Fortunate Young Gentleman

After Su Mei left, Tang Ning sat alone in the study, sorting out his thoughts.

It was obvious that both Su Mei's master and the middle-aged woman he had captured from the State of Chu had some big plans.

From the fact that she left the second prince and ran away alone, Gongsun Ying's purpose for doing things for the grassland was not simple, and Tianranju had been operating in Beijing for many years and had close ties with many big figures in Beijing. Its hidden power was beyond imagination. The goal would not be to make Tianranju the number one catering brand in the State of Chen.

What exactly did this group of people want to do was a question that Tang Ning could not figure out.

He did not think about the things he could not figure out for the time being. Since he had already caught her, he would not let her go so easily. It would be a pity to give her a handle. If he directly handed her over to the court, they could do whatever they wanted to do with her.

He picked up the pen again, but did not write a manuscript, but began to write a memorial.

Someone from the palace came just now and asked him to report in detail what he encountered on this trip. A lot of things happened along the way. The princess was not sent away, the princess was not married back, the grassland people made trouble all the way, and the younger brother of Chu State turned over and became the elder brother... Such a big thing happened. Although it was not the fault of the delegation, there should be an explanation.

After writing the memorial, he walked out of the study and saw that the yard was quite lively.

Xiaoxiao was practicing martial arts. With the guidance of the old beggar, she made rapid progress. Tang Ning came back this time and found that she was much more cheerful than before. A large part of this was due to Fang Xinyue.

Lao Zheng's daughter Nannan stood next to Xiaoxiao and learned in a very realistic way.

Nannan is five years old this year. During the time when Lao Zheng and he went to Chu State, Xiaoru and Xiaoyi helped take care of her. During this time, Xiaoyi taught her to read and write, and the women at home dressed her up beautifully. After six months of not seeing her, she was no longer the snotty girl who followed Fang Xinyue around.

The butcher's daughter actually looked like a young lady from a young family.

The old beggar sat on a chair, watching Xiao Xiao practicing with satisfaction, and then looked at the little girl next to him. He turned his head and asked Zheng the butcher: "Butcher, is this your daughter? How can a rough guy like you give birth to such a pretty girl?"

Old Zheng squatted on the ground, took the old beggar's wine pot and drank a sip of wine, and said: "Nannan's mother is beautiful, she takes after her mother."

The old beggar looked at him, and it was hard to tell whether the expression on his face was surprise or envy. He curled his lips and said: "Such a beautiful girl, can you be attracted to you?"

Old Zheng was indifferent, shook his head, and did not answer.

Tang Ning came over, looked at Lao Zheng and asked: "What are your plans for the future? Will you take Nannan back to Lingzhou?"

"Nannan is already five years old. When she grows up, she can't kill pigs and sell meat with me." Lao Zheng looked at the small place where he practiced martial arts, wiped the wine on his stubble, and said: "I plan to stay in the capital and let her read some books. Girls should read more books and be well-educated, like Miss Zhong, so that they can marry a good family in the future."

He stood up, looked at Tang Ning, and said: "If you think it's okay, I will stay here and do some work of killing pigs and sheep on weekdays. You can pay me according to your own will."

Let a master like Lao Zheng kill pigs and sheep Sheep is really a waste of talent. Tang Ning waved his hand and said, "If you want, you can stay here for as long as you want. You don't have to do any work..."

"That won't work." Old Zheng shook his head and said, "If you don't work and just eat for free here, you don't even have any face left, right?"

The old beggar sneered and said, "You still know how to save face?"

After saying that, he was stunned for a moment, then jumped up, grabbed his collar and asked, "Butcher, what do you mean!"

The old beggar and Old Zheng had a quarrel. Tang Ning walked to the pavilion where Xiao Ru and Xiao Yi were. Not long after he sat down, he saw Fang Xinyue coming in from outside.

She was followed by Zhao Yuan, and a little girl was beside Zhao Yuan.

Tang Ning had seen this little girl once. She seemed to be the granddaughter of Prime Minister Wang's family, and was also the sister of the Wang family mentioned by Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan ran over and asked, "Sir, did you bring the rouge I asked you to bring?"

Tang Ning asked Qing'er to bring the wooden box over and handed it to Zhao Yuan. He opened it and looked at it, and immediately laughed.

He counted the rouge in the wooden box and murmured, "This is for my mother, this is for my sister Wang..."

The little girl named Wang standing next to him laughed.

"This is for my sister Zhang, this is for my sister Bai, this..." Zhao Yuan was still talking to himself, not noticing that the little girl next to him had pouted.

After he finished counting, he took out a box and handed it to the little girl. The little girl folded her arms, turned her head and said, "I don't want it."

