Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 48 years

April 21, Qianqing Palace

The fourth elder brother walked into the side hall, and Lord Kangxi was reclining on the inside of the dragon couch, and the head of the respect room, the consultant line, was standing aside to serve him.

"My son pays respects to Huang Ama," the fourth elder brother bowed to salute.

"Get up," Master Kangxi squeezed the Buddhist beads in his hand, with a tired expression, "I called you here, because I have something for you to do."

"Please give orders to Huang Ama," the fourth elder brother lowered his head.

Lord Kangxi took the calming tea from the consultant, and sighed lightly, "The queen mother was very sad when the concubine Shuhui passed away. The display and offering of offerings and offerings are very careless. How can I explain to the late emperor and the empress dowager this way of dealing with it!"

The fourth elder brother frowned slightly, and Master Kangxi continued, "Go to the mourning hall immediately, arrange the offerings, find out who supervised this matter, and report to me one by one!"

"Yes, my servant has taken orders," the fourth elder brother didn't say much, took the errand and directly exited the Qianqing Palace.

The consultant took the calming tea that Lord Kangxi had finished drinking, and the corners of his mouth curved symbolically, "The matter of inspecting the offerings involves many officials from the DPRK and China, including Minister Mandu of the Ministry of Industry, and Ma Dashi, acting chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This time, Lord Long Live gave Fourth Prince a rather tricky job."

Lord Kangxi snorted softly, leaned back on the mat, narrowed his eyes slightly, "It's been a long time in peace, and there are always those feet who don't know where to put them. If I beat and beat from time to time, this hand should reach out to the sky." Come up. I can still trust the methods of the fourth brother, and if I change it to the one who is used to winning people's hearts, I will not entrust this job to him."

Nissei Menwai

The anxious Grandpa Su almost smoothed half of the floor tiles under his feet. Seeing that the fourth elder brother had finally figured out the gate of the Qing Palace, he hurried up to greet him.

"Calm down, how old are you, and you're still frizzy," said the fourth elder brother who led Su Wei to Baohua Hall, looking quite at ease.

Eunuch Su gritted his teeth, looked at no one beside him, and suppressed his voice, "I am like this no matter how old I am, you despise me and go find a young one!"

The fourth elder brother smiled helplessly, stretched out his hand and pinched Su Wei's back, "Don't worry, Huang Ama called me because I have an errand for me, it's not Master Xun's fault."

"What's the errand?" Su Wei still couldn't let it go, "I see Wei Zhu's anxious look, Long Live God must be furious, and the errands ordered at this time are probably hot potatoes!"

The corner of the fourth elder brother's mouth raised, and he was quite proud. As long as his Eunuch Su is willing to use his brains, his cleverness is rare in the court.

Su Wei was hairy all over when the fourth elder brother looked at him. He stretched out his hand and tugged at the fourth elder brother's sleeve, and said with a tense nose, "What kind of errand is it? You tell me."

"Okay, it's Huang Ama who asked me to check the display and offerings of the Dowager Concubine's mourning hall." The fourth elder brother lost his expression just now, "It is estimated that the handling officials were negligent and dereliction of duty, and the mourning hall was arranged too hastily. After all, Concubine Shuhui is The Empress Dowager’s younger sister, the Empress Dowager’s health has not been very good recently. Huang Ama asked me to sort out the display of the mourning hall and find out which officials supervised it. This time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Rites probably cannot escape. "

"I knew it, it must be something to offend people!" Su Wei frowned, his nose tensed, and after thinking for a while, his eyes suddenly widened and he said, "I remember that Grand Master Ma Qi is not the acting chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Then this Wouldn't it involve him too?"

"There's no way around it," the fourth elder brother turned his hands away, his expression indifferent, "Boss Ma Ge has had ups and downs a few times, so he shouldn't take this kind of thing to heart. What's more, since the master has accepted the errand, he doesn't favor anyone. reason."

"You're just a wooden fish brain," Su Wei muttered and followed behind the fourth prince, "After this process, the tea fee of 800 taels a month is completely wasted!"

Outside Yuhua Pavilion

The eighth elder brother Yinhu and the ninth elder brother Yinhu gathered together, and several courtiers who passed by after the sacrifice also surrounded them.

"Lord He!" Yinhu stopped He Yi, the Chief of the House of Internal Affairs who was walking steadily past, amidst the compliments from all the courtiers.

