Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 39 years

evening in may

Su Wei hummed a little tune and walked in the East Garden.

At this time, all the masters in the mansion are getting ready to rest, and the servants are either busy serving, or going off to eat.Apart from the patrolling guards in the garden, there was only one Eunuch Su who was fed up.

The East Garden, which was getting dark at night, had a mysterious atmosphere. Su Wei's mind turned to the picture of Lama Temple in the previous life, and the perception of time and space overlapping made him shudder inexplicably.

Just at this moment, there was a faint sound of sneezing, and Su Wei suddenly got goose bumps all over his body.

"It won't be like this," Su Wei cat leaned down and leaned against the rocky wall of the rockery. Should he call for someone to save him? He is afraid of ghosts...

"Su Peisheng," with a soft call, a woman's head poked out from behind the stone wall.

"Ah!" A scream pierced the sky.

"Eunuch Su, what happened?" A group of patrolling guards ran over.

Su Wei stood in front of the rockery with his hands tied, "It's nothing."

"It's all right?" The leader looked surprised, "Then what was your name just now?"

"Me?" Su Wei was stunned, "Did I call? Oh, I opened my voice. I've been practicing Qin opera recently."

"Oh, that's it." The leader scratched the back of his head and looked into the rockery, but Su Gonggong blocked his sight calmly, "Then, practice slowly."

"Okay," Su Wei smiled, "When I'm done practicing, I'll sing it to my brothers."

The guards nodded and walked away. Su Wei heaved a sigh of relief, turned around and squeezed into the middle of the rockery, "I said, Aunt Shiyue, come and find me when you come. What are you doing hiding here? I almost had a heart attack."

"I'm afraid to disturb you," Shiyue hugged her knees, sitting on a rock, her face glowing brightly in the shadow of dusk.

"Are you crying?" Su Wei knelt down on the spot, "What happened?"

Shi Yue wiped the corners of her eyes, "It's nothing, I'm just confused. I wanted to come to you, but I didn't know what to say, so I ran here. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine by myself for a while."

"Are we still friends?" Su Wei frowned, "Just say what you want, don't worry about this or that."

Shiyue looked at Su Wei, and pursed her lips, "Actually, I came to East Garden today, and I want to see you, and I also want to see Si elder brother."

"See fourth elder brother?" Su Wei was taken aback.

"Well," Shiyue nodded, "but I was impulsive, I can't see the fourth elder brother, and if I see the fourth elder brother, I won't be able to be a human being."

"What's going on?" Su Wei shook his head.

"My father won the Juren..." Shiyue told Su Wei everything that happened in her family, "Fu Jin said to wait, so I wrote to my mother. But my mother complained, Said that my father became sick from worry, said that I was not filial, that I couldn't handle a single sentence well, and that I was raised for nothing for so many years. I felt uncomfortable and worried about my father's health, but I didn't dare to tell Fujin. Today My mother asked someone to bring me a message, saying that she was going to resign from the job in the mansion, and planned to sell the property to father to establish a relationship, if she couldn't get through, she and father would starve to death on the street, so that I could take care of myself."

Su Wei blinked, "It's so serious? Your father won the Juren after all, how can he not commit bankruptcy?"

Shiyue grinned and wiped away the tears on her face, "My mother is just scaring me. She has been working in Fujin's family all her life, so she is not willing to leave. I am just worried about my father. Although my father is a bit stupid, But he is very good to me. After winning the exam, I asked someone to tell me, let me stop worrying about him, and do things well. Now that he has become a juren, he can do things and support his family. He will definitely buy a lot of dowry for me in the future. I'm looking for a good family. But now... I'm really afraid that my father will be sad..."

"Don't cry," Su Wei handed over his cloth towel, "It's not a big deal, it's just a word."

Shiyue looked at Su Wei, "I'm just complaining to you, don't be brave, we slaves can't ask for so much. Besides, I've told Fujin—"

"Okay," Su Wei patted Shiyue on the shoulder, "Clean up, tidy up yourself, and go back to the back house to serve Fujin. I'm a sixth-rank eunuch, and you don't need to teach me these things."

