Fortunate Young Gentleman

Zhao Man now spends most of her time in the palace with the Queen Mother. It is not difficult for Tang Ning to enter the palace, but it is difficult to enter the harem.

Men have always been stingy, especially to their wives. The emperor is even more so. The concubines in the harem can only be his. Other men are not allowed to take a look at them. Therefore, there are only maids and eunuchs in the palace. Unless there is a special reason, the harem has always been a forbidden area for these foreign ministers.

Princess Anyang is a woman and is not on the list of forbidden areas.

Princess Anyang came to her senses and realized that she had just thought wrong. She hesitated and said, "Bring, bring a message... What message?"

"When you go to see the Queen Mother, tell her to leave the palace and return home in the next two days." Tang Ning looked at Princess Anyang and asked, "What did the princess think of just now?"

Ever since Tang Ning gave her a valuable shop for no reason, Princess Anyang believed that he had some thoughts about her.

What else can a man think of a woman? It's nothing but those things that are too embarrassing to talk about...

When he thinks about the fact that he has so many wives but still has no children, and she looks like she is easy to give birth to...

She and Pin'er discussed it in depth and felt that Tang Ning wanted to get her and let her help him give birth to a son.

This unreasonable request was of course rejected by Princess Anyang, but she didn't expect that Tang Ning just asked her to pass on a message.

"Nothing." Her face turned red because of shame, and she said, "I will help you pass on this message."

Tang Ning noticed her strangeness, but didn't ask any more.

Women are like this, they have rich imaginations, and often through some small things, they can imagine a big drama with dozens of folds in their minds.

This is even more true for Princess Anyang. Tang Ning suspected that she could even think of him wanting to seduce her from the fact that he gave her a shop, and then think of him wanting her to help him give birth to a son...

In fact, he just missed Zhao Man a little after not seeing her for many days, and wanted to ask her to pass on a message, that's all.

In the Princess's Mansion

Princess Anyang looked at Pin'er and said, "It seems that we have misunderstood. He doesn't like me at all."

After that, she showed anger on her face again, and said indignantly, "Isn't this princess inferior to his wife? Why doesn't he like me?"

...

Princess Anyang was straightforward. Tang Ning asked her to pass on a message the day before, and Zhao Man came back the next day.

The rebellion of King Kang did have an impact on Zhao Man. Her brother wanted to kill her father and other brothers, and she felt bad.

But now she has learned to hide those emotions in her heart, leaving only a strong appearance.

Zhao Man snuggled in his arms and asked, "Are we leaving next year?"

Tang Ning nodded and said, "At least half a year, at most a year, I will take you here."

Zhao Man didn't speak for a long time. Tang Ning looked down at Zhao Man and asked, "Are you reluctant to leave?"

"I am a little reluctant to leave the Royal Grandmother." Zhao Man nodded and said, "But the Royal Grandmother also said that when a girl grows up, she should think about herself. If she is afraid of this and that, and is reluctant to leave this and that, she will never be happy."

Tang Ning was very fortunate that there was such a person in the cold palace who could warm her and provide her with a safe haven forever.

In comparison, Su Mei's childhood seemed to be cold and without warmth.

She had been away for more than half a year, and after the Lantern Festival, it would be almost a year.

Tang Ning didn't expect that the matter in Qiandi would be delayed for so long. In recent months, she didn't even send a letter back.

This made Tang Ning feel a little uneasy.

Emperor Chen sent spies to Guizhou twice in a row, but there was no news. Even the court was now unclear about what happened there.

After the New Year, if there was still no news there, Tang Ning planned to go there in person.

In the last few days of the third year of Dingyuan, Tang Ning did not wait for Su Mei to come back, but waited for Xiao Xiao to come back.

The old beggar took her out to travel this time, and it took more than half a year. When he saw her again, she was taller and more beautiful. She was a beautiful young girl, completely different from the malnourished little beggar back then.

In the past few years, Fang Xinyue's personality was not as closed as before, and she was willing to open her heart to some people besides Tang Ning.

After hearing the news that Xiao Xiao was back, Fang Xinyue came to the Tang family last night. The two slept in the same bed. Until the next day, Xiao Xiao was still telling her about her travels.

The old beggar patted Old Zheng on the shoulder and said, "I haven't seen you for a few months. You've improved your skills..."

Old Zheng glanced at him and continued to sharpen his knife. It was not known whether it was Tang Ning's illusion, but after the old beggar came back, Old Zheng's movements of sharpening the knife were much faster than before.

Although the two of them often mocked each other and attacked each other's weaknesses, they still cared about each other.

Tang Ning heard Xiao Xiao say that they met an old woman selling noodles in Chu State, who could fight the old beggar to a draw.

In Tang Ning's eyes, the old beggar was the pinnacle that all warriors looked up to. She did not expect that the old woman selling noodles she met that year was actually a hidden master.

According to Xiao Xiao, in the past six months, she followed the old beggar and didn't know how many gates she had kicked and how many opponents she had defeated. A year ago, Tang Ning was no match for her, and now she didn't know how much she had grown.

Of course, Tang Ning now would not be so stupid as to compete with her. It is important for people to know themselves. Even Tang Yaojin would not do things, so he certainly would not ask for trouble.

At the end of the year, there were many memorials to be processed by the Shangshu Province, and Wang Xiang was ill. Tang Ning did not know how many memorials he had to read every day. He had to wait until dark before he dragged his tired body and returned home dizzy.

After half a month of such a life, he roughly understood why Wang Xiang liked to be sick so much. If he did not take a leave every few days and hand over those tedious memorials to other officials in the Shangshu Province, he would not live to this age.

This further strengthened Tang Ning's determination to leave the State of Chen as soon as possible.

Being a prime minister sounds good, with a high position and power, second only to one person, above ten thousand people, and managing all the officials in the court, but if it goes on like this for a lifetime, what is the meaning of life?

Freedom is far more important to him than these false names.

Not only did he have to review memorials in the Shangshu Province, but he was also summoned by the State of Chen every two days to hold a small court meeting to discuss issues that were not resolved in the morning court.

In the imperial study, Emperor Chen sat at the top and said, "The matter of the Western Regions has been settled. King Huai should arrange guards as soon as possible to escort the people of the Western Regions back."

King Huai cupped his hands and said, "Your son obeys your order."

Today's small court meeting was to discuss the alliance with many small countries in the Western Regions. Tang Ning thought that today was over here, but he didn't expect that just as Emperor Chen asked them to go back, a young eunuch ran in from outside the hall and handed him a secret letter.

Emperor Chen opened the secret letter and his face completely sank after reading it.

Wang Xiang raised his head, looked at Emperor Chen, and asked, "Your Majesty, has anything big happened?"

Emperor Chen put the letter down and said in a deep voice, "This is already the third batch of spies who disappeared in Guizhou..."