Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 26 years

Mid-June

Concubine De is pregnant, and it has been more than two months, and the imperial concubine ordered the six palaces to be announced.

The emperor was overjoyed and awarded a golden tripod for a town in the Yonghe Palace.

The fourth elder brother went to the Yonghe Palace to pay his respects to the concubine De, the room was filled with the babbling voices of the little princess and the thirteenth elder brother, it was extremely lively.

Concubine De leaned on the couch, and asked the fourth elder brother to go to the side to ask, "Is everything ready for the retinue in August? Don't worry about the cloth and medicinal materials sent to you by Er Niang, take them all, if It's delayed until September, so I have to make some warm clothes."

"Emiang, don't worry, everything is ready. I brought two boxes of fur jacket and cloak, which are enough for us." The fourth elder brother said.

Concubine De caressed her lower abdomen, "Erniang originally wanted to make some padded vests for you, but this child became fussy, disturbing Erniang every day so that she couldn't sleep well, and couldn't even see the eye of a needle. "

The fourth elder brother smiled, "Emiang's pregnancy protection is the most important thing, so don't worry about your son, he has everything you need for clothes."

Concubine De nodded, "That's good, this time I don't know whether it's an elder brother or a princess. It's been two years since your sixth younger brother left, and Er Niang only hopes to give you another younger brother. There is a follow-up."

The fourth elder brother looked at Concubine De's still flat belly, and then looked back at the thirteenth elder brother who was being coaxed by the wet nurse, "My younger brother, younger sister and son like it, as long as it is safe..."

July

Su Wei got the news that Liu Chaoqing was officially transferred to the respect room, and Jiao Jinchao was sent to the Punishment Department by Liu Ran.At the end of July, news came from the Punishment Department that Xiao Luzi hanged himself.Su Wei was a little timid. After all, Xiao Luzi joined the Punishment Department because of him. Even if the little eunuch told the truth behind his back, he would not be guilty of death.

Su Wei found Jiao Jinchao secretly, and gave him five taels of silver to arrange for Xiaoluzi's funeral.The eunuchs in the harem are not like court ladies, and their life may not be as good as the bird raised by the master.There are countless slaves who committed suicide in the Punishment Division, and they were often wrapped in a mat and thrown into a mass grave outside the city.

Jiao Jinchao complied with Su Wei's request and arranged for Xiao Luzi's funeral, but found something strange on Xiao Luzi's body.Xiaoluzi did not commit suicide, there were two strangle marks on his neck.

Su Wei thought about it all night in bed, and finally asked Jiao Jinchao to send Xiaoluzi back to his hometown.Not to mention that there is no way to investigate this matter at all, but to say that Xiao Luzi's identity is found out, and no one will care if there are doubts.

Zhengsan Suo East Ear Room

Cao Qing entered the room, leaned cautiously up to the master who was flipping through the account books, hesitant to speak several times.

"What's the matter with you?" Wu Quan flipped through the account books and asked without raising his head.

Cao Qing lowered his head, clenched the corners of his clothes with both hands, struggled for a long time and said, "I heard people say that Xiao Luzi committed suicide in the Punishment Department."

Wu Quan's hands stopped, "So what? There are too many people who died in the Punishment Department."

Cao Qing lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "Apprentice...apprentice just wanted to ask, is...is it arranged by Master?"

Wu Quan put down his pen with a slap, Cao Qing shrank his neck, "What if it was me, so what if it wasn't me, do you want to go to the Punishment Division again and report Master?"

Cao Qing shook his head again and again, "No, no, the apprentice knows that everything the master does is for the benefit of the apprentice, and the apprentice will not dare to make decisions on his own in the future. Don't be angry, master."

Wu Quan glared at him, "Let's just let this matter go, and you'll be less likely to go outside in the future, and serve the fourth elder brother conscientiously. Now I don't expect you to be valued by the fourth elder brother. I only hope that you will serve for a long time. It's all right to leave a piece of hard work in front of the fourth elder brother. If you are eager for quick success and quick success, don't blame the master for not remembering the old love."