Forbidden City Qianqing Palace

Lord Kangxi put down the booklet, rubbed the center of his brows, and Liang Jiugong handed him a bowl of tea, "Your Majesty, take a rest, it's already night."

"Well," Master Kangxi took a sip of tea, "I suddenly thought of asking the waiter to serve some spring rolls."

"Yes," Liang Jiugong bowed slightly, then raised his head again and said, "Your Majesty, there are people from Xianfu Palace just now, and Concubine Rong would like to invite you together."

"Concubine Rong?" Kangxi frowned slightly, was silent for a while, and suddenly asked, "Are you in your twenties today?"

"Back to the emperor, today is May 24," Liang Jiugong said softly.

"24," Lord Kangxi leaned back on the chair.

"Yes," Liang Jiugong replied, "Today is the anniversary of the death of Prince Chengrui."

Xianfu Palace

Concubine Rong bowed to the emperor Yingying, her tone was indifferent, "It's really a crime to work for the emperor at such a late hour."

The emperor helped Concubine Rong up, "We have been together for many years, let's not talk about this. Sit down quickly, let's have some spring rolls together, I suddenly thought about it."

Concubine Rong watched the maid bring out the dim sum plate, and smiled slightly, "Spring rolls are used in spring, ice silk skins are used in summer, pea yellow is used in autumn, and dumplings are used in winter. These ingredients should be used in different seasons. Habits left behind."

"That's right," Lord Kangxi sighed, "You only remember that the palace is full."

Concubine Rong made a spring roll for Lord Kangxi, "A lot of people remember it, but few people mentioned it. Everyone is busy with their own lives. How can there be time for concubines to miss old people every day?"

Lord Kangxi glanced at Concubine Rong, lowered his head and took a bite of the spring roll, "Well, try it quickly, it's just as crisp."

After the supper was finished, Concubine Rong accompanied Lord Kangxi to the Imperial Garden, "Your Majesty, today is the anniversary of Chengrui's death. It is inevitable that my concubine will feel a little sad. I hope the Emperor will forgive me."

Lord Kangxi sighed, "I have always underestimated you these years. You have always been kind, but you refused to see me a few times. I know you blame me. Now, Yinzhi's matter has made you You worry about it."

Concubine Rong smiled, "The emperor is worrying too much. The concubine is not in good health. I can't think too much about it. I don't have the strength to blame anyone, let alone blame the emperor. Everything is fate, and the concubine has already accepted her fate. Yinzhi, He has his own life, and the concubine can't control him. I just hope that he can die peacefully and stop walking in front of the concubine. Today, the concubine invited the emperor, and he didn't want to talk too much. The concubine entered the palace for more than [-] years In the past year, I never bothered to pay attention to all kinds of strife in the harem. But now, the concubine has to tell the emperor that the harem is uneasy, rumors are turbulent, and the whole body is affected by one hair. Your Majesty, because Ma Jia has given birth to six children for you, you can establish a central palace and stabilize people's hearts."

Lord Kangxi stood by the lotus pond with his hands behind his back, and he and Concubine Rong stood quietly with far-reaching eyes.

Siyefu East Courtyard

"Shiyue's father," said the fourth elder brother sitting on the couch.

Su Wei took the foot washing water and took off the boots of the fourth elder brother, "Master, Shiyue and I are really just friends, don't think too much about it. Anyway, his father has already won the Juren, so you just say a word and give him a favor." An outside errand can be regarded as selling Fujin's face."

"Come on," the fourth elder brother crossed his legs, breaking Su Wei's flattering plan, "You just look at that Shiyue differently, for Fujin's face, you just love her little girl."

Su Wei pursed his lips, and sat down next to the fourth elder brother, "Master, Yinzhen, please help, it's not a bad thing, even a county magistrate, maybe it will come in handy in the future."

"Useful?" The fourth elder brother tilted his head, "What's the use?"

Su Wei lowered his face and wiped the water from his hands, "Forget it if you don't help, I'll talk to Shiyue."

