Tang Huai, the Minister of Rites, looked at Fang Hong and said with a smile: "Lingzhou is a long way, Master Fang has had a hard time on this trip."
"It's my duty, nothing hard." Fang Hong replied, suspicion flashed in his eyes. He and Tang Huai, the Minister of Rites, did not interact with each other on weekdays. The other party's behavior today seemed a bit too enthusiastic.
Tang Huai looked at him, shook his head and said: "With the reform of the imperial examination system, every step is a dangerous move. Mr. Fang is still a little impatient."
Just now in the court, although the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites were arguing with each other, Fang Hong, the Minister of Personnel, was on the side of the Ministry of Works.
Fang Hong nodded and said, "Master Tang's words make sense."
Tang Huai looked at him and said: "However, as he can save hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for the national treasury every year, this Lingzhou Tang Jieyuan can be regarded as a rare talent. I am somewhat looking forward to him taking the provincial examination."
Performance."
The provincial examination was held in the capital, and the Ministry of Rites was fully responsible. Fang Hong thought for a while, looked at Tang Huai, the Minister of Rites, and said with a smile: "Master Tang only needs to wait a few more months."
The two walked out of the palace together, and Tang Huai asked casually: "I just heard Zhang Langzhong mention in the palace that Tang Jieyuan has not yet been crowned. Even if he has achieved such an achievement at the age of crowning, it is really rare. He
At such a young age, it is beyond the reach of ordinary candidates in their lifetime. I wonder which state the talent is from?"
Lingzhou Gongyuan accommodated candidates from three states. Fang Hong vaguely felt that Tang Huai's words had any deeper meaning, but he didn't think much about it and said, "Tang Jieyuan is a local student in Lingzhou."
Tang Huai nodded, seemingly just asking a casual question, and exchanged a few words with Fang Hong before they parted ways.
Wang Shuo followed from behind, walked to Tang Huai's side, and said with a pale face: "Master Tang, my subordinates are incompetent, so let the Ministry of Industry..."
Tang Huai waved his hand, interrupted him, and asked: "What do you know about Lingzhou Jieyuan?"
Wang Shuo was slightly startled. In this court debate between the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works, Lord Shangshu did not even ask a question. Why did he ask about Tang Jieyuan after the court earlier?
He was just stunned for a moment, and then immediately said: "This person's name is Tang Ning, he is under eighteen years old, and he is from Yong'an County, Lingzhou. He is already married, and he is married to the daughter of the Yong'an County Magistrate..."
"Already married?" Tang Huai narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "When did you get married?"
Wang Shuo shook his head: "I don't know about this."
Tang Huai rubbed his thumb and index finger slightly and murmured: "Tangning, Lingzhou, Yong'an County, under eighteen..."
Wang Shuo watched Master Shangshu pace away, and a trace of doubt appeared in his heart again.
It seems that Lord Shangshu has a love for Tang Jieyuan, and he feels a little regretful. He really shouldn't have quarreled with Zhang Hao when he was grading papers that day...
Tang Huai walked dozens of steps out of the palace gate when an old servant in gray clothes came from a distance and followed him quietly.
Tang Huai paused and was silent for a long time. When he spoke again, his voice was slightly cold.
"Didn't you say that he is already dead?"
The old man raised his head, a look of shock appeared on his criss-crossed face, and murmured: "It's impossible, they have obviously determined..."
"That's what you told me seventeen years ago."
"That's what you told me four months ago."
Tang Huai glanced at him with cold eyes and said indifferently: "This is the last time."
The old man opened his mouth, and after a moment, he whispered: "Yes!"
Capital, Tang Mansion.
There are many people with the surname Tang in the capital, but when it comes to Tang Mansion, people will only think of one.
In this Tang Mansion, the three brothers are the pillars of the court. The current owner of the Tang Mansion is Tang Huai, the Minister of Household Affairs.
In addition, the two legitimate daughters of the Tang Dynasty, one of whom was a favored concubine in the palace, gave birth to a prince who was deeply loved by the emperor and was one of the three adult princes left by his majesty.
In a quiet courtyard somewhere in the Tang Mansion, a pretty girl was swinging leisurely in the courtyard. When she saw a middle-aged man walking into the courtyard, he jumped off the swing and said in surprise: "Dad, why are you so early today?"
Just come back?"
The middle-aged man looked at her and asked, "Is your sister-in-law at home?"
"Dad, are you okay?" The girl looked at him more doubtfully and asked, "When did my sister-in-law leave home?"
The middle-aged man nodded, walked out of the door again, walked through the Tang Mansion for a while, and came to a more quiet courtyard.
He knocked on the door and pushed in.