"Yes, I don't dare anymore," Cao Qing bowed down, his face pale.

At night, behind the rockery in the northeast corner of Sansho, a small fire ignited.

Cao Qing took out the Ming papers from the bundle and threw them into the brazier one by one, "Xiao Luzi, don't blame me, I didn't expect things to turn out like this, Master is also for my own good... I'll burn more paper money for you, you Get on your way. I will burn incense for you every year in the future, and when I have a chance, I will sneak into Baohua Hall and burn Buddhist scriptures for you. With the royal offerings, I will join a good family in my next life..."

third day of august

The team that patrolled Saibei set off, this time following the fourth elder brother were eight Haha Zhuzi, six senior eunuchs, and twelve junior eunuchs.Su Wei was naturally accompanying him, along with Zhang Bao, Zhang Qilin, the Wang family brothers, and Yue Jiu.

Yue Jiu and Xu Zhong are in charge of the waiter, and they are usually responsible for serving meals and preparing snacks.Before everyone left, Wu Quan found Su Wei and said that Yue Jiu had a lot of experience in meals, so he brought him to prepare meals for the fourth elder brother.

Although Su Wei didn't want to take Wu Quan's people with him, so as not to worry about being on guard when he was away from home, Wu Quan's words made sense.The last time I went on tour, the fourth elder brother had to prepare everything in the dining room. Sometimes I had to wait a long time for a supper, which wasted time. It would be different to bring a eunuch who can cook. Some snacks can be settled in the tent.

This tour of northern Saibei had a very long journey. Luanjia's army stationed in many places along the way and summoned Mongolian princes from many tribes.Among them, all the princes and ministers of the Horqin Kingdom came to the court one after another and brought a lot of tribute.

Because there are many elder brothers accompanying this time, the hunting scale is quite large, and a group of wild animals are often startled where the army marches. On the seventh day of August, Lord Kangxi personally hunted and killed two tigers.The fourth elder brother also gained a lot. After all, he was a year older, and he was strong enough to beat a gray wolf, four foxes, and several wild deer.

Su Wei was deeply impressed by the eighth elder brother Yinhu who was on tour this time. He is very polite at such a young age. Every morning after paying his respects to the emperor, he must go to the tents of his brothers to say hello.When hunting, always put the horse at the end, and never catch up with the brothers.However, because the seventh and eighth elder brothers were too young to learn riding and archery for a short time, the emperor didn't let them hunt, they just rode for a run.

When he came out this time, Su Wei also behaved himself, and brought countless insect repellent sachets and anti-itch ointment with him.Maybe the mosquitoes are also bullying and fearing the hard. Su Wei, who has made a suit of equipment, hardly gets bitten, but it disappoints the fourth elder brother.

Zhang Qilin was unlucky, he was bitten by a mosquito while sleeping, and the next day he was wearing a sausage mouth without realizing it, but Zhang Bao was the first to see it, making Su Wei and the others lucky to see it for the first time Eunuch Zhang Bao laughed out loud.

Yue Jiu's performance really exceeded Su Wei's expectations. His cooking skills were almost as good as those of the cooks in the palace. He could make many kinds of food with a hanging pot in a small tent. Excuse me, I ate a warm meal.

August 24

Luanjia troops stationed in Huangpi

Various tribes offered tributes one after another on this day, and the imperial camp held a grand feast, and the whole camp was very lively with people coming and going.

Su Wei, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Qilin accompanied the fourth elder brother to the banquet in front, while Ku Kui and the Wang family brothers looked after the haha ​​beads who accompanied the banquet.The Horqin Kingdom brought their best dancers and warriors to perform at the banquet in turn.

Several older elder brothers were also called to perform riding and shooting. When it was the fourth elder brother's turn, Su Wei was extremely nervous.The target is a moving living thing, and the trapped wild animal is running desperately when it comes out of the cage. In addition, it is almost evening and the sky is dim, so it is even more difficult to aim.

