Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 50 years

The eighth day of the seventh lunar month, the Old Summer Palace

In the Langyin Pavilion, Nian was playing the guqin, but his heart was not calm.

Ling Xi came in from the outside, and the sound of the piano stopped abruptly.

"My lord went to the vegetable garden again?"

"...Yes," Ling Xi paused for a moment, blessed, "My lord will go to the vegetable garden in the afternoon these few days, and Mrs. Guo is also serving me."

Nian's fingers slowly slid across the strings, his eyebrows slightly frowned, "Where's Su Peisheng?"

"Eunuch Su hasn't come back yet..."

Ling Xi lowered her head, "I heard that Mrs. Guo planted rice sent by her hometown in the vegetable garden, and the prince sent someone to take care of it."

"My lord cares about people's livelihood, farming and mulberry is a major issue..." Nian plucked a string, and the lingering sound continued, but he didn't move the next one for a long time.

"My lord," Ling Xi took two steps forward and said cautiously, "This may not be a good thing. The prince has not liked getting close to women these years, and now he may have figured it out. Is there any man in the world who is not greedy for new things? Huh? That Mrs. Guo, looks mediocre and doesn't have any skills. She can attract the attention of the prince, and so can the young master."

"Which man in the world is not greedy for novelty?" Nian raised his head and looked out the window, "I don't quite believe it."

"My lord," Ling Xi was a little anxious, "We have to seize this opportunity, the second young master is very popular at the border now, but the lord is here with the prince, and he doesn't have a son and a half daughter yet, so I asked at home—"

"These years," Nian interrupted Ling Xi's words directly, "Isn't it all like this? The family should get used to it. The prince already has three sons and two daughters. Now it seems that he has no intention of having any more children." That's it. Just go home like this, that's all."

"However, in the past, the young master can't do anything about it. But now, how can that Guo family stick to the prince's side?" Ling Xi felt very sorry for his master.

"It's only been a few days," Nian turned around and started to play with the strings again, "Let's just wait and see..."

In the evening, Tianzifang

Lixia helped Mrs. Guo back from the vegetable garden, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Mrs. Li sitting in the hall.

"Sister hasn't rested yet? I came back late today." Mrs. Guo blessed Li Mrs.

The corner of Li's mouth curled up, and he raised his chin to look at Guo, "It's not too late, hasn't it passed the night yet?"

There was something in Li Shi's words, and Guo Shi felt a little embarrassed for a while, "Is Fang Fujin angry at my concubine? I am here to apologize to Fang Fujin."

"Hmph, don't dare," Li sneered and stood up, "It stands to reason that you are also a member of my room. After winning the favor of the prince, don't you have to report it to my half master?"

Mrs. Guo was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Ce Fujin misunderstood, where did I get any favor? It's just that the prince bumped into me when I was tending the rice seedlings from home in the vegetable garden. These days, my concubine has also Accompanying the prince to talk in the vegetable garden, there is nothing."

"Nothing?" Li's eyebrows raised, "You picked it clean! The vegetable garden is inaccessible, what happened, who knows? The prince returns to the lake island after drinking every day, you waiter, but Very dedicated."

"My lord is not in a good mood, my concubine really didn't do anything except pour wine." Guo's eyes were slightly red, "Ce Fujin guesses that my concubine is fine, so don't pollute my lord's cleanliness."

"Who do you say has polluted the prince's cleanliness?" When Li Shi heard this, she became even more angry, "Do you think everyone else is a fool? The Old Summer Palace is so big, why not stay here and go to the vegetable garden? Everyone knows what you're up to."

Guo Shi pursed her lips tightly, lowered her head, and didn't speak again.

Mrs. Li sneered, "There is nothing wrong with you wanting to earn a future for yourself. It's just that you don't pretend to be innocent and innocent in front of me in the future. It's just disgusting!"

Mrs. Li turned around and left, Mrs. Guo still hung her head, Li Xia hurriedly got up and helped Mrs. Guo.

"My lord, don't take it to heart, Fujin is just jealous of you."

"Jealous?" Mrs. Guo gave a wry smile, looking up at the ceiling of Tianzifang, "But what is there about me to be jealous of?"

On the tenth day of the seventh lunar month, Grandpa Su, who had been away for a long time, finally returned to the Old Summer Palace.

In Qingyan Pavilion, Xiaoyingzi was like a spinning top, spinning around his master non-stop.

"Master, how did it take you so long to come back? Don't you worry about the prince? Do you know how many things have happened in the past few days?"

Su Wei sat cross-legged on the soft couch, playing with a peanut shell in his hands boredly.

"What could happen? I just opened a new business, and there are a lot of things to do in Beijing."

"What's the matter?" Xiaoyingzi looked angry, "Do you know that if you don't come back, there might be another master in the backyard!"

Indus courtyard

The fourth elder brother looked in the direction of Qingyang Pavilion through the window, holding the book in his hand for a long time, but he didn't turn a page.

Zhang Qilin has been out with Su Peisheng these days, now that he has returned to Yuanmingyuan, he hastened to return.

"Eunuch Su has been staying in the firm these days, and he hasn't seen many people. He said that he was settling accounts, and the servant didn't do much when he looked at the account books."

"Eunuch Su is thinking about the lord, and met Ding Qi in Beijing, so I can rest assured that you are in good health."

