Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 26 years

December 26

The noon cries ended, and the elder brothers went to rest in the east side hall. Su Wei brought the fourth elder brother a bowl of sliced ​​noodles with eggs lying on it, and served it with a large platter. Although it was not exquisite, it was warm and full.

When the empress dowager was born, the emperor was in great grief, and the mourning hall was set up in the Palace of Compassion, where the clan's relatives, wives, civil and military officials all gathered outside the Palace of Compassion to hold the funeral.In the imperial edict, the spirit cries three times a day, and the filial piety clothes are all made of cloth, and the young princes and princesses in the palace wear filial piety together.

Crying three times a day, one hour at a time, is really tiring work, and it's only the first day, Su Wei is very worried when he sees the fourth elder brother wolfing down.

The eldest elder brother rushed in, sat down in front of the fourth elder brother, pointed to the meal of the fourth elder brother and said to his eunuch, "Just serve the same one for the master, hurry up, and beat two more eggs." The eunuch followed the order.The fourth elder brother put down the bowl, "Brother just came from Huang Ama's place? Has Huang Ama eaten?"

Eldest brother sighed and shook his head, "Ama Huang is really sad. She wanted to cut her braids to obey the filial piety, but was stopped by the ministers, and now she is in a stalemate. I heard from my mother that Ama Huang will stop for 27 days. However, according to the ancestral system, the death of the spirit cannot exceed the year, and the Qin Tianjian has also issued an instruction to ask the spirit to wake up before New Year's Day, but I think Huang Ama means that I am afraid that he will not agree."

The fourth elder brother lowered his head, "The old ancestors have a deep affection with Huang Ama's ancestors, and it is right to break the ancestral system."

Su Wei sighed in his heart, if it really takes 27 days, how much their little fourth master will have to suffer.

However, the ministers did not persuade the emperor in the end, and the emperor decided to wake up the empress dowager on the eleventh day of the first lunar month.

In the early stage of the funeral, we cried three times a day for four consecutive days, and after four days, the emperor decreed that we would cry twice a day thereafter.In addition to crying for the spirit, all elder brothers also had to take turns to guard the emperor's spirit and persuade the emperor to mourn.

Su Wei couldn't share the tasks of the fourth elder brother, so he could only cook for the fourth elder brother in turn every day.During the funeral of the Empress Dowager, the royal family members and all cultural relics officials must fast for 27 days, and the fourth elder brother is of course no exception.In order to replenish the strength of the fourth elder brother, Su Wei rummaged through the supplements in the warehouse, and gave the fourth elder brother soup with wild ginseng, supplemented with wolfberry, caterpillar fungus, and lotus seeds. On the other hand, Yue Jiu made moiwowo with honey as a snack.

The weather in December was extremely bitter and cold. Although there were cushions for everyone to kneel on, they couldn't stop the cold from below.Su Wei asked people to thicken the trousers of the fourth elder brother, and patched two pieces of soft leather on the knees to prevent the cold from entering the body.

After tossing and tossing until the end of the new year, the emperor was only spared from crying for one day on New Year's Day while the ministers were playing.By the third day of the first lunar month, many concubines and wives were already looking sick, and the fourth elder brother was most worried about the pregnant concubine De.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, there was heavy snowfall. Su Wei served a big bowl of lotus seed and ginger soup to the fourth elder brother. For dinner, he also used bean noodle cake with ginger and white sugar filling.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the spirit had been crying for nearly ten days. When Su Wei entered the Palace of Compassion and Ning with a food box, he suddenly heard a scream, and one of the concubines in front of his wife suddenly fell down.Su Wei's heart trembled, and he hurried to go up, the snow-fallen ground was bright red, Concubine De was half lying in Concubine Rong's arms, her face was pale.

The fallen concubine De was carried back to the Yonghe Palace, the fourth elder brother was so anxious that he didn't dare to leave without authorization.It was the imperial concubine who asked the emperor for an order, and took the fourth elder brother to see the situation of the concubine De.

When the group arrived at the Yonghe Palace, there was already a strong smell of burning mugwort leaves in the room, and the imperial doctor took two doses of medicine, but the concubine De was still red.

Doctor Zhang bowed in front of the imperial concubine and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine De's condition is not good. If this continues, both mother and child will be damaged. I dare you to use oxytocin."

The imperial concubine frowned, "Concubine De's body is the most important thing in everything, you can do it at your own discretion."

Doctor Zhang led the order, and the fourth elder brother sat in the hall with a pale face.Su Wei gently pinched the fourth elder brother's shoulder, and the stiff back of the fourth elder brother relaxed slightly.

In the evening, Concubine De drank the oxytocin, and the emperor sent two more imperial physicians over. An hour later, there was a moaning sound from the bedroom, and the imperial concubine patted the fourth elder brother comfortingly.

The child is only eight months old, and Concubine De's body is suffering from the cold again, giving birth is very exhausting, the emperor sent people to inquire several times, but did not get any news.In the middle of the night, the two nurses who were induced to give birth were sent to Concubine De's room, and Concubine De's groans suddenly became louder.

