CHAPTER 343 (XIE: YULANWANG, A THOUSAND MILES OF PURSUIT, IMPURE HOUSE, 100 POSSIBLE MONTHLY PASSES FOR SEVERAL BROTHERS.) ）

Song Nan smiled, got up from his seat and arched his hand, "Isn't that me?" Grandpa Ma, long time no see. ”

Ma Yongcheng found that the person standing next to Song Nan was Her Royal Highness the Princess, and he had no time to reply to Song Nan's words, so he hurriedly saluted Princess Kangning again, and his heart was full of doubts.

Although there was a discussion between Song Nan and the princess, but the matter had already been stopped, as a foreign minister, he went in and out of the inner palace at will and the princess was alone, this is a blasphemy and disrespectful crime, could it be that Song Nan and the princess could not be connected?

"Father-in-law Ma is exempt, please be seated." Corning said with a smile.

"Slaves don't dare." Ma Yongcheng said busily.

Kang Ning said with a smile: "Don't be restrained, it's snowing outside, go out to enjoy the snow in the palace, and Lord Song will greet Gonggong Ma for the palace." ”

Song Nan said: "Obey, the snow is cold, the princess is careful of the cold, it is better to wear more clothes." ”

Kang Ning smiled, lifted the curtain and went out in the greetings of Ma Yongcheng and Song Nan, only Song Nan and Ma Yongcheng were left in the room, and the atmosphere was a little silent for a while; Ma Yongcheng frowned and thought about why Song Nan appeared here, but he heard Song Nan smile and said, "Father-in-law Ma, please sit down and drink a cup of hot tea to warm up." ”

Song Nan personally made tea for Ma Yongcheng and placed it in front of Ma Yongcheng, the posture was like the owner of this Shouning Palace.

Ma Yongcheng thought about it, simply took his robe and sat down and arched his hand: "Thank you, Lord Song." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "Gonggong Ma must be thinking, why did he see his figure in Shouning Palace, I am afraid that there is a cloud of doubt in his heart." ”

Ma Yongcheng shook his head and said: "That's not it, Lord Song is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and you can enter and exit inside and outside the imperial city, so it is possible to come to the inner palace to meet the princess and report something, or to come here on business with the permission of the emperor." ”

Song Nan laughed and said: "Father-in-law Ma is indeed a clever person, but I am not here to meet the princess, nor to have any official business, but for personal matters." ”

Ma Yongcheng was taken aback, and secretly smacked his tongue and thought, this kid is so bold that he came to Shouning Palace and said that it was for private matters, could it be that there is some personal affection between Princess He? Thinking of this, Ma Yongcheng immediately became nervous, and he broke the secret of the princess and Song Nan, which caused a lot of trouble, although some princesses in the royal family were willful and liked to hook up with foreign ministers, and such things had not happened in the previous dynasty, but these things were all secret things, whoever bumped into him was unlucky, and he would inevitably be wiped out in the end.

Song Nan didn't expect that Ma Yongcheng had already made up so many plots in a moment, and said to himself: "This private matter is not my Song Nan's private matter, let alone the princess's private matter, but about your father-in-law's private matter." ”

Ma Yongcheng's face changed drastically, and he exclaimed: "About our family's private affairs? Lord Song, our family is in charge of the inner transport warehouse, but the accounts are clear, you Jinyiwei can't frame our family at will, our family is not greedy for money and things in the inner treasury, and please Lord Song to investigate. ”

Song Nan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Father-in-law Ma, where do you want to go, I'm not here to check whether your father-in-law Ma is greedy for the goods in the ink, although since the case of Wang Yue Fan Heng and Xu Zhi embezzling ink and silver, the emperor has indeed clearly asked me to keep an eye on the accounts in and out of the inner treasury, but you Gonggong Ma is sitting in the inner transport warehouse, how can I not believe in your character?" Anyway, we used to be old acquaintances around the prince, and we can be regarded as some friendships. ”

A stone fell to the ground in Ma Yongcheng's heart, and there was a slight sweat on his head, the accounts of the inner carrier warehouse are not as innocent as water, since Liu Jin took charge of the inner court, there are not a few large sums of money, and every expense means that there is a lot of greasy inside, although a lot of hands and feet have been deliberately done to cover up, but if someone has a heart to check, it is not difficult to find out the loopholes.

"Lord Song, don't scare our family, our family is an honest person, but I can't stand your fright." Ma Yongcheng said with a smile.

Song Nan said: "Accuse and accuse, I didn't make it clear, I specially asked the princess to show it, borrowed the princess's Shouning Palace East Warm Pavilion, and let the princess invite Ma Gonggong to come to talk about things, this matter is not small, Ma Gonggong please be mentally prepared." ”

Ma Yongcheng muttered in his heart, it turned out that Song Nan was deliberately seeing himself here, and the princess didn't need any bamboo luan at all, just an excuse to call herself over; Such a mysterious move was also said to be a private matter related to himself, Ma Yongcheng couldn't help but get nervous again.

"Lord Song, but I don't know what it is?"

