Fortunate Young Gentleman

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Standing on the side when fighting for the throne is actually an investment.

If you choose the right prince, you may make a lot of money in the end and reach the peak of life without any effort. If you choose the wrong prince, the interruption of your career is a good result. If you are not good, your family will be confiscated and your family will be exterminated, and you will lose everything.

Tang Ning and King Kang spent a honeymoon period together, because they had a common enemy and used each other to achieve the goals that both sides wanted to achieve, and everyone was happy.

Fundamentally speaking, he never stood on the side of King Kang. To be precise, he only stood on the side of Emperor Chen.

Not to mention that when Emperor Chen was in his prime and still in good health, it was a very stupid behavior to stand on the side casually. King Kang himself was not worth Tang Ning's investment.

He does not have the ability to be an emperor, nor does he have the heart of an emperor. He only has the stinginess of Emperor Chen...

He does not learn the good, but only the bad. Putting aside the grudges between Tang Ning and Prince Duan, and looking at people without tinted glasses, even Prince Duan gives him a better feeling than Prince Kang.

Now that the honeymoon period of the two has passed, although he cannot shake the court by stomping his feet, he is not a soft persimmon that can be squeezed by anyone. The attitude of Prince Kang today is a precursor to the two of them completely drawing a line.

From now on, he will take his Yangguan Road, and Prince Kang will take his Naihe Bridge. They owe each other nothing and live well.

"No, no time..."

The housekeeper of Prince Kang's Mansion looked at Tang Ning, not believing his ears. After a moment of silence, he repeated, "His Highness said that he must invite Lord Tang to come..."

Tang Ning looked at Xiao Jue who was walking over and said, "Go back and tell His Highness that I have an appointment with Young Master Xiao to eat hot pot tonight. I can't break my promise, so I can only apologize."

The housekeeper of Prince Kang's Mansion looked at him. At this moment, he finally realized that Tang Ning had completely torn his face with His Highness Prince Kang.

He looked at Tang Ning solemnly and asked, "Are you sure you want to do this?"

Tang Ning looked back and said, "Qing'er, see you off!"

The housekeeper of Prince Kang's Mansion looked at him deeply and said, "I will tell His Highness Prince Kang exactly what Lord Tang said just now."

After that, he snorted coldly and left.

Xiao Jue came over, looked at him, and asked, "What's wrong? Did you have a falling out with King Kang?"

Tang Ning said, "If you don't have a falling out with King Kang, His Majesty will have a falling out with me."

"That's right." Xiao Jue sat down opposite him and said, "It's best not to get involved in matters like the fight for the throne. His Majesty doesn't like court officials forming factions the most."

Xiao Jue thought for a moment and said, "But now you have completely offended King Duan and King Kang. What will you do in the future?"

Tang Ning didn't have to think about the future at all. Emperor Chen is in such good health now. If there are no accidents, even if King Duan and King Kang can take the throne, it will be more than ten or even dozens of years later.

And three years later, he and Xiao Ru, Xiao Yi, and Lan Lan will be like the wind and I am the sand, entangled to the end of the world. No matter which king takes the throne of Chen State, can they care?

Tang Ning casually said, "It's still unknown who will win until the end. In history, aren't there many cases where the succession struggle ended up with someone else getting the upper hand?"

"That's true." Xiao Jue nodded, looked at him, and said, "You've become famous this time. Everyone knows that Lord Tang is stingy, fussy, and vindictive..."

"Can you believe the rumors?" Tang Ning glanced at him and asked, "We've known each other for so long. Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

Xiao Jue thought for a moment and said, "I think you're a little stingy and you hold grudges..."

"Let's not talk about that." He clapped his hands, stood up, and said, "What kind of hot pot do you want to eat tonight? I'll call Ya'er to join us."

"What do you want to eat!" Tang Ning glanced at him indifferently and waved her hand, saying, "Go back to your house if you want to eat!"

...

Swish!

In the palace of Prince Kang, Prince Kang overturned the table, looked at the housekeeper with a red face, and asked: "Did he really say that?"

The housekeeper shuddered and said in a trembling voice: "Everything I said is true, Lord Tang, no, that is what Tang Ning said!"

"See, he has completely torn his face with me!" Prince Kang turned his head and looked at a middle-aged man, and said sternly: "Mr. Xu, what else do you have to say?"

The middle-aged man sighed and lowered his head without saying a word.

Prince Kang's face was gloomy, and he murmured: "Relying on the respect of the father, he actually doesn't even take me seriously, Tang Ning, Tang Ning, have you become so arrogant?"

A counselor looked at him and stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, I'm afraid that Tang Ning didn't think about submitting to Your Highness from the beginning..."

"Humph!" Prince Kang snorted coldly and said: "Arrogant, do you think that without him, I can't seize the throne?"

