Tang Ning glanced at Xiao Jue and asked, "You married your niece and became brothers with your father-in-law. Is this what people do?"
This was something he couldn't argue with. Xiao Jue immediately retracted his head and said with a smile: "Just a joke, just a joke..."
Tangning stopped continuing the topic and asked, "How has the capital been doing this year?"
Xiao Jue said: "What you were like before you left, you are like now. Ever since King Kang and King Duan were imprisoned and everyone in the Tang family was executed, no one has caused trouble in the capital..."
Although the rebellion of King Kang and King Duan was a big blow to Emperor Chen, it also purged the court, which had both advantages and disadvantages.
Right now, the most important thing for Chen State is to help the Sushen people and defeat the black barbarians. From another perspective, this is also to help Chen State eliminate an unstable factor.
Although the Heiman tribe is powerful, it is only a little stronger than the Sushen tribe at most. With the addition of Chen State, Chu State, and the Western Region, the strength of the Wanyan tribe has doubled, and they are almost overwhelming the Heiman tribe.
Of course, in the vast prairie, even if the four-nation coalition wants to completely defeat the black barbarians, it will not be easy.
Since the black barbarians changed from offense to guerrilla defense and were roaming around on the prairie, it was not that easy to defeat them head-on. After all, if they really wanted to escape, they would be almost impossible to catch up with on the prairie.
This battle will not be over in a while.
Tang Ning stayed in Wanyanbu for two months and planned to return to Guizhou.
Xiaoyi was about to give birth to a baby, and he couldn't worry about it. Tangning and Li Tianlan had already coaxed her. One of them wanted to lead an army and couldn't be separated for the time being. The other was Khan, and it was even more impossible for them to be with her right now.
After Tang Ning leaves, everything will have to wait until the war on the grassland comes to an end.
Although Chen Chu offered assistance to the grassland, he did not hand over the troops and horses to their command. Only Li Tianlan could mobilize the Chu army, and Chen's 100,000-strong army only listened to Xiao Jue's orders.
The four countries formed an encirclement and surrounded the Black Barbarians. Sooner or later, the Black Barbarians would be defeated.
Old Zheng stayed on the grassland. As the commander-in-chief of the Western Region reinforcements, Xiaoxiao did not follow him back to Guizhou Province when he learned that Tang Ning would return to Chen State soon. Instead, he and the old beggar returned to Chen State first, and then stayed with Tang Ning.
The capital meets.
…
Three months later.
Tang Ning held the eldest daughter of the Tang family in her left hand, and the young master of the Tang family in her right hand. However, these two siblings did not give him face. Although Tang Ning held her in her arms, they opened their hands with all their strength and looked at them eagerly.
Mother.
After Zhong Yi and Su Ru took them from Tang Ning's arms, the two little ones immediately settled down.
The scene in front of her made Tangning immediately change her mind. She planned to stay here for a month to build a good relationship with her daughter and son before returning to the capital to deal with some of his last matters in Chen Kingdom.
Hard work did not yield to his hard work. After Tang Ning had been almost inseparable for a month, the two little guys finally began to cling to him. Tang Ning breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time felt a sense of satisfaction in becoming a father for the first time.
During Tang Ning's absence, Tang Yaoyao also left Guizhou. Although Tang Ning gave up part of Chen Guo's business, she had already begun to expand the market in the Western Regions. In addition to Guizhou, grassland, and Chu, the Tang family's business was
Her men have already opened up all the surrounding countries.
After the fall of the Liang Kingdom, the rebels re-established the Hou Liang regime in Dian. These days were restless. Under Gongsun Ying's instigation, he wanted to retake Guizhou and restore the Liang Kingdom to its heyday.
However, in the past few months, the actions of Su Mei and several elders have completely calmed them down, and the land of Yunnan has become much quieter.
As for Gongsun Ying, he barely escaped under the encirclement and suppression by several elders and is now missing.
Tang Ning stayed in Guizhou for a few more days before embarking on the road back to Beijing.
This trip to the capital was destined to be uneventful. Tang Ning could not yet imagine what kind of conflict would break out between him and Emperor Chen.
However, no matter what happens in the future, he must face it head-on.
At the same time, in the capital, naturally in the middle, Gongsun Ying looked at Bai Jin and the middle-aged man opposite, and said: "The saint has conquered the ten elders, our plan has failed..."
Su Mei followed their plan and successfully became a saint of the Ten Thousand Gu Sect, but she rejected their plan to restore the country.
This caused Bai Jin and Gongsun Yingshi to be in chaos. However, they had been planning this plan for more than ten years, so how could they give up?
In the past two years, Bai Jin continued her layout in the capital, while Gongsun Ying went deep into the Yunnan region to stir up conflicts between the Back Liang and Guizhou regions. However, just when she was about to succeed, several elders appeared and shattered her conspiracy.
, causing all her previous efforts to be wasted, and her plans in Yunnan also failed.
Bai Jin's eyes were sharp and he said: "If I had known that this would happen, I shouldn't have adopted her in the first place..."
"What's the use of talking about this now?" Gongsun Ying frowned and asked, "How is the situation here?"
Bai Jin said: "Everything is under control, but now is not a good time to take action."
Gongsun Ying looked at her and said, "Then you have to be careful."
Bai Jin said: "What are you careful about?"
Gongsun Ying said: "He's back."
…
Tang Ning came back this time with only two elders by her side. Her mother-in-law had a grandson and she no longer planned to return to the capital. She just asked him to tell his father-in-law when he came back.
Xiaoxiao and the old beggar had returned to the capital a month ago, and Tangning quietly entered the capital without attracting anyone's attention.
He did not enter the palace, nor did he go to Princess Anyang's Mansion. He wanted to rest for a night first, then report to Emperor Chen, and then make other plans.
Prince Huai's Mansion.
King Huai closed the door of the study, and Bai Jin walked out from behind the screen and asked, "Tangning has returned to Beijing, will it affect your plan?"
King Huai said: "Yu Linwei is already in control and can take action at any time. He can't interfere in the affairs of the palace. What impact will it have?"
Bai Jin asked: "Then when do you plan to take action?"
King Huai said: "It's almost..."
"I hope nothing will go wrong." Bai Jin glanced at him and was about to leave, but King Huai stopped her.
Bai Jin looked at him and asked, "Is there anything else?"
King Huai said: "Did you forget something?"
Bai Jin thought for a moment, took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, and said, "The usage is the same as before."
King Huai did not take the porcelain vase, but looked at her and said, "I have one more thing to do."
Bai Jin asked: "What happened?"
King Huai said calmly: "To detoxify the princess, you can plant the poison on me."
Bai Jin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is this true?"
It would be great if the poison could be planted on King Huai, but since he has good martial arts skills and is very vigilant, it is almost impossible to poison him silently.
But she also knew in her heart that it was much better to control King Huai than to control a princess.
King Huai said: "She is not in good health these days, so I will bear these hardships for her."
Bai Jin thought of King Huai's methods and hesitated again, saying: "This matter is troublesome, so let's forget it."
"Do as I say." King Huai looked at her indifferently and said, "You have no choice."
