Fortunate Young Gentleman

In the Tianxiang Building, everyone in the Tang family sat in the largest elegant pavilion. The wine and food on the table had already been served, and the aroma was fragrant, but no one started eating.

Tang Zhao looked at the table full of wine and food, swallowed his saliva secretly, put down the chopsticks he had picked up, looked at Tang Huai, then looked at Tang Qi, and asked, "Aren't you going to eat?"

Today was the birthday of the head of the family, but the scene seen at the door of the Tianxiang Building just now made everyone unhappy.

The former abandoned child of the Tang family has now become the most dazzling star in the capital, and all the people he makes friends with are big figures in the court. On the other hand, the Tang family has fallen to this point. No one in the family holds a high position. Looking around, there are no vassals in the court.

The taste of being in the clouds and in the mud is not pleasant.

No one picked up their chopsticks for a long time. Seeing that the food was getting cold, Tang Qi looked at Tang Huai. Tang Huai waved his hand and said, "Start eating."

The head of the family spoke, and everyone picked up their chopsticks.

This birthday banquet was tasteless. The head of the family did not say a word during the whole process. Everyone did not dare to speak, but just ate in silence. Until the end of the banquet.

At the Tang family, it was late at night, and the lights were still on in Tang Huai's study.

"He is provoking." Tang Qi clenched his fist and said, "After so long, he is finally going to show his fangs to the Tang family."

"Jingzhao Prefecture, Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, Censorate, Ministry of Justice..." Tang Huai looked at the night outside the window and said, "He wants to kill the Tang family."

Tang Qi said, "Should I notify the queen immediately? As long as the queen informs His Majesty, His Majesty will not sit idly by."

Tang Huai glanced at him and said, "Don't forget who asked him to walk the six ministries."

Tang Qi said unwillingly, "Are we just going to sit there and wait for death?"

"Let's see first." Tang Huai sat down slowly and said, "Whatever tricks he has, the Tang family will follow."

Tang Qi knew very well that the decline of the Tang family was temporary. No matter how the Tang family fell, as long as Prince Duan did not fall, the Tang family would always have a chance to regain its glory.

But even with the trump card of Prince Duan, it would take effect only when the new emperor ascended the throne. Now the Tang family is in a state of decline, and anyone can come forward to step on them. The Tang family has been dominating the capital for decades, and has never suffered such humiliation?

However, the situation is stronger than the person. The current Tang family is far less powerful than someone else. The others are the knives and I am the fish. The Tang family is the fish on the chopping board, just like the young lady and the scholar facing the Tang family twenty years ago.

After Tang Qi left, Tang Huai stood up. Although his face was calm, his fists were clenched tightly, and his nails left deep marks on his fingertips.

...

Tang Ning rested in Tang Yaoyao's room tonight.

After returning to Beijing, he usually took turns to rest in the rooms of the three people, so as not to let the servants have the illusion that a certain lady was neglected.

Today, he hosted Fang Hong, Song Qian and others at Tianranju, and the reason was naturally for the Tang family's affairs.

Since he had decided to settle accounts with the Tang family, he did not leave any room for the Tang family from the beginning.

The Song Qian brothers were able to mobilize the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate had Xu Qingyang, the Ministry of Personnel had recently transferred Zhang Yansheng to the Dali Temple, and with the Jingzhao Prefecture and Ping'an County Office, the Tang family would be very busy in the near future.

The Tang family was too powerful, with a deep foundation in the State of Chen. Even if it fell to the current point, there was still a chance to turn the tables.

Of course, Tang Ning would not give them such an opportunity.

He had waited for four years to get to this point today. The hatred of life and death was not something that everyone could let go of.

Before he was ready to take action, he had accumulated enough strength.

Tang Yaoyao supported his chin, sat opposite him, and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

When Tang Ning looked at Tang Yaoyao, he suddenly remembered something.

Chen State and the grassland reconciled and exchanged what they had. There would be countless business opportunities between the two countries in an instant. It is foreseeable that after the border is officially lifted, countless merchants will flock to the grassland to seize the market.

And the future business focus of the Tang family must not be in the capital. From now on, we must prepare for the future.

Tang Ning looked at her and said, "I want to send a caravan to the grassland to seize business opportunities before the border is lifted. You arrange a team these days. When you arrive at the grassland, I will let Wanyan Yan help them."

Tang Yaoyao looked at him and said angrily, "You are really thinking about that little wild horse!"

Tang Ning was stunned and explained, "I'm talking to you about the caravan..."

"I'm talking to you about that little wild horse..." Tang Yaoyao put her hands on her waist and said, "You haven't explained what happened last time. You participated in that competition. What happened later? ..."

Tang Ning looked at her and said, "Let's talk about this later. What did you ask me just now?"

Tang Yaoyao said, "I asked you about your little wild horse..."

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "No, it was the previous sentence."

Tang Yaoyao thought for a while, looked at him, and asked, "What were you thinking about just now?"

Tang Ning lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and said, "I was thinking about nothing."

...

Emperor Chen gave Tang Ning a two-month long vacation. He was idle at home for these two months. The same Tang family, but the other Tang family was not so idle.

In the past few days, Ping'an County Yamen, Jingzhao Prefecture Yamen, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple came one after another, sending messengers to the door in turn to pass on messages. In the past year, the Tang family did not have so many guests.

It's not a good thing for these yamen to come to the Tang family.

Either the Tang family invaded other people's fields and shops, or committed murders and injured people, or bullied the market and disturbed public order...

These are not big cases, and they are all old cases. Before, no yamen would dare to trouble the Tang family because of these matters.

It was precisely because no one dared to look for her before that all the troubles came to her door today.

Tang Zhao had just finished his trip to the Criminal Department and returned from the Ping'an County Yamen. Before he had time to drink tea, someone from the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen came again.

He picked up the teapot and took a sip. He looked at the sullen Tang Qi and said, "Dad, people from Ping'an County government will come later. Remember to ask the accountant to pay them a hundred taels of silver. I used to smash other people's shops, but now I have to Lose money..."

"You bastard!" Tang Qi glared at him and said, "You were not responsible for any of the troubles in the Tang family these past two days!"

"Dad, this is your fault..." Tang Zhao put down the teapot and said: "No one is a saint, and no one can make mistakes. It's not too late to make up for it. I did a lot of wrong things in the past, but not at that time. Are you young? Who didn’t make mistakes when they were young? Don’t think I don’t know. Dad, when you were young, you were even more of a bastard than me. Not only did you occupy people’s land, commit crimes and hurt people, but you also made several girls pregnant..."

Tang Qi said angrily: "You bastard, what did you say!"

Tang Zhao shrank back and said, "You can't blame me for these things. If they don't want to mess with the Tang family, no matter how many mistakes I make, the government will never come after the Tang family. If they want to mess with the Tang family, , if I step out with my left foot first, they will say that I have violated the law. In the final analysis, it is you who have offended the people you should not have offended, and the main responsibility lies with you, not me..."

Tang Qi's chest rose and fell, pointing at him, and said angrily: "Get out!"

Tang Zhao looked at him and said, "Dad, we are all scholars, can you please stop being so vulgar..."

Tang Qi didn't want to look at him anymore, closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "Please get out, right now, right now!"