Although Prince Kang was furious with Tang Ning, he could only overturn the table and curse a few words at this moment.

The Lieutenant Colonel of the Left Guard was already a military officer of the fourth rank, not to mention that he was also a doctor of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of the Imperial Academy. With so many identities and the fact that he was a favorite of the emperor, no one in the court dared to touch him.

Unable to vent his anger, King Kang summoned several dancers, drank and watched them dance to relieve his boredom.

A figure walked in from outside, and when he came to him, he bowed and said, "Your Highness."

"What's the matter?" King Kang glanced at him with a somewhat impatient tone.

Although Mr. Xu was a counselor he valued very much, he always advocated that he should win over Tang Ning, and he sent many gifts for this purpose. However, Tang Ning had a complete falling out with him today, which made him dissatisfied with Mr. Xu.

Mr. Xu bowed and said, "Your Highness, my family sent a letter a few days ago saying that my mother was seriously ill, and I would leave Beijing to serve her for a while, so I came to ask for leave from Your Highness."

"Let's go." King Kang waved his hand and said, "I agree."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Mr. Xu bowed, and finally looked at King Kang, then turned and left.

A moment later, outside the Prince Kang's Mansion, a young man carrying a bag quickly caught up with a figure in front of him and asked, "Master, where are we going now? Why don't we stay in the Prince Kang's Mansion?"

Mr. Xu looked back and sighed, "No matter how powerful a bricklayer is, he can't prop up a pool of mud on the wall. It's better to leave this quagmire as soon as possible, so as not to get stuck in it in the end..."

...

If you want to be like a fish in water in the court, you either have a strong background and power, or you have a big thigh.

Whatever Prince Duan and Prince Kang are, they are not as good as a leg hair of Emperor Chen. As long as you don't do anything that crosses Emperor Chen's bottom line, you can live comfortably in this capital.

It had been a few days since the showdown with King Kang, but he hadn't made any moves, which made Tang Ning gradually realize that he had worked hard since he came to Beijing two years ago, and he was considered a person of some status...

It was near the end of the year, and the Ministry of War still had some miscellaneous matters that needed to be handled by him. When Tang Ning came to his duty room, Doctor Wu was holding his stomach and sweating profusely. When he saw him come in, he immediately said, "Sir Tang, you came at the right time. Minister Zhou is in a hurry. Please help me hand over these organized files to Minister Zhou. I'll go to the toilet first..."

"Go." Tang Ning waved to him, picked up the files on the table, and walked towards the Minister's Office.

There were two ministers in the Ministry of War, one of whom was Nie Qian, whom he knew, and the other Minister Zhou seemed to have stayed in the border army for a long time and only came back two days ago.

Tang Ning walked into the hall and didn't see Nie Qian. He only saw a middle-aged man sitting in a seat. It was no wonder that he was the Minister Zhou. He took the file and put it on the table, saying, "Minister Zhou, this is the file of the Ministry of War."

"Minister Zhou looked up at him and asked, "Who are you?"

Tang Ning said, "Tang Ning, I am temporarily appointed as the Minister of War by the order of His Majesty."

Minister Zhou picked up the files, looked at them casually, and then threw them heavily on the table, saying coldly, "It's a mess. What is the Ministry of War sorting out? Take it back and sort it out again. Give it to me after everything is sorted out..."

Tang Ning was slightly stunned. He didn't know why Minister Zhou was so angry. Could it be that there was something wrong with the file sorted out by Doctor Wu?

He picked it up again and prepared to take it back to let Doctor Wu take a look at it again, and convey the meaning of Minister Zhou by the way.

Minister Zhou watched Tang Ning walk out, then slowly stood up. The new doctor Tang was neither humble nor arrogant when he spoke to him, and seemed a little arrogant. Such subordinates need to be well trained before they can be used.

He paced out of the government office and heard two clerks talking in the corridor.

"Really? Lord Tang admitted in front of His Majesty that he wanted to take revenge on Minister Liu, but His Majesty didn't punish him?"

"Not only did he not punish him, he was also rewarded heavily. Minister Liu is unlucky. Originally, the position of Right Minister of the Ministry of Personnel should have been his, but now he has nothing..."

"This is nothing. Minister Han of the Ministry of Revenue is miserable. He offended Lord Tang and now he has no life. And the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, I heard that he has been exiled. I wonder if this is also the revenge of Lord Tang..."

"And the few people in the Ministry of Rites, who competed with Lord Tang to send the marriage envoy, ended up with one being hit by a car when he went out, one fell into a well while walking, and one had diarrhea for a month... It's so miserable!"

"Lord Tang is really the most petty, meanest, and most calculating person I have ever seen..."

"Shh, keep your voice down, we will be miserable if he hears us!"

...

Listening to the discussion of the two clerks, Minister Zhou stood in front of the yamen, his face pale, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead again and again...