Chapter 509: Refusal
Chen Huang was stunned and said, "Man'er? β
"yes." Concubine Tang Hui smiled and said: "Your Majesty also knows that Man'er and Jing'er have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and the concubine still remembers that she often followed Jing'er and called "Brother Jing" at that time, last time we married with Chu State, and Man'er was promised to be married, and Jing'er was sad and sad for a long time......"
Emperor Chen nodded and said, "The two of them are indeed grown up by me. β
Concubine Tang Hui said tentatively: "Then Your Majesty thinks ......"
Emperor Chen's eyes looked at the dancing girl in the hall and said, "Let's talk about it." β
Concubine Tang Hui nodded, filled his cup with wine again, and didn't ask any more questions.
For the emperor of a country, opening his mouth is a holy decree, and writing is a holy decree, as long as His Majesty does not refuse in person, it means that there is still room for maneuver.
And for a big family like the Tang family, not refusing is equivalent to agreeing.
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Tang Yaoyao has a soft spot for the temple recently, and he has only lived in Ling's house for two days, so he secretly ran back again, and pulled Xiaoyi up the mountain to worship the Buddha.
Not only did she have incense, but she was also ready to donate three thousand taels of incense money, Tang Fairy has always been stingy with the outside world, and this time she was willing to donate so much, which was really beyond Tang Ning's expectations.
She was not only generous to the temple, but also to Xiu'er.
Good rouge gouache, high-quality fabrics, hundreds of taels of precious jewelry, she gave Xiu'er one after another, and the envious Qing'er's eyes were green for the past two days.
Tang Ning walked to the courtyard, looked at Qing'er in a daze, and asked, "Qing'er, do you know what Xiao Xiao and Miss are doing in the temple these days?" β
Qing'er held her chin with one hand and said, "Sister Xiaoxiao worships the old moon, Miss worships Guanyin, and Sister Xiaoru also worships Guanyin......"
Tang Ning shook his head, they would rather believe in Yue Lao and Guanyin than believe in him as a living person, human beings always like to give up the near and far, whether it is to ask for marriage or to ask for a child, it is obviously more useful to ask him than to ask for the blessing of God and Buddha.
They were all gone, and Tang Ning didn't have anything to do, so he looked at Qing'er and said, "Let's go, my uncle will take you to the street to buy something." β
Qing'er's spirit immediately lifted up and said, "Really! β
Tang Ning nodded and said, "You can buy whatever you want today." β
In order to take care of Qing'er's poor little heart and not be stimulated by Xiu'er's eyes, Tang Ning decided to take her out for a walk, after all, they are all their own maids, and they can't favor one over the other.
"Uncle, how about rouge of this color?"
"Buy."
"Uncle, this bracelet is so beautiful."
"Buy."
"Uncle......"
"Bought them all."
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Shopping is probably a thing that can make a woman excited at any time, whether it is a big woman or a small woman, when Tang Ning accompanied Qing'er to visit a jewelry store, he found a very good-looking hairpin, exquisite workmanship, it looks like there is a graceful atmosphere, very suitable for Zhao Man, he picked it up, and before he could speak, a figure walked from behind him and said lightly: "Shopkeeper, how to sell this hairpin?" β
The shopkeeper of the jewelry store looked at the young man and said, "This guest officer, I'm sorry, this hairpin was the first thing this guest officer took a fancy to. β
The young man said lightly: "He just picked it up, and he didn't say to buy it, I paid double the price." β
Tang Ning looked at Tang Jing, shook his head, and said, "Give it to him, the workmanship of this hairpin is just a little worse, I want this one next to me." β
He put it down and reached out to pick up the other one, Tang Jing had already reached out and picked it up first, and said lightly: The one just now was not well made, I want this one. β
Tang Ning looked at the shopkeeper and said, "I'll double." β
Tang Jing said: "Four times." β
Tang Ning thought for a moment and said, "Five times." β
Tang Jing did not hesitate at all: "Ten times!" β
"It's yours." Tang Ning glanced at him, picked up the first hairpin, handed it to the shopkeeper, and said, "Wrap it up." β
Tang Jing was stunned for a moment, and his face became completely gloomy.
Tang Ning put away the hairpin, paid the bill, and shook his head slightly.
