Dressed as Su Peisheng

Chapter 120 The Harem Is About to Change

Kangxi 39 years

At the end of June, the Imperial Gate will hear the government

Grandpa Kangxi sat high on the dragon chair, rubbing the space between his brows from time to time.

After the ministers reported to him, they began to fight with each other about Dongyue Temple.

Zuo Zongzheng Sunu of the Clan Mansion looked at Nalan Mingzhu, then stood out of the queue and said, "My lord, I think that the construction of Dongyue Temple is related to the people's hearts. The elder brother just helped to build the Yongding River, and his reputation among the people is high." It is quite high, and it is very appropriate to preside over this matter."

Fabao, a younger brother of the Suo'etu family who was the servant of the Ministry of Industry, stepped forward and said, "My lord, the construction of Dongyue Temple will inevitably touch the Guangshan Treasury, which is related to the livelihood of the people of the Eight Banners. Please let a respected veteran preside over it. Peace of mind of the people of the Eight Banners."

Lord Kangxi glanced at the two of them, then tilted his head and said, "What does Mr. Tong think about this matter?"

Tong Guowei thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said, "Qi Zou Shengshang, the elder brother is nearly [-] years old, and all the errands he has undertaken have been effective, and I think he is worthy of this job."

Lord Kangxi nodded slightly, but his thick eyebrows were knit together.

Sishi retreated, the ministers filed out, the third elder brother caught up with the fourth elder brother who was walking in front, waved his fan and said, "It's been a waste of listening to the excitement all day, such a matter has been delayed for half a month."

The fourth elder brother smiled, but said nothing.

The third elder brother tilted his head to look at the fourth elder brother, and said curiously, "The fourth younger brother never thought of competing for this job? Or, ask Huang Ama for a place to study?"

"Third brother was joking," fourth elder brother curled his lips, "Your younger brother is young and has little knowledge, so how dare he have the heart to compete with elder brother? Third brother is well educated, so it should be third brother's turn to do this matter."

"The third elder brother is even less qualified." The third elder brother turned his head to see the two powerful officials who came behind him, and said with a slight smile, "It's not easy for us to speak directly about this matter, someone has to recommend it. However, it's a pity for the fourth brother. I don't know what Lord Tong thinks, before he tried so hard to ask the fourth brother to be a prince, but now he doesn't even say a word to the fourth brother."

Nalan Mingzhu and Tong Guowei, who were walking behind, looked at each other. Tong Guowei's expression was not very good. Mingzhu simply smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Tong for your righteous words. In the future, Mr. Tong will help you in the affairs of the previous court, so I can rest assured." The ground has disarmed and returned to the field."

"Mingxiang is being polite. Tong Mou has always done things from the heart, and I really dare not be praised by Mingxiang. You are a minister of the humerus, and you have to work hard," Tong Guowei cupped his hands slightly to Mingxiang.

But before the words were finished, two eunuchs from Qianqing Palace hurried past.

"Fourth elder brother, fourth elder brother stay behind!"

The two father-in-laws hurriedly caught up with the fourth elder brother who was about to go down the steps, and bowed down to salute, "Si elder brother, the emperor calls you back."

The fourth elder brother was stunned for a moment, bowed his head and said, "Yinzhen takes orders, please lead the way with the two father-in-laws."

The third elder brother stood where he was, watching the fourth elder brother walk away.

The fourth elder brother passed by Mingxiang and Tong Guowei, and nodded slightly. Tong Guowei cupped his hands and frowned slightly.

Su Wei waited outside the Qianqing Gate until all the ministers had left without seeing his master.

"Su Peisheng," a rather familiar voice sounded.

Su Wei followed the sound and said, "Aunt Huanyue."

Huanyue smiled, and walked towards Su Wei with a big burden, "Why are you standing here alone?"

Su Wei scratched the back of his head, "I came to court with the master, but the master has not come out so far, maybe he was summoned by the emperor."

"So that's it, by the way," Huanyue opened the bag in her hand, took out two pairs of insoles and handed them to Su Wei, "It's hot, and the shoes are always sweaty, so I specially asked the sisters from the Garment Bureau to make some linen Insoles. You also take two pairs and wear them interchangeably. This is originally for Liu Yu, if the size is not suitable, you can reduce it."

