Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 48 years

On the first day of August, the Old Summer Palace

The night was getting dark, and the new head of the Old Summer Palace who had been boarded was lying on the bed alone.The swollen butt hurt so badly that even after applying medicine, she couldn't fall asleep and could only wait for the dawn dryly.

"Oh, it would be great if the master was here today, and this won't happen."

The person on the bed looked at the dark window and sighed, "I should be optimistic about elder brother Hongpan, why can't this problem of caring about the head and ignoring the buttocks be cured?"

"Master—"

The door squeaked, interrupting Manager Li's self-pity, a small figure carefully stepped over the threshold with a tray in his hand.

"Little Shuzi?" Li Ying raised his head, then frowned, "Didn't I tell you not to let you come over?"

Xiao Shuzi froze in place, lowered his head, and on the tray in his hand was a bowl of steaming egg porridge.I don't know where he asked for it in the middle of the night.

Li Ying's heart softened, and she sighed silently, "Okay, okay, come in."

There were diced meat in the egg porridge, and it was very soft and rotten. Li Ying had no appetite after being hit by the board, but after being watched by Xiao Shuzi, he finally bite the bullet and drank it.

Not to mention, with something in the stomach, the body feels much more comfortable, and it seems that the swollen buttocks don't hurt so much.

"Tell me about today's matter," Li Ying lay back on the pillow again, putting on a strict teacher's face, which made Xiao Shuzi stunned for a while.

"You were not an ignorant person in the past. Who gave you the courage to accompany elder brother to climb the rockery? Even if you can't persuade me about such a big event, you can always send someone to bring me a letter." son?"

Xiao Shuzi put the porridge bowl on the tray properly, with his head lowered, "It happened so suddenly, I didn't have time to think about it—"

"It's too late to think about it!" Li Ying raised his eyebrows, slapped the bed, and even shook his injured buttocks, "Who are you fooling? You and Brother Hongpan sneaked out after saluting in the second gate Yes, there are Da Ge Ge and Er Ge Ge standing behind, if you want to dissuade me a little bit, how come it's too late?"

The little book shrank his shoulders, and he didn't dare to look into Master's eyes anymore. After dawdling for a long time, he rubbed the hem of his clothes and said, "Master doesn't know, my master respects Lord Long Live very much, knowing that Lord Long Live will come to Yuanmingyuan this time, I'm excited I haven't fallen asleep for several days. But who knows, I finally hoped for someone to come, but I was stopped far away, and I didn't even show my face. Seeing that the Long Live Lord is leaving, the master is in a hurry , took me out of the team. I was also thinking, let the master take a look at it, and the wish will be fulfilled at a glance, so as not to worry about it in the future."

"Yo," Li Ying stared, and glanced up and down the little book, "I really didn't see it, but you are the one who thinks of you wholeheartedly. Why, when you leave the East Courtyard, the wings Hard, you don’t see anyone else except brother Hongpan, right?”

Xiao Shuzi was taken aback by Li Ying's yelling, and his eyes turned red instantly.

This time, Li Ying felt uncomfortable. After all, he was just such an apprentice. He still knew how Xiao Shuzi treated him, "It's not that Master wants to blame you, it's that you are too muddleheaded about this matter today. This There is a prince in the palace and there is Fujin under him. As slaves, it is right to be loyal to the master, but we can't just care about the master's thoughts alone. You must know that all the arrangements for welcoming the Long Live Lord today are made by the prince, The concubine did it after careful consideration. Brother Hongyun is the prince's son, and his status is the most suitable. With him accompanying the car, others will not talk too much, and Lord Long Live will not think too much. You are better off, let brother Hongpan make such a fuss , the painstaking efforts of the prince and princess are all in vain."

"But—" Xiao Shuzi opened his mouth, tears streaming down his face, he grabbed his sleeve and wiped it hard, and suppressed his sobs, "But I am brother Hongpan's slave, I just want to Acknowledge this master, I can't let him let who let him..."

"What do you mean you only recognize this one master!"

Li Ying poked Xiaoshuzi's forehead with his finger, "Aren't the prince and concubine your master? Who taught you this? He doesn't want his head anymore, does he?"

"Master taught..."

