Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 48 years

On May [-]th, the square building of Yuanmingyuan

In the evening, steaming hot food was brought to the round table again, and the brothers who had waited for more than half an hour couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

Mo Yaqi took a look at the brothers who were really hungry, then turned to Fujin and Nian and said, "When we went to Qingyang Pavilion to say hello a few afternoons, Ama went to the vegetable garden and has been dealing with it until now. It's important. It looks like it's time to turn on the lamp, and I guess Ama won't be able to spare the time to come over."

"I think so," Nian took over the conversation and turned to Fujin, "Fujin's complexion is not good, and the children are all hungry, why don't we eat our own, and the prince asked someone to send some warm ones. gone."

Fujin pursed his lips slightly, his face was still a little pale, after thinking for a while, he tilted his head and told Shiyao, "Go to the vegetable garden and ask, if the prince is still busy in a while, we won't wait here. "

"Yes," Shi Yao blessed her body and took orders to leave.

Fujin turned around and touched Hongshi's small face, "You guys have been playing wildly outside all afternoon, no wonder you are so hungry. Let the girl put a bowl of soup for you first, and wait for your Ama to send a reply Come, let's eat."

"Yes, thank you Fujin," Hong Pan and Hong Shi both grinned and held up their small bowls.Only Hongyun was about to reach out, but Fujin glanced at him lightly, and sat back obediently.

vegetable garden

The fourth elder brother was sitting on the grand teacher's chair in the main hall, and Gali was still kneeling in the middle of the room.

Seeing that it was going to be night, Prince Yong stopped screaming after hearing what happened, and let the person in front of him kneel on the hard floor tiles.

"My lord," Ga Li raised his head with a trembling voice, the crown prince was deposed, and now the people in the hall were his only lifeline.

The fourth elder brother lightly dropped his hand, and the celadon tea lid was clasped on the tea bowl, making a crisp sound, "I can't care about your affairs——"

"My lord!" Ga Li let out a miserable howl, and crawled to the feet of the fourth elder brother, "My lord, I don't ask for anything else, I just want to save my family and my life. I beg my lord to be merciful, only my lord can save me!"

Su Wei stood behind the fourth elder brother, listening to Gali's crying and howling, straightening his nose. This should be in accordance with his temperament, and now he should throw this sanctimonious beast into the stinky ditch!

"How do you want me to save you?" The fourth elder brother put the teacup on the table with a bang, and his tone became stricter, "It goes without saying that you took money by stealing money, but you even tried to poison your own mother? Your old mother is the late Prince Yu." Your aunt has some affection for the queen mother and Huang Ama. Now that the old lady has fled into the palace, do you still have the face to ask me to come here?"

Shi Yao got outside the menu and was stopped by Zhang Bao.

"Eunuch Zhang is right," Shi Yao lowered her head slightly, frowning slightly.Fujin has traveled all the way here, he was not feeling well at first, and he still insisted on Zhang Luo's dinner.But how could it be such a coincidence that the prince was busy all afternoon and didn't show up.These servants are still blocking the outside one by one, no matter how many things the prince has to be busy, he must take care of himself.What's more, it was the first time for Fujin and the little elder brothers to enter the Old Summer Palace, both public and private, so they should have a meal with the prince.

"I would like to ask Eunuch Zhang to report on your behalf. The food has been set at Fujin's end, and the little elder brother and the little Gege are all waiting eagerly. No matter how busy the prince is, he must rest, right?"

Zhang Bao looked back at the courtyard gate with some embarrassment. Except for a few of them, no one else knew about the fact that outsiders entered the garden.I didn't expect to delay until this time, the prince probably forgot to go to Fanglou for dinner.

"Aunt Shiyao wait a moment, I'll go in and ask the prince," Shiyao nodded, and Zhang Bao turned and went into the vegetable garden.

The fourth elder brother was talking to Ga Li, but Zhang Bao didn't dare to disturb him, so he could only wave to Su Wei through the window.

Su Weizheng was unwilling to listen to those nonsense things, when he saw Zhang Bao calling him, he quickly bowed his head and walked out.

"Fujin sent Shiyao over here." Zhang Bao pulled Su Wei aside, "How long is the prince here? It's the first time for Fujin and the young masters to come to the garden, and they should have a meal with the prince." meal."

"Oh, I'm afraid there's no end here," Su Wei scratched the back of his head in distress, "Well, I'll go talk to Shiyao, and then go to the kitchen to see if there's anything convenient to eat. At this time, the master has to eat."

"That's fine, I'll watch here, you go quickly," Zhang Baoying said.

Su Wei turned around and left the vegetable garden. Seeing that it was Su Peisheng who came out, Shi Yao's eyes moved, "Grandpa Su".

"Aunt Shiyao," Su Wei arched his hands, "It's really a coincidence that the prince just got an urgent job today, and the Long Live Lord can't delay it, and he doesn't even have time for snacks in the afternoon. Please don't let Fujin and the little masters Wait, let's eat first. The prince said, when you come back, you can spare some time, invite more theater troupes, and have a good banquet at the Peony Pavilion. In the next few days, please ask Fujin to rest and refresh his spirit."

