Zhao Man opened her mouth in surprise and stared at him blankly.
Tang Ning explained: "Originally, I sent an envoy to the capital to ask His Majesty to marry you, but His Majesty refused to agree. Instead, he made Princess Anyang a princess, and then things turned into what they are now."
Zhao Man said in a daze: "You mean, Sister Anyang is going to marry you?"
Tang Ning said: "On the surface...it is indeed the case."
"You, you..." Zhao Man finally came to his senses and said angrily: "How is this possible? I will beg my father to take back his life. It is obviously me who wants to marry..."
Tangning hurriedly pulled her and said, "Wouldn't this make His Majesty suspicious?"
Zhao Man sat in his arms aggrievedly, lowered her head, and whispered: "Obviously I came first, but they didn't follow the order. Now even Sister Anyang has to be in front of me..."
Tang Ning sighed softly. He was indeed a little ashamed of Zhao Man. This time, the opportunity for her to get married in a glamorous way was ruined by Huang Chen...
Tangning thought for a while, looked down at her, and said, "That can't be calculated that way. Even if she got married early, she would still have to be ranked behind you and call you sister..."
Zhao Man suddenly raised his head and said in surprise: "Really?"
Tang Ning was dumbfounded. All she cared about was who was older and who was younger. If this situation had happened to Tang Yaoyao, Tang Ning would have been torn into pieces.
Tang Ning stayed with Zhao Man for a while, which was arousing criticism. After agreeing with her on the next meeting time, she prepared to leave the palace.
He walked to the palace gate, and a carriage slowly stopped at the palace gate. King Huai got off the carriage and walked towards the palace gate.
After meeting Li from a distance, the two quickly separated.
Zhao Man has returned to Beijing, and Tang Ning's last mission in Beijing is to take her away safely, but because of Bai Jin's words, Tang Ning once again set her sights on King Huai.
After returning home, Tang Ning temporarily suppressed her suspicion of King Huai, walked into the courtyard, looked at Princess Anyang sitting in the courtyard, and asked, "Xiao Man is back. Have you visited the palace to see her?"
"No, no..., I'll go see her later." Princess Anyang shook her head, her eyes evasive, looking a bit like a thief.
Prince Huai and Prince Fu's family were not far away. Tangning looked at Princess Anyang and asked, "What kind of person is Prince Huai?"
"Brother Prince Huai?" Princess Anyang glanced at him in surprise and asked, "Why do you ask this?"
"I'm just curious." Tangning smiled and said, "He is talented, stable and mature. There are few young people like him."
"Maybe it has something to do with his childhood experience." Princess Anyang shook her head and said, "Concubine Yang died early, and the empress who raised him also died early. He was bullied a lot in the palace alone, so he
He developed his current character.”
After Princess Anyang finished speaking, she rolled her eyes at him and said: "It seems that there are young people like you...but you and Brother Huai Wang are really similar in some places."
Tangning asked: "Similarly handsome?"
Princess Anyang glanced at him and said: "You are very calm in everything you do, and you are confident and confident of winning..."
Tang Ning did things by himself, and sometimes he wasn't perfect, but he agreed with Princess Anyang's evaluation of Prince Huai.
In other words, if he wanted to rebel, he was probably well prepared.
King Huai's father-in-law is General Youyuwei, responsible for half of the palace's defense. If he unites with the Li family, he will be very close to the supreme position.
I am afraid that even Emperor Chen would not have thought that the emperor's guards responsible for guarding the palace would rebel against him.
Although Tang Ning had guessed what King Huai might do, she still felt that something was wrong.
If King Huai really had the intention to rebel, then his flaws were too obvious, and such flaws would obviously not appear in a thoughtful person like King Huai.
Dealing with different opponents requires different strategies. If the person standing opposite him is King Huai, Tang Ning must be extremely careful.
In the next few days, his eyes were always on King Huai, but King Huai never made any changes. He only followed Emperor Chen's order to deal with the ending of the affairs of Liang Guo's remnant party.