The corner of Xiaoshuzi's mouth twitched, and Xiaoyingzi froze for a moment.

He knew it, he knew it, if the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, his honest apprentice has been taught badly!

the fourth day of august

On behalf of Meng Yangzhai, San Age submitted the entire draft of "Law and Calendar Origin" to the Holy Master.This book is divided into three parts: astronomy, arithmetic, and music theory.

Among them, the part of "Mathematical Essence", which is mainly about mathematics, not only collects traditional mathematics works of various dynasties, but also integrates a large number of Western academics.It is the most influential and comprehensive mathematics work since the founding of the Qing Dynasty.

Lord Kangxi was very happy after reading the manuscript. Originally, the Mathematics Academy had selected many students from the Eight Banners to study algorithms.With the book "The Origin of the Law and Calendar", students no longer need to cross the river by feeling the stones, and the teaching can be more systematic.

The third elder brother received a lot of rewards for this, and Lord Kangxi even entrusted him with the task of teaching the students of the Eight Banners in the Mathematical Academy.

It was useless for a few days, and Prince Cheng quickly surpassed Prince Yong who had just greeted him in the limelight.

August [-], Old Summer Palace

Outside the Hall of Nine Classics and Three Events, the eunuchs accompanying the princes stood on both sides of the side gate in twos and threes.

After the Xifuna case, the Respect Room sent people to various prince's mansions to punish a group of eunuchs who went out of the palace. Lu Rui, the chief eunuch of the fourteenth brother, was not spared, and received fifty slaps in the Department of Shenxing , After returning home, she lay down for more than half a month before she could get out of bed.

The Fourteenth Master already has a newcomer to serve him, but Lu Rui is not easy to admit defeat.Taking advantage of the fourteenth master returning to Beizi's mansion for business, he packed up the small parcel by himself, and squatted beside the carriage in disregard of other people's cynicism.

After waiting for the fourteenth master to go out, he was also taken aback when he saw Lu Rui.

Lu Rui stood up and saluted, and put on a dog skin plaster look, allowing the Fourteenth Master to look at him.

The Fourteenth Master sneered, and his tone was very easy-going. He hit the curtain with one hand and slapped Lu Rui with the other, "Okay, follow along."

Lu Rui followed the Fourteenth Master to Changchun Garden in a desperate manner, and when the officials of the Nine Classics and Three Affairs Hall were discussing matters, they suddenly discovered that there were not many familiar faces in the inner prison standing outside the hall.

"Eunuch Lu!"

Elder Brother Thirteen's close eunuch, Deng Yu, was the closest to Lu Rui. Seeing that Lu Rui came to Changchun Garden with the Fourteenth Master, he was overjoyed and greeted him quickly.

"Hey, Eunuch Deng, my little brother has met some acquaintances." Lu Rui pulled Deng Yu, and the two retreated behind the crowd, "I just came out of Beijing with my master yesterday, and stayed on the bed for a month. I almost thought I'd never see you again."

"Oh, it's not easy," Deng Yu sighed, and raised his chin towards the crowd, "We can still stand here and talk today, it's because our ancestors have accumulated virtue."

Lu Rui scanned the crowd, frowning slightly, "So many people have changed, even the people around Fifth and Seventh Masters have changed!"

Deng Yu sighed and nodded, but Lu Rui was taken aback suddenly, "Hey, that's not right, what about Eunuch Su's group? Did Fourth Master not come today?"

"It's early," Deng Yu's voice was full of frustration, and he pointed at the crowd without even wanting to look, "That greasy-faced boy is, what is his name, Wanxiang, and he has been following Prince Yong recently. .”

Lu Rui's eyes widened, and he looked straight at Deng Yu's hand. He was indeed a white and tender little eunuch with greasy hair and pink face.Judging by her age, she is 21 or [-] years old. Although the palace uniform on her body has no patch, the material is also high-quality, and it is quite eye-catching among a group of newcomers.

"This, this—" Lu Rui turned his head with an unbelievable expression on his face, "This is impossible, don't tell me, Eunuch Su was also——"

"Grandpa Su didn't go to the Punishment Division to be tortured." Deng Yu lowered his voice and leaned into Lu Rui's ear, "I heard that Gonggong Su and his gang were punished by the prince, and they were punished in the palace. It's almost like a person. The respect room wanted to bring people into the palace, but when it arrived at Prince Yong's mansion, he didn't even take anyone in, so he just left."

