Tranquility

Tang Ning hugged the crying little meat ball in her arms, a little unbelievable, this is his family's arrogant and domineering little bully who never cries?

This kid has been holding him and crying since he entered the door, never letting go, looking at him like a small animal that is about to be abandoned, how pitiful it is.

When Tangning entered the door, he deeply reflected on whether his previous education method was in the wrong direction. Now he was even more sure that he was wrong, a big mistake, this kid didn't need to be gentle, this kid just needed to be beaten.

If he had known that a slap would have such a good effect, he would have believed that a filial son is born under the stick.

Tangning carefully put her crying son back into bed, and rubbed the little Jin and Xiaoyin who were lying on the pedals by their feet. Their hair had already been dried, but they were old and lacked energy, so they squinted their eyes .

Tangning walked to the door, looked back at the sleeping child in the room, and quietly closed the door, leaving the room peaceful.

It was already evening outside, the quaint roof tiles, the railings of the corridor, and the lush trees were all gilded with a layer of golden yellow.

Raising a son knows the kindness of his parents, and he did a lot of stupid things in his previous life, no wonder his father was so angry...

Tang Ning paced slowly along the corridor, looking at the antique house across from him standing quietly in the red glow of the sky, Tang Ning suddenly felt unreal. At this moment, he was at a loss and felt that he had no place to return to.

The cool wind of late spring blew across his face and sleeves. Tang Ning stopped his feet, and a feeling of desolation invaded his whole body.

At this moment, Tangning felt sad and wanted to cry, because he remembered the world of steel and concrete in his previous life.

Although he has lived in this world for 20 years, although he has close friends, relatives, mentors, love...but the light green villa in the previous life suddenly occupied his heart, where his room, his parents, With his studio and the piano in the living room, his mother would play a soothing song every morning to wake him up from sleep.

It turned out that deep down in his heart, he had always regarded the home of his previous life as his final belonging, no matter how much he hated that home, no matter how much he complained about his father, home is home, and father is father.

Tangning still remembered that when his father hit him for the first time, he was full of resentment; now, when he recalled it, he was full of bitterness.The reason why he dotes on Tang Yu so much is not only because of pity for his lost mother, but also because of his father.

He doesn't want to treat his son like a father, he wants a loving father, so he loves Tang Yu, even if he has to put on a bad face, he still doesn't want to touch his son.

But at this time, after he couldn't help beating Tang Yu, he understood his father's mood at that time. It turned out that beating and scolding was also a kind of love.He couldn't understand his father at that time, but Tang Yu felt his love, so Tang Yu didn't feel resentful, but got closer to him instead.

Thinking of this, Tangning couldn't help showing a wry smile. He was not even as good as his nine-year-old son. His sharp kindness might be inherited from his sister Cheng.

Speaking of which, he had two fathers in total, and both fathers devoted all their paternal love to him, but he failed them all.If he could, how much he wanted to go back to his previous life, to go back to the past, to be filial in front of his father, and to speak soft words.Unfortunately, everything can not be repeated.

Tang Ning was feeling lost when she heard the boy come over and report that the two old masters had returned. Hearing that something happened to Tang Yu, she rushed here before she had time to change her clothes.

Before the servant finished speaking, Tangning saw Dr. Lu and Mr. Cheng hurrying towards the end of the corridor.

Tang Ning quickly collected her mood, stopped the two old men who loved her grandson eagerly, and brought them to the study room to seriously discuss the policy for Tang Yu's children's future education with sticks.

Jumping into the icy lake water in March, this kind of behavior has reached the point that even Dr. Lu and Mr. Cheng can't have the cheek to make excuses for their own children.

Dr. Lu and Mr. Cheng are not unprincipled people. They are not that kind of soft-spoken people, but they are a little too caring when it comes to treating Tang Yu.Not to mention Mr. Cheng, who loves his daughters like his own life, Dr. Lu has always loved children very much, not to mention that Tang Yu was taken out of his mother's belly by himself.

So although they know in their hearts that it is wrong to spoil children too much, their daily behavior is very conniving.

But what happened this time poured cold water on them.What if no one is around when Tang Yu dives?Didn't this kid die in a daze?At that time, it would be too late for them to regret it. Thinking of this, they also adjusted their mentality and made up their minds to break Tang Yu over.

Looking at the serious expressions of the two old men, Tangning felt satisfied.He will take office soon, and he may soon be involved in a battle for succession, so he definitely has no time to care about Tang Yu's education.Tang Yu's education can only be given to these two people in the family. As long as they don't dote on them, Tangning is very assured of the two old men's education methods.Not to mention anything else, but looking at himself and Shu Hongyu, wasn't it taught by these two old men.

The next day, Tangning woke up early.

Facing the diorama, Tangning looked at the overly pretty face in the mirror and touched her chin.He's 24 this year, shouldn't he start growing a beard, otherwise his face won't be half majestic, what should he do?

Time was running out, and Tangning didn't think much about it. She glanced at herself in the red official uniform in the glasses again. He was already good-looking, and he was usually able to hold back in plain clothes. Suddenly, there was a charming look on her face.

