Dressed as Su Peisheng

Constance 44

October, Qianqing Palace

Lord Kangxi dismissed the early court again due to his physical discomfort, and then summoned the princes to meet him in the inner hall of Qianqing Palace.

The third elder brother and the fourth elder brother walked together, and said in a soft voice, "I heard that Huang Ama delivered an order yesterday evening to remove Lao Ba as the head of the House of Internal Affairs. The fourth brother's residence is so close to Lao Ba , have you heard any wind?"

"The ceremonial guard of honor passed by my house, but I know the same as the third brother." The fourth elder brother lowered his head and straightened his cuffs, "Huang Ama summoned us today, she must have something to do with Yinhu The third brother wants to inquire about the news, just ask directly in a while."

Fifth Belle Yinqi heard the words and walked behind the fourth elder brother and said, "Fourth elder brother, is it possible that the eighth brother was punished by Huang Ama this time because of that Zhang Mingde?"

The fourth elder brother shook his head, "I don't know too well, that Zhang Mingde is just a face-to-face, and he was handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for investigation. What can we find out? Maybe, Huang Ama was just angry for a while."

The third elder brother raised the corners of his mouth, looked at the fifth elder brother and said, "Didn't Yinqi always stay in the inner room and stay away from court battles? Why is he concerned about Lao Ba today? You are a good old man. Don't talk nonsense for a while, we don't know why the old eight was scolded by Huang Ama."

"What the third brother said is," Yin Qi smiled honestly, "I don't like to participate in those messy things, but this time it has something to do with our brother, and my brother also wants to know in advance."

The fourth elder brother pursed his lips and didn't speak any more. The little eunuch who went to report came out following Liang Jiugong.

"Brothers, come in with our house," Liang Jiugong bent over, raising his whisk to lead the way.

The ninth brother and the fourteenth brother walked last, and said in a low voice, "The tenth brother didn't come today, so the matter of pleading for the eighth brother falls on the two of us."

Yinti looked at Brother Nine, then raised his head to look at the figures in front of him, feeling a little hesitant.

Yinzhen frowned slightly, patted Yinzhen and said, "I know, you have lumps in your heart because of the fourth brother's matter. But you also have to think about how the starling treats us usually. What's the fun, okay? Why don't you bring us a copy? At the beginning, when you quarreled with the fourth brother, it was the starling who accompanied you every day to relax, hunt with you, and relieve your boredom. Now that the starling is down and out, you can't keep silent Bar?"

"I—" Yinti frowned, before he could speak, a group of people had already entered the inner hall of Qianqing Palace.

Lord Kangxi was sitting on the dragon couch, not in good spirits. After the princes saluted and greeted him, they respectfully stood aside.

Lord Kangxi took a sip of the hot tea delivered by Liang Jiugong, and glanced at the princes with slightly squinted eyes, "At the beginning, when I detained the prince in the palace, I made it clear that the reserve position is related to Guo Zuo, and you should not move lightly. In the meantime, someone who tried to seize the crown prince, that is, a great thief of the country, would not be tolerated by the law! After returning to Beijing, Yinzhen repeatedly praised Yinhu as a benevolent and virtuous person, and even bandits like Zhang Mingde said that he was destined to be a great noble. To entrust Yinhu with a heavy responsibility, in order for him to handle Ling Pu's case well, he is specially appointed as the head of the House of Internal Affairs. Ling Pu is greedy for the rich, everyone knows it, but all the staff and subordinates have repeatedly bullied me, they should be executed!"

The third elder brother slightly pursed the corners of his lips, and glanced at the fourth elder brother beside him.

Lord Kangxi put the tea bowl on the tea table, swept the hem of the robe with one hand, and said in a more dignified voice, "However, with my trust, Yinhu has made a false name everywhere. With my will, forgive those who have done great crimes, and all credit will be attributed to Everyone calls him himself. This is another crown prince."

Ninth elder brother bit his lip, turned around and glanced at fourteenth elder brother, then lowered his head again.

Lord Kangxi coughed lightly, and stood up with the edge of the couch, "As the saying goes, in the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, if a minister has no general, the general must be punished! Is the crown prince someone who can be spied on by everyone? Yinhu I am well aware of the traitorous traits and arrogance of ambition! His party members have long been married, with the intention of murdering Yinfeng and vying for the reserve position. Now all of this has been exposed, and Yinyu will be locked up and handed over to the Discussion Office for trial. !"

Yinzhen's body tightened, and he looked back at Yinzhen and said, "If you and I don't speak now, when will we wait?"

Yinti clenched his fist in one hand, stepped forward and said, "Huang Ama, the starling has absolutely no intention of harming the crown prince or seeking to seize the throne, and my ministers are willing to vouch for the starling!"