Shi Yao pursed her lips, originally she was full of words to say, but now she couldn't utter a word, finally she had to be blessed, said hello to the prince, and turned back to the building.

Inside the Vegetable Garden

"My lord," Ga Li straightened up, his eyes were red, "the old minister has indeed done many treasonable things, but the reason why he is today is because he supported the prince in the early years. The grievances between the old minister and his mother cannot be explained in just one or two sentences." Clearly, if my mother hadn't been instigated and used by others, and she wanted to report the old minister to the Long Live Lord, the old minister's family would not have poisoned and killed him. In the final analysis, it is all about the eighth and ninth elder brothers. Plan from it! They are colluding with the Cao and Li families, planning to form a party to conspire with each other, and the old minister is their stumbling block, so they tried their best to get rid of me."

"Nonsense!" The fourth elder brother snorted coldly, turned his head away, but narrowed his eyes slightly, "You and Zhang Boxing are interfering in each other's case, Huang Ama has already dismissed your post as governor of Liangjiang. It's just because there is no one to replace you for a while After it’s settled, you will be allowed to temporarily handle the governor’s affairs. Now that Huang Ama intends to investigate Bi Na as the new governor of Liangjiang, even if Lao Ba and the others have plots, there is no reason to focus on you.”

"Your lord, you only know one thing and don't know the other." Ga Li was forced to the edge of a cliff, and he told the fourth elder brother everything, "Although the old minister was dismissed by the emperor, the forces that have been operating in the local area for so many years They are still there. The Cao and Li families are deeply favored by the emperor, but now they are at the end of their battles. Jiangnan’s treasury is empty, and the weaving and salt affairs are all big holes that cannot be filled. Apart from the Cao and Li families, the veterans know Jiangnan best. Financial people. If Babeile wants to unite with the Cao and Li families, he must eliminate future troubles. The old minister is the prince's old department, if they are just dismissed, how can they rest assured?"

The fourth elder brother stood up, put one hand behind his back, and squeezed his cuff tightly with the other, and walked slowly to the window.

Gali then followed and continued, "There is one more thing, please think about it carefully. The new governor of Liangjiang is about to take office, but the eight elder brother's party first targets the old minister. What does this mean? What does it mean? At the very least, the new governor of Liangjiang is not someone who opposes the Eighth Brother's party. It is even very possible that he is a member of the Eighth Master's party!"

The fourth elder brother frowned, and his body became more and more stiff.

After all, Gali is a powerful minister who has been immersed in the officialdom for many years. The reason why he took the risk to ask Prince Yong for help was not to fight with his back.

In the heart of the fourth elder brother, the originally stable balance gradually tilted to one side.

"My lord," Ga Li lowered his voice, his tone was low, "the wealth of the south of the Yangtze River is well known in the world. The wealth of the Cao and Li families, plus the power of the governors of the two rivers, don't you really want to fight, my lord? "

On the other side of the building, Fujin and the children had dinner, and they all left early.

Nian took Ling Xi to the kitchen, intending to cook a bowl of ginseng soup for the prince himself, and happened to see Su Wei walking towards the vegetable garden with a food box.

"Little master," Ling Xi called out to Nian who stopped in his tracks.

Nian returned to his senses, and shook his head at Ling Xi in a daze.

"What meal did Eunuch Su order for the prince?" Walking into the kitchen, Ling Xi asked a cook.

"Oh, what Eunuch Su called is simple," the cook replied a little cautiously, "I ordered a few plates of dim sum, let us order a pot of noodles, and picked two kinds of pickles."

Nian's hands paused for a while, and finally he took out the water as if nothing had happened, preparing to make ginseng soup for the prince.

Ling Xi sighed silently, and fought next to Nian Shi.

Su Wei wandered back to the vegetable garden with the food box in his hand, guessing that the fourth elder brother should have almost talked with that Kari.It's better not to talk about those messy things in their house.

But who would have thought that when Su Wei returned to the vegetable garden, there was no one in the vegetable garden!

"Master—" Xiaoyingzi ran all the way, panting and rushing over.

"What's going on?" Su Wei put down the food box, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, "Where is the master?"

"Zhang, Eunuch Zhang asked me to inform you immediately," Xiaoyingzi supported his waist, gasping for breath with his mouth wide open, "My lord took that gift and went to Changchun Garden!"

Changchun Garden

Gali's mother kowtowed to sue her son, and the Ministry of Punishment had handed over the pleadings to Lord Kangxi's case.

As soon as the fourth elder brother brought Ga Li into the Changchun Garden, Ga Li was taken away by the people from the Ministry of Justice.

The fourth elder brother went to the Hall of Nine Classics and Three Things to express his thoughts to Lord Kangxi.

Sitting behind the dragon case, Lord Kangxi stroked his forehead with one hand, "You mean, Gali can't be killed?"

"Yes," the fourth elder brother pursed his lips tightly, with a few drops of cold sweat on his forehead. He took the risk, but he had no choice. For a long time, I know Jiangnan's finances best, and if Huang Ama wants to make up for the shortfall, he needs someone who understands the truth to supervise Huang Ama."

