Chapter 648 Night Hajj

At the end of March, it is already the peak of spring. The big trees on both sides of the streets of the capital have luxuriant branches and leaves, with a strong smell of spring in the air, fragrant and refreshing.

The night market in the capital will continue until midnight. There are still many pedestrians on both sides of the main street. The chaotic noodles on both sides of the street are full of a hot aroma. There is still laughter in front of the brothels with red lights. The young men and ruffians are idle and ruffians come out day and night. At this moment, they are proud of themselves. When.

Song Nan turned a deaf ear and urged the horses to run all the way. Thinking about how to have a showdown with Zhengde after entering the palace, she had no good idea for a moment, but Song Nan did not feel desperate. When she sang and made rapid progress, the sudden incident certainly made her a little confused, but for many years of fighting The pace of struggle can never stop because of this matter. If you naively let yourself completely collapse in this era because of this matter, it can only be said to be God's will.

After entering the palace, Song Nan went straight to Qianqing Palace. Generally speaking, Zhengde would not accompany the queen in Cining Palace, but would sleep in Qianqing Palace. Accompany him must be several women who were selected from the leopard room and canonized as nobles. Compared with the queen, Zhengde obviously liked them more.

Sure enough, the lights in the Qianqing Palace are still brilliant. In the past three watch days, it is still melodious silk bamboo. This is Zhengde's always style. Every night, it sings night, and the morning is full of the sky.

"Huh? Marquis Song, why did you come to the palace so late? A deacon eunuch who dozed off at the gate of the palace asked in surprise when he saw Song Nan coming in a hurry.

Song Nan said, "I'm here to see the emperor."

The eunuch laughed and said, "What's the matter tonight? As soon as Yang Shoufu left, the Marquis Song arrived.

Song Nan said, "Yang Shoufu just left? What did he do at this late hour?

"Look at what the marquis said, didn't you come so late? We will inform you." The eunuch turned around and walked in with a smile. Song Nan did not stop and followed him to the apse. Outside a warm pavilion in the apse, the eunuch bowed and said a few words to a eunuch guarding outside the warm pavilion, and the eunuch hurriedly greeted him to salute.

"Marquis Song is here. I'll give you my peace."

Song Nan was relieved. The eunuch was promoted by Zhang Yong's emperor's personal servant named An Shun. Since he was still there, it showed that everything was nothing strange.

"Eunuch An, please inform the emperor that I have something important to do." Song Nan also saluted.

An Shun answered and turned into the warm pavilion. Soon after, he heard the sound of silk bamboo in it stop, and Zhengde's voice came faintly: "What is he doing? Tell him that I'm tired and I'm going to rest.

Song Nan frowned and stepped into the door. A eunuch quickly pulled Song Nan's sleeve. Song Nan raised her hand and gave a slap in the face to a eunuch. Before the eunuch could react, Song Nan had already entered the warm pavilion.

"You deserve it. If you dare to block the way of the Marquis Song, Grandpa Zhang is polite to the Marquis. You are a newcomer who dares to pull people. You deserve it!" Another eunuch covered his mouth and gloated, and the eunuch who was slapped almost turned his face with shame.

After Song Nan turned the screen, his eyes were bright, and there was a smell of warm and greasy powder on his nose. Zhengde was sitting crooked on a large futon, surrounded by several enchanting women. The case in front of him was full of wine and food was in a mess. More than a dozen dancers stood there without moving.

"Impress Song Nan to see the emperor." Song Nan spoke loudly and saluted.

Zhengde was stunned for a moment, and stood up in his untidy clothes and said, "Why did you come to see me so late?"

Song Nan glanced at several enchanting women beside him and said quietly, "Eunuch An, take these people out. I will discuss important matters with the emperor."

An Shun looked at Zhengde for advice. Zhengde waved his hand and said, "Go down, all down."

An Shun waved his hand, and a concubine danced as a bird and beast dispersed. Song Nan pointed to the wine channel on the case: "These are also cleaned up and take a small charcoal stove and a small pot in."

An Shun was puzzled, but he still did so. Zhengde was stunned and said, "Song Nan, are you...?"

Song Nan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please sit down. I have brought you good things."

After saying that, Song Nan took out a bag of oil paper from his arms and slowly opened it on the table. A golden roast duck appeared on the table. Song Nan shook his wrist and a bright dagger appeared in his hand. Zhengde subconsciously shrank and said, "Is this... roast duck?"

Song Nan rolled up his sleeves and smiled, "Yes, Song Ji Yipin Duck, do you still remember what happened six years ago?"

Zhengde relaxed and smiled, "Why don't you remember that Zhang Yong and Liu Jin went to eat Yipin Duck on your fork Street. When they were followed by Dongchang Fanzi, I was almost knocked out by them."

Song Nan nodded as she started to pick the duck meat and said, "Your Majesty has a good memory and remember it clearly."

Zhengde smiled and said, "Can you remember that? That day was very exciting and fun. In order for me not to be broken, you fought with the fans of Dongchang. Later, you were poisoned and almost died because of that incident.

