Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 25 years

On August 24, Shengjia returned to Luang.

Following the prince and the emperor into the Palace of Mercy Ning and the Palace of Kindness to pay respects to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, Su Wei went back to Elder Brother's place first to take care of everything.

In the evening, Su Wei, who had been busy for another day, returned to his hut. He couldn't wait for someone to fill him with hot water and soak in the tub comfortably. Only then did his red and swollen buttocks get temporary relief.

Holding the kettle, Xiao Erge tested the temperature of the water, and asked, "Grandpa Su, how is your trip to the palace this time? Is there anything interesting?"

Su Wei looked up at the sky, "Mosquitoes as big as moths, dusty horseshoes, endless milk cakes, cheese...fun things..." The drunk fourth elder brother counted, but he couldn't say.

Xiao Erge looked at the obviously dark and thin Eunuch Su, smiled and lowered his head, "Wait, I'll get you a handful of goji berries to make some bubbles."

When Xiao Erge went out, Su Wei slid down against the wooden barrel, humming an out-of-tune song, in an exceptionally beautiful mood.After a while, the door was opened and someone walked in. Su Wei shook his head and said, "Add some hot water for me."

There was no movement behind him for a long time, and Su Wei was about to turn his head when a gust of hot water poured in along the side of the bucket.

"Ouch!" For some reason, the spout of the pot suddenly tilted and scalded Su Wei's back, Su Wei suddenly turned his head to avoid it, and met a very familiar person who was not Xiao Erge.

"master?"

The fourth elder brother held the big kettle, "I didn't do it on purpose, the kettle is too heavy."

As soon as Xiao Erge walked outside Su Gonggong's house with a small pack of wolfberries in his hands, he heard a loud splashing sound of water in the room.Xiao Erge, who wanted to go in immediately to see what was going on, was stopped by the conversation in the room.

The fourth elder brother looked at Su Peisheng who jumped out of the bathtub at a flying speed and put on his robe with a puzzled expression on his face.

"Oh, my master, why didn't you say anything when you entered the room, the servant thought it was Xiao Erge." Su Wei really didn't have time to put on his pants, so he could only put on a robe to block the key parts.

The fourth elder brother put down the kettle and sat on the side of the bed, "I have something to ask you, but Liu Yu said that you asked someone for bath water, and I guess you are taking a bath, so I came here by myself."

Su Wei grabbed his robe and sat next to the fourth elder brother, "Just announce if you have something to do, let alone take a bath, even if the slave is about to die, he will rush over immediately."

The fourth elder brother glared at Su Wei, "Don't talk nonsense, and don't be afraid of taboo."

Su Wei scratched his head and smiled embarrassingly, while the fourth elder brother had a sad face, "I'm going to the palace tomorrow to pay my respects to Empress Empress and Er Niang. Today I'm sorting out my fur goods, and there's only one good fox fur. The rest are deerskins and rabbitskins, and I don't know how to give them away."

Su Wei thought for a while, "There are so many fur goods in the Palace, what is precious is your friendship, your filial piety, even a feather is good."

The fourth elder brother lowered his head, "But, which one is more important..."

Su Wei looked at the fourth elder brother and said softly, "Those Mongolian officials gave you a lot of leather goods. It's not about right or wrong. There is no right or wrong. What you think is the most important thing."

The fourth elder brother turned to look at Su Wei and nodded slightly.

Su Wei smiled, but found that the fourth elder brother's gaze did not look away, but was moving down his body, and finally...

Su Wei, who suddenly felt the coolness below, covered his robe with a jerk. He was too devoted to being a bosom brother, and forgot to tie the robe.

The fourth elder brother pouted, "What's there to be shy about? You've seen mine!"

Su Wei swallowed and spit, the fourth elder brother may have been infected by those informal Mongolian nobles, on the way back he found that the fourth elder brother was much more unrestrained than before, "Slave, the slave is serving you, let's talk about one slave, one Eunuchs will stain your eyes."

The fourth elder brother turned his head, "Cut, who wants to watch it, I'm going back to sleep, you will accompany me into the palace tomorrow."

