Fortunate Young Gentleman

Prince Xin looked at him unfriendly, as if he was on guard against thieves.

Yesterday, Zhao Man only wore light makeup. Prince Xin would meet her sooner or later. At this time, Tang Ning had nothing to hide, so he said, "She is Princess Pingyang."

"Princess Pingyang?" Prince Xin looked at him and said, "You are so bold."

Tang Ning asked back, "Why do you say that, Your Majesty?"

Prince Xin said, "Princess Pingyang is of such status, and you actually took her to wander around the streets. If something goes wrong, can you bear the responsibility?"

"Your Majesty is the regent, but you didn't bring any guards with you to wander around the streets?" Seeing that Prince Xin was asking for punishment, Tang Ning looked at him and said, "Those assassins yesterday were coming for the prince, right?"

Prince Xin looked at him and asked, "Are you reminding me that you saved me?"

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "Your Highness has misunderstood. Even if others don't know how to be grateful, I won't repay the favor..."

After chatting for a few words, they started to confront each other. Tang Ning understood that the previous few times he was rejected must have been intentional by Prince Xin. For some reason, His Highness Prince Xin, who had no intersection with him before, was not friendly to him.

"Sharp-tongued!" Prince Xin glanced at him, sat on the chair, and asked: "You came to Prince Xin's mansion to ask for marriage?"

Tang Ning looked at him and asked: "Didn't you ask me to come?"

Prince Xin knocked the teacup heavily on the table: "I was talking about two days ago."

Tang Ning shook his head and said: "I came to find the princess."

"Looking for Lanlan?" Prince Xin glanced at him, "Are you familiar with Lanlan?"

Tang Ning thought for a while and said: "Lanlan and I... are quite familiar."

Prince Xin stood up suddenly and said angrily: "You can call Lanlan?"

Li Tianlan walked in from the door and asked: "What's the matter?"

"Nothing." Tang Ning looked at her, shook his head, and looked at Prince Xin again, saying: "If the prince has nothing to do, I will go back first."

Prince Xin stood up and said: "I am not a person who knows how to repay a favor. You saved me. I will thank you if I have the chance in the future. Since you are here today, why not have a simple meal before leaving."

Eating itself is a very pleasant thing, but it also depends on who you eat with.

Tang Ning also thought that eating a simple bowl of plain noodles with the princess was a delicacy, but with Prince Xin who obviously disliked him, even if he ate delicacies from land and sea, he still had to worry whether Prince Xin had poisoned the food.

Tang Ning bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, but I still have some things to do..."

Li Tianlan looked up at Tang Ning with a meaningful look.

Prince Xin waved his hand: "Since..."

"Since Your Highness has invited me so kindly, it doesn't matter if those things are postponed for a while." Tang Ning bowed and said, "Sorry for bothering you..."

In the garden of Prince Xin's mansion, Tang Ning looked at Li Tianlan and said, "Your father doesn't seem to like me very much."

Li Tianlan did not continue the topic and asked, "What does father mean by not repaying a favor?"

Tang Ning recounted what happened yesterday.

"Are you the one from yesterday?" Li Tianlan looked at him, puzzled, "But my father said yesterday that you are very interesting and he admires you very much."

The fact shows that the rumors about Prince Xin are wrong. He is just a big pig with changeable ideas.

Tang Ning waved his hand and said, "There is no such thing as not repaying a favor. You saved me once, and I saved Prince Xin once. It's even."

Li Tianlan shook his head and said, "I am me, and my father is my father. My father feels that he owes you, and you don't owe me anything."

Tang Ning looked at her and said, "How can I, Tang Ning, be ungrateful? If you need me in the future, just ask me. I will go through fire and water without hesitation..."

Not to mention that she saved him, just talking about the friendship between the two of them, even if he was asked to go through fire and water to sacrifice himself, Tang Ning would not frown.

"That's what you said." Li Tianlan looked at him and said, "Go to the lawn in front. We haven't seen each other for a year. Let's see if your martial arts have improved."

Although Tang Ning has been busy all year, he has never stopped practicing martial arts. He can't catch up with her in a short time, but compared with ordinary people, he has made rapid progress.

He sparred with Tang Yaoyao, Su Mei and Li Tianlan. Although the results were the same, the gains were different.

Tang Yaojing used him as a human sandbag, Su Mei only wanted to trick him into bed, and only the princess would teach him seriously without any reservation. In just half an hour, Tang Ning benefited a lot and gained some more insights in martial arts.