"Ah?" Lu Rui's braid was half up, and he couldn't believe it. The Su Gonggong Deng Yu said was the domineering, majestic Su he knew, who was cited as a legend among the eunuchs. Chief Manager - Su Peisheng.

"Then what about now?"

"It is said that he was thrown on the Zhuangzi and died on his own. Now Prince Yong's mansion is served by a group of new eunuchs," Deng Yu said, feeling even more uncomfortable. Back then, Thirteen When Brother was imprisoned in Rehe Palace, Eunuch Su helped them a lot.

"This is Mr. Lu Rui, right?"

When Lu Rui and Deng Yu were chatting, Wan Xiang walked up to them, "Little brother Wan Xiang, this is the first time we meet today, please say hello to Eunuch Lu."

"Well, it's easy to say, Mr. Wan is being polite." Lu Ruixu cupped his fists and gave Wan Xiang a casual nod. He didn't want to talk to a kid who didn't even have a haircut, just like those guys who were riding on his neck yesterday. The shitty little bastard who kicks his nose on his face whenever he gets a chance.

Wan Xiang would look at people's faces, and seeing that Eunuch Lu who had just returned seemed to be ignorant of him, he turned around and hugged Deng Yu and said, "Eunuch Deng, when will you come to Yuanmingyuan with Lord Thirteen, I will treat you well. .”

"Thank you, Eunuch Wan," Deng Yu also gave a fake smile, and his voice was tinged with sarcasm, "Our family still has some friendship with Eunuch Li, the manager of Yuanmingyuan, so I dare not bother Eunuch Wan."

Wan Xiang's face froze, knowing that his hot face was stuck to his cold ass, but unfortunately he didn't have the confidence of that old Mr. Su, and he didn't dare to choke back his words, so he could only put a smile on his face, turned around and went back there. Help the newcomers pile up.

Lu Rui snorted coldly, and rolled his eyes at the group of new eunuchs.

At this time, under the tree not far from the two of them, the eunuchs who were serving the younger elder brothers gathered together and began to point at Wan Xiang's back. in the ears.

"Is it him?"

"It seems to be him..."

"It must be him, look at the watery look."

"Oh, what water spirit, I'm getting hairs on my hair."

"Why not Shui Ling? Let me tell you, that... people like this..."

Lu Rui and Deng Yu looked at each other, then turned their heads hesitantly.

Those little eunuchs hadn't noticed that they were being watched, and they still kept their ears together, talking excitedly.

"Hey, then that Eunuch Su—"

"I guess so, but now it's too late, I'm too old..."

"Hey, let me just say, how can a eunuch be reused by the master again!"

"Shh, keep your voice down, let me tell you, a relative of mine used to work for the prince...that small courtyard, except for the prince, only Su Peisheng and the others, didn't even have a maid..."

"Hey! You—"

After finally understanding the cause and effect, both Lu Rui and Deng Yu turned pale.

Deng Yu wanted to step forward and stop, but Lu Rui grabbed him.

"This is outside the Hall of Nine Classics and Three Events, you don't want to die!"

"But—" Deng Yu still wanted to go forward, but there was a noise in the hall, and the courtiers and elder brother who participated in the discussion came out of the hall one after another.

Deng Yu and Lu Rui rushed to meet them, and the young eunuchs also accepted their masters and disappeared into the crowd.

The fourth elder brother took Wanxiang out of the Changchun Garden, and the carriage was already waiting outside the gate.Wan Xiang wanted to go forward to lift the curtain for the fourth elder brother, but Fu Nai took a step ahead.

Fu Nai lifted the curtain of the car, and nodded slightly at the fourth elder brother. The fourth elder brother went straight into the carriage, and the curtain was tightly blocked back.

The coachman shook off his whip, and the carriage moved forward slowly, but today, the speed of the carriage seems to be slower than in the past.

Inside the car, Long Keduo bowed his head to the fourth elder brother and saluted.

