Jin Yiwei's secret investigation of Sun Jin, the eunuch of the head of Shangyi Prison, quickly had results, and it was Wan Zhi who was in charge of this investigation, relying on the convenience of being on duty in the palace, Wan Zhi spent half a day to check Sun Jin roughly, but it was only an approximation.

Judging from his resume, he has hardly quarreled with people in the palace for decades, and he is not like most eunuchs like most eunuchs who like to use their power to make money.

Sun Jin took the monthly allowance of six taels a month, lived in a small house near the Shangyi Prison, did not drink, did not gamble, and did not play those vegetable household matching, he guarded his Shangyi Supervisor as his duty, quietly and carefully doing the errands, there was nothing to mention. ”

Above the Jinyiwei lobby, Wan Zhi reported to Song Nanyu.

Song Nan frowned, this Shangyi Supervisor was originally an unnoticeable yamen, and there was a leader like Sun Jin, who was so bland that no one was interested in mentioning it, if it weren't for this action, he wouldn't have remembered that there was a Shangyi Supervisor in the palace at all.

"Why doesn't this guy die? What's the point of being alive like this? Looking at the information from the investigation, Hou Dabiao broke everyone's minds with one word, this person seems to have no desires and desires, and life is really boring.

"Yes, what our Jinyiwei is most afraid of is this kind of person, it seems that there is no loophole to drill, and there is no way to catch him." Wan Zhi frowned.

Song Nan shook his head and said nothing, there may really be such a person in the world, but it is impossible for this kind of person to be a eunuch in the palace, and there may be such a person in the Taoist temple in the deep mountains and old forests.

The size of Shangyi Prison is also one of the small yamen in the inner court, isn't there only twenty-four yamen in the palace? Aren't there only twenty-four chief eunuchs? There are nearly 3,000 eunuchs in the palace, and I don't know how many have the ability and ability, why can this Sun Jin sit firmly in the position of the chief eunuch of Shangyi Prison alone? If he was promoted by Liu Jin, it would be understandable, but the problem was that he was promoted by Xiao Jing, who had only served as the master of ceremonies for a few months, and it was a little strange that he could occupy the position of the head of the first government in the inner court of Liu Jin's commander.

"Check again, there must be a reason for it, I don't believe that there is a saint in the palace." Song Nan said: "Wan Zhi, order his brothers to keep an eye on him for twelve hours, record all the actions of this person in a day, even if he eats and sleeps and goes to the thatched house, he must write it down and report it to me." ”

Wan Zhi hurriedly said: "I'm already doing it, it's just that it's not convenient for my people in the palace to act, and it's easy for people to notice, so I'll think of a way to do it." ”

Song Nan understands the difficulty of acting in the palace, this is not like outside the palace, where a brocade-clothed guard can watch someone in front of someone's house for a day or two by dressing up in disguise to set up a fruit stall or a chauffeur pulling a cart, which is not so convenient in the palace.

Song Nan bit his lower lip and paused, and suddenly said: "That's it, in order not to startle the snake, you have withdrawn the staff for the time being, and I will handle this matter myself." ”

Wan Zhi was a little embarrassed, but Jinyiwei also had places that could not be touched by his tentacles, and there was one in the palace, although he could take the risk to check, but the risk was always not small.

"How do you find out? Do you want to send people to the adults to dispatch? ”

"I have my own way, you don't care, just keep an eye on the movements of Liu Jin and the Dongchang fans." Song Nan smiled.

In the afternoon, Song Nan quietly left the yamen and entered the palace, the road in the palace he was already familiar with, he took a slightly secluded route, and soon came to the outside of Shouning Palace; The Shouning Palace was quiet, the afternoon sun was warm, and four or five palace maids leaned against the wall of the corridor and dozed off with their heads; Song Nan didn't want to alarm them, so he walked into the courtyard and walked through the corridor to the warm pavilion at the back.

Stepping down the corridor, several palace maids in the corridor of the Warm Pavilion found Song Nan, and the palace maid led by it was Kangning's personal female official Cui Hongying.

"Lord Song! Is that you? Cui Hongying trotted forward.

Song Nan bowed and said, "Cui Shanggong is good, I saw that there was no one in the front yard, so I walked in directly, which was rude." ”

Cui Hongying hurriedly returned the salute: "Don't say it, it's just in time, the princess is losing her temper inside, help us persuade the princess." ”

Song Nan was stunned: "What's wrong?" ”

Cui Hongying sighed and said, "The slave can't say much, you know when you go in." ”

Song Nan felt a little sorry in his heart, thinking that it was probably because he hadn't come to see Kangning for more than ten days after returning to Beijing, and if it was because of this, he would have nothing to say.

"Please let me know." Song Nan arched his hand.

Cui Hongying hurriedly turned around and took Song Nan to the warm pavilion, lifted the curtain and shouted inside, "Princess, someone has come to see you." ”

"Get out, tell them to get out, Bengong doesn't want to see anyone, who dares to persuade Bengong again, order someone to beat it out with a stick." Corning's exasperated voice came from within.

Cui Hongying looked at Song Nan and smiled bitterly, her eyes were full of helplessness; Song Nan gestured to Cui Hongying to get out of the way, took over the curtain and stepped in, through the outer pavilion to open the hanging pearl curtain and enter the inner room, Kang Ning's slender figure sat in front of the plum blossom window, looking out of the window with his hands on his cheeks, and his delicate silhouette was pitiful.

