A Chronicle of the Growth of the General Manager in the Qing Dynasty

After sitting in Nianshi's room for a long time, Fourth Master slowly got up and opened the door. Su Wen and Su Peisheng looked at Fourth Master's face reflexively, and suddenly felt that Fourth Master had a deep look in his eyes this time. Tired, as if he had aged a few years, after the fourth master left the room, Nian's loyal servants cried bitterly, and the fourth master paused for a moment before striding away.

In the eyes of everyone, Nian's death is actually very common. Firstly, it is well known that Nian's body is weak. In addition, Nian's methods to fight for favor have also become the most popular among women in the harem. The thorn in the eyes of her, her death, those people will only grieve on the surface and laugh secretly; secondly, everyone knows that Nian Gengyao is really rejected by the fourth master now, the reason why he has never The conviction was presumably also because of Nian Shi. Those ministers tried their best to report Nian Gengyao's misconduct. Once Nian Gengyao survived because of Nian Shi's plea, it is hard to guarantee that there will be a comeback. If not, everyone will be unlucky.

Therefore, Nianshi's death this time was in line with the wishes of many people. Although the fourth master later made an order to hold Nianshi's funeral more grandly, no one objected to it. After all, everyone is dead, so there is no need to worry about it. There were so many, and Nian's death was the last straw that overwhelmed Nian Gengyao. Everyone was waiting to see fourth master's decision.

Su Wen looked at the fourth master who was sitting on a chair dealing with the government affairs, and was a little puzzled. When Nianshi just died, the fourth master still looked a little bit shocked, but afterward, the fourth master did not change his expression any more. He still dealt with government affairs late into the night as before, and never mentioned Nian's matter again, but the only thing that could tell the fourth master's attitude was that fourth master loved Nian's only surviving son Fuhui very much, even Both surpassed Hong Hui's eldest son, Yong Cong. As a result, no one in the harem dared to act rashly.

The fourth master here had just rested for a while, when Su Peisheng walked in and said, "Your Majesty, the slave got the news that Nian Gengyao was yelling in prison and wanted to see the Emperor..."

The fourth master suddenly stood up and pushed all the folders on the table to the ground. Now he just thinks that Nian Gengyao really deserves to die for asking to see him, but after calming down his anger, he remembered Nian's last request and said : "Get ready, I'm going to meet him in secret, don't spread the word."

Su Peisheng hurriedly went out to make arrangements, Su Wen went to fetch dark clothes and waited for Fourth Master to change them, it was already dark, they followed Su Peisheng around a few times and came to a courtyard outside the Old Summer Palace. The pole was not too far away, so the guards next to it belonged to the sticky pole, so it wouldn't cause much commotion. Only then did Su Wen know that Nian Gengyao had been brought to this yard by Su Peisheng Met with fourth master.

As the emperor, it is impossible for the fourth master to meet Nian Gengyao alone. After all, even though Nian Gengyao is wearing shackles now, he is still a brave general. Wen also met Yi, who hadn't seen each other for a long time. Yi had always been lurking in the secret room of the fourth master's mansion to interrogate prisoners, but since the fourth master ascended the throne, he was arranged elsewhere.

But this time Su Wen knew that Yi had become the secret guard of the fourth master and had been protecting the fourth master in the dark. It can be regarded as getting along day and night, but never realized that there are still people guarding Si Ye, which shows Yi's hidden ability. Thinking of this, Su Wen also thought about the time before, the relationship between him and Si Ye was not all in the right place now. In Liao Yi's eyes, he was really ashamed.

As soon as he walked in, he saw Nian Gengyao, who was wearing shackles, sitting on a chair with a relaxed face and drinking tea. Even though it was inconvenient to be tied up, Nian Gengyao still sipped his tea with difficulty. She said, as if she didn't want to lose her composure in front of fourth master.

The fourth master only glanced at Nian Gengyao, then came to sit down in the upper seat in the middle, and said, "Nian Gengyao, you want to meet me this time, but what do you want to say?"

Although Nian Gengyao picked up the teacup steadily, he was wearing shackles after all, so he was not so agile when he put down the teacup. Seeing how difficult it was for him, Su Wen walked over, took the teacup, and put it on the After he got on the table, Nian Gengyao took a special look at him, and rarely smiled at him contemptuously.

