Dressed as Su Peisheng

The eighteenth day of the first month of the 33rd year of Kangxi

Another year passed, and the main three institutes were as quiet as usual, only the Xili Room in the West Wing of the Central Court was more lively.Song Gege's baby was probably in March, and the weather hadn't turned warm yet, so the delivery room had to be dried several times.

After all, it is the fourth elder brother's first child, and Fujin is also very nervous, going to take care of it every day.Even Li Gege, who didn't see each other very much, sent a lot of things over.And the fourth elder brother only ran to Song Gege for several months, and Fujin and Li Gege were left out in the cold to varying degrees.

In Su Wei's hut, Shi Yue sat at the table while mending Su Wei's scratched clothes, and at the same time told Su Wei what she had seen and heard about accompanying Fujin to the harem banquet during the Chinese New Year.

In fact, the concubines in the harem held banquets, and Su Wei had attended several times with the fourth elder brother, but after the fourth elder brother moved to the palace to participate in politics, he never went there again.Su Wei was not surprised by the scene Shiyue mentioned, but there was only one thing that made him more concerned.This year, Concubine Wen Xi hosted a banquet, and there was an extra woman at the banquet who had no status and no imperial order, the quasi-princess concubine Shi Shi.

Yanxi Palace

Dafu Jin greeted Concubine Hui, Concubine Hui smiled and asked Yin Liu to help her up, "Come and sit by the brazier, why are you still running into the palace in this cold winter?"

Fujin sat on the chair with a gentle expression on his face, "During this new year's festival, my daughter-in-law doesn't have a chance to have a good talk with you. At the family banquet, my daughter-in-law sees you coughing all the time. My elder brother is busy with things, so my daughter-in-law can only ask her natal family to look for it." The best loquat is here, and I have made loquat dew for you."

Concubine Hui raised the corners of her mouth comfortingly, "Emiang knows you are filial, and with you by Eldest Brother's side, Elder Brother can do his work with peace of mind."

Fujin lowered his head slightly ashamed, "As a wife, my daughter-in-law still has some inconsiderate things. Fortunately, Er Niang doesn't dislike her, and her elder brother loves her a lot. My daughter-in-law should do whatever she wants."

Concubine Hui nodded, "You are a sensible person. Elder brother is the eldest son of the emperor. You must be under a lot of pressure when you marry. At the New Year's banquet a few days ago, Concubine Wen Xi brought Shi Shi in. What do you want to do? It goes without saying that the Ministry of Rituals thinks it's over. After you have a crown princess, there will definitely be more open and covert fights between your sisters-in-law, and it will be even more difficult."

Da Fujin raised his head, his brows were calm, "Emiang, don't worry, even if my daughter-in-law is not smart, she will never drag elder brother down."

Concubine Hui smiled slightly, "Er Niang believes in you, elder brother is fine in everything, but his temper is a bit irritable, but fortunately you are here. By the way, Er Niang also heard that Doctor Zhuo died suddenly at home? "

"Yes," Fujin looked around, and said in a low voice, "It is said that he died of an overdose, and Imperial Physician Zhuo usually suffers from heart palpitations."

Concubine Hui nodded, "Let's just let this matter go, it's nothing more than an imperial doctor, if you die, you die."

While the two were talking, the little maid outside the door rushed in, "Greetings to the empress, and Dafujin."

"What's the matter, in such a hurry?" Concubine Hui asked, leaning on the chair.

The little maid lowered her head, "There is news from the palace that the crown prince Gege Li Jia is pregnant."

Concubine Hui's eyes turned cold, and she took a deep breath, "Understood, you can go down."

At the end of January, Liu Baoqing came to look for Su Wei, and Su Wei asked Liu Baoqing to investigate Hou Wu'er's matter, and there was a clue.During a shopping trip, Liu Baoqing found out from a rather elderly father-in-law that Hou Wuer was transferred to the respect room by the elder brother.

In the respect room, Deputy Director Sun, who is in charge of lighting candles, belongs to the elder brother, while Eunuch Zhao, who is in charge of personnel deployment, has always been the slick master.Hou Wu'er was airborne from a small manager of Changchun Garden to Deputy Manager Sun, which caused dissatisfaction among many father-in-laws, but everyone could only accept their fate in the end.