"The servant has been persuading Eunuch Su these days. In fact, Eunuch Su is afraid that what happened in the West Garden will happen again. The servant has already told Eunuch Su that the prince is just a moment of anger. After this matter is over, he will never—"

Before Zhang Qilin could finish his chatter, he was interrupted by Ku Kui who suddenly barged in.

"My lord, Eunuch Su has left again. This time, he didn't even bring a waiter with him except for the guards!"

"Snapped--"

The thick book of poems was slapped heavily on the kang table, and the servants in the room knelt down instantly.

The fourth elder brother put his hands on the edge of the couch, as if he wanted to chase after him, but after a long delay, he finally sat back.

"Leave if you want, does this king have to beg him to come back?"

At night, the lights in the Wutong courtyard were turned off.

Outside the gate of the courtyard, Zhang Bao and Zhang Qilin surrounded Xiaoyingzi who was mourning and mourning, his teeth itching with hatred.

"I didn't do it on purpose," Xiaoyingzi said in a tearful voice, "I was thinking to be more serious and ask my master to reconcile with the prince quickly. Who knows, he left as soon as he said, and he didn't even let me explain. "

"You, you are so courageous that you can go to heaven!"

Zhang Bao poked Xiaoyingzi's temple, "My lord is in a bad mood. I just went to the vegetable garden to drink some apricot blossom wine. I was in a daze for a while, and I didn't even say a few words to Mrs. Guo. How dare you spread rumors about your lord? Go back and wait for the board!"

"It's still small to be hit by the board. This time is different from the past. Eunuch Su hasn't figured it out for a while, and now that you have come here again, it's not like you're getting stuck!"

Zhang Qilin sighed heavily, it took him a lot of effort to persuade Su Peisheng to return to the Old Summer Palace.

"I, I really didn't think about it that much," Xiaoyingzi's eyes turned red when he was told, "I'll figure out a way, and I will definitely persuade Master to come back!"

July [-]th, Wutong Courtyard

After Fu Nai sent the letter from the border, the fourth brother threw it into the brazier and burned it.

"Qinghai's army has been assembled, and Sichuan is almost ready."

"Does the lord trust Nian Gengyao and Yue Zhongqi?" Fu Nai asked.

The fourth elder brother walked slowly to the window and looked at the sycamore tree outside the window.

Fu Nai nodded, and his eyes fell on the back of the fourth elder brother, "My lord has lost a lot these days."

The fourth elder brother didn't turn around, but just sighed softly, "It's hot in summer, so I just don't have a good appetite."

After noon, the fourth elder brother went to the vegetable garden again, where Mrs. Guo had been waiting for a long time.

"It's hot today, the prince is afraid of the bitter heat when drinking, so I prepared iced apricot nectar."

Under the thatched shed, Mrs. Guo was holding a bowl of honey juice, but Prince Yong, who was sitting on a wooden chair, did not take it for a long time.

"My lord?"

Guo Shi called out tentatively, and the person on the wooden chair raised his head.

"Your Highness, forgive me!"

Guo's reaction was quick, and when he saw the expression on the fourth elder brother, he knew that he had made a wrong decision.

"You're really smart," the fourth elder brother leaned back on the back of the chair, "You've worked hard for so many days, I'll give you a chance today, if you have anything to say to me, just say it."

"I don't dare, I just..."

Mrs. Guo hesitated for a moment, then sneaked a glance at the fourth elder brother, "I have been in the mansion for three years, I just ask the prince to have mercy."

"You should know the reason why this king has not given you a title," said the fourth elder brother, not looking at Guo Shi, but facing the void.

"Yes," Mrs. Guo pursed her lips, "My concubine and Mrs. Shen Jia were both selected by the Yonghe Palace. Mrs. Shen made a big mistake and deserves to die."

"It's good that you understand," the fourth elder brother slightly closed his eyes.

"But, my concubine's body is different from Shen Jia's!"

Guo took two steps on her knees, and grabbed the armrest of the wooden chair, "I only hope that the rest of my life can be lived in peace, and I don't want to be controlled by others for the rest of my life, please forgive me!"

Capital, Su's Firm

Su Da Caidong held the abacus in his hand and stared at the numbers on the ledger. A cup of tea was cold, but he still couldn't figure out an item.

The man brought a second pot of hot tea, but Su Wei raised his hand and pushed it away.

"What on earth are you going to do?" Su Da Caidong opened his mouth.

Opposite him, on the other side of the wooden table, sat a wooden lump who had been staring at him for an hour.

What's annoying is that this lump of wood is his apprentice from childhood to adulthood.

"If you don't come back to the Old Summer Palace with me, I'll just sit here," Xiaoyingzi puffed her cheeks, grabbed the teapot from the waiter, and poured herself a bowl.

"I've explained everything clearly to you. I'm talking nonsense. If you don't go back with me, I will be beaten to death by the prince sooner or later. I figured it out. I will die wherever I go. I will find a rope when I turn around. Hang it at the door of your business, and see how you do business!"

Su Wei coughed, almost laughed angrily, and hurriedly poured a bowl of tea to smooth his chest, "I have raised a white-eyed wolf for so many years, it's fine to turn my elbows outward, where did I learn this rascal look? "

"You forced me out!" Xiaoyingzi's eyes were red, "I don't understand, what a big deal, after all these years, have you and the lord not experienced any storms? Now that nine nines and eight ones have passed, you Is there anything you can't think of?"