Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 46 years

November 22, Baye Mansion

Jiayi took two nurses, and carried the infants, Gege and Elder Brother, into Eighth Elder Brother's study.

"My concubine pays my respects to my lord," Jiayi blessed her, and motioned to the two nannies to bring the baby up to Brother Ba, "Lord Belle always runs to Changchun Garden recently, and doesn't have much time to spend with the children." Today, my concubine heard that Lord Belle came back a little earlier, so she hurriedly asked the nanny to bring the children over. Lord, don’t think that they are young and ignorant. They have been away from Ama for a long time, and they know how to miss them.”

The eighth elder brother smiled when he heard the words, stretched out his hand to pinch little Gege's face, and took the little elder brother with his fingers in his hands from the nanny, "It's been hard for you these days, I see that the two children are growing up healthy and healthy." , I feel very comforted. Fujin's head is constantly suffering from serious and minor illnesses, so you should be more tolerant."

"What are you talking about, it's my duty to serve Fujin," Jiayi stepped forward and wiped Xiao Gege's mouth with a handkerchief, "By the way, I have something to ask Master Belle Our little elder brother has already been given the name Hongwang by the Holy Spirit, but little Gege doesn't have a serious boudoir name yet. Fujin is sick at the other end, Lord Belle will see if he goes to the palace and asks the queen mother, noble concubine or good concubine to give it to her. Gege give me a name?"

"This, it's my negligence." The eighth elder brother glanced at the red-faced eldest daughter, "It happens that the queen mother is raising her in the Changchun Garden, and tomorrow my father will go to see the queen mother."

"Master Baylor, Master He Zhuo is asking to see you," the servant reported outside the door.

Hearing the words, Jiayi quickly asked the nanny to hug Hongwang, and leaned over to the eighth elder brother, "It's not good to delay Lord Baylor's business, I will leave first."

The eighth elder brother curled up his mouth and nodded, then raised his hand and told the eunuch, "Xiao Rongzi, send Fang Fujin back. Then send the two boxes of beads that Master got recently to Fang Fujin."

When He Zhuo stepped into the study, Ulanara had already left the corner door, and Xiao Rongzi was following behind step by step, holding two brocade boxes.

"See Lord Baylor for your humble position," He Zhuo went into the inner room and bowed to the eighth elder brother.

"Sir, please get up," Eighth Brother served tea, calling He Zhuo to sit at the tea table.

"Master Baylor, there is news from Jiangnan," He Zhuo handed the envelope in his sleeve to the eighth prince, "This time the Jiangnan scientific research case, the prince really wants to get involved again. The letter said that the governor of Liangjiang who was ordered to investigate Ga Li is against Zhang Boxing, the governor of Jiangsu, and Zhang Boxing is a hard rock that will not be false. Good friends, and he was a student of Wang Hongxu, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of War."

"Is he a disciple of Mr. Wang?" The eighth elder brother frowned, "I really didn't expect the second elder brother to drill such a hole in the side door. At the beginning, I had a group of officials to protect the government and attract Huang Ama It's a taboo, Mr. Wang was implicated and dismissed from office because of this. Over the past few years, Mr. Wang has been walking behind the scenes for me. He has a wide range of disciples and has more or less influence in the court. I didn't expect to attract the attention of my second brother again. Now it seems that he wants to use that layer of connections to drag me into the vortex of corruption in the examination room and the Nanshan case."

"Master Baylor, we have to guard against this matter," He Zhuo said in a low voice, "Zhang Boxing's relationship with Mr. Wang is unusual, and it is easy to implicate Lord Baylor. Moreover, as far as I know, although this Zhang Boxing has always been Incorruptible, but stubborn, he often has harsh actions to enrich the people, which offended many people in the local area. In addition, when Nanshan Ji was published in Suzhou, it was the most famous, and I am afraid that people who care about it will make a big fuss about it. The low position and Dai Mingshi The relationship has not yet been clarified, and the emperor has not completely closed the case of Nanshanji, I am really afraid that the crown prince will repeat the old tricks and put these two cases on the head of Lord Baylor."

"I understand Mr.'s worries. Please rest assured, Mr. Yinhu will not sit still," Eighth Prince pursed his lips, and turned the letter paper to the last one. His frowning brows froze suddenly, and he raised his head to look at He Zhuo and said, "Fourth Brother went to Songjiang mansion? Didn’t he think about his mistakes behind closed doors in the mansion?”

