Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 40 years

At the corner of Yuqing Palace, the prince was wearing an apricot-yellow gold-patterned python robe, holding a sandalwood brush in his hand and looking at it carefully.

Su Wei knelt on the ground, trying to calm himself down.Xiao Chuzi stood behind the prince, looking curiously at the eunuch kneeling on the ground from time to time.

"Is this Wenfangzhai's pen?" the prince asked softly.

"Yes," Su Wei replied with his head down, "it was made by Master Wenfangzhai."

The prince looked down at Su Wei, frowned and thought for a while, "You, are you by the side of the fourth child? Su Peisheng?"

"The servant is Su Peisheng," Su Wei kowtowed again.

The prince nodded, "Get up, clean up the floor, don't be blind to these good things."

"Hey," Su Wei saluted, and swiftly put the few writing brushes scattered on the ground into the box, leaving only one in the prince's hand.

"This money, it's not easy now, is it?" the prince said to Su Wei.

"Yes," Su Wei bowed, "The master is getting old, and he won't make pens for others lightly. Only regular customers are willing to give some face."

The crown prince smiled, "It's because of the craftsmanship, you don't fear the rich and powerful."

Su Wei pursed his lips and did not speak.The prince looked down for a while, then handed the pen to Su Wei, "I remember, he mentioned you... Keep it safe."

Su Wei took the brush, raised his eyebrows slightly, and the prince turned around to leave. His apricot-yellow back was fading away from the tall red wall, and his body with bound hands looked thinner and thinner.

Suo'etu Mansion

Suo Xiang was already showing his old age, and when he walked slowly in the court, his steps gradually slowed down.

His son, Geerfen, caught up from behind and presented the letter from his disciples. Suo'etu opened the letter and looked at it, with a sneer on his lips.

"Ama, what did Du Mochen say?" Geerfen asked anxiously.

Suo'etu handed the letter to Geerfen, "As I expected, it's the old man Gao Shiqi!"

Geer looked through the letter in three lines, and frowned slightly, "It's been a long time since Gao Shiqi's secret book was presented to the emperor, but the emperor has no other actions except to monitor the princes during the northern tour. My son thinks , Gao Shiqi probably got some rumors from there, and there is no real evidence."

"No matter what Gao Shiqi secretly told the emperor, we have to be careful." Suo Etu stood in the corridor, his eyes were far-reaching and complex, "Now the prince's position is like walking on thin ice, and the Hesheli family is also standing on the edge of the cliff. .”

When Su Wei arrived at the door of the South Study Room, he ran into an acquaintance, "Master Nian," Su Wei saluted slightly.Now that Gengyao is a good man, the emperor's close ministers say that it is not an exaggeration to say that you are a gentleman.But he is also a sixth-rank inner eunuch, and he cannot lower his status too much in front of this person.

Nian Gengyao nodded, "Grandpa Su, Lord Belle just asked about you."

Su Wei smiled, and hurried to the South Study Room and West Nuan Pavilion with the box in his arms.

When entering the room, the fourth elder brother was sitting behind the desk writing and drawing, and only Zhang Bao bowed to serve him.Su Wei winked at Zhang Bao, but the fourth elder brother said without raising his head, "Where are you going? Buying a pen until now?"

Su Wei shrugged his shoulders and approached the fourth elder brother's table, Zhang Bao bowed and retreated.

"It's not that I'm dawdling, it's that the old master is now famous and has become difficult to deal with," Su Weibian said, "I despise the pen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I can't say it to the public, the old master doesn't know who he is serving , follow your temper all day long."

"Follow your temper?" The fourth elder brother raised his head with the corners of his mouth curled up. "You are ashamed to say that people follow their temper. Usually when you are asked to buy brushes, you are always reluctant to give up the money. Why are you so obedient today?"

Su Wei squinted his eyes and looked out, he knew that Zhang Qilin was unreliable and would report everything, "Master, Li Gege can't go on like this forever. I know you are worried about me, afraid that Li Gege will be impulsive What happened, but shutting it up like this is not a solution, Fujin will ask about it sooner or later."

The fourth elder brother glanced at Su Wei, lowered his head and flipped through the folder, "I'm very busy now, I don't have time to deal with those trivial matters, let her close it first, so as not to get in the way."

