Cui's mansion was full of lights, but it had little to do with the king of the East China Sea, which made him feel deeply warm, and the excitement of returning to Beijing disappeared all 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 who sees his wife smile at others.

The king of the East China Sea grew up in the Cui Mansion since he was a child, and he could enter and exit the inner house freely, 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, and his life and death were uncertain, and the King of the East China Sea became more and more sad, so he had to go to Lao Jun's room, which was his grandmother, who had always been fond of him, and might be able to give him a little comfort.

Lao Jun's room was full of people, all of them smiling, like a group of soldiers with bows and ready to attack, and with just one hint, they would laugh at the same time, divided into light laughter, smile, laughter, laughter, and laughter...... must not be messed up, when the king of the East China Sea arrived, a mother-in-law would be mistaken, laughed abruptly, was despised by everyone, and retreated to the side in a sneer, unable to raise her head for a long time.

If in normal times, the King of the East Sea would not have noticed this at all, but now, he not only noticed, but also felt a little sympathy for this wrong mother-in-law.

"Champion Hou ......"

When the King of the East China Sea heard these three words, he immediately knew that he had come to the wrong place, and just like the lanterns of the entire Cui Mansion, Lao Jun was also celebrating the marriage of the Cui family and the champion Hou here.

The king of the East Sea turned around and wanted to leave, but he was discovered, as usual, many people greeted him warmly, and as soon as the old gentleman inside spoke, several mothers-in-law immediately ran upside down, surrounded the king of the East China Sea, and pushed him into the house like a treasure.

Lao Jun sat on the chair, holding a granddaughter in each hand, and smiled from ear to ear, "My good grandson, your third sister is about to get married, why did you come to say hello?" ”

The king of the East China Sea smiled reluctantly: "I don't want to say hello in front of so many maids-in-law, cheesy, I want to say hello alone and see off the third sister." ”

The maids and daughters-in-law inside and outside the house were despised, but they smiled even more happily, Lao Jun especially liked the arrogance of his grandson, and said with a smile: "Your third sister has been promised to the champion Hou, you can't say hello alone." ”

The king of the East China Sea beat his chest, looking like he was in pain, this was easy for him, "The sisters who have played since childhood have all married, what am I still doing in the house?" Lao Jun, you just think about your granddaughter, and forget about your grandson and grandson, Cui Teng and I are not married. ”

The more the children and grandchildren cheated, the happier Lao Jun became, pointing at the king of the East China Sea and scolding with a smile: "The prince and grandson, if you can't marry a daughter-in-law, you blame me, why don't you go to Zongzheng Mansion?" ”

The East Sea King pretended to be depressed, and the people around him laughed. Except for the two eunuchs, the house was full of women, and the king of the East China Sea stayed for a while, officially congratulated the third sister on marrying a good son-in-law, and said goodbye and left.

The king of the East China Sea was not walking fast, and the laughter and laughter in the house came from time to time, "The Cui family is destined to be a queen!" Lao Jun's voice came clearly, and the king of the East Sea quickened his pace, but he was not too far away, just waiting outside the side door.

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

"Hey, Sister Jun, you're leaving so soon?"

Cui Xiaojun turned around and looked at the King of the East China Sea coldly, "Speaking of 'walking fast', how can I compare to you?" ”

The King of the East China Sea blushed slightly, knowing that Cui Xiaojun mocked him for abandoning the tired marquis from the frontier and coming back too quickly, "We are sympathetic to each other, so don't be sarcastic about each other." ”

"Who is with you?" Cui Xiaojun glanced at Yahuan and motioned for him to leave.

The King of the East China Sea hurriedly said: "Everyone in the Cui Mansion thinks that the champion Hou must be the emperor, aren't you in a hurry?" ”

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

The King of the East China Sea sighed, in his memory, the daughters of the Cui family had a very close relationship with him, but he didn't expect that as soon as he got married, they all changed their faces, "The tired marquis is about to come back, tell him, now is not the time for infighting, he and I still have to join forces." ”

"Betrayed by you again?"

The king of the East China Sea said solemnly: "Only the courtiers have the word 'betrayal', don't use that word to me." Sister Xiaojun, if you want to do big things, you have to learn to compromise, you run to Cui's house every day, aren't you also forced to smile, just to ask for money and things for the tired marquis, begging the Cui family to open up to him? ”

Cui Xiaojun snorted lightly, didn't say anything, and left with Yahuan.

"I forgive you!" The King of the East Sea said loudly, "You will come to me in the future!" ”

When the King of the East Sea returned to his residence, everything was so familiar, but he had no nostalgia.

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 I thought this was my home." The king of the East Sea gently swiped his fingers across the tabletop, wiped it clean, and couldn't find fault with it, "It turns out that I am an outsider." ”

The King of the East China Sea turned to look at Lin Kunshan, "Why are you still following me?" The general trend is already clear, the champion Hou is about to become the emperor, isn't the hopeful one taking advantage of the trend? Let's go with the momentum of the champion Hou. ”

Lin Kunshan smiled and said: "The momentum is like water, no one knows when it will suddenly change direction, in my opinion, the East China Sea King has not been defeated, you still have a chance, and it is not a small opportunity." ”

"Hey, what kind of 'prince competition' did you aspire to make us compete for the throne by currying favor with the minister, this is really ...... Anyway, the battle for the throne has not yet begun, the champion Hou is already in his hands, who does not support him in the Manchu Dynasty? ”

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

The King of the East Sea was silent for a while, although the Qi Seekers all had evil intentions, their power was indeed expanding and rising little by little, "What do you know? ”

"What does the King of the East Sea 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, "Champion Hou also has a hopeful person around him, right?" ”

"Of course."

