Dressed as Su Peisheng

Evening of the 34th year of Kangxi

Zhengsan Institute,

A rare person followed Xiao Erge into Su Peisheng's room, came out after a while, and exhaled deeply under the side corridor.

In the Forbidden City in July, the heat is getting hotter

The emperor leaned on the couch in the inner hall of Yanxi Palace, listening to Concubine Hui's report on various recent events in the harem.When mentioning the needs of the fourth concubine, Concubine Hui's words paused.

The emperor looked at her and said softly, "You guys have been by my side for a long time, and each has merit. Now that you're new to the Six Palaces, just let them go."

"Yes," Concubine Hui bowed her head, "The concubine won't care about a few sisters. Now in the harem, we spend the longest time together, and we don't pay much attention to each other. On the contrary, there are more and more people in Chuxiu Palace. , Wang Guiren has two new sons, did this one get a point from the palace?"

The emperor frowned slightly, "You are right. There are a lot of empty spaces in the Sixth Palace, so they shouldn't be crowded in the Chuxiu Palace. The Changchun Palace has always been empty, so let the Liang family, the Guerjia family, and the Chen family , Liu Shi, and Tong Jia Shi moved there. As for the status, we will wait until the affairs of the previous dynasty are more stable."

Concubine Hui nodded, "Then, what about Your Majesty Wang? As usual, her status is not enough to support the prince, but the concubine thinks that she has worked hard and made great achievements, and can also share the emperor's worries. Why don't the emperor give me some kindness in advance?"

The emperor turned his head and glanced at Concubine Hui, Concubine Hui lowered her eyes, and after a while the emperor said, "I'll think about this matter again..."

morning of the third day of july

The silence of Zhengsan Institute was broken by a moan, and there was a commotion in the east wing of the atrium.

Li Gege's birth went quite smoothly. When the fourth elder brother received the news and rushed to the courtyard, he just heard the baby's first cry.

Si Age's second daughter was born. Unlike Da GeGe, Er GeGe's body is quite strong.The fourth elder brother held the baby in his arms, showing a rare expression of joy.

When all the servants rushed to the atrium to please, no one noticed that several key figures among the eunuchs had disappeared.

The next day, Liu Yu led a group of little father-in-laws to send Li Gege a pot of golden osmanthus, with sycamore branches inserted in it, implying the arrival of new nobles and the implication of Feng Laiyi.Li Gege liked it very much, and ordered Xi'er to reward Liu Yu and a group of young eunuchs.

"Eunuch Liu, you are still loyal enough," Xiao Renzi thought about the purse in his hand, "next time something like this happens, I will find my younger brother."

Liu Yu smiled, and patted Xiao Renzi on the shoulder, "Don't worry, Xiao Gege is liked by the fourth elder brother. As long as we vote correctly, there will be many benefits in the future."

"Hey, Eunuch Liu is quite busy these days," Su Wei said with his hands behind his back, followed by Li Ying, just in time to meet Liu Yu and the others.

"It's not as good as Eunuch Su," Liu Yu raised the corner of his mouth, "you are the one who manages every day with the fourth elder brother."

Su Wei's eyes turned cold, and the little eunuchs who followed Liu Yu were a little bit cold. After a while, Su Wei and Liu Yu passed by, "Be careful when flattering a horse, don't draw a tiger to be a bad dog."

Su Wei stood up and walked away. Liu Yu spat on the ground and cursed, "What? A slave really thinks of himself as someone."

"Oh, Eunuch Liu," Xiao Renzi walked up to Liu Yu, "what's wrong with you? We don't want to have a conflict with Eunuch Su."

"Yeah," "It's not worth it," the other young eunuchs echoed.

Liu Yu's face was dark, and he looked around, "Brothers are all confused? If Su Peisheng is here for a day, we will not be able to get ahead. Let me tell you, Su Peisheng is now blindly pulling his own people. Look at Li Ying, a I just came here and became eunuchs on duty in the main hall. As for you, you have been in the courtyard for several years, and it is difficult to even see elder brother. After the palace, we also have to be driven back to the palace."

The little eunuchs looked at me and I looked at you. In the end, it was Xiao Renzi who took the lead and said to Liu Yu, "Then, Eunuch Liu, what do you want to do?"

Liu Yu raised his head, "Now, it's too difficult for us to pull Su Peisheng down directly, so we have to do it bit by bit. Now there is not only the fourth elder brother in the yard as the master, besides Fujin, Song Gege and Li Gege have children. Backer. Let's try our best to pull people who are not on the same path as Su Peisheng in the front yard and backyard, and rely on the hostesses to slowly drag him down."

The little eunuchs looked at me and I looked at you, some nodded slightly, and some frowned.

