Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 39 years

In the cold Laba Festival, heavy snow fell in the second half of the night. Su Wei was supported by Xiao Yingzi on the way back to the East Courtyard. His self-deprecating bitterness made him want to sing a song Dou E injustice.

Xiaoyingzi carefully peeked at Su Wei along the way, hesitant to speak all over his face, and only after entering the East Small Courtyard did he forcefully choke out a sentence, "Second Master, I'm sorry."

Su Wei turned his head to look at him, Xiaoyingzi wiped his sleeves and began to cry.

"What's wrong with you? Are you scared?" Su Wei looked at Li Ying very puzzled, "Master is fine, and he didn't get hit a few times. Zhang Bao and the others are just pretending."

"But, if it wasn't for my uselessness," Xiaoyingzi wiped away tears and sniffled his nose, "Second Master wouldn't need to be beaten either. I know, if the two Eunuchs Zhang were here, it would definitely not be like this."

"Hey, don't cry," Su Wei pinched Xiaoyingzi's face, "Zhang Bao and the others won't be any better, besides, who would have thought that this would happen. Let's go to the house to rest, your master's ass It's still swollen."

"Oh," Xiaoyingzi stepped forward to help Su Wei in a panic, "I'll boil some hot water in a while, we have a lot of medicines for removing blood stasis in our house, for internal and external use..."

When the fourth elder brother walked out of Fujin's courtyard, the ground was already white, and two pairs of shallow footprints meandered away under the shaking lanterns.

"Master, the road is slippery, be careful," Zhang Qilin took the lantern and let the fourth elder brother shine on his feet.

The fourth elder brother raised his eyes and looked at the road as black as thick ink, his complexion was like iron.

When the group hurried back to the East Courtyard, Li Ying was walking out of the room with a water basin in his hand.

The fourth elder brother didn't stop walking, and went straight into the backyard, just in time to run into Li Ying, "Greetings to Lord Baylor," Xiao Yingzi leaned over and said.

The fourth elder brother waved his hands casually, and asked in a low voice, "Is your master asleep? How is your injury?"

"Sleeping," Xiaoyingzi lowered his head, "Master won't let me look at the injury, saying it's not a serious problem, so I took some medicine and went to bed on my stomach."

"Nonsense, how can you not look at the wound," the fourth elder brother frowned, turned around and went up the steps, opened the curtain and stepped into the door.

Su Wei was lying face down on the bed, with his head facing the bed, his body was covered with a quilt, and he remained motionless.

The fourth elder brother dug out the external wound medicine for blood and blood stasis from the drawer, walked lightly to the bedside, and was covered by Su Wei before the quilt was lifted.

"My lord will apply some medicine to you," Si elder brother sat on the side of the bed, coaxing him softly.Su Wei turned his head around slowly, his big eyes were red.

The fourth elder brother squeezed the lavender porcelain bowl tightly, and didn't know what to say for a while, his eyes were facing each other, and his eyes were red, "You want to make me feel sorry for you, don't you?" The fourth elder brother leaned down and pressed Su Wei's forehead forehead.

Su Wei muttered twice, then said weakly, "What about Shiyue?"

The fourth elder brother gently kissed the tip of Xiao Suzi's nose, "You can do whatever you want? No matter what, the master will not treat her badly."

"Can you send her away?" Su Wei pursed his lips, and was kissed on the lips by the fourth elder brother.

"Yes," the fourth elder brother replied, with gentle eyes, "If she wants to leave, the Lord will definitely let her return to her hometown in a good manner, and accompany her with a generous dowry, so that she will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life."

"Well," Su Wei nodded slightly, sniffling, "Where's Xiaoyingzi?"

"Xiaoyingzi is guarding outside." The fourth elder brother straightened up and lifted the quilt, "I'll give you the medicine and don't let others see it."

Su Wei puffed up his cheeks, turned his head, and said in a small crying voice, "I've been watched all the time, how many times have I been beaten. I just don't want Xiaoyingzi to see me cry, just now he cried , I also said he was coming."

The fourth elder brother laughed, opened the purple porcelain bowl, and spread some medicine in his hand.

"Take it easy..." Eunuch Su complained dissatisfied.

"Yes," the fourth elder brother answered with a loud voice.

"Don't do bad things," Su Wei braced his neck, turned his head and glared at the fourth elder brother.

"Yes," the fourth elder brother curled his lips, and patted the worried Su Wei reassuringly.

Su Wei leaned back on the pillow, and was dazedly touched by a warm soft object on his butt that had been smeared with medicine.

"My Lord will sleep with you for a while," the fourth elder brother lifted the quilt, squeezed beside Su Wei, and hugged him in his arms.