Nian Gengyao looked at Si Ye and said, "Your Majesty, I want to know why my sister is gone? Is it because of the crime I committed?"

The fourth master looked at Nian Gengyao, who was looking down and down, and said, "Nian's health was not good in the past, and he always carried the root of the disease. This time, it's just a flare-up."

Nian Gengyao hurriedly asked, "Did that sister leave any words?"

The fourth master bent his lips and said, "Before she leaves, she begs me to give you a decent way to die."

At this moment, Nian Gengyao suddenly trembled rapidly, Yi and Su Peisheng were closely guarding in front of the fourth master, only Su Wen could see that Nian Gengyao was not angry, but sad At least Su Wen could clearly see that tears were about to fall from the corners of Nian Gengyao's eyes. At this moment, Su Wen felt that Nian Gengyao was just an ordinary person who was saddened by the death of his sister.

After a while, Nian Gengyao calmed down, and said with a smile: "Well, well, she is indeed the daughter of my Nian family, and she maintained her integrity even before she died, yes, how could you, Your Majesty, Let me go so easily, I think my sister has already guessed it, so she will save the last face for me before she dies."

Fourth Master took a sip from the teacup and said, "I have already agreed to Nian's request, so you can tell me everything you have to say to me now."

Nian Gengyao calmed down and said: "I know that I am going to die sooner or later, but I never thought that this day would come so soon. I think since last year, the emperor should be very dissatisfied with me, otherwise At that time, it was impossible to follow the crowd and confirm the rumors about me, my lord, are you doing this now?"

The fourth master slammed the table and stood up and said, "Shut up, you bloody slave, how dare you talk nonsense with your disciples on weekdays, humiliate me, and now you start to turn black and white..."

Not to be outdone, Nian Gengyao stood up and said, "Your majesty is so excited because of a guilty conscience. If you didn't kill the donkey, then where did the famous counselor Wu Sidao in your mansion go? And why did you start talking to Long?" Kodo is making troubles frequently? Don’t lie to yourself anymore, don’t you just want to get rid of all of us old people? Otherwise, why is Nalan Fusen completely idle at home now except for some empty jobs? No Is it because of your suspicion?"

The fourth master's face darkened all of a sudden, and before Su Wen recovered, Yi went up and kicked Nian Gengyao to the ground, and Nian Gengyao also spit out a mouthful of blood afterward, which shows that How strong was the kick, Fourth Master lifted his foot and left without saying anything, Su Wen hurriedly followed behind.

At this moment, Nian Gengyao's voice came from the room: "Your Majesty, you are guilty. Hmph, you just don't want to see us heroes. You want to kill everyone who helped you win the country. you……"

Su Wen followed at the back of the fourth master, and when he finally couldn't hear Nian Gengyao's yelling, he found that his back was covered in cold sweat. He couldn't help but think of the words that Nian Gengyao questioned the fourth master. Is what Nian Gengyao said true?Otherwise, why did Wu Sidao suddenly disappear after Fourth Master became the throne?Could it be...

Fourth master returned to his room, sat on the chair without saying a word, but both Su Wen and Su Peisheng knew that fourth master was the most terrifying at this time, and he couldn't be easily disturbed.In this way, this night, Fourth Master didn't take a rest, he just sat on the chair all the time, not knowing what he was thinking, even Su Wen and Su Peisheng were stopped by the strong cold air from Fourth Master, and dared not Come forward and say more.

When he went to court on the second day, Si Ye's eyes had dark circles, and his face was a little haggard. It seemed that everyone could clearly feel Si Ye's emotions in the early court of this day. There were not many gossips, and everything was done according to business Those who came to play, at the end, Zhang Tingyu, who was forced out by everyone, said: "Your Majesty, Nian Gengyao has been arrested and returned to Beijing for a while, shouldn't it be time to discuss the crime?"

Everyone below also nodded, Fourth Master looked at everyone and said: "The matter of Nian Gengyao will be deliberated by the deliberative ministers, and Prince Yi and Prince Lian will sort it out and report it to me."

