Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 30 years

At the end of June, when everyone in the imperial palace was preparing for the emperor's northern tour, good news came from Yuqing Palace that Prince Gege Li Jiashi was pregnant.

The emperor was overjoyed, and rewarded Li Jiashi heavily, and ordered Li Jiashi to move into Yikun Palace to wait for delivery.

In July, the northern tour starts, and the eldest brother, the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the seventh elder brother, and the eighth elder brother accompany the driver.

In the fourth elder brother's team, the eunuchs who followed were Su Peisheng, Zhang Bao, Ku Kui, Yue Jiu, and Ma Shun.This Ma Shun is the eunuch who was transferred from the kennel to the Zhengsan Institute, and this time he came here mainly to serve the dog's ancestor Fuhua.

After leaving Gubeikou, all elder brothers rode their horses to hunt. Fuhua is really a wild beast out of a cage, and sometimes its speed is faster than people shooting arrows with bows.The fourth elder brother is naturally very happy, with Fuhua here, no matter how far his arrows go, Fuhua can run over like the wind to bring back the prey.

In the evening, at the imperial tent camp, Ma Shun took Fuhua to the back of the tent to take a bath, and had to build a comfortable nest for Fuhua to clean up the excrement.Fuhua's food is also carefully prepared, but everyone is outside the palace, and there are not enough people in the dining room. Ma Shun built a small pot for Fuhua to cook bones. Raw and cooked are half and half, and even drinking water has to be paid special attention to. , must not mix dirty water into it, in case of diarrhea, Ma Shun's head will not be safe.

Seeing Ma Shun busy to and fro, Wang Chaoqing sighed sympathetically, "It's really not easy for this kid, it's harder to serve dogs than people."

Yeah?Su Wei stood aside, thinking silently, this is not necessarily the case.

"Su Peisheng!" A familiar greeting came from the tent, Su Wei rolled his eyes, put on a signature smile and opened the curtain, "The slave is here!"

In the tent, the fourth elder brother was soaking in the barrel, Liu Yu leaned over to Su Weiyi, lifted the curtain and went out.

Su Wei sighed secretly, picked up the cloth towel, and rubbed it vigorously behind Si Age's back.You see, what he does is actually no different from Ma Shun, and Fuhua would not deliberately pick someone to bathe him.

The fourth elder brother leaned comfortably against the side of the barrel, showing his strong back, "What are you thinking? You don't talk when you come in."

"I didn't think about it," Su Wei pursed his lips secretly. He couldn't say that he just compared Fourth Master to a dog.

The fourth elder brother half turned his head and glanced at Su Wei, "Have you taken a shower after a long day's driving?"

Su Wei paused, "Not yet, the slave will wash it after the master rests."

The fourth elder brother turned to the side, "This wooden bucket is big enough, come in and wash it with me!"

Su Wei has black lines all over his head. Is this a new molesting method that the fourth elder brother came up with today, "I don't dare."

The fourth elder brother dialed the water boredly, "It's just the two of us here, why don't you dare, come in." After speaking, he suddenly turned around and grabbed Su Wei's clothes. , really made a butt pier.

The fourth elder brother laughed out loud "haha", Su Wei sat on the cold ground blankly, got up after the fourth elder brother laughed almost, and did not speak, but lowered his head to pick up the cloth towel that fell on the ground and washed it in the basin beside him .The big cap was pressed low, and a small face was almost completely buried in the shadows.

The abnormal silence made the fourth elder brother gradually stop smiling, "What's the matter? Did you hurt from the fall?"

"No," Su Wei said in a low voice, continuing to rub the cloth towel.

"Master was just joking with you," said the fourth elder brother, lying on the side of the barrel, with a slightly apologetic voice.

Su Wei's movements paused, and he said softly, "I'm going to want to be a Fujin man, so don't tease me like this anymore."

The fourth elder brother was taken aback, bowed his head in silence for a while, and slowly leaned back to the barrel.

On the north tour, the emperor summoned Mongolian nobles from various tribes as usual.At every banquet, one of the indispensable entertainment items is Buku.

When Prince Horqin came to the court, the emperor asked all the elders accompanying him to try Buku's skills in order to add to the fun.The elder brother is older, he competed twice with the imperial guards, and won in both cases.

When the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother arrived, the emperor rose up and asked the two elder brothers to fight.

Su Wei, who was on the sidelines, was quite entangled for a while. This kind of competition, as a younger brother, is always difficult to handle. If you lose, you will be ashamed, and if you win, you will offend others.

However, when the two elder brothers came on stage, they really seemed to be full of energy.

Buku is also called "lifting the feet", mainly relying on the feet to exert force.For a short while, the two elder brothers were back and forth, tripping, picking, falling, and pressing, showing their magical powers, and everyone in the audience was nervous.