"Thank you, Aunt Huanyue." Su Wei took the insole, looked at the big package Huanyue was carrying, and looked around uneasy, "Oh, all the slaves in the mansion are waiting at Shenwumen, and I can't Go away, or I'll take you back. Why don't you bring someone with you when you carry such a heavy thing?"

Huanyue smiled, "It's okay, I'm used to it. The young master is now a concubine, and there are few people in the room, so Liu Yu and I can't leave. Besides, I should exercise more on my legs, and carry these things. A piece of cake."

Su Wei pursed his lips, nodded, and lowered his voice slightly, "My master is really worried about what happened last time, and I specially entrusted the concubine Defei to take care of the young master. This time, the young master will live more comfortably gone?"

"Don't worry," Huanyue curved her lips, "With the protection of Empress Defei, no one dares to trouble us in an open manner. However, living in the palace can't depend on others for everything, Empress Defei There is only so much we can take care of, we still have to rely on ourselves. Also please tell the fourth elder brother not to worry about us anymore, if you can't stand on your own, it's useless to rely on anyone to protect you."

Tong Guowei was sitting in the carriage returning home, and Jiang Ming, the doorman, said, "My lord said that the emperor summoned the fourth elder brother. Could it be that the emperor intends to hand over the matter of Dongyue Temple to the fourth elder brother?"

Tong Guowei sighed and shook his head slowly, "Not necessarily, if the emperor has already made a decision, the court will directly order it, so why bother."

The carriage stopped at the gate of Tong's mansion, Tong Guowei stepped into the gate, and within a few steps, he heard a loud noise of gongs and drums, "What's going on?" Tong Guowei asked the attendant beside him with a frown.

The attendant lowered his head, "It was the third young master who summoned the troupe."

"Nonsense," Tong Guowei flicked his sleeves and entered the main hall.

Jiang Ming followed Tong Guowei, persuading him, "Master Longke is highly valued in front of the emperor, and now he has been promoted to the deputy capital of Mongolia in the Zhenglan Banner. He is always busy with official duties, so he finally went home to rest. It should be lively and lively.”

Tong Guowei sat down with a cold snort, "He's my son, I know best what he's thinking, let him make trouble, I'll see what he can do."

"Master!" Su Wei squatted in the corner and felt that he was about to grow mushrooms, only to see the fourth elder brother come out, "Why are you so slow, I thought I was thrown away."

The fourth elder brother forced a smile, "Let's go back home first."

On the carriage, Su Wei stared at the fourth elder brother suspiciously, "Master, what's the matter with you? Does the emperor have anything to do with you? Good or bad?"

The fourth elder brother took a deep breath, "I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. Huang Ama asked me what I think of the Dongyue Temple's errands? If I were to preside over it, would I be able to do it well?"

Su Wei blinked, "Didn't the emperor want you to stay behind the scenes and be an idle prince? Why are you asking these questions all of a sudden?"

The fourth elder brother shook his head, "Now the balance of the court is about to break. Even I can see it. How could Huang Ama not know. But instead of saying that Huang Ama values ​​me, it's better to say that I want to bring trouble to the east and let me The matter of Dongyue Temple is far away from the fight between the elder brother and the prince."

"Then, why did the master refuse?" Su Wei asked with his head tilted.

The fourth elder brother looked at him in surprise, "How do you know that I refused?"

Su Wei grinned, "Master has a pity look on his face, as if he wanted to accept it but couldn't."

The fourth elder brother smiled helplessly, "After all, Huang Ama didn't make an order directly, so I must be somewhat hesitant in my heart. As long as I pretend to be stupid and show that I have no intention of doing these things at all, Huang Ama will not mention it. However, it is inevitable. One, I have already asked Huang Ama to live in Zhuangzi for a while. So, after we return home, you should hurry up and make arrangements to bring the children with you this time."

"Okay," Su Wei nodded, curled the corners of his mouth, and could go out to play again, hey!

