After Zong Liang sent An Zi away, he went in to report to his godfather.

"Go away?" Huikang had just been scolded by several of his brothers. When he saw Zongliang coming back, he still had a gloomy face and was in a bad mood.

Zong Liang nodded.

Thinking of what Anzi had just said, he stepped forward again, bent down, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Godfather, your son has something to tell you."

When Huikang heard this, he narrowed his eyes slightly.

Zongliang is different from Anzi.

Among so many godsons, Zong Liang can be said to be the most cautious one.

Could it be that something really happened to An Zi?

He pondered for a moment.

Before he could say anything, a voice was heard in the hall.

"Hey, you two, father and son, what are you whispering about?" The one who spoke was Shengxing, who, like Huikang, was also a eunuch in charge of writing.

He is the youngest among the five eunuchs in charge of writing.

He was the one who spoke just now.

The five of them were all eunuchs in charge of writing, and all of them were Song He's godsons. They looked like a close family, but they fought a lot in private.

Shengxing is the youngest, the most erratic, and the one who likes to cause trouble the most.

Knowing that Huikang has been highly valued by his godfather recently, he has been involved in several important matters. Even the eunuch sent to the Zhejiang Weaving Bureau this time is Huikang's godson.

The task originally fell on his side.

He had already sent people to deliver the person, but he didn't expect that his godson would make a mistake and be beaten with a stick in the court.

Who knows who is behind the complaint.

Anyway, he has been targeted a lot recently because of this.

"What does our conversation between father and son have to do with you?" Huikang said sarcastically to Shengxing with a cold face.

"Or have you lost a few sons, so you can't stand seeing other people's sons being filial to you?"

"you--"

When Shengxing heard this, his face changed immediately.

He stood up and pretended to throw away the pen in his hand and get angry with the person.

But before he could make any move, the oldest and most powerful eunuch in charge, Fu'an, said with a sullen face, "How old are you? You're still making trouble in front of the younger generation!"

"You guys can't bear to see your godfather relax so you want to find something for him to do, right?"

Fuan had a sullen face and his voice was intimidating without him being angry.

After he spoke, neither Huikang nor Shengxing dared to speak anymore. They quickly shut their mouths and kept silent.

Fuan first glanced at Zongliang and Huikang, father and son.

Silent.

When Chao Shengxing looked over, he said, "Remember your identity and what you have in your hand. If I hadn't stopped you just now, would you have wanted to throw away this gift from the emperor?"

Shengxing was so angry just now that he completely forgot about everything else.

When Fu An mentioned this, his expression changed immediately. His eyes widened and trembled, his lips turned pale as he stammered, "Brother, I..."

Fuan waved his hand, too lazy to listen to him.

He just said to everyone in the room, "My godfather has been feeling unwell recently, so I've let this matter go. You guys should stop causing trouble."

"Also, you all need to keep your mouth shut about An Zi's visit."

"Concubine Sun is the prince's person after all."

"The prince despises eunuchs like us the most. If this matter gets out, godfather may not be in trouble, but we will definitely suffer."

This is what it means not to make a big deal.

The others naturally stood up and responded yes, as they also knew the limits of this.

After that, Fu'an raised his hand and continued to look down at the memorial in his hand.

The others also sat back down.

Huikang didn't sit down, and said to Fuan: "Brother."

Fuan knew what he was going to do, so he didn't even raise his head and just waved at him.

Huikang bowed to everyone and then took Zongliang away.

"Brother, look at him!" Shengxing still felt unhappy as he watched Huikang leave.

She wanted to say something, but was looked at by Fuan.

Immediately, he didn't dare to speak anymore. Although he was full of resentment, Shengxing still bit his lip and sat back down.

"what happened?"

When they reached a deserted place, Huikang frowned and asked Zongliang.

Zong Liang walked forward and whispered something to Huikang.

Huikang opened his eyes wide.

Some things are secrets outside the Silijian, but there are no secrets inside the Silijian.