Su Wei, who had been standing behind the fourth elder brother, shuddered twice. He had heard some things about induced labor.In ancient times, labor induction caused great harm to the mother. Some mothers who induced labor were even more ruthless, grabbing the mother’s belly and pushing the child out. It is said that there are also people who put the mother on the horse and use the horse’s back to press the mother’s stomach. Makes the child fall to the ground.However, it was about concubines and princes, so it shouldn't be so bloody, but judging from the cry of Concubine De, it must be very painful.

At the third quarter of Yin time, De Fei's groans gradually died down, and after a burst of messy footsteps, a baby's cry resounded throughout the room.The nurse who delivered the baby trotted out of the delivery room, and knelt in front of the imperial concubine and the fourth elder brother, "The imperial concubine, the fourth elder brother, Empress Defei is overjoyed, a prince is born, mother and child are safe."

The fourth elder brother closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and the imperial concubine held the Buddhist beads together, clasped her hands together and said, "Amitabha..."

Although it coincided with a great funeral, the arrival of the fourteenth elder brother still brought joy to the palace, and the emperor's mood improved a lot.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the coffin of the empress dowager set off. The emperor led the royal family members, civil and military officials, and sent the coffin to the funeral palace outside Chaoyang Gate on foot.

However, after waking up, the ceremony for the empress dowager to go to heaven did not end.Before the moon festival, there were small sacrifices and big sacrifices. The emperor lived next to the empress dowager's funeral palace almost every day, and the princes and ministers still had to go to the empress dowager's coffin to hold funerals every day.It wasn't until the 25th of the first lunar month, after the Moon Festival, that the empress dowager's funeral was temporarily over.

According to the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager, her coffin was not moved back to Shengjing to be buried with Emperor Taizong, but was temporarily placed in the funeral palace of Dongling.The emperor ordered the dismantling of the East Fifth Hall where the Empress Dowager always lived in the Palace of Compassion, and built a Temporary Hall at the foot of Changrui Mountain to store the coffin of the Empress Dowager.

After the palace was completely in turmoil, it finally ushered in a little vitality in February.Concubine De is still not well after confinement, the fourth elder brother took Su Wei to the Yonghe Palace to pay his respects, and looked at the newborn little brother, with a round face and high forehead, he is very energetic, unlike a premature child.

Because Concubine De gave birth to another child, the princess who was originally raised in Yonghe Palace was carried to Concubine Rong, while Brother Thirteen was taken care of by the nanny in the backyard.The fourth elder brother gave the new younger brother a piece of mutton fat jade as a gift, and also brought a lot of deer antler and wild ginseng that he got when he was outside the Great Wall to Defei, and Defei accepted it with a smile.

Before leaving, the fourth elder brother turned to the backyard of the Yonghe Palace to look at the thirteenth elder brother. The palace in the backyard is not big, but it is spacious enough for the thirteenth elder brother and the nurses.Su Wei first stepped into the room to inform, and the nannies were very surprised, and hurriedly saluted.The fourth elder brother nodded casually, and went into the bedroom to look at the thirteenth elder brother.

The thirteenth elder brother is more than one year old, and was crawling around on the couch in the house. After seeing the fourth elder brother, he stood up unsteadily, stretched his arms and took two steps towards the fourth elder brother. Brother catch it. "Yinxiang can walk already?" The fourth elder brother hugged the thirteenth elder brother and raised his hand, the thirteenth elder brother giggled, Su Wei was protecting him, the thirteenth elder brother stretched out his chubby hand to grab Su Wei's finger.

The nanny said from the back, "I can go already, but I'm still not stable. The thirteenth elder brother is very happy to see the fourth elder brother come."

The fourth elder brother smiled and winked at Su Wei. Su Wei took out a purse from his sleeve and handed it to the nanny, "You took care of the thirteenth elder brother. This is the fourth elder brother's reward. I will serve snacks in the future. The thirteenth elder brother should be careful." Yes, there are still many benefits for you."

The nanny took the purse, smiling like a flower blooming on her face, "Thank you fourth elder brother, the servants will definitely do their best."

When Su Wei waited for the fourth elder brother to come out of the backyard, a woman stood under the hallway in the atrium, wearing a long skirt of bird pattern silk and satin with pink bamboo leaves, and bowed to the fourth elder brother from a distance.The fourth elder brother glanced at her and hurried past. Su Wei guessed that the woman should be the thirteenth elder brother's biological mother, Zhang Jiashi.

Yanxi Palace

Concubine Cheng, Concubine Wei and Concubine Hui sat around the table, on which was a pile of silk and cloth.

Concubine Hui smiled and said, "Concubine De gave birth to a prince, and because of the great funeral of the Empress Dowager, I didn't send anything to the palace. Today just happened to be here with you two, help me pick out which ones are suitable for the palace. children to wear."

