Fortunate Young Gentleman

In the courtyard of the Tang family, Lu Ya held the child and rocked him gently, but her eyes were looking at the study room with the door closed, and she was surprised: "What important things do they have? Why did they talk for so long..."

"When he comes out, Sister Lu will ask him." Su Ru stood beside her, looking at the child in his arms, with a trace of envy on her face.

Lu Ya looked at her and smiled: "You will have it sooner or later..."

She leaned close to Su Ru's ear and whispered a few words, and Su Ru blushed immediately. While the two women were talking and laughing, in the study, Xiao Jue held a teacup in his hand, his face gloomy as water.

Bang!

He crushed the teacup to pieces, and the pieces pierced his palm, but he ignored it and stared at Tang Ning, asking, "Is this true?"

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "Everyone who experienced these two events is dead. The only clue we can find is Yichun Hou. He was the imperial physician. He treated Empress Xiao, Concubine Yang, and the Prince of Qin when they were seriously ill..."

Xiao Jue stood up suddenly and said, "I'll go find him now!"

"Too late." Tang Ning waved his hand and said, "Yichun Hou was involved in the Zhou family case and committed suicide in the prison of the Ministry of Justice last year."

Xiao Jue fell back into the chair, looked at Tang Ning, and asked, "Are you saying that everyone involved in this matter is dead?"

Tang Ning said, "Except Tang Huai, Tang Qi, and Concubine Tang Hui."

Xiao Jue didn't ask any more questions because Tang Ning had already given him the answer.

The only people who died who were related to the incident were members of the Tang family. Even the Tang family could not do this. All the evidence pointed to the person sitting on the throne.

Xiao Jue walked out of the study without saying a word. Lu Ya walked up to him and was about to ask him. When she saw the blood on his hand, her face changed drastically and she asked, "What happened?"

Xiao Jue smiled and said, "I accidentally broke the teacup. It will be fine after a bandage."

Tang Ning asked Qing'er to get the gauze. Lu Ya handed the child to Su Ru and bandaged Xiao Jue herself.

She looked distressed and couldn't help complaining, "You are so old, but you can cut your hand by drinking a cup of tea. Yu'er, don't be like you in the future..."

Xiao Jue just smiled and didn't argue.

Because Xiao Jue's hand was injured, the two sat in the Tang family for a while and left.

Tang Ning walked to Su Mei's room. She was still studying the Ten Thousand Poisons Sutra. Tang Ning walked to her and sat down, asking, "Can Tianranju find intelligence from twenty years ago?"

Su Mei shook her head and said, "Tianranju has only been established for more than ten years, and the intelligence network has only been established and improved in recent years. Most of the intelligence from ten years ago cannot be found."

She paused and said, "What's more, after my master returned to Beijing, he hid the power of Tianranju, and even I couldn't contact it. The current Tianranju is no longer the Tianranju of the past..."

Tang Ning temporarily stopped thinking about the things that happened twenty years ago, frowned and said, "The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect will not interfere in the restoration of Liang State. , what else do Bai Jin and Gongsun Ying want to do? "

"Although my master attaches great importance to the power of Wan Gu Sect, she has never pinned all her hopes on it. "Su Mei said: "She has made great plans in the capital over the years, and she has many things that even I don't know..."

She paused and said: "As for Uncle Gongsun, the elder sent a letter saying that she went to Yunnan. I think she should want to provoke a war between Yunnan and Guizhou and drag us into the water..."

The former grassland lost a second prince because of Gongsun Ying's instigation. With her ability to stir up trouble, it is not impossible to cause chaos in Yunnan.

Qian is their future home. Tang Ning will not allow Gongsun Ying and Bai Jin to toss so much. When the matter in the capital is resolved, it is time to solve their problems.

At this moment, Tang Ning has roughly guessed that Mr. Wu, whom he met in Wanzhou, should be King Wu, the last hope of Gongsun Ying and Bai Jin to restore the country.

If Gongsun Ying and Bai Jin really lost their way, Tang Ning would not mind crushing their hopes like last time.

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Since His Majesty became seriously ill, the situation in the capital has become chaotic, with various forces competing endlessly, and finally ended with the victory of the future crown prince, Prince Duan.

A few days ago, Prime Minister Tang returned to the capital, and the open and secret competition with Prince Duan made the situation in the capital even more tense.

Although the conflict between the two lasted only a few days, a lot of things happened.

