Tang Ning sat on the edge of the bed, and after a while, Zhao Man walked out of the secret door.

Compared to just now, her mood is obviously not very high.

Tang Ning grabbed her and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhao Man leaned on his shoulder and said, "Just now Tang Jing came to the princess's mansion, and he said that he had begged Concubine Hui to ask his father for marriage, and he, he said that he wanted to marry me." ”

Tang Ning put his arms around her and said, "He wants to be beautiful!" ”

Zhao Man raised his head, wrapped his arms around his neck, and asked, "You won't let him marry me, will you?" ”

Tang Ning pinched his nose and said, "Don't worry, I have a hundred ways to make his tricks not succeed." ”

Zhao Man rubbed in his arms, and said dissatisfiedly: "What a treacherous scheme, strange and ugly ......"

Regarding the fact that Emperor Chen would give Zhao Man a marriage, Tang Ning had actually been mentally prepared for a long time.

After all, she is actually past the marriageable age now, and the princess in the palace like her married out early, married to the children of some powerful families in Beijing, which is also a good destination for the princess.

Even if it's not the Tang family, it will be the Wang family, the Li family or something.

And this time the Tang family's courtship, Tang Ning was actually not sure whether Emperor Chen would agree.

Putting aside his position as a father, as an emperor, after the princesses have no use for marriage or harmony, marrying them to ministers or powerful families can also win a wave of people's hearts or appease.

Although King Duan survived in a desperate situation in the past few days and pulled back a game from King Kang, in the past two years, he has definitely been the loser among the two princes, and even the Tang family has been affected, and his influence in the court is not as good as before.

Emperor Chen is well versed in the way of balance, whether he will agree to the request of Concubine Tang Hui and the Tang family, so as to appease the king of the Tang family, or will he listen to Zhao Man's opinion, Tang Ning is not sure.

A restaurant somewhere in central Beijing.

Half a month ago, the curfew was lifted in Beijing, and every night, the business in the restaurant is better than during the day.

In the lobby on the second floor of the restaurant, everyone listened to the sound of a private room leaving, their faces were strange, and many people stood up angrily and left with their sleeves brushed up.

When drinking, it is common to call a few maids to accompany you, and it is not surprising to close the door of the box and do some taboo things inside.

But such a fierce scene, everyone saw it for the first time, and the shouts from the box were higher and higher, and everyone who listened directly was red-faced.

At the door of the box, there were several guards with weapons, with expressions on their faces that no one dared to enter, so that no one dared to step forward to stop them.

Even if the business is disturbed by this, the restaurant shopkeeper can only swallow his anger, just because the people in it are something he can't afford to provoke.

Half an hour later, Tang Jing came out of it expressionlessly, tidied up his slightly messy clothes, and left the restaurant under the gaze of everyone.

Two women hurriedly walked in and helped the woman out of the room.

Everyone watched this scene and talked about it.

"That seems to be Tang Jing, the eldest son of the Tang family."

"I've heard of Tang Jing, he is not as gentlemanly as the second young man of the Tang family, he is young and promising, and his reputation is also good, are they all rumors?"

"Heh, the word "good reviews" must have been spread by the Tang family themselves, but this Tang Jing's body is really good, it's been half an hour......"

"Whoever can hold on for half an hour, he must have taken the medicine......"

……

Tang family.

Tang Huai looked at Tang Jing who walked in and asked, "Where did you go when you came back so late?" ”

Tang Jing didn't answer, looked at him directly, and said, "Dad, you enter the palace tomorrow, meet Your Majesty, help me ask for a kiss, I want to marry Princess Pingyang." ”

Tang Huai frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you, don't worry, when the time comes, I will go to see Your Majesty." ”

Tang Jing looked at him and said seriously: "I can't wait!" ”

Tang Huai looked at him for a long time, and after a while, his brows softened, and he said, "Okay, I will enter the palace tomorrow and ask Your Majesty for this." ”

"Thank you, Dad."

Tang Jing arched his hand, and when he exited the door, his footsteps paused, and a trace of gloom appeared on his face, and then turned into a sneer.

He really wanted to see Tang Ning's expression after knowing this at the moment, and he couldn't wait, he was hungry.

……

In the palace, Emperor Chen walked slowly in the imperial garden, Wei Jian took a big piece from the guard's hand and said, "Your Majesty, it's cold, approve this piece of rice." ”

Emperor Chen put on a big hat and muttered: "Concubine Fang Cai Hui mentioned Tang Jing and Man'er's marriage to me again, in the past two years, the pressure on the Tang family has indeed been a bit heavy......"

As a king, you need to be relaxed, the Tang family was too powerful in the court in the first two years, and in the past two years, it has been weakened many times, and its power is not as good as before, which is exactly what he is willing to see as an emperor.

