Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 49 years

On the second day of August, Baye Mansion

When the ninth elder brother was brought into the eighth elder brother's bedroom by the little eunuch, the eighth elder brother was leaning on the soft couch, and when he saw him, he smiled and waved.

Brother Nine felt sore for a while, lowered his head and blinked vigorously before walking forward slowly, "The Queen Mother has been getting worse and worse these past few days. I have always wanted to visit myna, but I can't leave the palace."

"I've heard people say it," Brother Eight ordered the little eunuch to pour tea, with a very gentle expression, "Now my house is different from the past, and there are many things in the palace. You shouldn't have come here."

"Mynah has been ill for so long, and Yinyu and I are very concerned about it," Yinzhen sat down across from the elder brother, and sighed deeply, "Especially when I heard that the fourth elder brother returned to Beijing to take care of my elder brother's illness, Yinqi almost couldn't bear it any longer. But I was afraid that if I made Huang Ama angry again, I would make my starling angry even more, so I forced him down."

"You're right, Yinyu is always too reckless," Eighth Brother nodded lightly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Besides, with Huang Ama's will in front, Fourth Brother doesn't dare to really do anything to me. "

"Seeing that the starling is safe now, I am finally relieved..."

Brother Jiu lowered his head with a heavy expression.

Eighth Prince frowned, and asked, "What's the matter? But in the palace, someone made you angry?"

Brother Jiu forced a smile and shook his head.

The eighth elder brother picked up the tea bowl and sighed softly, "That's good, the eighth elder brother is afraid that he will hurt you because of himself. Now the fourth elder brother has the most face in front of Huang Ama, and there must be all kinds of gossip from top to bottom."

"Mynah, don't worry, fourth brother is just a moment of complacency, besides—"

Brother Nine hesitated for a moment, then raised his eyebrows to look at Brother Eight's expression.

Brother Eight smiled at him, "What else can't we brothers say?"

Brother Jiu pursed his lips, took a deep breath and said, "It's Yinti, many people in court are leaning towards him, especially those who have had grudges with fourth brother, many of them are—"

"It's from our department," the eighth elder brother took up the ninth elder brother's words, but his expression didn't change much.

Ninth elder brother is still worried, "Even Arsuna, some people in Nalan Kuishu are ready to move, if this force in the clan is completely led astray by them..."

"That's something that can't be helped," Eighth Brother chuckled, and turned his head to look out the window, "Hedong for 30 years, and Hexi for 30 years. Back then, I was able to hold up the flag of my eldest brother, so naturally someone can hold up my flag today. Yinti, within my expectation."

"But--"

Yinzhen wanted to say something, but was stopped by the eighth elder brother raising his hand.

"Myna knows what's on your mind, but the current situation is beyond your control. Yinti, it's a good choice. I can't go on my way, so why don't I borrow his way!"

Yinzhen was stunned for a while, and the eighth elder brother leaned leisurely towards the cushion, "No one can make a conclusion until the last moment. At the beginning, the eldest brother lost, and the second brother did not win. Now, when I lose, the fourth brother will win." Can you win?"

At noon, the Forbidden City

There were people coming and going outside the Rijing Gate, and when it was lunch time, the little eunuchs came in and out with food boxes.

In the side hall, when the fourth elder brother walked into the inner hall, Su Wei had already arranged the food and was looking out the window on tiptoe and tilting his head.

"What are you looking at?" The fourth elder brother was also extremely tired, and he never took his eyes off the memorial this morning.

Su Wei turned around, walked behind the fourth elder brother, and held his shoulders for him, "I just came back from the imperial dining room, and I saw University Fellow Wang Jian kneeling outside the Nishiki Gate. It's hot outside now, and I'm really afraid that he will faint for a while. past."

"Huang Ama should be trusted, and he won't be allowed to kneel for too long," the fourth elder brother stretched his back, picked up his chopsticks, "he is also unlucky, if Chen Jiayou and the others didn't openly write a letter asking for a reserve, his letter It is estimated that the secret notes will not be found out again. Huang Ama still appreciates Wang Jie's talent and knowledge, and now he is just using him to scare the monkeys."

"Then what does the cabinet say now?" Su Wei still remembered that the emperor sent the memorials of Chen Jiayou and other eight censors to the cabinet office together with Wang Jie's secret papers.

"What else can I say? Seriously..."

The fourth elder brother shook his head contemptuously, "The current cabinet is very dirty, how many people dare to speak a word of conscience? Wang Yu has been in power for so many years, and there are many people who have grudges against him. His daily enemies , At this time, I can’t wait to kill them all.”

Su Wei understood that the fourth elder brother had long been dissatisfied with the current situation of the imperial court, but now he could only sigh, and changed the subject, "Should I mention it to the Long Live Lord at Xian'an Palace? ? We can’t always send things in private, can we? I think if it’s really not possible, we’d better invite the imperial concubine to come forward.”

"Wait a little longer, there are a lot of things going on in the palace right now," the fourth elder brother didn't take this matter to heart, hurriedly ate half a bowl of rice, and then put down his chopsticks. It's not good, I don't think I'll be free these few days. Fujin is about to enter the palace later, please help him run to the Yonghe Palace, and don't let those slaves with cocky tails follow bad things at this time."