"The humble officer was also very surprised when he saw this news," He Zhuo lowered his head and said, "I thought Enke made a mistake this time, and he could kill Prince Yong with confidence, but I didn't expect the emperor to have other plans for him. As for Yong We don’t know exactly what the prince is going to do, but according to reports from spies, Suzhou Weaving Li Xu and Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang Liang Nai have been accompanying Prince Yong in the Taicang Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture.”

"Taicang Prefecture, Songjiang Mansion..." Eighth Prince stood up and paced slowly in the house, "Aside from the case of accepting bribes in the examination room in Jiangnan, the rest is—come here! Please come over to the mansion!"

"Master Baylor?" He Zhuo stood up in surprise.

The corner of the eighth elder brother's mouth twitched into a sneer, "Sir, have you forgotten the repeated actions of Qi Shiwu and others in the south of the Yangtze River? What about Dai Nanshan, Zhang Boxing, and Wang Hongxu! Now unless the Nine Heavens Buddha descends to earth, no one will be able to save the Lord of the East Palace. "

In the morning, Prince Yong's Mansion

Sitting at the dining table were the restless Fourth Prince and the drowsy Grand Duke Su.After serving the porridge for the fourth elder brother, Xiao Yingzi wrapped a bag around his master's chest so that he would not muddle up the clothes he just put on again.

The fourth elder brother didn't swallow a mouthful of porridge, and choked for a long time with a smile, "What's the matter? I've been so sleepy since I've been with you all day long?"

"Get up early?" Su Wei squinted his eyes and stared at the fourth elder brother vigorously, "I obviously didn't sleep all night, and I was woken up by you shortly after I closed my eyes. Look outside, it's not even dawn yet!"

"I can't do anything about it, we have to get to Changchun Garden earlier," the fourth elder brother looked at Su Wei with a funny face and pulled the bib off Xiaoyingzi's body, "After all, the master is now wearing a sinful body, Huang Ama If you don't want to think about your mistakes behind closed doors, you must go to pay your respects earlier to show your sincerity."

"Please be safe, please be safe, why are you dragging me?" Eunuch Su, full of anger for getting up, messed up a bowl of egg custard, "I don't care, I want to go back to sleep, you go by yourself!"

"I'll let you sleep when I get in the car," the fourth elder brother finished a bowl of porridge, then ate half a plate of bamboo shoots with Su Gonggong's egg custard and rice, "It just so happens that the Yuanmingyuan is almost in order, and I'm thinking about taking you here. Stay there for a few days, and we will come back after the Laba Festival."

Su Wei pursed his lips, and while he was talking, Zhang Bao stepped into the door, bowed to the fourth elder brother and said, "My lord, Mr. Nian has sent a letter."

In the study, Su Wei stretched his neck, looking at the letter in the fourth elder brother's hand.Nian Gengyao has always been proud, and there is a hint of arrogance in every sentence.But I have to say that their errands are really beautiful.

The fourth elder brother finished reading Nian Gengyao's handwriting, and handed the letter to Grandpa Su who was rubbing his neck.

Su Wei took the letter paper unceremoniously, and read it up and down, "This Nian Gengyao is too courageous, he will not be afraid of E Hai's impulsiveness and chop him off."

The fourth elder brother chuckled, turned around and sat behind the desk, "Knowing yourself and the enemy can win every battle. Nian Gengyao has been in Sichuan for a long time. He probably knows the characters of E Hai and Qi Shiwu thoroughly. Since he dares to Breaking into the governor's mansion alone is bound to bring a [-]% certainty."

"There's no such thing as ten to ten in this world." Su Wei put the letter paper aside, "Nian Gengyao is just too complacent, his eyes are higher than the top, and he doesn't pay attention to anyone. This night walk If there are too many, there will always be ghosts, and I don’t know when he will learn the lesson.”

The fourth elder brother raised his eyebrows, and slowly leaned back on the chair, "I would rather he never learn a lesson..."

Hall of Nine Classics and Three Things

In front of the steps, the fourth elder brother left behind Grandpa Su who was chatting with others, and walked into the hall by himself.After walking a few steps, the third elder brother, Prince Cheng, caught up.