After coming down to court, Prince Yi looked at Prince Lian very embarrassed, and Jiu Bei Le said: "What's the matter with the emperor, what's the matter if you leave this kind of thing to Brother Ba and Thirteenth Brother?"

Dunjun Wang thought for a while and said: "It is correct to hand over this matter to the eighth brother and the thirteenth brother, otherwise, after Nian Gengyao is really convicted, people who don't know will say that the emperor is a dead dog. "

Jiu Bei Le clapped his hands and said: "Old Ten is right. If Mynah and the others settle this matter, there will be no gossip. It seems that Nian Gengyao is dead."

Prince Yi has always respected his fourth elder brother the most, and quickly argued: "This matter, what is the matter with the emperor? It is obvious that Gengyao was too reckless in that year, trying to win over the court officials everywhere, which angered the emperor. Let me tell you. , this year Gengyao should have been killed long ago."

"But don't forget that Nian Gengyao has made a lot of contributions to the emperor. Isn't it too unreasonable to kill him?" The one who said this was the fourteenth brother who had always been insecure, He was always looking for trouble for the emperor. Although there were no major troubles, there were still small troubles.

Prince Lian looked at the smug Elder Brother Fourteen and Prince Yi who was filled with grief and indignation, and said, "Everyone understands that for the Emperor, Nalan Fusen is the only real hero. It really doesn't count."

Well, Prince Lian's words really blocked Fourteenth Brother's heart. If you want to say who Fourteenth Brother hates the most, it's not Fourth Master or Eighth Master, but this Nalan Fusen, ten Every time the fourth elder brother dreamed back at midnight, he wanted to find Nalan Fusen countless times to fight for his life. After all, when he sent troops to the northwest, he saw that he was in control of the military and his great achievements were about to be established. Being snatched away by Nalan Fusen, it also left an impression of being indecisive and indecisive in Huang Ama's eyes. In the end, he lost the Northwest military power, and became an idle elder brother, Xin It's really unjust to have worked so hard for such a long time, but to get nothing in the end.

Jiu Bei Le looked at Prince Lian in admiration. He had to say that his starling was the most powerful. When poking other people's wounds, he really poked where it hurt the most. It seemed that he had to be wiser in the future and never offend his starling.

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After the fourth master returned to the room, he ate his meal first, then sat on the soft couch and closed his eyes to rest. Su Wen and Su Peisheng also stood aside without making a sound. For a long time, just when Su Wen thought that the fourth master had fallen asleep , suddenly heard the fourth master say: "Su Wen, do you also suspect that I am deliberately killing donkeys?"

Su Wen and Su Peisheng hurriedly replied together: "Your Majesty, this slave dare not."

The fourth master opened his eyes and said: "It's not that you don't doubt, but you don't dare to doubt. Presumably, many people think so in private, but you don't know that Wu Sidao left quietly by himself. Now that I think about it, it is actually Wu Sidao. He understands my temper and disposition the most. Knowing that after I became emperor, I might be suspicious of him, so I left on my own initiative. In fact, he guessed right. If Wu Sidao is still in the court, maybe I Sooner or later he will be dealt with."

Su Wen couldn't help shivering when he heard the fourth master say this, but the fourth master didn't see it and continued: "Wu Sidao really knows me too well, if I'm still a prince and elder brother, it doesn't matter Yes, he is even obedient to his words. After all, Wu Sidao is really knowledgeable and talented. However, when I become the emperor, everything will be discussed. I can't tolerate a person who can clearly analyze my thoughts. Yes, Wu Sidao is indeed the most intelligent and prudent person I have ever seen in my life, but now he is playing in Jiangnan with ease."

Su Wen didn't know if this was an explanation from Fourth Master, so he said: "This kind of carefree life is what Mr. Wu has been looking forward to. Now that his wish is realized, I will be very happy."

The fourth master looked at Su Wen and smiled. The reason why he said that was because he didn't want Su Wen to be wary of him. If he was just a master and servant before, maybe he would intentionally intimidate Su Wen again. In this way, he will be more loyal to himself, but now he puts Su Wen in the position of being with him for the rest of his life, so he doesn't want Su Wen to have a grudge with him.

After a long silence, Fourth Master got up and went to the desk, wrote a poem, and said to Su Wen: "Su Wen, come and take a look at this poem, do you feel familiar?"