Tangning's eyes were all on King Huai, but just outside his sight, something happened that shocked the capital.
The newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Punishment, the new official has three things to do when he takes office. He wants to make a tangible political achievement, so he dug out a lot of old cases from the filing room. He wants to make some achievements and establish a new position in the Ministry of Punishment.
one's own majesty.
This Huang Shilang was able to sit in the position of the Minister of Justice, but he had two brushes. He actually solved two old cases in a row, entered everyone's field of vision, and became a rising star in the court.
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This seemed to further stimulate his fighting spirit, and he rushed into the case room of the Criminal Department without thinking. Just a few days ago, he unexpectedly uncovered another suspicious case.
And this case is really an amazing case.
More than 20 years ago, His Majesty's beloved concubine Yang Concubine and the Empress died of illness one after another. Since then, the harem has officially become a situation dominated by three concubines: Tang Hui, Fang Shu, and Zhang Xian.
Especially Concubine Tang Hui, who stayed with His Majesty for the shortest time, but within a short period of time, she became the uncrowned master of the harem and controlled the harem for twenty years.
It was not that no one doubted the cause of death of Concubine Yang and the Queen at that time, but after an investigation by the Ministry of Punishment, their deaths were finally determined to be deaths of illness. This incident caused quite a stir at the time, but more than 20 years later,
Come on, no one remembers these things anymore.
The new Minister of Justice, Huang Shilang, has extraordinary methods. He found several heads of the Ministry of Justice from twenty years ago, and actually collected some clues that were not recorded in the Ministry of Justice.
Afterwards, he followed the clues and found an old palace maid who served the Queen, and dug out some secrets from her that no one knew.
By the time he wrote down several doubtful points about the case and handed it over, he already had a large number of clues in his hands, which were enough to prove that there was another hidden reason behind the death of the Queen and Concubine Yang.
When he wrote to the imperial court to allow the Ministry of Punishment to re-investigate the case, the news also leaked out, causing an uproar in the capital.
There has never been a shortage of major cases in the capital. In the past two years, there have been two rebellions by the princes. The people of the capital have long been accustomed to it. However, such major cases from more than 20 years ago have only been uncovered again now.
It still ignited the fire of gossip in the hearts of the people in the capital.
Although there are only fragments of news leaked from the Ministry of Justice, it is not difficult for ordinary people to imagine a harem drama that took place more than 20 years ago from this fragment of information.
After the death of Concubine Yang and the Empress, Concubine Tang Hui firmly took the position of Concubine Hui and dominated the harem. Naturally, she was the biggest beneficiary of this matter. At that time, the Tang family was very powerful and seemed to have the ability to murder Concubine Yang and the Empress.
Among them, many people have even bolder speculations.
At that time, the Tang family was at its peak, but His Majesty had just ascended the throne and had no one around to help him. He could not suppress the remaining power of the few princes in the court.
Later, with the help of the Tang family, His Majesty eliminated all the opposition voices in the court and completely ascended the throne. After that, the status of the Tang family and Concubine Tang Hui became higher and higher. After the deaths of Concubine Yang and the Queen, Concubine Tang Hui
Completely controlled the harem.
Before Your Majesty became the emperor, the Tang family had more than one choice for you. Later, it was proved that the Tang family's vision was correct. With the help of the Tang family, His Majesty's path to the throne was like divine help.
After the emperor, the Tang family also reached a new peak. The Tang family's legitimate daughter became Concubine Hui and gave birth to Prince Duan...
The Tang family will not make a loss-making business. Could it be that His Majesty and the Tang family have reached some kind of deal, and making Concubine Tang Hui the master of the harem is the condition of this deal...
Because this guess was a bit bold and even treasonous, the people did not dare to discuss it openly, but in the dark, one whirlpool after another was stirred up.
When a huge whirlpool rolled up in the capital with the Minister of Justice as the center, Tang Ning stood in the courtyard and looked at the gloomy sky, as if she could see the pair of big hands stirring up the storm behind the dark clouds.