Song Nan said, "It's not worth mentioning."

Zhengde slowly sat on the chair behind the case and sighed, "I remember all these things. Six years have passed in a flash. Time flies. I was still the prince at that time, and I haven't eaten roast duck for a long time."

Song Nan said, "Today, I specially came to the palace to send roast duck to the emperor. I remember that every time I entered the Wenhua Hall in the East Palace, the emperor's first sentence was to ask: Did you bring the roast duck? Does the emperor remember?"

Zhengde laughed and said, "I told you to laugh at me, but at that time, I really felt that roast duck was delicious in the world, especially your Song Ji's first-class duck."

Song Nan smiled and said no, picked up the golden duck meat piece by piece, wrapped it with vegetarian sauce, baked it slightly on the stove, and put it on the plate in front of Zhengde. Zhengde smelled the smell and suddenly had an appetite. He grabbed one and stuffed it in his mouth, chewed it twice and closed his eyes.

"Is it delicious?" Song Nandao.

"Delicious, delicious and tight, I just feel that something is missing. But it's still the same delicious. Zhengde opened his eyes and smiled.

Song Nan silently made a duck meat bag, chopped the extracted skeleton, cooked the green onion, garlic and ginger in the pot, added water and boiled it until it was milky white. She put a bowl in front of Zhengde and said, "When I first saw the emperor that day, the emperor ate the duck meat buns and duck rack soup that I personally made for you. Now six years have passed. Many things have been man-made; in those years, the emperor was the prince, and now he is the lord of the world; Liu Jin was still a personal servant beside the emperor, but now he has died in the market; in those years, he was still a deputy thousand households in Zhengnanfang, but now he is the marquis of the Ming Dynasty, leading several important government.

Zhengde sat still and said in a daze, "Yes, time is like running water, and things are wrong."

Song Nan smiled and said, "Just now, the emperor said that there is always something missing when eating duck meat buns. I think the most important seasoning is the mood; the same recipe, the same raw materials, the people who make them and eat them are the same, and they become just people's hearts."

Zhengde nodded silently and said, "It seems to make sense. It seems that it's because of the change of mood."

Song Nan said, "I came to the palace tonight and specially made this duck meat bun and duck rack soup for the emperor to eat. Does the emperor know why?"

Zhengde woke up from his memory and looked at Song Nan and said, "For what?"

Song Nan slowly wiped his hands, put down his sleeves, and said quietly, "This is a beginning and an end. I, Song Nan, never do things like a tiger and a snake and a tail. At that time, I and the emperor were destined to be a king and a minister because of a roast duck. Now that this fate is over, I naturally have to complete this last meal. After eating this roast duck, please forgive me. After that, I can't serve you anymore."

Zhengde was shocked and said, "Where did this... come from?"

Song Nan smiled and said, "The emperor doesn't have to hide me. I have committed a royal taboo. The emperor and the empress dowager may have hated the minister. I will plead guilty tonight. I am loyal to the emperor, but these can't make up for my mistakes, so I will be left to the emperor to deal with tonight."

Zhengde opened his mouth in astonishment, sat down slowly for a long time, and said in a hoarse voice, "You... How can you disrespect your imperial sister? I know that the royal sister likes you, but you can't be so confused? How do I know yourself about you? How can I trust you and rely on you? Where do you put your royal face?

Song Nan lowered his head and said, the more angry Zhengde said, "When I heard this at the first time, I wanted to arrest you and kill you all over the house. Although you saved my life and made a lot of contributions to the Ming Dynasty, can you do something wrong by this? Tell me what your heart is thinking. From the day you seduced the royal sister, don't you know that this is enough to destroy everything for you?

Song Nanjing said quietly, "Your Majesty, I did not seduce the princess. I can only describe it with four words between me and the princess. I didn't mean it, and the princess didn't mean it. We just couldn't help but fall in love with each other. If she hadn't been a princess, even if she was the daughter of a eunuch, I would have married her back home to give her a name. Unfortunately, she was a princess, and I was wrong to fall in love with a princess.

Zhengde gritted his teeth and said, "You still quibble. You didn't know the identity of the princess from the beginning."

Song Nan said, "I don't want to explain more about the reasons. In short, it was a big mistake. Please punish me. I have brought back all the seals of the foreign army, the Shenshu camp, and the Jinyiwei's own army command department to the emperor. The emperor will punish the crime. I will never have a half a word of complaint. But please, emperor. Stop this matter and tell the relevant people to shut up and don't ruin the princess's reputation.

Zhengde was slightly surprised and said, "Are you willing to give up?"

Song Nan said, "I had nothing. All this was given by the emperor, and now it's just to the emperor. If the emperor feels that it's not enough, more than 40 women and children's heads in Song's house are waiting for the emperor to cut it."

After a pause, Song Nan sighed softly, "The person at the roast duck shop on Fork Street has already left. Let me be the second one."