"Yes," Su Wei hurriedly bowed his head and obeyed, and sent the little ancestor away.

Cheng Qiangong

The fourth elder brother brought a group of people into Chengqian Palace with a bunch of boxes early in the morning.

After paying respects to the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine pulled him to sit at the round table, "I heard that you encountered bandits on your return journey. How are you doing? Are you scared?"

The fourth elder brother shook his head, "Don't worry, Queen Mother, my son is fine, it's just a small gang of bandits, and they will be dealt with by the guards soon."

The imperial concubine breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, the queen mother is not afraid of anything, except that something will happen to you."

The fourth elder brother smiled, "Don't worry, Queen Mother," after speaking, he stretched out his hand and beckoned the little eunuch to come in, "These are from my son's hunting. Although they are not precious skins, they are just a little bit of my son's heart."

"Take it here and have a look," the imperial concubine said with a smile.

The little eunuch put the two trays on the table, and the imperial concubine touched the silky fox fur, "It's really a good fur, Huanyue, quickly take it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and let them make a fox fur shawl for this palace."

Huanyue accepted the order with a smile, "Your maidservant can see how good the deerskin is, so I can make you a fur jacket."

"Yes, yes," the imperial concubine raised her smile, "Take them all, let the Ministry of Internal Affairs do it quickly, and I will put them on after the gold awarding day."

Seeing that the imperial concubine liked it so much, the fourth elder brother smiled happily.

The imperial concubine turned her head and took the fourth elder brother's hand and said, "Go out now, it's just different, you have the blood of us."

The fourth elder brother smiled shyly, "Emperor Niang, my son-in-law brought you gifts from various tribes, would you like to take a look?"

The imperial concubine frowned slightly, "Don't look at it, it's the same thing every year, what's so interesting about it. What they value is only my status, how can it compare with your filial piety."

The fourth elder brother raised his smiling face, and then remembered something and said, "Emperor Ama rewarded my son with ten Mongolian girls before. Now that the house is in the House of Internal Affairs, my son doesn't know what to do. The Queen Mother will help him take care of it."

The imperial concubine smiled, "You will be ten years old next year, and it will not be a few years before you enter the backyard. Since your emperor ama has rewarded you, the emperor's mother will help you choose two good trainers, and the rest I’ll send it to your eight haha ​​beads.”

The fourth elder brother thought for a while and nodded, "It's all up to the Queen Mother to decide."

The fourth elder brother bid farewell and left. The imperial concubine stood at the entrance of the main hall and watched him walk away, sighing deeply.

Huanyue walked up to the imperial concubine, and asked puzzledly, "Si elder brother came back safely, what are you worried about?"

The imperial concubine shook her head, turned around and walked into the room, "What I am worried about is not the fourth elder brother, but the harem and the former dynasty, which are so difficult to calm down."

Huanyue was puzzled, and the imperial concubine continued, "A trip to the north, a wave of bandits, but the emperor inexplicably restored Suo'etu's position, and once again moved the powerful Hesheli family to the eyes of the whole world. .The joint here is more than just a coincidence.”

Huanyue lowered her head, "I don't dare to talk about the political affairs of the previous dynasty, but what does this have to do with the harem?"

The imperial concubine sat on the chair, "The recovery of Suo'etu proves that the crown prince's position has been threatened. The emperor is most jealous of this. But now looking at the front and rear palaces, the only one who can threaten the crown prince is the elder brother."

Huanyue was startled, "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui?"

The imperial concubine smiled coldly, "Nalashi was originally ambitious, but she was born to give her the eldest son of the emperor. Suo Ertu Jieren, Nalan Mingzhu's family dominates, and with that bit of blood, she has even more backing. Now that Suo'etu came out of the mountain, it proves that the emperor tabooed Nalan Mingzhu, that is, tabooed elder brother. Can she be willing? Isn't she trying her best to win over everyone in the harem just to be useful at this time."

Huanyue frowned, "Ma'am, let's..."

The imperial concubine raised her head, "Keep an eye on Yanxi Palace, as long as this palace is here, I will never allow people in the harem to think about the prince."

