Fortunate Young Gentleman

"drink wine?"

Princess Anyang looked at Xiao Jue, shook her head helplessly, then looked at Zhao Man and said, "Let's go."

Zhao Man glanced at Tang Ning, blinked at him, and looked away as if nothing had happened, before leaving with Princess Anyang.

Girls change when they turn eighteen. When a girl is about to turn eighteen, she also changes a lot.

When Tang Ning met Zhao Man a year ago, she was still an unruly and unreasonable monster. A year later, she had turned into a little goblin who knew how to tease people all the time.

Old Zheng had already bought it. Tangning stood up, clapped her hands and said, "I'll get the wine."

Princess Anyang, who returned to the pavilion, sighed and said: "I originally thought that Xiao Jue was not too young now, so I wanted him to get to know more wealthy people, but his mind just didn't work..."

Zhao Man said: "Sister Anyang, you are not young anymore, don't you have a clear head?"

Princess Anyang looked at her and said in a daze, "You're even teasing me?"

"No..." Zhao Man said quickly: "I just think that Sister Anyang should find a reliable person to marry. It would be nice to have a shoulder to lean on."

Princess Anyang glanced at her and said, "I'm not as lucky as you..."

Zhao Man was secretly happy, thinking of Zhong Yi's instructions, and said with a straight face: "Sister Anyang, what are you talking about, I don't understand..."

Inside the room, Tang Ning looked at Xiao Jue who was sitting by the fire and asked, "Why don't you go to Princess Anyang's banquet?"

Xiao Jue curled his lips and said, "Is it because the hot pot is not delicious or your wine is not delicious? Why should I go to that boring banquet?"

Tangning looked at him and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Xiao Jue waved his hand, looked at Tangning and said, "Let's talk about how I can meet more women. I don't think I'm any worse than you. Why do all the women in the capital want to marry you? ?”

Tangning looked at him and asked, "Do you know why you are still alone now?"

Xiao Jue looked puzzled: "Why?"

"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Looking at Xiao Jue's eager look, Tangning sighed and said, "If you want a woman to marry you, there is only one way."

Xiao Jue hurriedly said: "What can I do?"

Tang Ning said: "You go to the most famous brothel in the capital and order ten women at a time. From the next day, there will be matchmakers willing to propose marriage for you."

Xiao Jue waved his hand and said: "It's okay to drink in a place like a brothel, but it's really not okay to come here. Is there any other way?"

Xiao Jue relied on his own skills, so nothing worked. Tangning waved her hand and said, "Is it because the hot pot is not delicious or the wine is not good to drink? What are you talking about..."

Old Zheng had already brought the cut sheep over. His knife skills were at the peak of his skills. The pieces of sheep were evenly thin and thick. You could blanch them in the pot and eat them. Tangning waved to her and said, "Old Zheng, sit down and eat together."

It was boring for two people to eat, but it was a little more interesting for three people to drink. Zhao Yuan came in from the door smelling the smell, bought himself a pair of chopsticks, and moved a bench.

His luck with love has been running rampant recently, and it has become a disaster for him. Under the entanglement of three little girls, he comes here to take refuge every day.

Xiao Jue took a pill and took a sip of wine before looking at Tang Ning and asked, "I heard you are going to the Ministry of War?"

Tangning nodded and said, "I'll go in a few days."

Xiao Jue said: "At the end of the year, the Sixteenth Guards Competition, the Ministry of War is very busy. It's really not the right time for you to go."

Tangning rinsed a piece of sheep and said casually: "What kind of competition?"

Xiao Jue explained: "The sixteen guards have a small competition every year, and a big competition every four years. Each big competition requires ranking, which represents the combat strength of each guard. This year happens to be the year of the big competition. The big competition It is coordinated by the Ministry of War, so the Ministry of War will not be idle until the end of the year.”

The military system of the army followed the Tang system, with great improvements in details. The army stationed near the capital was subdivided into sixteen guards, four of which were inside the capital, two were responsible for patrolling the city, and two were responsible for the palace. The guards, Xiao Jue's right feather guard, and Lu Teng's left feather guard, are the closest personal troops of the emperor.

The remaining twelve belong to various parts of the capital, and their main responsibility is to protect the safety of the capital.

The army is different from other armies. They take defending the capital and the royal family as their own duty. Apart from regular drills, they will not leave the capital easily and have no battles to participate in. The annual competition ranking is to urge them to train strictly in daily life. , if we are at the bottom of the big competition, we will be unable to hold our head high for the next four years.

