Fortunate Young Gentleman

Everyone in the court, including Emperor Chen, was busy with the ceremony, and Tang Ning was finally temporarily forgotten by him.

He could have lived a comfortable two-person world with Tang Yaoyao, but there were always people around him who were careless. Xiao Jue was forced by Lu Ya to study with Tang Ning all day long, not only to learn how to coax girls, but also to learn how to cook. , which took up a lot of his time.

In the kitchen, Xiao Jue wiped his face, which was all black and white, and sighed: "Woman, your name is Mystery..."

He looked at Tangning and asked, "Do you really have nothing to teach me about making women happy?"

"People are different." Tang Ning said: "What suits me may not be suitable for you, and what suits Yaoyao may not be suitable for Lu Ya. The same method, used on different people, sometimes has the opposite effect. About You can ask more powerful people for advice.”

Xiao Jue said: "Is there anyone in this capital who is more powerful than you?"

Tang Ning nodded and said: "There are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky. The strong will have its own strong hand. The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. Maybe you can learn from King Run..."

"Him?" Xiao Jue curled his lips and said, "What does a little brat without even hair know..."

Half an hour later, Xiao Jue looked at the vegetables that he had burned into black charcoal, pinched his nose and poured it out, sighed helplessly, and prepared to go home.

He walked out of the kitchen and saw Zhao Yuan and the little girl from the Wang family standing in the yard.

The little girl from the Wang family held a flower in her hand and said, "This flower is so beautiful..."

"This flower is not beautiful at all." Zhao Yuan took the flower from her hand, put it on her temples, and said, "It is beautiful when it is worn on your head..."

"Hate……"

The little girl from the Wang family blushed and kissed Zhao Yuan on the face, then ran away shyly. Zhao Yuan was about to chase after him when Xiao Jue grabbed him.

Zhao Yuan looked at him and said, "His Royal Highness King Run, let's talk."

Zhao Yuan rushed to chase the little girl from the Wang family and said, "I still have something to do, let's talk about it next time..."

Xiao Jue looked at him and said, "You help me this time, and I will help you next time if something happens to you."

Zhao Yuan was startled and asked, "Really?"

Xiao Jue nodded and said, "Really."

Zhao Yuan stretched out his palm and said: "High five as an oath!"

Snapped!

Xiao Jue raised his palm and touched his hand heavily.

…

Tang Ning found a master for Xiao Jue. Whether it was courtship or cooking, Zhao Yuan was qualified to be Xiao Jue's master.

A master is a teacher, and in this regard, he can sometimes be Tang Ning's master.

This saved him a lot of trouble and gave him an additional disciple for no reason.

This allowed him to not be disturbed by Xiao Jue when he and Tang Yaoyao were together. After all, when the two couples were getting tired of each other, no one wanted to have a light bulb around them, the kind that glowed super brightly.

In recent days, if Emperor Chen didn't notice him, he wouldn't. Tang Ning couldn't help but go to Shangshu Province.

Many of Shangshu Sheng's recent excerpts were about rituals. When he was reviewing the memorials today, he found a very interesting excerpt.

Regarding the security of the festival, a young official made a suggestion.

It seems more reasonable to entrust the responsibility of guarding the festival to a specific guard. It is better to select a few hundred people from each of the sixteen guards.

If it is handed over to a certain guard alone, if the general of that guard disagrees, the festival may become a festival for many people.

But if the guard consists of sixteen guards, this risk is greatly reduced.

There are only about 300 guards in each of the five thousand guards. Even if one or several guards want to rebel, they will not be able to cause too much trouble.

Unless more than half of the Sixteen Guards rebel, even if something unexpected happens, things will be under control.

And if half of the Sixteen Guards really rebelled, there would be no need to wait for the festival to take action. Together, they could overthrow the imperial power.

The suggestion was made by a young official at Yushitai. Tang Ning thought it made sense, so she kept the note.

