Fortunate Young Gentleman

Chapter 187: Self-Inflicted Humiliation Tang Ning still had some doubts about the strength of Tang Yaoyao and Li Tianlan.

Tang Yaojing dared to be aggressive in front of her, and she was still far behind Li Tianlan. Otherwise, she would not have dared to challenge Li Tianlan only when she was drunk.

Li Tianlan glanced at her and saw her face was red and her eyes were blurred. He shook his head and said, "I won't fight."

Tang Yaoyao glanced at her and asked, "If you don't fight, does that mean you're admitting defeat?"

Li Tianlan looked at her and said, "You are no match for me."

"You, you, you..." Tang Yaoyao pointed at her and said, "Don't think that just because you have big breasts is a big deal, you won't know until you beat me to see if I am your opponent."

Tangning walked over, looked at her, and said helplessly, "You're drunk. Go back to your room and rest quickly."

"I'm not drunk!" She walked past Tang Ning and walked up to Li Tianlan. She puffed out her chest and asked again, "It's just a competition. Do you dare?"

She actually thrust out her breasts in front of Li Tianlan. Tang Ning covered her eyes and couldn't bear to look at her.

It is true that wine strengthens one's courage. The small half jar of wine strengthened her courage and gave her so much courage.

Li Tianlan looked at her, then nodded and said, "Okay."

Tangning came to her small courtyard and closed the door.

He didn't expect that the situation in his dream would appear so quickly, but in reality they didn't tear their hair or clothes, and it was just the two of them, without Su Mei.

As soon as the fight started, Tang Ning could tell that even though Tang Yaoyao had been practicing hard these days and had made great progress, she was still no match for Li Tianlan.

After all, while she was making progress, Li Tianlan was not standing still.

The old beggar once said that Li Tianlan seemed to have broken through a certain bottleneck during this period of time. She never said that to Tang Yaoyao. It can be seen that she was purely humiliating herself today.

Li Tianlan was just defensive at first, but the drunk Tang Fairy grabbed her breasts and seemed to have some deep grudge against her breasts. A hint of embarrassment appeared on Li Tianlan's face. At a certain moment, he reached out with two fingers and tapped her breasts. on the shoulders.

So Fairy Tang kept her hand extended forward and remained motionless.

Tang Yaoyao said angrily, "Hurry up and untie me!"

Li Tianlan picked her up by the waist, walked to the room, and threw her on the bed.

"It will be unlocked automatically after two hours. During this period, just wait quietly."

After saying that, he ignored her yelling, walked out of the room, and closed the door.

She sat down in the pavilion in the courtyard and asked Tang Ning, "When will the palace examination start?"

Tangning thought for a while and said, "It should be late April."

The provincial examination will be followed by the palace examination, probably less than half a month apart. The palace examination results will be announced no later than May, and at the latest in late April.

She looked away and said: "The palace examination only tests policy theory. Among the more than two hundred Jinshi, there must be someone who is good at this. If you just write mediocrely, it will be difficult to get ahead. At most, you will be ranked second."

"Just do your best."

Tang Ning didn't care. When he decided to take the No. 1 Scholar exam, he didn't really want to stand out from thousands of students and enjoy the moment of being in the spotlight, but just for the reward he would get after becoming the No. 1 Scholar.

Now he can get the previous rewards without getting the first prize in the exam. If he doesn't get the first prize, it won't be that important. He should do his best and then leave it to fate.

He looked at Li Tianlan and asked, "How are your matters going? Have you not reached an agreement with the court yet?"

Li Tianlan shook his head and said: "The Sushen people are a serious concern of Chu State, but they are not Chen State's. It is a thankless task, and Chen State's court is naturally unwilling to send troops to help."

Tang Ning had thought about this issue carefully, and to a large extent, he could understand the court's approach.

Although the enemies on the grassland are powerful, if the sky falls, there will be tall ones who can support them, and Chu is the tall one.

Although the Sushen people are not easy to mess with, the Chu State is not a vegetarian. If we fight with real swords and guns, we don't know who will win and who will lose.

