Dressed as Su Peisheng

The first year of Yongzheng

The sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Hall of Mental Cultivation

At night, Bayan came back from the palace with Su Gonggong, and his heart beat suddenly. Sure enough, before he rested at ease, the news spread from the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

After entering the East Nuan Pavilion, the Long Live Lord seemed to be approving the memorial with his usual expression, while Grandpa Su stood aside with his hands tied, his head bowed, and he did not move at all.

"Where did you follow Su Peisheng today?"

As soon as Bayan leaned down, a thunder rang beside his ears, making his eyes go black.

"cough!"

A short cough drew two gazes, Bayan only glanced, and immediately lowered his head.

I only heard Lord Long Live ask coolly, "Is your throat uncomfortable? Do you want me to announce the imperial physician?"

"No, no need, the slaver's throat is a little dry, just drink some water to moisten it, just moisten it..."

A guilty father-in-law over there picked up the tea bowl and gurgled water.

Bayan hung his head, only feeling chills on his neck.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Eunuch Su went to the firm first, and was invited to Wenfeng Pavilion afterward."

"Oh, invited? Who?"

After filling half a bowl of water, the person who hadn't put down the bowl rubbed his feet restlessly.

Bayan didn't look sideways, and said impartially, "This subordinate was stopped by Eunuch Su, and he couldn't see the real person. After asking about it, Eunuch Su said that he was his confidant."

"Pfft! Cough, cough, cough——"

A certain father-in-law, who couldn't moisten his throat, coughed with real emotion this time, and his trachea convulsed from choking on a sip of water.

Still holding a cinnabar pen in his hand, facing a mountain-like memorial, Long Live, who had not moved all afternoon, turned his head like a rusty bronze statue.

Su Wei was stabbed by the cold eyes, and immediately got goosebumps all over his body, "No, no, don't listen to Bayan's nonsense, no one else saw it, he falsely accused me..."

"It's true that I didn't see anyone, but the person who came to invite someone was a maid. When Eunuch Su came out of the box, he was also covered in makeup and powder."

"You know shit!"

Grandpa Su was furious, "Little bastard, dare to sue me, wait for me to clean you up tomorrow!"

Bayan pursed his lower lip, kowtowed to Lord Long Live, and said, "This subordinate is only telling the truth, and dare not lie to His Majesty."

"I know," Master Yongzheng's eyes were still fixed on a certain father-in-law, "you have done things properly, no one dares to punish you, go down."

"Yes," Bayan kowtowed again, and before leaving, he glanced at Eunuch Su, who was about to face a catastrophe. It wasn't that he was ungrateful, but he was forced to do so. The emperor's order is above all. After all, his own head is more important.

"Come back to me and explain clearly to me!"

Seeing that Bayan retreated from the East Nuan Pavilion like the wind was blowing on the soles of his feet, Grandpa Su made a gesture to chase after him, but someone grabbed his wrist.

"A confidante? No wonder Eunuch Su runs out of the palace so often. What kind of girl is that? Why don't you show me?"

"Where is there any girl?"

Su Wei's ears turned red, and he shook his sore wrist, "Don't listen to Bayan's nonsense!"

"Then where does your rouge look come from?"

Master Yongzheng finally moved his buttocks, stood up, leaned against the dragon case, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "I will let the servant girl go to invite you specially, it can't be the wife of some merchant, right? I want to talk about business, as for Is it so mysterious?"

"My father-in-law went to the appointment openly, what's the mystery?"

Grandpa Su said with righteous words, "It's Bayan who has no brains and no conscience! Believe what you listen to, for nothing. I always take him to eat and drink well..."

"Don't change the subject for me!"

"Say! Who the hell is it?"

The tone of the questioning was not very severe, but someone grabbed his wrist, and the two of them faced each other face to face, and there was no escape.

"I told you, don't be angry..."

Lord Yongzheng put one hand on the desk, raised his eyebrows, "As long as you don't really fall in love with someone, I shouldn't be angry."

Eunuch Su curled his lips, "Don't worry, it's not some girl...it's Fourteen Fujin."

The hand on the wrist was released, and the face that was still alive just now was covered with a layer of ice, "What is she looking for you for? Want to plead for Yinqi?"

Su Wei lowered his head and licked the dry corners of his mouth, "I know you have already drawn up an order for the Fourteenth Lord to return to Beijing immediately, so I just want to ask, what do you plan to do when the Fourteenth Lord returns? "

Lord Yongzheng took a step back slowly, turned around and walked back to the mountain-like memorial, "Thunder, rain and dew are all the favor of the king, no matter how I deal with it, he should accept it willingly."

Su Wei was a little astonished, "The eighth elder brother is taking good care of Prince Lian. Even if it is for the sake of the government, it will not kill the fourteenth master, right?"

Lord Yongzheng didn't answer immediately, but sat behind the dragon case again and brought up the cinnabar pen.

Eunuch Su straightened up and stared stubbornly at the silent emperor.

After a while, the cinnabar pen paused, "He hasn't come back yet, so it's too early to say anything."

Outside the East Nuan Pavilion, Zhang Bao brought Li Wei, who had come to face the saint, just as he walked into the gate of the hall, when a man came out of the hall in a daze.

"Eunuch Su?"

"Hey, Su—"

Before Li Wei finished greeting, Grand Duke Su had already turned the corner and headed for the apse, as if he didn't see the two people who entered the door at all.

"What's going on here?"