"Fourth brother has lost a lot of weight in the past few days." Prince Cheng wrapped his fur jacket and looked at fourth elder brother up and down. In what year did you not have Wanwanhuan?"

The fourth elder brother glanced back at the third elder brother, with a calm expression, "Let the third elder brother worry about it. Since the third elder brother is so familiar with the inside information of the examination room, he should have stretched out his hand more. Maybe Huang Ama doesn't have to worry so much today. .”

Prince Cheng's face turned cold for a moment, before he could speak, the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang came to meet him, "Third brother, fourth brother."

Prince Cheng nodded and walked towards the entrance of the hall. Yinxiang leaned against the fourth elder brother and said in a low voice, "My brother just heard that Tuo Heqi was seriously ill and asked for leave. Huang Ama ordered that the first-class guard Long Ke Mostly involved in the post of commander of the infantry temporarily."

The fourth elder brother paused for a moment, then nodded slightly, "Seldom go to the second elder brother's place these few days, and don't communicate with the court ministers."

"Yes," Yinxiang didn't ask any more questions, and accompanied the fourth elder brother into the Hall of Nine Classics and Three Things.

In the evening, no Yizhai

"Your Highness," De Lin, who was dressed in night clothes, knelt at the prince's feet, "Your Highness, it's urgent, you should go with this servant. If you leave the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. There are other adults here. If His Highness delays like this, I'm afraid the sheep will fall into the tiger's mouth."

"Let's go?" Yinfeng looked at the shadows outside the window, "Where do you think you can go now? I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at the Wuyi Zhai in this hall. Don't look at the ease and peace in Changchun Garden." , in fact, it is no different from the Forbidden City that eats people but does not spit out bones."

"Your Highness—"

De Lin wanted to persuade him again, but was interrupted by a series of footsteps outside the door.

"Long Kodo, the humble official, greets His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Get up," the prince turned and sat on the grand teacher's chair, picked up a bowl of tea and said with a chuckle, "I haven't congratulated my little uncle yet, the position of the admiral of the nine schools is very important."

"The humble position is frightening," Longkodo said with his head down, "Master Tuoheqi has an emergency, and the humble position is also a temporary assignment. He does not seek merit but only seeks to be innocent."

"Oh?" The prince raised his eyebrows, lowered his head and took a sip of his tea, "Then, what is your purpose for coming today?"

"Reporting to Your Highness," Long Kedo withdrew his expression, and said in a low voice, "De Lin, the commander of Yuqing Palace's guards, is suspected of forming a party and colluding with traitors. His humble position is here to arrest him."

On the railing on the moon, two young eunuchs sent Su Wei back to Cheng Luxuan with lanterns.

Since he hadn't shown up for a long time, several father-in-laws specially invited Su Wei to have dinner in the small courtyard. Liu Baoqing, who was in charge of the respect room, was also invited, and Su Wei did not refuse.

After all, Changchun Garden is not an imperial palace, the rules of the world have been loosened a lot, a few people have no errands, and secretly had a few drinks.Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Liu Baoqing blocked everyone's persuasion to drink, and asked two young eunuchs to send Su Wei back to the fourth elder brother's residence - Cheng Luxuan.

Before he took a few steps, a group of guards came towards him, and a man in black was tied up among the guards.

"Yo, so it's Master Tong," Su Wei retreated to the side of the road, and leaned over Longkodo.

"Grandpa Su," Longkodo stopped, and looked back and forth with great interest, "Why isn't Grandpa Su serving by the prince's side?"

"Oh, it's the lord who sent the servants out to do something," Grandpa Su, who lied and didn't write drafts, bowed his head without blushing, and the calves of the two little eunuchs behind him were trembling.

"It's so late, I didn't expect to meet Lord Tong." Su Wei glanced at the man in black, "I just heard today that my lord will replace the admiral of the Nine Gates and temporarily take the position of commander of the infantry. Can you Being so appreciated by the Holy One, even my prince is happy for you."

"Thank you, my lord, and please convey it to my father-in-law." Long Kedo bowed his head and cupped his hands, and finally said with a sense of self-deprecation, "It's a burden to bear as much as you get, and the position of commander of the infantry is not easy. If it weren't for the help of Fourteenth Master in Beijing, I would really be at my wits end."