The dignified young master of the Tang family actually played such a naΓ―ve trick, he had a grudge against the Tang family, but with Tang Jing personally, it can be said that there is no grudge.
But he even has to go against himself for this little thing, it seems that there is a hatred between the two of them for killing their father and taking their wife, how can such a small person become the heir of such a wealthy family of the Tang family?
Tang Ning turned around and waved his hand and said, "Qing'er, let's go." β
The shopkeeper of the jewelry store looked at Tang Jing and said tentatively: "Guest officer, do you still want this hairpin?" β
Tang Jing's face was gloomy, and he said, "Take out the best hairpin in your store, it's even better than the one that the person took away just now!" β
The shopkeeper's face was immediately full of smiles, and he said: "Wait a minute, although the hairpin is a first-class product, but at first glance, the guest officer is a nobleman, and there is a treasure of the town store in this store, and ordinary people will not take it out, only this one......"
After a while, Tang Jing walked out of the jewelry store, and the shopkeeper sat at the counter, counting the silver tickets with his eyes shining.
A woman walked in and asked, "Shopkeeper, do you have any fine hairpins here?" β
The shopkeeper immediately stood up and said: "I see that the guest officer is a nobleman, and there is a treasure in this store, which is not taken out by ordinary people, and this is the only one ......."
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Xiaoyi and Tang Yaoyao went up the mountain to worship the Buddha, and they usually didn't come back until the afternoon, after Tang Ning and Qing'er came back, it was still early, and when he returned to the inner courtyard, he found that Zhao Man had come back from the palace.
"You're back just in time." Tang Ning walked over, took out a small brocade box from his sleeve, and said, "I went out with Qing'er just now, and I saw a hairpin that suited you very well, so I bought it back, you can try it." β
Zhao Man happily took the hairpin, and said worriedly: "What if I don't wear it beautifully?" β
"You look beautiful when you wear anything, and you look beautiful when you don't wear it." Tang Ning took the hairpin from her hand and helped her put it on, and Zhao Man immediately ran to the bronze mirror.
She looked at herself before turning her head to look at Tang Ning and asked, "Is it beautiful?" β
Tang Ning walked over, looked at her and said, "Beautiful." β
Zhao Manxiao's eyes bent, stood on tiptoe, and kissed him lightly on the face.
As a red cloud rose up on her face, there was a sudden tapping sound on one side of the wall.
When there was something in the princess's mansion, Zijuan would knock on the wall to remind her to go over, Zhao Man looked at him and said, "I'll go over first, and then come back later." β
Princess's Mansion, Front Hall.
Zhao Man walked in, looked at Tang Jing, and wondered, "Why did Brother Tang Jing come over?" β
Tang Jing smiled: "Passing by the princess's mansion, I came to see you by the way." β
Zhao Man said: "It seems that we haven't seen each other for a long time. β
Tang Jing thought for a moment and said, "Since you went to the Chu State, we haven't met. β
Speaking of Chu State, Zhao Man remembered the loneliest and most helpless time, and then remembered that Tang Ning became a marriage envoy step by step, accompanied her to the State of Chu in danger, and tried his best to bring her back from the State of Chu, his heart was immediately full of sweetness, and his face couldn't help but smile.
Tang Jing looked at Zhao Man's chuckle, his eyes were distracted for a moment, and it was only now that he realized that she seemed to be completely different from the unruly princess before.
He bit the tip of his tongue, came back to his senses, took out a brocade box from his sleeve, and said, "I have a gift for you, it is the treasure of the town store of the Treasure Pavilion, and only such treasures are worthy of you." β
Zhao Man looked at him, shook his head, and said, "I can't accept such a precious gift." β
"No matter how precious it is, I am willing to give it to you." Tang Jing stood up and said, "Besides, I have already begged my mother to ask Your Majesty for marriage, and we will be ......a family in the future."
"Asking for a kiss?" Zhao Man looked at him, took a step back involuntarily, and said, "I'm sorry, Brother Tang Jing, I've always treated you as a brother, I won't marry you, you can go......"
Tang Jing froze in place, his face changed, and he was about to speak, when his eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of the hairpin on her head, and suddenly it seemed that a basin of ice water was poured from head to foot, making him cold.
Zhao Man bowed apologetically to him and walked out of the door, Tang Jing stood in place, his face was pale, his fists were clenched, and his nails were sunk into his flesh.