Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

That's what he said, but his shining eyes told everyone.

Come on! Come to me, we can hold on.

When it comes to gossip, as long as you can survive, then indulge in it to death.

[The other one is that the real and fake young master is from the Pingyuan Marquis family. ]

behind the screen,

The Marquis of Ruyin was on the verge of death, but the Marquis of Pingyuan avenged him.

As a marquis, he has countless female confidantes and beautiful wives and concubines. Others who see him have to give him face and praise his talent and romanticism.

The only exception was the Marquis of Ruyin. Every time he saw the Marquis of Pingyuan, he would say that the Marquis of Pingyuan was promiscuous for being so amorous.

By the way, show off your loyalty.

Now Lord Xu has exposed the face of Lord Ruyin. What do you call loyalty? It's just promiscuity, which would have been fine, but he actually replaced his own daughter with someone else under the influence of his mistress.

"Hahaha... Lord Ruyin, you have no descendants now. Do you want me to be merciful and give you a son? I have many sons anyway."

Then I heard Xu Jinyu's inner voice,

[The other one is that the real and fake young master is from the Pingyuan Marquis family. ]

Pingyuan Hou froze in place.

“Hahahaha… cough cough cough… hahahaha…”

This time it was Ruyinbo's turn to laugh. Even though he was weak, short of breath, and coughing badly, Ruyinbo still wanted to laugh.

"I've long told you that your backyard is a mess, and something bad will happen sooner or later."

Pingyuan Hou: "Impossible! My wife is a good manager of the family. How could such a thing as a real and fake young master happen in our family?"

【One, two, three, four, five... eleven, twelve, thirteen...】

As Xu Jinyu counted, Pingyuan Hou's face turned ashen.

What is Xu Jinyu talking about? Even if there really was something like a real and fake young master in his family, there wouldn’t be so many people involved.

How many sons does he have in total?

The next moment, Xu Jinyu's inner thoughts gave Pingyuan Hou the answer.

[There are 18 fake young masters in total and 3 real young masters. What are they doing? They are training substitutes.]

Xu Jinyu's complaints were extremely accurate, and many people in the men's seats couldn't help but laugh.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

·······

"I say, Marquis Pingyuan, how big is your family's inheritance? You have so many substitutes for your son. As far as I know, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have so many substitutes!"

"I didn't!" Pingyuan Hou said almost gritting his teeth.

After saying that, he was busy listening to Xu Jinyu's inner voice. He wanted to hear carefully where those eighteen fake young masters came from and how many of his own biological sons were left in the family.

In fact, he already had some guesses in his mind. It would be impossible to conceal the fact that eighteen children were swapped, so maybe his wife was dissatisfied with him bringing so many children home.

It was not easy for him to oppose it openly, so he simply replaced the real young masters, killed them, and replaced them with some fake young masters that he could control.

And those three real young masters were his three legitimate sons.

Because he said that the title of Marquis Pingyuan should be given to the capable person. As long as the child is Marquis Pingyuan and has the ability, it doesn't matter whether he is the legitimate or illegitimate child of the title.

Many officials knew about Pingyuan Hou's declaration that only the talented can be promoted.

There was more or less a hint of gloating in everyone's eyes when they looked at Pingyuan Hou.

"Look! It's messed up!"

"Hehehe..."

·······

[Well, the fake young masters in the hands of three concubines were brought back from outside because their children accidentally died. Unfortunately, in the Pingyuan Marquis's mansion, without children, the monthly allowance would be reduced by more than half. In order to live a luxurious life, these three concubines simply brought children from outside and continued to raise them after their own children died.]

[It was because Pingyuan Hou had so many children that he could not recognize all of them, and he did not even recognize some of them.]

Pingyuan Hou pointed at Xu Jinyu with bloodshot eyes: "She...she..."

Jiang Hai pressed down Pingyuan Hou's arm: "What's the meaning of 'she'? Lord Xu was just telling the truth, but..."

Jiang Hai was very curious: "You really don't know all of your children."

