Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 47 years

On the first day of October, Tianhe Company

Mi Renxue took the account book and entered the inner hall, Yang Tai was sitting by the window with his eyes closed and meditating.

"Shopkeeper Yang," Mi Renxue cupped his hands and put the account book in front of Yang Tai, "Our profits for the past two months are stretched, and local shops don't want to keep patching up holes in the capital. If this continues, I'm afraid It’s going to be beyond our means.”

Yang Tai opened his eyes slightly, and slowly stroked the account book with one hand, "Are the major silk and satin houses still hoarding leather? How much has the price of leather increased?"

Mi Renxue sighed softly, "It's higher than the same period in previous years, and I don't know where that Eunuch Su got a batch of Shu brocade. Several shops are competing for attention, and now it's time to make winter clothes. I don’t worry that the leather won’t be sold after receiving it.”

Yang Tai sneered when he heard the words, "Shu brocade is hard to come by. If it is transported all the way to the capital, the price will be doubled. Right now, he sells it at a cost price, and the profit of tens of thousands of taels is in vain. That Mr. Su It’s really a big deal.”

"Well, although Jishengtang's Shu brocade didn't make any money," Mi Renxue said hesitantly, "but this time the price of leather materials has risen, Jishengtang not only got rid of the backlog of inventory, but also bought a batch while it was hot. The quality of the new material is even better than before. Originally, the garment workshops that had intended to cooperate with us are now ambiguous. If we really care about gains and losses, I am afraid that we are still one step behind."

Yang Tai's face darkened slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he slowly curled his mouth, "Well, in business, if you make money, you will lose money. It's a great joy in life to meet an opponent with comparable skill and background... "

On the third day of October, Zhaotangzi Hutong

Kukui drove the carriage to a small courtyard, and Su Wei opened the curtain to look around.

"Don't worry, Mr. Su," Ku Kui patted the horse's neck, "This place is secluded and close to Jisheng Hall. I have picked two honest people from Zhuangzi to come over to watch the door. If anything happens, someone will take care of it."

Su Wei nodded, and his eyes wandered to the entrance of the alley not far away, where a sneaky figure was sneaking out half of his head.

The two entered the gate, and Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Qiao greeted her with a happy face, "Here comes Xiaoer, I was still talking about it this morning, and I have already sent someone back to your hometown to deliver a letter to your eldest brother and fourth sister." , It’s time to prepare to go to Beijing in the next few days.”

Su Wei nodded. Facing Mrs. Wang, he would never be able to call her "mother".In the final analysis, he was just trying to repay the deceased "Su Peisheng" and make his family's life better.

"This yard has just been built. If there is anything missing, just tell the nursing home, and I'll get someone to prepare it and bring it to you," Su Wei said with a hint of alienation in his tone, turning the wrench in his hand.

Sensing Su Wei's attitude, Wang's expression darkened.

Mrs. Qiao looked around, and hurriedly interjected with a smiling face, "Second brother is busy with things, so I can't always bother you. The yard is very good to live in, and we will take care of what we need. When you are free, come and see it often. good."

Su Wei glanced at Mrs. Qiao, then turned to look at Ku Kui.

Ku Kui took out two silver bills from his sleeve, bowed his head and handed them to Mrs. Wang, "Old lady, this is from Eunuch Su as a filial piety to you. The capital costs a lot, so you can use whatever you want, just ask someone to buy it. "

Mrs. Wang took the banknotes, totaling 200 taels, and her sunken face suddenly turned into a smile, "Look, it's not easy for Xiao Er to make money by himself. We came all the way to Beijing just to see how he is doing. Okay, in the end, it made the child worry."

Before Ku Kui could speak, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and two guards dragged a short middle-aged man into the courtyard.

"This is—" Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Qiao were at a loss for what to do before.

Su Wei strolled down the steps, walked around the middle-aged man, and said with a soft smile, "It's a shame, who asked you to follow our family?"

"Small one, the young one just happened to pass by." The middle-aged man shrugged his shoulders and peeked at Su Wei. "The young one really doesn't know what the adults mean. Please hold your hands high and let the villain go."

"Oh?" Su Wei bent down and stared at the man's face for a moment, "Since you happened to pass by, where do you live and what is your last name?"

"Small, small—" the middle-aged man hesitated for a while, glanced left and right, pushed Su Wei away, turned and rushed to the courtyard gate.

"Grab him!" Kukui supported Su Wei and ordered sharply.

Two guards dodged to block the man's way, and the black scabbard hit his knee hard.

"Ah, help, help—" The man struggled desperately, but was dragged back to the courtyard. The faces of Wang Shi and Qiao Shi who were watching turned pale.

