Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 49 years

the ninth day of March, early morning

Before dawn, a cock crowed outside the window suddenly. The soundly sleeping Grandpa Su suddenly opened his eyes, staring blankly at the person in front of him who was still sleeping deeply, and suddenly remembered something.

"Wake up, wake up, wake up!"

Su Wei swooped on the fourth elder brother's body, pinched his face with both hands and chattered, "It's too late to go up, hurry up!"

The fourth elder brother gave a dazed "hmm", before he opened his eyes, he wrapped his arms around the person in front of him, "Let's go with the master, I'll let someone else help you with the matter in Beijing."

"no--"

Su Wei struggled out of the fourth elder brother's arms, grabbed the fourth elder brother's arm and pulled him up, "Hurry up and wash and change clothes, I'll call Zhang Bao and the others, you have to go to Changchun Garden, don't you It's going to be late to leave!"

Before Su Wei got out of bed, there were some panicked footsteps outside the door, "Has the master woke up? Damn the slave, the slave has overslept. Master, we have to go!"

"Quick, quick!" Grandpa Su jumped to the ground neatly, while preparing court clothes, he opened the door and took the water basin.

When he turned around and came back, the fourth elder brother dawdled over to the side of the bed, his boots had just been half worn.

"Oh, you're going to die of anxiety," Su Wei put down the basin, and rushed forward to help the fourth elder brother kick on his boots, "Hurry up and wake up, if you want this kind of virtue to go to court, you must make a joke!"

"You really have no conscience," the fourth elder brother yawned big. "If I hadn't been busy all day and came to see you in the middle of the night, how could I be so sleepy? You see, Zhang Bao and Zhang Qilin both got up late."

"So," Su Wei sprang up from the ground, threw a wet towel and handed it to the fourth elder brother, "I'm also busy these days, so don't hurry over here. It's not been a long time since I saw you, it's so disgusting Xixi."

The fourth elder brother lowered his head and covered his face in the towel, took a deep breath of the cold and moist air, and gave Grandpa Su a three-character comment, "He has no heart..."

Old Summer Palace

This time, all the female family members of Prince Yong's Mansion were able to follow the prince to the Old Summer Palace.

Mrs. Li brought Mrs. Guo to live in Tianzifang, which is adjacent to a small lake in the south and paddy fields in the east.

Shiyue and Niu Hulu live in Wufutang, which is very close to Nian's Langyin Pavilion.Geng and Song live in the Cuifu Building to the north of the Tianzifang. The place is also very large, and the surroundings are quiet and cool.

Early in the morning, when Xu'er came back with breakfast, Shiyue was lying on the window sill, laughing at Hongpan who was clumsily loosening the soil for a magnolia plant in the yard.

"My lord," Xu'er lowered her voice mysteriously, and whispered as she opened the food box, "I saw Caixi next to Nian Fujin in the kitchen, and she was begging the chef in the kitchen to make shrimp custard for him. Well. It is said that Fujin has a bad appetite, so he can't eat breakfast."

"The weather is stuffy these days, so it's strange that you don't have a good appetite," Shiyue leaned her chin sideways, but when she saw the little book passing by, the expression on her face changed slightly.

"Where, the young master only knows one thing but not the other," Xu'er set up the breakfast, went to the window to help Shiyue up, "you can listen to the little girls in the kitchen talking behind their backs, saying that it's New Year's Eve Yesterday I was dressed up beautifully, but when I got to the Indus Courtyard, I didn’t even enter the door, and came back in a daze. This night, the candles in the Langyin Pavilion have not been extinguished.”

"These talkers." Shiyue sat down at the table and looked up at Xu'er, "You are not allowed to talk nonsense to people outside, it's fine if you hear it, if something happens, I don't care about you .”

"Yes, this servant knows," Xu'er stuck out her tongue flatteringly, and served Shiyue some clear porridge, "Master, please use more, this porridge has fresh flower petals boiled in it."

"Wu Erniang!"

Hongpan's voice came from behind, Shiyue turned her head, Hongpan was climbing on the window sill, holding a blooming magnolia flower in her hand, "This is for you!"

Fourteenth Lord's Mansion, in the evening

Fourteenth elder brother's bodyguard Shen Wu walked into the study quickly, fourteenth elder brother waved to Lu Rui who was grinding ink, Lu Rui hurriedly bowed and retreated.