On the sixteenth elder brother's full moon ceremony, Fujin entered the palace to congratulate him, and when he came back, he brought back two major news.First, several concubines and concubines from Chuxiu Palace moved to Changchun Palace.The second is that the [-]th elder brother of Wang Guiren was appointed by the emperor to be raised by Concubine De, while the [-]th elder brother was taken into Xianfu Palace and raised by Concubine Rong.

Yanxi Palace

Concubine Hui sat on the bed with a gloomy expression.

Yinliu stood aside with her head hanging down, and said in silence for a moment, "Your Majesty, the Emperor may not be jealous of you, if you are really worried, why bother to leave the matter of the harem to you?"

Concubine Hui turned her head and looked into the tent, "This palace is not as good as Xiaoyi, not even Wen Xi. He handed over the harem to me, how much helplessness, how much trust is left? In the battle for the throne, this palace and the emperor even There is no trace of affection...a concubine involved in the affairs of the Six Palaces, does he value me, or does he want to harm me?"

"Niang Niang," Yin Liu didn't know how to comfort her.

Concubine Hui shook her head and sighed, "Forget it, forget it, I have been in the harem for many years, these little daughters should not have thought about it long ago. The emperor wants me to be a tool to keep myself safe and manage palace affairs. The palace is just as he wants for the time being. However, if you want to use concubines and princes to suppress me, you don't even look at it. Among the four concubines, who else is as good as before?"

Sho San Institute

His Majesty made his northern tour in August, and the fourth elder brother was on the entourage list as usual. The preparation work of the third office was the same as in previous years, but there were some slight differences.

On July [-]th, the boxed jade bowl was broken, and Xiao Xiazi in the warehouse was kicked out of Zhengsan Institute with twenty boards.

On July 21, the clothes sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the fourth elder brother were torn, and Xiao Hengzi, who was running errands, was demoted to the stable of the shooting range.

On July 25, Zheng Qianxi, the eunuch in the east wing of the front yard, suffered from palpitations in his sleep and died of suffocation.

A series of small accidents weighed on the hearts of the three eunuchs, like a fuse of gunpowder that was gradually burning to the end, just waiting to explode.

In the evening, Li Ying entered Su Wei's room with a food box, and Mr. Su, who was not on duty, was exercising in the room one by one.Xiaoyingzi put the food box on the table and opened it, but was startled by a huge dead mouse.

"What's the matter?" Su Wei stretched his waist, walked to the table and took a look, "It's okay, let's change it."

Li Ying looked at Su Wei, frowned, wanted to say something but couldn't open his mouth, finally had to sigh, and left the room with the food box.Actually, this is not the first time, ever since Xiao Xiazi had an accident, the little eunuchs in the yard looked at Eunuch Su more and more wrongly.In the past few days, either poisoned rats were thrown in front of Eunuch Su's house, or clusters of caterpillars were thrown around. Anyway, it was disgusting.

Li Ying also didn't understand, why suddenly, the team formed by his second master and Liu Yu was on the fence.And what happened to the recent series of accidents?

East one

He Zhou entered the elder brother's study room, bowed and said, "Master, Qian Xi'er's body was transported out of the palace early, and the servant failed to find out whether it was artificial."

The elder brother sighed, "Yinzhen's methods are really fierce, I have underestimated him in the past. How many princes can have this kind of courage?"

"Master," He Zhou stepped forward, "It may not be the fourth elder brother who did it. The slave heard from Xiao Renzi that the fourth elder brother's personal eunuchs Liu Yu and Su Peisheng have recently taken the top. Liu Yu has been by the fourth elder brother's side for many years. However, the eunuchs have been crushed to death. This time the fourth elder brother got Er Gege, Liu Yu became active and started to walk around the backyard, and even pulled a group of young eunuchs to try to drag Su Peisheng off his horse. Coincidentally, several young eunuchs who had an accident They are all the targets of Liu Yu's win-win, and I think it is that Eunuch Su secretly moved his hands and feet in order to maintain his own power."

"It's Su Peisheng again?" Eldest brother frowned, "It would be the best if Yinzhen didn't do it, you'd better tell our people to be careful, if someone takes it all at once, we'll think about going to Zhengsan later." It's hard for people."

"Yes," He Zhou leaned over.

Chuxiu Palace

Wang Guiren was half leaning on the bed, his face haggard, the empty inner hall lacked the crying of children, it was as quiet as an ice cellar.

The court lady Lan Xin stood by the bed, not daring to show her air. In one night, their nobles lost two children.There was a sudden noise outside the window, and a group of young eunuchs filed into the yard.

"What's going on?" Wang Guiren straightened up slightly.

Lan Xin went to the window to have a look, then turned to Wang and said, "My lord, it's the good lord and they moved to the palace."

Wang Guiren turned sideways, looked into the tent and sighed, "It's good to go, it's clean to go."

Concubine Tong Jiashi moved into the West Wing in the backyard of Changchun Palace, which is much more spacious than Chuxiu Palace.

