Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 28 years

Since returning to the palace, Su Wei and the others have been busy preparing for the New Year's Eve.In addition to spending rewards and inventory this year, there are also various matters in the middle court.

On the Laba Festival, Song's natal family also received Laba porridge from Si Age.

In mid-December, two major events happened in the harem one after another.

On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the concubine Wang deliberately damaged the reward given by the noble concubine Wen Xi, and was disrespectful to the noble concubine.Concubine Wen Xi decreed that the Wang family despised the palace rules and disrespected the elders. From today onwards, she was relegated to the rank of maid, moved out of Chuxiu Palace, and worked as an errand in the Huanyi Bureau.

On December [-], because the emperor couldn't bear the empress dowager living in the long-term disrepair of the Ciren Palace, and because he missed the empress dowager, it was difficult to enter the Cining Palace, so he specially invited the empress dowager to move to the newly built Ningshou New Palace Take care of your life.

December [-]

Zhongcui Palace

Consorts pay homage to Concubine Wen Xi

Concubine Yi's sedan chair landed at the door, just as Concubine Hui came from afar, "Hey, Concubine Hui is now at leisure?"

Concubine Hui didn't speak, she nodded towards Concubine Yi, turned around and walked towards the door.

Concubine Yi smiled, and stepped forward, "What? The Empress Dowager moved out of the East and West Six Palaces, so Concubine Hui has no place to be filial? Or, the emperor's decision made Concubine Hui hit a snag?"

Concubine Hui turned her head and glanced at Concubine Yi, "Sister, why bother to force each other? I just want to show my concubine's filial piety."

Concubine Yi snorted coldly, turned around and entered the door first.

On this day's visit, except for Concubine Rong, who was suffering from a chronic illness, all the other concubines arrived.

Sitting on the embroidered pier at the door, Mrs. Hesheli looked at the concubines in the room and raised her voice to Noble Concubine Wen Xi, "Madam, there are so many people here today. If you say that our harem is also strange, if you get sick, you will get sick." , I want to recover and recover together again. It seems that all kinds of cures are not as effective as the cold sweat from the fright."

Concubine Wen Xi smiled, but did not answer.

The 29th year of Kangxi's court banquet was held on the first day of the Lunar New Year

The banquet on this day was quite lively. Due to the arrival of Mongolian nobles and Russian missions, everyone drank a little out of control.

The fourth elder brother can drink well, but after a few times, the back of his ears also turned red.

Su Wei handed the jug to Zhang Bao, and ran out of the palace door to ask for hangover soup.On the way back from the Imperial Dining Room to the Palace of Preserving Harmony, a minister in official uniform with a peacock patch was standing in a corner, leaning on the wall and bending over.

Su Wei struggled for a while, but still came over with the food box, "My lord, what's wrong with you?"

The man took a few breaths, and shook his hand at Su Wei, "I drank too much wine, and my stomach feels uncomfortable."

Su Wei put down the food box, "I have hangover soup here, you can drink a bowl to suppress it."

The other party nodded slightly, "Thank you, father-in-law."

Su Wei opened the food box, but the soup hadn't come out yet, only the sound of vomiting and a strange smell came from it.

Su Wei hurriedly called two young eunuchs to clean up, and went up to help him pat his back. Seeing that the man's face was red and purple, he was very worried, so he said, "My lord is so drunk, I'm afraid that I will lose my appearance in front of you, why don't you go with the slaves?" Let's take a rest in the side hall."

After the man vomited, he stood up weakly and said to Su Wei, "I have to thank you, Father-in-law."

Su Wei sent him to the side hall, fed him a bowl of hangover soup, and found a young eunuch to look after him.

Before leaving, the other party stood up and pulled Su Wei to thank him, "Dare to ask the father-in-law's name, where does he work? I will send a thank you gift someday."

Su Wei quickly waved his hand, "Your Excellency, you are welcome, my servant Su Peisheng is working under the fourth elder brother."