A maid came in from outside and said, "Princess, the prince asked you to go over for dinner."

Tang Ning and her walked into a hall. The table in the middle was already filled with various dishes. Prince Xin and a beautiful woman in palace dress had already taken their seats.

Li Tianlan looked at the woman in palace dress and said, "This is my mother."

Tang Ning bowed and said, "Meet the princess."

"Sit down." Princess Xin nodded with a smile and said, "I heard from the prince that you saved him yesterday."

Tang Ning sat down opposite Prince Xin and said, "It was a coincidence."

"If it weren't for you yesterday, the prince would be in danger." Princess Xin looked at Tang Ning and said, "Whatever reward you want, the prince and I will satisfy you."

Tang Ning looked at Li Tianlan, shook her head and said, "I don't want any reward, I just saw injustice, the princess is polite."

"No matter what, the palace owes you a favor." Princess Xin said, and then asked: "Have you known Lanlan for a long time?"

Tang Ning nodded and said: "Two years ago, when the princess was on a diplomatic mission to Chen State, we knew each other."

Prince Xin coughed lightly and said: "Let's eat, it will get cold if we don't eat now."

Princess Xin nodded and said: "Let's talk after we finish eating. I don't know if our Chu dishes are to your taste..."

In fact, in comparison, Chu dishes are more to his taste, and even have a kind of familiar feeling.

Tang Ning picked up a piece of bamboo shoots, and when he was about to put it in his mouth, his hand stopped and sniffed slightly.

The bamboo shoots tasted bitter, but before he put it in his mouth, Tang Ning smelled a faint sweet fragrance.

He put down his chopsticks and said quickly: "Wait!"

Prince Xin and Princess Xin had already picked up their chopsticks. Hearing this, they looked at Tang Ning with doubts on their faces.

Tang Ning stood up and said, "This dish is poisonous."

He looked at Prince Xin. He invited him to dinner for no reason. Was Prince Xin really planning to poison the dish to get rid of him?

Pah.

The chopsticks in Princess Xin's hand fell to the ground and she said hurriedly, "How is that possible? We are using silver chopsticks!"

Tang Ning looked at her and explained, "Silver needles and silver chopsticks can only test for arsenic poison. This poison is called arsenic, which is a chronic poison. After poisoning, it will not take effect immediately. But if it is consumed for a long time, it will be too late even if it is discovered after several months..."

Prince Xin could not invite him to dinner every day. This should not be poisoned by him.

"Catch all the people in charge of the palace's meals." Prince Xin put down his chopsticks, looked behind him, and said, "Call the imperial physician."

Tang Ning looked at Li Tianlan and said, "Come with me."

Li Tianlan looked at him and asked, "What for?"

"Check your body."

Seeing Prince Xin's eyes looking over, Tang Ning added, "Check if you're poisoned."

It's very simple to check if there's perennial balsam poisoning. Just drop a few drops of blood into clean water and add the antidote. If black precipitate appears, it means that there's perennial balsam poison in the blood.

Li Tianlan pricked his finger with a needle, dripped the blood into the bowl, and subconsciously put his finger into his mouth.

This action is a little girlish. Zhao Man doesn't do anything wrong, but for a princess with a noble temperament, doing this action will add a different style that is rarely seen on weekdays.

"Cough!" Prince Xin coughed heavily.

Tang Ning retracted her gaze, dipped a little antidote powder with chopsticks, and mixed it with water. After a while, she looked at the water whose color had not changed, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "She is not poisoned."

"Lanlan rarely eats in the mansion on weekdays." Princess Xin looked at Tang Ning and said, "Help Grandpa Wang take another look."

Tang Ning then checked Prince Xin and Princess Xin again. There was a little sediment at the bottom of the bowl. Judging from the amount of sediment, they had been poisoned for at least half a month.

At this time, the imperial physician came late, smelled the lettuce, tasted it himself, and then looked at Prince Xin with panic and said, "Your Highness, it is definitely the lily of the valley."

Prince Xin asked in a deep voice, "Is there an antidote?"

"I am incompetent." The imperial physician knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice, "The Imperial Hospital only has records of this poison, but no antidote."

Princess Xin's body swayed, and Li Tianlan hurriedly supported her. He looked at Tang Ning and asked hurriedly, "Is there an antidote?"

Tang Ning waved her hand, "It's a small matter."