The young general groped around, walked to the door, and said: "My eyes seem to be better again, don't bother ......the adults, oh yes, Lord Tang, there is a girl looking for you outside, she said her surname is Li ......"

There was only one girl surnamed Li that Tang Ning knew, he looked at Zhao Man and said, "The princess will wait here for a while, and I'll go out for a while." ”

Zhao Man stood in place and frowned: "The girl surnamed Li? ”

In the Splendid Palace, Tang Ning walked to a side hall, looked at Li Tianlan, and said in surprise: "Why are you here?" ”

Li Tianlan said: "Father said that yesterday's banquet is not counted, and I will make up for it today, let me invite you over." ”

"But I've already eaten it." Tang Ning shook his head and said, "It's better not to go." ”

Li Tianlan glanced at him, stood up and said, "Whatever you want." ”

Tang Ning's heart was a little empty at this glance, and there was always a feeling that she was possessed by a goblin.

"Wait." Tang Ning stopped her and said, "Maybe your father has something important to say, I'd better go back with you." ”

Zhao Man ran in from outside and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Tang Ning explained: "I'm going to Xinwang's Mansion and I'll be back soon. ”

Zhao Man looked at him and said, "I want to go with you." ”

Tang Ning walked up to her and whispered, "I'll be back soon, you wait here obediently." ”

Zhao Man looked at Li Tianlan, then at Tang Ning, and said, "Then I'll wait for you, you come back early." ”

Walking out of the Splendid Palace, Li Tianlan looked at him and asked, "That one was Princess Pingyang just now?" ”

Tangning nodded.

Li Tianlan looked ahead and said, "This princess is very beautiful. ”

Downing said, "You are each other. ”

"She's young."

"Aren't you in your prime?"

"She's a princess, and she's a noble person."

"If you want, you can become a princess."

……

The first encounter between the county lord and the princess was also quite harmonious, and Tang Ning came to the Xinwang Mansion all the way safe and sound with his excellent desire to survive.

In the hall, Princess Xin looked at him with a smile and said, "Xiao Tang is here, sit down." ”

Tang Ning arched his hand and said, "I've seen the prince, the princess." ”

"You're welcome." Princess Xin smiled: "Just treat this place as if it were your own home." ”

The banquet in King Xin's Mansion is not exquisite, a table, sitting on four sides, it is like a homely meal, Tang Ning sits opposite King Xin, on the left is Li Tianlan, on the right is Princess Xin.

The second time they met, Princess Xin's attitude towards him was much warmer than yesterday, and King Xin still had a cold face, which always reminded Tang Ning of the rich man Tang.

King Shin looked at him and said, "Eat." ”

Tang Ning took a piece of cucumber and put it in his mouth, frowning slightly.

King Shin paused with his chopsticks, and the cucumber he picked up fell on the table again, and asked, "What, it's poisonous?" ”

"It's too sour."

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "Who made this dish, there is too much vinegar." ”

King Shin glanced at him and said, "Let's eat it." ”

Tang Ning glanced at him, what kind of attitude is this, is there such an invitation to invite others to dinner, he doesn't owe him money and doesn't owe him affection, he should have set up a banquet for him to repay his kindness, but he didn't expect to let him test the poison.

In fact, he doesn't have to be so careful at all, the most commonly used arsenic can be detected with a silver needle, the other doses are too small to be useless, and the dose will definitely affect the taste, like zinnia, a chronic, almost imperceptible poison, there is not much.

If it weren't for the county lord, he wouldn't have bothered to come over.