The fourth elder brother waved his hand, and leaned against the wall of the car, "How are you doing these days? When I saw Huang Ama today, she looked much better than before."

"Long live Lord's mood has indeed improved a lot," Longkodo bowed his head slightly, "I haven't pursued the matter of braids these days, and the increased defenses in Changchun Garden have been withdrawn one by one. Fourteenth Lord almost I accompany Long Live Lord every day, and Prince Cheng often enters and exits the Hall of Nine Classics and Three Things through the compilation of books these days."

"The third elder brother is really calm." The fourth elder brother raised the corners of his mouth with an unpredictable expression, "In order to show his face in front of Huang Ama, he can be buried in the pile of books for five or six years without raising his head. Back then, the book " "The Collection of Ancient and Modern Books" is, and now this "Law Calendar Origin" is again."

"Prince Cheng has indeed benefited from the manuscript this time," Longkodo raised his head, his face calm, "the school selected a large number of students from the Eight Banners, and the emperor entrusted him with the task of teaching mathematics. In the past, Prince Cheng had always been The elder brother and the second elder brother suppressed, and there is no chance to cultivate power. But now, the Long Live Lord personally pushed Prince Cheng to the Eight Banners. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, we don’t know yet, but it is absolutely impossible for Prince Cheng not to do anything."

The fourth elder brother nodded slightly, but his voice was not heavy, "I understand from your analysis. I was so worried before. However, just two days ago, I heard people say that Wang Hongxu has entered Beijing."

"Wang Hongxu? The Wang Hongxu who was dismissed from his official position in the case of the officials protecting the eighth elder brother?" Long Kedo remembered this person. He was a strong eighth master party and won the trust of the eighth elder brother.

"That's right," the fourth elder brother took out a handkerchief from his arms, and wiped his hands slowly, "This Wang Hongxu is not a simple person. When he was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown, he didn't go back empty-handed."

"Could it be that Ming History?" Long Kedo's eyes lit up, "At the beginning, Long Live God ordered him to compile the Ming History, but the draft has never been finished. Now that he suddenly returns to Beijing, it should be the beginning of Ming History!"

"Yes," the fourth elder brother smiled lightly, with a calm expression, "if there is no accident, it will be the turn of the old eighth in a few days. Wang Hongxu is a rare civil servant, and Huang Ama also attaches great importance to his knowledge. He If the official returns to his original post, the third brother will not be so easy if he wants to cover the sky with one hand in Mengyang Zhai."

"It seems that this matter was arranged by the eighth elder brother again," Long Kedo's face darkened, "in the past few years, the eighth elder brother has become more and more powerful."

The fourth elder brother didn't make a sound, and there was still no expression on his face.

Longkodo pursed his lips, and after thinking for a while, he finally said in a deep voice, "At the beginning, when I arranged for Changchun Garden to guard the flood, the prince planned to disclose the news first. The eighth elder brother really bit the hook and arranged a lot of The young man is by Long Live God's side. This braided tassel happened to be God's help. Long Live God's doubts and fears are fully exposed, and the eighth elder brother is now very popular. Why don't the prince make some arrangements so that Long Live God can completely pull out the eighth son? Brother, this thorn?"

"Now, it's not the right time," the fourth elder brother slightly lowered his eyebrows, "Huang Ama is just a little suspicious, and it will disappear soon if it wants to disappear. Lao Ba is not a fool, if we act rashly, we may burn ourselves. "

"If you don't enter the tiger's lair, you won't get tiger cubs," Long Kedo lowered his voice, "Brother Eight would have sent so many people into Changchun Garden, I'm afraid he already has the heart of disobedience, so why should the prince worry so much?" We just need to puncture a piece of paper for the Long Live Lord, and the doubts and fears that have dissipated will soon swell again. At that time, as long as the little minister raises his hand a little, the arrangements of the eighth elder brother will be fully exposed in front of the Long Live Lord .”

"What do you mean?" The fourth elder brother turned his head to look at Longkodo, "Let this king frame the old eighth?"

"The winner is the king and the loser is Kou," Long Kedo slowed down his speech, "Long Live Lord is already exhausted, if one day the mountain suddenly collapses, what chance does the Lord have of winning?"