Su Wei was covered in cold sweat at this moment. Others couldn't see it, but he knew that the fourth elder brother didn't use his full strength.Is this stalemate just to make it look better to lose to the third elder brother for a while, or...

"Okay!" The crowd cheered, and suddenly Su Wei woke up, the fourth elder brother won...

The emperor slapped his hands, "Okay, the fourth brother, Buku, has improved a lot, and the third child is not bad, come here, reward me!"

The two elder brothers leaned over to thank the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother bowed his hands to the third elder brother, turned around and returned to his seat, Su Wei secretly aimed in the direction of the third elder brother, the third elder brother's face was flushed, but his expression was quite normal.

At the end of August, Shengjia returned to Luang

A few days after returning to the palace, the emperor officially decreed to marry the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother.

The third elder brother married Dong E, the daughter of Dutong and Yongqin Gong Pengchun, and the fourth elder married Ulanara, the daughter of the minister of the interior, Fei Yanggu.

When it comes to the Ulanara family, people in the third institute are no strangers, because the fourth elder brother's haha ​​bead, Ulanara family Jiahui, is the nephew of their future mistress.Ulanara's Jiahui is Fei Yanggu's eldest grandson, and Future Fujin is Fei Yanggu's youngest daughter.

The wedding of the two elder brothers was on the agenda. According to the horoscopes of the third and fourth elder brothers' birthdays, Qin Tianjian calculated day and night, and got two good days, the fifteenth of October and the eighth day of November.

For Su Wei, the days of preparing for the big wedding of the fourth elder brother were extremely contradictory and hard.

Elder brother's wedding was appointed by the Ministry of Rites as assistant ministers and wives, and the servants were mainly running errands.For Su Wei and the other eunuchs, in addition to keeping accounts and making red envelopes every day, they also have to supervise the work of the young eunuchs.The bright red silk and lanterns filled the yard.

Su Wei lay on the couch in the fourth elder brother's study room and bit his pen, while the fourth elder brother was sitting at the table reading a book like nothing else.

After Su Wei was full of gold stars, he turned his head and said to the fourth elder brother, "Master, let Chang Qing settle this account?"

"Not good," the fourth elder replied with a long voice.

Su Wei pouted and turned back, the fourth elder brother looked up at him, Su Wei continued to bite the pen, and didn't care where the ink dripped, muttering in his mouth, "It's really troublesome to get married in the palace, we just need to send a ring , just set up a banquet, how can there be so many rules..."

After the emperor issued a decree for the marriage, Pengchun and Fei Yang went to the palace according to the ritual to express their gratitude. They were accompanied by the Minister of Zanli and kneeled down three times and kowtowed nine times on the east steps of Qianqing Palace to thank the emperor for his great kindness.

After the minister entered the palace, the two elder brothers would also choose a day to meet their future father-in-law and mother-in-law in the Fujin mansion.

The fourth elder brother chose the day of September [-]th. Before Su Wei had any reaction, he saw that the servants in the institute were all gearing up. Even Wu Quan and Cao Qing, who had been keeping themselves safe in recent years, showed their courtesy to the fourth elder brother frequently.

Su Wei was a little confused, so he went to ask Wang Chaoqing, Wang Chaoqing leaned into Su Wei's ear and said, "Oh, Mr. Su, you are the first one before the fourth elder brother, so naturally there is no need to argue about it. The people below are different. If I go to Fujin's natal family now, if I can get Fujin, wouldn't it be an extra backer in the future? What's more, to be more realistic, if I go with the fourth elder brother, will Mr. Fei Yanggu's house be able to attend? Take care of it up and down? Not to mention the chief eunuch, but also the horse and sedan chair for the fourth elder brother, the benefits are enough for a year."

"Oh," Su Wei nodded, a little angrily in his heart, since so many people want to follow, then he just won't go, anyway, he is not short of money...

On September [-]th, the fourth elder brother rode a maroon horse and wore a purple python robe, accompanied by the minister of praise, deputy officials, bodyguards, guards, etc. to the residence of the minister of the interior, Fei Yanggu.

Fei Yanggu took his son and his followers waiting at the door.

Speaking of Fei Yanggu, he can be regarded as a veteran of the court. He entered the palace as a bodyguard when Emperor Taizongwen was emperor.Some of his sons and heirs also entered the official ranks, but their official positions were not high, obviously not as qualified as his father's, but the grandson's Jiahui was a little clever, so he worked hard and sent him to the fourth elder brother's family.

Ulanara and Jing are the old sons of Fei Yanggu. When they were born, they were born with auspicious clouds and were quite noble.Fei Yanggu also loves it very much. He has been carefully nurtured since he was a child. He specially found a female teacher to teach him, and he also taught him how to recognize characters, read music, poetry and songs. At the age of 12, she is already proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, female red embroidery, and she has the demeanor of everyone's daughter in every gesture.Now that he has received a gift from the emperor, he can enter Si Age's mansion as Fujin, so Fei Yanggu is old enough to comfort him.

