Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 46 years

At the beginning of February, Prince Yong's Mansion

Early in the morning, Xiao Shuzi was blocked outside the Chuihua Gate by the porter Bao Maocai.

Two steamed buns stuffed with fennel dangled in front of Wu Shulai's eyes.Bao Maocai was also a somewhat clever person, he wandered around outside the East Courtyard for a long time before he set his sights on Xiao Shuzi.A six or seven-year-old doll is still famous for his love of food, so it shouldn't be difficult to find out what he has to say.

Bao Maocai stuffed the bun into Xiaoshuzi's hands, saw him lower his head and took a bite, and then smiled and said, "Eunuch Wu, it's hard to serve in the East Courtyard, isn't it?"

"It's not hard," Xiao Shuzi puffed out his cheeks, chewing and chewing, chewing and chewing...

Bao Maocai waited for a long while, but before he could finish his sentence, he had to lower his head and ask again, "Who usually watches the prince at night? How many days does your master, Eunuch Li, take the wheel?"

"I don't know," Xiao Shuzi hiccupped, his brows furrowed slightly, he lowered his head and took a bite, then continued chewing and chewing, chewing and chewing...

Bao Maocai looked around, pulled the little book to the back of the porch, and said a little anxiously, "How often does Eunuch Su stay on duty at night? Does he live alone behind the small courtyard?"

The little book stopped chewing, and looked up at Bao Maocai. Only then did Bao Maocai notice that he had already eaten a bun in such a short time, "Um, Eunuch Wu, this—"

The little scholar stuffed the remaining bun back to Bao Maocai, and took out the sesame seed cake he was carrying in his arms and put it in Bao Maocai's hand, "This should be your bun, it's stuffed with pork. It’s delicious, but I’m actually not a vegetarian.”

Bao Maocai didn't realize it for a while, and was stunned. The little scholar turned around and wanted to leave, but then he turned back as if thinking of something, "By the way, my master said, you are not allowed to inquire about the affairs around the prince. If you ask today, I will Go back and tell my master."

Bao Maocai was startled, just as he was about to explain, Xiao Shuzi turned around and walked away.

Behind the rocks not far away, a figure flashed out, but it was Xiao Erge who had been in charge of the porter.

Xiao Erge looked at Xiao Shuzi's back, with a round head and a big hat, he looked stupid, but he walked steadily with every step.In a daze, it reminded him of the appearance of that person when he first entered Chengqian Palace with him more than 20 years ago...

Bao Maocai was still holding the steamed stuffed buns and biscuits and froze in place. The February wind blew him cold from head to toe with icy shreds.

"Brother Maocai," Xiao Erge's mouth twitched, and he took a step forward to put Bao Maocai on the shoulder, "Let's find a place to chat..."

Baye Mansion

Seeing that it was noon, Mrs. Mao sent away the eighth Fujin who came to see her and the doctor who checked her pulse, and walked into the house with a little tired hand on his waist.

The maid Rui Zhu held her arm, and complained in her voice, "Young master is already this old, you should be more careful, talk with Fujin every day, don't get tired."

"Fu Jin keeps thinking about the child in my belly, what can I do?" Mrs. Mao slowly sat down on the soft couch, "Now the house is not as usual, and she is not at ease..."

"Then Fujin should be more careful." Rui Zhu squatted on the ottoman and beat Mao's leg, "You are going to give birth in more than a month, she just gave birth, if there is a collision—"

"Shut up, you can say this?" Mao Shi gave Ruizhu a look, and Ruizhu hurriedly lowered her head.

Mao leaned back on the pillow, and gently stroked the protruding belly with one hand, "I only hope that this baby will be a boy, otherwise Fujin will really have a hard time explaining it."

Ruizhu pursed her lips, took two steps forward, and said in a low voice, "My lord, I heard that Lord Baylor invited the one on the west side to be a side Fujin."

"Really?" Mao was taken aback.

Rui Zhu nodded again and again, "Even Mrs. Zhang has received a lot of rewards. It is estimated that Lord Belle is not going to pursue the matter before."

Mao frowned, and after pondering for a moment, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "It might be a good thing for us, the more difficult Fujin's situation is, the more he can use me..."

In the evening, Prince Yong's Mansion

"Bao Maocai..." Su Wei sat in the pavilion in the East Courtyard, frowning and thinking for a long time.

