Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 47 years

September [-]th, Chengqian Palace

The voices of people outside the palace wall gradually faded away, and the imperial concubine Tong Jiashi, Yi Concubine, De Concubine, and Concubine Rong gathered in the side hall to drink tea and rest.

"This man, the world is really impermanent." Yi Fei gently shook the round fan, and pressed her eyebrows with one hand, "It seems that yesterday he was playing tricks with us, but he disappeared in a blink of an eye today."

"Concubine Liang has been in poor health." Tong Jia put down the tea bowl and sighed softly, "But I didn't expect to die so suddenly. The imperial physician originally said that she could survive until the end of the year. It's rare that the eighth elder brother is filial. I don’t even want to drink rice soup for days. I think Concubine Liang has a spirit in heaven, so I feel comforted to some extent.”

Concubine Yi chuckled, and glanced at Concubine De, who was drinking tea with her head down, but she heard Concubine Rong say from the side, "It's better to be joyful in life than to mourn and cry after death. Babeile rarely enters the palace, and Bafujin is like that The way her eyes are higher than the top. Poor Concubine Liang, she is seriously ill on the couch, and she didn't see her son for the last time."

"It's also because there were many things in the previous dynasty," Tong Jiashi answered indifferently, "Although the funeral ceremony of the concubine Liang is compared to that of the concubine Ping, it seems that the emperor intends to come to the funeral ceremony in person to express condolences, and the sacrificial offerings are prepared in person. It’s better to prepare first.”

"The noble concubine is talking about that." Concubine De pinched the handkerchief to cover her lips, "Just let the Ministry of Rituals prepare for the small sacrifice, but at the Baohua Hall, do you want to arrange a few more rituals? Concubine Liang didn't leave in the middle of the night." Yes, phlegm choked my throat, my face was bruised, and the maids who served me were slack, and I only found out at dawn. Even though he died of illness, it is more or less taboo."

Tong Jia closed her eyes, and nodded lightly, "There are a lot of people in the palace, so it would be better to arrange a few more rituals. However, in the Qing Palace, it is better not to make any alarms, so as not to worry too much , damaging the dragon body."

"This Concubine Liang is a bit more respectable after her death." Concubine Yi lowered her head and fiddled with the armor on her hand. "Speaking of which, Concubine Liang is able to be here today thanks to Concubine Hui's support. Why is this big day for the funeral? Don't see her come to see you off?"

"Concubine Hui hasn't been feeling well these days," Concubine Rong coughed lightly, "The number of times I announce the Imperial Physician on weekdays is actually more than my medicine jar."

Prince Yong's Mansion

Today is the day when Concubine Liang's Zigong was moved from the palace to the funeral palace, Sifu Jin also entered the palace early to see her off, and returned to the palace around noon.

Just as Su Wei was about to go out, he happened to meet Fujin who had just got off the carriage, and hurriedly lowered himself to salute, "Slave Su Peisheng pays respects to Fujin."

Fujin stopped in his tracks, and took a deep look at Su Wei, "Where is Mr. Su going?"

"It's a small problem with a few shops in Beijing," Su Wei lowered his head, "I was ordered to take a look."

Fujin nodded, turned around and walked into the gate of the mansion.Su Wei got into the carriage quickly and left in a hurry.

Shi Yao turned her head to look at the gate, lowered her voice and said to Fu Jin, "I heard that there are several shops under Mr. Su's hands, and they usually don't pay the public account. I don't know if it's the prince's private property, or this Su Peisheng is doing it for himself. add the head."

Fujin frowned when he heard the words, and shook his head lightly after a while, "He waits in the East courtyard every day, if his hands and feet are really dirty, how can the prince not know?"

Shi Yao pursed her lips, and said somewhat unwillingly, "Su Peisheng has been with the prince for so many years, and he can enter and exit the treasury at will. The gold and silver mountains are in front of him, and the slaves don't believe it. He really can do nothing."

Fujin frowned slightly, pondered for a moment and said, "Does Su Peisheng have any family members? I know that Zhang Bao and Zhang Qilin sent money home every month. Why don't you see any movement from Su Peisheng?"

"Well," Shi Yao thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I really didn't hear that Eunuch Su has any family members. When we were at elder brother's office, we didn't see Eunuch Su go home with a sign."

Fujin lowered his head, pinched the handkerchief to cover the corners of his lips, "Ask someone to check in the respect room, the palace people must know their origins, even if both parents die, there will always be some cousins..."

Shi Yao rolled her eyes, leaned over and saluted, "Your servant understands."