However, Hou Wu'er was restless when he entered the respect room, and often went to some inexplicable places. Liu Baoqing heard that a young eunuch saw him and Liu Xu entering the empty palace gate one after the other.

Su Wei probably had an idea in his mind. He ran back to his room and took 50 taels of silver to Liu Baoqing, asking him to establish a good relationship with the elderly father-in-law. It's so useful.

Su Wei told the fourth elder brother Liu Baoqing's investigation results. The fourth elder brother frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Do you suspect that Hou Wu'er and Liu Xu have something to do with the prince's rumors?"

Su Wei pulled the stool and sat in front of the fourth elder brother, and nodded solemnly, "According to the current clues, I probably infer the fact that Liu Xu accidentally leaked the prince's affairs to Hou Wuer, Hou Wuer I told the big brother about these things, the purpose is to leave Changchun Garden. The big brother did what Hou Wuer wanted, and asked Hou Wuer to threaten Liu Xu, but Liu Xu couldn't get angry, so he used me to kill Hou Wuer."

The fourth elder brother leaned on his chin, thoughtful, and looked at the determined Su Wei after a while and said, "What did Liu Xu leak to Hou Wuer, will there be rumors that the prince is playing with male pets?"

Su Wei was stunned and blinked.

The fourth elder brother was silent for a moment, then leaned back in his chair and said, "If what you deduce is true, then it means that the prince's rumors... are not just rumors."

Su Wei pursed his lips, and then realized that he had found out something unintentionally, "Then...whether it's true or not, Liu Xu is still by the prince's side."

"That's right," the fourth elder brother knocked on the side of the table, "the one standing behind Hou Wu'er is the eldest brother, which means that the elder brother already knows about the prince. With his character, he will definitely continue to control Liu Xu and use Liu Xu's identity Monitor Yuqing Palace, and even do other things..."

Su Wei rubbed his neck and got goosebumps, "Then... the master wants to tell the prince to get rid of catkins?"

The fourth elder brother looked at Su Wei, lowered his head, and did not answer.

After the room was quiet for a long time, the fourth elder brother said quietly, "Do you want me to tell the prince?"

"Me?" Su Wei was stunned for a while, rubbing his head in distress for a while, and finally lay down on the table decadently.

early February

After Su Wei got the reluctant consent of the fourth elder brother, he went out of the palace for a stroll.

At the gate of the palace, when checking the token, a young man led the horse over and handed over the token of Yuqing Palace.

Su Wei pursed his lips, took his signboard, turned around and left the palace gate first.

At the entrance of Town God's Temple Street, Su Wei happily looked left and right, and when passing by a stationery store, he saw the man he met at the gate of the palace.

The shop owner showed the man a box, and the man took out a brush from it, turned it around, and shook his head.

Su Wei felt a little heavy, turned around and found a tea stall facing the street, and sat down to drink tea.The fourth elder brother asked him a question, but he didn't give an answer, and the fourth elder brother didn't do anything.

In fact, from an emotional point of view, Su Wei hoped that the fourth elder brother would tell the prince that it is abominable to add insult to injury, but it is not much better to stand on the sidelines, let alone a brother.But intellectually, Su Wei was selfish. Since the crown prince would be deposed sooner or later, why did the fourth elder brother take the risk of turning against the eldest elder brother to participate in this messy matter?

Comparing the two, to Su Wei's surprise, his selfishness prevailed.However, selfishness can't stop guilt, and he still inevitably feels sorry when he sees the people in Yuqing Palace.

At noon, Su Wei entered Piaoxiangju at the intersection of the street. This restaurant is not too big, but it has the most simple taste.Su Wei went up to the second floor and sat in a particularly quiet corner.

Unexpectedly, just as Su Wei sat for a while, a familiar man was ushered up by Xiaoer.

The man looked around for a week, and Xiao Er said embarrassedly, "I'm really sorry, my lord, there is only this small table at the top of the stairs left, do you think you can make it up?"

When Su Wei heard this, his brain became hot, and he raised his hands and said, "Sit here with me!"

The man sat across from Su Wei, and Xiao Er went down with the menu.

Su Wei smiled at the other party embarrassedly, "I saw you when I just went out."