For example, the prince's concubine Sun Qi is the goddaughter of the eunuch Song He who holds the seal.

This was not a secret at all in their Silijian, but no one would spread the news outside.

Although the world belongs to Emperor Zhenguang and the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace.

But in the Forbidden City, if Song He really wanted to hide some news, it would not be easy for people outside to know it.

Unless Song He himself is willing to leak this news.

But there are some secrets that not even people in the Imperial Household Department know.

Take Li Chang for example.

In fact, Zong Liang and Hui Kang didn't know the specific situation.

But one year when Huikang was talking to Song He about Li Chang, he heard him mention it once and he remembered it in his heart.

It was also at that time that Huikang found out.

Their godfather seemed to have no desires or requests. Sometimes he would listen to the immortal's preaching with the emperor, as if he was asking for advice from the immortal.

In fact, he even wants to interfere in the selection of the next emperor.

Also.

How could a person who truly has no desires and no demands have so many godsons and goddaughters?

"Is that all he said? Does Concubine Sun know who is behind Li Chang?" Huikang asked.

Zong Liang shook his head and said softly, "That's all."

Huikang was silent for a while, then whispered, "I have to tell my godfather."

"Tell Anzi to keep this secret and don't say anything. You too, except me and godfather, no one else is allowed to leak the news." When he said this, he glanced at the other people in the hall.

Zong Liang naturally knew the seriousness of the matter. He lowered his head and said, "Don't worry, godfather. When An Zi left, I already gave instructions."

Huikang patted his shoulder and nodded.

"Go back to work first."

Huikang said, and walked forward.

Shengxing saw him come back. After Fu'an's previous look, he didn't dare to speak nonsense now, but his face was still sarcastic. When he saw Huikang sitting down, he snorted coldly.

Huikang ignored him.

It was almost dark when we heard movement from inside.

The group of people were starving, but they didn't dare to leave for dinner. They could only have snacks with tea.

Xiao Xiangzi, who served Song He personally, came out at this time.

Although the five eunuchs were older than him and had much higher status than him, they became very polite when they saw him come out.

Fuan stood up and asked, "Godfather is up?"

Today's memorials have been reviewed, and there are still a few that are waiting for the elders inside to make a decision.

Seeing their attitude, Xiao Xiangzi did not become arrogant because of his favor.

Hearing this question, he politely replied: "I just woke up, I have a headache, I need a cigarette."

As soon as he said this.

Naturally, there are special people who go and get special smoking tools.

Song He smoked a water pipe, which was called Qingtiao in the palace. It was very valuable and was specially given to him by Emperor Zhenguang to relieve his pain.

No outsiders were allowed to serve me.

Fuan took his things and followed Xiao Xiangzi in.

The other four followed behind them.

Song He was wearing a purple robe, with his hair full of silver hair, lying on the chaise longue.

He was suffering from a severe headache.

He put his hand on his long, dark, furrowed eyebrows, his eyes half closed, and saw a group of people coming in, but he didn't say a word.

While Xiangzi and Fu'an were serving him, he took a few puffs of his cigarette.

The smoke from the water rises into the air.

Song He then said, "Have you finished reading all the memorials?"

At times like this, Xiao Xiangzi didn't need to say anything. He continued to kneel and serve people while they smoked. Fu'an held a cup of tea and half sat on the footstool.

"I have read them all. There are a few questions that require your decision. The rest have been sorted out. You can come back and take a look."

Song He said calmly: "Bring it here."

Fu'an waved his hand hurriedly, and the second son Lu Hai immediately stepped forward and handed over the memorial with a bent waist.

Song He took it and looked at it, with no change on his expression.

He waited until he had finished reading it all before he spoke.

Several people, led by Fuan, lowered their heads and listened to his words.

Song He started coughing after he finished speaking.

Fuan hurriedly handed over the tea.

When Song He's cough eased, Fu'an patted his back and advised, "You are not in good health. If the emperor calls you again in the future, you'd better not go. Anyway, the emperor loves you."