Eunuch Su's actions were still very fast. The next day, the frame of Si Ye's Mansion drove out of the gate.

The door of Baye Mansion, which is separated by a wall, is wide open, and Eighth Brother stands by the door, watching Fourth Brother's carriage passing by in a hurry.

Ba Fujin entered the study with a soup bowl, and Ba Prince was concentrating on sketching on a piece of blueprint.

"Master, what is this?" Ba Fujin put down the soup bowl.

Brother Ba smiled slightly, "This is a grain farm in the suburbs of Beijing, but it's not suitable for growing grain. I plan to turn it into a small hunting garden, and I can entertain the ninth and tenth brothers in the future. go play."

Bafujin pursed the corners of his lips, looked at the eighth elder brother and said, "Master, don't you want to find an errand recently? The uncles of my grandparents' family sent messages to ask if you want to accept the errand of Dongyue Temple. If you want, uncle We can play for the Lord in the hall."

The eighth elder brother smiled, leaned on the back of the chair and picked up the soup bowl, "Suoxiang and Mingxiang are all asking for the prince to play, yesterday even Tong Lao spoke out, Huang Ama still hasn't made a decision. Yinhu can't Cai, in the eyes of Huang Ama, I only have a little weight, so I don’t need to bother my uncles for me. Otherwise, it will be self-defeating, and it will delay the official career of your grandfather’s family."

Ba Fujin sighed, "Master, don't underestimate yourself. You were conferred the title of Baylor at a young age, and have the same title as the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother. How can you not be valued by Huang Ama?"

The eighth elder brother curled his mouth and drank a spoonful of ginseng soup, "Well, it tastes so good, it must be made by Fujin himself."

Bafujin smiled, lowered her head with a reddish face.

Zhuangzi

There was a lot of applause in the courtyard, the two little princesses and their little elder brother Honghui circled around Su Wei who was kicking the shuttlecock.

"Come on, Grandpa Su," Yilha clapped his hands and said, "There will be almost thirty."

Mo Yaqi tugged Hong Hui who always wanted to go up, her face was pink, her eyes followed the shuttlecock kicked by Su Wei up and down.

"26, 27," Yilha spun around and counted, while Honghui jumped up and down on the spot.

"28, 29, ah..."

But No. 30 fell down, and Su Wei crouched on the ground with a face full of frustration.

"It's only one more short," Yilha stomped his feet angrily.

"Grandpa Su, Gonggong Su" Honghui rushed up and picked up the shuttlecock, "Grandpa Su taught me, Honghui wants to play too."

"I play too, I play too, my mother-in-law can also play shuttlecock," Yilha also surrounded her.

"Okay, my servant is here to teach you." Su Wei stood up, patted his chest, stretched his muscles and bones, then turned around as if he suddenly remembered something, "Big Gege, come closer, this servant will show you how to kick."

Mo Yaqi wrung his fingers, looked towards the gate of the courtyard, then at Su Wei, and walked to Ilha's side step by step.

Su Wei smiled, picked up the shuttlecock and said, "The slaves are kicking, the little masters are watching."

Evening

In the fourth prince's study room, Fu Nai cupped his hands and said, "Master, Tong Guowei and Nalan Mingzhu have indeed gotten very close recently, and Long Kedo can't find anything for the time being."

The fourth elder brother nodded, "As soon as Empress Xiaoyi left, Tong Guowei obviously leaned towards the elder brother. But that's right, in the past, if Suo'etu didn't look at Empress Xiaoyi's face, what would happen to Tong Jiashi?" They can't go together."

Fu Nai nodded, then said as if thinking of something again, "Master, something strange happened in Yuqing Palace recently."

"What's the matter?" Brother Si raised his head and asked.

"I heard from the brother on duty at the gate of the palace that a few days ago, a carriage with a curtain behind the curtain entered the palace. The people in the carriage were holding the crown prince's token and brought an eunuch with them. According to the driver, they were transferred from outside. Eunuch."

"Eunuch?" Brother Si raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Yes," Fu Nai said with his head down, "maybe it's not a big deal, but I think it's better to report it to the master."

