Fortunate Young Gentleman

When Tang Ning saw Xiao Jue again, he was limping and had a red mark on his neck.

Xiao Jue walked across from him, looked at Tang Ning, and said disappointedly: "You betrayed my trust in you."

Tang Ning said expressionlessly: "Next time you dare to show off in front of me, I will ask Yaoyao to show the poem I wrote for her to Lu Ya."

"Don't!" Xiao Jue's face suddenly changed. He just placed a few pots of flowers and hung a few red cloths in the room, and he had already suffered an unprovoked disaster.

If Lu Ya knew that Tang Ning often wrote poems to his wife------wouldn't this kill him?

He looked at Tang Ning and said, "Well, actually I asked you to come here to ask how to draw eyebrows. Also, can you teach me a few dishes..."

"As for drawing eyebrows, you can practice on Xiao Fu's face. Practice makes perfect. Just practice more." Tang Ning thought for a while and said, "As for cooking, the winter bamboo shoots taste good in this season. How about I teach you a dish of bamboo shoots fried with meat?"

"Let's change it." Xiao Jue refused without hesitation and gritted his teeth and said, "I hate bamboo shoots!"

...

Yesterday, Tang Ning went to Prince Huai's Mansion and discussed with him about the tax system streamlining and reached an agreement.

After this matter was done, there was no important event in the near future. If there was any, it was to spend a rare world of two people with Tang Yaoyao.

Today, she and Mr. Tang went to the Ling family. Tang Ning was alone at home with nothing to do.

Zhong Yi and Su Ru returned to Lingzhou, taking Qing'er and several maids with them. Tang Yaoyao also took Xiu'er with her. Even Nannan went to school. Tang Ning was at home and could only face Lao Zheng.

Tang Ning was reading in the study. Old Zheng walked in from outside, leaned against the door, and asked, "Did the old beggar say when he would be back?"

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "No."

The last time he received news from the old beggar was from the Cangzhou branch of the Beggar Gang. Cangzhou is located in the far east of Chen State, and further east is the border of Chu State. After the old beggar and Xiao Xiao disappeared from Cangzhou, there was no news. Tang Ning guessed that they should have gone to Chu State.

He looked at Old Zheng and asked, "Why are you asking this? Do you miss him?"

Old Zheng didn't say anything. Seeing that he didn't know, he turned around and walked out again. He sat in the yard and carefully wiped the butcher knife in his hand.

The capital of Chu State

"Tang haws!"

"Baozi, hot buns!"

"I am Liu Banxian, a disciple of Zhuge Shensuan. I can tell fortunes, divinations, and fortunes. I will not ask for money..."

In the past ten years, Chu has developed rapidly. Not only has it gotten rid of the shackles of Chen, but after King Xin ascended the throne, the domestic situation has been very good. Now there are no more enemies on the grassland, Chu is stable, and Kyoto, as the capital of Chu, is prospering day by day.

On a street in Kyoto, a girl held a candied haws in one hand and a bun in the other, looking at the noodle stall in front of her, and said, "Master, it smells so good, I want to eat noodles..."

The girl and the sloppy beggar sat down next to the noodle stall. The old beggar looked at the old woman selling noodles and said, "Give me two bowls of noodles."

The old woman glanced at him, but did not look away immediately.

The old beggar glanced at her and asked, "What are you looking at?"

The old woman put the bowl heavily on the table and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

The old beggar rolled up his sleeves and said, "Want to fight!"

The old woman picked up the soup spoon and snorted, "I wish I could!"

After that, she raised the soup spoon and pulled it over.

The old beggar took off a leg of the stool and went to meet him.

The girl looked at the two people who started fighting after a disagreement and opened her mouth in surprise.

A tall figure walked out of the store. The girl was stunned for a moment, then stood up immediately and said happily, "Sister Lan..."

…

Tang Ning has not been to the Shangshu Province in the past few days. The Shangshu Province seems to be a place where nothing big happens, but as long as you go there, there will be troubles everywhere.

There are so many prefectures in the country and so many government offices in the capital. Even if there is a memorial in each government office, the memorials every day can fill a large box.

However, what makes Tang Ning happy is that after these few incidents, Emperor Chen finally noticed a salted fish hiding in the corner.

King Huai was also arranged to work in the Shangshu Province, which finally helped to relieve some of Tang Ning's pressure.

Tang Ning thought he could rest at home for a few days, but the next thing that happened disrupted his plan.

There was a fight in the capital yesterday. Fights were originally minor cases, and they happened every day in the capital, but yesterday's fight involved too many people, and their identities were too sensitive, which caused a lot of impact.

Last night, in a restaurant in the capital, more than a dozen children of powerful people had a conflict over a trivial matter, and they fought each other, and finally developed into a group fight. Although there were no casualties, they accidentally burned the restaurant and affected five shops around it.

A restaurant and five shops were naturally nothing to these powerful people, and they could just pay some money to settle the matter.

But I don't know which nosy censor wrote a letter and handed it directly to His Majesty, and this matter could not be covered up at all.

As we all know, Chen State has made considerable achievements both internally and externally in recent years.

In order to extol his own achievements, His Majesty specially chose Xishan, the highest mountain near the capital, for the annual sacrificial ceremony. His Majesty the Emperor now wants to stand on the highest point within a radius of 500 miles to publicize his achievements to the world and to the ancestors of the Chen State.

During this sensitive period, some arrogant and powerful officials in the capital all shrank their heads and behaved in a low profile, fearing that they would anger His Majesty and suffer an unexpected disaster.

Although the loss of this incident was not too serious, the timing of its occurrence was too coincidental. Emperor Chen wanted to publicize his achievements at the festival, conquering the grasslands externally, stabilizing the country internally, and the people living and working in peace and contentment. As a result, just before the festival, such a thing happened under the feet of the emperor in the capital, which was equivalent to slapping him in the face.

The Jingzhao government received news from the palace early in the morning, requiring a thorough investigation of the matter. All the people involved in the incident last night were arrested and thrown into prison.

So it was the father-in-law's turn to have a headache.

These people are all children of the powerful and belong to different factions. If this matter is not handled well, it may offend all the powerful people in the capital, not to mention that it involves several generals who are in their prime, making the problem even more difficult.

Among these people, not only the Ling family of the Golden Feather Guard, the Zhang family of the West Gate Guard, but also the Li family of the Right Feather Guard were involved. Although the Ling family did not say anything about this, if something happened to Ling Feng, Tang Ning would not be able to go to the Ling Mansion with Tang Yaoyao next time.

In addition, the Zhang family is the maternal family of King Kang, and the Li family is the father-in-law of King Huai, making it even more difficult to make a rash decision on this matter.

In the Jingzhao government office, Zhong Mingli looked at the children of the powerful and nobles who were arguing fiercely below, rubbed his eyebrows, and said: "Take them away first and try them tomorrow."

In the Prince Duan's Mansion.

Prince Duan, who had been silent for many days, heard this and showed a hint of joy on his face. He said, "The Zhang family and the Li family are both involved. Isn't it possible to let Zhao Cheng and Zhao Rui fight each other? This matter cannot be missed by this prince..."

"Your Highness, you must not!" A servant beside him hurriedly said, "The Concubine Hui and Lord Tang said that without the permission of the Concubine, Your Highness is not allowed to step out of the palace or do anything. They said that Your Highness just needs to eat well, drink well and sleep well..."

"Eat well, drink well and sleep well..." Prince Duan's face darkened and said, "Do they think I am a pig?"