Tangning thought for a while, then turned around and picked out a suet white jade pendant from the drawer to adorn her belt.The temperament that was a bit flamboyant at first became a lot warmer immediately.

Zhan Shifu is next to Wuyizhai, which is the place where the prince studies, so these two institutions are in the palace, but they are on the periphery of the palace, very close to Xihuamen.

When Tang Ning took office as a new official, she always had to be diligent. Tang Ning arrived at Zhan Shi's Mansion early with the badge that was sent with her official uniform yesterday.

Zhan Shi's Mansion is not big, it is a small courtyard house, and the door is quite imposing.When Tangning entered, there were only a few young eunuchs cleaning inside. The whole courtyard looked clean and refreshing, which made people feel comfortable.

Tangning felt a little nervous and couldn't help but relax a bit. No matter what, having a good working environment is always a good start.

At this time, before dawn, Tangning went to chat with the little eunuchs before his colleagues had time to show up, and handed out the rewards he had prepared.

Zhan Shifu was originally an organization in charge of the prince's affairs. These affairs include the internal affairs of the prince's east palace, the drafting and issuing of the festival table of the east palace, the prince's chapters, and secretly the prince's confidantes and staff, etc., which almost include the prince. all needs.

Originally, Zhan Shifu should be a place with some real power, and the officials inside should also have some capable officials; unfortunately, with the slow evolution of decades, today's Zhan Shifu has become the place where the prince's teacher works.

Most of the people who can be the prince's teacher are talented and noble, how can they look up to these little eunuchs.Therefore, these little eunuchs saw that there was an official who was wearing an official uniform and looked very similar to Lin Zhanshi, talking to them in a pleasant manner, and there was no trace of contempt in his tone, just like Lin Qingyu's cold face Compared with the previous ones, they were immediately flattered.

Then I saw that official lord solemnly gave them a reward, and threw it away with the other lords, without even looking at their rewards. I don't know how much respect they had, so they became more kind to Tangning, even though it was the first time... They met once, but they also enthusiastically introduced a lot of things about Zhan Shifu to Tang Ning.

Although these little eunuchs don't understand official business, they can figure out the temperament and background of the officials and masters in the mansion.

"Master Li drinks tea every day at work. He only loves Longjing. He doesn't do anything else, just read books and sleep. Anyway, he is getting old, so it's all for the elderly."

"The head secretary's job is a bachelor's degree in the Imperial Academy, and he comes here every day to order a job."

"Zhang Xima is very serious about his work. Although he is only in charge of book collection, he organizes books every day and reads them when he is free. But he is kind. If you want to read books, you can borrow them from him."

"Cheng Ding is not very close, but he is close to the First Prince. I heard that he is the First Prince's cousin..."

Tang Ning listened with a smile, but in her heart she compared what the little eunuch said with what he had inquired, and exchanged information. Gradually, she got a better understanding of the situation in Zhan Shifu.

Soon, the sky was bright, and the second person came to Zhan Shifu, and it was Lin Qingyu.

When the little eunuchs saw Lin Qingyu, they immediately shrank their necks and scattered like birds and beasts.

Tangning stood in the middle of the courtyard, smiling and saluted Lin Qingyu.

Lin Qingyu's main job is Dali Temple Secretary, concurrently serving as the prince and grand teacher, and belongs to Zhan Shifu.It's just that there is no crown prince in Dazhao, and the crown prince and grand master are just names, responsible for teaching the prince.The official responsibilities of the Zhan Shifu are not very clear, and it has been a bad debt for decades. Anyway, no one cares about it, and the superiors are just fooling around like this.

Lin Qingyu nodded at Tangning with a cold face, signaling him to follow her.

Tangning was used to seeing Lin Qingyu's cold face, and she gradually got to know Lin Qingyu better, knowing that he was very satisfied with her performance, so she adjusted her clothes in a good mood, and followed Lin Qingyu into the main hall.

Lin Qingyu's office is in the east wing of the main hall, which occupies quite a large area. There are large glass windows in the north and south, which provide good light and ventilation.In view of his refined temperament, the office is very elegantly furnished, with two large bookshelves leaning against the east and west walls, and a flower stand planted with vines at the door to block the view from the outside.

There is a small couch in the northwest corner, and Lin Qingyu's usual four treasures of study are placed on the big desk in the south.

Lin Qingyu didn't sit in the grand chair behind the desk, but sat next to the small table for guests. Tangning touched the teapot on the table, and seeing that it was hot, she poured a cup of tea for Lin Qingyu and poured it for herself.Dazhao advocated frugality, and there were no servants serving tea and water when officials were working, and there were no eunuchs either.

Ordinarily, there should not be such an exquisite office as Lin Qingyu, but Lin Qingyu is a master, and no one dared to say anything about his office for more than ten years.

Lin Qingyu took a sip of tea and said lightly, "Have you seen the official position of Zhan Shifu?"

