Tang Huai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, looked at Fang Hong and said with a smile: "Lingzhou is far away, Lord Fang has worked this trip." ”

"It's a duty, nothing hard." Fang Hong replied, a suspicious look flashed in his eyes, he and Tang Huai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, had no intersection on weekdays, and the other party's actions today seemed to be a little too enthusiastic.

Tang Huai looked at him, shook his head and said: "The imperial examination system is restructured, every step is a dangerous move, and Lord Fang is still a little impatient. ”

Just now in the court, although it was the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites arguing with each other, Fang Hong, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, was on the side of the Ministry of Industry.

Fang Hong nodded and said, "Lord Tang is reasonable. ”

Tang Huai looked at him and said: "However, if he can save hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for the treasury every year, this Lingzhou Tang Jieyuan can be regarded as a rare talent, and the official is looking forward to his performance in the provincial examination." ”

The provincial test was held in Jingshi, and the Ministry of Rites was fully responsible, Fang Hong thought about it, looked at Tang Huai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and said with a smile: "Lord Tang only needs to wait a few more months." ”

The two walked out of the palace gate together, and Tang Huai asked casually: "I heard Zhang Langzhong mention in the palace just now, that Tang Jieyuan has not yet been crowned, even if he achieves such an achievement at the age of crowning, it is really rare, he is young, so it is difficult for ordinary candidates to reach for a lifetime, I don't know which state talent?" ”

Lingzhou Gongyuan accommodated candidates from three states, Fang Hong faintly felt that Tang Huai's words had any deep meaning, but he didn't think much about it, and said: "Tang Jieyuan is a local student in Lingzhou. ”

Tang Huai nodded, as if he just asked casually, and exchanged a few more words with Fang Hong, and then separated.

Wang Shuo followed from the rear, walked to Tang Huai's side, and said with a pale face: "Lord Tang, the lower officials are incompetent, so let the Ministry of Industry ......"

Tang Huai waved his hand, interrupted his words, and asked, "What do you know about that Lingzhou Xie Yuan?" ”

Wang Shuo was slightly stunned, this time the court debate between the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, Lord Shangshu never asked, why did he ask about Tang Jieyuan after the early dynasty?

He was only stunned for a moment, and then immediately said: "This person's name is Tang Ning, he is under the age of eighteen, he is from Yongan County, Lingzhou, he is already married, and he is married to the daughter of Yong'an County......"

"Already married?" Tang Huai's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked, "When did you get married?" ”

Wang Shuo shook his head: "This, the lower officials don't know." ”

Tang Huai's thumb and index finger rubbed slightly, and he muttered: "Tangning, Lingzhou, Yong'an County, less than eighteen ......"

Wang Shuo watched Master Shangshu pacing away, and a trace of doubt appeared in his heart again.

It seems that Lord Shangshu seems to love this Tang Jieyuan, and he regrets it a little in his heart, when he reads the papers that day, he really shouldn't quarrel with Zhang Hao......

Tang Huai walked out of the palace gate for dozens of steps, and an old servant in gray came from a distance and followed him quietly.

Tang Huai's footsteps paused, he was silent for a long time, and when he spoke again, his voice was slightly cold.

"Didn't you say he's dead?"

The old man raised his head, a hint of shock appeared on his crisscrossed faces, and he muttered, "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 coldly, and said indifferently: "This is the last time." ”

The old man opened his mouth, and after a moment, he whispered, "Yes!" ”

Jingshi, Tang Mansion.

There are many surnames in Jingshi Tang, but when it comes to Tang Mansion, the people will only think of one.

This Tang Mansion, the three brothers, are all the pillars of the court, and the current owner of the Tang Mansion is Tang Huai, the head of the household.

In addition, the two concubines of the Tang Mansion, one is the favorite concubine in the palace, and the prince born is deeply loved by the Son of Heaven and is one of the three adult princes left by His Majesty.

In the Tang Mansion, in a quiet courtyard, a pretty girl was swinging leisurely in the courtyard, and when she saw a middle-aged man who walked into the courtyard, she jumped off the swing and said in surprise: "Dad, why did you come back so early today?" ”

The middle-aged man looked at her and asked, "Is your sister-in-law not at home?" ”

"Dad, are you alright?" The girl looked at him even more suspiciously, 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 short while, and came to a more secluded courtyard.

He knocked on the door, then pushed it in.

