Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 49 years

December [-], Yonghe Palace

It was already dark, and candles were lit in the imperial concubine's bedroom.Qing Ju came in from the outside, her steps were fast but steady, "Ma'am, the fourth elder brother has entered the palace."

"Go to Qianqing Palace?"

"No, someone took it to the Yanqing Palace. There are guards guarding the gate, and they are only allowed to enter and not to exit."

"It seems that the emperor is really angry." Concubine De took off her earrings, and asked the maid to remove her makeup and hair, "Bring me a cloak, let's go to Qianqing Palace."

"Miss!"

Qingju was a little surprised, "Let's go now, aren't we running into the anger of the Long Live Lord? You know, once the Xian'an Palace is involved in everything, it is tantamount to stabbing a knife in the Long Live Lord's heart."

"The fourth child was suddenly summoned into the palace and locked up. How could my mother-in-law ignore it? No matter what, I have to go this way."

Concubine De changed into a plain dress and a cloak, and she looked particularly slim. Before going out, she told Qingju, "You call Qiu Hai, the fourth son has entered the Yanqing Palace, and I'm afraid there will be no one around to serve you. Gong begged Lord Long Live to send Qiu Hai in."

"Yes," Qingju quickly responded.

Qiu Hai is the apprentice of Li Qinzhi, the Chief Eunuch of the Yonghe Palace. He is young, and he is the best at understanding his master's intentions. He is also very quick-witted.

Qianqing Palace

Lord Kangxi sat silently behind the desk, and there was He Mengfu's confession in front of the desk.

Liang Jiugong walked into the palace carefully, and reported in a low voice, "The Fourth Prince has already entered the Yanqing Palace, and the slaves also asked about it on the way. It is true that He Mengfu was sent by the Fourth Prince to Xian'an Palace, but it was only to treat Er Fujin's illness. I never knew about the passing of the book."

"As for the people in Prince Yong's Mansion who usually come and go with Xian'an Palace, most of them are sending some supplements and food, and they have been searched by guards and recorded in files."

Liang Jiugong said, and put the record file sent by the guards in front of Lord Kangxi.

"Xian'an Palace is guarded every day, how did the fourth child know that Mrs. Shi was ill? And who allowed him to send things to Xian'an Palace?"

"The slave is guilty," Liang Jiugong knelt down hastily. Although he was ordered to send Prince Yong to Yanqing Hall, he didn't dare to really interrogate him. Naturally, he couldn't answer these details.

"Let the consultant go and investigate it for me!"

"Yes," Liang Jiugong hurriedly kowtowed and left.

Wei Zhu then walked in, bowed to Lord Kangxi and said, "Your Majesty, Empress Concubine De is here, she must ask to see you."

Master Kangxi's eyes swept over the notebook, and his voice became colder, "Let her in."

"Yes."

After a while, Wei Zhu led Concubine De into the inner hall.

"My concubine pays respects to Lord Long Live," Concubine De knelt down directly.

"You came quickly." Master Kangxi said in a bad tone, "Look at what your son has done?"

The thick record file was thrown to the ground, Concubine De trembled and did not dare to pick it up.

"Does he think that I, Ama, have treated his second brother badly?"

"Yinreng was imprisoned in Xian'an Palace, and he was assigned the elder brother's order. When Fujin fell ill, his own guards went to the imperial physician. When is it his turn to meddle in other people's business?"

"Long live forgiveness," Concubine De leaned over and kowtowed, "Yinzhen has no intention of overstepping the pedestal. This child is just too strict in nature, and sometimes he is unavoidably pedantic in doing things. I'm afraid it's because of the brotherhood in the past that he has a lot of love for Xian'an Palace." caress."

"Pedantic?"

Lord Kangxi glanced at Concubine De with an inexplicable expression, "You found him a good reason."

Concubine De's face was full of tension and worry, she kept kowtowing, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Forget it," Master Kangxi turned around and looked out the window, "Whether Yinfeng's matter has anything to do with the fourth child is still uncertain. In the meantime, let him live in the Yanqing Palace first, and calm down!"

"emperor!"

Concubine De took two steps forward, her face sad, "Yanqing Palace is remote, and there are few people cleaning it. Yinzhen lives alone in it, and the concubine is really worried. I beg the emperor to show mercy, even if I let the concubine send someone in, how much will it be?" Keep an eye on him."

Lord Kangxi accepted Concubine De's request, and Concubine De was inconvenient to stay longer, so she quickly withdrew from the Qianqing Palace.

Qingju was waiting outside Rijing's gate, seeing Concubine De coming out, she hurriedly went to greet her, "Your Majesty, how is it?"

"Long live Lord is angry because he is angry, but he is out of breath and fainted. He is just angry that Yinzhen has been in close contact with Xian'an Palace."

"Then, what do you want to do, ma'am?"

"Let Qiu Hai go to Yanqing Hall first." Concubine De turned around and glanced at the palace gate, "Before the key is released, let someone secretly send a letter to Prince Yong's mansion, and ask Chang Shi to investigate the second elder brother's transmission of the letter immediately. Tell them that Yinzhen was imprisoned by Yinfeng and imprisoned in Yanqing Palace, if the matter is not investigated clearly, the emperor will not be able to explain it.”

"Yes, I understand." Qingju bowed her head.

Concubine De let out a sigh of relief, and looked in the direction of Yanqing Hall, "Send some more quilts, and add some baskets of silver charcoal. It's cold at this time, so don't let that child get sick."

At night, Xian'an Palace

The guards tossed about in Xian'an Palace all day, almost all the slaves were tortured, some didn't say anything, and some made up a mess in order to avoid being beaten.

But fortunately, without the will of Long Live God, no one dared to touch the masters of Xian'an Palace.

