Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 50 years

May [-]th, outside the ritual department

Su Wei stood behind the fourth elder brother, watching from a distance the carriage of Prince Cheng's Mansion approaching the gate of the Ministry of Rites.

Prince Cheng didn't bring many guards, only two teams guarded the carriage.

Opposite the Ministry of Rites is the Imperial Hospital and the Qin Tianjian. A horse shed was built in the alley in the middle for officials of the imperial physician and Qin Tianjian to travel to and from various parts of the capital.

Prince Cheng's carriage turned from East Chang'an Street, and just after passing the Qin Tianjian, Su Wei heard a somewhat sharp neighing!

"It's not good, I'm shocked!"

An exclamation came from somewhere, and Su Wei was dragged back by the fourth elder brother, and Fu Nai surrounded him with his guards in an instant.

The front gate of the Ministry of Rites was tightly guarded, and Su Wei could only see a dark and strong horse rushing out of the alley through the crowd.

Just in time for Prince Cheng's carriage to arrive nearby, the strong horse went straight to the carriage. The horse's hoofs with strong limbs were flying in the air, and no guard dared to stop it.

"Oh no!"

The fourth elder brother was also shocked.

Although the horse pulling the cart had been trained, it was still a beast. When it was bumped by the startled horse, it immediately let go of its hooves, threw its whole body sideways, and overturned the cart to one side.

"My lord!"

Seeing the wall of the car hit the ground heavily, the officials at the entrance of the ceremony department and the people who ran out from the Tai Hospital were all shocked.

"Fu Nai, save people quickly!" the fourth elder brother shouted sharply.

"Yes!"

The guards came to their senses at this time, and they didn't care about the startled horse running away, they gathered around and opened the car door.

Fortunately, the Tai Hospital is next door. Prince Cheng, who was injured in the shoulder and was greatly frightened, was immediately sent to the Tai Hospital for treatment.

Today, there was supposed to be a meeting of the tribute scholars, but one of the two chief princes was injured when they arrived, so no one mentioned it anymore.

In the imperial hospital, Prince Cheng was leaning on the sickbed, his face still pale.

"Third brother, how are you?" Fourth elder brother walked into the house.

"Just a bruise, nothing serious."

The third elder brother frowned, "Today is really evil, how could you startle the horse if you are doing well?"

"The horse has already been restrained." The fourth elder brother sat on the side of the couch. "I sent people to the Ministry of War to call the chariot and horse department to see what's wrong with the horse."

"Do you suspect it was artificial?" The third elder brother raised his eyebrows slightly, "Is it aimed at you, or at me?"

"It's not clear right now, maybe it's just an accident," the fourth elder brother didn't say too absolutely.

Tai hospital yard

Su Wei's onlookers inspected the startled horse.

The horse had calmed down by now, only occasionally stamping its hooves irritably.

The soldiers and horses inspected the horse's body carefully, and looked at the horse's dung and grain, but found nothing.

The horse from the Tai Hospital injured Prince Cheng, so the Tai Hospital judge could not escape responsibility.There was also the boy who raised the horse, who was already kneeling in the courtyard, tremblingly waiting for punishment.

Su Wei walked over, the boy looked ordinary, he was cleanly dressed, and he wasn't rough.It can be seen that raising horses and harnessing carts in Taiyuan Hospital is not a tiring job.

"What's your name?" Su Wei walked up to the servant and asked.

"Slave, servant Xiaoliu," the servant's voice trembled when he spoke.

"Is that horse yours?"

"Yes……"

"Where were you when the horse was frightened?"

"In front of the stable, I wanted to pull it, but I couldn't." Xiao Liu explained anxiously.

"Why is that horse frightened?" Grand Duke Su asked.

"The slave didn't know either. He sent Imperial Physician Chen out in the morning, and he was a little irritable when he came back. I thought it was too hot, so I fetched water and brushed his hair."

Xiao Liu pointed to the bucket placed by the wall, "I put the bucket back, and when I went back to add fodder to the manger, the horse was startled."

Su Wei turned his head to look, and said humanely, "Please go and check the bucket."

"Yes," the Bingmasi people walked over as promised.

Xiao Liu, who was kneeling on the ground, asked with a mournful face, "This father-in-law, what will the lord do with me? Will I die?"

Su Wei looked down at the poor boy, "If it was just an accident, you would be beaten at most. If it wasn't, no one would be able to save you."

Xiao Liu sat paralyzed on the ground, tears and snot all over his face.

"Eunuch Su!"

Bayan, who followed Bingmasi, came over, "I found out, it really is a problem with the water, and the bottom of the bucket is still stained with nettles."

"Nettlegrass?" An imperial physician who was on the sidelines suddenly said, "We have dried nettleweed in our yard, it's just at the base of the wall."

Everyone followed the imperial physician to look over, and the place where the nettles were drying was not far from the bucket.

"I, I don't know what kind of grass it is," Xiao Liu quickly explained, "It might have been blown into the bucket by the wind, I didn't pay attention at all. I didn't know this kind of grass would make the horse lose its temper, I really have no idea!"

"Nettlegrass can make the skin itchy, if you brush it on the horse, no wonder it will startle the horse," said the imperial physician.

Bayan walked up to Su Wei, "Eunuch Su, do you think this was an accident, or..."

Su Wei frowned slightly, "Since this grass can make the skin itchy, why should it be exposed to the sun outside? Wouldn't it be more troublesome if it blows on people?"

"This father-in-law doesn't know that the grass is dried, and it won't do anything if it falls on people. But if it gets wet and then touches the skin, it will be different." The imperial physician explained.

"My father-in-law, I am really innocent, please help me to intercede, I don't want to die..." Xiao Liu kowtowed to Su Wei with tears in his eyes.

"Could it be an accident?" Bayan was also a little shaken.

Su Wei looked at the imperial physicians in the hospital, and then at Xiaoliu who kept kowtowing, "Everything is logical, it doesn't matter if it's unexpected or not."

The matter was investigated and cleared up, Xiao Liu received fifty boards and lost his job in Tai Hospital.

Prince Cheng went back to the mansion to recuperate, and the matter of reviewing the Gongshi test papers fell on the shoulders of Prince Yong for the time being.

In the evening, Baye Mansion

Eighth elder brother and He Zhuo were playing chess in the study, and after listening to the reply letter sent by the doorman, eighth elder brother looked a little more relieved.

"Wang Hongxu has caused a lot of trouble for Prince Cheng these years. If it weren't for the illustrious background of the Wang family, Prince Cheng would have done something to Wang Hongxu long ago." He Zhuo pointedly said.

"Where does he have the guts?"

The eighth elder brother sneered disdainfully, "People like my third brother just get into the pile of books and find something to use. But he hasn't realized it yet. Seeing that the eldest brother and the second brother have been imprisoned one after another, I just thought it would be my turn. After so many years of tossing around, it finally calmed down a bit, and I don’t want to waste my energy on him anymore.”

"Prince Cheng is going back to the mansion to recuperate now, and the Ministry of Rites will probably open the paper tomorrow." He Zhuo dropped a sunspot, "I wonder if Prince Yong will take more precautions because of this?"

"It's better to be on guard," Eighth Brother just landed a white stone on the joint, killing a bunch of black stones on He Zhuo. "The more he guards against, the more realistic he will be."