Fortunate Young Gentleman

When Qi'er walked in from the outside, she saw Princess Anyang sitting in front of the bronze mirror, looking at the shadow in the mirror dreamily.

She stood at the door, wrung her hands together, looked at Princess Anyang, and whispered: "Princess, Mr. Tang insists on coming in, and you can't stop him..."

Princess Anyang waved her hand and did not mean to care about the matter. She looked back at her and asked, "Is there anything different about me today?"

Mei'er looked at her and shook her head in confusion.

Princess Anyang coughed lightly and said, "Let me remind you, my eyes, my eyes are different from before..."

Mei'er suddenly understood and said: "The princess's eyes are swollen, do you want me to ask the kitchen to boil two eggs..."

"Stupid girl!" Princess Anyang glared at her angrily and said, "You don't understand anything!"

Mei'er stood there with a silly smile. Princess Anyang glanced at her angrily, "Why don't you come here and help me dress up? I have to go to the palace..."

…

When Tang Ning returned home, she learned that her father-in-law, Shangshu Zuo Cheng, had been appointed.

In three years, he went from a small local county magistrate to a powerful official in Shangshu Province, just below the two prime ministers. In the entire court, Tang Ning was probably the only one who could rise faster than him.

Chen Yuxian put vegetables in Zhong Mingli's bowl and muttered: "Do you think His Majesty took the wrong medicine? How long have you been a Jingzhao Yin? Why do you want to be Minister Zuocheng again?"

Zhong Mingli glanced at her and said, "Don't talk about His Majesty behind his back. It will be troublesome if others hear you!"

Chen Yuxian looked at Tang Ning again and asked, "Ning'er, how does Master Zuo Cheng usually get promoted?"

Tang Ning put down her chopsticks and said, "Generally, Zuo Cheng will serve for five years. If there are no major mistakes, he will be transferred to one of the six departments as minister. He will stay in the position of minister for another five years. If there is an opportunity, he will be appointed as official or minister. He is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and he is very likely to become the prime minister in the future."

Chen Yuxian has roughly understood that although the official position of Shangshu Zuocheng is the same as that of Jing Zhaoyin, he is prepared for Shangshu and prime minister. Although she is not a member of the officialdom, she also knows that her husband's transfer in recent years is by no means a normal promotion, and she is a little worried. He looked at Tangning and asked, "Is there any problem with this?"

Tang Ning shook her head and said, "Not yet. It's just that the king is old. The power exercised by Zuo Cheng, the minister, is actually the power of the prime minister. There are more errands than before. Every decision is related to the national economy and people's livelihood of Chen State..."

Hearing this, Chen Yuxian looked at Zhong Mingli again and said, "Did you hear that? In the future, you should be more careful in Shangshu Pavilion and don't cause trouble for Ning'er again..."

Zhong Mingli nodded vaguely, only focusing on eating and did not respond.

In the past, I didn't think anything of it in the Jingzhao Mansion. But now in Shangshu Province, my father-in-law has become his son-in-law's subordinate. How should I call him in Shangshu Province in the future?

Called Tang Xiang, where does his father-in-law's face go?

If you call her Ning'er, doesn't it mean that you have no respect for the prime minister?

Tang Ning didn't think as much as Zhong Mingli expected. He could just foresee that in the days when Wang Xiang and he were both away from Shangshu Province, Shangshu Zuocheng would be the top leader of Shangshu Province, and he could live a good life as a prime minister.

…

Changning Palace.

Princess Anyang handed a letter and a porcelain vase to Zhao Man and said, "This is what he asked me to bring to you."

Zhao Man put the things away, hugged her arm, and said happily: "Thank you, Sister Anyang. When I escape, I will definitely repay you!"

Princess Anyang pinched her nose and said, "You are going to elope with him, how can you repay me?"

Zhao Man thought for a while and said, "Then I will let my husband repay you first!"

Speaking of "repay", Princess Anyang thought of the kiss she offered on her own initiative, her face turned red, but her tone was a little sour as she said: "I haven't married yet, so I'm calling you husband-in-law so soon..."

Zhao Man was a little shy. Seeing that Princess Anyang looked haggard, she hurriedly changed the subject and said, "You don't look good. Are you sick? Do you want to ask the imperial doctor to take a look at you..."

