The Child Emperor

The Cui Mansion was decorated with lanterns, but it had nothing to do with the King of the East Sea, which made him feel the warmth and warmth of the people, and the excitement of returning to Beijing disappeared at once.

He walked towards the inner house, and every time he saw a familiar face, he felt kind, but when he saw the other person's smiling face, he felt disgusted, just like a jealous husband sees his wife smiling at others.

King Donghai grew up in the Cui Mansion, and could freely enter and leave the inner house. No one stopped him. He went to his mother's residence first, and when he was about to reach the door, he suddenly remembered that his mother had left the Cui Mansion and was in the palace. Depressed, he had to go to Lao Jun's room, that is his grandmother who has always been very fond of him, maybe it can give him some comfort.

Lao Jun's room was crowded with people, all with half-smiles on their faces, like a group of soldiers with bows ready to go. With just a hint, they would all laugh at the same time. Laughing, laughing... It must not be messed up. When the East Sea King arrived, a woman would have made a mistake and laughed abruptly. She was despised by everyone, and she stepped aside embarrassedly, unable to raise her head for a long time.

In normal times, the King of the East Sea would not have noticed this at all, but now, he not only noticed, but also sympathized with the erring old woman.

"Champion Hou..."

When the King of the East Sea heard these three words, he immediately knew that he had come to the wrong place. Like the whole Cui Mansion, Lao Jun was also celebrating the marriage of the Cui Family and the Champion Hou.

Donghai King turned around and wanted to leave, but was discovered. As usual, many people greeted him warmly. As soon as the old gentleman inside spoke, several women ran up and down, surrounded Donghai King, like offering a treasure. Just push him into the house.

Lao Jun sat on the couch, holding a granddaughter in each hand, smiling from ear to ear, "My good grandson, your third sister is about to get married, why did you come here to congratulate you?"

The King of Donghai reluctantly smiled and said: "I don't want to say congratulations in front of so many maids, it's tacky, I want to say congratulations alone and see off the third sister."

The maids inside and outside the house were despised, but they laughed even more happily. Lao Jun especially liked the arrogance of his grandson and said with a smile: "Your third sister has already been promised to the champion, you can't do it alone. ."

The King of Donghai beat his chest and looked like he wanted to die, which was easy for him, "My sisters from childhood to adulthood are all married, so what am I still doing in the mansion? Laojun, you are only thinking about your granddaughter. , Forget the grandson and grandson, Cui Teng and I are not married yet."

The more shameless the children and grandchildren are, the happier the old man is, pointing to the King of the East Sea and scolding: "Prince and grandson, you blame me for not being able to marry a daughter-in-law, so why don't you go to Zongzheng's mansion?"

Donghai Wang pretended to be depressed, and the people around laughed. Except for the two eunuchs, the room was full of women. The King of the East Sea stayed for a while, officially congratulated the third sister on her upcoming marriage to Jia's son-in-law, and left.

The King of the East Sea was not walking very fast, and laughter and laughter came from time to time in the house, "The Cui family is destined to be the queen!" wait.

Not long after, the person he was waiting for came out.

"Hey, little sister, are you leaving so soon?"

Cui Xiaojun turned around and looked at King Donghai coldly, "Speaking of 'walking fast', how can I compare to you?"

The King of Donghai blushed slightly, knowing that Cui Xiaojun had ridiculed him for abandoning Hou Juan on the frontier and returning too quickly, "We have the same disease and pity each other, so don't make fun of each other."

"Who has the same disease as you?" Cui Xiaojun glanced at the maid and motioned to leave.

The King of the East Sea hurriedly said: "Everyone in the Cui family thought that the champion must become emperor, are you not in a hurry?"

"What are you trying to say, I don't have time to chat with you here."

The King of Donghai sighed. In his memory, the daughters of the Cui family were very close to him. He didn't expect that when they got married, they all changed their faces. When it's not infighting, he and I still have to join forces."

"Be betrayed by you again?"

The King of Donghai said solemnly: "The courtiers have the word 'betrayal', so don't use this word for me. Sister Xiaojun, if you want to do great things, you have to learn to compromise. You run to the Cui Mansion every day, not just forcing a smile, just for the sake of Asking for money and things for Marquis Tien, and begging the Cui family to forgive him?"

Cui Xiaojun snorted lightly, said nothing, and left with the maid.

"I forgive you!" Donghai Wang said loudly, "You will come and beg me in the future!"

The East Sea King returned to his residence, everything was so familiar, but he had no nostalgia for it.

Lin Kunshan came, quietly walked into the house, and stood quietly at the door.

"I've lived in Cui Mansion for more than ten years, and thought this was my home." The King of the East Sea lightly wiped the table with his fingers, wiping it clean without picking any faults. "In the end, I was an outsider."

The King of the East Sea turned to look at Lin Kunshan, "Why are you still following me? The general situation is clear, the champion is about to become emperor, isn't the one who wants to follow the trend? Let's follow the trend of the champion."

Lin Kunshan smiled and said: "The power is like water, no one knows when it will suddenly change direction. In my opinion, the King of the East Sea has not been completely defeated. You still have a chance, and it is not a small chance."

"Hey, what kind of 'Prince Contest' is made by you hopefuls, and you actually let us compete for the throne by pleasing the ministers. This is really... Anyway, the battle for the throne has not yet begun, and the champion Hou has already won the ticket. support him?"

"Is that really the case?" Lin Kunshan asked.

The King of the East Sea was silent for a while. Although the Qi-seekers were all scheming, their power was indeed expanding and rising little by little. "What do you know?"

