King Duan chased King Huai like a mad dog and bit him hard. King Huai must have had a big head recently.
But this has nothing to do with Tang Ning. After all, Duan Wang didn't bite him. If Duan Wang really set his sights on him, he wouldn't mind knocking out all the teeth in his mouth.
In addition to the affairs of Shangshu Province, he is also busy with other things these days.
The caravan going to the grassland needs to be organized as soon as possible. The Tang family has fallen from a high-ranking wealthy family to this. Tang Ning has ravaged them in all aspects, both materially and spiritually, and the hatred in her heart has disappeared.
It's time for him to plan his own way out.
After all, he can't stay in the Chen Kingdom to help Emperor Chen work. Lanlan is still waiting for him in the Chu Kingdom, and Wanyanyan is still waiting for him to go to the grassland to fulfill the agreement. He is pacifying the south of the Yangtze River and the northwest, so he is helping Emperor Chen do the work.
After so many things, kidnapping one of his daughters is not too much, right?
It had been a long time since he returned from the grassland, and it was early October in a blink of an eye.
One night in mid-October, before the curfew, a carriage slowly stopped in front of Tang's house.
Tang Shui helped Tang Yu get out of the carriage, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said, "I'm finally back."
Tangning had already planned to go to bed. When she heard that they were returning to Beijing, she put on her clothes again, walked out, looked at the two figures in the hall, and said with a smile, "Mom, you are back."
Tang Yu came over, looked at him, and said distressedly: "Why are you thinner than before? You must have suffered a lot on the grassland, right?"
"No..." Tangning smiled and changed the subject: "Are you hungry? Do you want me to make some midnight snacks?"
"No need." Tang Shui shook his head and said, "The curfew is coming soon. It's getting late. I'll go home first..."
"Well..." Tangning looked at her and said awkwardly, "It's too late now, why don't we just rest here tonight."
Tang Shui shook his head and said: "There are many people during the day, so it is easier at night."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked outside.
Tangning stretched out her hand to stop her: "Wait a minute."
Tang Shui turned around and asked, "Is there anything else?"
"You don't have to go back." Tang Ning looked at her and said, "The Tang family is gone."
Tang Shui frowned and looked at him and asked, "What?"
Tang Ning explained: "During the days when you left Beijing, a small accident happened to the Tang family. Tang Qi and Tang Huai were dismissed from their official positions, but your father was not affected at all. In addition, the Tang family's old residence was also raided by the imperial court, so
You can't go back tonight."
Tang Shui looked at him directly: "Little accident?"
Tangning thought for a while and added: "It's a little bigger than a small accident. It's considered a medium accident..."
…
Regardless of whether it was a minor accident or a moderate accident, the Tang family's old residence now belonged to the imperial court and not to the Tang family, so Tang Shui naturally could not return.
Sooner or later, they would know what happened to the Tang family, so it would be better for Tang Ning to tell them herself.
In the room, Tang Yu looked at him and said, "Just do what you think you should do, don't worry about us."
Tangning nodded and said, "You guys should rest early, I'm going back."
Tang Ning walked out of the room and walked to the courtyard. Tang Shui walked out of the room and said, "Sooner or later, the Tang family will rise again. How will you gain a foothold in the capital by then?"
Tangning turned around, smiled, and asked, "Who said I want to establish myself in the capital?"
Tang Shui was stunned and asked: "You, you want to leave the capital?"
Tangning did not answer the question and continued, "Why do you think the Tang family will rise again?"
"Wait until King Duan..."
"Will that position definitely belong to King Duan?"
…
Tang Shui was stunned and looked at him for a long time before saying, "You, you mean..."
"Women should not worry about men's affairs." Tangning smiled and said, "Go back and rest early."
Watching Tang Ning walk out of the courtyard, Tang Shui stood there, stunned for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "You actually talked to your cousin like that!"
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Capital West District.
Just after dawn, there was a knock on the door of a house facing the street.
Tang Jing opened the door and saw the figure standing outside, and said in surprise: "Shui'er, when did you come back?"
"Last night." Tang Shui walked into the house and asked, "Where is my mother?"
A woman came out of the room, saw her, and said in surprise: "Shui'er is back, how is it? Is Jiangnan fun?"
Tang Shui nodded and said, "It's okay."
Tang Jing stepped forward and asked in confusion: "How did you know we moved here?"
Tang Shui said: "I originally went home, but when I saw that my home was sealed off, I asked someone to inquire and found out that you had moved here. What happened?"
The woman sighed and said, "A lot of things happened in Beijing during your absence..."
Tang Shui had already heard Tang Ning talk about what happened in the Tang family last night, but he couldn't tell her where she spent the night last night. After listening to what the woman said, she was silent for a while and then said, "This is all."
It was the fault made by the eldest uncle and the second uncle, no one else is to blame."
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Tang Jing waved his hand and said, "The old house is gone, where will you stay tonight?"
Tang Shui looked at the courtyard and said, "Of course I live at home..."
Tang Jing looked slightly embarrassed and said, "As you can see, this house is not big. It has only one bedroom and no place for you to live..."
Tang Shui was stunned and asked, "Didn't you think of me when you bought the house?"
Tang Jing said embarrassedly: "You were not here at that time, so we forgot... Besides, we don't have enough money to buy a bigger house..."
Tang Shui knew that his parents never took money from the Tang family and only relied on his annual salary. But even so, he was still angry in his heart. He looked at them with shame and said, "You guys let me down so much..."
…
Princess Anyang's Mansion, Princess Anyang looked at her, smiled from ear to ear, and gasped: "So, so you bought the house next to them..."
She put her hand on Tang Shui's shoulder and said with a smile: "I will forget about this kind of thing, whether you are my biological child..., oh yes, you are not their biological child in the first place..."
The two have been very good friends since childhood and talk about everything. It doesn't hurt to make some jokes like this on weekdays.
"Stop laughing." Tang Shui pulled her face and said, "Who knew that we just went to Jiangnan and something like this happened in Beijing..."
The smile on Princess Anyang's face faded and she said: "Speaking of this matter, your cousin is too cruel, that is his uncle..."
Tang Shui gave her a dissatisfied look and said, "Is there an uncle who wants to kill his nephew again and again?"
Princess Anyang looked at him and said in surprise: "Have you forgotten that you are from the Tang family? He has made all of you Tang family like this, yet you actually stand on his side."
Tang Shui glanced at her and said, "I am on the side of truth."
Princess Anyang looked at her, shook her head, and said, "You don't know how ruthless his methods are. After the Tang family moved to the West District, he actually bought an entire street of shops in the West District, and all of them were decorated with their Tangrenzhai
I heard that after the Tang family moved there, the door has never been opened..."
A mischievous expression appeared on her face, and she said: "But he is still not cruel enough. If it were me, I would buy the Tang family's old house and use it to raise pigs, and I would piss them off to death!"
Tang Shui glanced at her and said, "Don't you think he is vicious?"
Princess Anyang curled her lips and said: "A man should retaliate when he has a grievance and take revenge when he has a grudge. This is what a gentleman does."
Tang Shui asked: "So you think he is a gentleman?"
"Bah!" Princess Anyang secretly spat and said, "He is just a scoundrel!"
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Household Department.
The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of national finances, and the finances here include not only the money in the treasury, but also any physical property belonging to the state.
"Master Tang wants to buy the Tang family's old house?" Qian Shuo, the Minister of Household Affairs, looked at Tang Ning and said in surprise: "Don't you have a mansion in Beijing? What do you want the Tang family's old house for?"
Tangning looked at him and said calmly: "Raise pigs."