"I know, you don't have to worry about this," Su Wei raised his hand and wiped the sweat off the fourth elder brother's head, feeling a little distressed in his heart. He was about to ask the little eunuch outside the door to bring another bowl of sour plum soup from Xinzhen when someone squeezed him He stopped his jaw and took a bite out of his mouth.

"Although I'm busy these days, I don't feel tired. It's just that there are always some things that make my heart itch."

Su Wei was still a little dazed, the fourth elder brother had already stood up, his hand on his waist was slightly lowered, and he patted on the sacrum, Grandpa Su's face turned red, and the fourth elder brother walked out the door with a smile.

"Don't be ashamed... Shameless... Old and unscrupulous!"

Someone's frantic voice was quickly drowned out in the busy afternoon in the palace.

evening,

The fourteenth elder brother retreated from the bedroom of Lord Kangxi, and as soon as he reached the Maoqin Hall, Arson followed him quietly.

"I heard that after lunch, Lord Long Live sent an audience to Wang Jie?"

"Huang Ama spared Wang Jie from the heavy responsibility," Elder Fourteen's expression was hidden in the shadow of the corridor, "The two talked for a long time in the hall, and no one knew what they said."

Arson frowned, held back his breath a little and said, "My minister heard that in Wang Ji's secret melody, it seems that the crown prince of Mijian was mentioned."

"Secret Crown Prince?" Elder Fourteen paused and turned his head.

"Yes," Arson said with a worried look on his face, "since the crown prince was abolished, the court has never stopped discussing how to establish a crown prince. At the time when the late emperor passed away suddenly, the current emperor was appointed as the crown prince by the late emperor's edict. Then ascended the throne and became the emperor. Therefore, many veteran officials in the court gradually moved to follow the idea of ​​​​the previous court. There may be many people like Wang Jian who have made secret remonstrance."

Elder Fourteen was speechless for a while, frowned, and walked slowly to the pillar.

Arsunga took another two steps forward, and said in a low voice, "Long Live Lord has been unwilling to establish a prince these years, and he probably doesn't want to repeat the same mistakes. Establishing a reserve is a good idea. However, if Long Live Lord really thinks this way, wouldn’t our actions in the future be the same as blind men trying to figure out an elephant?"

Brother Fourteen was silent for a long time, looking at the red wall and yellow tiles in the distance, and slowly drew a light mark on the pillar with one hand, "There is no impenetrable wall in the world. Do you want someone to testify?"

Arson raised his brows, Brother Fourteen pursed his thin lips, and said in a quiet voice, "Find someone to contact Wang Jie first, and don't startle the enemy for now. The chips in our hands are still too light to hold the game. When I win the border The military power has completely mastered the power of starlings, and there is nothing in the whole court that can keep me from keeping secrets!"

After several days of sweltering heat, the weather finally started to cool down slightly.

When Sifu Jin came out of Ningshou Palace, the maids guarding the gate hurriedly came forward with the lanterns. The gradually rounding moon hung high above the palace wall, and the whole palace seemed to be soaked in a green brilliance.

Shilong supported Si Fujin's arm, and the corners of her mouth that could not help but curled up finally let out a chuckle, "The servant girl looked at Yifei just now, it was really funny, what time is it now, and she is still showing her seniority for people to see"

Si Fujin turned his head and glanced at Shilong, Shilong pursed her lips, saw that Fujin hadn't spoken, thought for a while and then lowered her voice, "I have heard from the little girls who went to carry the meal these days, now the imperial meal House, apart from Qianqing Palace and Ningshou Palace, it is closely related to our prince and Yonghe Palace—”

"nonsense!"

Sifujin scolded briefly, his cold eyes swept away, Shilong's body trembled, she quickly retracted her neck, and lowered her head.

"Let me hear this kind of words from your mouth again, and you will go to Shenxing Division by yourself, do you understand?"

"Yes, yes, this servant is afraid," Shilong leaned over again and again, her face turned pale with fright.

But Si Fujin didn't blame her any more, just walked forward slowly, looking through the palace gates, and then turned a corner, not far ahead was Kunning Palace.

eighth day of august

An ordinary morning, a day that everyone had expected, finally came late with the last breath of an old man.

When the messenger ran into the Qianqing Palace, the fourth elder brother was sitting in front of the dragon couch holding a stack of memorials.

On the day of the Empress Dowager's funeral, the backs of her feet have been swollen these days, and the Long Live Lord, who was difficult to walk, was carried by several princes into a soft sedan chair, and ran all the way to the gate of Ningshou Palace.

The female relatives who had served the sick earlier had already knelt in front of the palace gate, crying everywhere.

Grandpa Kangxi staggered into the palace gate, the fourth elder brother supported his arm, his own hand hurt from being clenched.

Today's empress dowager is the emperor's aunt, and the fourth elder brother doesn't know how deeply his empress dowager has a deep relationship with this emperor's grandmother, but Emperor Kangxi's respect and filial piety to the empress dowager is well known throughout the court.

Now, the fourth elder brother is the closest to Lord Kangxi, and he felt soreness in his heart when he felt those dry and slightly trembling hands.

His Huang Ama is old, he is affectionate and fearful.

The passage of time, even the king of a dynasty can not compete.