Huanyue and the little maids entered the house to clean, and took the lead in tidying up the couch in the inner hall, then turned to Tong Jia and said, "My lord, you rest here first, the house is cleaned fairly clean, and the servants will come back again." Let someone wipe it off."

"En," Tong Jiashi nodded, got on the couch and sat down, his eyes were far away.

Huanyue went out to fetch water, but met an acquaintance at the well, "Liu An?"

"Hey, Aunt Huanyue, we haven't seen each other for a long time." Liu An bowed slightly.

Huanyue wiped the sweat from her temples and smiled, "Didn't you go back to the respect room to be the steward, why did you come here?"

Liu An smiled, "I heard that the young master moved to Changchun Palace, so I begged someone to move to Changchun Palace as an errand. At any rate, this servant used to be the chief steward of Chengqian Palace, and now he has also been added as the chief eunuch in Changchun Palace. Take care of each other with the little master nearby."

"You," Huanyue sighed softly, "With such a worry-free job, why bother to go through this troubled water again?"

"Hey, I'm so old, what kind of job are you looking for? It's serious to ask for peace of mind," Liu An said, taking over Huanyue's water basin and filling it with water. "We all followed the queen since childhood. , this kindness must be remembered in the next life."

Huanyue pursed her lips, Liu An turned around and said in a low voice, "I think the eunuchs next to the young master are dishonest and not responsible. Wait until tomorrow, and I will replace the young master with two new ones."

Huanyue nodded, "That's the best, do you have the right person?"

Liu An put down the water basin and pulled Huanyue aside, "In a few days, I'll move Liu Yu over."

"Liu Yu?" Huanyue was startled, "Didn't he follow the fourth elder brother?"

Liu An waved his hand and smiled, "I won't be able to follow you for a few days..."

That night, someone knocked on Su Wei's door.

Holding a candle, Su Wei carefully blocked the window and pulled the man into the room.

Liu Yu followed Su Wei to the side of the bed in a squatting position, and said in puzzlement, "Eunuch Su, isn't this your own house? Why are you so careful?"

Su Wei put the candle on the ground, "What do you know? Only by being careful can you sail for thousands of years. If someone sees you coming to my place, it will be a waste of effort."

Liu Yu smacked his lips, "Don't worry, now everyone thinks that you did those things, and those people you let me win over are basically in place. It's just that things have happened frequently recently, Xiao Renzi and the others are going to shrink back a bit .”

"It's normal," Su Wei leaned on his chin, "People are killed, can you not be afraid?"

"Then what shall we do? The fourth elder brother is about to go on tour."

Su Wei pursed his lips, "Wait until I add some oil, and then we--"

With a "bang", the door of Su Wei's room was kicked open, and in the darkness, two figures entered the room.

Surprised, Liu Yu almost shouted that there are assassins!However, when he first opened his mouth, Su Wei blocked his mouth, "Master," Su Wei stood up and said.

The candle was lit and placed on the table, Zhang Bao took Liu Yu to salute the fourth elder brother and went out.Su Wei sat down opposite the fourth prince with his shoulders down.

After a while, the fourth elder brother spoke with a hoarse voice, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Su Wei raised his eyebrows and looked at the fourth elder brother, "You didn't tell me, didn't you?"

The fourth elder brother paused, "I don't want you to participate in these things, I know you are afraid of someone's death."

"If you don't tell me, they're dead too, and I'm not a fool," Su Wei pouted.

The fourth elder brother sighed, and stroked his brows, "You know it when you know it, let Liu Yu stop, why let those slaves think you did it? Are you still afraid of some little eunuchs?"

"Don't look down on the eunuchs, don't you know that the embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed by an ant's nest? Besides, I am not targeting the little eunuchs, but the people behind them. The power struggle between slaves is always in the eyes of you masters. Childish, but it will be too late for those people outside to react."

The fourth elder brother smiled slightly, "I don't dare to underestimate the eunuch. What else are you planning, tell me, and I will ask Zhang Bao to cooperate with you."

"No need," Su Wei pouted, "let him be your Four King Kong, I have someone to use."

The fourth elder brother stared at the furious Su Wei for a while, then suddenly became amused, leaned forward and raised the man's chin, "Why, are you jealous?"

In August, two days before Shengshang’s tour to the north, Zhengsan Institute had an incident that could not be considered big or small.The golden osmanthus in Li Gege's house died and withered from root to leaf overnight.

The bonsai, which originally meant auspiciousness, has become something that makes people feel cold at first sight. Li Gege is afraid, lest it portends something.After the fourth elder brother learned about it, he asked people to ask the officials of the Qintian Supervisor. The officials said that this bonsai has sycamore branches, and the sycamore attracts the phoenix. luck.