Su Wei stretched out his hand to touch the fourth elder brother's Adam's apple, and muttered, "You sober up quite quickly, I thought you had to sleep until the morning to save me."

The fourth elder brother sighed, and patted the back of Su Wei's head, "You guessed it right. It's thanks to Zhang Bao and Zhang Qilin that I can wake up. These two gave me six bowls of hangover soup. Otherwise, I really have to wait until the morning." I'm going to save you."

Su Wei smiled gloatingly, and then sulked after a while, "You are not allowed to tease me in the future, what if someone breaks in again?"

The fourth elder brother opened his eyes suddenly, seeing Su Wei's back shivering, "If today's incident happens again, this Baylor will be in vain."

Zhang Bao and Zhang Qilin gathered under the porch of the East Courtyard, the sky had already been polished, and this long dark night finally came to an end.

"Both of us cannot escape responsibility for today's matter," Zhang Qilin sat on the steps dejectedly, "Although Lord Baylor did not pursue it, we will be ashamed to see Eunuch Su."

Zhang Bao leaned on the colonnade and glanced at Zhang Qilin, "Even if the two of us are here, things will not be much better than last night. You and I are both slaves, can we still stop Fujin? Self-blame is useless now, the key You have to think about what to do next.”

Zhang Qilin leaned on his chin and frowned, "What can we do, strengthen the guards and set up more guards?"

"Can the guards stop Fujin?" Zhang Bao glared at Zhang Qilin, "Besides, what happened last night has already been blocked by Shiyue, so we have no reason to strengthen the guards, otherwise, why don't we tell people that there is something tricky in the East Courtyard?" ? Originally, Fujin was already taboo against Eunuch Su."

"Then..." Zhang Qilin thought for a while, "Then we can only set up more eyeliner to ensure that someone will inform us at any time. Just like last night, if Miss Shiyue arrived a little earlier, the situation would be different."

"That's right," Zhang Bao nodded, "But we don't have enough old people in the palace. The gatekeepers in the front and back yards have to arrange our people, as well as patrolling guards. Tell Fu Nai about this matter." Just be angry, this person is smart and loyal to his master, so he naturally knows what to do."

"Then let's do this," Zhang Qilin stood up with his clothes fluttered, "I'll go to Kukui and Xiao Erge to see if there are any reliable people there, and I will put two in the porters in each courtyard first."

"Then I'll go find Fu Nai," Zhang Bao walked down the steps, and suddenly stopped and looked back at Zhang Qilin.

Zhang Qilin was wearing his eunuch cap, and Zhang Bao's glance sent chills down his spine.

Fujin Courtyard, West Wing Room

Shiyue sat on the bed in a daze, a jacket and skirt in the color of a concubine Xiang with canary patterns was placed beside her.But she didn't change it, and she didn't even dare to touch it, it was the clothes that the master could wear, to her, it was like a poisoned Danko, gorgeous but deadly.

A ray of light shines through the windows with double crossings and four bowls of water chestnut, and the courtyard gradually has people's voices.Shiyue hid beside the bedpost, she was terrified, even more terrified than last night, her heart seemed to be falling on top of a bottomless abyss, and at some point she would be pulled into the boundless darkness by the devil's claws from the dark.

The door was pushed open with a creak, and Shiyue was startled, but it was the little girl Xu'er who came in with a washbasin, "Shi——no, my lord, my servant is here to wash you up."

After eating breakfast, Mrs. Song and Mrs. Li gathered in Fujin's house again, and they had a row for half the night. The faces of the three women were all haggard with rouge and gouache that could not be concealed.

Shiyue lowered her head and followed Xu'er into the main hall with a stiff posture. The masters she was used to in the past are now like the officials of the three courts, indifferent and dignified.

"Hey," Li Gege said first, "This girl is dressed brighter than ordinary people. It seems that climbing on the master's bed is not something that a random servant can do."

All the maids in the room lowered their heads, Shiyue blushed with embarrassment, and knelt down in the middle of the room with a plop, "My maidservant greets Fujin and the two young masters."

Fujin turned his head, picked up the tea bowl, and said in a silent voice, "Get up, you are the master now, don't use this slave's pie again, and be careful to embarrass Lord Baylor."

"That's not it," Li Shi chuckled, "Your master is easy to call, but we are not easy to listen to."

Shiyue bit her lip, tears rolled down her face, Xu'er looked around, stepped forward to help Shiyue get up.