The fourth elder brother arrived at Fei Yanggu's mansion and bowed hands with his future father-in-law. This visit to the mansion was not a final ceremony, so the group only brought a simple meeting ceremony.

This time, Zhang Bao, Wu Quan, Wang Chaoqing and Wang Qin followed the fourth elder brother out of the palace. Eunuch Su refused to accompany him because he accidentally twisted his foot when going to the toilet at night.

The fourth elder brother saw his father-in-law and mother-in-law for the first time and was going to salute, but the fourth elder brother was the prince after all, so after the salute, Fei Yanggu and Fujin had to bow three times.

During the ceremony, he was accompanied by ministers of praise and assistant officials, and Zhang Bao and other accompanying servants were waiting in the courtyard.Of course, their hard work was definitely not in vain this time. The servants in the mansion kept bringing tea and water, and the hard work was delivered one by one early in the morning.The guards and guards are just for fun, to make a splash.The eunuchs who came out of the palace were different. After all, they were the daughters of their first relatives, and their parents naturally wanted to take care of them.Wang Chaoqing pinched the heavy purse in his sleeve, and found that he had 30 taels.

Acting according to the etiquette, the fourth elder brother did not stay in Fei Yanggu's mansion for too long.On the way back to the palace, the fourth elder brother sent off the minister of praise and assistant officials in advance, and only brought a few guards and eunuchs to Liulichang.

After participating in the ceremony, it is the initial decision, which refers to the folk ceremony of setting the ceremony and making the betrothal gift.But when it comes to the prince, it is a reward from the emperor to the prince Fujin's family.The rewards are divided into yi coins and gift coins. The yi coins are rewarded to Fujin himself. When Fujin marries into the prince's mansion, they will be carried back with the dowry, and the gift coins are rewarded to Fujin's parents.

The dowry list of the fourth elder brother is formulated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and all elder brothers are all the same.Su Wei took a look, and it can be said that clothing, jewelry, and daily silverware are all inclusive.Among them, a coral gold collar inlaid with oriental pearls, three gold hairpins inlaid with sapphires and sea pearls, three pairs of hammered gold pearl earrings, and two pairs of gold bracelets with peacock patterns are particularly valuable.In addition, there are dozens of mink, otter, and fox furs, thirty pieces of brocade, a hundred catties of cotton, and so on.

On the day of the appointment, the Minister of Internal Affairs led the deacons to go, and Fujin's parents wanted to welcome him in court clothes.After delivering the betrothal gifts, the House of Internal Affairs will hold a banquet, and Fujinniang will attend. All off-duty princes and princes, guards above the second rank, and official wives must also participate.Qin Tianjian and Honghu Temple sent officials to tell the time with rites.The banquet consists of procedures such as serving fruit, serving wine, serving food and drinking wine, etc., and the middle performers and bands play music to add to the fun.At the end of the banquet, all the officials kneeled three times and kowtowed nine times while looking at the palace.

However, the prince will not be present on the day of the appointment. Namutu, Songgan and other haha ​​beads will have a banquet at the House of Internal Affairs on behalf of the fourth elder brother.Under Jiahui's introduction, Namutu and others met Fei Yanggu's four sons and two sons-in-law.

In Namutu's impression, Feiyangu's eldest son is a relatively honest and sincere middle-aged man.The second son is relatively shrewd, and is very flattering to Namutu and others.And Fei Yanggu's eldest son-in-law Qi Jia's Mujin is the director of the Zuosi of the clan's mansion and knows many clan relatives.

One month after the initial appointment, Zhengsan Institute began to make full preparations for the fourth brother's big wedding. Those red silk lanterns piled up in the yard were hung up and picked up.

Su Wei sat on the porch and squinted his eyes, watching Zhang Qilin hopping around to make the little eunuchs move the decorations, wishing to wipe a flower pot dozens of times.Why don't you just get married? As for making such a fuss?Hanging so many lanterns is not afraid of hitting people, Su Wei swayed his feet and couldn't help cursing.

"Fourth elder brother is auspicious." There was the sound of a servant saluting, and Su Wei stood up quickly.

The fourth elder brother walked into the atrium with his hands behind his back, Zhang Qilin ran over with his body bent, "Your servant joins the fourth elder brother."

"Well," the fourth elder brother looked up, "you don't need to hang so much, what if you hit someone when you turn around?"

"Hey," Zhang Qilin leaned over, and hurried down to order some to be picked off.

The fourth elder brother turned around and walked towards Su Wei. Su Wei bowed ninety degrees to the fourth elder brother, "The slave joins the master."

There's no way, he's a disabled person now, wouldn't it be revealing if he knelt down.