"Greetings to the two elder brothers," He Yi stopped, and cupped his hands at Yinhu and the two.

"Master He is very polite," Yinhu walked out of the crowd with the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, "There is a big funeral in the palace, and the House of Internal Affairs seems to be very busy, Mr. He has worked hard."

"Don't dare, dare not," He Yi lowered his head, "It's all the job of a humble minister, it's really not hard work."

Yinhu smiled slightly, and walked up to He Yi, "I have heard for a long time that Mr. He learned from Wang Sinong, you are good at landscape patriarchal method, and has a unique style of painting. Yinhu has little talent, especially weak in calligraphy and painting, and he is very fond of Master He's fine brushwork. Xinxian. I don’t know when Mr. He will be free, can you come to the house to give some advice?”

He Yi paused for a moment, and finally smiled apologetically, "Master Baylor is overrated. The humble servant is just arty, and he doesn't have three points of the teacher's skill. How can he dare to be called a master? Lord Baylor has a noble status and extraordinary talent. Looking for a teacher to teach him is a must." Can get twice the result with half the effort."

"Hey, Mr. He, why do you want to reject people thousands of miles away?" Brother Nine Yinzhen walked to the two of them, "I know mynah best. He really has more than enough energy for calligraphy and painting. He is a famous artist in Beijing and outside of Beijing. I've visited them all. If I can't ask for advice in person when I meet Mr. He, I'm afraid I'll always regret it."

"The one who knows me is old," Yinhu laughed at himself, and patted Yinhu's shoulder, "I know Mrs. He is diligent in government affairs, and I don't dare to disturb you at ordinary times. It happened to happen today, so I just raised my mouth and said Lord He, please don't take offense."

"What did Lord Baylor say? It's an honor for me to be in the eyes of these two elder brothers." He Yi folded his hands and covered his face with his sleeves, his brows were slightly frowned. Under such circumstances, it was hard for him to refuse. , "If Lord Baylor needs anything—"

"Master He," Mao Maoran's voice interrupted He Yi's words, and the eighth elder brother didn't have time to hide it, his face darkened and he followed the prestige.

Su Wei led the two young eunuchs, and leaned over to them with a smile, "I greet the two elder brothers, my lords. Lord He, please go to the mourning hall with the slave again, our prince has an invitation."

The eighth brother frowned, and before he could speak, he heard the ninth elder brother reprimanded, "What an unruly slave! Su Peisheng, you don't take me and the eighth brother seriously, do you?"

"What are you talking about, Brother Jiu?" Su Wei put on a look of surprise, "This servant just came to invite Master He at the order of the master, and he also greeted the two elder brothers just now. I don't know what else the slave can do I'm not considerate, please tell Brother Nine."

"Hmph, don't put on airs for me, Elder Brother Ben won't accept your tricks," Yinzhen said with a cold face, "We are talking to some adults, if you don't have a servant to interrupt, just get out of here if you are sensible. Otherwise, don't blame me for not giving fourth brother face!"

"Yinyu," the eighth elder brother said at the right time, the displeasure just now disappeared, "I don't know what the fourth brother wants to see Mr. He? After all, this is not Prince Yong's residence, Mr. He is also on official business."

"Lord Baylor said that." Su Wei lowered his head and smiled, and rolled his eyes secretly, "It's just that my lord is ordered by the Lord Long Live to arrange the offerings in Richard's mourning hall. It's not just Mr. He, but also Ma Dashi, Minister of Industry, Ministers of the Ministry of Rites will also go. After all, there is no waiting for anyone at the Qianqing Palace."

The faces of the people present all changed, He Yi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Eunuch Lao is leading the way, He Yi will follow the father-in-law to see the prince."

"Master He, please," Su Wei turned sideways to let He Yi go first, then turned his head and bent over to the two elder brothers, "This slave also has official duties, so I won't bother the two elder brothers, and leave first."

"You—" Yinzhen's complexion changed, and just as he was about to step forward, he was held down by Eighth Brother.

Su Wei swept the hem of his robe leisurely, and walked away with the two young eunuchs.

"Fourth brother has the emperor's life, we can't do anything about him," the eighth elder brother said in a low voice, but the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Since he wants Richard to display the offerings, the emperor must be dissatisfied. Listen to what Su Peisheng said. It's also involved, we'll just wait and see the show."