Zhang Qilin secretly rolled his eyes and said, "Don't think about it, he is the steward of the porter in the backyard, working under Xiao Erge's hands."

"That person is really evasive," Zhang Bao continued, "When Xiao Erge asked him, he only said that he wanted to serve him in the East Courtyard, and he wanted to send him to the darkroom later, so he said that he was a nun in the backyard. Let him ask."

"The difficulty is that the nanny is working in the Fujin courtyard," Zhang Qilin said with a bitter face, "I think it's likely that she came here after you."

Su Wei lowered his head, and after a long time of boredom, he said, "I just said that I don't care about the messy things in the house, it's the shopkeeper who threw away his hands and insisted on letting me participate!"

"I'm afraid it's not that simple," Zhang Bao said with a sigh of relief, "For so many years, everyone in the mansion has been used to asking you to solve big and small matters, and Fujin has never really been able to take power. Now that the mansion has a long history, all the people Subordinate officials, even a little rouge and gouache in the backyard are paid from the front yard to the backyard storehouse, how can Fujin be willing?"

"I'm not in charge of the treasury," Su Weihu said with a stern face, "The cashier and Wang Qin are all in charge of the money, and now there is a special treasurer, so I can at most help the master look at the ledger—"

Zhang Bao wanted to say more, but finally swallowed it down.

If this matter is really discussed, Su Wei is indeed wronged. From the third office to the fourth master's mansion, he has never held a position of chief executive. As long as someone can use it, he will definitely shirk it.Only the master forbids him to be lazy, let him read all the account books in the newspaper below, and let him do everything on his behalf.

After so many years, Su Peisheng's reputation is too big.All the slaves only regard him as the most favored eunuch in front of the prince, no matter what his position is, as long as he opens his mouth, he is the one who has the final say.

As a result, in the end, Su Peisheng's laziness was useless in the eyes of the master in the backyard. On the contrary, he surpassed Wang Qin and became the number one person with the most power.In fact, the strangeness came and went because of their master's single-minded love. No matter how they tried to hide this love, many people's eyes caught their eyes.

"Fu Jin doesn't want to cover the warehouse with his hands, and the subordinates can do whatever they want," Zhang Qilin said, "It's just that there must be a charter for being the master. If there is any uncertainty about this matter, the prince should come forward."

Su Wei flattened his mouth, lowered his head and stopped talking...

When the fourth elder brother returned to the palace, their father Su was lying on the bed in large characters.The fourth elder brother changed his clothes, ate snacks, drank tea, and took a bath. Eunuch Su was still in the same position.

"What's the matter?" The fourth elder brother pushed Su Wei inside, "Give me some room, who messed with you? Or is someone in your shop looking for trouble?"

Su Wei ignored him, and stretched his arms and legs to occupy more than half of the bed. The fourth elder brother pushed him, and he kicked him back.

"You are becoming more and more unruly." The fourth elder brother reached in and pinched the flesh on his waist. "When I was young, I used to cover the quilt and pull up the curtains for my grandfather. Now I serve myself every day, and you still throw it at me." face?"

Su Wei snorted, retracted his hands and feet, turned his face to the bed, and closed his eyes.

The fourth elder brother looked at him for a while, but didn't get to the bottom of it. He pulled the quilt over the two of them, got kicked, and laughed secretly.

When he was a child, this man took good care of himself in everything, wishing he could put the quilt on him all night.Now that the relationship between the two is different, it is gradually showing arrogance.He has to sleep in the bed in winter, and sleep outside the bed in summer. When it’s cold, he grabs the quilt and wraps him like a cicada chrysalis. When it’s hot, he kicks him far away.Because of this, Zhang Bao and the others added a thick layer of felt to the footbed under his bed, in case their master would break it when he was kicked out of the bed.

But if you ask yourself, the fourth elder brother likes Su Wei the most willful. Seeing this person sleeping comfortably next to him every night is the most relaxing time for him after a day of intrigue.After all, God was kind to him, if he hadn't met this person, he probably would never have experienced the wonderful feeling of being devoted to him in his whole life.

After a good night's dream, when I woke up early in the morning, Eunuch Su let out Bao Maocai's nonsense.Left, it is impossible for him and Fujin to get along peacefully, even if it is really emptied, they have been estranged for so many years, how can they go back?