The man raised the corners of his mouth, "I saw you too, are you by Si elder brother's side?"

"Yes," Su Wei nodded, "I am the fourth elder brother's close father-in-law, Su Peisheng."

"I've heard of you. I'm Hahazhu from Yuqing Palace, Dezhu from the Fucha clan."

Su Wei grinned, "It's for the little master."

De Zhu smiled, with a warm look in his eyes, "What little masters, we are all slaves."

While the two were talking, Xiao Er brought up the bowls, chopsticks and side dishes.

Su Wei poured wine for De Zhu, and De Zhu put the box in his hand aside, and took the glass with both hands.

Su Wei looked at the box, "Is this a writing brush? I just saw you in Wenfangzhai."

"Yes," Dezhu nodded, "Wenfangzhai has an old master, and the brushes he makes are very suitable for my master, especially when writing large characters, they are better than the Hu brushes provided by the House of Internal Affairs in recent years."

"Really," Su Wei's eyes lit up, "can you show me, and I'll buy one for my master later."

"Of course." De Zhu opened the box and handed it to Su Wei.

When Xiao Er came to serve the food, the two people who shared the table had already had a good chat.

Su Wei has a good impression of Dezhu, who is gentle and frank.If there are taboos in the conversation, Dezhu will directly say that it is inconvenient to tell, and he will not be like some people who are inconsistent and hesitant.

Su Wei returned to Zhengsan Institute and showed the brushes he bought to the fourth elder brother as a treasure.

The fourth elder brother immediately splashed ink, not to mention, it really fits in hand.After writing a piece, the fourth elder brother nodded in satisfaction, and was about to hang it on the pen holder, but was snatched away by Su Wei.

"What are you doing?" The fourth elder brother straightened up dissatisfied.

Su Wei pursed his lips and put the pen back into the box, "A writing brush costs 80 taels of silver. I bought it for myself. If you leave it here, what will happen later!"

The fourth elder brother stared, "What can a pen do? Give me the pen!"

"No," Su Wei backed away holding the box. He really wanted to give it to the fourth elder brother at first.But when he just sent it out, he suddenly thought of the gift box that was still buried under his bed, and suddenly became angry.

"give me!"

"No!"

"Su Peisheng!" The fourth elder brother rolled up his sleeves, walked around the table and rushed towards Su Wei.

After a while, Eunuch Su's begging for mercy came from the room.

Su Wei sat on the couch moaning, rubbing his back that was still itchy, and told the fourth elder brother what happened to him today when he met De Zhu.

The fourth elder brother was very happy to write big characters with a new brush. Hearing Su Wei's nagging, he said casually, "Well, you two are quite alike."

Su Wei was stunned for a word, and De Zhu's words and smiles when he mentioned the prince flashed in Su Wei's mind, and a certain idea popped up very firmly even though it had no basis.

At the end of February, Song Gege was moved to the delivery room, and the midwife and imperial physician also lived in Zhengsan Hospital. The concubine De in the palace came to ask questions three times a day, and even the fourth elder brother seemed to be fidgeting nervously.

Finally, on the third day of March, Mrs. Song's groan broke the tranquility of Zhengsan Institute.

Su Wei stayed with the fourth elder brother at Fujin's place, and both Fujin and Li Gege entered the west wing.

The fourth elder brother sat on the chair in the main hall, tapped his fingers on the armrest, and frowned tightly.

Su Wei stood aside and could see the maids, nuns and eunuchs going back and forth outside the door. Song Gege's birth was very long, and the groans became weaker and weaker in the evening.

Fujin returned to the main hall, and said flickeringly, "I'm afraid Song's baby is not very good."

The fourth elder brother leaned on his head and remained silent for a while, but Su Wei was a little inexplicably anxious. In ancient times, there was no caesarean section, and there would be two dead bodies at every turn. Fujin obviously meant to ask the fourth elder brother to give him an attitude.

But their fourth master, why didn't they say anything?

The author has something to say: In the last chapter, I wrote Concubine Hui as Concubine De. Maybe it was a short-circuit in the brain. It has been changed today~~~ And I found out today that I seem to have written Liu Baoqing as Liu Chaoqing before,~ ~ Dear friends, please be considerate, if there is such a thing again, please mention me more.