Hearing the movement behind him, Kang Ning turned his head suddenly, and his apricot eyes widened and shouted, "Didn't you understand what Bengong said?" Hey? How...... It's you? ”

Song Nan smiled and opened his arms and said, "Who do you think it is?" ”

The expression on Kang Ning's face changed from shock to surprise, he got up and jumped up, a gust of fragrant wind slammed into Song Nan's arms; Song Nan hugged him, leaned over and kissed, Kang Ning said goodbye, and the two kissed together without saying a word.

After parting his lips, Kang Ning's cheeks were red, and his face was full of happiness, but he suddenly raised his fist and slammed it towards Song Nan's chest, and shouted: "You ruthless and short-lived, you won't come to see me for more than ten days when you return to Beijing, I will kill you, I will kill you." ”

Song Nan smiled and picked her up, came to the chair in front of the window and sat down, hugged Kang Ning on his lap and said, "My fault, let the princess deal with it." I want to come to you every day, but I can't. ”

"Phew, are you that busy? I know that you enter the palace every day, is it difficult to come to me with a bend? ”

Song Nan held up her chin, looked at Kang Ning's pretended to be angry and said, "It's not a matter of being busy, but for other reasons, I'll tell you the reason later, let me take a closer look first, my little baby is more beautiful again." ”

Kang Ning said angrily: "It's not the same as before, but it will be obedient and coaxing; You, on the other hand, have lost some weight, and lo and behold, you have a beard on your mouth. ”

Kang Ning reached out and groped for Song Nan's cheek, his eyes full of pity.

"After listening to what happened to you in Ningxia Town, you almost didn't scare me to death, why are you working so hard? You are also an important minister of the court now, can you afford to take such a big risk? ”

Song Nanzi'er kissed Kang Ning's red lips and said, "Don't say this, do you still like the jewelry I ordered someone to give you?" ”

Kang Ning glanced at Song Nan and said, "You don't take people seriously." ”

Song Nan noticed that a turquoise gold-inlaid jade and Tilian hosta was obliquely inserted on Kangning's cloud sideburns, which was the precious hosta he sent, although it was borrowed from the treasure found in the Anhua Palace, but this hairpin was indeed a peerless treasure, and it was said that it was given to Princess Qingjing by Taizu when he gave it to Princess Qingjing. Song Nan was not entirely because of its preciousness, but seeing that this hosta was the shape of Di Lian, he gave it to Kang Ning just to express his love.

"Do you like it?" Song Nan asked as he bit Kang Ning's white earlobe.

"I like it." Corning nodded, and his expression slowly darkened.

Song Nan said: "Cui Shanggong said that you were in a bad mood and lost your temper, is it because I didn't come to see you?" I do have a last resort, can I explain it to you? ”

The smile on Kangning's face receded, and he said with a layer of sadness: "It's not because you didn't come to see me, I know you have a reason, I'm angry because of another thing." ”

Song Nan said: "What makes you angry, a naïve person? ”

Kang Ning looked up at Song Nan, his big eyes were full of sorrow, and he said in a low voice: "You naturally don't know the reason, Queen Mother...... Queen Mother, she's going to choose a horse for me......"

"What?" Song Nan was startled, but soon understood that Kang Ning was nineteen years old, and in the Ming Dynasty, women had to choose a mate to marry at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and those who were not married at the age of eighteen or nineteen were already rare. Kang Ning is in the royal family and there is no exception, Kang Ning should have chosen a horse to marry, but Kang Ning has always disagreed, Zhengde and Kang Ning are very affectionate, naturally they will not urge her, but Empress Dowager Zhang can not sit idly by, since last year, she has frequently persuaded Kang Ning to choose a son-in-law, and finally became angry after being rejected by Kang Ning. Corning was angry and angry, and that's why he was angry.

"The queen mother said that the emperor is going to get married this year, and I want to choose a horse, and these two things must be done. I am a year older than the emperor, and I have to choose a horse to marry before the emperor. I used to be able to prevaricate at a young age, but now that I'm nineteen, I can't take that reason anymore. Although the Queen Mother loves me, this time I know that she is serious. Song Nan, what should I do? What do you say I should do? ”

Song Nan was speechless, he didn't think about it, but subconsciously he always didn't want to think about it, two years passed in a flash, and he finally had to face this problem.

"I see, there's really no good reason to prevaricate, what do you think in your heart, if you can't wait, I won't blame you." Song Nan sighed lightly.

Kangning burst into tears and shook his head, "How can you talk like that?" I have you alone in my heart, so if you want to break your promise? Remember the promise you made to me? I know that you are now rising in official positions and titles, and you have a happy wife and concubine at home, so you must not want to drag me as a burden, and I don't blame you for thinking so. ”

Song Nan quietly hugged Kang Ning and said: "Don't say these words that hurt my heart, the things I promised will naturally not change, but I need time, why do you want me to work so hard?" That is to fulfill the promise to you must work hard, when one day I can marry you openly and openly, do you understand? ”

Kang Ning nodded with tears in his eyes, hugging Song Nan tightly, tears wetting the clothes on Song Nan's chest.

"I'll wait, I'm not afraid to wait. But what about the things now? The Queen Mother pressed tightly. ”

Song Nan was silent for a long time, and said softly: "Don't worry, no one can be your concubine, if I can't even settle these things, I can resign and go back to farming." ”