Duan Jingyi looked at Tang Meng, who was sleeping in his arms, it was already late at night, presumably no one would come to disturb him, so he asked Steward Chen to bring Song Ming directly to this courtyard, and then covered the curtain and screen of the inner room before Duan Jingyi got up and went to the outer room.

He watched Song Ming follow Steward Chen into the courtyard vigilantly on his tiptoes, and then sneakily touched the door and closed it from the inside, the whole action was done in one go, his slightly chubby body and round belly did not have a sense of disobedience in this kind of action, which provoked Duan Jingyi to ask.

"Lord Song is so experienced, is it possible to be a side hustle and often be a thief?"

Who knew that Song Ming really answered truthfully, "It's almost the same as being a thief," even if he entered the house, he was still not at ease and looked out from time to time, and he didn't dare to let go of his voice to speak, Song Ming replied while peeking out through the crack in the door, "The prince doesn't know, my lady is really tight, if I go home a little late, I will definitely be interrogated from head to toe, so in order to avoid these troubles, I am used to going home lightly, and she can't make trouble without disturbing the lady." ”

After Song Ming said this, he also checked and understood that no one was following outside, so he turned around and saluted Duan Jingyi with a smile, "Fang is the lower official is reckless, and now he salutes the prince, please don't blame him." ”

Duan Jingyi naturally wouldn't be angry because of this kind of thing, but was more curious about Song Ming's dealings with his wife, and couldn't help asking, "Then if your lady catches you the next day, won't you also be angry?" Can you keep hiding? ”

"That's easy to do," Song Ming got up and replied with a little smug on his stomach, "The next day, I will definitely get up early to go to the court, and when I get home again, it will be about noon, I will buy some rouge gouache for the lady that she is reluctant to buy on weekdays, and she will be extremely happy, although she also scolds me for spending money indiscriminately, but her attention is more on the object, and there is no match for the previous day's questioning, I just need to apologize sincerely, She didn't care what I answered. ”

Duan Jingyi snorted out laughing, he didn't expect that he thought it was his helplessness in the court when he said this before, but he didn't expect it to be the same for his wife, and it seemed like he was enjoying it when he recounted it so comfortably.

Duan Jingyi was a little envious of the life of an ordinary person like Song Ming, who was not fun, "Then why do you go back late every time?" ”

Song Ming was stunned for a moment, and then saluted again with a righteous and awe-inspiring loyal minister, and even his tone became extremely official and deliberate, "Most of the ministers came to the prince, and in addition, there were times when they went out on patrol at night, or discussed state affairs with their colleagues. ”

Looking at Song Ming's serious appearance, Duan Jingyi didn't believe him in a big word, but teased, "This king can't see you once a month, why do most of them still rely on the palace of King Yi?" Otherwise, this king sent a few people to follow, and Lord Song didn't show Mrs. Song your specific whereabouts? ”

"Don't," Song Ming hurriedly waved his hand in fright, and then smiled cheekily, "The minister sometimes goes to drink and relax," and then he explained with a frightened face, "But it's all with men, I've never been to any Fengyue land, if you don't believe it, you can ask Dong Cheng!" ”

Seeing that Song Ming was finally flustered, Duan Jingyi slightly hooked his lips and poured two cups of tea, pushing one of them forward, "Okay, sit down and say." ”

Song Ming immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and pointed into the house silently, "Niangniang is still resting, let's talk here for fear that it will make a noise to Niangniang?" ”

"It's okay, Meng'er was too tired when she gave the needle to save her mother today, and now she is half fainted, so I fed her some soothing tonic medicine, and she won't wake up if she wants to make any noise this night."

Song Ming immediately made up his mind, and he was bold when he spoke, after all, although Tang Meng has always been favored, but as an outsider, he didn't know that Duan Jingyi had already told Tang Meng everything, so he was naturally afraid that he would lose if he said too much, and it would be bad if he told Duan Jingyi's unknown secrets.

Now that Duan Jingyi said that it was okay so generously, Song Ming naturally lifted the taboo and said directly, "The minister heard that His Majesty came to you directly after returning to the palace, so I waited outside for a long time, until I thought that His Majesty should go back before I dared to knock on the door and sneak in. ”

Duan Jingyi nodded slightly, the reason why he said that Song Ming was a smart and clever person was because he would not forget the previous principles because of some unexpected events, Song Ming could be regarded as Su Zhi's cronies, twenty years ago, only a few people knew about Su Zhi's golden cicada shelling, Song Ming was one of them, and in order to ensure that his children were taken care of in the imperial city, he directly handed over this task to Song Ming.

It can be said that Song Ming is an absolutely trustworthy person in Su Zhi's heart, and Song Ming did not disappoint her, while assisting Duan Jingyi, the steward of the imperial city, and secretly helping Duan Jingqi, who had a misunderstanding with Duan Jingyi, Song Ming has been extremely loyal to him both in the open and behind his back.

But this loyalty can't be known to Emperor Duan, not only can the loyalty not be known, but even Song Ming has to keep it secret from Emperor Duan if he knows that Su Zhi is not dead.

Everyone knows that Emperor Duan is the emperor, so he naturally has the emperor's heart, and at the critical moment, in order to protect himself or his beloved, he will not hesitate to kill all the other people who know, this is a tacit thing for everyone, and it can be regarded as the protection of the Duan brothers for Song Ming.

In addition, they are indeed unwilling to let Emperor Duan guess for no reason whether these two princes have been cultivating their own manpower under his nose, Duan Jingyi is the prince who guards the imperial city, this place is complex and rich, although it seems that this position is like a supreme reward and affirmation, but if you are not careful, it will become an abyss, so as Duan Jingyi, it is easy to do not want to arouse Emperor Duan's suspicion.

And Song Ming just understood this deeply, so he didn't sneak into King Yi's mansion to meet Duan Jingyi alone until he cautiously avoided all the sights of the people around Emperor Duan.

As for why he didn't come out of the palace until Emperor Duan came here, there must be a lot of Su Mao's credit, Duan Jingyi said in a deep voice, "Good job, but my father hasn't gone back yet, I think I'm going to stay here tonight." ”

Song Ming's expression was slightly shocked, and he immediately thought about it and used a sense of relief, he guessed how much Emperor Duan was interested in Su Zhi, but he didn't expect it to be such an extreme.