"Get up," the fourth elder brother tilted his head and looked at Su Wei's feet, "how's the foot, does it still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt if you don't use force," Su Wei cracked his mouth and smirked, no matter what, he was going to pretend to be sick to the end.

The fourth elder brother squinted his eyes and looked at him. Su Wei hung his head and scratched his head. The fourth elder brother sighed slightly, "Don't walk around, go back to the house and lie down."

"Yes," Su Wei bowed again, and limped towards his hut.

On October [-]th, the third elder brother got married, and the elder brother's house was very lively.Su Wei, who was recuperating in the house, tried his best to insert his head into the quilt, but he couldn't stop the roar of people in the yard next door.

At the end of October, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent the fourth elder brother's auspicious clothes, and the bright red color seemed to make the entire main hall red.Su Wei couldn't resist Zhang Qilin's and Wang Chaoqing's kind invitation, so he dragged him into the inner hall to watch the fourth elder brother try on clothes.

The scarlet gown is embroidered with gold thread, the five-clawed dragon intersects with the sparrow feathers head to tail, the vermilion belt has pomegranate patterns that symbolize auspicious fertility, and the jade pendant with mandarin ducks intertwined necks hangs on the waist.The fourth elder brother was surrounded by a group of eunuchs and nuns, and Su Wei stood far away at the door. For a moment, Su Wei felt that he was waking up from a long dream.

The rest of the days passed quickly, probably because Su Wei had been living a leisurely life recuperating from his injuries, and it was November in a blink of an eye.

On the first snow day, Su Wei limped to look for Zhang Qilin in the atrium, but just ran into Mrs. Song who seldom went out.

Mrs. Song was wearing a cloak and a hood, and bowed her head slightly to him. Su Wei hurriedly bowed to salute, and Mrs. Song hurried past him.

Su Wei walked to the well in a daze, and Su Wei's face was reflected in the cold well water.

He suddenly wanted to laugh, since when did his face look like that of a resentful woman in the harem.

The eighth day of November is destined to be a special day for Zhengsan Institute.

Su Wei lay on his back on his big bed, listening to the sound of clappers outside and the gradual sound of footsteps.It's time for the fourth brother to get up and get ready.

Su Wei turned over, struggling with the two thoughts of going and not going.

In the fourth elder brother's bedroom, Wang Chaoqing bowed and stood beside the bed.

The fourth elder brother sat motionless on the bed, Wang Chaoqing wanted to step forward to remind the master that it was time to change clothes, but he dared not speak when the words came to his lips.

The air seemed to be stagnant, and Wang Chaoqing didn't dare to breathe out, feeling that he might melt away in this early winter season.It wasn't until a "Hello, Mr. Su" was heard in the inner hall that the atmosphere in the room suddenly eased.

Su Wei opened the curtain and came in, leaned over to the fourth elder brother and said, "Master, this servant will wait for you to change your clothes."

Seeing that the fourth elder brother got out of bed, Wang Chaoqing walked out in a timely manner.

As usual, Su Wei first waited on the fourth elder brother to change into casual clothes and had breakfast.Afterwards, he changed into court clothes and went out, and kowtowed to the emperor, the queen mother, and the empress concubine.After worship, go back to elder brother's house, and wait for the auspicious time to go to Fujin Mansion to welcome the relatives.

At this time, Zhengsan Institute was extremely lively. Those who wanted to follow the fourth elder brother to welcome the relatives were the head of the House of Internal Affairs and 20 subordinate officials, and the guard guard led 40 guards. Send tea and water.The brides-to-be who had been selected before had already entered the atrium and waited, and Song Gege and Li Gege entertained them later.

The banquet in the evening is divided into big banquet and small banquet. The big banquet is held in the House of Internal Affairs to entertain the dukes, officials, foreign ministers and relatives.To prepare for the dinner, Wu Quan was already leading the servants back and forth.

However, the fourth elder brother's bedroom was as quiet as another world. Wang Chaoqing and others waited on the fourth elder brother to change into a dress, and then retreated one by one, leaving only Eunuch Su to wait with the fourth elder brother.

The fourth elder brother was sitting on the bed all in red, and Su Wei was standing at the door. The two stayed silently for a while, Su Wei scratched his head and said, "Master, please smile, today is your good day."

The fourth elder brother looked up at Su Wei. Su Wei slowly lowered his head. In fact, he didn't know what to say at this time.

The fourth elder brother stood up and walked step by step in front of Su Wei who was staring at his toes. A clenched hand was opened in front of Su Wei's eyes, and two interlocking rings hung from an orange chain.

Su Wei raised his head in a daze, and the fourth elder brother stretched out the chain and put it around Su Wei's neck, "I made this custom-made in the gilt workshop of Liulichang, take it with you carefully, and don't lose it."

There was a jingle on the neck, Su Wei lowered his head, poked the two rings, and gave a small "hmm".