The fourth elder brother lowered his head, with hesitation on his face, "As you said, this is not the first time this king has fought against the eighth brother. However, Huang Ama is now calm. Even if this king has some plans, his old man will Not so easy to fool."

"It depends on whether the prince is willing to be hard-hearted," Longkodo narrowed his eyes slightly, and a trace of coldness appeared at the corner of his mouth.

night, farm

"No! Absolutely not!" Su Wei listened to the conversation between the fourth elder brother and Long Kedo, and his braids stood on end. "Killing the king and father, is that a human thing? Even if the eighth elder brother wants to do it, Neither can we!"

"It's not for real work," the fourth elder brother said in a weak tone, sitting cross-legged on the couch, not daring to look at Su Wei's expression, "At the beginning, I asked Long Kedo to let the old man out, because he wanted the old man to bite the hook himself. I want to wait until the right time to expose it to Huang Ama. But now, Lao Ba's power is indeed developing too fast, Jiangnan is already in his hands, and more than half of the clansmen are on his side. The courtiers were also stunned by the news. And Huang Ama—I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until the day when I can match up with the old Baqi."

"Why can't you wait? You can wait." Su Wei spun around impatiently, "You listen to me, follow your own steps, and don't be fooled by others. Think about it, if the emperor is really because of your plan, If something happens, even if it hurts your body, you will be allowed to sit in that position when you turn around. Can you feel at ease? Can you sit still? Aren’t all people in the world fools, there is always someone with a hard bone who can beat the drum The literati will write it down for you! When you are old, it will be your nightmare, it will make you sleepless every night, and you will regret it for the rest of your life!"

The fourth elder brother raised his head and just met Su Wei's swollen red eyes, the corner of his mouth suddenly turned up, "I knew it, you wouldn't agree. So, I didn't agree either."

In a blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival fell to

Mo Yaqi and Yi Erha accepted the order of the fourth elder brother to arrange the Mid-Autumn Festival.

On this day, after lunch, Mo Yaqi took Baosheng out to see how the Peony Pavilion was decorated.

Baosheng held a bamboo umbrella for Mo Yaqi, the sun was very strong in midsummer, not to mention it was just after noon.Looking at the fine sweat on Mo Yaqi's forehead, Baosheng couldn't help but feel distressed, "Ge Ge is really, why bother to come out in the middle of the day, so I don't have to sweat all over."

"Just clean at noon." Mo Yaqi took off the veil and wiped her forehead, "The nuns sent by Fujin are very disturbing, and they can't stretch out their hands to do anything."

Baosheng's face darkened, and he lowered his head. Ever since Da Gege pleaded for Su Gonggong, Fujin treated Da Gege differently. After a few days, he sent a nurturing mother from the palace to take care of him everywhere. Looking at the two princesses, I don't know what the idea is.

"Ama is busy with business, and Eunuch Su has left the mansion, and now there is chaos inside and outside, and I don't want to have any more confrontations with Fujin," Mo Yaqi continued, "It's all about raising a noisy parrot, Normally, you don't pay much attention to her."

"Yes," Baosheng nodded with a smile, their big princess is becoming more and more royal.

The two talked and laughed, and went all the way to the Peony Pavilion. Because it was the hottest noon time, the servants who were working were also hiding in the shade to rest.

Mo Yaqi didn't let anyone disturb them, and took Baosheng to look around.

The women hiding in the cold didn't notice anyone coming, they covered their mouths and chattered about something.

Mo Yaqi gradually approached, and what the maidservants were talking about slowly spread into her ears.

"I heard from the servant who sweeps the front yard that Mr. Wanxiang is serving these days..."

"It's no wonder that the rumors have become like that, let alone Wanxiang, even the former Eunuch Su was quite handsome."

"Hee hee hee, don't mention that, the prince doesn't even like it..."

"Hey, I just feel sorry for the young masters in the backyard. Their bodies have grown in vain, and they are not as good as those with broken roots—"

Mo Yaqi's face turned pale, and his body swayed under the sun.

Baosheng hurriedly supported Da Gege's arm, his face turned cold, and he yelled loudly, "Bastard! I don't think you want to live anymore!"