Four hundred and twentieth chapters end of the year competition
"drink wine?"
Princess Anyang looked at Xiao Jue, shook her head helplessly, then looked at Zhao Man and said, "Let's go."
Zhao Man glanced at Tang Ning, blinked at him, and looked away as if nothing had happened, before leaving with Princess Anyang.
When a girl is about to turn 18, she changes a lot.
When Tang Ning met Zhao Man a year ago, she was still an unruly and unreasonable monster. A year later, she had turned into a little goblin who knew how to tease people all the time.
Lao Zheng had already returned from buying meat. Tang Ning stood up, clapped her hands and said, "I'll get the wine."
Princess Anyang, who returned to the pavilion, sighed and said: "I originally thought that Xiao Jue was not too young anymore, so I wanted him to get to know a few more daughters, but his mind just didn't work..."
Zhao Man said: "Sister Anyang, you are not young anymore, and your brain is not clear yet?"
Princess Anyang looked at her and said in a daze, "You're even teasing me?"
"No..." Zhao Man said quickly: "I just think that Sister Anyang should find a reliable person to marry. It would be nice to have a shoulder to lean on."
Princess Anyang glanced at her and said, "I'm not as lucky as you..."
Zhao Man was secretly happy, thinking of Zhong Yi's instructions, and said with a straight face: "Sister Anyang, what are you talking about, I don't understand..."
Inside the room, Tang Ning looked at Xiao Jue who was sitting by the fire and asked, "Why don't you go to Princess Anyang's banquet?"
Xiao Jue curled his lips and said: "Is it because the hot pot is not delicious or your wine is not delicious? Why should I go to that boring banquet?"
Tangning looked at him and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Xiao Jue waved his hand, looked at Tangning and said, "Let's talk about how I can meet more women. I don't think I'm any worse than you. Why do all the women in the capital want to marry you?
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Tangning looked at him and asked, "Do you know why you are still alone now?"
Xiao Jue looked puzzled: "Why?"
"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Looking at Xiao Jue's eager look, Tang Ning sighed and said, "If you want a woman to marry you, there is only one way."
Xiao Jue hurriedly asked: "What can we do?"
Tang Ning said: "You go to the most famous brothel in the capital and order ten women at a time. From the next day, there will be matchmakers willing to propose marriage for you."
Xiao Jue waved his hand and said: "It's okay to drink in a place like a brothel, but it's really not okay to come here. Is there any other way?"
Xiao Jue is single based on his ability, so nothing can be done. Tangning waved her hand and said, "Is it because the hot pot is not delicious or the wine is not good to drink? What are you talking about..."
Lao Zheng had already brought over the chopped mutton. His knife skills were at the peak of his skills. The pieces of mutton were evenly thin and thick. You could blanch them in the pot and eat them. Tangning waved to her and said, "Old Zheng, sit down and eat together."
Eating for two people was boring, but drinking with three people created some atmosphere. Zhao Yuan came in from the door smelling the smell, bought himself a pair of chopsticks, and moved a bench.
He has been so lucky recently that he has become a man of love. Under the entanglement of three little girls, he comes here to take refuge every day.
Xiao Jue ate a piece of meat, took a sip of wine, then looked at Tang Ning and asked, "I heard you are going to the Ministry of War?"
Tangning nodded and said, "I'll go in a few days."
Xiao Jue said: "At the end of the year, the Sixteenth Guards Competition, the Ministry of War is very busy, you go at the wrong time."
Tangning cooked a piece of mutton and said casually: "What kind of competition?"
Xiao Jue explained: "The sixteen guards have a small competition every year, and a big competition every four years. Each big competition requires ranking, which represents the combat strength of each guard. This year happens to be the year of the big competition. The big competition
It is coordinated by the Ministry of War, so the Ministry of War will not be idle until the end of the year."
The military system of the Forbidden Army followed the Tang system, with great improvements in details. The Forbidden Army stationed near the capital was subdivided into sixteen guards, four of which were inside the capital, two were responsible for patrolling the city, and two were responsible for the palace.
The guards, Xiao Jue's right feather guard and Lu Teng's left feather guard, are the closest personal troops of the emperor.
The remaining twelve belong to various parts of the capital, and their main responsibility is to protect the safety of the capital.
The Forbidden Army is different from other armies. They take protecting the capital and the royal family as their own duty. In addition to daily drills, they will not leave the capital easily and have no battles to participate in. The annual competition rankings are to urge them to train rigorously on weekdays.
