Fortunate Young Gentleman

Minister of Rites Tang Huai looked at Fang Hong and said with a smile: "Lingzhou is a long way away, Lord Fang has worked hard on this trip."

"It's my duty, it's not hard." Fang Hong replied, with a flash of suspicion in his eyes. He and Minister of Rites Tang Huai had no intersection in peacetime, and Fang's actions seemed a bit excessive.

Tang Huai looked at him, shook his head and said: "The reform of the imperial examination system is a risky move, Lord Fang is still a bit impatient."

Just now in the court, although the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites were arguing with each other, Fang Hong, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, stood on the side of the Ministry of Works.

Fang Hong nodded and said, "Lord Tang is right."

Tang Huai looked at him and said, "However, this Lingzhou Tang Jieyuan is a rare talent who can save hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for the national treasury every year. I am looking forward to his performance in the provincial examination."

The provincial examination was held in the capital and was under the full responsibility of the Ministry of Rites. Fang Hong thought about it, looked at the Minister of Rites Tang Huai, and smiled, "Lord Tang just needs to wait a few more months."

The two walked out of the palace together, and Tang Huai asked casually, "What happened just now in I heard Doctor Zhang mention that Tang Jieyuan has not yet come of age. Even if he has achieved such an achievement at the age of coming of age, it is rare. He is so young, but it is difficult for ordinary candidates to reach his goal in their lifetime. I wonder which state he is from? "

Lingzhou Gongyuan accommodates candidates from three states. Fang Hong felt that Tang Huai's words had some deeper meaning, but he didn't think much about it. He said: "Tang Jieyuan is a local student in Lingzhou."

Tang Huai nodded, as if he was just asking casually. He exchanged a few words with Fang Hong and then separated.

Wang Shuo followed from behind and walked to Tang Huai. He said palely: "Lord Tang, I am incompetent, so let the Ministry of Works..."

Tang Huai waved his hand, interrupted him, and asked: "What do you know about Lingzhou Jieyuan?"

Wang Shuo was slightly stunned. The Minister of Rites and the Ministry of Works debated in the court this time, and he never asked a single question. Why did he ask about Tang Jieyuan after the morning court?

He was stunned for a moment, then immediately said: "This man is called Tang Ning, under 18 years old, from Yong'an County, Lingzhou. He is married to the daughter of the magistrate of Yong'an County..."

"Already married?" Tang Huai narrowed his eyes and asked: "When did you get married?"

Wang Shuo shook his head: "This, I don't know."

Tang Huai rubbed his thumb and index finger slightly, and murmured: "Tang Ning, Lingzhou, Yong'an County, under 18 years old..."

Wang Shuo watched the Shangshu Lord walk away, and a trace of doubt emerged in his heart again.

It seems that the Shangshu Lord seems to have a talent for Tang Jieyuan. He regretted that he should not have quarreled with Zhang Hao when he was reading the papers...

Tang Huai walked out of the palace gate for dozens of steps, and an old servant in gray came from a distance and followed him quietly.

Tang Huai paused and was silent for a long time. When he spoke again, his voice was slightly cold.

"Didn't they say he was dead?"

The old man raised his head, a look of shock appeared on his face, and he murmured: "Impossible, they have clearly confirmed..."

"That's what you told me seventeen years ago."

"That's what you told me four months ago."

Tang Huai looked at him coldly and said indifferently: "This is the last time."

The old man opened his mouth, and after a moment, he whispered: "Yes!"

The capital, Tang Mansion.

There are many people with the surname Tang in the capital, but when it comes to Tang Mansion, the people will only think of one.

The three brothers in this Tang Mansion are all pillars of the court. The current owner of the Tang Mansion is Tang Huai, the Minister of Revenue.

In addition, there are two legitimate daughters of the Tang Mansion. One is a favorite concubine in the palace. The prince born by her is deeply loved by the emperor and is one of the three adult princes left by His Majesty.

In a quiet courtyard in the Tang Mansion, a pretty girl was swinging leisurely in the courtyard. Seeing the middle-aged man walking into the courtyard, she jumped off the swing and said in surprise: "Dad, why are you back so early today?"

The middle-aged man looked at her and asked: "Is your aunt at home?"

"Dad, are you okay?" The girl looked at him more puzzled and asked: "When did your aunt leave home?"

The middle-aged man nodded, walked out of the door again, walked through the Tang Mansion for a while, and came to a more quiet courtyard.

He knocked on the door and then pushed it open.

There was a pavilion in the courtyard, and a woman was sitting in the pavilion. The woman had a beautiful face and gorgeous clothes. She was sitting in the pavilion, carefully sewing a piece of clothing.