Su Wei's expression paused, Long Kedo's words were obviously intended for him, and he didn't expect the Fourteenth Lord to join in so early.Su Wei's heart, which was originally hot from the wine, suddenly cooled down.

After saying goodbye to Longkodo, Su Wei was a little absent-minded. If it wasn't for the two little eunuchs leading him, he would have turned into the pond in a while.

"Eunuch Su, be careful where you step," a young eunuch couldn't stand it any longer, and stepped forward to remind him, "It's been frosty these days and the road is very slippery, so be careful not to fall."

Su Wei nodded in a daze, not sure if it was because of the alcohol or because he was too disturbed, the reminders from the little eunuchs were like flies circling the dining table, messy and disturbing.

"Eunuch Su, Eunuch Su—"

"What are you doing?" Su Wei raised his head impatiently, his wide eyes were slightly bloodshot.

The young eunuch at the head was a little aggrieved. After pursing his lips, he stepped aside and said, "Eunuch Su, the prince is here!"

Grand Duke Su, who seemed half drunk and half awake, was brought back to Wuyi Zhai by Prince Yong himself.The two young eunuchs who gave it away really broke into a cold sweat for this legendary father-in-law.

In the bedroom, the fourth elder brother took off the boots of the man paralyzed on the bed.Su Wei covered his eyes with one hand, pillowed on the quilt, and didn't want to move.

The fourth elder brother sat by the bed and watched him for a while, then said softly, "Why do you have such a big obsession with the relationship between Master and Yinti?"

Su Wei was silent for a while, then slowly lowered his arms, and looked at the fourth elder brother with misty eyes for a long time, "You have never been loved by your father or mother since you were a child, and it was not easy for you to have a direct relative, the sixth elder brother, who was close to you, but in the end you were not loved by your father." Passed away from illness. I know, we can't count on the concubine Defei, so we have to pin all our hopes on the Fourteenth Master. People come and go, times change, I always think that no matter what, I have to leave a kiss for you Brother. People live a lifetime, family, friendship, love, whichever is missing, is a huge shortcoming, isn't it? I don't want you to have any shortcomings. Although you have lacked a lot because of me, I still hope that you will When I'm old, I won't regret it, I won't feel guilty—"

Before Su Wei finished speaking, he was stuffed back into the stomach by the leaning Si Age.

After the lips and teeth blended, the fourth elder brother raised his head, looked at the man's reddish face, and said in a low voice, "It is the greatest perfection for me to have you in my life. If you don't want me to have any regrets, you will never Never leave me. When you are by my side, I am a person of flesh and blood. If you are not by my side, I am a walking dead. Without a soul, what is the use of family and friendship?"

Su Wei pursed his lips, stretched out his hand to push the fourth elder brother away, and slowly closed his eyes.

The fourth elder brother stared at him for a while, then called out twice tentatively, "Xiaowei? Xiaowei..."

A familiar snoring sound came intermittently into the eardrums, and the fourth elder brother reached out to touch the man's hot face, and then gritted his teeth to confirm that their grandpa Su really drank too much.

the next day, early morning

The voices of people gradually came from the streets of the capital. Before the hawkers who were busy opening shops and setting up stalls started their work, groups of guards hurried past.

"What's going on here? I've met several guards along the way."

"I don't know, is it because the capital is starting to have assassins again?"

"Let's finish work early today, so as not to suffer disaster."

Next to the street where there were many discussions, there was a stream of heat from a teahouse.

"Master Fourteen," Xiao Yongzao got out of the carriage, went into the teahouse and cupped his hands at Elder Fourteen, "The mansions of Geng E and Qi Shiwu have all been surrounded. In addition, I have sent Xiaoqiying to send all the adults there I went to Changchun Garden."

"Well, well done," the fourteenth elder brother pushed the tea bowl in front of him to Xiao Yongzao, "You know I don't like tea, but unfortunately I can't drink now. Huang Ama urgently summoned all the ministers to discuss matters. My duty is to You have to take good care of the courtiers' families."

Xiao Yongzao bent the corners of his lips, lowered his head, and drank the tea bowl pushed by the fourteenth elder brother in one gulp.