Ji Sheng Tang

The small courtyard behind the shop was very lively. Taking advantage of the good weather, the guys shook out the backlog of leather in the warehouse to dry. Occasionally, there were long-haired insects, so they picked them up and threw them aside.

Su Wei sat under the tree, his fair face getting darker and darker.

Seeing this, Wang Xiangqing comforted him, "Don't worry too much, brother Su. You can make money or lose money in business. This time the other party deliberately lowered the price because we were not prepared. The capital is not a small place, and the weather is getting colder. The other party wants to It is really not a good idea to rely on the quantity of goods to control the price all the time. As long as we get through this period, the price of leather materials will naturally rise.”

"I'm not worried about these leathers," Su Wei said with a gloomy face. "This day and the company has not long been established in the capital, but its ambitions are not small. Just lowered the price of leather materials, and put more effort into spices. Ming knows to compete with Jishengtang. I am afraid that he will take advantage of this opportunity to lower prices and snatch all the shops that we cooperate with. Originally, business in the capital is not easy to do. Jishengtang has been in business for several years, and it is not easy. Stable customers, how much work will be wasted if Tianhe Company joins in."

Wang Xiangqing nodded, her thick eyebrows furrowed tightly.

At this moment, the shopkeeper, Du Hong, led the two face-faced men into the backyard. When he saw Su Wei, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, the rich man, the Shu brocade we customized in Jiangnan has arrived!"

"Really?" Su Wei immediately stood up and walked out, "How many horses are there?"

"Shu brocade is rare," Du Hong lowered his head slightly, "We spent 3 taels and only got ten pieces. The rest have to wait for the embroiderer to make it."

"Ten horses," Su Wei stood in front of a cart of fabrics. Shu brocades were all in wooden boxes. When he opened them slightly, the light was overflowing.

"No wonder Shu brocade is so highly regarded," Su Wei smacked his lips, "Let someone release the news that the Shu brocade in Jishengtang is only sold to merchants with the most leather. Who can swallow more than [-]% of Tianhe's leather , give him the cost price of our Shu brocade!"

Baye Mansion

It was late in the evening when the eighth elder brother was helped into the gate of the mansion by two servants.Bafujin followed behind, his expression uncertain.

Jia Yihou was in the corridor, seeing the eighth elder brother swaying, he quickly went up to meet him, "Master, be careful, the only son of the concubine Liang is you, you are so sad and haggard, how can the empress be relieved. "

Ba Ge handed her hand to Jiayi, Jiayi was full of worry, and helped Ba Ge to the bedroom, only when she was about to enter the door, she glanced lightly at Ba Fujin.

Ba Fujin's lips were tightly pursed, and his face was pale. Upon seeing this, Jin Zhu, the maid, stepped forward to comfort her and said, "Master, don't worry too much. It was Concubine Liang who thanked guests behind closed doors and didn't ask us to serve the sick. Even if Master Belle is to blame , I can’t blame you.”

Candlelight was lit in the bedroom, and there was a faint whisper, Ba Fujin snorted coldly, turned and walked towards his yard.

"Ci Fujin really doesn't know how to avoid taboos," Jin Zhu curled her lips, "Master Baylor has a filial piety, so she can't get close to women, so she ran to the front yard courteously."

"This is also her ability." Bafujin took a deep breath, "It was just a tool at the mercy of others, but it has climbed on top of me today. There is also the one in the palace, who has always troubled Lord Belle. She picks and chooses me. She doesn't even think about it, if it weren't for the support of my natal family, would Lord Belle be able to get to where he is today?"

"Master—" Jin Zhu hurriedly interrupted Ba Fujin, "It's not easy for Lord Baylor to hear these words. This time, Lord Guo impeached Tuo Heqi, but he made great achievements in front of Lord Baylor. No matter what happened to Fujin Playing tricks, after all, without the support of my mother's family, I can't get into the elegant hall."

Ba Fujin's eyes were slightly red, and he slowly shook his head, "To this day, I can only rely on my mother's family..."

end of september

Grandpa Su was in a rare good mood to accompany the fourth elder brother into the palace. The thirteenth elder brother's personal eunuch Deng Yu and Su Wei stood chatting together, and Lu Rui, who was serving the fourteenth elder brother, also licked his face and leaned over.

"It's really rare for Eunuch Su to show his face," Lu Rui laughed silly, "We got boarded together in Changchun Garden last time, and I miss you."

"Brother Lao Lu, don't worry." Su Wei raised his chin proudly, "Our family's foundation is not bad, and we will be fine after returning home for a few days. However, at that time, it was also thanks to Brother Lu's cleverness."