The fourth elder brother was taken aback for a moment, and looked at the fourteenth elder brother in disbelief.

Yinzhen then came out, knelt down in front of Lord Kangxi and said, "Please be enlightened by Huang Ama, the starling has always kept his duty and did not dare to go too far. What Huang Ama said today is really exaggerated!"

"Bastard," Master Kangxi scolded angrily, "you two jumped out in a hurry, are you hoping that he will become the crown prince, ascend to the throne in the future, and make you a prince?"

"Huang Ama," the fourth elder brother stepped forward to support Lord Kangxi, turned his head to stare at Yinti and said, "Since ancient times, there has been no joke. Since Huang Ama reprimanded me, we should introspect and encourage ourselves. What is Yinhu doing? , everyone can see, when will it be your turn to make a statement? You have angered the emperor so much, why don’t you immediately kowtow to plead guilty?”

"Fourth brother," Yinzhen straightened his body, blocking the sight of the fourth elder brother, "brother knows that you have some personal grievances with mynah, and mynah is particularly regretful. It was only because I misunderstood several sacred teachings of Huang Ama in the palace that I fell into a rut." Today's situation. But in the final analysis, Ling Pu has committed a heinous crime and has lost his head. The fourth brother lost his son, and the pain went to the bone marrow, and the younger brothers are also very sorry. However, the murderer has been executed, and the starling and the fourth brother are blood and flesh. Now the starling is suffering. , the younger brothers want to say a few words for him, can the fourth brother not tolerate it?"

"You—" the fourth elder brother didn't say anything, Yinti cupped his hands from the side and said, "Please calm down the anger of Huang Ama, my ministers and others have no intention of confronting Huang Ama. It's just that I usually have good friends with myna and understand deeply. Myna is definitely not A treacherous and cunning generation. Right now, the mynah has angered Huang Ama, and Huang Ama is so angry that it is unavoidable to be unfair. The sons and ministers have to argue for the mynah because of brotherhood, please learn from Huang Ama!"

"Brotherhood..." Master Kangxi sneered, pushed the fourth elder brother's hand away, and took two steps forward, "In my opinion, you want to learn from Liang Shanbo and gain a reputation as a hero, but in fact you want to kill him." Rebellion, right?"

"I don't dare," Yinzhen slammed his head on the ground, "I have been taught by Huang Ama since childhood, and I know the etiquette of emperors and ministers well. The reason why I dare to remonstrate today is because Huang Ama has always attached importance to the relationship between father and son and treats the elder brother with respect." The second elder brother and the second elder brother are very lenient. Even if the starling is wrong, he will not be locked up and imprisoned. If Huang Ama really orders it, how will the starling deal with himself in the future?"

"Stop talking nonsense," Lord Kangxi interrupted Brother Jiu, "I have made up my mind, Yinhu must pay the price for what he has done."

Hearing this, Yinti was furious for a moment, got up suddenly and said, "Huang Ama's handling of things is unfair! Back then, the second brother's crimes should be punished according to the imperial sermons! For so many years, the elder brother has been fighting against the crown prince everywhere, and everyone has the heart to win the heir. I know! Why did the two of them offend Long Yan several times, but they are still safe and sound, and the starling is only confused for a while, but he will end up in custody?"

"Yinti, shut up!" The fourth elder brother scolded angrily, and Master Kangxi's face turned pale.

The fourteenth elder brother glanced at the fourth elder brother, puffed up his chest and said, "I know that I have committed a big mistake today. Presumably in Huang Ama's heart, my son is not as noble as the elder brother and the second elder brother. Huang Ama thought No matter how the punishment is, I will accept it willingly. However, if Huang Ama wants to lock up the starling without any reason, I can only ask for advice with death!"

"Presumptuous!" Master Kangxi instantly pulled out the dagger from his waist and pointed it at Yinti, "If you want to die, I will help you!"

"Huang Ama!" Yinqi, who was standing behind Lord Kangxi, fell to the ground in a panic, and hugged Kangxi's leg, "Huang Ama, Fourteen was impulsive, please spare his life! "

The fourth elder brother took a step forward and held Lord Kangxi's wrist, "Huang Ama calm down, Yinti is ignorant, please forgive him."

Seeing this, the other princes knelt down one after another and said, "Please calm down, Huang Ama, and spare Yinti's life!"

"Yinti, why don't you kneel down and apologize!" The fourth elder brother turned his head and stared at the fourteenth elder brother, his canthus tearing apart, "You only care about your brotherhood, but you don't care about human relations and filial piety at all? If you get sick from anger, you have a few heads to take care of!"