While drinking, Xiao Jue said unconvinced: "Lu Teng, didn't he just go to the Chu Kingdom with you, and when he came back he was promoted to Lieutenant Zuo Yu? If it was me who went there, why would it be his turn to take advantage of this?" …”

Lu Teng performed well as a guard during this trip, and was promoted to Captain Zuoyu by Emperor Chen. His rank was the same as Xiao Jue's. In Xiao Jue's view, this was a promotion at the same time, which was a huge advantage.

However, if Xiao Jue was really asked to be responsible for guarding, Tang Ning himself felt uneasy. What he should do most was to marry a wife and have children as soon as possible and pass on the legacy of their Xiao family.

As a friend, Tang Ning felt that he had the obligation to remind Xiao Jue, otherwise based on his ideological consciousness, the Xiao family's popularity would be cut off in his generation.

He took a few mouthfuls of food, looked at Xiao Jue and said, "You'd better finish your meal quickly and go to Tiantianju with Princess Anyang for a banquet."

"I won't go." Xiao Jue waved his hand and said, "I'm tired of Tiantianju's food. I think this shabu is not bad, and the wine there is not as good as yours."

Tang Ning waved her hand and said, "The banquet is not for you to eat, but for you to get to know a few of our daughters. Maybe one of the girls will fall in love with you because of the lard. Do you really think the princess wants you to attend?" For dinner?”

"You mean, the princess wants to be a matchmaker for me?" Xiao Jue glanced at his mouth and said, "Come on, she has held so many banquets, but she has never gotten married by herself. She is a few older than me. As for Yue, if it’s really useful, why doesn’t she look for it herself?”

Tang Ning looked at him with pitiful eyes. Xiao Jue looked up and asked, "Why, is there something on my face?"

Tangning waved her hand: "There is nothing on your face, but there is someone behind you."

Princess Anyang, who was anxious about Xiao Jue's final event and was about to come to persuade him again, turned pale, pulled his ears and walked out the door.

Xiao Jue covered her ears and did not dare to resist. She hurriedly said: "It hurts, it hurts, let go..."

Princess Anyang tugged on his ears and said angrily: "I, the princess, can go out whether or not to marry. I don't have to worry about Young Master Xiao. If it wasn't for your wishes, I wouldn't bother to look for you. You have to go today, no." You have to go, before I marry you off, you have to come every time I hold a banquet!"

Xiao Jueren had already walked outside the door and said in a pitiful voice: "Wait a minute, I still have two pieces to eat..."

While Zhao Yuan was rinsing the sheep, he looked out the door with pity and said with emotion: "Sister Anyang is actually very fierce, as fierce as the princess and aunt..."

He shook his head and said: "Don't marry a fierce wife. Uncle Fu Wang and Brother Huai Wang married a fierce princess, so they can only marry one princess..."

At such a young age, Wolf Zi's ambition was obvious. Tangning looked at him and asked, "How many do you want to marry when you grow up?"

"Not many." Zhao Yuan looked at Tang Ning, feeling very envious that there were always so many beautiful ladies around him, and said, "It's about the same as my husband and my father..."

The so-called upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, because there is an emperor father of the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard. Zhao Yuan has already had this kind of unorthodox idea at a young age...

…

In the ten days since he returned from Chu, Tang Ning didn't leave the house much. Although the imperial edict to transfer him to the Ministry of War had been issued, the Minister of War, Lu Ding, had already said that he should report to the Ministry of War by November at the latest.

As usual, he still planned to wait until the end of October to go.

Before that, we have to go to the Etiquette Department to complete the handover procedures.

After returning from Chu State, this was the first time he went to the Ministry of Rites, and he happened to meet the doctor of the Temple Department at the entrance of the Rites Department.

"Good morning, Mr. Liu." Tang Ning waved and said hello.

For Liu Jin, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, this is also the first time he has come to the Ministry of Rites since the mission sent by the Ministry of Rites returned from Chu. Before today, he and the doctor of the Ministry of Rites took a long leave. Recently, he was at home and heard that Tang Ning was back. I didn't come to the Rites Department, so I planned to go back to the Yamen today.

Hearing the familiar voice, Liu Jin shivered and looked back at Tang Ning, who was walking towards him. He looked dazed, raised his head stiffly, and said in a trembling voice: "Tang... Lord Tang, morning..." Chapter content is being worked on Recovering, please visit again later.