"Shut his mouth," Su Wei coughed lightly, and patted the dust off his body, "You are toasting and want to eat fine wine."

Ku Kui glanced at Su Wei and raised his chin at the two guards.The two guards understood, picked up the middle-aged man, and walked towards the water tank filled with water in the corner.

Mrs. Wang held Qiao's hand tightly, and the two hid behind Su Wei. They closed their eyes and dared not look, but they could still hear vague shouts, accompanied by blisters bursting in the air.

After about half a stick of incense, Su Wei clapped his hands, and two guards pulled the middle-aged man up and threw him to the ground.

"How is it?" Su Wei squatted in front of the man and pulled the cloth strip from his mouth, "Are you willing to speak now?"

"I said, I said," the middle-aged man nodded frequently with a pale face, "it's the princess. The princess ordered the younger one to follow Eunuch Su. She knows that Eunuch Su's family has entered Beijing, and she wants to know whether Eunuch Su has filled his pockets." -"

"Bastard!" Su Wei's face turned cold, and he stood up abruptly and said, "You are quite courageous, and dare to slander the princess at this time? You are not serving in the mansion, and the princess can't give orders to anyone!"

"It's the princess, and the nanny who served the princess ordered the little one to do it," the middle-aged man said with a bitter face, "The little one is just a little bastard, and he spends his days stealthily. It was the nanny who found the little one and ordered the little one to do it." Those who follow Eunuch Su, the little ones would never dare to lie—"

"Shut up!" Su Wei interrupted the man, frowning and thinking.

"Wang, Princess?" Qiao glanced at Su Wei, then at her mother-in-law.

Wang was also shocked, and walked behind Su Wei cautiously, "Xiaoer, you, why did you offend the princess? How could the princess know about our family? She, she won't—"

Su Wei glanced back impatiently, and Wang closed her mouth resentfully.

Ku Kui frowned and asked the man, "What does the nanny who told you look like? How do you know she's serving the princess?"

"Young one, I heard that nanny said it unintentionally," the man rubbed his hands, his face full of horror, "I don't know the seriousness of the matter, I thought, I thought it was just an investigation of a slave who made a mistake—please sir Forgiveness, please let the villain let the villain go, the villain will never dare again!"

"Okay," Su Wei interrupted the man's begging for mercy, and did not let Ku Kui ask any further, "Don't tell anyone what happened today, I don't want to hear any rumors in the mansion!"

"Your subordinate understands," the two guards clapped their hands together.

"Then this person—" Kukui took a step forward.

Su Wei glanced at the shivering man, then looked up at the water tank in the corner, "Tomorrow, let someone buy a new one..."

A cart pulled a closed water tank from the small courtyard, and Kukui closed the courtyard door and guarded it under the eaves.

Su Wei sat in the main room, clutching a purple gold hand stove.

Qiao Shi brought out the tea tremblingly, her hands were hot red.

Su Wei glanced at Wang's pale face again, slightly curled his mouth and said, "You don't have to be too shy, old lady. Is there any yard in the capital where no one died? I work in the palace, and it's a matter of human life." , I have long been bearish. Who will let some people have a good life, but they must go to the road of death?"

Qiao's hand that was pouring the tea shook again, half of the tea splashed out.

Wang Shi pursed her lips, hesitated for a long time, but still didn't speak.

Su Wei squinted his eyes. He didn't expect that today's unexpected harvest would also serve as a warning to the monkeys. It is the backyard of the Prince's Mansion. I'm afraid there will be another disturbance.

"Master!" Xiaoyingzi's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

Su Wei froze for a moment, and asked him to come in, "Why are you here?"

Holding a tray, Xiaoyingzi bowed to Su Wei and Wang, "Master, the prince has a reward!"

Wang Shi and Qiao Shi, who had been afraid to say a word, suddenly raised their heads, while Su Wei sighed helplessly.

Xiaoyingzi put the tray on the tea table, and lifted the red cloth, and there were two big golden ingots right in the middle, a total of 100 taels of gold.

Su Wei endured for a long time, but in the end he didn't snatch the ingot back, and went back to the palace with Xiaoyingzi in a fit of anger.

Prince Yong's Mansion, Study Room in the Main Court

"Ever since the death of the concubine Liang, the eighth elder brother has been complaining about illness." Zhang Tingyu accompanied the fourth elder brother to play chess in front of the bed. It's on him."

The fourth elder brother sneered when he heard the words, "This old man, I don't know whether he is too stupid or too smart. He wasted such a good opportunity for a little fame."

"At present, many ministers in the court have recommended the prince to the emperor," Zhang Tingyu continued after a pause, "However, I heard that the Fourteenth Lord often goes to the Qianqing Palace recently."

