Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

With a large amount of money and many children, a person of good character might try to treat them all equally, but most people can't, because people are naturally biased. With many children, there will inevitably be some they like and some they don't. In this case, they will often take the money that one child gives as tribute and distribute it to another child.

In ancient times, there were concubines, so the money was not only given to another child, but also to another woman. After the division of the family property, Madam Chu had been so angry that she had fallen ill several times. Just thinking about how her son's money was taken by Master Chu because he didn't like her son, and how it was given to other women and children, it was no wonder that she was so angry that she fell ill.

At that moment, she deeply understood Princess Zhou.

Although Master Chu's son is growing up and receiving more salary, Master Chu should theoretically be living a more comfortable life than he did in the Prince's Mansion. After all, while the Prince's Mansion provided for all his needs, he didn't have nearly as much money as he does now.

However, Master Chu the Second was a big spender. Even though he had a lot of money, he couldn't control it. As a result, he often squandered all the money he received in a short time. Then, unlike when he was in the mansion, he didn't receive a monthly allowance and started to live a hard life. So, even though he received much more money than he did in the mansion, he didn't live as well.

Therefore, for someone like Master Chu, who lacks self-control, it is appropriate to give him money every month, like he did in the Prince's Mansion before, rather than giving him a large sum of money all at once.

Fortunately, his salary is paid twice a year, in spring and autumn. If it were only paid once a year, he would be in a much worse situation. Now, as long as he can hold on for a few months, he will have money again, so things are a little better.

Although it was a little better, famine was still frequent.

So when someone approached him and offered him money if he supported so-and-so, he thought he could get money, and if he chose the right side, he could also gain merit by helping the emperor to get promoted. Why not? So he thought he was being clever and agreed.

However, when it comes to deciding which son the emperor should appoint as crown prince, not only do the court officials have a say, but the imperial clan also has a say.

Therefore, Empress Liu and her favorite concubines contacted various members of the imperial family, hoping to collect their signatures so that the Imperial Clan Court could report to the Emperor. The entire clan was willing to support their side.

It started when Empress Liu's influence approached Master Chu and offered him five hundred taels of silver as a reward if he would sign a document.

The forces that these associations brought in all knew that these middle-ranking members of the royal family were short of money, so they used this as bait. It has to be said that there are quite a few money-grubbing members in the royal family, and they quickly collected a lot of signatures.

When Master Chu heard that he could get five hundred taels of silver just by signing his name, and that he would also have a chance to be promoted to the rank of Prince, how could he not want to? He thought that Empress Liu was the Empress, and her son was the legitimate heir of the Empress. It was only right that her son be made the Crown Prince. Even if he signed his name, there would be no problem. Why not make such a cheap deal?

Just as they were about to sign, the favored concubine's influence also approached Master Chu, saying that if Master Chu was willing to support the favored concubine's son, he would give him a thousand taels of silver.

Master Chu immediately changed his mind and decided to support his favorite concubine's son.

Moreover, he was particularly good at finding reasons for himself, thinking that the emperor was most satisfied with the son of his favorite concubine, and that he was a loyal subject, so of course he should follow the emperor. Whoever the emperor supported, he would support.

Moreover, the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. If I supported the son of the favored concubine, the emperor would be pleased and might even promote me without me having done anything to help him ascend the throne. Wouldn't that be better than waiting for the emperor's son to take the throne?
So, Master Chu the Second planned to sign in support of his favorite concubine's son. Linlang, seeing this, wanted to inform the Prince of Zhou about it.

Although Master Chu the Second had already separated from the family and moved out, Prince Zhou was still alive. If he hadn't been forced to leave the Prince Zhou's residence, he would still be considered a member of the Prince Zhou's household and would still be living there. So, although it seemed that Master Chu the Second had separated from the Prince Zhou's household, since Prince Zhou was still alive, it was as if they hadn't separated at all. If Master Chu the Second were to take sides haphazardly, and if the son of the favored concubine didn't become emperor, the new emperor might punish the Prince Zhou's household, and the Prince Zhou's household would be doomed along with Master Chu the Second. Linlang, on the other hand, wanted to live a peaceful life and didn't want to be implicated by Master Chu the Second and others.

It's fortunate that Linlang had nothing better to do and was worried that someone might cause trouble, so she kept an eye on everyone's situation; otherwise, she wouldn't have discovered this.

But how could she tell King Zhou? She certainly couldn't tell him herself, since she couldn't explain how she knew about it.

So Linlang immediately wrote an anonymous letter to King Zhou, telling him about the matter.

Not only Master Chu, but several of the sons of the Prince of Zhou who had branched out from other families were also eyeing the money offered by various forces and were preparing to sign the papers.

When King Zhou saw the anonymous letter, he secretly sent people to investigate and found that it was indeed true. He was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He immediately summoned Master Chu and others to his mansion, showed them the anonymous letter, and then gave them a thorough dressing-down.

“How dare you get involved in this! A bunch of money-grubbing bastards! They’d risk their lives for that little bit of money!” King Zhou shouted, pointing at the group.

The people were surprised to find that their fathers had found out about their dealings with the Liu family or the concubine's family. They wondered who had told their fathers this, but they still did not accept the King of Zhou's reprimand.

Upon hearing this, Master Chu the Second was still somewhat unconvinced and said, "The Fifth Prince is Consort Wang's son. Consort Wang is so favored, and His Majesty also loves the Fifth Prince so much. Why can't I support the Fifth Prince? I am a loyal subject. Isn't it right for me to support His Majesty?"

Before King Zhou could speak, some who supported the Empress's son objected to this and immediately retorted, "The Empress has a son. How can the son of a favored concubine be the crown prince? Since ancient times, the legitimate heir has been chosen, and if there is no legitimate heir, the eldest son has been chosen. The Fifth Prince is neither the legitimate heir nor the eldest son. What qualifications does he have to be the crown prince?"

The Second Master Chu retorted defiantly, "You dare say that to His Majesty? I dare to say it, but do you?"

That person really didn't dare to do it. After all, everyone knew that the current emperor favored Consort Wang the most and wanted to make Consort Wang's son the crown prince. If he dared to go to his side and go against his wishes to make Empress Liu's son the crown prince, the emperor might not dare to disagree with the idea of ​​establishing the eldest son if there was no legitimate son, but he would turn around and make things difficult for him. That was something he couldn't stand.

Although he dared not say this in front of the emperor, he still had the ability to refute his own brother, so the man remained defiant and said, "What do I have to be afraid of? Isn't what I said right?"

Seeing that his foolish sons were about to start arguing and even fight in front of him before he could even say anything, King Zhou was furious. He grabbed the sword that was hanging on the wall as decoration and used it as a club to beat the boys. (End of Chapter)