"How is it? What did you find?" Elder Fourteen asked in a deep voice.

"Back to the master," Shen Wu arched his hands, "the doctor Liu He who was originally invited by the Babeile Mansion has indeed disappeared. There is no one in his house, and the neighbors don't know where the family has gone. It is said that before the disappearance, No signs at all."

"Then, where's that doctor Wang?" Elder Fourteen tapped on the armrest of the chair.

"Returning to the master, the slave thinks that Imperial Physician Wang is not an insider." Shen Wu paused and continued, "The slave found a lot of people and inquired about that Imperial Physician Wang on the sidelines, but there was nothing strange about him. It's like taking care of an ordinary pregnant master, and she answers generously when asked, really doesn't look like someone who hides any secrets."

"Oh?" Elder Fourteen raised his chin and raised his eyebrows slightly, "If you say that, then there is really only one possibility."

"Master means," Shen Wu was silent for a moment, then suddenly thought of something, "No way, this is a serious crime of beheading!"

"If you want to decapitate, you have to have evidence," Elder Fourteen straightened up, "It is impossible for him to stand up if he is inhumane. The rest is probably that Liu He and that side Fujin!"

"Liu He has probably been silenced." Shen Wu thought for a while, then lowered his voice, "Master wants to start with that side Fujin?"

Brother Fourteen slowly curled the corners of his mouth, but did not speak.

March in Beijing was quiet and peaceful, but the situation at the border was gradually becoming more and more sound.

In late March, when the ice and snow had just melted, a group of Junggar soldiers raided Gasikou, intending to steal the horses from the racecourse.Although it was discovered by the officers and soldiers in time, they were defeated and escaped, but they also caused certain losses.

After negotiating with the border guards, Funing'an turned to Emperor Kangxi and asked to divide his troops into two groups and take the initiative to attack the border of Cewang Arabtan and Turpan, Urumqi and other places.

Emperor Kangxi granted the decree to formally confer the title of Shangshu Funing'an as a general and to give a seal; he also ordered Governor Erente to go to the place where the troops were stationed and discuss with Funing'an about the matter.At the same time, Wang Yiqian, the commander-in-chief, was sent to take charge of the Manchurian soldiers and green flag soldiers stationed in Xining; Li Yao, the commander-in-chief of Yansui, was sent to Suzhou to prevent the enemy from invading.

At this point, when the army at the border gate moved, there was a surge of wind and clouds in the middle.

the third day of April

The fourth elder brother received a letter from Nian Gengyao, and he deliberately inquired: As early as last year, the Junggar Dace Lingdun Duobu was ordered to lead an expeditionary force to conquer Kazakhstan, but when he passed through Yarkand and arrived in Arik for a rest, he suddenly claimed that he would Escorted Lhazang Khan's son Dan Zhong and his wife Tsewang Alabutan's daughter Botorok back to Tibet, and helped Lhazang Khan fight against the Brukba people.

The army changed its route in Arik, ran all the way to Hetian, crossed the Kunlun Mountains, and passed through the Keriyala Mountain in the west of the Ubashi Mountains in February this year, and stationed in Shenza County.

Razang Khan got the news and sent his second son Sulza to lead some troops to welcome Danzhong and his wife Botorok back to Tibet.

"This—" Zhang Tingyu's face changed drastically after reading Nian Gengyao's letter, "Your lord's inference is correct, and the ambitions of Allah Butan have been clearly revealed. The expeditionary force traveled all the way from Arik, across Kunlun, and to Yulong. How could it be possible to walk to the border of Tibet just to escort Kaledan Danzhong? Lhazang Khan lured the tiger to his bedside, and he didn’t even know it.”

The fourth elder brother tapped his forehead with one hand, and sighed softly, "I have sent someone to send a letter to Funing'an as soon as possible. It is most appropriate for the news of Junggar's entry into Tibet to be passed on to Beijing from him. I just don't know, Huang Ama will How to deal with it."