Concubine Cheng flipped through the cloth and said with a smile, "The concubine has shallow eyelids, and any one is good, or that Concubine Hui is the head of the four concubines, we usually don't see these good things. of."

Mrs. Wei followed suit, and Concubine Hui glanced at Concubine Cheng, "You, this mouth is becoming more and more dishonest. On weekdays, the palace lacks you to eat, or lacks you to wear. But a few pieces of cloth, for the little one After choosing the children, you two also choose, and you can take the ones you like. I am old, and I don’t need this brightly colored book.”

Wei smiled and said, "Your Majesty is not very old. If you say that, how can a concubine, who is naturally old, deal with herself?"

"You," Concubine Hui nodded at Wei Shi, "You have learned how to talk like a concubine Cheng. Your face is rare and exquisite in the harem. Don't compare me to you..."

Concubine Cheng and Mrs. Wei both lowered their heads and smiled. Concubine Hui took a sip of tea in satisfaction, looked at Mrs. Wei and said, "You have a lot of concubines in Chuxiu Palace, I think it is difficult for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take care of each of them, so you can take some back. Sharing a share with the sisters, it happens that I don’t have the opportunity to make clothes during the Chinese New Year this year, so I can get a little subsidy.”

Hearing this, Mrs. Wei stood up and gave a blessing, "Your Majesty is kind, the sisters in Chuxiu Palace always remember your kindness."

Concubine Hui put down the tea bowl, smiled and waved her hands.

Just as she was talking, Yinliu came in from the door and whispered a few times in Concubine Hui's ear, Concubine Hui's face immediately sank.

Concubine Cheng and Concubine Wei looked at each other, and after Yinliu finished speaking, she got up and said, "Madam, it's time for this concubine to take her medicine, please go back to the room first, and I will trouble you later."

Wei Shi also got up and said, "Sister Cheng Concubine has gone back, and this concubine also wants to take advantage of this time to visit Eighth Prince, and hope for your empress' permission."

Concubine Hui curled her lips reluctantly, "Okay, both of you go."

As a concubine, Mrs. Wei immediately bowed and withdrew.

Concubine Hui sighed deeply, "Did elder brother know about this?"

Yinliu lowered her head, "I'm afraid I don't know it yet, but since someone handed me the booklet, I should know it tomorrow morning when Big Brother Yumen is in charge."

Concubine Hui closed her eyes, thought for a moment and said, "Go and tell Eldest Brother, don't be impulsive tomorrow morning. It may not be Suo'etu's hands and feet that Mingxiang was involved in a party for personal gain, corruption and bribery. If... if it is the emperor Encouragement, at this time, we have to be wise and protect ourselves."

Yin Liu leaned over, "Yes, this servant will send someone there..."

Concubine Hui was sitting at the table, her gaze was deep and far away, maybe she was too hasty...

Sho San Institute

The fourth elder brother lay on the table and watched Su Peisheng cook the ingredients. It may be because he was crying a while ago and took the trouble to make medicinal food for him to nourish his body, which made Su Peisheng suddenly interested in cooking.

In the past two days, he has fried chicken drumsticks, potato chips, and made a pancake with all the fillings on the outside.Now, the man put another pile of plates on the table, including lettuce, ham, meatloaf, melon slices and other messy things.After he picked out a few, Su Peisheng sandwiched them between two puffy dough cakes, smeared some sauce on them and handed them to him.

The fourth elder brother looked around with the cake with something in it, and took a bite. Su Peisheng immediately came over and said, "How is it, master, is it delicious?"

The fourth elder brother nodded. It's actually just cakes and vegetables. It might be more convenient to sandwich them together, but it's too indecent.But the fourth elder brother kept the words in his heart and didn't say anything. Su Peisheng was depressed for several days because he rejected the strange cake with leaking fillings a few days ago.

Su Wei, who has been confirmed by the fourth elder brother here, is quite happy in his heart. In fact, he was a foodie in his previous life, but he has not been in the mood to fiddle with it since he passed through.In addition, in the Qing Dynasty, several major Chinese cuisines were basically mature, not to mention that he was in the palace, and the food he ate with the fourth elder brother could be said to be three-pointed, honed and refined, not a little bit delicious.

It wasn't until a while ago that the fourth elder brother went to the funeral every day, and it was very inconvenient to eat. Su Wei remembered the fast food in his previous life. Although it was incomparable with their 5000-year-old food in terms of delicacy, it was quick, convenient, and very innovative.

However, Su Wei, who has always been a hands-on idiot, really spent a lot of effort to fiddle with these nondescript things.The most strenuous of them are all kinds of secret seasonings. He doesn’t know how to make cheese and salad dressing, so he can only use other substitutes, or DIY with the help of the chef. The final product is far from real fast food. , but the taste is not bad at all.

Here, the fourth elder brother ate a meat sandwich, and patted Su Wei, who had a smug face, "Wrap me ham, egg pancakes and lettuce, and put more sauce..."