"Hey," the fourth elder brother pulled Su Wei back, "You are quite angry, now you can't hear a word and just turn around and leave, right?"

"Then what do you want?" Su Wei turned his head abruptly, "I'll tell you well, you're jealous, and to put it mildly, you're hiding your head. I've been with you since you were five years old." When you are by my side, when you are even afraid of Wang Qin, I will accompany you. Didn’t you just move those thoughts, are you worthy of talking to me? I just know, what’s wrong? Let me tell you, I knew you would be tempted, I knew you would get involved!"

Su Wei's series of words fell down, and the fourth elder brother's complexion became more and more serious.

Looking at that extremely familiar yet extremely unfamiliar face, Su Wei's anger could not be quenched, "I tell you, Yinzhen, you can hide it from the world, but you can't hide it from me. I just know that you want to seize the reserve, You want to be the emperor! Don't worry about it, kill me to silence you."

night cold dew heavy

The fourth elder brother sat on the porch of the east courtyard until his body gradually lost the temperature.

"Master, it's cold outside, go back and rest," Zhang Bao put a cloak on the fourth elder brother.

The fourth elder brother looked back at Zhang Bao, his eyes fluttering, "You know it too, don't you?"

Zhang Bao was stunned for a moment, then bowed his head and said, "This slave doesn't know anything."

Brother Si smiled, stood up and walked towards the door, "Yeah, you don't know anything. Maybe that's the difference. There will always be only one person in this world, and you can tell me what you know."

"Master," Zhang Bao said silently, "Isn't one person like this enough?"

Yuqing Palace

"Is this true?" The prince frowned slightly, and looked at the side Fujin Li Jiashi.

"Your Highness, don't worry, the concubines have already been checked to the best of their ability," Li Jiashi nodded, "I wanted to follow Suo Xiang's advice and start with my aunt's illness, but the other party did a good job. The imperial physician who made the diagnosis left early in the morning. , and now he probably died on the way back home. The illnesses that the rest of the servants complained about were like plagues. Except for Taoer’s death, there was no basis for the poisoning. Fortunately, God has eyes and let the concubine find out Xia'er, I found the little elder brother of Concubine Ping."

The prince took a sip of tea, "Tell me the ins and outs of this matter in detail."

"Yes," Li Jiashi bowed slightly, "Xia'er was originally considered a capable maid by my aunt's side. After my aunt gave birth to my little brother, she was in charge of taking care of my little brother's wet nurse. At that time, my little brother was weak and The aunt let the nurse stew the tonic every day, and let the nurse drink it, so that the little elder brother could nourish his body. For the first month, everything was fine. Xia'er looked at the nurse's medicine, for fear that she might make a mistake in the measurement, so she was careful every day. Calculation. Unexpectedly, the little elder brother still did not survive a hundred days. The imperial doctor said that it was because his body was not nourished, and he was suspected of overdose. The aunt punished the wet nurse and Xia'er. From then on, Xia'er Never got close to my aunt."

"Since this is the case, Xia'er's words may not be credible," the prince said as he scraped off the powdered tea.

"No," Li Jiashi shook her head, "Xia'er is still a little angry, she doesn't believe that she has added too much medicine, and has been thinking hard about what went wrong. Later, by chance, she remembered I found an eunuch in the tea room of Zhongcui Palace. This eunuch would appear every time she decocted medicine for the nurse, and would add two ladles of water for her."

"This eunuch did it?" The prince narrowed his eyes.

"Yes, Xia'er looked for this eunuch everywhere, but the eunuch had asked himself to be transferred to Shengjing. Not long after he left, the waiter found a water ladle missing. The concubine thought that the imperial concubine Wen Xi was still there at that time, and the person who instructed him I'm afraid I dare not openly attack the servant of Zhongcui Palace, and this servant obviously has a backhand, after all, he will jump over the wall if he is in a hurry."

"Send someone to look for that eunuch quickly." The prince put the tea bowl on the table, "This harem has to change, we can't always let their family do what they say."