Fujin put down the tea bowl, with an indifferent expression, "You are living in the west wing for the past few days, and the yard on the west side is being tidied up. If you need anything, just tell me. You are my maidservant, and I will take care of the clothes and jewelry." I'll add it to you, and I'll write a letter to your parents when I have time. When the fourth elder brother reports your registration to the clan mansion, you will be a serious master. Xu'er, girl, follow you, and I will send you three more Little ones, two nuns."

"Thank you, Xie Fujin," Shi Yue trembled and leaned over.

"Fu Jin," the little maid on duty at the door stepped into the door, "Eunuch Zhang Qilin begs to see you."

Fujin took a deep breath, "Let him in."

"Yes," the little maid bowed and retreated, and Zhang Qilin entered after her.

"Slave pays respects to Fujin, and to the young masters," Zhang Qilin bowed in salute.

"What's the matter?" Fujin raised his eyes and casually landed on Liang Dong's carvings.

"Going back to Fujin, Lord Baylor ordered the slaves to bring some things to Miss Wu." Zhang Qilin got up and took out the brochure, "Five pieces of Ula mink fur, three catties of cotton thread, ten catties of kapok, three catties of velvet, one Japanese sable, one sapphire, One piece of cloud cloth, one piece of plain cloth, two pieces of Goryeo cloth, two pieces of wool green cloth... Two boxes of ready-made clothes, two pairs of gold and silver head and face, one eight-treasure hairpin decorated with beads, two gold-plated emerald beaded tassels... ...One hundred taels of silver," Zhang Qilin swallowed specially after finishing the report, and said moistening his lips, "Master Belle was worried that Fujin would subsidize Miss Wu, so he specially asked someone to prepare these, and asked Fujin to order them for him."

"No need," Fujin said blankly, "Eunuch Zhang just hand it over to Mrs. Wu."

"Yes," Zhang Qilin leaned over slightly, turned around and handed the brochure to Shiyue.

Shiyue stared blankly, but she didn't reach out to pick it up for a long time, but Xu'er came to her senses and took it on her behalf, and thanked Zhang Qilin.

Zhang Qilin saluted and retreated, the room was silent.

After a while, Mrs. Li snorted coldly, "Sister Wu is such a great honor."

December seems to have always been the busiest month in the Forbidden City. Seeing that the New Year is approaching, the Empress Dowager spoke to the Emperor and released Concubine Hui's confinement, and the family spent the New Year in harmony.The emperor was pure filial piety, and according to the Queen Mother's wishes, Concubine Hui was finally able to step out of the palace that day.

However, the next day when Yumen was in charge of the government, Suo'etu, who had been sick all of a sudden, dragged his weak body and knelt down to the steps, shouting that the Holy Majesty should be the master for Concubine Ping and justice for the Hesheli family. , and finally fainted in the hall.

A dusty, secret pulse case was presented to the Holy Majesty, and the imperial doctor who wrote down the pulse case died suddenly on the way back to his hometown a few years ago.It can be seen from the pulse case that Concubine Ping, who died in Zhongcui Palace, did not die of illness, but was poisoned to death.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and Suo Xiang's vindictiveness this time reminded people of the bizarre deaths of Concubine Ping, the little elder brother, and the palace maid Taoer.Concubine Hui, who was finally freed from her confinement, was pushed to the forefront of the storm again. Rumors were raging, and people no longer cared about the authenticity and origin of the pulse case.

At the family banquet at the end of the year, the atmosphere was particularly stagnant. The emperor sat in the middle and clasped his hands.

The four concubines were sitting on both sides, with different looks. Concubine Hui kept her head down, her face pale.

After a long while, the emperor sighed faintly, "There are many things in the harem, and the front court is uneasy. It's been a difficult year, and I don't want you all to be unhappy. Looking back, the position of concubine in the harem has not been moved for a long time."

Concubine Yi lowered her head slightly, "What the emperor said is that now that the Galdan Rebellion has been settled, and grown-up brothers are building mansions one after another, it is time for the emperor to promote the sisters in the harem."

The emperor nodded, "I have been thinking about it for a long time, and now I am taking advantage of the good time to tell you about it, so that everyone can share in the celebration."

"That's a good idea, the sisters in the province are guessing," De Fei said with a smile.

The emperor smiled slightly, "The concubine, Wei, has made great contributions to raising the eighth elder brother, Jin Liang."

Wei Shi, who was sitting behind the others, was taken aback for a moment, and stood up in a panic, "My concubine, thank the emperor for his kindness."

The emperor waved his hand, "Concubine Guerjia, Gonghe Shuhui, Jinhe concubine."

Guerjia stood up to thank her, the emperor nodded, and looked sideways at Tong Jia, who was behind the crowd with a calm expression, "Concubine Tong Jia, Shuyi is plain, and she is Xiaoyi's sister, she can be a noble concubine."