"What does King Donghai know? If you can't be honest with me, how can I help you and give you advice?"

"Assist me?" The King of the East Sea smiled softly, "There are hopefuls around the champion, right?"

"certainly."

"Hopeful people are just like the Cui family, betting everywhere, thinking that no matter who wins, they will benefit. But there is no such good thing in the world. Since ancient times, emperors have always wanted a single share, and the Cui family is marrying their daughter today. If you are good and happy, you will have to pay the price for your lack of loyalty tomorrow. The same is true for those who are hopeful. You help many people. In the end, no one will regard you as a confidant."

"Before the 'final' arrives, both the hopeful and the Cui family will make the only choice. At this moment, I choose the East Sea King, which will help you defeat the champion Hou and the hopeful people around him. The East Sea King is reluctant to Why would I like to lose to my fellow disciple and accept his alms and humiliation?"

The two looked at each other for a moment, and the King of the East Sea laughed, took out a letter from his arms, did not hand it to Lin Kunshan, but placed it on the table, "This is what my mother left for me before she entered the palace, she knew that I would definitely come back, A plan has been made for me."

"Oh?" Lin Kunshan didn't take the letter and waited for Donghai King to say it himself.

"Champion Hou originally had a right wife, the wife of the scumbag when he was humble, not from a famous family, but from the Tan family in Dongcheng, you must have heard of it."

"The three heroes of the court, 'Jun Hou, Chou Wang, Commoner Tan', everyone in the world has heard of it." Lin Kunshan said.

"In order to marry the daughter of the Cui family, the champion can only divorce his wife, or demote his original wife to a concubine."

"Tan Jia would rather take her daughter home than let her be a concubine."

"My mother has already sent someone to contact the Tan family. As long as I go to ask for marriage, the Tan family will marry my daughter - not the former wife of Champion Hou, but another daughter of the same age as me. But the mother did not say in the letter. What is the purpose of doing this? If it is just to humiliate the champion, it is really unnecessary. If it is really to please the Tan family - I don't understand, the Tan family has no power or power, and no one is an official in the court. What's the benefit? If it's really good, why should the champion give up?"

"Haha, Concubine Cui really has eyesight, this is a brilliant move."

"I don't know much about the Tan family. Tell me, since the Tan family is a commoner, why is it called the hero of the court and can be tied with the Marquis of Junyang?"

"The Tan family is not simple. In the early years, they were engaged in business in Kanto, and their family wealth was huge. Later, some clansmen went to the north to graze, and the livestock was too many to count. During Emperor Wu’s time, he was going to fight against the Huns, and the military was insufficient. The Tan family took the initiative to donate half of their property and 90% of the livestock in the north to the government, which shocked the world. Emperor Wu was very happy and wanted to reward the Tan family again, and he would make him a lord and an official. The Tan family chose, but the Tan family did not want to be an official, they just wanted to do business and herds, they said that defeating the Huns would benefit the Tan family a lot, and they should make some contributions."

"Hehe." The King of the East Sea laughed twice, "Go on, there are few records of this passage in the history of the country."

"Emperor Wu couldn't accept the benefits of the people in vain. Within ten days, the three Tan family members were made marquis, and the other twenty people were given different titles."

"The Tan family has a large population."

"Ding Xingwang of the Tan family is good at doing business, herding, and farming, but he doesn't like being an official."

"The three Tan family are named marquis, why haven't I seen them?" King Donghai knew Jingcheng Xungui very well, but he had never heard of Liehou Tan.

"Wu Nian slaughtered all the heroes in the world in his later years, but he only opened up to the Tan family. The Tan family made a report. The other half of the family property and all the titles were exchanged for the lives of dozens of heroes."

"Is there such a thing? The Tan family is really brave." King Donghai was a little interested, "Would Emperor Wu agree?"

"Of course not. Emperor Wu slashed his title, confiscated his family property, moved the Tan family to the capital, and placed it under his own eyes. He didn't spare any heroes."

The East Sea King was fascinated by Emperor Wu's wrist.

"After this catastrophe, the Tan family's reputation became even better. The Tan family vowed not to be an official on their behalf. They lived in the capital as commoners, and in more than ten years, they became very rich again."

"Can the Tan family turn stone into gold?"

"The most valuable thing in the Tan family is credit. Anyone who wants to win the trust of others in business must seek the Tan family as a bailout. There are also many people who come to the Tan family to cooperate with the Tan family just because of their admiration and bring a profitable business. Everyone is very happy. The Tan family still used justice and wealth to help the descendants of many people who were killed during Emperor Wu’s time. It is also for this reason that they married their daughter to the champion who was still a commoner at the time.”

"So that's the case, but what can the Tan family do to me? What I need to please is the minister, not the commoner."

"This is where the champion is short-sighted. He thinks that he has the support of the prime minister, and the ministers in the DPRK and China are all involved, but the minister is not alone. There are always relatives and friends who are not officials. These people are more or less with the Tan family. Contacts. If the Tan family does not speak, the impact on the ministers in the DPRK and China will not be much different than that of Yin Zai.”

"The Tan family is so powerful that the champion can't see it?"

"The reputation of the Tan family spread in the rivers and lakes, and the champion Hou probably didn't notice it. The most important thing is that the Tan family would not easily speak to the court, which would violate their ancestral teaching. The support of the Tan family is also very difficult, and the champion Hou is a precedent."

"But mother has already thought of a way..." Donghai King murmured, and there was no longer a fog in front of him.