming re-entered the hall and waited for a while, then seeing that it was almost noon, and she had already earlier forgotten how she had happened to think of His Seventh Royal Highness before, when unexpectedly there was a small thin figure outside the hall.

Was it Seventh Highness?

Hui Ming carefully looked and confirmed that the child in the courtyard was really the Little Highness that she went to see yesterday, but compared to his thin and feeble figure yesterday, it seemed that he was wearing a cotton-padded coat under his garment, the cotton also looked thick, although it was inevitable that it would look cumbersomely bloated, but in such a day it would feel warm enough, and at this moment, he had his head lowered, quietly being led by a momo that was next to him, making him no different from an ordinary child at first glance.

Was there a time when His Seventh Highness could conscientiously hold a person’s hands?

Hui Ming eyes widened, turning her head, she carefully took a closer look at the momo who was holding His Seventh Royal Highness, she didn’t look young for her age, her hair arranged in a bun and was wearing a well-groomed brown coat, although her hair looked gray, she looked neat, her round face had a somewhat pleasing look, with a somewhat smiling expression, which looked very kind and loving.

But this momo, Hui Ming had never seen her next to His Seventh Highness in her previous life.

“Seventh Highness gives his greetings.” Hearing this Su-gonggong who was inside the hall went to bow on his knees in ceremony, Hui Ming on the side wasn’t able to obstruct him, and couldn’t help also take a few steps forward, thinking that arriving in an unfamiliar place like the Hall of Heavenly Virtue, then a stranger suddenly approaching like this, His Seventh Highness would definitely be afraid and uneasy, even struggle to avoid this, but who knew that apart from Little Seventh Highness’ body tensing up a little, there was no other abnormal reaction!

“Greetings Su-gonggong” Hui Ming had already approached at this time, and at a glance, she saw the momo seemed to have unintentionally moved a step, and happened to stand in front of His Seventh Highness, then respectfully spoke to Su-gonggong: “His Majesty’s dragon body is not in peace these days, and His Highness had been very worried, but there wasn’t any orders and he didn’t dare to bother, this time hearing that His Majesty has recovered from his illness, His Highness was overjoyed that he had especially come to greet His Majesty, also hoping that Gonggong would announce and notify.”

At His Seventh Highness’ age, he should have said this himself, but Seventh Prince was born silly, everyone had heard of this, and when Su Jin saw this there was no difference in his expression: “His Majesty is talking to General Fang, so at this moment, His Seventh Highness might not be allowed.”

The momo was not surprised, she coughed and then continued: “His Royal Highness dare not interrupt, let’s just wait here.”

Su Jin paused: “In that case, inviting Your Highness to go to the side hall for a while to have a cup of tea.”

Hui Ming frowned slightly, there were often palace servants coming in and out of the side hall, which was very disorderly, though for the master next to her, the palace servants were people that they were already accustomed to and naturally thought nothing of, but for His Seventh Highness, it would be better to stay in the courtyard, after all in such a day, the palace servants were afraid of getting their shoes wet, so they would rather take a detour around the corridor, so on the contrary, the courtyard would be empty and would be much quieter, as she was worrying, she saw the momo opposite her bow, and although her voice was weak, she politely but resolutely refused: “His Royal Highness is shy, just waiting outside is fine.”

Hui Ming looked at this momo with a little admiration, although she looked inconspicuous and even a little rude, all her words and deeds happened to be the best choice for His Seventh Highness, to rightly come with His Seventh Highness up to this point, her understanding and care towards His Little Highness can’t be without involvement.

It’s just that such a momo, why had she never heard of her in Imperial Concubine Kang’s palace before? If this momo had been there, maybe the condition of His Seventh Highness, probably wouldn’t be as severe as in the future? Was she transferred from a nearby place, or… Hui Ming who was watching her slightly cough, seemed to see that momo was a little uncomfortable, and she couldn’t help but give birth to some unacceptable speculation.

Seeing that the two of them didn’t appreciate it, Su Jin also didn’t say much, only nodded lightly, he bowed his head and took two steps back according to propriety, then he turned around planning to enter the hall again to serve, who knew that when he had just turned around, he directly ran into Hui Ming who was only a few inches away from him.

Su Jin was seven feet tall, and with Hui Ming standing in front of him, he could just see the braids on her hair when he lowered his head, the fifteen-year-old girl had not yet grown up, facing the early winter under the weak sun, the fluffy hair on her head seemed like the soft feathers of a chick, fuzzy, making people couldn’t help but want to gently hold her in the palm of their hands, and firmly keep her by their side, even if her feathers broke off, so that she could never escape.

Because she was looking at His Seventh Highness, Hui Ming, who had not had time to retreat, was also taken aback, after reacting, she quickly stepped back and bent down on one knee then called out, “Su-gonggong.”

A complicated look flashed on Su Jin’s always cold face, and the nails pressing on the palm of his hands hurt, the pain made him recover from the fleeting moment inside the bottomless pit of cold malice and came back to his senses.

“What’s the matter?” His throat felt dry, and there was a slight dullness in his voice.

“No, it’s nothing.” Hui Ming quickly shook her head. Su Jin glanced at her trembling eyelashes, clenched his fist tighter, and walked past her into the hall.

Seeing Su-gonggong’s crimson robe flash away from in front of her, Hui Ming let out a long sigh, and inexplicably stretched out her hand to caress the hair that suddenly stood up on her neck, then after returning to her senses, she turned her attention to the two people in front of her, they were neither too close nor too far, then she softly asked: “Momo, what is your name?” Please read at insidethemirror translations. DO NOT REPOST.

TRANSLATOR’S NOTES:

1. This is the second wife, not a concubine. ↩

If there are any mistakes, please do not hesitate to point it out.

Chapter 6 – Title – Chapter 8

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