The fourth elder brother nodded, "You are right, nothing in the palace is trivial."

Fu Nai resigned, the fourth elder brother stepped out of the study, shook his neck, and asked Zhang Baodao beside him, "Where's Su Peisheng?"

"Eunuch Su is kicking shuttlecock with some young masters in the next yard," Zhang Bao said with his head bowed.

The fourth elder brother smiled slightly, and walked to the next door.

"Eldest sister is really amazing." Before stepping into the gate, the fourth elder brother heard Honghui's clear cheers.

Mo Yaqi stood in the middle of the yard, kicking a colorful shuttlecock lightly, while Honghui and Yierha counted around, occasionally bluffing in fright when they were frightened by one or two dangerous moves.

Su Wei stood outside with his arms folded, nodding with a smile on his lips.

The fourth elder brother looked at it for a while, then walked forward with a smile, "You have made your children mischievous."

"Ama!" Yilha was the first to see the fourth elder brother. Mo Yaqi was startled, and the shuttlecock fell to the ground.

"Ama, Ama," Hong Hui ran to the side of the fourth elder brother, "the elder sister is amazing, even better than Eunuch Su."

"Really?" The fourth elder brother raised his eyebrows and looked beside him, while Su Wei scratched his head with a smirk.

"Yes, yes," Ilha also ran over, "Grandpa Su only kicked more than [-] kicks, and eldest sister can kick more than [-]."

Mo Yaqi lowered his head in embarrassment, and the fourth elder brother smiled, "Then you two should learn more from Mo Yaqi, and don't learn from Su Gonggong, Su Gonggong is too stupid."

"No way," Su Wei protested unconvinced, "Da Gege was also taught by the slave, the master is crossing the river and tearing down the bridge."

The fourth elder brother was speechless for a while, and kicked Su Wei as a gesture, and the children laughed when they saw this.

Candlelight was lit in the other courtyard, and Nanny Feng, who was serving Big Gege, was wrinkling her old face and changing Mo Yaqi's clothes, "I said Gege, how could you mess around like this with an eunuch? The soil is also muddy, if you let the master know later, you will be reprimanded."

Mo Yaqi lowered his head slightly and did not speak.

Nanny Feng sighed, and continued, "It's not that Nanny is in charge, you can't follow Ergege's example, Ergege's mother came from a small family, and it would be embarrassing to marry her after teaching her daughter like that. .”

Mo Yaqi pursed her lips slightly, and Nanny Feng shook her head, "Go to sleep, Gege, stay indoors tomorrow, don't go out."

"Got it," Mo Yaqi replied, and lay down on the bed, while Nanny Feng put down the curtain and went to pack her clothes.

Mo Yaqi pursed his lips, lifted the mattress secretly, took out a squashed shuttlecock, and played with it for a while.

At night, the Forbidden City was originally silent, but suddenly there was the sound of hurried footsteps, accompanied by strings of lanterns, speeding past along the corridor.

Candles were lit in the main hall of the Yonghe Palace, Concubine De sat on the couch with her clothes on, and looked out the window, "How many batches have passed?"

"Three batches," Qing Ju put the candlesticks on the kang table, "One batch for Yuqing Palace, one batch for Ningshou Palace, and one batch for Qianqing Palace."

Concubine De pursed her lips and smiled, "It's finally time, not everyone can sit still in this harem."

early morning

Yikun Palace

Concubine Yi sat in front of the mirror and straightened her temples.

Zhu'er came over with the wooden box, "Ma'am, what kind of hairpins do you want to use today?"

Concubine Yi bent her mouth and looked, "Use that red jadeite drop pearl begonia golden step shaker, pair it with two jasper ribbed flower double-closed long hairpins, and a peony bead silk flower as a hairpin."

"Yes," Zhu'er leaned over and handed the box to the dressing maid, "Your Majesty hasn't dressed so brightly for a long time."

Concubine Yi smiled, "I'm in a good mood, so naturally I have to dress brighter. You all have more money, we have to go to Ningshou Palace early to pay respects to the Empress Dowager, and we won't be able to see the good show if we go late."