There is a pavilion in the courtyard, and there is a woman sitting in the pavilion, the woman has a beautiful face and gorgeous clothes, she sits in the pavilion, and carefully sews a piece of clothing.

Qin Jing walked into the pavilion, and when he walked in front of the woman, the woman didn't look up at him.

Qin Jing was silent for a moment and said, "Xiaoyu." ”

As if she hadn't heard him, the woman lowered her head and continued to sew.

"He's alive." Qin Jing breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "It's been seventeen years, thank God, he's still alive." ”

The woman's hand moved, and the needle of the sewing pierced her finger, oozing red blood.

Outside the courtyard, the girl's ears were close to the crack in the door, and she wondered, "Who is he?" ”

……

Lingzhou, Tang Ning didn't know the treacherous situation in Jingshi, and he stumped Li Tianlan with the game theory problem of "pirates divide the gold", and she hadn't come to him for two days.

In this regard, Li Tianlan is not as good as Tang Yaoyao.

When encountering a problem that he doesn't understand, Tang Yaoyao can confidently say "I don't understand", "I won't", "You tell me", but Li Tianlan has to solve the problem.

What a strong woman.

Tang Ning sighed, carried Fang Xiaopang on his back, walked on the street, and continued to walk in the direction of Zhongfu.

In the morning, I was running with Peng Chen to keep fit, but since Fang Xiaopang heard about it, he had to run along, saying that he wanted to lose weight, but he couldn't run halfway through, and he was tired and lay on the ground, and he asked Tang Ning to carry her back.

Tang Ning felt that he was self-inflicted, carrying such a drag oil bottle, but it was much more tiring than running, and he could only regard it as weight-bearing strength training.

Fang Xiaopang didn't work hard when he was running, but he tried his best when he was eating.

The amount of food she eats alone can be compared to Tang Ning's affection and Tang Xiaoxiao, so she should really let Fang Hong take some living expenses every month and put them in the Zhong family.

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 that you want to be thinner and more beautiful?" ”

Fang Xiaopang looked at him, thought for a while, and said, "However, only when you are full can you have the strength to run, and only then do you have the strength to become thinner and more beautiful!" ”

Fang Xiaopang is hopeless, there is no way to become thinner and more beautiful in this life, Tang Ning waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, you can only eat another bowl." ”

"Count-to-last bowl!"

"A bowl!"

"Two bowls!"

……

The two bargained, and finally sold for a bowl and a half.

Today's dish was very rich, she ate a lot of dishes, after the third bowl of rice, she couldn't eat anymore, walking around the yard, she planned to walk for a while to eliminate her food, and then eat the remaining half bowl.

There was still the last piece of mille-feuille cake left on the plate, and Tang Ning stretched out his chopsticks to clip it.

But it was preempted.

Zhong Yi held the mille-feuille cake, looked at the chopsticks stretched out by Tang Ning, put them down again, and said, "You can eat it." ”

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "You can eat." ”

Zhong Yi smiled: "It's better for you to eat." ”

"I'm full, you can eat......"

Tang Yaoyao stretched out his chopsticks, took away the mille-feuille cake, put it in his bowl, looked at them, and said, "You don't 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 and put it on the table, and said, "I still have a piece of mille-feuille cake here, you can eat it." ”

Tang Ning looked at Zhong Yi and said, "One and a half? ”

Zhong Yi thought about it and nodded.

Tang Ning divided the mille-feuille cake into two halves, clamped half of it himself, and when he picked up the chopsticks, he accidentally touched the chopsticks to the ground.

She looked at Tang Ning and said helplessly: "It's better for you to eat." ”

Tang Ning picked up the half of the mille-feuille cake, looked at her, and said, "Open your mouth." ”

Zhong Yi looked at him in a daze.

Tang Ning looked at her and said, "What are you doing in a daze, open your mouth, I'll feed you." ”

Zhong Yi's face was slightly red, and when he saw Tang Ning's eyes looking at her, he still opened his mouth obediently.

Tang Xiaoyao watched Tang Ning feed the half of the mille-feuille cake to Zhong Yi, Zhong Yi looked shy, and then looked at the whole mille-feuille cake in his bowl.

At this moment, she really felt that Xiaoyi, who had been close to her since she was a child, was still different from her after all. This made her a little sad, and she didn't even have an appetite.

She put down her chopsticks and said a little depressed, "I'm full." ”

Tang Ning looked at the rest of the food in her bowl, looked at her again, and said, "Don't eat so much, it's too wasteful......"