After Su Mei left, Tang Ning sat alone in the study, sorting out her thoughts.
It was obvious that both Su Mei's master and the middle-aged woman he captured from Chu had some big plans.
Judging from the fact that she left the second prince behind and ran away alone, Gongsun Ying's purpose of working for the grassland is not simple. Tianranju has been operating in the capital for many years and has close connections with many big figures in the capital. Her secret energy is beyond imagination and her goals are always different.
The goal is to make Tiantianju the number one catering brand in the country.
What exactly do these people want to do is a question that Tangning can't figure out.
I put her mind aside for the time being. Now that I have caught her, I won't let her go so easily. Otherwise, I will hand her over to the court directly, and they can do whatever they want to do with her.
He picked up the pen again, and instead of writing the manuscript, he began to write the excerpt.
Someone from the palace just now asked him to report in detail what he encountered during his trip. A lot of things happened along the way. The princess was not sent away, the princess was not married back, and the people on the grassland made trouble along the way.
The younger brother of Chu State became the elder brother... Although such a big thing happened, it was not the mission's fault, but there should be an explanation.
After finishing writing the excerpt, he walked out of the study and saw that the yard was quite lively.
Xiaoxiao was practicing martial arts under the guidance of the old beggar. She entered the country quickly. When Tangning came back this time, she found that she was much more cheerful than before. A large part of this was due to Fang Xinyue.
Lao Zheng's daughter Nannan stood next to Xiao Xiao and imitated it in a decent manner.
Nannan is five years old this year. During the time when Lao Zheng and him went to Chu State, Xiao Ru and Xiao Yi helped to take care of her. During this time, Xiao Yi taught her to read and write, and the women at home dressed her up beautifully.
Yes, after half a year, she is no longer the snot-nosed girl who followed Fang Xinyue around before.
The butcher's daughter actually looked like a young lady.
The old beggar sat on the chair and watched Xiao Xiao practicing with satisfaction. Then he glanced at the little girl next to him, turned his head and asked Butcher Zheng: "Pig butcher, is this your daughter? How can a rough guy like you give birth to such a child?"
Pretty girl?"
Lao Zheng squatted on the ground, took the old beggar's wine bottle and took a sip of wine, and said: "Nannan, her mother is beautiful, she follows her mother."
The old beggar looked at him, with an expression on his face that was unclear whether he was surprised or envious. He curled his lips and said, "How can such a beautiful girl like you?"
Lao Zheng had an indifferent temperament, shook his head and stopped answering.
Tang Ning walked over, looked at Lao Zheng and asked, "What are your plans in the future to take your daughter back to Lingzhou?"
"My daughter is already five years old. When she grows up, she will not be able to kill pigs and sell meat with me." Old Zheng looked at the little practice place, wiped the wine from his stubble, and said, "I plan to stay in the capital.
, let her read some books. Girls should read more books. Those who are knowledgeable and sensible, like Miss Zhong, can marry into a good family in the future."
He stood up, looked at Tang Ning, and said, "If you think it's okay, I'll stay here and kill pigs and sheep on weekdays. You can pay me as much as you like."
Letting a master like Lao Zheng kill pigs and sheep is really overkill. Tangning waved her hand and said, "If you are willing, you can stay here for as long as you want. You don't have to do any work..."
"That's not okay." Lao Zheng shook his head and said, "If you don't work and just eat for free at your place, wouldn't that mean you don't even have a face?"
The old beggar sneered and said, "You still know how to save face?"
After saying that, he was stunned, then jumped up, grabbed his collar and asked: "Pig-killer, what do you mean?"
The old beggar and Old Zheng started fighting. Tangning walked to the pavilion where Xiao Ru Xiaoyi was. Not long after she sat down, she saw Fang Xinyue walking in from outside.
Behind her was Zhao Yuan, and beside Zhao Yuan was a little girl.
This little girl Tang Ning had met once. She seemed to be the granddaughter of Prime Minister Wang's family, and she was also the younger sister of the Wang family as mentioned by Zhao Yuan.
Zhao Yuan ran over and asked, "Sir, have you brought the Rouge I asked you to bring?"
Tang Ning asked Qing'er to take the wooden box and handed it to Zhao Yuan. He opened it and looked at it, and immediately started laughing.
He counted the rouges in the wooden box and murmured: "This is for the mother and concubine, this is for the Wang sister..."
The little girl named Wang standing next to him laughed.
"This is for sister Zhang, this is for sister Bai, this..." Zhao Yuan was still talking to himself, completely unaware that the little girl next to him had pouted.
After he finished counting, he took out a box and handed it to the little girl. The little girl crossed her arms, turned her head and said, "I don't want it."
"Why?" Zhao Yuan was stunned and asked, "Didn't you want it a long time ago?"
