Tang Ning was still a little unsure about the strength of Tang Yaoyao and Li Tianlan. Bookmark this site
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, so he shook his head and said, "No 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 fight 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 up 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. That small jar of wine strengthened her courage and gave her so much courage.
Li Tianlan looked at her, then nodded and said, "Okay."
Tang Ning 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 see 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, but 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 didn't move.
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 and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
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 immediately by the palace examination, which will probably only take less than half a month. The list of palace examinations will be published no later than May, and the latest time will be 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 is your matter? Have you not reached an agreement with the court yet?"
Li Tianlan shook his head and said: "The Sushen people are a serious problem for the Chu State, but they are not for the Chen State. It is a thankless task, and the Chen State 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 hold it up, 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 hoped for most was, of course, that the tribes on the grassland would fight to the death with the Chu State, and Chen Guo would reap the benefits and annex the forces of both countries, becoming the absolute overlord of the 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 while, 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 between 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 stronger is because they have been in internal strife for a long time. But just a year ago, a certain Sushen tribe suddenly rose up and annexed more than ten small tribes.
They defeated the largest tribe in one fell swoop and annexed and encroached upon them. Now they have become the largest tribe in Sushen, and they are still annexing and growing. If they are allowed to become stronger, by then, even if Chen and Chu form an alliance, it will not be enough.
It’s too late.”
Tangning couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you tell them the 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 imperial court and does not understand the game between high-level officials. It seems that if the purpose of forming an alliance cannot be achieved, the Chu envoy plans to stay in the capital forever.
He escorted Li Tianlan out of the county office and then returned to his room.
Tang Yaoyao, who was shouting that she wanted to challenge Li Tianlan just now, fell asleep at some point. There was still a trace of sparkle in the corner of her mouth. Tang Ning took out a handkerchief from her arms and wiped it to prevent her from soiling her sheets.
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After Fairy Tang woke up, she seemed to have forgotten what happened before. Tang Ning brought a bowl of porridge and placed it next to her.
She took a sip of the porridge, picked up the wet handkerchief on the side, looked at Tang Ning, and asked, "What did you do with my handkerchief?"
"I didn't do anything." Tangning shook her head and said, "Someone always drooled while sleeping. I was afraid that it would stain my sheets, so I had to wipe it for her..."
Fairy Tang picked up the bowl, walked outside, coughed a few times, and said, "I don't know who it is..."
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Not two days after the provincial examination ended, the imperial court released the news that the palace examination would be held on April 23rd.
There are still ten days left before the imperial examination, and the major gambling houses in the capital are already extremely popular.
The Imperial Examination is the last stage of the imperial examination gambling game. Everyone can bet on only the number one candidate, or they can bet on 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'll escort Gu Bai!"
"I'll bet Cui Lang!"
"One thousand taels, one thousand taels bets that Tang Ning will be the top pick!"
"Are you crazy? You haven't looked at this year's top three predictions. Several examiners have personally revealed that the reason Tangning won the first place in the provincial examination is because he won the first two games. Strategy is not his strong point. In this palace examination,
I’m afraid it will be difficult to even get into the second grade..."
"What, I won't bet on you now. Brother, where can I find the top three predictions?"
"I don't even know this. They are sold in all major bookstores. Each book costs one tael of silver. It contains information personally revealed by the provincial examination examiner. You haven't even read this, how dare you bet?"
"Thank you for reminding me, brother, I will buy it now!"
…
In the small courtyard, Tang Ning looked at Gu Bai, then at Cui Lang, and asked, "Which one of you two do you think is better for me to escort?"
