Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 50 years

June [-], Prince Yong's Mansion

At night, the palace was very quiet.During the day, the masters of the Houfu all set off for the Old Summer Palace.

The fourth elder brother and Su Wei originally wanted to go together, but they were delayed by something.

In the dark room of the mansion, a sweaty man was hung upside down on the burning coals, and the sound of wailing was endless.

"My lord, he should have vomited everything he should have vomited."

En Chuo walked out of the dark room and reported to the fourth elder brother who was sitting on a chair outside the door.

"This man's name is A Linbao. He used to be a servant of Prince An's mansion. He was appointed by the Eight Fortune Kings to assassinate him in Tongzhou. He has only one purpose, to put Su Gonggong to death."

The teacup in the fourth elder brother's hand fell on the small table with a "clang", and En Chuo subconsciously took half a step on his hind legs, and hurriedly lowered his head again.

"A Linbao escaped by chance in Tongzhou, and only when he returned to the capital did he realize that the assassination had not been successful. He was afraid that Fujin would kill people, so he didn't dare to go back and report, and hid himself."

"Eight Fortunes, Yinhu..."

The fourth elder brother leaned back on the back of the chair, his eyes were lightly closed, and the knuckles that fell on the armrest slowly clenched the white tendons!

Into the night, East Courtyard

Su Wei didn't know that the fourth elder brother had caught the assassin in Tongzhou, but he only thought that he was on business, and he didn't wait for anyone to come back, so he fell asleep early.

The fourth elder brother entered the room lightly, frowned and looked at the iceberg next to the bed, knowing that this person was greedy for cold and didn't care about his body at all.

"Zhang Bao!"

"My lord," Zhang Bao also tiptoed into the fourth elder brother's bedroom.

"Move the ice cubes away."

"Yes," Zhang Bao greeted Ku Kui, and the two moved away a jar of ice.

The fourth elder brother changed his pajamas, sat on the edge of the bed, and tried to move the person on the bed inside.

Su Wei frowned and twisted twice, then opened his eyes, "I don't want to sleep inside, I want to be next to the ice..."

"It's only June, how can it be so hot?" The fourth elder brother had no choice but to get into the bed by himself.

"The injury on your back is good. It's already hurting your vitality. You can't be so greedy for cold."

"I'm not a girl..."

Su Wei muttered and threw one leg out of the quilt, "This year's weather is too hot, and it's been raining for the past few days, it's suffocating. You don't have air conditioners in this era..."

Unintelligible words often came out of Grandpa Su's mouth, and the fourth elder brother didn't care. He picked up the white jade handle fan on the bedside and fanned Su Wei lightly.

Su Wei was blown by the breeze, and the heat on his body gradually receded. He lay lazily for a while, opened his eyes half-opened and asked, "What's wrong with Chao Li? Has everything been resolved? When are we going to go?" Yuanmingyuan?"

"It's nothing serious, let's leave tomorrow," the fourth elder brother propped his head on one hand, looking out the window, "Huang Ama is not in good health, and all the princes should accompany her. This king is going, and others are even more so." !"

The next day, the Old Summer Palace

After eating breakfast, Mrs. Li took Mrs. Guo to walk around the back lake to visit the garden.

Now that early summer is here, the weather is particularly refreshing after a new rain.

"I've been in the mansion for a long time, and it's easy to get bored. Fortunately, the prince is sympathetic to us. No matter how well the palace is built, it can't compare to the comfort of living in this garden."

"Sister said," Guo said with a faint smile, "The Old Summer Palace in our palace was originally built in a unique way."

"Hey, our lord has saved a lot. Let's talk about the garden," Mrs. Li clasped her fan and whispered into Mrs. Guo's ear, "Have you ever been to Changchun Garden? I have only been there twice, and it really is like spring all the year round, even better than Jiangnan."

"How can I have such a good fortune as my sister? Being able to come to Yuanmingyuan is the blessing accumulated by my ancestors." Guo's face was full of humility.

"Why is my sister like this? Our blessings are beyond the present," Li smiled, and continued to walk forward, fanning the round fan lightly.

The melancholy in Guo's eyes flashed, and he quickly followed Li's footsteps.

The two walked through the water pavilion, went to the goldfish pond, and visited the Peony Pavilion. When they reached the vegetable garden, Mrs. Guo paid attention to it.

"What is there to see here?"

Mrs. Li doesn't like this place very much, "Except for the few apricot trees that are pretty good, the rest are all planted by the prince for fun."

"Is it true that the rice seedlings here are all planted by the prince himself?" Mrs. Guo asked seemingly unintentionally.

"Probably so," Li replied without paying much attention, "My lord loves to think about things in the crop fields. I heard that Lord Long Live also likes it. Every year when new rice comes down, my lord will send some to the palace."

"Long live God and the prince are also sympathetic to the hard work of the people," Mrs. Guo walked to Mrs. Li, and looked back at the vegetable garden.

There are not many guards here, only some young men who take care of the fields for the prince.

end of june,

The weather is getting hotter, but Kangxi's health has not been very good.

Apart from prescribing prescriptions day after day, the imperial doctors seemed to be unable to think of any useful methods.

It was still Guifei Tong Jia who accidentally mentioned that it would be better to invite a shaman master.It has been a long time since a large-scale shaman sacrifice was held in the palace.

Lord Kangxi had been ill for too long, and he had the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, so he agreed with the imperial concubine's opinion and handed over the shaman ritual to Prince Yong.

