Taking sides when seizing the heir is actually a kind of investment.
If you choose the right prince, you may make a lot of money in the end and reach the pinnacle of life effortlessly. If you choose the wrong prince, your career may be considered a good outcome. If not, you may end up confiscating your family and exterminating your family, which will result in a small loss.
There are no children left.
Tang Ning and Kang Wang spent some time together in the honeymoon period. That's because they have a common enemy and can use each other to achieve the goals they both want to achieve, and everyone is happy.
Fundamentally speaking, he had never sided with King Kang. To be precise, he only sided with King Chen.
Not to mention that when Chen Huang was in his prime and still in good health, it would be foolish to take sides casually, but Kang Wang himself was not worthy of Tang Ning's investment.
He does not have the ability to become an emperor, nor does he have the ambition of an emperor. He only has the stinginess of Emperor Chen...
Don't learn the good ones, but only learn the bad ones. Putting aside the grievances between Tang Ning and Prince Duan, and looking at people without colored glasses, even Prince Duan gave him a better impression than Prince Kang.
Now that the honeymoon period between the two of them has passed, although he can't shake up the court by just stamping his feet, he is not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others. Today's attitude of King Kang is a precursor to the two of them completely drawing a clear line.
From then on, he walked on his Yangguan Road, and King Kang walked on King Kang's Naihe Bridge. Everyone did not owe each other, and everyone was well.
"No, no time..."
The housekeeper of Prince Kang's Mansion looked at Tang Ning, not believing his ears. After being stunned for a moment, he repeated: "His Highness said that you must invite Master Tang to come over..."
Tang Ning looked at Xiao Jue who was walking over and said, "Go back and tell His Highness that I made an appointment with Young Master Xiao for hot pot tonight. It's not good to break someone's trust. I can only apologize."
The steward of Prince Kang's Mansion looked at him. At this moment, he finally realized that Tang Ning had completely broken up with His Highness Prince Kang.
He looked at Tang Ning solemnly and asked, "Master Tang, are you sure you want to do this?"
Tangning looked back and said, "Qing'er, see you off!"
The steward of Prince Kang's Mansion looked at him deeply and said, "I will tell His Highness Prince Kang exactly what Mr. Tang said just now."
After he finished speaking, he snorted coldly and walked away.
Xiao Jue came over, looked at him, and asked, "What's wrong? You and Prince Kang have a falling out?"
Tang Ning said: "If you don't fall out with Prince Kang, your Majesty will fall out with me."
"That's the case." Xiao Jue sat down opposite him and said, "It's best not to get involved in matters like seizing a legitimate son. Your Majesty doesn't like courtiers forming cliques."
Xiao Jue thought for a moment and said, "But, now you have completely offended Prince Duan and Prince Kang, what will you do in the future?"
Tang Ning didn't have to think about what happened in the future. Emperor Chen was in such good health now. If there were no surprises, even if King Duan and King Kang could ascend to the throne, it would only be ten or ten years later.
And three years later, he will be entangled with Xiao Ru Xiaoyi and Lan Lan, you are Feng'er and I am Sha, to the end of the world. No matter which king of Chen Kingdom is in power, can they care?
Tang Ning said casually: "We don't know who will win until the end. In history, are there many things in history where winning the rightful son at the end has made it easier for others?"
"That's true." Xiao Jue nodded, looked at him, and said: "You have become famous this time. Everyone knows that Mr. Tang is stingy and cares about everything, and he will retaliate..."
"Can you believe the rumors?" Tangning glanced at him and asked, "We have known each other for such a long time, do you think I am this kind of person?"
Xiao Jue thought for a while and said: "I think you are a little stingy and vindictive..."
"Let's not talk about this anymore." He clapped his hands, stood up, and said, "What's the taste of the hot pot tonight? I'll ask Ya'er to come with you."
"Eat whatever you want!" Tangning glanced at him indifferently and waved, "If you want to eat it, take it back to your home to eat!"
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Wow!
In Prince Kang's Mansion, Prince Kang overturned the table, looked at the steward of the Prince's Mansion with a red face, and asked, "Did he really say that?"
The palace steward trembled and said in a trembling voice: "Everything you say is true, Lord Tang, no, that's what Tang Ning said indeed!"
"You see, he has completely broken up with me!" King Kang turned his head, looked at a middle-aged man, and said sternly: "Mr. Xu, what else do you have to say?"
The middle-aged man sighed and lowered his head in silence.
King Kang's face was gloomy and he murmured: "With the respect of my father, I actually don't even pay attention to this king. Tangning, Tangning, have you grown to this extent?"
A counselor looked at him and stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid Tangning didn't want to surrender to Your Highness from the beginning..."
"Hmph!" King Kang snorted coldly and said, "Are you arrogant? Do you think that without him, I will not be able to seize the legitimate son?"
Although King Kang was furious with Tang Ning, he could only lift the table and curse a few times.