"Ah, it's from the fourth elder brother," the other party nodded, "I'm young, and I'm a cabinet bachelor. If I meet the fourth elder brother someday, I'll have a good talk about my father-in-law's helping others today."

age?Su Wei was stunned for a moment, then bowed and said, "Thank you, my lord, this is what a slave should do, it's not worth mentioning. The slave still has to serve the fourth elder brother, so I will leave first."

Walking out of the side hall, Su Wei's mind was still spinning. This person's name was really familiar, Nian Xia, Nian... A clue flashed in Su Wei's mind, Nian Gengyao!The father of the Nian brothers and sisters.

After the court banquet, Su Wei mentioned the matter of age to the fourth elder brother, but there was no way to specifically remind the fourth elder brother to pay attention to the Nian family. He couldn't say that the son of the elder brother would help you ascend the throne in the future.

However, the fourth elder brother has a discerning eye. After listening to Su Wei's description, the fourth elder brother immediately took a liking to this cabinet bachelor who had no airs and was polite to his slaves.

February 29th, [-]th year of Kangxi

Su Wei was waiting at the main entrance of elder brother's office early in the morning. At about Si time, a father-in-law led a woman in a pink butterfly dress with a hundred flowers pattern, and a maidservant in a light green palace dress came slowly.

When he got close, Su Wei bowed, "Li Gege'an, my servant Su Peisheng, is ordered by the fourth elder brother to welcome the young master."

"Please, Eunuch Su," said a rather delicate voice.

"Thank you, Gege Li," Su Wei stood up, and the father-in-law who led the way bowed his hands in front of Su Wei, "Eunuch Su, Li Gege will be handed over to you."

Su Wei lowered his head, "Thank you, father-in-law."

After entering the gate of elder brother's office, Mrs. Li looked around, smiled and rushed to Su Wei, who was ahead, and said, "Grandpa Su is serving the fourth elder brother personally? How long has he been serving?"

"Responding to Li Gege, the slave has been by the fourth elder brother's side for nearly seven years." Su Wei replied respectfully.

"It's been seven years." Mrs. Li squeezed her fingers, "Eunuch Su must be highly valued by the fourth elder brother for being able to serve him for so long."

Su Wei smiled slightly, "It's the master who is magnanimous and doesn't think the slave is rough."

"Grandpa Su is too modest," Li said happily, "My daughter is a newcomer, so I need you to teach me a lot in the future."

Su Wei turned around and bowed his head and said, "My lord, you're being polite. If you have something to do, Ge Ge can just tell you directly."

Su Wei sent Mrs. Li all the way to the East Wing of the Middle Court of Zhengsan Institute, and the little maid who followed Li Gege leaned over to Su Wei, "Xi'er, my maidservant, I'm sorry, Eunuch Su, I'm so small. For the father-in-law to drink tea."

A rather unique purse was handed to Su Wei, about two taels of silver, not too much, not too little, Su Wei took the purse, bowed and said, "Thank you, my lord, for the reward."

When Mrs. Li entered the hospital, she did not immediately get favored by the fourth elder brother. Like Song Gege at the beginning, she was left hanging in the backyard for more than a month.

However, Li Gege is different from Song Gege, he doesn't care about it at all, and he has a good time every day.Play shuttlecock for a while, play Shuanglu for a while, go to the Imperial Garden for a while, and look at the well in the backyard for a while.After a few days, I played with Gege in the courtyard of the elder brother and the third elder brother, and often went to the imperial garden together, completely different styles from Song Gege who didn't leave the gate and didn't walk.

March

The emperor moved to Changchun Garden, and specially set up a place for his brothers to study in the Douyuan Bookstore.Therefore, all the elder brothers who moved to the palace were taken to live in Changchun Garden.

For the nth time, Su Wei packed a lot of boxes for the fourth elder brother, and drove out of the palace in a horse-drawn carriage, and drove into Changchun Garden.