"Isn't it because..." Princess Anyang subconsciously said something angry, but she felt something was wrong halfway through. She couldn't tell Zhao Man that the reason why she stayed up all night was because she thought about her lover brother all night. It would be strange if sisters turned against each other.

"Okay, okay, I'm fine." She waved her hand, changed the subject, looked at Zhao Man, and said, "Tell me, how did you two meet..."

Zhao Man's face turned red as she remembered the past with Tang Ning. She lowered her head and whispered, "Ah, why are you talking about this?"

"Tell me, don't be so stingy..."

"Well, okay then..." Zhao Man nodded and said, "Actually, at the beginning, we often quarreled, but later..."

In fact, Princess Anyang has watched Zhao Man and Tang Ning's journey together, and she also knows very well how much effort Tang Ning has made for the relationship between the two of them.

He went to Chu alone, risked his life, and brought her back from Chu after being married. Now, in order to take her to elope, he did not hesitate to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor.

For a woman, if she has her sweetheart like this, what else can she ask for in a husband?

She just asked casually to change the subject. When she saw the happy expression on Zhao Man's face, the sadness in her heart became even stronger. Finally she couldn't bear to listen anymore, stood up and said, "I'm going back first."

Zhao Man pouted and said, "I haven't finished talking yet."

"Tell your husband..." Princess Anyang reached out and tapped her forehead, sighed inwardly, and walked out of Changning Palace.

Not long after Princess Anyang left, Zhao Man opened the envelope, read it, and threw it into the brazier and burned it.

She took out the porcelain bottle and poured out a pill from it...

...

Yangshen Palace.

Emperor Chen no longer needed to be supported by others to walk. He paced slowly in the palace, looked at Wei Jian who came in, and asked, "How is Man'er's illness?"

Wei Jian sighed and said, "The imperial physician said it is not optimistic."

A trace of anger appeared on Emperor Chen's face, and he said angrily, "This can't be cured, and that can't be cured. What are these imperial physicians doing? Do I keep them for nothing?"

Two days ago, Princess Pingyang Zhao Man suddenly fell ill. After the imperial physician diagnosed her, he also prescribed a few doses of medicine, but she took it for two days, and her condition not only did not improve, but worsened. This is why Emperor Chen was angry at the moment.

Wei Jian thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Ling said that the princess may be suffering from lovesickness. Should we call Lord Tang?"

Emperor Chen frowned, thought for a moment, and finally said, "Summon him to the palace."

After half an hour, Tang Ning followed Wei Jian into Changning Palace. Wei Jian looked at him and said, "Lord Tang, the princess is in your hands..."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the eunuchs and maids in the palace and said, "You all should leave. Let Lord Tang treat the princess."

After the eunuchs and maids in the palace left, Wei Jian closed the palace door. Tang Ning walked to the bed. Even though he knew that all this was an illusion, he still felt distressed when he saw Zhao Man lying on the bed with a pale face and weakness.

When Zhao Man saw him coming in, she immediately got up from the bed and said happily, "I really fooled even the imperial physician!"

The imperial physician had never seen this kind of medicine before, and the imperial physician Ling Yihong was his nephew. It was not difficult to create the illusion that she was seriously ill. The difficult part was how he could take Zhao Man out of the palace.

If he said that her illness could only be cured by the elders of the Gu tribe in Qiandi, and took her to Qiandi, although it was the most direct way, Emperor Chen would definitely not believe it. In this case, he could only arrange a scene of the princess's fake death according to the plan.

Tang Ning comforted Zhao Man for a while and then walked out of Changning Palace.

If he stayed here any longer, he would probably arouse other people's suspicion. After all, no matter how long it took to take the pulse, it would not take half an hour. Who knows, someone might suspect that he did something else here.

When he returned to the mansion, he saw a man running wildly from the street to the gate of the Tang Mansion from a distance. The man was in tattered clothes and covered in dust. It was obvious that he had traveled a long way.

Tang Ning walked over quickly and looked at the Beggars' Sect elder he had sent to the Western Regions to protect his mother and Tang Shui. He asked quickly, "Hong Qi, why are you here?"