Su Wen took a strange look at Fourth Master, then walked forward, and found that he was very familiar, isn't this the famous poem by Grandpa Mao?It is a poem that all the time travelers must know. He took a careful look at Fourth Master and said, "I seem to have heard this poem somewhere."

The fourth master nodded and said, "This poem was recited by Nalan Fusen when we went to the restaurant together in 33. Thirteen was amazing at that time."

Only then did Su Wen heave a sigh of relief, and said with a quick smile: "As soon as the emperor said it, the slave also remembered that you and Prince Yi specially summoned General Nalan at that time? You also doubted the origin of this poem."

The fourth master picked up the poem he had just written, rubbed his hands vigorously, and said: "When I heard this poem, my first thought was not surprise, but surprise, but this poem is a poem. counterword."

As soon as his words fell, both Su Wen and Su Peisheng bowed their heads and remained silent. They both knew in their hearts that literary inquisition was the most terrible crime in history. At this time, the fourth master continued: "It's just that Shisan was very respected at the time, and I also paid attention to it later. After savoring carefully for a long time, I realized that this poem is actually very good, except for the possible rebellious meaning, it is the most majestic and inspiring."

Su Wen slandered in his heart, Grandpa Mao is indeed Grandpa Mao, even if he travels through history, he can still confuse a group of people with a poem, even an emperor would have to feel that he is the only one in the world after hearing this poem Longing, but I don't know why fourth master only mentioned this poem?

The fourth master threw the crumpled paper ball aside and said: "At that time, I sent many people to investigate the original author of this poem, but in the end they discovered Nalan Fusen's talent. Since then, this poem The author of the poems became a mystery, and later I saw many poems written by Nalan Fusen in private, so I suspected that these poems were actually written by Nalan Fusen himself."

Su Peisheng was also surprised and said, "It's just the emperor. At that time, the servant remembered that General Nalan was only eight or nine years old. Isn't it really unusual?"

The fourth master smiled and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter. The reason why I trapped Nalan Fusen in the capital and only left him some empty positions and took away all his real power is not because of his great achievements. "

Su Wen hurriedly raised his head to look at Fourth Master. He was always very puzzled. Logically speaking, Nalan Fusen, a traveler, was very cautious. They all acted in a low-key manner, and it was impossible to offend fourth master's bottom line.

The fourth master saw the surprised eyes of Su Wen and Su Peisheng, paused for a long time, and then said: "The fundamental reason why I treat Nalan Fusen like this is because the poems written by Nalan Fusen in private have never been circulated." Going out, but it made me see it again at another person's place."

Su Wen suddenly held his breath, and the fourth master said: "They have never met before, and they don't know each other, but it happens that these two people who have never been in contact with each other write exactly the same poems at the same time, not just one poem, but Many songs, you say, isn’t this surprising? Are there really so many coincidences in this world?”

Su Wen felt that he had finally understood some truths. It turned out that this was the reason why Fourth Master suspected Nalan Fusen and seized his military power. No wonder...

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One day, the weak attack guard finally embarked on a long journey to pursue Queen Su Peisheng.

Apprentice A: Master, master, look quickly, this is the rose flower given to you by the guard, which represents true love.

Su Peisheng disliked: If you can't afford roses, what are you using roses for? If you don't have money, don't pretend to be an uncle.

Apprentice B: Master, this is the ring engraved by the guard for you, saying that it is a forever bond.

Su Peisheng Tsundere: People want a diamond ring forever, not this iron ring, take it away!

Apprentice C: Master, this is the hair rope that the guards wove for you to tie your hair.

Su Pei was furious: This hair rope is so short, is he laughing at my thin hair?

Apprentice Ding: Master...

Su Peisheng stretched out his hand: You are here to give something again, take it out.

Apprentice Ding: Master, the guard didn't bring you anything this time.

Su Pei was furious: He didn't take me to heart at all...

Apprentice Ding: The guard said, as long as you stay with him, the house will be yours from now on, and the salary will also be handed over to you.

Su Peisheng smiled: He is sensible, well, I will give him good consideration.

Apprentice A: Sure enough, the only right way to propose marriage is to get the real estate certificate and salary card!