Li Wei looked at Zhang Bao suspiciously, Zhang Bao frowned, shook his head and said, "Master Li, please come in, Lord Long Live is waiting for you."

Su Wei walked in a hurry along the way, and when he was about to enter the apse, he almost tripped over the threshold.

The apse has already turned on the lights, but the room is empty.

"Thunder, rain and dew are all your grace..."

"He hasn't come back yet, it's too early."

Outsiders may sound like two vague words, but to Su Wei's ears, they sound like thunder.

The aloof Ninth Five-Year Lord really had a murderous intent on his own brother.

A coldness rushed from the bottom of his heart to his back. Su Wei groped, found a corner, leaned his back against the wall, and squatted down.

In the huge palace, you can't even hear the breathing of other people. It's cold in the first month of the lunar year. There are earth dragons burning in the house and braziers on fire, but it still makes people feel cold.

Su Wei hugged his knees and stared at the dragon bed with bright yellow gauze curtains in the bedroom.The bed was already covered with a quilt and two pillows were placed side by side.

A long time ago, he was not qualified to lie on that bed.

I can only look at the little Si elder brother through the curtain, a small hill bulges on the empty bed.

I don't remember what year it was, but it seemed that not long after he had been with the fourth elder brother, Defei's little princess went there.

The fourth elder brother only saw the little baby once, but he was wrapped in the quilt and cried secretly for a long time.

At that time, I couldn't do anything but stay by his side.

Looking at him, a small person, standing on the long corridor, looking at the soft sedan chair of the Concubine De from a distance.

Looking at him, I buried my head in the pile of books throughout the night, just for the next day, when the imperial concubine took the school exam, she could get a word of appreciation.

Looking at him, he earnestly took care of the sixth elder brother who entered the elder brother's office, thinking about his responsibility as an elder brother every day.

Year after year passed like this, and I don't know when, each pile and one piece not only became the past that the fourth elder brother buried deeply in his heart, but also became the stubbornness in Su Wei's own heart.

He always wanted to make up for Yinzhen's shortcomings in this life, and always wanted him to regain some of the warmth he had lost in the Yonghe Palace and the Fourteenth Elder Brother.

But looking back now, the reason why he is so stubborn is because he has always believed that even though he has been tempered a lot, in the heart of the fourth elder brother, there will always be a little softness, and there will always be the shadow of the little prince back then.

He wants to protect that soft place, and keep those warmth. His Yinzhen should not just be the cold, iron-blooded emperor in history.

But today, the two sentences in Dongnuan Pavilion forced Su Wei to bring the scene that Su Wei feared the most to him.

The little elder brother who would reach out his hand and grab the veil of his hat under the heavy gauze tent is now condescending, only bowing his head to the sky.

He is the emperor, and the world is the most important thing.All tenderness is superfluous.

Today is the fourteenth master, what about tomorrow?

The night is as cool as water

Zhang Bao hurriedly sent Li Wei out of the palace before the key was released at the palace gate.

When he returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, there were still candles burning in the East Nuan Pavilion. At this hour, Lord Long Live had already been forced by Su Gonggong to go to the back hall to rest.

"Your Majesty, this servant has escorted Lord Li out of the palace." Zhang Bao bowed and walked into the East Nuan Pavilion.

Lord Yongzheng was still sitting behind the book case, looking out of the window, the dragon case in front of him was covered with a prepared decree.

"I intend to let Yinti return to the capital. Even if the edict is not on him, it will definitely have something to do with him. If you want to restrain me, Yinti is the best candidate right now."

Zhang Bao naturally knew what the edict was, and he felt quite uneasy, "Since the emperor has made up his mind, let the cabinet issue the edict tomorrow morning."

"yes……"

Lord Yongzheng's eyes turned back to the palace, and fell on the prepared decree, but he didn't speak again for a long time.

"Is Lord Long Live worried about Eunuch Su?"

Zhang Bao tentatively said, "Eunuch Su doesn't know the inside story, if he knows all the things behind this, he will definitely understand you."

"Excuse me?"

Master Yongzheng leaned his head back on the chair, looking at the dome with his eyes, "Sometimes, I am afraid of myself. How can he be considerate?"

"emperor?"

Zhang Bao was a little stunned, but the people behind the Long case didn't answer.

Late month

Originally ordered General Fuyuan Yinti to return to Beijing immediately, but the decree to hand over to the late emperor Zhu Pi has not been issued for a long time.

The good news from Tibet was frequent, and Yue Zhongqi led troops to the city of Lhasa. The Tibetan King Dakzan was overjoyed when he heard that the Qing army had come to rescue him. He personally led local political and religious officials out of the Potala Palace to welcome the Qing army into the city on the outskirts of Lhasa.

Yue Zhongqi occupied various key points in Lhasa city and began to search and arrest them in the city.

The Yanxin army escorted Kelsang Gyatso along the way. Although they were repeatedly attacked and ambushed along the way, they were all safe and sound, and the army was about to arrive in Lhasa.

In the imperial court, the new emperor did not stop at Li Xu in terms of rectifying the administration of officials and investigating deficits.

Before January, Emperor Yongzheng decreed to establish the Kuai Kao Office to inspect and verify the annual money and food sales of the various ministries and institutes of the imperial court and the provinces. In the future, each locality will pay taxes or reimburse expenses. will take the exam.

In the early days of the Kuai Kao Mansion, Prince Yi Yinxiang, Infantry Commander Long Kedo, University scholar Bai Huang, Zuodu Censor Zhu Shi jointly handled it.