Zhong Nan knew that he couldn't hide his whereabouts from Zhu Yijun, and he didn't plan to hide it. The next day, a secret letter was specially written, in which he explained the meeting with Concubine Zheng and the content of the conversation.

It is said that the fans of Jinyiwei are all scattered near the major officials of the Beijing Division. They monitor these officials and keep a record of their daily movements, down to the smallest detail. It is no exaggeration to say that what time did you get up yesterday, how many times you went to the hut at night, and the emperor was likely to know everything about the affairs and disharmony at night.

According to historical records, Song Lian, the founding minister of the Ming Dynasty, wrote a poem one night. The reason is that he felt that the official affairs of the imperial court were numerous, and he was old and frail, which led to his physical exhaustion, and he wrote poems and complained.

As a result, the next day, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Song Lian, and personally commented on the poem he made casually last night, and put forward his opinions. Then attached was a picture of him lying on the bed with a tired face, which was vivid. This frightened Song Lian, and from then on he was diligent and diligent, and he no longer dared to talk nonsense at home.

As the soldier and squire of the third grade, Zhong Nan believed that he must also be being watched, so although his relationship with the emperor seemed good, he never dared to be careless. "Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger" is an ancient saying, yesterday and the emperor called brothers and sisters, tomorrow will be taken off the head of the person is not a few. To put it bluntly, not only must you have a good relationship with the emperor, but you must also have your own ability and the strength to make the emperor jealous, otherwise it will not last long.

Now, what Zhong Nan lacks is strength, only when he becomes a character who stoms his feet and the court has to shake, he has the opportunity to really call the emperor a brother.

After the secret letter was submitted, the emperor sent a little eunuch to send him a message the next day, and the content was just four words: I know. Zhong Nan couldn't figure out Zhu Yijun's attitude, so he had no choice but to enter the palace to meet him.

Since the "Lu Hongchun Incident" occurred, Zhu Yijun has reduced the morning court once every three days to once every five days. As a result, it became more difficult for the ministers to see the emperor. In addition to some important ministers, other courtiers are likely to line up for several days, and it is rare to see the sky.

Fortunately, Zhong Nan is also one of these important ministers, the eunuch who guards outside the Qianqing Palace, and Wang Zhong, an old acquaintance, so he met Zhu Yijun smoothly.

"Zhong Nan, you hurriedly entered the palace to see me, what is the matter?"

"Your Majesty, I want to rest for a few days, I caught a cold two days ago, I'm afraid I have a cold." On the way here, Zhong Nan thought that he couldn't directly mention the matter of Concubine Zheng after meeting, and he had to ask Zhu Yijun before he spoke. Moreover, the decision to take a leave of absence was also well thought-out, which could not only show the attitude to the emperor, but also silence those who wanted to lobby at the door.

"Are you really sick or scared?" Zhu Yijun smiled meaningfully.

"Your Majesty, you're really sick!"

"Somewhat intimidated, right?"

"What is the emperor referring to?" Zhong Nam pretended to be confused.

"Still pretend with me!" Zhu Yijun smiled and pointed at Zhong Nan, "I know that a few days ago, Concubine Zheng Guifei summoned you to meet you, and I can guess what it is for." You reported back to me later, and I'm quite satisfied with your response. ”

"Hey...... Your Majesty, it's good if you're satisfied. ”

"Concubine Zheng also praised you in front of me, saying that you are loyal to me, don't let your pearl be dusty."

"That's not your good command, Your Majesty!" Zhong Nan slapped a sycophant.

"What does it have to do with me?" Zhu Yijun was puzzled.

"Am I just a gun in your hand, pointing where to shoot; I did a good job, naturally because the emperor commanded well! ”

"You don't shoot at a good level, you have time to learn more like those old men." How could Zhu Yijun not know that Zhong Nan was patting on the back.

"Didn't the emperor ask me to learn less from them?" Zhong Nan pretended to be puzzled.

"The old men may not be able to do anything else, but in terms of sycophancy, it's still okay. If you have the chance, you can also learn and see if you can make me more comfortable next time. Zhu Yijun's tone became more and more relaxed.

"Okay, I'll learn how they can make a fool of themselves."

The two joked for a while before slowly getting back to business.

"Since you don't want to get involved in this, it's a good idea to stay out of it. It's just that when the time comes, the old men will definitely have an opinion of you, and maybe they will come to me to complain. Zhu Yijun said.

"If you complain, you will definitely protect me, right!" Zhong Nan's words were a pun.

"At that time, naturally, I will definitely 'protect' you!" Zhu Yijun also has something to say.

"Haha......" both laughed at the same time.

"And how long are you going to rest?"

"As long as the emperor needs you, I can cancel the leave at any time."

"Well, you can also take advantage of this free time to think about the problem of the army, I think if you don't solve it, he will definitely have * trouble in the future." Zhu Yijun assigned a new task.

"Your Majesty, I'm on vacation!" Zhong Nan grumbled.

"Hmph, just let you use your brain in your free time, how much time can it delay you?" Zhu Yijun said with a smile.

"Is my silver still correct?"

"Roll ......"

This is the end of the conversation between the two.