There is a pavilion in the courtyard. There is a woman sitting in the pavilion. The woman has a beautiful face and gorgeous clothes. She is sitting in the pavilion and sewing a piece of clothing carefully.
Qin Jing walked to the pavilion and when he walked in front of the woman, the woman did not raise her head to look at him.
Qin Jing was silent for a moment and then said: "Xiaoyu."
The woman seemed not to hear his voice, lowered her head and continued to sew.
"He's still alive." Qin Jing breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "It's been seventeen years. Thank God, he's still alive."
The movement of the woman's hand paused, and the sewing needle pricked into her finger, oozing out bright red blood.
Outside the courtyard, the girl pressed her ears to the crack of the door and asked in confusion: "Who is he?"
…
In Lingzhou, Tang Ning was still unaware of the turbulent situation in the capital. He stumped Li Tianlan with the game theory problem of "pirates sharing gold", and she hadn't come to see him for two days.
In this regard, Li Tianlan cannot compare to Tang Yaoyao.
When encountering a problem that he didn't understand, Tang Yaoyao could confidently say "I don't understand and I won't tell you," while Li Tianlan insisted on solving the problem.
What a strong woman.
Tang Ning sighed, carried Fang Xiaopang on her back, walked down the street, and continued walking in the direction of Zhong Mansion.
I originally ran with Peng Chen to keep fit in the morning, but after Fang Xiaopang heard about it, he insisted on running with him, saying that he wanted to lose weight. As a result, he couldn't run anymore halfway through, and he lay on the ground tiredly.
I want Tang Ning to carry her back.
Tang Ning felt that he was doing his own fault. Carrying such an oil bottle was much more tiring than running, so he could only treat it as weight-bearing strength training.
Fang Xiaopang didn’t work hard when he was running, but he tried his best when eating.
Her food intake alone is comparable to that of Tang Ning Zhongyi and Tang Yaoyao. Fang Hong should really be allowed to put some living expenses at Zhong's house every month.
At least one hundred taels.
Tang Ning stopped her from serving the third bowl of rice. Fang Xiaopang looked at him pitifully. Tang Ning frowned and said, "Didn't you say you want to become thinner and more beautiful?"
Fang Xiaopang looked at him, thought for a while, and said, "But only when you are full can you have the strength to run and become thinner and more beautiful!"
Fang Xiaopang is hopeless. He will never become thinner or more beautiful in this life. Tangning waved her hand and said, "Go ahead, I can only have one more bowl."
“The penultimate bowl!”
"bowl!"
"Two bowls!"
…
The two haggled for a while and finally settled for a bowl and a half.
Today's food was very rich. She ate a lot of food. After the third bowl of rice, she couldn't eat anymore. She walked around in the yard. She planned to walk for a while to eat up and then finish the remaining half bowl.
There was still the last piece of thousand-feuille cake left on the plate, so Tang Ning stretched out her chopsticks to pick it up.
But someone got the better of him.
Zhong Yi held the piece of mille-feuille cake, looked at Tang Ning's extended chopsticks, put it down, and said, "You can eat it."
Tangning shook her head and said, "You can eat it."
Zhong Yi smiled: "You better eat it."
"I'm full, you can eat..."
Tang Yaoyao stretched out her chopsticks, picked up the piece of mille-feuille cake, put it in her bowl, looked at them, and said, "If you don't want to eat it, then I'll eat it."
Fang Xiaopang ran back from the yard, took out a paper bag from his treasure bag, opened it, put it on the table, and said, "I have another piece of mille-feuille cake here, you can eat it."
Tangning looked at Zhong Yi and said, "Half for each person?"
Zhong Yi thought for a while and nodded.
Tang Ning divided the thousand-layer cake into two halves and took half of it herself. When Zhong Yi picked up the chopsticks, she accidentally hit the chopsticks on the ground.
She looked at Tang Ning and said helplessly, "You should eat it."
Tangning picked up half of the thousand-feuille cake, looked at her, and said, "Open your mouth."
Zhong Yi looked at him blankly.
Tangning looked at her and said, "What are you doing standing still? Open your mouth and I'll feed you."
Zhong Yi's face turned slightly red, but when she saw Tang Ning looking at her, she obediently opened her mouth.
Tang Yaoyao watched Tang Ning feed the half piece of thousand-feuille cake to Zhong Yi. Zhong Yi looked shy and then looked at the whole piece of thousand-feuille cake in his bowl.
At this moment, she truly felt that Xiao Yi, who had been as close to her as a sister since childhood, was finally different from her in some way. This made her a little sad and she even lost her appetite.
She put down her chopsticks and said gloomily: "I'm full."
Tangning looked at the remaining food in her bowl, then looked at her again, and said, "If you don't want to eat it, don't put so much in it. It's such a waste..."