"Why?" Zhao Yuan was stunned and asked, "Didn't you want it a long time ago?"

The little girl pouted and said, "Why do you want to give it to Sister Zhang and Sister Bai..."

Zhao Yuan touched his head and said, "Because I promised them..."

"Humph!" The little girl looked at him and said, "You can only choose one from us!"

"This..." Zhao Yuan showed hesitation on his face.

The little girl looked at him, stamped her feet, and ran away quickly.

"Hey, Sister Wang, don't run, wait for me, be careful not to fall..." Zhao Yuan hugged the box and hurriedly chased after him.

Zhong Yi watched him run away and shook his head and said, "Prince Run is still so young, he only knows how to make girls happy."

Su Ru also said with some amusement, "The little girl of the Wang family is angry, let's see how he chooses..."

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "He is just too young, children make choices, adults..."

Zhong Yi looked at him and asked, "What's wrong, sir?"

Su Ru also blinked and looked at him.

"Sir..." Tang Ning looked away and shook his head, saying, "Sirs won't ask like the little girl from the Wang family."

Although adults won't ask like that, they will also encounter the same problems that children encounter.

Tang Ning didn't eat much during lunch in the afternoon. He was thinking about how to tell them about Zhao Man and Li Tianlan.

At night, he usually wrote in the study. Xiao Yi would accompany him to read books, and Xiao Ru would stand by to help him grind ink or calculate the accounts of the store.

Tang Ning didn't write today and was a little absent-minded. After thinking for a long time, he looked at them and said, "I..., I have something to tell you."

Zhong Yi and Su Ru both raised their heads and looked at him.

Tang Ning thought for a moment and said, "Actually..."

Zhong Yi looked at him and asked, "Actually, the princess likes you, my husband?"

"..." Tang Ning was stunned, looked at them, and murmured, "You..."

"We already knew it." Zhong Yi looked at him and said, "Because the princess likes you, your husband has to go to Chu and bring her back safely."

She looked at Tang Ning again and asked, "Are you on the way..."

"No, no..." Tang Ning waved his hands and said, "We didn't do anything."

There was nothing wrong between him and Zhao Man. Bai, although she had kissed him forcefully before, he didn't even stick out his tongue that time, it was nothing...

Zhong Yi looked at him and said, "So my husband has accepted the princess."

Tang Ning was about to speak, but Zhong Yi continued, "Before my husband left, I already knew that the princess liked my husband. She is of noble status, and she has worked harder for my husband than I have...Since my husband has accepted the princess, it means that he has made up his mind. If I object, I would be a jealous woman."

She and Su Ru had discussed this matter during the day, and she was very calm at the moment.

Xiao Ru and Xiao Yi's reactions to this matter were much calmer and gentler than Tang Ning had imagined. He originally thought that he would have to sleep in the study for at least a month, but he didn't expect them to be so calm.

He coughed lightly, looked at them, and said, "Actually, there is one more thing..."

Zhong Yi looked at him and said in surprise, "What else?"

Tang Ning looked at her and asked, "Do you still remember Miss Li?"

...

Cool night.

Tang Ning sat alone in the yard, cold and hungry.

Facts have proved that when people make an inch of progress, they should never think about moving forward a foot. The consequence of taking an inch is that he will be sitting here alone in the middle of the night, starving.

The moonlight was bright, and a figure flew over from outside the wall, looked at him, and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Don't worry about it for now." Tang Ning looked at Tang Yaoyao and asked, "Do you have anything to eat?"

Tang Yaoyao glanced at him and said, "Wait."

She climbed over the wall and flew back a while later, handed him a box of cakes, and asked, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

Tang Ning ate a piece of cake and asked, "Aren't you sleeping too?"

"I was about to sleep, but I heard some noise here, so I came to see." Tang Yaoyao sat opposite him and said, "What happened?"

Tang Ning looked at her and asked, "We are best friends. Can I trust you?"

Tang Yaoyao waved her hand and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Speak quickly."

Tang Ning swallowed a piece of cake and said, "This is a long story."

Tang Yaoyao said impatiently, "Let's make it short!"

"Some things happened during this trip to Chu..." Tang Ning looked at her and briefly told her story. Finally, she said, "That's it."

"Princess?"

"And Li Tianlan?"

Tang Yaoyao sat opposite Tang Ning with her back to the moonlight. Tang Ning couldn't see her expression, but could hear that her voice was trembling.

At a certain moment, he suddenly felt his hands empty. The cake was taken away by someone.

Tang Ning stood up and said, "I'm not full yet..."

There was a sound of breaking wind in his ears. Tang Yaoyao stood on the wall of the courtyard, looked back at him, and said through gritted teeth, "Why didn't you starve to death!"