Brother Nine grunted unwillingly, and frowned slightly, "This He Yi has always been indifferent and doesn't take part in any party fights, plus that eccentric Ma Qi, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is really impenetrable now, and the water is splashing." Impenetrable. The household department is also under the watchful eye of Zhao Shenqiao right now, and there is less and less oil and water in Beijing."

"The treasury is getting empty, I can't help Huang Ama not being in a hurry," the eighth elder brother narrowed his eyes, and led the ninth elder brother to the imperial garden.

Concubine Shuhui's funeral was not over yet, and the fourth elder brother had already figured out the arrangement of the offerings.The Ministry of Rites was unexpectedly not involved, but Guanglu Temple and the Ministry of Industry were the first to bear the brunt.

The fourth elder brother is really unbiased, and he also wrote the book and handed it to the Qianqing Palace. Please hand over the Minister of Industry Mandu, the servant Ma Jintai, the cabinet bachelor and the minister of Guanglu Temple Ma Liang to the Ministry of Punishment for punishment.He Yi, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Ma Qi, the acting head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, are also responsible for negligence, so please submit them to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for discussion.

Lord Kangxi really passed the papers to the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Punishment did not dare to be careless. After a day of trial, the inscription read:

Ma Liang, a cabinet scholar who is also in charge of the minister of Guanglu Temple, offered sacrifices in front of the concubine Shuhui. If he did not handle it carefully, he should be dismissed from his post.Mandu, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Ma Jintai, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, prepared coffins and other things in the yamen.He Yi, the head of the House of Internal Affairs, and Ma Qi, the head of the department, did not read the sacrificial utensils and offerings carefully one by one.

Long live the Lord followed, and the court was in an uproar.Just because of a few sacrifices, the emperor dismissed a court official, and demoted the posts of Minister of Industry and Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and even the chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Bachelor of Ma University were implicated.

Such strictness caused many ministers who used power for personal gain to break out in a cold sweat.But I don't know when, the rumor that the sacrificial matter will be presided over by Prince Yong has been quietly spread in the court.

This Fourth Prince, who is not humane at all, is now even more inseparable from the words cruel and cruel.

On the third day of May, East Courtyard

The fourth elder brother threw the letter he had read into the brazier, while Su Wei squatted aside and blew on it, before throwing in two chestnuts.

"The weather is so hot, put out the fire quickly," the fourth elder brother frowned, "I want to eat chestnuts, won't people buy them?"

"It's past the season of selling chestnuts now." Su Wei moved the brazier away from the fourth elder brother, and threw a piece of charcoal into it, "What did Ma Ge say in his letter? It's a bit reconciled anyway."

The fourth elder brother got up and sat on the couch, closed his eyes soothingly, "It's just a one-level downgrade, and Mr. Ma Ge won't take it to heart. What's more, he also understands that the master must deal with business. If it is serious, the internal affairs The government is indeed responsible for dereliction of duty."

"Cut," Su Wei picked up the charcoal fire, felt a little hot himself, raised his hand and loosened his collar, "You'd better stay at home honestly these days, and be careful not to be thrown bricks when you go out! I won't follow you Go to court, my head is precious."

"You also know that your head is precious," the fourth elder brother lay on his side on the couch, and looked in through Su Wei's loosened collar, in vain.

This person loves to drink milk tea and eat shortbread with milk skin, and he has a delicate skin and flesh.

"You dare to contradict Lao Ba and Lao Jiu in the palace in broad daylight. I want you to follow me honestly, but you will go out and cause trouble!"

"Who caused the trouble?" Grandpa Su stretched his neck and quit, "If it weren't for me, those little eunuchs would have brought all the adults here so quickly? Let them listen to the news and get together to discuss it." Two sentences, and you won't be able to find out anything. Turn around and be kicked back and forth like a football."

"Yes, yes, you are right," the fourth elder brother turned over and sat up, picked up a soft cushion to cover between his legs, and reached out to pat the soft couch, "Come here, your chestnuts are all burnt, don't look at them Come and sit with me for a while."

Su Wei stared wide-eyed, glanced up and down at the fourth elder brother, and slowly turned one foot in the direction of the door.

"Su Peisheng!"

The prince's roar came from the study, and Grandpa Su rushed out of the door.

Xiaoyingzi, who was carrying the food box, glanced left and right, and finally went back to her room resolutely.