The fourth elder brother went to the palace before dawn. After Su Wei cleaned up, he was ready to cut the mess quickly and rush to settle the matter before the fourth elder brother knew about it.

In the palace, there is a dark room at the south corner of the East Road. The servants unconsciously quicken their pace when passing by, because there are always wailing sounds from this room from time to time.

Su Wei pushed open the door of the darkroom, and Zhao Jia's Enchuo came up to welcome him. The eight Haha Beads who accompanied the fourth elder brother to study in Dongsan School in the past, only himself, Namutu and Jiahui stayed with the fourth elder brother.Originally, he was a idler in the Ministry of War, but later the palace assigned subordinate officials. Like Jiahui, he was awarded the title of third-rank first-class guard, and gradually began to specialize in darkroom torture.

"Eunuch Su," En Chuo cupped his hands at Su Wei.

Su Wei bowed his head in return, looked into the cell and asked, "Have any newcomers come in these few days?"

"Yes," En Chuo pointed to a man lying on the haystack and said, "It's a rough handyman who sneaked into the prince's study room while cleaning the main courtyard, and was caught by us when he was looking around. Right."

"Did he confess?" Su Wei stood in front of the iron bars with his hands behind his back.

En Chuo pursed his lips and said, "No, he bit off his tongue, and now it seems that he is about to die."

While the two were talking, the man who had been lying motionless on the haystack suddenly jumped up and rushed towards the fence.

"Eunuch Su!" En Chuo yanked Su Wei, and the man lifted the hem of his robe a little bit, still roaring and clung to it, holding a sharpened straw stick in his other hand, his fierce eyes wished Su Wei was willing to bleed on the spot.

"You are looking for death!" The guard at the side whipped over and hit the man's wrist.

En Chuo frowned, and scolded, "Stop! What if you hurt Eunuch Su?" As he spoke, he pulled Su Wei's robe out of the man's hand, and pulled Su Wei back a few steps.

Su Wei squatted on the ground, looked at the man for a long time, and sighed, "It's a good day, but I have to be some kind of spy. Seeing that you are suffering here, why don't you do me a favor. Turn back to the Qingming Festival , I will also ask someone to burn some road money for you, so that you can cast a good tire in your next life."

Bao Maocai was released by Xiao Erge, and he didn't enter the door of the darkroom, but he was scared to death.Fortunately, he blamed all the crimes on a nanny, and didn't reveal Fujin's intentions at all.Even if they suspect, they have no evidence to dare to accuse the master.

"In the final analysis, no matter how favored Su Peisheng is, he is nothing more than a rootless slave!" Thinking of this, Bao Maocai spat secretly, as long as he gets close to Fujin and the third elder brother, sooner or later, he will These people are all trampled under their feet.

"Guarantee," a servant ran into the row room, "Grandpa Su told all the slaves to go outside the darkroom."

Bao Maocai frowned, thinking what kind of tricks these people were playing, he forced himself to prop up his weak legs, and followed the boy to the south.

Except for the slaves who served the master personally, all the servants of the palace gathered outside the darkroom.

Su Wei and Namutu stood on the steps under the eaves, seeing that the time was almost up, they looked at each other and said, "Today, I and Su Gonggong called everyone here because of the frequent appearance of ulterior motives in the palace recently. "

Two guards lifted the man in front of him out of the darkroom. The man was tied up with his hands and feet, and he was still struggling endlessly. There was a strange roar coming from his throat, and he looked like a mad dog that had gone mad.

Su Wei walked down the steps, pointed at the man, and said, "This man was instructed by someone to enter the palace as a spy. He has been circling around the East Courtyard and trying to figure out various ways to find out about the prince. Although he cut off his tongue and kept There is no confession, but since the prince is involved, I would rather kill three thousand by mistake than let one go!"

The servants onlookers were all pale with fright from the man's scarlet broken tongue. After looking around, Su Wei stood back on the steps and said, "Today, I will set a rule in front of everyone. There are no clairvoyant ears or clairvoyant eyes in the palace! Once you find out , kill him no matter what!"

"Come here," Namutu said, "Three hundred sticks!"

The servants looked at each other for a moment, and the two guards pressed the man onto the bench. The wooden staff for torture was tied with a hemp rope. The hemp rope was not known how long it had been used, and it was dark red.