Changchun Garden, once the head of the three mountains and five gardens, the place where Lord Kangxi died, is full of legends and sighs.It is a pity that modern people can only catch a glimpse of the scenery of the past from the remaining two glazed mountain gates.

However, Su Wei was lucky. He sat in the four princes' carriage, dangling his legs, and slowly drove into the royal garden with the huge team of Luanjia.

There are no so-called carved beams and painted buildings, red walls and green tiles, and some are charming and charming in a completely different style from the imperial palace.In the tile-roofed cottages hidden in the shade of green trees, there are flowers of unknown species blooming on both sides of the stone road; In the willow forest, there may be cranes stopping, or peacocks flying.

If it weren't for the messy and uniform footsteps and the crispness of the horse stepping on the stones, Su Wei would have thought he had arrived in a fairyland.

The fourth elder brother was arranged to live in Chengluxuan next to the Douyuan Bookstore, and Su Wei neatly directed the little eunuchs to clean up the house and put things away.The eunuchs who followed this time were Zhang Bao, Wang Chaoqing, Liu Yu, and Yue Jiu. Except for the wooden Zhang Bao, the other eunuchs naturally obeyed Su Wei's order.

The place where the brothers live and study is located in the West Garden of Changchun Garden, not in the main part of Changchun Garden.However, there are many lakes in the West Garden, and all the buildings are built near the water, which is quite beautiful.The willows by the water are Yiyi, although it is March, they already have emerald green color.

Leaving the palace with red walls and yellow tiles, Su Wei is like a bird out of its cage, and a fish back in the water, standing by the lake and taking a deep breath.

The fourth elder brother who had paid homage to the emperor, when he returned to Chengluxuan, he saw his personal eunuch standing on the stone by the lake breathing desperately, with an unconcealable smile on his mouth, a delicate face on the green branch Even more white in the shade.

There is no towering imperial wall, and there is a piece of emerald green water connected with emerald embankment in front of him. Su Wei really wanted to yell twice to vent the dark emotions in his heart, but the deep-rooted rules still made him restrain the impulse for a while .The nerves that had calmed down suddenly felt a little strange in the wisps of spring breeze, and turned around abruptly. The fourth elder brother stood under the tree with his hands behind his back, looking at him motionless.

"Master?" Su Wei kicked his legs subconsciously, but forgot that he was standing on the rock, stepped on the ground, and rushed forward.

In the blink of an eye, the fourth elder brother stepped forward a few steps and grabbed the fallen Su Peisheng. Under the action of inertia, Su Wei bumped his head on the fourth elder brother's shoulder, with a bang on his head.

"Oh!" Su Wei held his bumped forehead and gritted his teeth.

The fourth elder brother gave him a helpless look, "I'm always so reckless, I even forgot when I was standing on a rock."

Su Wei pursed his lips and took a sneak peek at Fourth Master, but he happened to see the other's chin.

kindness?Shocked, Su Wei quickly broke free from the arms of the fourth elder brother and stood up.The eunuchs and guards who followed the fourth elder brother bowed their heads or turned their backs. Except for Zhang Bao who was staring straight at them and could be ignored directly, no one seemed to have noticed the scene just now.

Su Wei scratched his head in embarrassment, "Thank you master for saving me, I will pay attention next time."

The fourth elder brother cast a glance at him, did not speak, turned and walked into the house, Su Wei doggedly followed, but always felt in a daze that something was wrong.After entering the room, the fourth elder brother was sitting behind the desk, and Su Weicai suddenly realized, size, height!

Just now, the fourth elder brother held his waist, and he touched the fourth elder brother's shoulder. When he stood up, he and the fourth elder brother looked at the same level.Since when did the fourth prince be as tall as him?