The fourth elder brother gave a slight pause in the hand holding the chess, "The old eight can't go by himself, did he find a substitute?"

Zhang Tingyu lowered his head and was silent for a long while before he opened his mouth and said, "Although the emperor has been very fond of brother Hongxi recently, among the princes, the fourteenth master is the most important. The blood of the prince and the fourteenth master is thicker than water. Maybe, it shouldn't be eight Baylor takes advantage."

The fourth prince raised his head and glanced at Zhang Tingyu, raised his knife and lowered it, a sunspot pierced straight into Baizi's heart.

In the evening, Su Wei and his party returned to the palace.

Ku Kui was still a little worried, and couldn't help but tell Su Wei behind Xiaoyingzi's back, "Don't Eunuch Su plan to tell the prince what happened today? I think that the one who approached your brother deliberately to reveal the news that you are still alive Traveling merchants may also be suspicious."

Su Wei pursed his lips, shook his head after thinking for a moment, "Now is not the time to worry about these things, that man is also acting weird today, if the princess ordered it, he shouldn't be so full of loopholes. In fact, no matter who To make trouble, I just want to borrow some of my relatives and grab some of my pigtails. Right now, the situation in the court is changing, it is better for the prince to worry less."

When Su Wei returned to the East Courtyard, the fourth elder brother was reading a book on the couch, "I'm back, is your yard comfortable for the family?"

Su Wei sat down on the couch angrily, stared at the fourth elder brother and said, "Why do you reward so much gold? Why don't you just give me that spare money?"

The fourth elder brother raised his eyelids and glanced at Su Wei, "My lord is trying to save face for you in front of your family, you really are biting Lu Dongbin like a dog, you don't know good people."

Su Wei made a "cut" sound, and muttered, "Originally, people killed chickens to scare monkeys, and the effect was good. If you mess up like this, I will waste all my efforts..."

"What do you want to do to scare chickens and monkeys?" Fourth elder brother raised his head.

Su Wei froze for a moment, shook his hands and said, "Oh, it's just a way to regulate the family. Don't think that we are so small and small, I have to think about my own reputation."

The fourth elder brother smiled softly, picked up a cake on the table and put it in his mouth.During the day, Zhang Tingyu's words flashed in his mind again.He raised his head and looked at Grandpa Su who was drinking the oolong ox from the top of the cave, but finally he just shook his head lightly and didn't say much.

Into the night, Xipei courtyard

Li Xia, the maid serving Guo Shi, entered the small courtyard with a food box, and happened to meet Xi'er who was going out, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Blessings, Aunt Xi'er."

"Oh, don't dare, dare not," Xi'er was so happy that her face blossomed, she patted Li Xia's arm and walked out of the courtyard.

Now, Mrs. Guo lives in a wing room in the courtyard of Mrs. Li, her status has not been determined yet, the prince seems to have forgotten about this person.

But fortunately, Mrs. Guo and the two maids are very good at life. They usually don't leave the door without leaving the door. When they have nothing to do, they embroider handkerchiefs and wipe their foreheads for Fujin and Mrs. Li. They are so cute that no one can find any faults.

Li Xia entered Guo's bedroom, took out two plates of snacks from the food box and put them next to the vanity mirror, "Although the people in the big kitchen are not easy to talk to, they never cut back on our expenses. These two plates of snacks are freshly made When it came out, it was still soft after eating.”

Mrs. Guo ate two pieces of pea yellow, and her face turned rosy, "Did Fang Bao hear from you? He has been following Eunuch Su for many days."

Li Xia shook his head, "Our mansion is strictly guarded, and he still has to rely on firewood deliverers to spread the word, so it's hard to spread the news if there is any news."

Mrs. Guo sighed, turned around, walked to the side of the bed and sat down, "On the second day after Mrs. Shen Jia's accident, I heard the conversation between Nian Fujin and Fujin, and it was more or less intended to instigate Fujin against Su Peisheng. Since entering the mansion, I always I heard how that Eunuch Su was favored. Now, even the back house has to guard against him, which shows that he is by no means an ordinary person."

"Miss is worried," Li Xia frowned, "If Fang Bao is caught, he will confess—"

"No," Guo interrupted Li Xia, lowered his head and gently stroked the end of his hair, "Fang Bao will never betray me..."

"But," Li Xia pursed his lips and said again, "Miss, why bother to stare at a eunuch, it's the front yard's business for him to be favored."

Mrs. Guo smiled softly, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you can win every battle. The people in the palace hold my pulse, and the people in the palace hold my life. If you want to find a foothold in such a whirlpool, you have to think about it." Find a way to hug the pillar in the middle!"