Lord Kangxi narrowed his eyes and nodded slightly, "Continue."

The fourth elder brother couldn't see the emotions of Lord Kangxi at this time, so he could only force himself to calm down and continued, "Nowadays, the Northwest is using troops, and the Yellow River is flooded every year. It is time for the court to spend money. Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice, which should be the main source of treasury. But now it is difficult for him to protect himself. My son thinks that although Gali is an unforgivable crime this time, he still has usefulness in Jiangnan, so it is better to exchange his life with a loss of one million taels. If he can't block Jiangnan's finances It will not be too late for Huang Ama to dispose of him according to the law. In this way, it can also be regarded as a wake-up call for those officials who fish in troubled waters."

"Wake up?" Grandpa Kangxi opened his eyes, "What's up with? Corruption, perverting the law, murdering relatives, and only a million taels of silver can clear your guilt?"

"Huang Ama, my son-in-law—"

"Bastard!"

A bowl of boiling hot tea was poured straight towards the fourth elder brother, abruptly interrupting the fourth elder brother's unfinished words.

The fourth elder brother didn't dare to hide, and the skin that was splashed by the water turned red instantly.

"I see that you have been dazzled by power!" Master Kangxi changed his calmness just now, and his face was full of anger.

The fourth elder brother was shocked in his heart, and raised his head to look at his aloof Huang Ama.

"What about your usual calmness and self-control? What about your usual impartiality?" Master Kangxi bypassed the dragon case and walked up to the fourth elder brother. "I was encouraged to the bottom of my heart, so I forgot all of it for a while, right?"

The fourth elder brother pressed his lips tightly and did not speak, his body felt chills.Huang Ama was right, he lost all his perseverance for more than 20 years this night.

Master Kangxi walked around in front of the fourth elder brother, his voice became colder and colder, "Tonight, you kneel outside the Hall of Nine Classics and Three Things for me, sober up!"

"Yes," the fourth elder brother didn't argue again, he knelt on the ground, bowed and exited the palace gate.

Su Wei arrived at Changchun Garden a long time ago, and waited anxiously with Zhang Bao outside the Hall of Nine Classics and Three Things.

Unexpectedly, after finally waiting for the fourth elder brother to come out, he saw him kneeling straight on the steps.

"Long Live God has a decree," the little eunuch passing the decree stood in front of Su Wei and Zhang Bao, "Prince Yong will reflect on himself in front of the Hall of Nine Classics and Three Things tonight, and no one should disturb him!"

Su Wei froze in place, he could only raise his head blankly to look at the back of the fourth elder brother. There were 26 steps between the two of them, but it seemed that there was a Milky Way between them.

"Xiaowei, I lost," the fourth elder brother couldn't see Su Wei, he could only look at the open door of the Hall of Nine Classics and Three Things, and secretly said in his heart, "I thought I could take a gamble, as long as Gali didn't die, the old eighth I can’t get Jiangnan. But, I was wrong, I have no bargaining chips in this bet. Huang Ama is right, I was dazzled by power, and even forgot the basic principles of doing things. You have wasted so many years In the end, I am still a person who does everything in pursuit of fame and fortune..."

"master!"

Su Wei's voice suddenly rang next to his ears, and the fourth elder brother was startled suddenly. When he turned his head, he saw Su Wei changed his clothes and was standing beside him.

"How did you get here?" The fourth elder brother looked around, and the little eunuch who was in charge of supervising him was gone.

"Oh, there is nothing in this world that money can't solve." Su Wei slapped the two silver notes in his hands, and his complacent appearance seemed to be completely unaffected by the fourth elder brother's punishment.

"Go back quickly, master is fine, don't let people find out later," the fourth elder brother straightened up and stopped looking at Su Wei.

Su Wei put his head in front of the fourth elder brother, blinked his big eyes, "Long Live Lord punished you because you pleaded for Kari?"

"Yes," after answering, the fourth elder brother's lips twitched a few more times, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Su Wei stretched out his hand to touch the red mark on the face of the fourth elder brother, and stared suddenly, "What's going on? Long live God beat you!"

"No," the fourth elder brother avoided Su Wei's hand, for fear of being seen, "It was just scalded by the tea, and it is almost healed now."

"What's so good, it's all bubbling here! I'm &#￥#%——" Su Wei stuffed his sleeves into his mouth, and forcibly held back the swear words that were about to blurt out.

"I'm fine," the fourth elder brother forced a smile, but his expression was quite bitter.

"Hey, who can walk to the end without taking a fork in the road?" Su Wei squatted next to the fourth elder brother with his sleeves in his hands, "That Kari is a high-ranking man, but fortunately he won't live long, we will live forever." It's wise."

The fourth elder brother bent the corners of his lips, and the person squatting beside him stabbed him with his elbow again.

The fourth elder brother turned his head, and saw his father Su read seven words to him with his mouth, and then moved his face aside in embarrassment.

The fourth elder brother was stunned for a moment, then laughed softly after a while, although he was still kneeling, his heart was at peace...