Zuo Xiaowei's Lieutenant General is already a fourth-rank military officer. What's more, he is also a doctor in the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor's degree student in the Hanlin Academy. With his multiple identities and being a favorite of the emperor, no one in the court really dares to touch him.
Unable to resolve his anger, King Kang summoned several dancers and drank while watching them dance to relieve his inner annoyance.
A figure walked in from outside. When he walked up to him, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness."
"What's the matter?" King Kang glanced at him, his tone a little impatient.
Although Mr. Xu is a counselor he values very much, he has always insisted that he win over Tang Ning and gave him many gifts for this purpose. But today, Tang Ning completely fell out with him, which also made him dissatisfied with Mr. Xu.
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Mr. Xu bowed and said: "Back to Your Highness, I received a letter from my family a few days ago, saying that my mother is seriously ill and that I have to leave Beijing to serve for a while, so I came here to ask for leave from Your Highness."
"Let's go, let's go." King Kang waved his hand and said, "I agree."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Mr. Xu cupped his hands, glanced at Prince Kang one last time, and turned to leave.
A moment later, outside Prince Kang's Mansion, a young man carrying a bag quickly caught up with a figure in front of him and asked: "Master, where are we going now? Why don't we stay in Prince Kang's Mansion?"
Mr. Xu looked back and sighed: "No matter how powerful the mason is, he can't lift a puddle of mud onto the wall. It's better to leave this quagmire as soon as possible to avoid getting yourself into it in the end..."
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If you want to get along well in the court, you must either have a strong background and power, or you must have a strong thigh.
Whatever Prince Kang has in common is not as good as one of Chen Huang's leg hairs. As long as he doesn't do anything that crosses Chen Huang's bottom line, he can live a very comfortable life in this capital.
It had been a few days since the showdown with King Kang, and he had not made any move. Tangning gradually began to realize that from the time he entered Beijing two years ago to the present, he had been struggling all the way, and he could be considered a person of some status...
As the end of the year was approaching, the Ministry of War still had some miscellaneous matters that needed to be handled by him. When Tang Ning came to check her room, Wu Langzhong was clutching his stomach and sweating profusely. Seeing him come in, he immediately said: "Master Tang, you are here just in time.
, Mr. Zhou is in a hurry, please help me hand these compiled files to Mr. Zhou, I will go to the toilet first..."
"Go." Tang Ning waved to him, picked up the file on the table, and walked towards the Minister's Office.
There were two ministers in the Ministry of War, one was Nie Qian whom he knew, and the other minister, Zhou, seemed to have stayed in the border army for a long time and only came back two days ago.
Tang Ning walked into the hall and did not see Nie Qian. She only saw a middle-aged man sitting in the seat. No need to guess that he was the Minister Zhou. He took the file and put it on the table and said, "Servant Zhou
, this is the file of the Ministry of War."
"Department of War?" Zhou Shilang looked up at him and asked, "Who are you?"
Tang Ning said: "Tang Ning, by His Majesty's decree, I am temporarily appointed as the doctor of the Ministry of War."
Zhou Shilang picked up the files and looked at them casually. Then he threw them heavily on the table and said coldly: "It's a mess. What did the Ministry of War sort out? Take it back and sort it out again. Everything is sorted out."
Leave it to me again..."
Tang Ning was slightly stunned. She didn't know why Zhou Shilang was so angry. Could it be that there was something wrong with the things compiled by Wu Langzhong?
He picked it up again and prepared to take it back for Wu Langzhong to look at it again and convey the meaning of Zhou Shilang.
Zhou Shilang watched Tang Ning walk out before slowly standing up. The new Mr. Tang, when talking to him, was neither humble nor overbearing, and seemed a bit arrogant. This kind of subordinate needs to be carefully hammered before being used.
Just fine.
He paced and walked out of the yamen, and heard two clerks discussing in the corridor.
"Really, Mr. Tang admitted in front of His Majesty that he wanted to take revenge on Shilang Liu, so Your Majesty didn't punish him?"
"Not only was he not punished, but he was also rewarded heavily. Liu Shilang was unlucky. Originally, he should have been the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but now he has nothing..."
"What's this? The Minister of Hubu, Han, is miserable. He offended Mr. Tang, and now he doesn't even have his life. There is also the Minister of Punishment. I heard that he has been exiled. I don't know if this is Master Tang's revenge..."
"There are also those from the Ministry of Etiquette, who were competing with Mr. Tang to send the wedding messenger, but one of them was hit by a car when he went out, another fell into a well while walking, and one had diarrhea for a month... It was so miserable!"
"Master Tang is truly the smallest, most stingy, and most calculating person I have ever seen..."
"Shh, keep your voice down, we will be in trouble if he hears us!"
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Listening to the discussion of the two minor officials, Zhou Shilang stood in front of the Yamen, his face turned pale, and he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead again and again...
