Fortunate Young Gentleman

[PS: It turns out that the chapter names were wrong several days ago. I just discovered it today. The first ones will not be changed, and the later ones will be postponed. 】

Prince Duan's Mansion.

As one of the few princes who remained in the capital, Prince Duan has always been trained as a prince.

Others who received the same treatment as him were King Kang and King Huai. Now that King Kang failed in his rebellion and was imprisoned, King Huai was also pushed out of the center of power, and King Duan once again became the focus of the courtiers' eyes.

According to unreliable news, His Majesty is now in poor health and has officially prepared to appoint King Duan as the crown prince, and will issue an edict in the near future.

The prince is the crown prince of a country. Unless the prince is deposed, when the king dies, there is no need for another edict to pass the throne, and the prince can take over the position of the previous emperor.

His Majesty is now seriously ill and unable to govern. Once King Duan takes charge of the East Palace, he will take charge of all court affairs and exercise the power of the king.

Today's King Duan is undoubtedly the most beautiful person in the capital. This kind of scenery even exceeds what he has ever seen before.

However, his journey has not been smooth sailing.

Everyone watched the Tang family go from prosperity to decline, and Prince Duan went from being favored to falling out of favor to being favored and then falling out of favor again. It can no longer be described as twists and turns.

However, in matters like seizing a legitimate son, the result has always been more important than the process. No matter what, he succeeded. In the near future, everything he has lost will be returned tenfold and a hundredfold.

Even in the past few years, his declining dignitaries and officials will usher in their spring again.

When one person attained enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascended to heaven, Prince Duan gained power again, and the servants of Prince Duan's palace were also honored. The porter glanced at Shangshu Zuo Cheng and said, "Wait here for now, I will report..."

Prince Duan's Mansion has long been different from the past. From a sparsely populated house to a bustling city, officials and dignitaries from the capital came one after another to pay their allegiance to Prince Duan. Even the concierge was in high spirits. Unless he was an official at the level of the Six Ministers, he would not do it at all. Look with a straight eye.

In Prince Duan's palace, Prince Duan was giving a banquet to a group of powerful officials. The banquet was full of delicacies and fine wines. He didn't know how many glasses he drank. He felt like he was in a state of ecstasy, and a feeling of looking down on the world arose in his heart.

He certainly has the confidence.

Today's Chen State is domestically stable, the people live in peace, and under the iron heel of heavy cavalry. Except for some minor problems in the Western Regions, it can be said that all barbarians have surrendered. The people and officials in the DPRK generally believe that this is the most powerful state since the founding of Chen State. In a few years, some great scholars even called this the "Government of Dingyuan".

Such a powerful Chen State will soon be his. When his father returns to the west in a few days, he will be the new emperor and the master of these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. He has the right to be proud.

When the time comes, no, from now on, he will eliminate the enemies who have caused him trouble one by one, and the one he hates the most is of course his nominal cousin, who almost put him in a desperate situation. Tang Ning, the current right minister.

King Duan drank all the wine in a wine glass, and a servant came to report: "Shang Shu Zuo Cheng wants to see you."

Since he regained power, he has recruited many officials one after another, but to his regret, he has not recruited any people or families like the six ministers and several major generals.

He secretly hated in his heart that these people who did not know how to appreciate people could not be arrogant for much longer. By the time he had completely secured his position in the East Palace, it would be time to cleanse the court.

Shangshu Zuocheng Li Qi was a confidant he installed in Shangshu Province, and he spent a lot of effort on this. Even though he is now considered to have sole power, he cannot have the final say in everything.

The six ministers, the ministers of the nine temples, and the generals of the sixteen guards could still not betray his face.

King Duan paid great attention to Li Qi. Now the affairs of the court were handled by the Minister of Finance, and Wang Xiang took a long leave. Minister Zuocheng was a gun in his hand, and he had accomplished many things with this gun.

King Duan looked at the servant and said, "Please come in."

Shang Shuzuo Cheng walked in in a hurry, looking a little flustered. King Duan glanced at him and asked, "Why are you panicking?"