But if it continues to be suppressed and the two forces are unbalanced, it will not be what he thinks.

As soon as he said a word, he seemed to realize something, looked at Wei Jian, and asked, "Why don't you speak?" ”

Wei Jian said: "Your Majesty, the old slave doesn't understand the matter of the love between the child and the marriage of a man and a woman......"

Emperor Chen looked at him and said, "You old thing, if you think it's good, you would have echoed me a long time ago, don't you think this marriage is inappropriate?" ”

Wei Jian laughed dryly and said: "The old slave just thinks that this childhood sweetheart when he was a child may not be when he grows up, and the princess seems to be not very close to Tang Jing in the past two years." ”

Emperor Chen frowned and looked at him and asked, "What do I think, you seem to know something?" ”

Wei Jian was stunned, and said blankly: "The old slave that Your Majesty said is confused, the old slave follows Your Majesty all day long, what the old slave knows, Your Majesty knows......"

Emperor Chen was about to ask again, when suddenly a guard stepped forward, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Tang Shangshu asks to see him, and he is now waiting at the door of the imperial study." ”

Emperor Chen took off the syrup and said, "Go back to the imperial study." ”

Wei passed the slug and was two steps behind Emperor Chen, sighed, and shook his head slightly.

In the imperial study, Emperor Chen walked up, looked at Tang Huai, and said, "Give a seat." ”

Tang Huai raised his eyebrows, it was not the first time he had been given a seat in the imperial study, but it was the first time in two years.

After moving the chair left and right, Emperor Chen looked at him and asked, "Are you here for Tang Jing's marriage?" ”

Tang Huai got up, knelt down and said: "Jing'er and Princess Changning's childhood sweethearts, they have been fond of her for a long time, and they have the courage to ask Your Majesty for marriage......"

Emperor Chen looked at him, a hint of contemplation appeared on his face, and after a moment, he spoke, "Get up." ”

……

Zhao Man was summoned into the palace by Emperor Chen, I don't know what it was, there are many celebrations and festivals in the royal family during this period, and she needs to appear on many occasions.

Tang Ning was preparing the ingredients, she said that she would come back to eat hot pot in the evening, and she would have to let someone go to Xiao Jue to order some vegetables for a while, Tang Ning had already made up her mind, and she would also cultivate a batch of fresh vegetables in the coming winter, and there was no taste at all this winter, there were no fresh vegetables, and even Tang Goblin's desire to eat a mixed casserole at three days and two ends could not be satisfied.

In the imperial study, Zhao Man, who had just been summoned into the palace, looked at Emperor Chen and asked, "What is the matter with my father looking for his son?" ”

Emperor Chen stood up and said, "I am really old, in the blink of an eye, the vines have grown so big, and it won't be long before I get married." ”

Zhao Man said with a smile: "My father is not old at all, my father will never be old, my son will not marry, and he will stay by his father's side for the rest of his life." ”

Emperor Chen shook his head and said: "The male should get married, the female should marry, how can you not get married, my father came to you today because of this matter." ”

Zhao Man's heart jumped, and in the next moment, a figure appeared in her mind, which made her heart settle down immediately.

No matter what happens, as long as he is there, she can have peace of mind.

Emperor Chen looked at her and said, "You and Tang Jing's childhood sweethearts are now both at marriageable age, and I want to promote your marriage, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Man stepped forward and said embarrassedly: "Father, the son has grown up since he was a child, and he only regarded Tang Jing as his elder brother, and he never thought about these things, so ...... can he not marry?" ”

"I have already promised the Tang family." Emperor Chen frowned and said, "Tang Jing is a talented person and has a prominent family background, are you still dissatisfied?" ”

Zhao Man looked up at him, nodded for a long time, and said, "You have no jokes, since your father has agreed, your sons will listen to your father." ”

She took a step back and said, "If my father has nothing else to do, my son will retire." ”

Emperor Chen watched her leave, a hint of surprise on his face.

I thought that if she didn't agree, she would definitely quarrel with him like before, but I didn't expect her to be so well-behaved and obedient, which greatly surprised him.

It seems that after returning from the Chu State, she has become different from before, less brutal and willful, more mature and stable, and her self-proclaimed in front of him has also changed from "Man'er" to "Erchen".

I don't know if it's an illusion, he always has a feeling that he is getting farther and farther away from her.

He sat back down, flipped through a few copies, and in a state of distraught, stood up, and muttered, "I am an emperor first, and a father second, who let her be born in the royal family......"

After a while, he sighed and said to himself, "Man'er, she must be very sad now, right?" ”

Tang family.

Zhao Man sat by the fire, holding a small bowl in his hand, and while protecting the bowl, he opened his teeth and claws to Tang Ning, "Don't rob my green vegetables......