"It's not easy to help Tibet..." Zhang Tingyu thought for a while, "Before, because Dipa Sangye Gyatso concealed the news of the fifth Dalai Lama's passing away, we supported Lhazang Khan, the great-grandson of Gush Khan, Therefore, he agreed with Lhazang Khan and discarded the sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso selected by Sangye Gyatso. However, I heard that the Tibetan people still think that Tsangyang Gyatso is the real sixth Dalai Lama, and they do not agree with Lhazang Khan later selected Ngawang Yixi Gyatso. The monks of the three major monasteries had already found the reincarnation of Tsangyang Gyatso, but Long Live God decreed that the soul boy was temporarily placed in Kumbum Monastery in Xining. As a result, Tibet The common people have a lot of complaints about our Qing court. But Tseng Wang Alabutan, because he had a lot of connections with Diba Sangye Gyatso before, took this opportunity to win a lot of goodwill in Tibet."

"You're right, that's what this king is worried about," the fourth elder brother stood up and walked to the window, "It's just that no matter what, Junggar cannot be allowed to occupy Tibet for a long time. Once Junggar's power grows, it will definitely continue to harass our Qing Dynasty." The border. The situation in Qinghai is also complicated. The leaders of the Heshuo Special Division all have their own ambitions. Lazang Khan is alive and well. In the name of the Special Khanate, there will be another war. At that time, Huang Ama's painstaking efforts in Qinghai and Tibet all these years will be in vain."

"My lord is right," Zhang Tingyu mused for a moment, then arched his hands and said, "In this way, it will be a matter of time before the Southwest uses troops. Nian Gengyao is now in power in Sichuan, and he is also highly valued by the emperor. When Babeile and the others get the news, it is inevitable He will put his mind on him, the prince should work harder on this person."

The fourth elder brother stood in front of the window with long and far-reaching eyes.

Ji Sheng Tang

The last truckload of cargo was taken away, and Su Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ouch," Li Yanxi approached with a flattering smile again, pinching his sleeves and fanning Grandpa Su, "Grandpa Su really lives up to his reputation for doing things. I used to be vague when I was young, afraid that it would be too slow and that things would be bad. Looking at it now , your Eunuch Su is not only reliable in doing things for the master, but also in the business. The next time I have something to do, I will come to trouble you."

"Master Li, you are welcome." Su Wei sat down at the stone table, motioning for Li Yanxi to sit down as well, "For business, you buy and sell, mutual mutual benefit can only be achieved by mutual agreement. All that is left is money, so there is no trouble. "

"Yes, yes, what Su Gonggong said is reasonable," Li Yanxi laughed along, took a wooden box from the servant, and put it lightly on the stone table, "This is the final payment, please order Su Gonggong."

Su Wei raised his hand, and Mu Ci came over to take the wooden box.

"Also," Li Yanxi took out a few banknotes from his sleeve, and put them in Su Wei's hand, "This is a small thought. From now on, the prince will be supported by Mr. Lai Su."

Su Wei squinted his eyes, glanced at the bank note, glanced again after a while, and finally stood up with a wave of his hand and said, "Forget about the money, our prince values ​​people who can do things. As long as you put your heart into it Try your best, the prince will naturally not turn a blind eye."

Li Yanxi hurriedly got up, picked up the bank note and wanted to go forward, but Grandpa Su had already staggered out.

At night, Wutongyuan

The fourth elder brother was sitting on the couch reading a book, Xiao Yingzi walked in slowly, "My servant greets the prince."

"Is there something wrong?" The fourth elder brother lowered his head and slid his fingers lightly across the pages of the book.

"That," Xiaoyingzi rubbed his hands, "Nian Fang Fujin is here and wants to see you."

The fourth elder brother raised his head and looked out the window, "It's getting dark, so I said that the master has already rested, and someone sent her back."

"Ah? But," Xiaoyingzi scratched his head in embarrassment, "A few days ago, when you were not in the garden, Nian Fang Fujin came and was shut out once. Now, many slaves are spreading rumors in private. Nian Fujin's appetite has not been very good for the past few days, and he was looking for a doctor yesterday. If this continues, the servant is afraid..."

The fourth elder brother raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xiao Yingzi, and after a moment of silence he said, "Let her come in, and then ask the waiter to make some supper and bring it over, just say that the king is hungry."

"Yes," Xiaoyingzi bent down to hit Qian'er, and went down neatly.

Leaving the fourth elder brother alone, facing the empty room, he let out a long sigh.