Tranquility

Tang Ning was very depressed. In the past, if someone lost his job because he spoiled his concubine and killed his wife, he would definitely say that he deserved it. But this happened to Zhao Qian. Not only could he not condemn him, but he would also become an accomplice of the wicked.

This was Tangning's first official activity since he became an official. Although it was not something glorious, he still attached great importance to it and wanted to check his ability.

It's a pity, but the result was very disappointing. The officials Tangning found were all evasive, and they didn't say what to do, and they didn't say what to do. Tangning dealt with these old fritters for a few days before she got a word out. Someone behind the scenes wants to punish Zhao Qian.

However, Zhao Qian has offended many people in the past few years as the magistrate. It is estimated that even he himself can't tell who is going to punish him.

Fortunately, Tangning was not alone in this matter. Fu Jiayan was also running around. His ability to handle affairs was obviously much higher than Tangning's. Tangning was a typical example of high scores and low abilities.

Of course, it didn't mean that Tang Ning was inferior to Fu Jiayan. The two of them had different paths. One was a dignified official, and the other was a capable official.Tangning's official career is like a jar of wine, it gets better with time.

Of course, Tang Ning couldn't spend all of it on Zhao Qian these few days, he still had a letter of advice to write, and in a few days the Grand Court Meeting would be held.

Today, Tang Ning was studying the letter of advice at home when Tang Yu walked into the study angrily, followed by Tao Ping silently.

Tangning was deep in thought, and didn't notice anyone coming in. It wasn't until Xiao Hei grabbed his pen that he turned his head blankly, and his face darkened immediately.

As soon as Tangning let go of her fingers, Xiao Hei threw the brush into the brush washer.

Tang Ning ignored it, pointed at Tang Yu's disfigured face, and said in a deep voice, "What trouble did you cause again?"

Tang Yu found a chair on his own, climbed up and sat down, dangling his short legs, and said in a soft childish voice: "It's not my fault, they provoked me first..."

Tang Yu raised the corners of his mouth as he spoke, as if proud of himself for thinking of an advanced vocabulary.

"Bang!" Tangning had been very upset for the past few days, and this would explode immediately, shaking the table, causing Xiao Hei to tremble and fall into the brush washer.

The corners of Tang Yu's mouth that had just been raised turned down suddenly, and tears filled his eyes instantly.

"Who told you to sit? This is the rule of which family, the elders are standing, there is no place for you to sit, stand up for me!"

Tang Yu felt aggrieved and reluctantly got off the chair.

"Tao Ping, tell me, what's going on?"

"Yes, master, the thing is like this. Today, the Princess Kangle's mansion held a flower viewing banquet. Mrs. Xu took her concubine and the young master to the Princess Kangle's mansion as guests. The young master and a few friends met a group of other ages. Similar sons, at first the two sides said it was a competition, but then they started fighting.

Then the young master picked up a long bamboo pole. The young master was not very good at it, and he was a little out of control. He was about to meet a young master. The young master blocked it, but the corner of his eye was pierced by the bamboo pole..."

"Then why did you bring him back? He should stay there to accompany others!" Tangning became even angrier when she heard that her son had caused trouble. She wished she could slap Tang Yu twice.

In fact, he had planned to wait until he apologized and punish him severely when he came back. He had indeed indulged Tang Yu too much before. This capital city is not a place where you can cause trouble casually, and his father is not the emperor.

"The little one thinks the same way, but the young prince of Zhennan Wang doesn't care. He insists on not letting us stay, saying that he is going back to Zhennan Wang's mansion..."

When Tangning heard about Zhennan Palace, she hesitated for a moment before saying, "Prepare the car, let's go to Zhennan Palace now!"

Then, he added another sentence: "Did the concubine just come back, you go and tell Aunt Rui, and ask the concubine to go with her, to accompany Princess Funing."

"Yes!"

Not a moment later, Tao Ping came back again, "Master, Ruiniang said that my aunt is not feeling well and has already rested."