Back at Zhongfu, Zhong Nan gave Fu Bo instructions that if all his colleagues in the DPRK and China came to visit, they would all refuse, saying that he was sick, and the emperor asked him to recuperate at home. All the official business, when he is well, will be talked about.

Fu Bo also thought that the owner was really seriously ill, and asked with concern whether he wanted to go to Lang Zhong, so Zhong Nan could only say that he had already let the imperial doctor diagnose and treat him, and then he could rest and recuperate. It's not that Zhong Nan doesn't want to tell the truth, his Zhong Mansion has only been opened for a short time, and he doesn't have a deep understanding of the people in the mansion, and now it's an eventful time, so he can't be cautious.

Not long after he went back to his room in the backyard and lay down, Qiu Xiang hurriedly ran in and asked him what kind of illness he had and if it mattered. For his wife, Zhong Nan has no need to hide it, if you want to ask who he believes most in this world, it is Qiu Xiang. After crossing over, he is considered an orphan with no father, no mother, no relatives and no relatives, and the only one who can really let him trust without reservation is Qiu Xiang.

Knowing that her father-in-law was pretending to be sick, Qiu Xiang put her mind at ease and cultivated straight for a while. Zhong Nan accompanied Qiu Xiang and talked affectionately for a while, and the two got tired of being on the bed for a while, until Qiu Xiang begged for mercy again and again, Zhong Nan stopped.

After Qiu Xiang left, Zhong Nan's original sleepiness disappeared without a trace, so he got up and checked some of the documents that were sent. Although he was on vacation, some jobs still could not be wasted: a letter was sent every three days from the arsenal, and in addition to reporting his daily work, sometimes there were things that asked him to make decisions; The progress of the construction of the "new military camp" should also be paid attention to from time to time, in addition to the official letter sent by Jing Tianchu, he will also inspect it once every ten days and half a month......

Most of this work is deskwork, and it will be late in the evening after it is processed. Zhong Nan stretched, and then went next door to play with the little sweet potato for a while.

Nowadays, the small sweet potato is mainly taken care of by Qiu Xiang's personal maid Miao Cuihua, who is also an acquaintance, the last girl Zhong Nan hired when he opened a restaurant in Suzhou. After Zhong Nan stabilized in Jizhou, Qiu Xiang asked people to go to Suzhou, found the three guys who worked for the small restaurant at the beginning, and invited them to work in Jizhou.

Li Sanduo, the former assistant chef, has become a chef and is unwilling to change the environment; Wang Taili, a miscellaneous man, also asked for a wife, and didn't want to leave his hometown to go to Jizhou. Only Miao Cuihua gave up her maid job and went to Jizhou to help.

Qiu Xiang didn't treat her badly, in addition to the salary of five taels of silver per month, there will be various benefits from time to time, and Miao Cuihua followed Qiu Xiang with all her heart. Along with leaving Jizhou this time, she didn't ask anything, and followed to Jingshi.

Little sweet potato is more than five years old, as long as he doesn't go out, Zhong Nan will do some parent-child activities with her every day, and the relationship between the two is completely no different from that of biological father and daughter. Whenever the small sweet potato hangs around his neck like a sloth, Zhong Nan feels very satisfied; At the same time, I am also a little envious of those ordinary families, after all, in this era, there is only one daughter in the family, which is indeed not prosperous.

However, Zhong Nan also knew that Qiu Xiang's body could not give birth, although he did not mind at all, but regret was inevitable. Zhong Nan sometimes wonders, is it that he, a traverser, can't leave an heir, otherwise it will cause time and space disorder or other major dangers? If that's the case, isn't God too ruthless?

After the family had dinner, Zhong Nan accompanied Qiu Xiang out for a walk, and after returning home, Qiu Xiang and Miao Cuihua took the small sweet potato to wash and sleep. Zhong Nan had nothing to do alone, so he wandered around the Zhong Mansion.

It's been half a month since he lived in Zhongfu, except for looking around when he bought a house, Zhong Nan really hasn't observed his house well. On weekdays, I am busy with official business during the day, and I feel tired at night, so I don't have to rest early, and I don't have the energy to walk around.

Zhong Nan paused by the pool for a while, observing the swimming fish; I went to look at the pots of flowers and plants, and watered them. Turning around, Zhong Nan suddenly remembered his new tenant.

Zhong Nan only knew that Jiang Mo lived in the backyard, and it was not clear which one he lived in. Except for dinner at night, when the two sit at the same table, they rarely intersect at other times. Thinking that he would inevitably deal with each other in the future, Zhong Nan thought about visiting the other party, lest Jiang Mo think that he was not polite.

Estimating that Jiang Mo lived in the leftmost room, Zhong Nan walked to the left. As soon as he arrived at the door, Zhong Nan heard a commotion, he didn't think much about it, his eyes subconsciously looked inside.

I don't know if the door wasn't closed tightly in the first place, or for other reasons, Zhong Nan actually saw the scene inside through the crack in the door, and as soon as he glanced at it, he couldn't take his eyes off.

This can't be blamed on Zhong Nan, firstly, he really didn't mean to peek, and secondly, he didn't expect that picture inside the door, I believe that as long as it is a man, he will be reluctant to change his eyes.