Qin Jing walked into the pavilion, and when he walked in front of the woman, the woman did not look up at him.

Qin Jing was silent for a moment, and said: "Xiao Yu."

The woman seemed not to hear his voice, lowered her head, and continued to sew.

"He's still alive." Qin Jing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's been seventeen years. Thank God, he's still alive."

The woman paused, the sewing needle pierced her finger, and blood oozed out.

Outside the courtyard, the girl pressed her ear against the crack of the door and asked in confusion, "Who is he?"

...

In Lingzhou, Tang Ning didn't know the treacherous situation in the capital. He used the game theory problem of "pirates dividing gold" to stump Li Tianlan. She hadn't come to see him for two days.

In this regard, Li Tianlan couldn't compare with Tang Yaoyao.

When encountering a problem that she didn't understand, Tang Yaoyao could say "I don't understand", "I can't", "Tell me", but Li Tianlan had to solve the problem.

What a strong woman.

Tang Ning sighed, carried Fang Xiaopang on her back, walked down the street, and continued walking towards the Zhong Mansion.

I originally ran with Peng Chen in the morning to keep fit, but after Fang Xiaopang heard about it, he insisted on running with him. He said he wanted to lose weight. But halfway through, he couldn't run anymore. He lay on the ground tired and still He asked Tangning to carry her back.

Tang Ning felt that he was doing it all on his own. Carrying such a drag bottle was much more tiring than running, so he could only treat it as weight-bearing strength training.

Fang Xiaopang didn’t work very hard when running, but he tried his best when eating.

Her appetite alone is comparable to that of Tang Ning Zhongyi and Tang Yaoyao. Fang Hong should really be allowed to put some living expenses at Zhong's house every month.

At least one hundred taels.

Tang Ning stopped her from serving the third bowl of rice. Fang Xiaopang looked at him pitifully. Tang Ning frowned and said, "Didn't you say you want to become thinner and more beautiful?"

Fang Xiaopang looked at him, thought for a moment, and said, "But only when you are full can you have the strength to run and become thinner and more beautiful!"

Fang Xiaopang is hopeless. He will never become thinner or more beautiful in this life. Tangning waved her hand and said, "Go ahead, I can only eat one more bowl."

"The penultimate bowl!"

"bowl!"

"Two bowls!"

…

The two haggled for a while and finally settled for a bowl and a half.

Today's food was very rich. She ate a lot of food. After the third bowl of rice, she couldn't eat anymore. She walked around in the yard. She planned to walk for a while to relieve her appetite and then finish the remaining half bowl.

There was still the last piece of thousand-feuille cake left on the plate, so Tangning stretched out her chopsticks to pick it up.

But someone got the better of him.

Zhong Yi held the piece of mille-feuille cake, looked at Tang Ning's extended chopsticks, put it down, and said, "You can eat it."

Tangning shook her head and said, "You can eat it."

Zhong Yi smiled: "You better eat it."

"I'm full, you can eat..."

Tang Yaoyao stretched out her chopsticks, picked up the piece of mille-feuille cake, put it in her bowl, looked at them, and said, "If you don't want to eat it, then I'll eat it."

Fang Xiaopang ran back from the yard, took out a paper bag from his treasure bag, opened it, put it on the table, and said, "I also have a piece of thousand-layer cake here, you can eat it."

Tangning looked at Zhong Yi and said, "Half for each person?"

Zhong Yi thought for a while and nodded.

Tang Ning divided the thousand-layer cake into two halves and took half of it herself. When Zhong Yi picked up the chopsticks, she accidentally touched the chopsticks to the ground.

She looked at Tang Ning and said helplessly, "You better eat it."

Tangning picked up the half piece of mille-feuille cake, looked at her, and said, "Open your mouth."

Zhong Yi looked at him blankly.

Tangning looked at her and said, "What are you doing standing there? Open your mouth and I'll feed you."

Zhong Yi's face turned slightly red, but when she saw Tang Ning looking at her, she obediently opened her mouth.

Tang Yaoyao watched Tang Ning feed the half piece of thousand-feuille cake to Zhong Yi. Zhong Yi looked ashamed and then looked at the whole piece of thousand-feuille cake in his bowl.

At this moment, she truly felt that Xiao Yi, who had been as close to her as a sister since childhood, was finally different from her in some way. This made her a little sad and she even lost her appetite.

She put down her chopsticks and said gloomily, "I'm full."

Tangning looked at the remaining food in her bowl, then looked at her again, and said, "If you don't want to eat it, don't put so much in it. It's such a waste..."