After the key was released at the palace gate, the guards finally withdrew.

Looking at the mess in the courtyard, Li Jiashi didn't even have the strength to get angry. He just stood there for a while, and then walked to the pile of manuscripts, picking up what else could be used.

The picture painted by the second elder brother was pressed under a pile of mess. When Li Jiashi found it, it was covered with mud and full of creases.

Li Jiashi took out a handkerchief and wiped it in vain, over and over again, until her wrist was grabbed and the painting in her hand was taken away.

"Father..."

The second elder brother looked at the painting with no expression on his face.

A moment later, a little flame, lit up in the dark.

"Go to the water!"

Wei Zhu, who was walking on the road to Xian'an Palace, raised his head suddenly when he heard this sound.

I saw above the Xian'an Palace, the fire was soaring into the sky!

"Quick! Save people quickly! Second Elder Brother!"

At this moment, Wei Zhu could not care about his own safety at all, and rushed towards Xian'an Palace desperately.

Yanqing Palace

The fourth elder brother was sitting in the dark palace, and on the way into the palace, he knew what happened.

The second elder brother used the imperial physician he sent to treat Fujin to pass a letter to Puqi, the Duke of Zhenguo, but was denounced by Duke Abran of the Fuguo.

After He Mengfu was tortured, he confessed that Prince Yong sent him to Xian'an Palace.He thought that the second elder brother asked him to pass on the letter because Prince Yong meant it, and because he was afraid of Prince Yong's power, he had to obey.

Naturally, the words of one person cannot cure the crimes of the two princes.What's more, the fourth elder brother really has no reason to do so.

However, Lord Long Live was still angry, and locked him in this empty palace without hearing Si Age's explanation.

The door of the hall was pushed open with a creak, and the candlelight illuminated the hall.

"My lord," Qiu Hai brought in a bunch of things with a few young eunuchs, "Master De Concubine has sent servants to serve you. It's cold in this room, so the servants will light the charcoal basin."

"Er Niang asked you to come?" The fourth elder brother was still sitting in the original position.

"Yes, as soon as Master De Concubine heard that you were imprisoned here, she immediately went to Qianqing Palace to intercede for you. I was worried that you would be here alone with no one to serve me, so I specially asked Long Live Lord to let my servant come over." Qiu Hai earnestly explained.

"I made my mother worry..."

"Your Majesty, don't worry. These days, the slaves are serving you. No matter what you order, the slaves will--"

"There's water! There's water outside!"

There was a sound of chaotic footsteps outside the hall door.

The fourth elder brother rushed to the door in a few steps, looked in the direction of the fire, "Oh no, it's Xian'an Palace!"

Prince Yong's Mansion

Su Wei was running around in a hurry in the East Courtyard. The fourth elder brother was taken away by the imperial guards. They sent people to inquire about the reason, but none of them knew!

"The palace has sealed things very tightly this time." Fu Nai was also very impatient. "It must be a big deal, otherwise there wouldn't be any news about it."

"There is no impenetrable wall in this world, I don't believe it!"

After Su Wei finished speaking, he was about to leave, but before Fu Nai could stop him, Zhang Qilin ran all the way in, "There is news, there is news from the palace!"

Su Wei pulled the letter from Zhang Qilin's hand, and Fu Nai hurried over to read it.

"It was sent from the Yonghe Palace. After a lot of trouble, Mr. Namutu sent it over as soon as he received it." Zhang Qilin explained.

"It's because of the second elder brother?" Fu Nai was a little surprised

Su Wei frowned, reading the letter over and over again.

"Can you confirm the source of the news?" Fu Nai turned around and asked.

"Yes," Zhang Qilin nodded, "Master Namutu knows someone who is indeed Empress Defei."

"Then I'll send someone to investigate right away! Even if He Mengfu and Puqi are locked up, there must be someone around them who knows!"

"Wait a moment!"

Su Wei stopped Fu Nai, read the letter again, then tore it into pieces and threw them into the lotus pond.

"Eunuch Su?"

"We don't check, we don't check anything!"

Su Wei turned around and sat down on the steps, his chin twitched, and he looked up at the sky.

Late at night, Xian'an Palace

After the fire, the yard was pitch black, but the buildings next to it were not affected much, only two walls were blackened.

Panting heavily, Wei Zhu took the cloth towel handed over by the little eunuch, and wiped her face vigorously.

In the main hall, the second elder brother sat quietly, looking at the tired and paralyzed people in the yard, with a smile on his face.

"I said elder brother," Wei Zhu walked up to the second elder brother, "Are you crazy? How can you burn books like this? If the Long Live Lord blames it--"

"how?"

Yinreng didn't let Wei Zhu finish his sentence, "I'm a lunatic! Isn't that what Huang Ama said to the outside world? Yinreng is insane, behaves strangely, and is unbearable to be an emperor. Isn't it just what he said now? ?"

"Second elder brother!"

Wei Zhu stomped her feet anxiously, "Although this matter sounds big, it's just an imperial doctor's one-sided statement. The evidence is a letter written by alum water. If you don't recognize it, it's fine?"

"Why don't you admit it?"

Yinfeng looked at Wei Zhu with a strange face, "I did it, I asked He Mengfu to pass on the letter! I wrote all the words on the letter, so you can tell Huang Ama like that! I, Yinfeng Feng, disobeying the imperial decree, collaborating with ministers in private, plotting wrongdoing."

"Second elder brother! Second elder brother!"

Just at this time, Fujin's maid Yuqin stumbled out, she still had torture wounds on her body, and both hands were bloodstained, "Second elder brother, it's not good, go to the backyard to have a look, Fujin seems to be dying!"

Yinfeng's face was moved for a moment, but it was quickly covered up by a huge sarcasm, "Look, I'll just say, I did it..."