Chapter 789 The Child Who Was Punished to Kneel

Xie Jin took Hao'er to an honorable mansion.

"This family's surname is Cen. It was a well-known aristocratic family in Dongling a hundred years ago. Our ancestors have produced champions and generals. Among the women, there have been one queen and two concubines. This shows how prosperous it was in its heyday."

This mansion was big. Xie Jin carried Hao'er and climbed over the high wall in the backyard. There was no one in the deserted courtyard behind, and there were no lights. It was pitch black.

Xie Jin led Hao'er towards the brightly lit place, approaching the front yard. Hearing the sound of people, Xie Jin bent down and hugged Hao'er, holding Hao'er's shoulders with both hands, and jumped up to the nearest big tree.

Sitting high up, you can clearly see the brightly lit wide courtyard. A child of only four or five years old is kneeling on the bluestone. His face is pale and his body is swaying. He feels a little unable to hold on. He looks like he is already kneeling. For a while.

"Does Your Highness know who he is?"

Hao'er frowned slightly and stared at the child for a long time: "Is he the slave's child?"

In his impression, only servants who made mistakes would be punished by kneeling like this.

But the child in front of him was very young, about the same age as him. What mistake could he make?

"He is the son of the male owner of this family." Xie Jin said, "His name is Cen En."

Hao'er was a little confused: "Then isn't he the young master of this family?"

"Yes." Xie Jin leaned on the thick tree trunk, "The Cen family was a famous and powerful family more than a hundred years ago, but it was so glorious... Your Highness, have you ever heard of the saying, 'The greatest prosperity must inevitably decline' ?”

Hao'er turned to look at him.

"When the Cen family was at its peak, it was as powerful as the current Xie family and Prince Jing's palace combined." Xie Jin said calmly, "The civil servants in the family held great power, the generals held military power, and they were deeply trusted by the emperor. Although At that time, the Cen family was very loyal, but they still could not hide their position of power approaching the imperial power. "

Hao'er was thoughtful.

"During this period, I read some historical records. The ancestors of the Cen family can be traced back to the time of Empress Jinghua. At that time, she mainly protected the young emperor. When the court was in civil strife and was in danger, the Cen family and the regent at the time protected the young emperor. The regent is in charge of the government, and the Cen family resists foreign enemies... When the young emperor grew up, he valued the Cen family very much. "

Although Hao'er didn't fully understand, he just listened quietly: "In the following decades, the Cen family became more and more prominent. They chose concubines and established queens and took charge of the military. They prospered from generation to generation, and their descendants continued... By the time of Emperor Wu, , finally couldn’t match the master’s great achievements..."

Xie Jin did not say the next words, but paused for a moment before saying, "But the Cen family is very lucky. The three generations of emperors they served successively were all wise kings. Even if the Cen family did something they shouldn't have done, considering their past achievements, Emperor Wu did not have the heart to kill the nine Cen family members, but only killed the old man and several sons of the Cen family who were in power at the time, and all the women and children survived. "

Hao'er hummed, not sure if he could understand it.

"At that time, the only male in the Cen family had just turned six years old. The wife of the family took good care of this child, hoping that he could revive the family business. Because they had just experienced a disaster, the Cen family had been silent for a long time."

"But this child who has everyone's hopes is really ineffective. Compared with other grandfathers and fathers, he can't hold up the wall. No matter how many wives are found for him, his books are still as good as dogs. No matter how many martial arts lessons I find for him, he is still a dandy who can’t stand hardships. After he reaches adulthood, he has three wives and four concubines, and he even goes to a brothel from time to time to hang out..."

"Uncle Jin seemed to be like this before." Hao'er suddenly said, "Uncle Jin used to like visiting brothels."

Xie Jin's expression paused and his tone was calm: "I'm different from him."

Haoer frowned: "What's the difference?"

Xie Jin said seriously: "Most of the time I go to brothels for business reasons. You won't understand it for the time being. You will understand it when you grow up."

Hao'er said oh and did not continue to argue.

At his current age, he can never be Xie Jin's opponent in terms of words, and there is no point in arguing.

"The dandy I just mentioned is the father of this child, Cen Xing." Xie Jin pointed to Cen En kneeling in the courtyard, "Cen Xing married two wives and many concubines after he became an adult, but because of The lack of strict governance in the family has led to serious fights between wives and concubines. There is no distinction between wives and concubines, and the family is in chaos. "

Hao'er hummed, not fully understanding these words.

"This Cen En is Cen Xing's youngest son, the son of Xu Xian." Xie Jin clicked his tongue, "Cen Xing was nearly fifty years old, so he got this legitimate son... Does your Highness know what Xu Xian and legitimate son mean?"

Haoer shook his head.

"His previous wife died, and then he married another wife, who was his second wife." Xie Jin said, "The sons born to the first wife or the second wife are all legitimate sons."

"oh."

"The wife he later married was young, not majestic, and could not hold the power of the back house, and the children he gave birth to were bullied." Xie Jin said, "If Cen En died in infancy, the children born from the concubine would have the opportunity to inherit the family business."