Prince Yong invited the most famous old priest of shamanism, and invited all the relatives and dignitaries to hold a sacrificial ceremony in the West Garden of Changchun Garden.

June 28, Changchun Garden

The carriage from Baye's Mansion arrived at the gate of Changchun Garden, and the young eunuchs hurried up to pick it up.

Eighth elder brother and eighth Fujin got out of the carriage one after another.

Brother Ba's face was still a little pale, Fujin supported him with some worry, and walked slowly into the garden.

"Actually, why do you need to make this trip? Just make a note and let my concubine come here on your behalf."

"Hmph, the fourth brother used it to pray for Huang Ama's blessing, how could I not come? Besides, Liu Huai's new method has worked a bit recently. I haven't had any illnesses for a while, so it doesn't matter if I come out once." .”

"Master's blessings are profound, and this disease will be cured sooner or later." Ba Fujin thought of Ba Ge's recent improvement in health, and the corners of his mouth could not help but bend, "If the old priest is really capable, I will invite him to our house later. Go to Tiao Tiao Shen here, maybe it can really get rid of the sickness of the grandfather."

At a quarter of noon, the sacrificial ceremony began, and the shamanistic sacrificial ceremony was also very complicated, especially Prince Yong demanded that everything be perfect, and every process was carried out very slowly.

In the evening, the sacrifice finally came to an end.

In an open space in the West Garden, firewood almost two people tall was set up.

After finishing his dressing, the old priest stood beside the tall pyre with a copper bell ribbon in his hand.

Prince Yong got up from his seat and walked to the side of Babeile whose face was getting paler.

"Yinhu, two princes are needed for the sacrificial ceremony, and they will perform the salute instead of Huang Ama. Come forward with me."

Yinhu's pupils dilated slightly, and he turned his head to look at the pile of firewood. When the old priest started to jump, the pile of firewood would ignite a raging fire!

"Fourth brother, starling has always been in poor health, let my younger brother do it for me." Seeing this, Yinzhen immediately stood up and said.

"Your birth date is not in harmony," the fourth elder brother flatly refused, and then looked down at Yinhu, "I asked the priest to calculate it, and only Yinhu and I are the most suitable."

"Fourth Brother, Eighth Master's health hasn't improved yet, so it's really hard for him to take on this heavy responsibility," Ba Fujin also ignored etiquette, and stood up and said.

The fourth elder brother's eyes fell on Fujin, like a dagger soaked in poison, with a slightly cold light.

Ba Fujin shrank back half a step, Ba Fujin grabbed Ba Fujin's hand, stood up with support, and blocked Si elder brother's sight, "For the sake of Huang Ama's body, Yinhu should accept it."

"Starling!"

The eighth elder brother waved his hand, interrupting the words of Yinzhen and Yinyu.

The fourth elder brother's mouth was slightly curved, and he led the eighth elder brother all the way to the pile of firewood.

The tambourine was sounded, and the old priest stepped on the drum and began to dance.

From hunting to going out, the ancestors splattered three feet of blood, sang and danced, and they were extremely heroic.

With a "sudden" sound, the flames burst out.

Eighth Brother's breathing stopped suddenly, almost subconsciously, he wanted to turn around and run, but someone grabbed his wrist firmly!

The flames jumped three feet high, and Eighth Prince's chest began to heave violently.

The fourth elder brother held him tightly, not letting him move a bit.The scorching heat brought by the fire burned the cheeks of both of them extremely hot.

When everyone looked from the outer circle, they could only see the two princes, kneeling upright in front of the fire, praying for the Lord Long Live.

"Let me go, let me go!"

The eighth elder brother tried to break free from the fourth elder brother's hand, but he couldn't use any strength.

He only felt the overwhelming heat wave sweeping over, covering his mouth and nose tightly.The nightmare of that night on the outskirts of Beijing was replaying before his eyes.

"Do you want to go? Where are you going?" Brother Si didn't seem to feel the heat at all, but the sweat on his forehead had already slid down his face to his chin.

"Are you afraid? You know it too!"

"What on earth do you want to do?"

The eighth elder brother was almost unable to see clearly, the huge heat took away too much water.Someone began to whisper in his head again, and the stubborn disease that he had finally escaped was awakened again.

"Don't you know what I want to do? You should be able to guess it?" Brother Si smiled proudly.

"I suddenly discovered today that you are not completely heartless. You also worry about someone and want to protect someone."

The eighth elder brother braced himself, followed the fourth elder brother's line of sight, and looked at the particularly anxious person in the crowd.

"No, she didn't do it!"

Brother Ba grabbed the hand holding his wrist, "I ordered her, I just wanted to kill Su Peisheng! Kill him, you will suffer, but I will be happy..."

"Really?" The person in front of him narrowed his eyes, but suddenly smiled.

The eighth elder brother's chest was like a beating drum. He endured the huge roar in his ears, and wanted to grab the fourth elder brother by the collar, and wanted to tell him that he was his enemy and it was none of other people's business...

However, bursts of darkness blindfolded Ba Prince's eyes at this time, and everything that was originally fell into the darkness slowly.

"Let the water go!"

The fourth elder brother was still staring at the eighth elder brother who was lying limp in front of him, and felt that he still couldn't understand the hatred in his heart, but he didn't notice that the dance of the old priest had stopped at some point.

A huge stream of water rushed towards the fire, and the fourth elder brother was dragged away from the danger zone before he could react.

Eunuch Su rushed over with a gust of wind, and before the fourth elder brother could say a word, he slapped him hard!

The fourth elder brother had already choked on the hot air, but now he passed out directly.