The little girl pouted and said, "Why do you want to give it to Sister Zhang and Sister Bai..."
Zhao Yuan touched his head and said, "Because I promised them..."
"Huh!" The little girl looked at him and said, "You can only choose one of us!"
"This..." Zhao Yuan showed hesitation on his face.
The little girl looked at him, stamped her feet, and ran away quickly.
"Hey, sister Wang, don't run away, wait for me, be careful if you drop it..." Zhao Yuan hugged the box and hurriedly chased after it.
Zhong Yi watched him run away, shook his head and said: "King Run is still so young, he already knows how to make girls happy."
Su Ru also said with some humor: "The little girl from the Wang family is angry, let's see what he chooses..."
Tangning shook her head and said, "He is just too young. Only children make choices. Adults..."
Zhong Yi looked at him and asked, "What's wrong, sir?"
Su Ru also blinked and looked at him.
"Sir..." Tangning looked away, shook her head and said, "Sir, you won't ask questions like the little girl from the Wang family."
Although adults may not ask this question, adults will also encounter the problems that children encounter.
Tang Ning didn't take a few bites during his afternoon meal. He was thinking about how to tell them about Zhao Man and Li Tianlan.
In the evening, he usually writes manuscripts in the study. Xiaoyi will read with him, and Xiaoru will stand by and help him sharpen his ink, or calculate the accounts of the store.
Tangning didn't write a manuscript today and was a little distracted. After thinking for a long time, she looked at them and said, "I..., there is something I want to tell you."
Zhong Yi and Su Ru both raised their heads and looked at him.
Tangning thought for a while and said, "Actually..."
Zhong Yi looked at him and asked: "Actually, the princess likes my husband?"
"..." Tangning was stunned, looked at them, and murmured: "You..."
"We have known this for a long time." Zhong Yi looked at him and said, "Because the princess likes my husband, my husband went to Chu to bring her back safely."
She looked at Tangning again and asked, "Are you on the way..."
"No, no..." Tangning waved her hands quickly and said, "We didn't do anything."
The relationship between him and Zhao Man was really innocent. Although she had been forcibly kissed by her once, she didn't even stick out her tongue that time, so it was nothing at all...
Zhong Yi looked at him and said, "So my husband has accepted the princess."
Just as Tang Ning was about to speak, Zhong Yi continued: "Before my husband left, I already knew that the princess liked my husband. She has a noble status, and it would be harder for me to like her husband... Now that my husband has accepted her...
Princess, it means you have an idea in mind. If I object, I am a jealous woman."
She and Su Ru had discussed this matter during the day and were very calm at the moment.
Xiao Ru and Xiao Yi's reactions to this matter were far calmer and gentler than Tangning expected. He originally thought that he would have to sleep in the study for at least a month, but he didn't expect them to be so calm.
He coughed lightly, looked at them, and said, "Actually, there is one more thing..."
Zhong Yi looked at him and asked in surprise: "Is there anything else?"
Tang Ning looked at her and asked, "Do you still remember Miss Li?"
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Cool night.
Tangning sat alone in the yard, feeling cold and hungry.
Facts have proved that when a person has made an inch of progress, he must not think about taking another step forward. The consequence of making an inch of progress is that he will sit here alone and suffer from hunger in the middle of the night.
The moonlight was bright, and a figure flew over from outside the wall, looked at him, and asked: "What are you doing here?"
"Don't worry about this for now." Tang Ning looked at Tang Yaoyao and asked, "Do you have anything to eat?"
Tang Yaoyao glanced at him and said, "Wait."
She climbed over the courtyard wall, flew back after a while, handed him a box of cakes, and asked, "What are you doing here without sleeping at night?"
Tangning ate a piece of pastry and asked, "Aren't you asleep too?"
"I was about to go to sleep. I heard some movement here and came over to take a look." Tang Yaoyao sat opposite him and said, "What happened?"
Tangning looked at her and asked, "We are best friends, can I trust you?"
Tang Yaoyao waved his hand and said, "Stop talking nonsense and speak quickly."
Tangning swallowed a piece of pastry and said, "This matter is a long story."
Tang Yaoyao said impatiently: "Then let's make the story short!"
"Some things happened when I went to Chu State this time..." Tangning looked at her, briefly recounted it, and finally said, "That's it."
"Princess?"
"And Li Tianlan?"
Tang Yaoyao was sitting opposite Tang Ning, with her back to the moonlight. Tang Ning couldn't see her expression clearly, but she could only hear that her voice was trembling.
At a certain moment, he suddenly felt that his hands were empty and the cakes had been taken away.
Tangning stood up and said, "I'm not full yet..."
There was a sound of breaking wind in his ears. Tang Yaoyao stood on the wall of the courtyard, looked back at him, gritted his teeth and said, "How come you didn't starve to death!"