, if you are at the bottom of the big competition, you will be unable to hold your head high for the next four years.
While drinking, Xiao Jue said unconvinced: "Lu Teng, didn't he just go to the Chu Kingdom with you, and when he came back he was promoted to Lieutenant Zuo Yu? If it was me who went there, why would it be his turn to take advantage of this?
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Lu Teng performed well as a guard during this trip, and was promoted by Emperor Chen to Lieutenant Zuo Yu, who was of the same rank as Xiao Jue. In Xiao Jue's view, this was a great advantage as he was promoted after having enough fun.
However, if Xiao Jue is really asked to be responsible for guarding, Tang Ning himself is not at ease. What he should do most is to marry a wife and have children as soon as possible to pass on the legacy of their Xiao family.
As a friend, Tang Ning felt that he had an obligation to remind Xiao Jue, otherwise based on his ideological consciousness, the Xiao family's popularity would probably be cut off in his generation.
He took a few mouthfuls of food, looked at Xiao Jue and said, "You'd better finish your meal quickly and go to Tiantianju with Princess Anyang for a banquet."
"I'm not going." Xiao Jue waved his hand and said, "I'm tired of eating the dishes at Tianranju. I think this shabu-shabu is not bad, and the wine there is not as good as yours."
Tang Ning waved her hand and said, "The banquet is not for you to eat, but for you to get to know a few of our daughters. Maybe one of the girls will be fooled by lard and fall in love with you. Do you really think the princess wants you to attend?"
For dinner?”
"You mean, the princess wants to be a matchmaker for me?" Xiao Jue glanced at his mouth and said, "Come on, she has held so many banquets, but she has never gotten married by herself. She is a few years older than me.
As for Yue, if it’s really useful, why doesn’t she look for it herself?”
Tang Ning looked at him with pitiful eyes. Xiao Jue raised his head and asked, "Why, is there something on my face?"
Tangning waved her hand: "There is nothing on your face, but there is someone behind you."
Princess Anyang, who was worried about Xiao Jue's life-long affairs and was about to come to persuade him again, turned pale, pulled his ears and walked out the door.
Xiao Jue covered her ears and did not dare to resist. She hurriedly said: "It hurts, it hurts, let go..."
Princess Anyang tugged on his ears and said angrily: "I, the princess, can go out whether or not to marry. I don't bother Young Master Xiao. If it wasn't for your wishes, I wouldn't bother to look for you. You have to go today, no?"
You have to go, before I marry you off, you have to come every time I hold a banquet!"
Xiao Jueren had already walked outside the door and said in a pitiful voice: "Wait a minute, I still have two pieces of meat to eat..."
While Zhao Yuan was rinsing the mutton, he looked out the door with pity and said with emotion: "Sister Anyang is actually very fierce, as fierce as the princess and aunt..."
He shook his head and said: "Don't marry a fierce wife. Uncle Fu Wang and Brother Huai Wang married a fierce princess, so they can only marry one princess..."
At such a young age, Wolf Zi's ambitions were obvious. Tangning looked at him and asked, "How many do you want to marry when you grow up?"
"Not many." Zhao Yuan looked at Tang Ning, feeling very envious of the fact that he always had so many beautiful ladies around him, and said, "It's about the same as my husband and my father..."
The so-called upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, because there is an emperor father of the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard. Zhao Yuan has already had this kind of unfair idea at a young age...
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In the more than ten days since he returned from Chu, Tang Ning didn't leave the house much. Although the imperial edict to transfer him to the Ministry of War had been issued, the Minister of War, Lu Ding, had already said that he should report to the Ministry of War by November at the latest.
As usual, he still planned to wait until the end of October to go.
Before that, you have to go to the Etiquette Department to complete the handover procedures.
After returning from Chu State, this was the first time he went to the Ministry of Rites, and he happened to meet the doctor of the Temple Department at the entrance of the Rites Department.
"Good morning, Mr. Liu." Tang Ning waved and said hello.
For Liu Jin, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, this is also the first time he has come to the Ministry of Rites since the mission sent by the Ministry of Rites returned from Chu. Before today, he and the doctor of the Ministry of Rites took a long leave. In recent days, at home, I heard that Tang Ning was again
I didn't come to the etiquette department, so I planned to go back to the Yamen today.
Hearing a familiar voice coming from behind, Liu Jin trembled. He looked back at Tang Ning, who was walking towards him, with a dazed look on his face. He raised his head stiffly and said in a trembling voice: "Tang... Mr. Tang, morning..."