"The hopefuls are just like the Cui family, betting everywhere, thinking that whoever wins, they will get benefits. But there is no such good thing in the world, since ancient times, the emperor wants the only one, the Cui family is happy for their daughter to marry well today, and tomorrow they will have to pay the price for not being loyal enough. The same is true of the hopeful, you assist many people, and in the end, no one will see you as a confidant. ”

"Until the 'final' comes, both the Qi Lookers and the Cui family will make the only choice, and at this moment, I choose the East Sea King, who will help you defeat the Champion Hou and the Qi Seekers around him. The king of the East Sea does not want to be subservient, so why do I like to lose to my fellow disciples and accept his alms and humiliation? ”

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

"Oh?" Lin Kunshan didn't take the letter, waiting for the King of the East China Sea to say it himself.

"Champion Hou originally had a wife, who was the wife of the chaff when he was lowly, not a famous family, from the Tan family in Dongcheng, you must have heard of it."

"The three heroes of the court, 'Junhou and Ugly King Buyi Tan', everyone in the rivers and lakes has heard of it." Lin Kun Mountain Road.

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

"The Tan family would rather take their daughter home than let her be a concubine."

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

"Hehe, Concubine Cui really has eyesight, this is a wonderful move."

"I don't know much about the Tan family, tell me, since the Tan family is cloth, why is it called the hero of the court, and can be ranked alongside the Marquis of Junyang?"

"The Tan family is not simple, in the early years of business in the Kanto, the family wealth is huge, and later some people went to the north to graze, and there are too many livestock to count. The Tan family has helped many people by squandering their wealth with righteousness, and there are people in the rivers and lakes and the court who have benefited from the Tan family. During the period of Emperor Wu, there was a war with the Huns, and the army was insufficient, and the Tan family took the initiative to donate half of the property and ninety percent 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, seal the marquis and seal the official, and choose with the Tan family, but the Tan family did not want to be an official, just wanted to do business and herd, they said that defeating the Xiongnu would have a lot of benefits for the Tan family, and it was also appropriate to make some contributions. ”

"Hey, hey." The King of the East Sea laughed twice, "Then say that there are few records of this paragraph in the history of the country. ”

"Emperor Wu can't accept the benefits of the people in vain, and within ten days, he will make three members of the Tan family marquis and give more than 20 other people different titles."

"The Tan family still has a lot of population."

"The Tan family is prosperous, good at business, herding, and farming, but he doesn't like to be an official."

"The three members of the Tan family are marquis, why haven't I seen it?" The king of the East China Sea knows everything about the nobles of the capital, and has never heard of the princes surnamed Tan.

"In his later years, Wu Nian wantonly slaughtered the heroes of the world, but he only opened up to the Tan family, and the Tan family played the game, and originally exchanged the other half of the family property and all the titles for the lives of dozens of heroes."

"And this kind of thing? The Tan family is so bold. The King of the East Sea was a little interested, "Emperor Wu won't agree, right?" ”

"Of course not, Emperor Wu stripped the title, confiscated the family property, moved the Tan family to the capital, put it under his nose, and didn't let go of any Haojie."

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

"After this catastrophe, the Tan family's reputation became even more famous, and the Tan family swore that they should not be officials on behalf of them, and lived in the capital as cloth clothes, and in more than ten years, they became extremely rich."

"Will the Tan family turn stones into gold?"

"The most valuable thing of the Tan family is credit, anyone who wants to win the trust of others in business has to find the Tan family as a guarantor, and many people come to the Tan family to cooperate with the Tan family with a profitable business just because of admiration, and the result is always happy. The Tan family still squandered money and helped many descendants of those killed during the Emperor Wu period, and it was for this reason that they married their daughter to the champion Hou who was still a commoner at that time. ”

"I see, but what good can the Tan family do me? I need to please the minister, not the cloth. ”

This is where the champion Hou is short-sighted, he thinks that with the support of the prime minister, the ministers of the DPRK and China are all in his hands, but the minister is not alone, there are always relatives and friends who are not officials, and these people have more or less dealings with the Tan family. If the Tan family doesn't open his mouth, once he opens his mouth, he is afraid that the impact on the ministers of the DPRK and China will not be much worse than Yin Zai. ”

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

"The reputation of the Tan family spreads in the rivers and lakes, the champion Hou probably didn't notice it, the most important thing is that the Tan family will not easily open up to the court, this will go against their ancestral teachings, even if the king of the East China Sea and the Tan family marry, it is very difficult to get the support of the Tan family, and the champion Hou is a precedent."

"But Mother has already thought of a way...... "The King of the East Sea muttered, and there was no longer a fog in front of him. (To be continued.) )