Lu Rui blushed, scratched the back of his head and said, "Oh, I don't have the brains of Eunuch Su, I only know it hurts, so I yelled at Eunuch Su twice indiscriminately. After thinking about it, I realized that a slave doesn't beg for mercy. Can we still wait for our masters to beg for mercy? If Eunuch Su hadn't reminded us, we wouldn't know how many Rong An's there are."

"Hey!" Deng Yu tugged at Lu Rui, pointed to Rong Ping's direction with his eyes, changed the subject and raised his voice, "Eunuch Lu doesn't come to the palace much recently, is there a lot going on in the mansion?"

"Ah," Lu Rui let out a long breath, looked around and lowered his voice, and said to the two, "It's not the two beautiful girls who were rewarded by the concubine Defei, and they haven't even decided on their names, so they made a mess in the backyard It's not that you don't know the reputation of our fourteenth Fujin, even the fourteenth master has eaten Guiluo. As a personal eunuch, I'm not the first to be unlucky?"

Su Wei frowned, and looked at Lu Rui thoughtfully.

"I've seen Eunuch Wei—" There were footsteps coming from behind, and Su Wei looked around, but it was Wei Zhu who came out with two young eunuchs.

Su Wei followed the crowd and lowered his head slightly, only to see Wei Zhu stop in front of him, "Eunuch Su, you rarely appear in the palace. I heard Eunuch Liang mention you last time."

Lu Rui and Deng Yu looked at each other, and the other eunuchs also had different expressions.Wei Zhu is the emperor's new favored eunuch, and he is naturally incompatible with the only one in the past, Liang Dagong.

"Eunuch Liang is concerned, our family really seldom accompany the prince into the palace," Su Wei replied neither humble nor overbearing, but all the young eunuchs gasped twice.Judging from Su Peisheng's tone, it seemed that Wei Zhu was not in his eyes at all.

Sure enough, Wei Zhu's complexion darkened, and he said in a cold voice, "Since Eunuch Su is a rare person, let's take advantage of today to report to the respect room with our family. I heard that Eunuch Su hasn't been inspected for a long time. dead."

Su Wei tensed up, his eyes moved slightly, but he said calmly, "Then please trouble Eunuch Wei."

"Eunuch Su," Deng Yu tugged on Su Wei's sleeve worriedly.

"Don't worry," Su Wei lowered his voice, "Please trouble Eunuch Deng to inform at the gate of the palace and let Ku Kui come in to serve the prince."

Deng Yu pursed his lips, glanced at the cold and arrogant Wei Zhu, and sighed helplessly.

Su Wei followed Wei Zhu around a palace, and the people on the roadside gradually became less and less.

Wei Zhu looked back at the two little eunuchs behind him, and the two little eunuchs stopped in their tracks.

Seeing this, Su Wei followed Wei Zhu and walked a few steps behind the rockery, and said with a slight smile, "What advice does Eunuch Wei have today?"

Wei Zhu smiled softly, and looked at Su Wei with deep inquiry, "Our family is just reciprocating. A few days ago, did Mr. Su hear about the strange thing about Chaoshang?"

Su Wei rolled his eyes, his eyebrows slightly curved, "Eunuch Wei is talking about the former Yuqing Palace guard commander Delin?"

Wei Zhu nodded, Su Wei was a little puzzled, "Didn't Delin's father, Ahazhan, have been ordered to execute Delin? Isn't this thing over yet?"

Wei Zhu curled his lips and shook his head, "Mr. Su, do you know that Delin's body was cremated with the coffin?"

"Cremation?" Su Wei frowned. Although the Manchus also had the custom of cremation, but now that the Manchus and Hans are in harmony, it is easy to no longer use it.Could it be that Su Wei's eyes widened suddenly, "Der Lin is feigning death?"

"That's right," Wei Zhu nodded slightly, "Ahazhan executed his son, but he didn't let anyone see the body, and only used a handful of ashes to pay for it. Now, Long Live Lord has received a secret report, and Delin fled Leaving Shengjing, I went to Jiaozhou, Shandong."

Su Wei turned around twice in the same place. He didn't expect that Delin, who escaped with the help of the fat little Chuzi, would be able to jump for so long. "Jiaozhou, Shandong? Does the prince have any hidden power in Jiaozhou?"

"Well, our family doesn't know about it," Wei Zhu lowered his head and rolled up his sleeves, "I only know that the word Haikou cannot be separated from Long Live Lord when he mentions Jiaozhou."