Li Gege was horrified when he heard the words, and ordered to beat up all the little eunuchs who moved the bonsai that day and drive them out of Zhengsan, including Liu Yu.In addition, in order to bring blessings to Xiao Gege, all those who have a bad character in Zhengsan Institute have to be quarantined.

On this day, the whole Zhengsan Institute was extremely busy. More than a dozen young eunuchs were found to have bad horoscopes, and one of them was rushed back to the respect room after receiving a pension of ten taels of silver.However, the rush and shortage of staff did not happen, because before the evening, Eunuch Zhang brought back the replacement eunuchs.

Liu Yu was assigned to the Huanyi Bureau to work as a handyman for a few days. Before the end of the month, he was transferred to the Changchun Palace and became the eunuch in charge of the concubine Tong Jia.

In the northern tour team, Zhang Bao was a little curious and asked Su Wei, "How did you get on with Liu Yu? I heard that there was a festival between you. Could it be that he was willing to do this just for the reward of 50 taels?" Something dangerous?"

Su Wei raised his neck triumphantly, "Of course not. After offending me, Liu Yu has been willing to remain silent for so many years. Obviously he has a brain. How could he do these things just for money? In fact, he is willing to cooperate with me. It is because I know that I am unlikely to be reused by the fourth brother, and secondly because I told him something."

"What?"

Su Wei turned his head and glanced at Zhang Bao, "I told him that he is one of the rosters that Eunuch Zhang cleaned up."

Su Peisheng is quite clever sometimes, and Zhang Bao is very convinced of this.But when he saw Su Gonggong openly reaching out to the fourth elder brother for a reward, Zhang Bao suspected that he might be too generalized.

"Give me the silver," Su Wei stood by the fourth elder brother's table, "Even Liu Yu has 50 taels, why don't I have one?"

"Why do you want so much money? I will buy you whatever you want." The fourth elder brother bowed his head and flipped through the book, perfunctory casually.

"That's my money! I spent 300 taels to buy the officials of the Qin Tianjian and the eunuchs of the Huacaofang all for you! Now that you know it all, why don't you give me back the money?" Su Wei's bridge of nose wrinkled Angry lines are short of barking.

"Hey, your money is also rewarded by the Lord. Be good, I will replenish it to you later." The fourth elder brother raised his head and smiled, reached out to pat Su Wei's pp, and lowered his head to flip through the book quite naturally.

Zhang Bao stepped back silently, his eyes empty.

Su Wei...

prince tent

"It's a good trick to build the plank road in the open and keep the warehouse in the dark." The prince held the tea bowl and scraped off the tea foam. It’s too late to arrange someone else.”

De Zhu smiled slightly, "It may not all be the scheme of the fourth elder brother. The servant thinks, whether it is your highness or the elder brother, they were all deceived by Eunuch Su in the first place."

The prince paused, and then said happily, "That's right, after you say that, even I want to meet this peculiar father-in-law."

Luanjia returned from his northern tour and lived in Changchun Garden for another two months. When he returned to the palace, it was nearly a year old.

In November, Lord Kangxi received a report from the right-wing general Fei Yanggu in Guihua City. Galdan led 3 cavalry to attack the Khalkha Mongol Chechen Khan, and then went down the Kherlen River to reach Pakistan. Yan Ulan also threatened that after the winter, he would borrow 6 Russian shotgun soldiers to commit internal crimes.

The Holy One was furious, and agreed with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs that in the spring of the following year, the crown prince would be left to guard the capital, and he would lead the capital's Eight Banners and the Firearms Camp as the middle road, and go north out of Dushikou.In the east, General Sabusu of Heilongjiang led Shengjing, Ningguta, Heilongjiang, and Horqin troops out of Xing'an Mountains and marched westward along the Kelulun River, blocking the eastward road of Galdan; General Sun Sike led his troops from Guihua and Ningxia to the north, cutting off the enemy's return route, and the three armies made an appointment to attack.

When the imperial edict was issued, the entire court was in an uproar, and even Su Wei, who lived deep in the forbidden palace, felt the tension of the imminent battle.

In the blink of an eye, the new year is over, and there is an urgent military report from the border, and the emperor is reorganizing his military equipment and preparing for his own conquest.

What made Su Wei even more nervous was that the fourth elder brother accompanied the army in this personal expedition.

Su Wei in the 21st century was extremely fortunate that he had never been involved in war all his life.What he didn't expect was that he was going to go to the battlefield after crossing inexplicably once!

At the end of January, before the army set off for the expedition, the emperor took the six grown elder brothers to the Temple of Temporary An and Xiaoling to pay homage.

When performing the sacrificial ceremony, Su Wei prayed silently among the slaves, because he might have contributed to the fourth master's ascension to the throne and was helpful to the Daqing society.This time with the army, don't let any unsightly knives or swords fly to him and the fourth elder brother...