Today's Shangshu Province mainly relies on him and King Huai to judge the children. If the two of them can handle it, they usually handle it on the spot. If they can't handle it or if they don't have enough permission, they will let the other party take a look first. If neither of them has an idea, , will hand it to the Imperial Study Room.

Before leaving the office, Tang Ning read the few envelopes that King Huai had just sent, handed them to King Huai again, and said, "I can't make up my mind on these matters, so I'll send them to His Majesty for your decision."

King Huai handed over the few folds that Tang Ning had just handed over and said, "Send these to my father as well."

Tang Ning just sent five envelopes to King Huai, but he only handed back four envelopes.

He flipped through it and found that he had left behind the folder about the composition of the festival guards.

The zhezi left by the two men either already had a solution, or they felt that what the zhezi said was meaningless and could not be implemented. This zhezi was a suggestion rather than a question. Obviously, King Huai felt that this method was not feasible. .

Tangning looked at him and asked, "His Royal Highness, Prince Huai, don't you think it's feasible to recruit guards from among the sixteen guards?"

"Master Tang is probably talking about that letter." King Huai smiled slightly and said, "Although Master Tang is General Zuo Xiaowei, he may not understand the rules of the Sixteenth Guards very well."

Although Tang Ning was General Zuo Xiaowei, he rarely cared about Zuo Xiaowei's affairs. He looked at King Huai and said, "I would like to hear the details."

King Huai looked at him and asked, "It's not that there have been proposals to draw people from the Sixteen Guards before, but they were all rejected by my father. Lord Tang, do you know why?"

Tang Ning was really confused and asked, "Why?"

King Huai said, "Lord Tang also knows that the Sixteen Guards are the Imperial Guards. Their duty is to protect the capital and the imperial city. Once the Sixteen Guards change, it will be a disaster for the capital and the palace."

King Huai glanced at him and continued, "Did Lord Tang see the Sixteen Guards working together in the past few years in Beijing?"

King Huai was telling the truth. Although the Sixteen Guards seemed to be idle on weekdays, they had great responsibilities. They were under the eyes of the emperor. If the Sixteen Guards rebelled, the capital would fall immediately. Therefore, the choice of these people must be those who are most loyal to the royal family.

After King Huai's reminder, Tang Ning finally understood why it was not feasible to draw people from the Sixteen Guards.

The reason why the Sixteen Guards are the Sixteen Guards is not a separate Imperial Guard, but for the purpose of decentralization.

The emperor was worried that the imperial guards would be controlled by some people with bad intentions, threatening the safety of the royal family, so he divided the imperial guards into sixteen groups. These sixteen groups were independent and did not rule over each other. They only listened to the orders of Emperor Chen.

The sixteen guards were forbidden to be too close to each other. The generals of the sixteen guards did not contact each other much on weekdays, in order to avoid suspicion.

If the guards often interacted and joined forces and became familiar with each other, the purpose of decentralization could not be achieved. Emperor Chen would never allow such a thing to happen.

This was a taboo for the emperor, and it was also the reason why the memorial could not be passed.

Tang Ning looked at King Huai, bowed his hands, and said, "Thank you for your reminder, Your Highness."

King Huai bowed his hands in return: "Lord Tang is polite."

Tang Ning said: "Let's stop here today. I'll go back first."

King Huai nodded and said: "Lord Tang, take care."

After Tang Ning left, King Huai picked up the memorial again, looked at it for a long time, and threw it into the box of discarded memorials.

...

Xiao Mansion

Xiao Jue walked into the room with a rosy face, handed a flower in his hand to Lu Ya, and asked with a smile: "Is this flower beautiful?"

"Not beautiful." Lu Ya took a look, frowned, and asked: "Where did you pick this flower? It's so ugly..."

The development of things did not meet his expectations, and the smile on Xiao Jue's face froze.

According to what King Run taught, when Lu Ya said that this flower was beautiful, he would put the flower on her head, and then tell her with a smile that although this flower was beautiful, it was not as beautiful as you...

But Zhao Yuan never taught him how to respond if she said "not beautiful"...