Pingyuan Hou: “Ahem…”

How is it possible to know all of them? There are dozens of them, especially the children. They change like a different person after not seeing them for a few days.

But how could Pingyuan Hou admit it?

"I know them all, but sometimes it's easy to confuse them."

"Ah······"

Jiang Hai sneered, no one would believe such words.

[Where did the remaining fifteen fake young masters come from? Let me take a look, hmm...]

[They were all raised by the wife of Marquis Pingyuan, hahahahaha...]

【The wife of Pingyuan Hou was also a talented person. Her husband said that only the talented should be promoted. She wanted to object, but she couldn't. She simply went to the people to find young people who couldn't afford to go to school, and then trained them well together with her three sons.】

[No matter how smart the children of her concubines are, she will have a way to deal with them. As for being recognized by Pingyuan Hou, don't be ridiculous. Pingyuan Hou only remembers what women look like, and he has no idea what his own son looks like.]

[The wife of Pingyuan Marquis doesn't even need to pretend to be someone she is.]

[Hahaha... As expected, the wife of Pingyuan Hou is also a talented person. You have a plan, and I have a ladder.]

【Ha ha ha ha·····】

Xu Jinyu couldn't help laughing.

"Hahaha·····"

"Hahaha·····"

·····

The officials in the men's seats also laughed happily. The wife of Marquis Pingyuan was indeed a talented person who could come up with such a solution.

Pingyuan Hou: "She...she is confusing her bloodline."

Ruyin Bo: "Speaking of confusing bloodlines, weren't you the first to confuse bloodlines? I heard that the mothers of your children include daughters of poor families, daughters of minor officials, and prostitutes. You eat both meat and vegetables. Do you have the nerve to say that your wife eats both meat and vegetables?"

"The child is not my own, but the child's abilities can't be fake!"

“That…that’s because…because…”

Pingyuan Hou tried desperately to find excuses for himself.

"Because the beauty asked me, I agreed in a daze." Ruyin Bo gave a direct answer.

He still doesn't understand Pingyang Hou's temper.

"no!"

Pingyuan Hou refused to admit defeat even if he died.

[Marquis Pingyuan's wife was very successful in training them, and she had already made an agreement with these fake young masters. She was just trying to fool Marquis Pingyuan. In exchange, Marquis Pingyuan's wife would support them in their studies.]

[With such lenient conditions, these fake young masters studied very hard. Five of them have the ability to pass the imperial examination, but they cannot take the exam in order to keep up with the study progress of the three real young masters.]

When Pingyuan Hou heard this, his eyes lit up: "What's the real young master, fake young master? These fake young masters are all my godsons."

This transformation...

Is it a bit too big?

Jiang Hai was a little confused about what Pingyuan Hou meant.

"Are you out of your mind?"

Pingyuan Hou smiled but said nothing.

Ruyin Bo: "He is not crazy, he is very calculating."

"Now that Daqian has conquered Dayue, and Dawu is about to be conquered, what does Daqian lack now?"

"What's missing?" Jiang Hai still hadn't thought of it and asked directly.

Han Bai sighed: "We are short of officials, especially local officials. Those conquered places must be governed by officials from Daqian, otherwise chaos will easily arise."

"There are so many places that are in need of officials. Didn't Lord Xu say that the fake young master has five children who are capable of taking the imperial examination? If these children pass the imperial examination, Marquis Pingyuan may be able to immediately appoint them officials if he makes a little effort. These will be the strength of Marquis Pingyuan's mansion in the future."

"What about Marquis Pingyuan's policy of selecting people based on their talents?" Jiang Hai was still a little confused.

Han Bai: "Rather than hoping that one of my sons will become a genius, it is more practical to choose the five candidates now."

Okay! Jiang Hai understood.

From now on, the prince of Pingyuan Marquis can only be born among the three children of the wife of Pingyuan Marquis.

Because the children raised by Mrs. Pingyuan Hou would definitely only recognize Mrs. Pingyuan Hou's legitimate son.