The dagger that was shining with blue light was still pointing at the tip of Yinti's nose, but the resentment just now turned into a slight chill, and the cold sweat running down the spine soaked the inner garment.

Nine Elder Brother Yinzhen, who had always been eloquent, was also flustered now, his forehead was on the ground, and he didn't dare to say another word.

"My son is guilty, please Huang Ama calm down," Yinti's knees softened, and he knocked directly to the ground.

Master Kangxi took a deep breath before slowly putting down the dagger, and the fourth elder brother knelt down along with it and stopped talking.

The room was silent for a while, the air stagnated in one place, and it became difficult to breathe.

Lord Kangxi stood for a long time, then slowly shifted his steps, and sat back on the couch, "Yinyu is so bold that he has colluded with Yinhu more. I see that Concubine De has worked hard for many years and pleaded with the princes, please forgive me." One life. Yinzhen—”

"My son is here," the fourth elder brother hurriedly bowed his head.

Master Kangxi breathed out, his voice was cold, "Yinti will be handed over to you, the staff will be responsible for twenty, and he will be restrained to think about his mistakes! Without my will, he is not allowed to do what elder brother did!"

"Yes," the fourth elder brother breathed a sigh of relief, leaning over to accept the order.

Siyefu

Seeing that it was noon, Zhang Qilin was wandering around in front of the study door in the main courtyard, his greasy braid was caught in a mess.

"Eunuch Zhang," the servant guarding the door stepped into the door.

Zhang Qilin immediately widened his eyes and said, "Master Baylor is back?"

"Not yet," the servant shook his head, "Eunuch Su entered the study earlier, and the servants wanted to ask, do you need to clean it again before Lord Baylor comes back?"

"Clean what? No, no," Zhang Qilin pushed and squeezed the servant out of the room, turned his head to look at the white paper spread out on the desk, and suddenly felt that life was hopeless.

The sun was slanting to the west, and it was already evening when the fourth elder brother's carriage drove to the gate of the mansion.Zhang Bao, who followed the fourth elder brother, watched the fourteenth elder brother being tortured with a cane, and also knew the major events that happened in Qianqing Palace today. His heart was hanging in the air, and he couldn't let it go.

The fourth elder brother didn't say a word along the way, and went straight to the main courtyard after entering the mansion gate.

Zhang Qilin, who was circling in the long corridor, suddenly saw the fourth elder brother entering the door, and immediately looked like a ghost, plopped down on his knees, and winked at Zhang Bao desperately.

Zhang Bao glared at him, and followed the fourth elder brother into the study.

After a while, there was a roar in the study, "Zhang Qilin!"

Eunuch Zhang scrambled into the study, knelt down in the middle of the room, and greeted that stinky father-in-law who walked away tens of thousands of times in his heart.

The fourth elder brother held up Su Wei's masterpiece, frowned, panted for a long time and asked, "When did he come back?"

Zhang Qilin swallowed dryly, lowered his head and said, "Shortly after the master left, Eunuch Su came back."

"Where's the person now?" Fourth elder brother narrowed his eyes.

Zhang Qilin shrank his shoulders, closed his eyes resignedly, and said, "Go back to Zhuangzi, and leave before Chenshi."

The fourth elder brother pursed the corners of his lips, and the hand holding the turtle picture shook again and again, "He came back just to draw a turtle for the master?"

"Uh, no, of course not," Zhang Qilin said with the corners of his mouth cracked, "Eunuch Su asked a lot about his master, ranging from the situation in the court to China, as small as food, clothing, housing and transportation. Eunuch Su was very concerned about it. Tell the servants to serve the master well."

"Really?" Brother Si leaned back in the chair, and the muscles that had been stiff for a day finally relaxed a little, "That's all, nothing else?"

"Eh..." Zhang Qilin scratched the back of his head, raised his head slightly, observed the expression of the fourth elder brother, and said, "Grandpa Su asked the slave to carry the master behind his back, and tell the fourteenth master about Liangxiang Zhuangzi."

The fourth elder brother's face froze, and his eyes gradually turned cold when he looked at the picture of the turtle.

Zhang Qilin was a little surprised, turned his head to look at Zhang Bao, Zhang Bao shook his head slowly.

"Go to Liangzhuang tomorrow and tell Su Peisheng." The fourth elder brother folded up the picture of the turtle and stuffed it into a book. "Don't worry about Yinti again."

"Here," Zhang Qilin looked at Zhang Bao again, wondering why the fourth elder brother's attitude suddenly became so tough, "Master, the Fourteenth Master still cares about you, when Prince Honghui left—"

"Okay," the fourth elder brother's voice sank, interrupting Zhang Qilin's words, "This is the end of Yinti's matter, let Su Peisheng stay in the Zhuangzi safely, and don't let Master worry anymore."