The [-] sticks were beaten for more than half an hour. Because of the loss of tongue, there was no ear-piercing screams, only hoarse howls, like the claws of wild beasts scraping bloodstains on everyone's heart.

Before reaching a hundred sticks, the man breathed his last, and the sticks continued to beat him. When the two hundred sticks were reached, the lower body of the corpse had turned into an indistinct lump of flesh, and blood and flesh flowed all over the ground with broken bones. Many servants vomited out on the spot.

Xiao Yingzi, who followed Su Wei, kept looking worriedly at his master's expression. Apart from being a little pale, there was nothing unusual about Su Wei's face. It was just that his hands behind his back were tightly clasped together unconsciously. , the nail pierced the skin of the palm, leaving mottled bloodstains, but Su Wei didn't feel it.

Fujin Courtyard

The news kept coming from outside the darkroom. After finishing three hundred rods, the guards in the darkroom took sacks to contain the man's body, and the thick and sturdy handymen carried more than ten buckets of water to wash the stone bricks.

The slaves slowly dispersed after Eunuch Su and the others left. Many of them were helped away, and Bao Maocai was limp in place like rotten meat, and a few servants dragged their clothes and carried them back row house.

Fu Jin leaned on the soft couch, his face was as pale as paper, and layers of sweat oozed from his temples.

Shi Yao pursed the corners of her lips, rubbed her chest on behalf of Fujin very worriedly, shouted back the girl who came to report the letter, and said, "Master, don't worry, what does it have to do with us to deal with a spy in the dark room? It's because that girl is ignorant Son, let me just say that the bloody scenes are scary, let's see how the servants will deal with her later."

Fujin took two deep breaths, patted his chest and said, "Go and see if that Bao Maocai has been discovered, why is he usually so quiet, now is the time to deal with people."

"Master is confused, wouldn't it be more conspicuous for us to send someone at this time?" Shi Yao lightly ignored Fujin's backlash, "That Su Peisheng has always loved to show his power among the slaves, so we don't care about him. Let him fight this Whoever killed that would dare to make trouble in front of the master?"

Fujin breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly leaned against the pillow, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, but his body began to feel cold.

When the fourth elder brother returned to the palace, it was almost evening, but Su Wei was already lying on the bed, falling into a deep sleep.

The fourth elder brother only learned about Bao Maocai from Zhang Bao. He wanted to go straight to the Fujin courtyard after returning, but he didn't want all the slaves in the house to be trembling.Zhang Qilin rushed to report the morning's affairs to the fourth elder brother one by one, the fourth elder brother sighed a long time, turned and entered the East courtyard.

Seeing that the fourth elder brother came back, Xiao Yingzi quickly stood up from the bed and saluted the fourth elder brother.

The fourth elder brother nodded, went to the bed and sat down. Seeing that Su Wei was in a deep sleep, he lowered his voice and said, "Are you scared? Have you asked Ding Qi to come and see?"

"Master said it's not necessary, he'll be fine after a night of sleep," Xiaoyingzi replied with his head down, "I asked the dining room to bring soothing soup, and Master fell asleep after drinking a bowl."

The fourth elder brother nodded, turned around and saw Su Wei's tightly clenched fists, frowned, stretched out his hand and rubbed it away, only to find the scars on his palm.

"Bring the ointment." The fourth elder brother held Su Wei's hand, suddenly feeling exhausted. He wanted to pamper him lawlessly, but in the end, he was the one who wronged him the most.

Su Wei, who was sleeping, only felt a touch of coolness in his fiery palm, and his chest, which had been empty all the time, slowly became more at ease.

The next day, Niu Hulu carried Hongpan all the way into Shiyue's house. Before he could sit still, he stared and said, "Sister, have you heard? Yesterday, when someone was killed outside the darkroom, Eunuch Su called all the officials in the house." The slave is going to see it."

"I know," Shiyue pressed Yingluo in her hand, pursed her lips and said, "It's just a spy, how many days will not die in the darkroom?"

"I don't think it's that simple," Niu Hulu put Hongpan on the couch, "A man died yesterday, and Fujin is sick today, don't you think it's strange?"

Shiyue paused, and turned around to pick up a hydrangea for Hongpan to play with, "What's strange, Fujin's health has not been good all along, and there is blood in the mansion, I think he was shocked."

