Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 48 years

On the first day of March, Prince Yong's Mansion

It was not yet dawn, and there was movement in the Xipei courtyard early. Xiao Shuzi entered Brother Hongpan's bedroom with a basin. The two children yawned and changed their clothes and washed. They simply ate a few pieces of cake and went to the courtyard. Punch.

Hongpan is very active. These days, he pestered the guards in the mansion to learn a set of boxing techniques to strengthen his body, and he got up early every day to make gestures in the yard.Niu Hulu loved him so much, so he let him torment him.I only feel sorry for the two young eunuchs who have just been brought in, and those who take turns get up early.

"Hey, little fat man!" Seeing that the little bookman was about to fall asleep standing in the yard with his head raised, Hongpan waved his fist in dissatisfaction, "Come and fight with me, one round will refresh you."

"Yes," Xiaoshuzi squinted his eyes, staggered to Hongpan's side, and stretched his arms and legs following him.

"Look at you, you're lazy." Hong Pan crossed his hips like a grown-up, and corrected the little book's movements. "Raise your legs a little higher, and straighten your arms. Why can't you open your eyes? You are usually in Dongxiao. Didn't the hospital see what time did Eunuch Su and Eunuch Zhang wake up?"

"Eunuch Zhang and the others got up very early," Xiao Shuzi opened his eyes hard, "Because the prince will go to court in the morning, the East Courtyard has to start preparations very early. But the master is different, my master said Master is too tired at night, so he has to sleep until he wakes up naturally in the morning."

Hongpan's eyes were full of confusion, Xiao Shuzi sniffed, and his face like a meat bun was a little aggrieved, "The slave was also very tired last night, he ate half a plate of snacks for the master, and he didn't fall asleep until after midnight."

Old Summer Palace

The fourth elder brother finished his breakfast and went back to his bedroom to change into court clothes.

Grandpa Su was still snoring in the tent, Zhang Qilin brought in the chaozhu and glanced at the bed.

"This man is becoming more and more lazy." The fourth elder brother lowered his head and straightened his cuffs, "Don't tell him to get up too late, so as not to cause stomach problems."

"Yes," Zhang Qilin secretly slandered in his heart while hanging the chao beads on the fourth elder brother. You are the one who is getting used to this man getting lazy.

It was three poles in the sun, and under Xiaoyingzi's urging, Su Wei finally got up, put on his boots with difficulty, and wobbled when he walked, "Oh, my old waist, sooner or later, I will be folded on this bed!"

"Master!" Xiao Yingzi who was following behind suddenly blushed.

"Why are you ashamed?" Su Wei sat behind the round table, picked up a bun and stuffed it into his mouth, "Little Shuzi has started to serve others, and you are not a child anymore. It's okay, if there is a suitable one in the future, Master will give it to you." You arrange."

"I don't want it!" Xiaoyingzi threw the porridge bowl in front of Su Wei, "Don't you still have to watch carpentry work today? If you hang around for a while, it will be dark."

"I know," Su Wei lowered his head and stirred the porridge bowl. Today, he needs to buy household items for his newly bought shop, and the carpenter has been found.It's just the flowing money, he also wants to find a corrupt official to blackmail him.

Changchun Garden

Coming out of the Hall of Nine Classics and Three Things, the fourth elder brother ran into Yinzhen, Yinyu, and Yinti who were waiting in one place.

"Fourth brother," Yinzhen and Yinyu greeted each other, then turned their faces away.Only Yinti felt a little guilty for no reason, sneaking glances at his fourth brother from time to time.

The fourth elder brother looked indifferent, turned around and left with the servant without saying anything, and did not linger on Yinti with his cursory eyes.

Elder Brother Ten snorted lightly, and was pulled by Elder Brother Ninth.Yinti looked at the back of the fourth elder brother going away, and frowned slightly.

The eighth elder brother was the latest to come out, surrounded by a lot of clan members and dignitaries, and walked towards Yinzhen and the others after socializing one by one, "I've kept you waiting, there are a lot of miscellaneous things lately."

Brother Nine smiled slightly, shaking the folding fan in his hand, "The end of the month is myna's birthday, and the ministers will inevitably miss it."

"Alas," Eighth Brother sighed, shook his head with a wry smile, "Er Niang passed away not long ago, so I don't have any thoughts on celebrating my birthday. This year I will be closed to thank guests."

"Big brother can thank others, but we can't thank our brothers." Brother Ten put his hand on Brother Nine's shoulders, with a smile on his mouth, "We will give a big gift at that time."

Old Summer Palace

When the fourth elder brother returned to his garden, Zhang Tingyu was already waiting by the side door.

"How's the investigation?" The fourth elder brother walked forward with his hands behind his back, and Zhang Tingyu followed closely behind.