What Chen Guo hopes most is, of course, that the tribes on the grassland will fight to the death with the Chu State. Chen Guo will take advantage of the situation and annex the forces of the two countries, becoming the absolute overlord of this land.

As long as the enemies on the grassland are not strong enough to destroy Chu without any effort, the Chen court will pretend not to know the truth of death.

Tang Ning looked at Li Tianlan and asked, "If you were Emperor Chen, what would you choose?"

Li Tianlan thought for a while and said: "If I were the emperor of Chen State, I would naturally want to see the Chu State and the grassland fighting. Unless huge benefits can be obtained, Chen State has no reason to send troops."

Tang Ning poured her a cup of tea and said, "Maybe the benefits you offered were not enough to make the emperor and his ministers change their minds."

Li Tianlan looked at him and asked: "What if those barbarians on the grassland are so powerful that even Chu State cannot resist them?"

Tangning thought for a moment, looked at her and asked, "What do you mean?"

"The Sushen people on the grassland are composed of dozens of large and small tribes. They make a living as nomads and live in no fixed places. These tribes are large and small. In addition to plundering the people and merchants on the border of Chen and Chu, they also There are often frictions and wars between tribes. Small tribes will be annexed by large tribes, and large tribes will break up into small tribes..."

Li Tianlan looked at him and said, "The reason why the Sushen people have not become strong is because they have been in internal friction for a long time. But just a year ago, a certain Sushen tribe suddenly rose up, annexed more than ten small tribes, and defeated the largest tribe in one fell swoop, annexing and eroding it. Now it has become the largest tribe of Sushen, and it is still annexing and growing. If they are allowed to grow, by then, even if Chen and Chu form an alliance, it will be too late."

Tang Ning couldn't help asking, "Why don't you tell them this news?"

Li Tianlan shook his head and said, "They won't believe it unless they see it with their own eyes."

Tang Ning has not yet entered the court, and he doesn't quite understand this kind of game between high-level officials. It seems that if the goal of the alliance cannot be achieved, the Chu envoy intends to stay in the capital for a long time.

He sent Li Tianlan out of the county government office and then returned to his room.

Tang Yaoyao, who had just shouted that she wanted to fight Li Tianlan, fell asleep without knowing when. There was still a trace of crystal at the corner of her mouth. Tang Ning took out a handkerchief from her arms and wiped it to prevent her from dirtying her bed sheets.

After Tang Yaoyao woke up, she seemed to have forgotten what happened before. Tang Ning brought a bowl of porridge and placed it beside her.

She drank a mouthful of porridge, picked up the wet handkerchief beside her, looked at Tang Ning, and asked, "What did you do with my handkerchief?"

"Nothing." Tang Ning shook her head and said, "Someone always drools when sleeping. I was afraid that my bed sheets would be dirty, so I had to help her wipe it..."

Tang Yaojing picked up the bowl and walked outside. She coughed a few times and said, "I don't know who it is..."

...

Two days after the provincial examination, the court released the news that the palace examination would be held on April 23.

There were still ten days before the palace examination, and the major gambling houses in the capital were already extremely hot.

The palace examination is the last round of the imperial examination gambling game. People can bet on the champion or the top three. If they can bet on the top three in order, they will have no worries about food and drink in this life.

"I bet on Gu Bai!"

"I bet on Cui Lang!"

"One thousand taels, one thousand taels bet on Tang Ning to be the champion!"

"Are you crazy? Didn't you see the predictions for the top three this year? Several examiners personally revealed that the reason why Tang Ning won the first place in the provincial examination was because of the first two rounds. Policy essays are not his strong point. I'm afraid he won't even be able to get into the second place in this palace examination..."

"What, then I won't bet for now. Brother, where can I see the predictions for the top three?"

"I don't know this. All major bookstores sell it. It costs one tael of silver. There is information revealed by the provincial examiners themselves. You haven't even seen this, and you still dare to bet?"

"Thank you for reminding me, I'll go buy it now!"

...

In the courtyard, Tang Ning looked at Gu Bai, then at Cui Lang, and asked, "Which of you two do you think I should bet on?"