Niu Hulu pursed her lips, lowered her head and stroked the freshly dyed flower juice on her nails, then lowered her voice and said, "Sister is blindly thinking about people's interests. I saw that when Eunuch Su dealt with that Qian family a year ago, Fujin is not very happy. Now, Eunuch Su is dealing with a spy in such a big way, which frightens Fujin into a sickness. I see, maybe the two are singing in the arena."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Shiyue glanced at Niu Hulu, "Fujin is the master, and Eunuch Su is a slave, how could he sing in the ring? Besides, Eunuch Su has been by the prince's side for so many years, the kind of slap on the nose, The things that bully the master are all done by the slaves without brains."

Niu Hulu blinked, Shiyue bowed her head again and said, "The spy was dealt with outside the darkroom, I heard that Chang Shi and the stewards were there, Mr. Su probably said a few words on behalf of the prince It’s just that he may not be the one leading it.”

"My sister is doing everything for Su Peisheng." Niu Hulu turned around and patted Hongpan, "I'm afraid others won't think so."

Shiyue pursed her lips, sighed softly, "Su Peisheng is a good man, the prince doesn't value him very much. You listen to me, don't get involved in those messy things, it's not good for Hongpan's future future."

Niu Hulu turned around to look at Shiyue, pursed her lips and nodded.

On the bed, Hong Pan kicked his legs and fell asleep with his mouth open...

East courtyard

The fourth elder brother came back early on a rare occasion, but it was Su Wei who spent a day outside and returned to the mansion when it was getting dark. He also brought a bunch of gifts from Mongolia sent by Wang Xiangqing.

"You're really cruel this time," Si elder brother sat on the other side of the soft couch, watching Su Wei happily open the letter.

"Anyway, that man is also a spy, and it won't do him any good if he falls into Enchuo's hands." Su Wei read the letter while chewing on the jerky beef, with a look of comfort in his eyes, "I'm not going to be tough this time, and Fujin's end will be endless." It's over. She is the mistress of the mansion after all, if she finds out something, life in the mansion will not be over."

"What's the matter? You are still afraid of her when you are a master." The fourth elder brother moved closer to Su Wei. Got it, how dare she poke the sky? Even if you don't care about Master, you have to worry about Hong Yun."

"You still know about Gu Ji Hongyun." Su Wei covered the letter to avoid the fourth elder brother, "The child is still so young, it's fine if Ama and Erniang can't be affectionate and loving. When they meet, they will be like enemies. What will the child do in the future?"

"Master's son, if you can't stand up for this, why don't you have to suffer in everything when you grow up?" The fourth elder brother reached out to take the letter in Su Wei's hand.

"What are you doing?" Su Wei put his arms behind his back, "This is a letter someone wrote to me, why are you snatching it? Do you know how to respect people's right to privacy?"

"What right of privacy?" Seeing that he couldn't grab it, the fourth elder brother was furious, "Did that Wang Xiangqing write it? What did he write? You belong to the master, why don't you let the master read it?"

"Who's yours now? This is just an ordinary communication. It's polite not to read other people's letters casually. Do you understand? You didn't let me read all the letters you usually receive," Su Gonggong felt very reasonable. roared back.

"Grandpa, those are big things, and it's dangerous for you to see," the fourth elder brother argued.

"Then it's a big deal for me, and you will be in danger if you see it," Su Wei raised his neck, got off the couch and put on his shoes.

"What danger could it be?" The fourth elder brother wanted to follow, but was pushed by Su Wei.

"I'll bite you!" Su Wei flashed his big white teeth, turned around and ran into the bedroom, and stuffed the letter into a place he thought was safe.

The fourth elder brother sat down on the couch angrily, Zhang Bao rushed into the room at this time, leaned over to the fourth elder brother and said, "Master, Mr. Zhang has sent a message that Zhen Guo Gong Jingxi will join the infantry commander and entrust him Qi, Shangshu Qi Shiwu, Geng E, etc. during the mourning period of Anjun Wang Maerhun had many banquets at the Dutong Eshan's house, and they accepted bribes from courtiers, hired people by the left and right, and were greedy and lawless."

The fourth elder brother raised his eyebrows, his face calmed down, and he lowered his head and said, "Old Ba can't just do this, Huang Ama's place, it's probably going to change again..."