"Returning to the lord, Xifuna was quite honest after he was dismissed from office," Zhang Tingyu lowered his head slightly, "It's just that the amount of money he stole from the treasury at the Ministry of Households may be wrong. After all, the officials involved at the time Many, Caodou has been short-lived for a long time, and it is impossible to find out all of them. In addition, although the Long Live Lord ordered the officials involved to limit the compensation, the actual silver taels recovered are less than [-]%. I owe money, and I can't bear to part with my family's wealth, so I was taken into account."

The fourth elder brother snorted coldly, and frowned deeply, "The payment of the owed money has been delayed again and again. I'm afraid the hole in the household department is too big, and the courtiers are afraid of implicating themselves."

"My lord is right." Zhang Tingyu followed the fourth elder brother to the gazebo and sat down. "The deficit of the household department is no longer just a matter of a few officials of the household department. The root cause of public occupation is that the system is not clear and the review is not strict.”

The fourth elder brother nodded slightly, took the tea bowl from Zhang Bao, and sighed softly, "When Huang Ama came to the throne, there were internal and external troubles. Next. However, although the law does not punish the public, although it can stabilize the government and the public, it will inevitably become a snake after a long time and shake the foundation."

"Long Live Lord has now transferred Zhao Yushi to the Minister of the Household Department. It should be as the prince thought, planning to rectify the bad rules of the Household Department," Zhang Tingyu put down his tea bowl and continued.

The fourth elder brother shook his head, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, "Such a rotten sore can only be dug up by a mere Zhao Shenqiao, and Huang Ama's visit is just scratching the surface. After all, one hair can affect the whole body. To get to the bottom of the matter, this knife has to cut into the bone. I don’t know how many people will be heart-piercingly hurt, and Huang Ama may not be able to make up her mind for a while."

"Then, according to my lord," Zhang Tingyu frowned, "Even if Xifuna's extortion broke out, it probably wouldn't be related to the household deficit?"

"It should be so." The fourth elder brother put down the tea bowl and put one hand on the stone table, "However, if this matter works well, it will have a somewhat shocking effect on the recovery of the debt owed by the household department. Yinti, I'm afraid that's the idea."

"The Fourteenth Lord is different from the Long Live Lord." Zhang Tingyu's voice was slightly low, "There are some things that the Fourteenth Lord does out of a child's heart. If the prince or the eighth elder brother does it, it is easy to provoke the Long Live Lord to taboo."

"Yeah," the fourth elder brother stood up, looking out of the pavilion with his hands behind his back, "Yinti is used to standing firm in his own position. In front of Huang Ama, both Yinhu and I have fallen behind."

"The Fourteenth Lord may be counting on the prince to reveal this matter first," Zhang Tingyu walked behind the fourth elder brother, "but this matter involves many princes, it is better for the prince not to get involved."

"I understand," the fourth elder brother smiled slightly, "Yinti really played a good game of chess. I can't pick up this bargain, and I don't want to pick it up. It's Lao Ba who thinks that there will be a pie in the sky, but in the end It’s all for other people’s wedding dress.”

Lord Kangxi served the Empress Dowager and lived in the Changchun Garden until mid-April. Because the Empress Dowager's younger sister, Concubine Shuhui, suddenly felt unwell, he got up and drove back to the palace.

The fourth elder brother and Su Wei also followed Sheng Jia back to Prince Yong's Mansion. The silk and satin shop that Su Wei bought has been renovated at this time, and it will open at the end of the month.

April [-]th, East Courtyard

"Ah, no money, no money, no money!" The irritable Eunuch Su held the ledger and crossed a series of expenditure items.

The fourth elder brother looked up at him from time to time, but he didn't say a word.

"Why don't you talk?" Eunuch Su, who lost his temper with the account book, finally turned his eyes away. "Are you ashamed? What do you mean by 800 taels of tea? Is everything you drink made of gold?"

The fourth elder brother picked up the oolong on the top of the cave and silently took a sip, while Grandpa Su continued to go crazy.

"There is also a tipping fee of 300 taels! A tip of 300 taels a month! Your annual salary is only 1 taels! Say, do you have someone outside? Otherwise, you will give it to someone else, Why don't I have any points!"

The fourth elder brother leaned back on the chair, put the scriptures on his face, and slowly closed his eyes.

Su Wei poked at the ledger with a brush, his heart was bleeding like a hole, "It's just such a dilapidated garden, it has been repaired endlessly, and there are not many people living in it. You can rent it out." Ah, can it still be cashed out? With tens of thousands of taels of flowers a year, the Zhuangzi in Shengjing has a bad harvest every year! Those in charge must be fooling me again, wait for me to work hard Yes, no matter how much you swallow, you will spit it out intact!"

