Author: Danjian Listening to Zen

Jia Huan is really satisfied with his life in this life.

No one is forcing themselves to make progress, there is no shortage of food and drink, the sleeping environment is good, and you can sneak out and play every day.

Days like this are Xianyu’s ultimate dream!

Fifteen years have passed, and Jia Huan's good days have come to an end.

The Chen State where Jia Huan was located went to war with another country, the Wei State, but unfortunately the Chen State was defeated.

Wei Guo asked Chen Guo to send a prince to serve as a proton.

The emperor chose for a long time and finally decided to send the eighth prince to Wei as a hostage.

The imperial concubine cried so hard that she passed out several times, and the Duke's mansion was in chaos.

The old Duke Guo and his wife fainted immediately. The Duke Guo and Master Jia were angry but could do nothing.

The Duke knew that the emperor was afraid of the military power in his hands.

If he were not afraid of pushing him too far, he would have chosen the third prince to serve as a hostage in Wei State.

The eighth prince did not go to Wei alone to be a hostage. The emperor selected a young man of the same age as the eighth prince from the sons of clan relatives and ministers to accompany the eighth prince to Wei.

Of course, these selected families are not important officials of the court, they just look at noble but defeated families.

The only one that was not defeated but still looked good was the Guogong Mansion. Who said they were the eighth prince's maternal family? One person must follow the eighth prince.

This choice naturally fell on Jia Huan.

Who said he didn't have his own mother to protect him? Who said he was a dispensable existence in the Duke's mansion.

In this way, Jia Huan followed the eighth prince and left Chen State for Wei State.

The eighth prince was not closer to Jia Huan because Jia Huan was his cousin. Of course, he was not close to any other boy.

Those young men resented the Eighth Prince in their hearts. If the Eighth Prince had not become a hostage, how could they leave their hometown and go to the enemy's country.

Moreover, if you are held hostage in an enemy country, your life cannot be guaranteed at all.

How can young people not be resentful?

They never thought that the Eighth Prince was forced like them, and that the Eighth Prince did not volunteer to be a hostage.

The person who sent the eight princes to the enemy country was the emperor and the elder of their respective families.

They were abandoned by their respective families.

After the group arrived at the capital of Wei State, they were arranged to live in a large courtyard.

Although the yard is old, it is not shabby, but it has not been lived in for a long time, so it is a little dirty.

Each of the young men brought a servant. The Eighth Prince had a distinguished status and brought three servants.

Jia Huan didn't take anyone with him. When he left, he returned Ruyi's deed of betrayal to Ruyi.

The teenagers were sitting in the yard, waiting for the servants to tidy up the house.

The eighth prince sat alone on one side, with a servant accompanying him.

Jia Huan took matters into his own hands to clean up the house.

His speed is faster than those servants.

In just half an hour, he had the house cleaned up.

Jia Huan walked to the gate, chose a kind-faced guard, walked over, and handed over a piece of silver.

"Brother, can I ask you a favor?"

The guard glanced at the silver in Jia Huan's hand, which was a total of ten taels.

The guard looked at the silver in Jia Huan's hand and smiled: "Ten taels."

Jia Huan smiled: "Twelve taels are just a meeting gift from me to my eldest brother."

He took out another banknote and handed it to the guard.

After that, Jia Huan returned to his room with a lot of things.

There are bedding, pots and pans, food and fruits...

Jia Huan used stones smashed from the rockery and black mud dug from the pond to build a simple earthen stove outside his house. He used the withered branches and leaves in the garden to make a fire and started cooking.

After the servants saw it, they stepped forward and asked Jia Huan in a low voice how to repair the earthen stove.

These servants are the sons of their respective families. They only know how to serve their masters and do not have the survival skills of rural farmers.

Jia Huan did not embarrass them and taught them how to build an earthen stove.

The servants were very grateful to Jia Huan and had a very good impression of him.

They worked together and quickly built the earthen stove and started cooking.

The teenagers looked at Jia Huan's movements curiously, not expecting that the young master who came from the Duke's palace could do things more quickly than his servants.

"I heard that this guy is invisible in the Duke's Mansion and is not welcome. Come to think of it, he is used to doing these things in the Duke's Mansion, right?" said a young man.

Boy B: "I am not well received by my aunt at home, but at least I have maids and servants to serve me, so I don't have to do the work myself. From this point of view, I am quite lucky."

Young Man C: "No, that guy is just too unlucky. It seems that the water in the backyard of the Duke's Mansion is very deep."

Young Man A: "Don't sympathize with him. Now we are in the same situation as him. It is better to sympathize with ourselves than to sympathize with him."

As soon as these words came out, the mood of the young people all dropped.

Jia Huan prepared the meal and started eating.

One after another, other teenagers also had hot meals.

The food was completely incomparable to what they had eaten at home. Even the servants at home would not eat such food.

But now...

The teenagers have endured hardships along the way and are now able to eat all the food without any hesitation.

If you don't eat, you will only starve.

After dinner, the teenagers went to their own rooms to rest.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise at the gate.

It seemed like some big shot had come to their yard.

The teenagers walked out of the house curiously and looked in the direction of the door.

The door was opened, and the guards guarding the place bowed obsequiously and welcomed a man in brocade robes into the door.

The brocade robe on the man is very bright. It is definitely not the style of the official government. It looks more like the clothes of a palace eunuch, but it is more gorgeous than the clothes of ordinary eunuchs.

The status of the person here is not low, he is probably a close eunuch of the Emperor of Wei, and he may not be a general manager or above.

The young men had received some information about Wei State before coming to Wei State. Therefore, although they did not know the eunuch who came in, they all had the same guess in their minds.

Wu Zaifei, the most trusted eunuch of the Wei Emperor.

When the Emperor of Wei was a child, he was not favored by the previous emperor. His mother died early, and his situation in the palace was not good. He relied on Wu Zaifei to support him.

During this period, Wu Zaifei even helped the Emperor of Wei block the knife and poison.

Wu Zaifei saved the Wei Emperor twice, but both times, he almost died.

Therefore, the Emperor of Wei had great trust in Wu Zaifei.

After he ascended the throne, he gave Wu Zaifei great power.

Wu Zaifei controlled the entire Wei palace, and even the concubines wanted to please Wu Zaifei.

The officials in the court also tried every means to please Wu Zaifei.

However, Wu Zaifei did not betray the trust of the Emperor of Wei. No matter who pleased him, he would not betray the Emperor of Wei for that person.

Wu Zaifei did not refuse other people's favor, but he was very measured in what he did.

Therefore, the emperor trusted Wu Zaifei even more.
Chapter completed!