Chapter 1219: TangNing Screwing with ones father (2/2)

Tang Li was using this method to tell his father, “do not impose on others what you yourself would not desire; do not unto others as you would not have them do unto you!”

Lady Tang could do nothing but smile bitterly.

“Tang Zijin, you can decide what to do about this! It’s the important matters of your Tang Clan, so a wife like me has no say in it! Without A’Li and the rest, I don’t need to spend my years here anymore. I’ll leave in the afternoon for West Peak Temple and pray for my children and grandchild there! The Buddhist grounds are sacred places, so don’t come bother me!”

Lady Tang waved a hand before going to her rooms to pack her things. Tang Zijin sat still for a long while without reacting. But when he saw Lady Tang emerge with a cloth-wrapped bundle on her back, he immediately grew flustered.

“Wife, if there’s something to say let’s discuss things reasonably! Reasonably!”

“Think carefully about A’Li’s affairs. I really have no ideas,” Lady Tang intoned.

“Wife!” Tang Zijin panicked.

“Move aside!” Lady Tang said coldly.

Tang Zijin refused to budge, but when she shot him a icy look, he still got out of the way. Just like that, Lady Tang and a few attendants left the Tang Clan that very day for West Peak Temple. Tang Zijin was left to look over Reclining Dragon Peak alone. He didn’t send men after Tang Li like the past, nor publicize the fact that he’d left home.

He only sat at the peak and spent an entire day deep in thought.

Very soon, New Year’s Eve arrived. Tang Li and Ning Jing were heading south, but they didn’t rush the trip. Time was too tight for them to make it to his big brother and sister-in-law’s place for the New Year’s. Instead, they slowed down their trip and treated it as a vacation. By the time they reached Yunning Palace, it would already be time for Rui’er’s first birthday. As the crown prince, he would definitely have a lavish celebration since he didn’t have anything for his one-month anniversary.

Tang Li found a map soon after they left the Tang Clan and used it to pick out fun places to play, sightsee, and eat. He acted in the roles of driver, guard, and servant. During the day, he held hands with Ning Jing while carrying Tang Tang to tour around. During the night, he let Ning Jing sleep without worries while attending to every need and movement of his daughter. Thankfully, little Tang Tang was an easy child to look after. Besides a few instances where she got up wanting to pee, she could generally sleep until daylight.

On this New Year’s Eve, Tang Li made extravagant reservations at a place called the No. 7 Teahouse. It was the only tea plantation still open on their trip south to Yunning and even brand new. Like other tea plantations, there were mountains for the tea plants, buildings for manufacturing tea, and pavilions for enjoying the brew. Free-standing courtyards were provided for the guests to stay overnight. However, unlike other tea plantations, No. 7 Teahouse also combined tea with hot springs. Every single courtyard had a hot spring of its own where the waters were mixed with certain teas to produce a warm, fragrant scent.

To tea lovers, this was an irresistible temptation.

Tang Li had no interest in tea, much less knowledge of its particulars. He only chose this location because it was still open on New Year’s Eve. After all, this was the first time their family of three would be celebrating the New Year together, so he didn’t want Ning Jing or little Tang Tang to spend it in a carriage. For the sake of getting here on time, he’d traveled two nights without sleep to urge the carriage one. At last, they arrived around dusk.

Ning Jing had hardly lifted the curtains when Tang Li came over to carry down little Tang Tang and wrap her in his cloak, afraid that she’d catch cold from the wind and snow.

“No. 7 Teahouse? That’s an interesting name. Don’t tell me there’s a No. 8 and No. 9 too?” Ning Jing wondered.

“You really hit the nail on the head. There’s a whole set from one to ten. I heard the owner behind the scenes has considerable origins.”

“What kind of origins?”

“That, I’m not sure.”

“I’ve never heard of this place before. It should be newly opened?”

“It opened just seven to eight days ago. Late, you can go rest with our daughter. This clan head will personally cook you a New Year’s Eve meal. What do you want to eat?”

“I’ll think about that later, but cook your daughter some porridge first.”

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Husband and wife shielded Tang Tang between them as they walked and headed for the teahouse. Soon enough, a female tea attendant came to receive them and led them to the covered walkway. Tang Li couldn’t help looking around and caught a glimpse of a tall horse carriage out of the corner of his eye. He only saw a corner of it, but felt it was somewhat familiar. Before he could take a closer look, little Tang Tang stuck out her hand from his cloak to pinch his chin.

Tang Li looked down and started playing with his daughter, forgetting all about the other carriage.

The tea attendant led them to a room to warm up, but they’d hardly entered the doors when someone who looked like a manager hurried over.

“This must be Sir Tang, right?” the manager asked politely.

“You’re the owner of this tea plantation? What’s your name?” Tang Li asked.

“This one’s surname is Wu. I am not the owner, simply someone in charge of looking after No. 7 Teahouse,” the man replied politely.

“Manager Wu, is the owner here?” Ning Jing asked. After doing business for so many years, she was quite interested in the workings of the plantation and its hot springs.

“The owner isn’t here. The two of you, something’s come up at the teahouse, so we won’t be able to serve you tonight or the next three days. I shall compensate you both for your losses. Could you help me out in exchange?” Manager Wu asked as he made a gesture of invitation.

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