Su Wei blinked his eyes, leaned his chin on the table, "Master, I thought of a way to make Li Gege calm down, and make sure it won't interfere with your business."

"What way?" The fourth elder brother opened the brush box, picked up a new one and soaked it in the water.

Su Wei pursed his lips, "Your servant remembers that Li Gege's father, Li Wenye, was sentenced by one family, right?"

The fourth elder brother thought for a while, then nodded, "Yes, he is a general judge, and he has not made any achievements. I almost forgot about that person."

Su Wei raised a fake fox-like smiling face, and said to the busy fourth elder brother, "Grandpa, give Li Wenye a promotion."

At night, Yuqing Palace

The prince leaned on the couch, and took a wooden box from Xiao Chuzi.

Open the lid, and there are dozens of writing brushes in the box, some of them have been used, and some are still half-new.

"These are all pens from Wenfangzhai." The prince took out a very thin ink brush, "This is the first time De Zhu bought it for me, he didn't know if I would use it, so he was very careful when he presented it. In fact, I know that he found me because I was not used to the pens of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, how many places I traveled, and how many times I tried."

Xiao Chuzi pursed his lips, "Young Master has always been the most attentive to His Highness."

The prince bent his mouth, and stroked the box one by one with his hands, "Now that he's gone, I don't think it's any better with that Wenfangzhai writing brush."

"Your Highness..." Xiao Chuzi wanted to say something, but he couldn't.

In November, it was late autumn, and I was busy measuring the land in Huguang, but something went wrong.

"Age?" Su Wei blinked his eyes.

"Yes," the fourth elder brother sighed, and stood in front of the bookshelf with his hands behind his back, "Nian Xialing and Guo Xiu participated in the performance of more than three thousand taels of Dingyin in Li Jinkui, the magistrate of Huangmei County, and Huang Ama ordered him to be dismissed and investigated. The people gathered tens of thousands of people and blocked the gate of the city, forbidding Li Jin to leave. After careful investigation, Li Jin was not at a loss, but was owed by the people. If you make up for it, Guo Xiu and Nian Xialing will probably be charged with negligence and dereliction of duty."

"Is this serious?" Su Wei scratched the back of his head, "Your Excellency looked quite honest back then, but after this release, why are you so bold?"

The fourth elder brother smiled, "You didn't see who he was following. Guo Xiu was once a speech officer feared by all civil and military officials in the court. He was the one who took the lead in the impeachment of Nalan Mingzhu's corruption and forming a party. Fo Lun and Hong Zhijie participated in the performance under the guise of rumors." His father asked for imperial orders indiscriminately, and the bureaucrats once reduced him to a commoner. Later, he used the holy car to tour the south and directly expressed his grievances to Huang Ama. Huang Ama reprimanded Fulun and others, and promoted him to Wujiang County Ling, soon moved to the governor of Huguang because of his meritorious service. Nian Xialing was already capable, and now under Guo Xiu's position, he is like a fish in water. It's just that they were negligent about the incident in Huangmei County this time. But it's okay, Taking this matter can be regarded as pouring cold water on the Nian family, it is not so simple inside and outside the court."

Su Wei smacked his lips, "Then, won't master speak for Mr. Nian?"

"I must say it," the fourth elder brother took out the book from the shelf and flipped through it, "Huang Ama values ​​Guo Xiu and Nian Daling, so she didn't plan to punish him severely, and I can count on my pleading for help." .”

"I don't think you need to be too anxious," Su Wei shook his head, "It won't be too late for you to talk when Nian Gengyao speaks."

The fourth elder brother curled his lips, looked at Su Wei and said, "Nian Gengyao was recommended by you to me. I recently worked in the South Study Room, so I specially brought him by my side to serve him. Huang Ama is also very optimistic about him. Why are you so wary now?" with him?"

"I'm not guarding against him," Su Wei rubbed himself on the couch, "it's just that this person is easy to be spoiled and arrogant, and he is full of arrogance. Lord, let him accept your affection, so that he can use it in the future smoothly."

"Okay, I'll listen to you," the fourth elder brother pursed his lips and sat down with the corners of his mouth raised.