After living in Chengluxuan for a few days, both the elder brother and the slaves are in a happy mood. After leaving the palace, it seems that the rules that restrain people have been relaxed a lot, and the slaves can also enjoy some free time.There is only one exception, their most valued Eunuch Su, who is always very strange these days, always straightening up and standing next to the eunuchs standing guard, squinting his eyes at the top of his head, making the eunuchs who are on guard When I saw Eunuch Su, I was nervous.

Su Wei didn't understand everyone's thoughts, he was just a little depressed.To say that as a man, the most important condition is that he has been severely disabled, and now even his external figure is a few inches shorter than others.The fourth elder brother is only 13 years old this year, five years younger than his own body, but he is about to surpass him in size.Don't they all say that boys develop late? Could it be that in ancient times, not only the "surname" matured precociously, but also the body precociously?

After comparing with the little eunuchs around him for a few days, Su Wei came to a general conclusion that it was definitely not that he was short, but that the fourth elder brother grew up too fast!

The days in Changchun Garden passed quickly. In addition to reading, archery, and horseback riding, the elder brothers also took boats, fished, and swam every day.The emperor is not strict with his elder brothers, as long as he has completed a day of school, he can do whatever he wants.

However, this does not include the prince.The prince was studying alone in Wuyizhai. After finishing his classes every day, he had to follow the emperor to read books and listen to political affairs.

After two months of this kind of life, the eldest elder brother asked the emperor to listen to the government because he was the oldest, and the emperor agreed to play.The third elder brother and the fourth elder brother followed suit, and the emperor approved everything.In June, except for the youngest brothers Jiu and Shi, the rest of the princes had the extra task of going to the Hall of Nine Classics and Three Things every day to listen to the government, just like going to court in the palace.

In mid-June, news came from the border that Galdan, the leader of the Mongolian Junggar in Erut, had entered Mobei to harass him.All of a sudden, Changchun Garden became tense, and the eight-hundred-mile galloping horse galloped back and forth, and Qingxi Bookstore, where the emperor lived, stayed up all night.Several elder brothers also stayed away for several days and nights, and the important officials and generals of the court and the central government all gathered in Changchun Garden.

Su Wei lived with the fourth elder brother in the hall next to Qingxi Bookstore. At this time, the elder brothers were still young and not deeply involved in the world, so they could not directly participate in decision-making. Most of them stood by and listened to the emperor and ministers discussing military discussions.However, for the princes, this is undoubtedly a rare learning opportunity.For several days in a row, Su Wei arranged meals several times a day to ensure that the fourth elder brother could have meals when he returned to the house at any time.

On June 24th, Su Wei was standing outside the door of the side hall, seeing all the older brothers hurrying out of Qingxi Bookstore.

"Master," Su Wei stepped forward.

"Clean up quickly, we will return to the palace in the afternoon."

"Yes," Su Wei leaned over, turned around and waved at the little eunuch, asking him to return Cheng Luxuan's notice first.Without too much time delay, Su Wei asked the servants to put the fourth prince's things into the box according to the layout of the house, and then count them after returning to the palace.

Sure enough, just after noon, a carriage drove up ahead.Different from when they came, on the way back to the palace, the Luanjia team was in a hurry.Su Wei sat outside the carriage, feeling a little nervous. Where Luan drove past, the gates were closed, the shops were closed, and there were not many pedestrians on the street.

Back in the palace, Su Wei heard the gossip from Xiao Erge that Galdan led an army all the way south through Mobei, less than a thousand miles away from Beijing.

end of june

News from the border kept coming. Hearing that the Junggar tribe had plundered the border tribes one after another, the emperor was furious and refuted all the proposals for peace.

The crown prince, elder brother, third elder brother, fourth elder brother, and fifth elder brother all challenged to fight, and Su Wei was so frightened that he huddled to practice Tai Chi, but in the end the emperor only brought his eldest brother.