Tang Ning looked at the bright spring scenery outside, took out her pocket watch from her pocket, and saw that it was only three o'clock in the afternoon. She was a little puzzled, usually Xu Lian was the most concerned about Tang Yu, did she also blame Tang Yu for what she did today?

However, time was running out, and of course the sooner the accomplice was done, the more sincere he would be, so he didn't ask any further questions, and only took Tang Yu and Tao Ping out the door.

When they arrived outside Zhennan Prince's Mansion, Tang Ning and his party were quickly brought into Xie Baiyun's study after handing over a post.

There was only Xie Baiyun in the study. Tao Ping was not qualified to enter the study. He was greeted by the housekeeper and left, leaving only Tang Ning and Tang Yu to enter the study.

Tang Yu knew Xie Baiyun. Although he hadn't seen him for a few years, he vaguely remembered that Xie Baiyun was very kind to him, so the anxiety he had just entered the door suddenly disappeared, and his eyes began to roll around again.

Xie Baiyun ignored Tang Yu and just stared at Tangning. Although he had stood by his bed countless times at night, this time was different. It was daytime and Tangning saw him.

Xie Baiyun's eyes were full of thoughts, and the room suddenly fell into a strange and ambiguous atmosphere, which made Tangning feel awkward.

"Mother—Mother—" A young boy's clear voice sounded along with a burst of chaotic footsteps.

The next moment, the door was knocked open, and the ambiguity in the study instantly evaporated.

"Mother, this is father's study room—" a young boy caught up with him panting.

Tang Ning cast her eyes on the beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes standing at the door. This woman looked to be in her 20s. She was tall and tall with thick eyebrows and big eyes. .

Tangning knew that this was Xie Baiyun's wife, Princess Kangle's daughter, Princess Funing.

For no reason, he suddenly felt guilty, bowed quickly, and said, "Chen Tangning, I have seen Princess Funing."

Tangning was only halfway down when she was supported by a pair of powerful hands. Tangning lowered her head, just in time to see the layers of calluses on her hands. These hands looked bigger than his.

Just as Tangning was thinking, his chin was lifted suddenly, and his stunned eyes met with a pair of bright and compelling eyes.

Princess Funing clicked her tongue twice, then shook her head lightly, and suddenly said: "Unfortunately, it's a man."

Tangning blushed instantly, but there was another person whose face was even redder than his.

"Mother—" Xie Xuanzhan blushed and reached out to grab Princess Funing's sleeve.

Xie Baiyun also frowned at her, Princess Funing smiled and withdrew her hand.

Princess Funing walked a few steps, lifted her skirt and sat on the chair, a series of movements were very crisp and neat, the skirt only had time to tuck a flower around her feet.

"Why didn't Xu Lian come?"

"Aunt Xu said she was unwell."

Funing raised her eyebrows, "I saw her at my mother's place in the morning and she was fine. Why did she suddenly get sick? Could it be some kind of disease? I still have some ginseng in the storeroom. Take it with you when you leave and tell her that it will take a few days I'm going to see her."

Tang Ning had already been confused by the strange behavior of this proud girl. Although he was a little puzzled when Xu Lian became so familiar with the princess, it was a matter of the female relatives, so he couldn't say for sure. Should be next.

In order to prevent Princess Funing from saying something inappropriate, he quickly pulled Tang Yu over and scolded him to apologize to Xie Xuanzhan.

Xie Xuanzhan was not as shy as he was just now, he smiled gently, he looked like he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, but he behaved like he was in his 20s, he was young and mature.

"Editor Tang doesn't have to be like this. You don't blame Mr. Ling for this matter. It's really my negligence as the host. As the host, I didn't entertain the guests well and let them have conflicts. It's really my negligence."

"Hmph." Princess Funing put down her teacup, and suddenly raised Xie Xuanzhan's chin with her index finger, "How could it be your fault, look at your face, as a guest, you actually slapped your master in the face, such a guest Why do you need to greet the master, just hit it with a stick."

Xie Xuanzhan blushed again, this time he was really annoyed, and his tone became much heavier: "Mother!"

Looking at Princess Funing's skillful movements, Tangning suddenly regained her balance.