Song Nan said: "There are some rumors in the palace today, I don't know if my father-in-law has heard of it?" ”

Of course, Ma Yongcheng knew what Song Nan was referring to, but he pretended not to know: "What rumors?" We don't like to join in the fun, but we haven't heard any rumors. ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Father-in-law Ma is a sincere person, no matter how he speaks, he is not sincere, I cherish and value to see Father-in-law Ma, is Father-in-law Ma unable to support me when I am full?" ”

Ma Yongcheng thought for a while and said: "Since the rumors outside are rumors, what is enough to believe, and these things are not under our family's control, even if our family hears it, it should be a deaf ear." ”

Song Nan said: "Father-in-law Ma, if the rumors are true, don't you have any ideas in your heart?" If Qian Ning was really appointed by the emperor as the governor of a certain factory, what do you think? ”

Ma Yongcheng said with a smile: "Those who can work hard, and they are in power, what can our family think about, our family only needs to do what we do." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "Don't say it sincerely, Gonggong Ma, now you know the shape of the inner court better than me, although I am outside, I have also heard of it; Liu Gonggong promoted many newcomers, including this Qian Ning; I don't break the intention, as an old man next to Gonggong Liu, you should know what I'm talking about. ”

Ma Yongcheng said: "Lord Song, although you and I are not friends, we are not passers-by who are ignorant of each other; The matter between you and Father-in-law Liu, everyone knows it; Our family will never be involved in anything between you; If you want to use words to win me over and do something unfavorable to Father-in-law Liu, then you are in vain, and our family doesn't like to listen to these words. ”

Song Nan looked sideways at Ma Yongcheng and said: "Grandpa Ma is a generous statement, but there is no need to be excited, I am not trying to win you over, it is precisely because you and I are acquaintances that I came to you to say this, doesn't Grandpa Ma feel that he can no longer protect himself?" ”

Ma Yongcheng said coldly: "Our family is just doing our best to do our best and be loyal to the emperor, how can we protect ourselves?" Lord Song doesn't need to be alarmist. ”

Song Nan sighed: "Grandpa Ma, you just don't want to face reality; Your father-in-law Ma is loyal to Liu Jin, but what did you get? Although the inner carrier warehouse is poor, I dare to say that your behavior is completely deserved by Liu Jin, and even Gao Fenggu Dayong and others dare not listen to it. This time, there is a new factory in the inner court, haven't you thought about fighting for this position? You can't deny it, I know what you think in your heart, you just feel that you have no chance of winning, so you give up the idea of fighting. Just as you yourself asked to be the chief eunuch of this waste-like inner transport depot; To be honest, your actions may seem wise, but you are very wrong when you think that you can win Liu Jin's trust and pray that he will give you benefits by showing kindness. ”

Ma Yongcheng's heart was agitated, Song Nan was like a roundworm drilled in his stomach, he saw his psychology clearly, this time there were two new power institutions in the inner court, why didn't he want Liu Jin to think of himself, so far, the candidate has not been determined, when he knew that Qian Ning grabbed one of them, Ma Yongcheng was both disappointed and angry, he also thought that Liu Jin did it on purpose.

"Father-in-law Ma, you are very wrong, Liu Jin's intention to promote the newcomer is to complete the replacement of you old people sooner or later, given time, let alone promotion, even you, the eunuch of the head of the internal transport warehouse, may not be able to keep it, I see that you go to Shangshan Supervisor or Shangyi Supervisor to be the chief eunuch, and there is no dispute with the world."

"Lord Song, why do you insult me? You don't have to worry about my business. Ma Yongcheng said angrily.

Song Nan smiled and said: "It seems that Gonggong Ma is still a little bloody, and he also knows that this is an insult, if it is one of the Eight Tigers who came out of the prince's side together, and the Eight Tiger Eunuchs who can't be defeated by the outer court are reduced to the stewards and eunuchs of the Shangyi Eunuch who have nothing to do, it will really be laughing off his big teeth." ”

Ma Yongcheng got up and said, "Lord Song, our family doesn't have time to listen to you idle here, so I'm leaving." ”

Song Nan sneered: "Do you still know how to be angry? Let's tell you the truth, Liu Jin didn't give you half a chance at all, before that, he had already decided on a candidate, but it was not your father-in-law, but Gao Feng and Gu Dayong, it can be seen that you are nothing in Liu Jin's mind. This time Qian Ning's matter is also true, yesterday the emperor personally promised Qian Ning to take the position of factory supervisor, and the newcomers such as Qian Ning cultivated by Liu Jin gave Liu Jin a surprise, and even Qian Ning, who was promoted by himself, couldn't suppress it, and Liu Gonggong was also a talent. ”

Ma Yongcheng said in horror: "How do you know these things? ”

Song Nan sneered: "How do I know that you don't have to worry about it, you still have to worry about yourself; You are still stupidly waiting for others to give alms, but you don't know that the head you are fighting for me is already bleeding outside; It won't be long before you can't keep this fat shortage, Qian Ning is stable, what about Liu Zhong? What about Zhang Rui? These two are eunuchs in the inner court, maybe one day, they will follow Qian Ning's example and plead in front of the emperor, and the emperor may be happy to give him your position as the head of the inner transport library, you and I both know that this is not impossible, in the inner court today, who is more pleasing to the emperor than the head of the leopard house? ”

Ma Yongcheng shook his head and muttered: "No, no, how can Gonggong Liu not interfere." ”

Song Nan sneered: "Interference? Qian Ning is an example, I want to see how Liu Jin can get the emperor to take back his fate, I can pack the ticket, Qian Ning's appointment is a foregone conclusion; According to this, it is foreseeable that when Liu Zhong and Zhang Rui exert their strength in the future, Liu Jin is still powerless, which is called lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot. ”

Beads of sweat rolled out of Ma Yongcheng's forehead, and he knew in his heart that what Song Nan said was not completely alarmist, maybe Liu Jin would retaliate against Qian Ning's actions, but how to stop Qian Ning from reaching out and taking a piece of gold from the pocket of the Eight Tigers.