"I have seen that there are 49 official positions in Zhan Shi's mansion. There are two Zhan Shis on the left and right, two deputy Zhan Shis, and two Zhan Shichengs..."

Lin Qingyu put down his teacup, waved his hands to stop Tangning from receding, and said, "That's not what I want to tell you. My deputy should be the prince and junior teacher, but there is no prince now, and there is only one prince and grand teacher in the entire Zhan Shifu. Even if there is someone to serve, you are not qualified to be an official of the second rank."

The corner of Tangning's mouth twitched. Uncle was too good at hitting people. He lowered his head and continued his tea as a sign of listening.

"Now the management of Zhan Shifu is chaotic, Mr. Zhan Shiyu is old and doesn't care about things. The two deputy Zhan Shicheng each teach the prince. Besides you, Zhan Shicheng has another Ding Jiugong. I think you already know him well."

Tangning nodded in agreement.

Ding Jiugong is the eldest prince's cousin, a rare candidate in the Ding family who was admitted by merit.He said he was a cousin, but in fact, according to etiquette, the Lin family is the serious cousin of the First Prince.But Concubine Degui and the eldest prince praised Ding's family, and others would just sell face.

It is said that there is no way for Juren to sit in the position of the sixth rank, but Ding Jiugong was recommended by the eldest prince, and it is not a position of real power. The people in the official department are happy to give the eldest prince a favor.

"Ding Jiugong is also my deputy. Originally, Chancellor Zhan Shifu should be in charge of the internal affairs of the East Palace, responsible for memorials, records, translations, etc. But these are only in writing. Now Fucheng is responsible for solving puzzles for the princes, transcribing, miscellaneous, etc. Wait. In short, you do what I tell you to do."

Lin Qingyu usually seldom talks, but today he was impatient with talking so much in one breath, so he summed it up in one sentence.

Just when Lin Qingyu finished speaking, Ding Jiugong's laughter came in.

Tangning hurriedly stood up and went to the door to greet her.

"Isn't this Mr. Tang? He really is a good-looking talent. I'm doing Ding Jiugong. Alas, we are colleagues. Why should Mr. Tang be so polite? Mr. Tang is the third and number one scholar, and Ding is just a mediocre person." Forget it, how did you accept Master Tang's gift."

The corners of Tangning's mouth twitched. He just respected his seniors. He gave a peer salute first, but it seemed to Ding Jiugong that it was a great gift.

As soon as Ding Jiugong finished speaking, he saw Lin Qingyu sitting and drinking tea in the room. He immediately calmed down his expression, left Tangning aside, and went forward to salute respectfully.

The corner of Tangning's mouth twitched again, uncle, you should return the courtesy...

Lin Qingyu put down his teacup and snorted, as a reply to Ding Jiugong.

Ding Jiugong didn't dare to be dissatisfied in the slightest. Although he had a bit of face outside the eldest prince, he never dared to call him a relative in front of Lin Qingyu.

It was not easy for Lin Qingyu to tolerate them calling them relatives in private. If he dared to say it on the stage, it would be slapping Lin Qingyu's mother in the face.

Lin Qingyu didn't speak, and Ding Jiugong didn't dare to speak.

Lin Qingyu looked at the two people standing respectfully in front of him, and said after a while, "Let me introduce you. This is Tang Ning, whose name is Zi'an, and Ren Zhan Shicheng. This is Lord Ding Jiugong, whose name is Huaide. Both of you are Zhan It’s all about helping each other.”

The two respectfully said yes.

Lin Qingyu looked like he was just giving an introduction, but in fact, it was obviously to create momentum for Tangning. It was a kind of dignity to be officially introduced by Shangguan.

Tang Ning didn't care, but felt that although Ding Jiugong's appearance was fair, his eyes were not straight. A man in his thirties looked smooth on the surface, but in fact, he was too smooth, leaving only a little cleverness.

Ding Jiugong was secretly annoyed that he had acted too much. Even though he had investigated Tangning in advance, he couldn't talk to Tang Ning right away. He should have waited for Master Lin to introduce him.

Ding Jiugong felt like an enemy when Tang Ning came. He checked Tang Ning's details early on. Fortunately, he was a branch of the Ding family and Ding Yun's cousin. Otherwise, he wouldn't be in such a hurry.

He and Tang Ning were both Chancellors of Zhan Shifu, Lin Qingyu's deputy, both belonged to the First Prince's faction, and they were both related to the First Prince in private.But Tang Ning had a greater advantage than him. Tang Ning was a serious San Yuan Ji Di, and Lin Qingyu obviously valued her more.He had been in this position for more than ten years. Finally, the emperor got old and the first prince gained power. He saw that he had the hope of being promoted, but Tang Ning fell from the sky as a roadblock.

Soon, other people from Zhan Shifu also arrived one after another.

Lin Qingyu called everyone together and introduced Tangning again.

Not to mention Lin Qingyu's solemn attitude, just looking at his similar face to Tangning, everyone felt a little different about Tangning.

With Lin Qingyu's help, Tangning's first day at work went very smoothly, and she presumably will go smoothly in the future.