Song He glanced at him calmly: "Master treats us as human beings, but we can't really forget the rules."

Fuan's face turned pale when he heard this, and he lowered his head and said, "It's my son who is unruly."

Song He didn't say anything, he just used his pipe to brush his arm away, and then said: "You are the most filial, I know, but filial piety must be used in a certain way."

After a simple sentence.

Song He asked them, "Anything else?"

The others all shook their heads. Even Shengxing, who loved to stir up trouble the most, was very well behaved at this moment and didn't dare to say a word.

Only Huikang lowered his head and said, "Godfather, I have something to tell you."

Song He looked at him and nodded.

"You guys go eat first." These words were said to Fu'an and the other three.

The four of them immediately agreed.

Wait for them to retreat.

Song He waved his hand and asked Xiao Xiangzi to leave.

Before he finished smoking the hookah, Huikang walked over, knelt down, and took over Xiao Xiangzi's previous job.

Outside, Sheng Xing was still complaining: "I don't know what news came from the East Palace. He is keeping it a secret."

"That's fine with us, but he actually hid it from you, big brother. How rude!"

How could Fu An not know about such straightforward words of sowing discord? He just glanced at him and said coldly: "Everyone should do their own thing, don't think about other people's things all day long."

After saying that, he went out first, and the other two followed quickly.

Sheng Xing, who stayed behind, looked at them leaving, his face turning red and white, looking like he was neither here nor there.

"Tell me, what news did Sun send over?"

Inside, Song He took a few more puffs of the hookah before speaking to Hui Kang.

Huikang was shocked when he heard this.

He didn't expect that his godfather had already guessed it.

Not daring to show it on his face, let alone hide it, Huikang answered truthfully.

Song He, who had originally looked calm, finally raised his eyebrows after listening to Huikang's words.

"He knows?" Song He was a little surprised.

Huikang didn't dare to ask.

It was not until he heard his godfather ask, "Is that all you know?" that he dared to answer, "That's all An Zi reported. I don't think the concubine dared to hide anything."

Song He hummed.

"Do you know who Li Chang belongs to?" he asked Huikang.

Huikang still buried his head: "How can a fool like my son guess it?"

Song He smiled and said, "You can guess."

Huikang did not refuse, but just said modestly: "Then I will make a bold guess."

"Of course it's impossible for the Fifth Prince. He and the Crown Prince have a deep brotherly relationship. Besides, the Fifth Prince's personality makes him incapable of doing this. As for the Third Prince... he and the Crown Prince have always been at odds. If he really had Li Zhanshi as a pawn, he would have overthrown the Crown Prince long ago."

Then there is only one candidate.

Thinking of that person, even Huikang was slightly surprised.

He suddenly raised his head, looked at the person on the couch, and asked in surprise: "Fourth Prince?"

Song He lowered his eyes to look at him, but didn't say anything directly. He just looked at Hui Kang and said, "You are smarter than the boss."

Huikang didn't know what this meant.

But he immediately lowered his head and replied: "No matter how smart my son is, he is still the string in your hand and the dog at your feet. He needs his master to lead him to know where to go."

Song He suddenly laughed twice.

He is really good-looking, and even with his silver hair, he can't hide his appearance. I don't know if it's because he was born with a pair of fox eyes, or if he lost his masculine stuff early on, but he looks a bit seductive.

He tapped Huikang's head gently with his pipe.

"Tell your godson to reply to Sun, and I will send someone to take good care of her son."

This is to protect the Sun family and the emperor's eldest grandson.

Huikang quickly agreed.

"What about the Fourth Prince..." he asked hesitantly.

Song He took the pipe and took another puff of the water pipe. After a long while, he slowly said in the curling smoke: "He should know what he should know, but there is no rush."

“Giving timely assistance and adding icing on the cake, only when you strike the right balance, can people remember you.”

"Our fourth prince is just like his mother, he is very proud. Only when his bones are broken will he know who he should bow to."

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