Huanyue pursed her lips, thought for a while, then opened her mouth and said, "Your Majesty, the prince and you are not close."

The imperial concubine looked up at Huanyue, and Huanyue shrank her neck. The imperial concubine turned her head and looked at the heavy palace walls outside the door. Now, there will be no chaos in this world. If one day, the crown prince is gone..."

Yonghe Palace

There was a lot of excitement in the main hall, a tiger skin was spread on the floor, and the little princess who had lived for a hundred days was happily crawling around on the tiger skin.

Qingju protected her from the side, smiled and said to Concubine De, "Your Majesty, this tiger skin is so good, there are not many pieces in the whole palace."

Concubine De flipped through the deerskins, "These are fine too, I'll make a fur coat for Bengong later, it just happens to be cold."

The fourth elder brother scratched his head, "My son's riding and shooting is not as good as that of my elder brother. I didn't get good things, but the deer in the paddock were driven stupidly, so I only got a few."

Concubine De smiled, "How old are you, just compare yourself with Big Brother and the others. This deer is also a spiritual animal, if you don't work hard, no matter how stupid they are, you can't beat them."

The fourth elder brother smiled, "The next time my son goes outside the Great Wall, he must bring back some good skins for Er Niang."

Concubine De took the fourth elder brother's hand, "You, as long as you are safe and sound, these few skins will tell you how filial you are."

The fourth elder brother lowered his head, laughed twice, and didn't speak any more...

Yanxi Palace

Eldest brother stood low in the middle of the room, Concubine Hui sat on the chair, sipped her tea and said with a smile, "You, don't be too serious, no one can fathom the emperor's mind. You are the eldest brother, his The first son, if he is jealous of anyone, he will not be jealous of you."

The eldest elder brother lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "It's my son who didn't think carefully and shouldn't accept so many gifts. On the way back, my son only remembered when he saw the prince's team, but it was already too late."

Concubine Hui stood up, walked to Eldest Brother and said softly, "Emiang knows what's on your mind, but you are only so old, how can you think about everything thoroughly. Even if the emperor feels uncomfortable for a while, he still wants to I don't think too much about your father-son relationship. Suo'etu's resurgence is not your fault, it's Ming Xiang's carelessness, and he fell into the way of others..."

The elder brother raised his head and looked at Concubine Hui, "Emiang, what's going on?"

Concubine Hui sighed, "Someone reported a letter to Ming Xiang, saying that Luanjia's army had encountered an assassin, and Ming Xiang hurriedly handed over the note. But the note was too early, the day after you met the bandits It's in the hands of the emperor."

Yinfei lowered his head, pondered for a moment and said, "The outlaws were specially arranged by someone, just to make Huang Ama suspect that Mingxiang is too powerful, so that he already knows his whereabouts like the back of his hand?"

Concubine Hui nodded, "In the past few years, Suo Er Tujie Ren, the power of the Ming Prime Minister has grown by leaps and bounds in the court, and the emperor has begun to be taboo. What's more, the Ming Prime Minister has always opposed it in order to suppress the power of the Hesheli family in the court. Prince, I support you. What's going on now is just a last bit of help."

Eldest brother lowered his head, "Huang Ama's love and trust for the crown prince are unmatched by anyone. My son shouldn't have thought about those things, and even caused Erniang to worry about me."

Sitting on the chair, Concubine Hui saw her handsome and tall son standing in the shadows, her eyes gradually blurred, "You are the flesh that fell from Er Niang's body, will Er Niang not know your suffering? Year-old younger brother kowtows to pay his respects. No matter how hard he tries for many years, he will always be blocked by others. Although Er Niang is afraid, Er Niang does not want to polish your self-confidence, and does not want you to break your pride for others. You are the eldest son of the emperor, you It is a treasure bestowed to the Kangxi Dynasty by the heavens, even if Er Niang risked her life, she will protect you to go one step further!"

Yinfei raised his head, looked at Concubine Hui who was sitting on the chair in shock, and slowly knelt down, "Er Niang..."