Seeing that Tang Ning had tasted all the dishes, King Xin looked at Princess Xin and said, "Now you should rest assured, I'm always worried, my face will be wrinkled." ”

Princess Xin looked at him and frowned, "Do you think I'm old?" ”

King Shin looked at her and whispered, "There are still outsiders here." ”

"Don Jr. is an outsider." Princess Xin looked at Tang Ning and said, "Will outsiders save us twice?" ”

Tang Ning took a bite of food and said: "I have a few recipes here, which can be used on the face to eliminate wrinkles, if the princess likes it, I will write it next time and bring it over." ”

Princess Xin looked at him and said in surprise: "There is such a formula? ”

Tang Ning nodded and said: "It's all secret recipes that are not passed on, and in Chen Guojing's division, you can only buy over-the-counter medicines at a high price." ”

These recipes were taken out by Tang Ning from the prescriptions of the Tai Hospital, and they have been improved by themselves, they are pure natural and pollution-free, they were originally used to please the mother-in-law, and the princess doesn't treat him as an outsider, so it doesn't hurt to send him out as a favor.

Women will never refuse to be beautiful, and the noblewomen of the Chen State have been conquered, and they can also consider opening a few branches in the Chu State, and the princess will first beat the reputation out.

"I'm sorry about that." Princess Xin looked at him and said with a smile: "Don't wait for next time, let Lan Lan take you to her study for a while, write a few prescriptions, and don't delay anything." ”

Tang Ning still underestimated the middle-aged woman's pursuit of beauty, nodded, and said, "It's okay." ”

Li Tianlan's study is in her courtyard, which is where Tang Ning jumped over the wall last time.

He walked into the study and saw neat rows of bookshelves full of books.

Xiaoyi is called a talented girl because she can write poems and lyrics, and she can also write beautiful articles, but in terms of the breadth of knowledge, she still can't be compared with Li Tianlan.

He even found a bookshelf, which was full of books such as "The Legend of the West Chamber", "The Peony Pavilion" and "Peach Blossom Fan", all of which were genuine books of Tang Renzhai, and I don't know how she bought them.

Tang Ning wrote the recipe before saying: "Although you need to be careful in your meal, you don't need to be too careful, just let people keep an eye on it the whole time." ”

None of these royals and nobles had any experience in guarding against assassins, and if King Xin didn't even have these trusted people, he wouldn't have the status he has today.

Li Tianlan said: "Father just wants to reassure the mother concubine. ”

Tang Ning looked at her, thought for a moment, and asked, "What does King Xin think?" ”

"I don't know." Li Tianlan shook his head and said, "I only know that my father doesn't really want to sit in that position. ”

Tang Ning didn't know whether King Xin had the intention of getting involved in the throne, but he definitely didn't look like a person waiting to be killed, the situation in Kyoto, the mission of the Chen State Mission, all in his thoughts.

In the court of the Chu State, the waves were already surging, although they were suppressed by the Chu Emperor, but the undercurrent was still continuous, and it could not be said that the society was subverted and the country changed hands.

He returned from King Xin's mansion, and soon He Rui knocked on the door and came in.

"My lord, Honglu Temple sent another post today." He put a post on the table and said, "Although the wedding banquet prepared by the Ministry of Rites has been postponed, the Emperor of Chu has ordered Honglu Temple to invite us and the grassland envoy to a banquet, and the banquet is scheduled for two days later. ”

Some of the functions of Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites are the same, but they are separate, but in any case, the posts of these two departments are of an official nature of the imperial court.

He Rui looked at him, thought for a while, and then said, "My lord, they should have invited us to a banquet, and at the same time they also invited the grassland people, what does it mean?" ”

Tang Ning asked, "What has happened on the grassland in the past two days?" ”

"There is another messenger, and it seems that his status is not low." He Rui looked at him and said solemnly: "The grassland people have raised the conditions for marrying the county lord of Changning to send 3,000 war horses to the state of Chu every year, and they will not invade each other within ten years......

There are 3,000 horses every year, which is also a number that cannot be ignored for most of Wanyan, and it is hard to imagine that they would be willing to pay such a price just to marry a woman......

This will bring them no substantial benefits, the only benefit is that it will damage the relationship between Chen and Chu, or what follow-up plans do they have......

"Then let's get ready for the feast." For the time being, he couldn't think of anything more far-reaching, Tang Ning looked at He Rui and said, "No matter what calculations they make, they will soon show the fox's tail......"