Prince Duan sacrificed the Wannian County Magistrate to drag Tang Ning's father-in-law, Jingzhao Yin Zhong Mingli, into the water, and then wanted to get the handle of the right prime minister Tang Ning. This is a good strategy. Everyone can imagine the dilemma that Prime Minister Tang faced when facing this matter.

Just when everyone thought that Tang Ning would take a step back or use the power of the prime minister to fight against Prince Duan, the sudden death of the prime minister not only shattered the rumors in the capital that the prime minister's time was running out, but also resolved the embarrassing situation faced by Tang Ning. The two prime ministers stood together. This heavy news was like a boulder thrown into deep water, causing the already turbulent lake surface to set off huge waves again.

What happened next once again proved that the saying that Tang Youxiang was nitpicking was not groundless.

The first thing he did when he returned to the Shangshu Province was to kick out all the people that Prince Duan had placed in the Shangshu Province during this period, including the Shangshu Zuocheng Li Qi. In name, he was on a diplomatic mission to the grassland, but everyone knew that this was under the guise of a diplomatic mission to the grassland to make Prince Duan blind in the Shangshu Province.

In addition, the Wannian County Magistrate was dismissed and exiled, and the Jingzhao Shaoyin was also forced to join the ranks of envoys to the grassland. Half of the efforts of Prince Duan in the court during this period were wasted. There is no doubt that Prince Duan is the undoubted loser in this struggle.

In Prince Duan's mansion, Prince Duan, who suffered great losses, was very calm.

Tang Qi sat opposite him and said, "I just went to the palace. The queen said that His Majesty has already prepared the edict to establish the prince, and it will be issued in a few days."

The prince is the crown prince of a country. His role is not only to inherit the position of the emperor after the abdication or death of the previous emperor. When the emperor cannot handle the government for some reason, the prince has the power to govern on his behalf.

Once the edict to establish the prince is issued and the ceremony of enthronement is over, Prince Duan can officially step into the East Palace and fully represent the government. At that time, he will exercise the power of the emperor. Not to mention a Jingzhao Yin, even if he wants to resign, no one can stop him.

There is a difference between the monarch and the minister. In front of the monarch, the minister is always a minister.

A trace of cruelty appeared on Prince Duan's face, and he said, "Let you be proud for a few more days..."

The fact that His Majesty was about to appoint Prince Duan as the crown prince was not concealed deliberately, and soon everyone in the capital knew about it.

Prince Duan had a long history of bad deeds, and the impression he had in the hearts of the people was extremely bad, but only His Majesty could decide who to appoint as the crown prince.

They could only sigh for the right prime minister Tang Ning. He had made great contributions to the State of Chen, and even if he was given the title of king by splitting the land, people would not think it was excessive, but he had an irreconcilable conflict with the next emperor, and it was destined that there would not be a good ending.

After the news of the appointment of the crown prince came out, the chaos in the capital not only did not stabilize, but instead tended to become more and more chaotic.

The two prime ministers did not respond to this, but the officials of Prince Duan's faction were proud. However, those officials who were expelled from the capital by Prime Minister Tang left the capital before Prince Duan took office. It is unknown what they felt in their hearts...

At the same time, some things that happened in the Sixteen Guards were also full of uneasiness.

Establishing a crown prince is a national event. The Sixteen Guards have the responsibility of protecting the capital, and they are also nervous. Among them, the general of the West Gate Guard, Xiao Jue, went to the West Gate Guard against his usual behavior, which was even more strange.

Since the rebellion of the left and right Ximen guards, His Majesty has merged the left and right Ximen guards into one guard, with Xiao Jue as the general. However, during this period, General Xiao was newly married and immersed in the gentle countryside, and had no time to take care of the Ximen guards. As a result, although the Ximen guards were imperial guards, they were like a pile of loose sand inside...

I don't know why he suddenly entered the Ximen guards and intervened in the affairs of the guards when his beloved son was about to be 100 days old. He first used thundering means to purge several generals who were not obedient to discipline in the guards, and then personally appointed several confidants to rectify military discipline, making the Ximen guards look brand new...

This series of actions finally made everyone begin to realize that General Xiao Jue of the Ximen guards was no longer the cynical Xiao Xiaogongye.

Some generals who were dissatisfied wrote to the Ministry of War, but their letters fell into the sea...

Just when the chaos in the capital was getting worse and worse, Tang Ning saw Wei Jian's long-lost old face.

Having not seen him for a long time, Wei Jian looked at him, sighed softly, and said slowly: "Sir Tang, His Majesty summoned you..."