However, the fourth elder brother was very calm, jumped on the horse nimbly, and galloped away. A fiery red fox sprang out from the side. The fourth elder brother shot an arrow with a bow, and the arrow hit his abdomen.Before the sound fell, an elk jumped out from the other side. The fourth elder brother turned the horse's head and shot another arrow, which happened to hit the calf.

A guard presented Si Age's prey, the emperor was very happy, and rewarded Si Age with a pair of imperial bows and arrows.The Mongolian princes stood up one by one and praised Lord Kangxi's sons.

After the banquet, Su Wei helped the slightly drunk fourth elder brother back to the tent. It must be said that taking Yue Jiu with him was really useful, and the fourth elder brother drank the hangover soup within a quarter of an hour.That's why it was a pity that Su Wei didn't see the drunk-crazed little fourth master.

In this way, Luanjia's army tossed and turned on the grassland for a month, and returned to the capital on the fourth day of September.

Before and after the Golden Festival, the palace was busy again due to the coming of the new year.Su Wei's tasks for this year were divided by Zhang Qilin and Zhang Bao, and he felt much more relaxed. The reformed warehouse is also quite convenient for closing accounts at the end of the year, so he doesn't need to worry about it.Everyone thought that this would be another stable festival during the Kangxi period, but it was broken one night in November.

The empress dowager was seriously ill, and the emperor went to the Compassionate Palace to attend to the illness.The elder brother's house, which had already released the key, immediately lit up after being notified by the imperial concubine, and all the courtyards were busy.

Su Wei waited for the fourth elder brother to change his clothes, and at the same time asked the eunuchs on duty to call Wang Qin and Wu Quan to help the fourth elder brother get some things to bring. This time, he would not be able to return for a while, so what did he need to bring? The two experienced eunuchs knew much better than them.

After the fourth elder brother cleaned up here, Wu Quan asked someone to bring in a large bowl of noodles. The fourth elder brother hurried away because he didn't want to eat. If you can't stand it from time to time, you'll be in trouble."

The fourth elder brother frowned and looked at Su Wei, but sat down at the table and ate the noodles. Su Wei also took advantage of this time to eat some pastries.

Su Wei and Wang Qin led four young eunuchs out of the third office with lanterns, and met the fifth elder brother and his party, and the two gangs rushed to the Palace of Compassion and Ning immediately.

When brothers arrived at the Compassionate Ning Palace, the entire harem was already brightly lit, and all the high-ranking concubines were waiting in the Compassionate Ning Palace, even the pregnant Concubine De was there.The imperial doctors came and went in a hurry, and the smell of traditional Chinese medicine could be smelled in the yard.

Several elder brothers went in one by one to say hello, the emperor himself sat in the Compassionate Palace, almost never leaving.It was the imperial concubine who called several elder brothers to the front, arranged a shift, and replaced the emperor one by one.

Su Wei took care of the fourth elder brother, and rested in the east side hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace when changing shifts.For several days, the empress dowager's illness finally improved slightly, and the fourth elder brother and the others were sent back to the elder brother to rest, but within a few days, the empress dowager's illness became serious again.

In this way, until December, the Laba Festival in the palace was not celebrated. The emperor personally walked to the Temple of Heaven to pray to God, willing to sacrifice his own life to extend the life of the empress dowager.However, everything was unsatisfactory, the Empress Dowager's health was deteriorating, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has started to prepare shrouds and materials.

On December 25th, several elder brothers returned to elder brother's place to take a bath and rest.Su Wei asked the dining room to serve a pot of sauerkraut, a dish of red stewed tofu, a plate of assorted eight-treasure vegetables, and several cold dishes.During the more than a month in the Compassionate Ning Palace, the masters also dealt with it, and the fourth elder brother lost a lot of weight.

After bathing and changing, the fourth elder brother sat at the table to eat, Su Wei waited on him from behind, the empress dowager was sick, no meat was touched in the palace, and the pot was also vegetarian, but at least the materials were carefully selected to nourish the body.

The fourth elder brother ate a bowl of rice with the soup from the sauerkraut pot, and before the bowl was put down, Zhang Qilin ran into the room and knelt down in front of the fourth elder brother, "Master, the empress dowager is dying."