In this expedition, Prince Yu Fuquan was the general of Fuyuan, the eldest son of the emperor Yinyi was the deputy general, and Prince Gong Changning (the fifth younger brother of Kangxi) was the general of Anbei, and Prince Jian Yabu and Xinjun Wang Eza were the deputy generals. peak mouth.Accompanying him in the battle were the emperor's uncles Tong Guogang, Tong Guowei, Suo'etu, Nalan Mingzhu and other important court officials.

The frontier army reported frequently, and the atmosphere in Beijing and China was tense.

The fourth elder brother went to Yonghe Palace to visit the concubine De, the concubine De still smiled and asked the fourth elder brother how he was doing, whether he was used to living in Changchun Garden, how is the new Mrs. Li, and so on.

The fourth elder brother answered one by one, looking at Concubine De hesitant to speak.

Concubine De patted the fourth elder brother's hand knowingly, "You are still too young, and now the battle is tense. In the early years, Oboi took power, San Francisco rebelled, anti-Qing forces came and went, and Tsarist Russia The Mongolian aristocrats in Inner Mongolia are looking at it, and there are troubles. Your emperor Ama can only rely on the support of the old officials and the empress dowager to come over step by step. At that time, the Forbidden City was really turbulent. After today, I don’t know. Is there a tomorrow? Now, Obai has been punished, the San Francisco has been settled, and the world is stable, where can the chaos go with just one Galdan?"

The fourth elder brother lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head with a smile and said, "It's my son who has become impetuous, what Er Niang taught me."

Concubine De smiled, "You are the son of the Aixinjueluo family, and you are full of blood. Don't say that there are no soldiers coming to the city. Even if that day comes, you must not panic, let alone be afraid. Our ancestors called immediately In the world, Manchu's children are born warriors."

The fourth elder brother nodded, his gaze became much firmer.

Sho San Institute

When the fourth elder brother came back from the palace, the atrium was bustling, and bursts of laughter spread to the front yard.

The fourth elder brother walked around to the back of the room and saw Mrs. Li kicking a shuttlecock flying all over the sky surrounded by a group of court ladies.The eunuchs in the front yard also gathered in the porch to watch the excitement, and Su Peisheng sat at the door of the side hall with his mouth open.

The fourth elder brother squinted his eyes and walked over. A servant saw him and immediately bowed down, "Greetings to the master, the master is auspicious."

When everyone saw the fourth elder brother, they hurriedly saluted, and Li hurriedly kicked the shuttlecock on the fourth elder brother's head.

Su Wei took two steps forward, wanting to explain, but saw the fourth elder brother stepping back and kicking the falling shuttlecock with one foot.

The servants watched in astonishment or disbelief as the fourth elder brother kicked the shuttlecock.It wasn't until their Eunuch Su grinned, slapped his hands and said, "Okay, master is so powerful." Then everyone came to their senses and clapped their hands in applause.

The fourth elder brother kicked 58 times in a row before the shuttlecock fell to the ground.Su Wei wanted to pick it up, but Li Gege snatched it up first. Li leaned over softly to the fourth elder brother, "The fourth elder brother is so powerful. I kicked it for several days before I was able to kick more than twenty."

The fourth elder brother smiled, "I haven't kicked for a long time, my bones are hard, so you have fun. I'm sweating, I'm going to change my clothes."

Su Wei leaned over with a flattering smile, but was slapped on the head by the fourth elder brother, "You are so brave, you are lazy when the master is not here, and even ran to the atrium to watch the fun."

Su Wei scratched his head and was about to open his mouth to explain, but Li Gege took a step forward and said, "Forgive me, fourth elder brother. I don't blame Eunuch Su for this matter. Eunuch Su came here because I begged him to make a shuttlecock. It's a concubine who has no rules."

The fourth elder brother looked up and down at Li Shi, who bowed his head, and nodded, "Forget about it, you guys can play." After speaking, he turned and walked to the front yard. Su Wei hurriedly followed, but saw the fourth elder brother secretly glaring at him Staring, Su Wei could only laugh silly.