Fortunate Young Gentleman

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "Nothing."

He was not stupid. Princess Anyang had already proved that she was even more petty than himself. If Tang Ning said that she was immoral, wouldn't that offend her further?

He had discovered from Zhao Man before that the women of the Zhao family were all unreasonable by nature. It was okay to ignore her. The more you pay attention to her, the more excited she will be. What's more terrible is that in this process, some things may go astray.

For example, the two of them formed a deep revolutionary friendship in the struggle between you and me. They also began to discover countless shining points in Tang Ning, and then the fake enemy became a real enemy...

Zhao Man fell step by step in this way.

Of course, Tang Ning was not worried that Princess Anyang would be the same as Zhao Man.

In the past, Zhao Man was just a little princess with a bit of temper, and she had not formed a complete outlook on life and values, but Princess Anyang was different. Tang Ning saw a strong desire for control in her. This kind of woman is destined to be superior to others, and the Tang family cannot tolerate her.

Because Tang Ning had offended her before, her desire to win drove her to accomplish this thing that Tang Ning could not complete in exchange for her inner vanity.

At this time, as long as she followed her steps, her vanity would be satisfied, and she would not continue to trouble him here.

Tang Ning looked at Princess Anyang, cupped his hands, and said: "If the princess was willing to come forward, His Majesty would have agreed long ago. My admiration for the princess is really like a surging river, continuous, and like the Yellow River flooding, it is out of control..."

Princess Anyang looked at him and said with a gloomy face: "Can you be more fake?"

...

From Princess Anyang, Tang Ning learned a truth, never offend women, because you don't know when they will retaliate.

Tang Ning could have been free for a long time, but because of her desire to win, she had a lot of troubles.

Emperor Chen has been in a high position for a long time, and he doesn't know that he only needs to open his mouth, while others need to run around.

The cause of this incident was just that Lu Ya wanted to fight side by side with Xiao Jue. Not all the women from military families in the capital wanted to abandon the comfortable life in the capital and go to the front to fight for the country like men.

Moreover, not all women from military families were like her, who were familiar with military books and had good martial arts.

For those lonely military families with few men and no male offspring, this imperial edict gave them hope of family continuation.

In addition, there were some martial arts families in Chen State, which could let the women in their families try and win a brilliant future for the family.

And all this would take time. The martial arts examination had already begun. Even if Tang Ning used the fastest speed to notify all the prefectures in the country, the local governments would review the qualifications and send people to the capital, it would take several months or even half a year.

At that time, it was the time for the provincial examination.

There should not be many women who met the requirements of the martial arts examination, so there was no need to arrange a complicated process. It would take ten days and half a month to go from the preliminary selection to the finals. After all, this was the first time, and all the rules were untraceable. What he said was what it was.

Tang Yaoyao and Xiaoxiao insisted on joining in the fun, and Tang Ning had no choice. If they wanted to play, let them go up and play. Tang Ning naturally could not let them go to the northwest. Arranging them to stop in the finals was also an explanation to them.

In the following time, Tang Ning was extremely busy.

The affairs of the Ministry of Works were actually the top priority. It was not easy to build the 10,000 heavy cavalry that Emperor Chen wanted in the fastest time.

The training of Zuo Xiaowei, the trivial matters of the Ministry of Personnel, and the preparations for the women's martial arts examination occupied a large part of his energy. When Tang Ning finally arranged everything on track, he found that the New Year was just around the corner.

The past few months have been quite peaceful. The civil and military examinations in Gyeonggi Province have not unexpectedly ended successfully, but the officials in charge have not been idle, because the state examinations have not ended long ago, and the provincial examinations will come again in early March next year.

The court is also long-lost and calm.

Since King Kang was dismissed, he has lived in seclusion and has not seen outsiders. It seems that he has really given up on life. There are often rumors in the capital that someone saw King Kang drinking alone in a remote tavern at night, and he returned drunk before curfew...

People are always forgetful. A few months ago, King Kang and King Duan were still the hot topics of the people in the capital. A few months later, King Kang completely disappeared from their mouths. Occasionally, someone mentioned him, but they just sighed and the topic shifted to other places.

As the victor, King Duan did not seem to be as powerful as everyone thought.

Generally speaking, before the emperor established the prince, he would first let him establish his merits and make some achievements for the court officials and the people, so that he could legitimately ascend to the throne of the East Palace.

However, in the past few months, Prince Duan seemed to be intentionally marginalized by Emperor Chen. The things he handled were all insignificant. On the contrary, Prince Huai, who had always had a weak sense of presence, successfully completed several major tasks assigned by Emperor Chen. He was commended by Emperor Chen in person in the court and received many rewards.

Everyone's eyes were on these adult princes, and they naturally didn't know that Prince Run Zhao Yuan had mastered the recipes of more than 20 soups, and his skill in making soups was comparable to that of the imperial chefs in the palace.

Tang Ning had nothing to teach him about soup.

Zhao Yuan, who had lost weight, stood at the door, waved to Tang Ning, and said, "Sir, I'm going back to the palace, otherwise my father will be waiting anxiously."

Tang Ning watched him leave and turned back.

These days, Emperor Chen's taste has been spoiled by Zhao Yuan, so that after reviewing the memorials every day, he will drink a soup cooked by him before falling asleep.

It only takes 21 days for a person to develop a habit. Emperor Chen's habit of drinking soup has been far more than 21 days. For him who lives a monotonous life, this has become a part of his life.

Compared with the capital, the northwest seems less peaceful.

West of Shazhou, outside Yumen Pass, several small countries in the Western Regions that originally existed have all been returned to Xiaowan. So far, at least one-third of the entire Western Regions have fallen into the hands of Xiaowan.

Xiaowan is adjacent to the west of Chen State, and now it has become Chen's second largest enemy after the grassland. In the past few months, there have been constant frictions at the border, but no major conflicts have occurred.

The rise of Xiaowan is very strange. It was originally just a small country in the Western Regions with a population of only a few thousand, but in the past two years, or to be precise, in the past year, it has swept across the Western Regions with an unmatched attitude and has become the largest overlord in the Western Regions today.

Without accumulation, there will be no sudden burst. It is conceivable that in the long period of time before, this neglected country has been secretly enduring and growing...

Compared with the Western Regions, the conflicts in the grasslands are much greater.

After unification, although the Wanyan tribe did not go to war with the State of Chen, there were constant frictions of all sizes. In a few months, dozens of wars of all sizes broke out in the north.

Emperor Chen invested a lot of resources in the north, with no shortage of food and military pay, and a steady stream of new troops. This was a rare period in the decades of friction between the State of Chen and the grasslands that not only did not suffer losses, but also occupied a great advantage.

In these wars, some people's names began to shine.

Ling Feng, Lu Teng, Liu Jun..., these young generations of generals began to emerge on the battlefield, but the most popular one was Xiao Jue.

During his time in the grassland, he led his troops to participate in more than ten battles of varying sizes, and he always maintained an undefeated record, captured countless Sushen people, and had become the shadow of some small Sushen tribes.

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In the palace, Emperor Chen had been a little anxious since he reviewed the first few memorials, and he raised his head from time to time and looked towards the direction of the palace entrance.

He picked up a memorial and put it down again, and finally couldn't help asking, "Is Yuan'er not here yet?"

Wei Jian came over and said with a smile, "I just went to see it. His Highness just returned to the palace, and he should be here soon."

Emperor Chen pursed his lips subconsciously, then stroked his already plump chin, and said, "I wonder what kind of soup he cooked today..."