"Hmph! What are you pulling! Mother—many years older than me, she's still a mother all day long." Tang Yu glanced at the mother and son opposite, imitating Xie Xuanzhan's tone, muttering in a strange way.

The child didn't know how to hide it. He thought he was very quiet, but everyone in the room heard it.

Tangning was not angry, and even patted Tang Yu gently, and said to Princess Funing and Xie Xuanzhan, "Children, you are not sensible, please don't take it to heart."

Princess Funing smiled heartily, waved her hand indifferently, pointed Tang Yu's little nose and said: "Since you hurt your brother Zhan's face, you have to stay and serve your brother Zhan until he recovers. A man must be brave , how can I let my father take the lead?"

Xie Xuanzhan also stepped forward with a smile, and said to Tangning, "I see that the wound on Xiaoyu's face has not yet been treated with medicine. The child's face is very tender. It's better to treat it as soon as possible. I just happen to have the wound medicine made by the palace. , the medicine is mild and does not leave traces, it is most suitable for children, editor Tang doesn't mind if I take Xiaoyu to apply the medicine?"

Tang Yu's sour words just now calmed Tangning's anger. Seeing the scars on her son's face, she couldn't help feeling distressed, so she nodded and signaled her son to follow Xie Xuanzhan.

Xie Xuanzhan nodded to his parents and Tangning with a smile, gently took Tang Yu and put his tender little hand in his palm.

Tang Yu twisted his wrist awkwardly, wanting to withdraw his hand, but maybe it was because of Xie Xuanzhan's eye injury, maybe it was because Xie Xuanzhan's smile was too amiable, or his palms were too warm, or all three, anyway Tang Yu In the end, he followed Xie Xuanzhan. The usually arrogant bully turned out to be as obedient as a cat.

The two children left, and Princess Funing also got up, "Okay, for Zhan'er's sake, I won't argue with you today, Xiuning invited me to go fishing, I'll go first, remember to give Xu Lian has something to say."

Before he finished speaking, he arrived at the door, and before leaving, he turned his head and gave Xie Baiyun a meaningful look.

The study room was busy just now, but now only Tangning and Xie Baiyun were left, and they were speechless for a moment.

Xie Baiyun knew that Tang Ning would not have any feelings for him other than friendship. Even if he talked about what happened four years ago, it would be useless to force Tang Ning to give him an answer.

So, he had no choice but to find a safe topic to test Tangning's plans for him now.

"I heard you've been bothering about Zhao Qian recently."

"Yeah." Tangning blushed a little. For some reason, he hadn't seen him for a few years, but when he suddenly heard Xie Baiyun's voice, he seemed to have returned to that night four years ago, and all the feelings he thought he had forgotten seemed to come back.

"The child that Xiao Yu'er almost accidentally injured today is the son of Huang Jian, a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs Examination Department. It happened that Zhan'er had just rescued him, and Xiao Yu'er didn't really hurt him. Why don't I take you to Huang's mansion to replace Xiao Yu'er?" Yu'er apologizes, and finds out the news by the way, what does Zi'an think?"

Tangning didn't seem to have returned to her normal state yet. Looking at Xie Baiyun's expectant eyes, she somehow remembered the two desperate and sad figures under the peach blossom tree...

When he came back to his senses, he and Xie Baiyun were already sitting in the carriage to Huang's Mansion. Tangning smiled wryly, but his heart softened. Let's take it one step at a time.

I have to say that Xie Baiyun, the prince's son, still has a lot of face. Huang Jian is also sensible, so he didn't ask Xie Baiyun to open his mouth. He reminded Tangning that Zhao Qian had tried a case of encroaching on a fertile land. People have something to do with it.

Then he promised to try his best to keep Zhao Qian's official position, because he was only an adjutant, so it would depend on the doctor's decision, but even if he kept his official position, Zhao Qian could only go to a more remote place to serve.

Tangning bid farewell to Xie Baiyun, and when she returned home, the sky was already full of stars.

He looked up at the sky, just like that, is Zhao Qian okay?

Just like that, reconciled with Xie Baiyun?