Li Qi looked solemn and said, "Your Highness, Tangning has returned to Beijing."

A person's name is like a tree's shadow. Although Li Qi has not been serving as Minister Zuocheng for a long time, Tang Ning's reputation has always been ringing in his ears. When he saw him appearing in Shangshu Province today, he immediately panicked and hurried to pick up the book. Report to the palace.

"What?" Prince Duan's expression suddenly changed when he heard this, but then he thought that things were no longer the same as before. He was no longer the Prince Duan who had nothing, and there was no need to be afraid of Tang Ning.

"So what if he comes back?" King Duan became even more furious because of the momentary fear that just occurred in his heart. He said with a sullen face: "He came back just in time. I happen to have some accounts to settle with him..."

If it weren't for Tang Ning, the Tang family would now be the most powerful family in Beijing, with countless vassals under his command. He would have been able to defeat King Kang long ago and sit on the position of crown prince.

Although the result has not changed now, the process has become countless times more difficult. Thinking about it now, he is still a little sad and wants to cry...

He was miserable. He was lifted up into the clouds by his father again and again, and fell down from the clouds to the bottom again and again. If it were an ordinary person, after a few times, he would have been tortured into a lunatic.

He hated Tang Ning, so after taking power, he sent people to imprison Tang Ning's family in the capital as soon as possible. If the Xiao family, Fang family, Ling family and other families had not given them more protection during this period, he would have already The family took action, and it was just right that he was back now. He also wanted to let him feel what it felt like to lose everything.

The Minister of the Left saw the murderous intent on his face and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, Tang Ning is not like other people. If you want to touch him, you have to think long and hard."

Prince Duan glanced at him and said, "I am not a fool. He is at least a right prime minister. How can he be overthrown so easily?"

A sneer appeared on his face and he said, "Besides, he has made me suffer so much. How can I give him a quick death?"

The Minister of the Left looked at him and asked, "What does your Highness mean..."

Prince Duan waved to him, and the Minister of the Left leaned over to listen to what Prince Duan said. A strange light gradually appeared in his eyes.

…

After Tang Ning left the palace, he sent someone to inform the Xiao family and other families of his return to the capital. He also asked Qing'er to go to the Anyang Princess's Mansion and let her enter the palace to help convey a message to Zhao Man.

In the past few months since he left the capital, the situation in the capital was not very good, but it was still under control.

Prince Duan seemed to be powerful, but in fact, he had not won over any of the people who really held the military and political power in the capital, such as the six ministers and the generals of the sixteen guards.

No matter what Prince Duan did, he had to meet Emperor Chen first, but the palace had fallen into the hands of Concubine Tang Hui, and things that were very common before had become extremely difficult.

Tang Ning was walking slowly in the yard, and soon, hurried footsteps came from the door.

Zhao Man ran in from outside with her skirt in her hands. When she saw Tang Ning, her eyes turned red, and she quickened her pace and trotted over, and flew into his arms.

She rested her head on Tang Ning's chest, tears in her eyes, and choked with sobs: "Father, father..."

Tang Ning put one hand around her slender waist, and patted her shoulder gently with the other hand, comforting her: "It's okay, your majesty is the emperor, and there must be good luck..."

Even though she knew that Emperor Chen's body was at the end of its life, Tang Ning could only comfort Zhao Man like this at this moment.

In fact, during this short journey from the palace to home, he had already thought about it. If Emperor Chen really couldn't make it, then within these few months, it would be the time for Prince Duan to be rampant for the last time.

He didn't even need to do anything. Concubine Fang Shu and the Fang family, who were hiding behind the scenes, and the forces behind Zhao Yuan, could push Zhao Yuan to that position.

At that time, it would be the day when he took Zhao Man and his family away from the capital.

When Zhao Man was holding Tang Ning and crying sadly, a figure walked in slowly from outside.

Xiao Jue was holding a swaddle in his arms, and the baby's eyes were rolling around. Xiao Jue paused, and seeing the situation in the courtyard, he immediately reached out to cover the baby's eyes and whispered: "Don't look..."