"Yes, let them all spit it out," the fourth elder brother followed inexplicably with his eyes closed.

The interrupted Grand Duke Su raised his head, rolled his eyes at the fourth elder brother angrily, and lowered his head to forcefully punch the account book.

West Hospital

In Geng's room, Hongshi was sitting behind a round table eating snacks, and from time to time he raised his head and peeked at his mother-in-law.

Nian noticed Hongshi's gaze, smiled at him gently, turned to persuade Geng, "Don't be angry with the child, Hongshi is only so old, you should scare him with a cold face."

"Just to scare him." Geng's face was rarely cold, with embroidered handkerchiefs on his hands, and he didn't even look at Hongshi. Cheng Xiang can't even speak a word."

"Okay, okay," Nian patted Geng's arm, turned to look at the little eunuchs waiting outside, "I think the little eunuchs taught by Jia Jinlu are pretty good, so why don't they have to be little scholars? Besides, the Niu Hulu clan used to let Hongpan and Su Peisheng get close, so even if the little bookman came to you, how useful would it be? Besides, they are all heirs of the royal family, so could it be that a eunuch really showed his face in front of the prince?"

"Alas," Geng put down the embroidered cloth in his hand, and sighed a long time, "To tell the truth, Fujin said that Hongshi was neither a heir nor an elder, and I'm not as good as Niu Hulu's in drilling camps. It's like a transparent person. If you look at Hongshi's weak appearance again, how can I not worry about it."

"Look at what you said, where is Hongshi weak?" Nian waved to Hongshi who had finished his snacks, and hugged the little man who ran over into his arms, "I think Hongshi is very good, smart and sensible, he Now that you are still young, why do you have to be so conspicuous? Look at Niu Hulu's and Fujin's saber-rattling from time to time, if Hong Pan and Hong Yun really have a quarrel, do you think the prince will be happy?"

Geng smiled lightly, waved at Nanny, led Hongshi out of the house, turned around and said to Nian, "I don't have to go out of my way when talking to Ce Fujin. Although it is not appropriate for women in the back house to interfere with political affairs, we are both As the saying goes, one family is prosperous and the other is damaged. The adults of the Nian family are the prince's right-hand men, and Fang Fujin must be more aware of the prince's affairs in the previous court than his concubine. Now it is no better than before. If Tianling collapses one day , our palace is equivalent to falling to the edge of a cliff, or the body will be broken into pieces, or the sky will be reached in one step."

Nian lowered his head slightly, and Geng continued, "I don't regret my own death, but Hongshi is still young, no matter what, I hope he can have a good future."

"I understand what my sister said," Nian said lightly, "but sister, don't worry too much. The prince is not an ordinary person. Now that the crown prince has been abolished and the elder brother has been imprisoned, he is still standing in the court, and his status is also high." It is far above Babeile. How can such a person let the relatives of the mansion fall into the burning oil and let mermaid? I believe that no matter what the situation is in the end, the prince will be able to protect the palace and keep the children safe grow up."

"What Chu Fujin said is," Geng's brows were slightly curved, "I'm worrying for nothing..."

On April [-]th, Concubine Shuhui passed away, and the Empress Dowager was heartbroken. Lord Kangxi decreed to stop court for three days to pay homage to the Concubine.

The next day, the fourth elder brother and Fujin went to the palace to mourn together, and the Lord Long Live also went to the mourning hall to offer wine early in the morning.

The funeral ceremony in the palace is the most cumbersome, and Grandpa Su, who lost the bet with Zhang Qilin, followed behind the fourth elder brother angrily.

At noon, the fourth elder brother who had just finished listening to the sacrificial rites brought Su Wei down the steps when he saw Wei Zhu and two young eunuchs rushing over in a hurry, "My servant greets the lord, and the long live lord hastily called the lord to do it." See you at Qing Palace."

The fourth elder brother frowned slightly, exchanged a glance with Su Wei, turned around and walked towards Qianqing Palace.

Seeing that no one was paying attention, Su Wei moved closer to Wei Zhu, and said in a low voice, "What happened to the urgent call of the Lord Long Live? If Eunuch Wei has any news, let us know, so we can be prepared."

"This," Wei Zhu peeked at the fourth elder brother, but the fourth elder brother didn't look at him, and walked straight forward.Su Wei poked Wei Zhu again, and pouted at him.

"Oh," Wei Zhu sighed in a low voice, "It's not that I don't want to say it, I really don't know why. Long live Lord got up early to drink in front of the concubine's funeral, and when he came back, his expression was not quite right. We thought it was because we were worried. The Empress Dowager's body, I didn't expect to suddenly get angry just now, and then hurriedly summoned the prince to go over."

Su Wei was inexplicably agitated. Thinking back, his master probably didn't do anything illegal recently.