Chapter 26: People mature with age
Gu Tingye and his grandfather saw off Zhao Xing together. As soon as Zhao Xing left, the guards in the house also withdrew.
Watching the carriage go away, Gu Tingye helped his grandfather back to the hall and sat down on the soft couch, and said, "Grandpa, how can you make conditions for His Highness?"
"Are you afraid of His Highness? Angry?" Mr. Bai looked at his grandson and smiled.
"That's not entirely true. Your Highness should not be so small-minded. It's just that my grandson thinks it's inappropriate." Gu Tingye said.
Old Master Bai smiled, asked Gu Tingye to sit down next to him, and said: "You are right, His Highness is not a stingy person. From now on, just stay with His Highness and serve Him wholeheartedly."
Zhao Xing's guess was good, but there was one thing Zhao Xing didn't expect.
Mr. Bai proposed this condition with the intention of testing Zhao Xing.
Although he is just a businessman, he is mature and knows that officialdom is very dangerous.
With only one son in the official family, Zhao Xing will definitely inherit the throne in the future. As Zhao Xing's companion, Gu Tingye is likely to be reused in the future.
Others only think this is a good thing, but he doesn't think so. He still understands the principle of accompanying a king like a tiger.
At Zhao Xing's age, no matter how smart he is, the city cannot be too deep.
He said that Zhao Xing must agree to a condition before he would say anything.
If Zhao Xing shows displeasure or anger as soon as he hears that he wants to make conditions, it means that he is not a very generous person.
Mr. Bai did this after careful consideration. Even if Zhao Xing was really angry, he would not do anything to his grandfather and grandson. At most, he would alienate Gu Tingye because of this matter.
But this is a good thing in his opinion. It is not a good thing to follow a master who is not very generous.
However, Zhao Xing did not show the slightest anger. He hesitated a little and agreed without even asking any conditions.
Being able to do this at such a young age shows that Zhao Xing is not simple, regardless of his temperament or his city.
Gu Tingye follows him, and as long as he doesn't make a big mistake, nothing will happen.
Of course he would not tell Gu Tingye this.
"Grandpa, what conditions did you and His Highness propose?" Gu Tingye asked.
"I ask your highness to help find out the cause of your mother's death." Old Mrs. Bai said.
“What?” Gu Tingye was stunned and said, “How can I trouble Your Highness to help with this kind of thing?”
“Whether His Highness knows how to investigate or whether he can find out is actually not important. "Mr. Bai said with a smile.
To say that he put forward the condition was to test Zhao Xing. Putting forward this condition was a precaution in advance.
Although he still doesn't know the specific cause of his daughter's death, one thing he can confirm is that Gu Yankai wants to cover up the matter and does not want to reveal it.
Family scandals should not be publicized. Regardless of the cause of Bai's death or the secret of the Gu family's marriage to Bai, these are all scandals. The Gu family will naturally try their best to cover up for the sake of face.
But as a father, he must want to find out how to avenge his daughter's death.
Once something is found out, it will be difficult for Gu Tingye to get caught in it. With Gu Tingye's temperament, it is likely that he will be very unhappy with the Gu family.
When that time comes, and outsiders don’t know the inside story, Gu Tingye will definitely have a reputation of being disobedient and unfilial.
Mr. Bai didn't expect Zhao Xing to really find out anything, he just wanted Zhao Xing to know the inside story.
In the future, Gu Tingye and the Gu family will be unhappy. Zhao Xing knows the inside story and will not have a bad impression of Gu Tingye.
I have to say that Mr. Bai thought it through very carefully, but he didn't know that Zhao Xing knew all about the grievances and resentments of the Gu family.
Gu Tingye didn't understand what his grandfather meant and looked at him doubtfully.
"Haha, you will understand later." Old Master Bai said with a smile.
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"Your Highness, we are here." Sanshui saluted.
Zhao Xing came back to his senses, glanced at the eunuch standing next to Sanshui and said, "What's your name?" "Your Highness, my name is Liu Sanshi." Liu Sanshi said respectfully.
Slave is not what a maid calls herself. A slave refers to a male and a maid refers to a female. Therefore, anyone who is a servant can call themselves a slave.
"Oh?"
Zhao Xing asked: "Your surname is also Liu? What is your relationship with Eunuch Liu?"
"Back to Your Highness, Mr. Liu is the foster father of this slave." Liu Sanshi said.
"The fact that Eunuch Liu can accept you as his adopted son shows that you are also smart. This time you went to Yangzhou to preach the imperial edict and summoned the son of Yangzhou Tongpan to come to Bianjing to attend the reading. I have something to give you. Do it." Zhao Xing said.
"Your Highness may give your orders, but I will definitely handle it for you." Liu Sanshi said, trying hard to suppress the excitement in his heart.
If you can do things for Zhao Xing, as long as you do it well, you can leave an impression on Zhao Xing.
If Zhao Xing can be valued and stay by his side to listen to him, it will be a step forward for him.
"Come closer." Zhao Xing waved and said.
Liu Sanshi stepped forward after hearing the words, stopped a few steps away, bowed and waited for Zhao Xing's instructions.
Zhao Xing whispered a few words and said, "Do you understand?"
Liu Sanshi thought Zhao Xing was going to order him to do something important, but he was stunned after hearing this.
Hearing Zhao Xing’s inquiry, he came back to his senses and bowed: "I understand, slave."
"If you handle this matter well, I will reward you heavily when you come back. But it must be rotten in the stomach, not even to Eunuch Liu, otherwise you should understand the consequences." Zhao Xing said lightly.
"Yes, your highness, don't worry, I will never reveal anything." Liu Sanshi quickly assured.
"Well, go ahead." Zhao Xing waved his hand.
"My slave, please retire!" Liu Sanshi bowed and retreated.
Zhao Xing looked at Liu Sanshi's leaving figure and fell into deep thought.
What he asked Liu Sanshi to do was very simple, that is, to beat Sheng Hong on the pretext of spoiling his concubine and killing his wife.
When he was watching dramas in his previous life, his favorite characters were Minglan and Zhang Guifen.
It is said that you can't have your cake and eat it too, but he will be the prince soon, so there is no need to care about this.
Qi Heng was his reading companion. As long as he didn't die, Qi Heng wouldn't be able to borrow money from the Sheng family. Naturally, he had no contact with Minglan.
The same goes for Gu Tingye. Now that Mr. Bai has come to Bianjing, it is impossible to go to Yangzhou later.
There is no need to worry about any emotional entanglement between them and Minglan.
But Zhao Xing felt sorry for Minglan and didn't want her to suffer the pain of losing her mother.
Although Minglan's growth has a lot to do with the death of her little mother and the teachings of Mrs. Sheng.
But Zhao Xing doesn't need her to have such superb scheming skills, and with Wei Xiaoniang's character, if she were alive, the daughter she taught wouldn't be any worse.
The only problem is that Minglan is still young and is in Yangzhou. Logically speaking, Zhao Xing, a prince, cannot know her existence. Zhao Xing can't help Minglan even if he wants to.
Zhao Xing thought about it and decided that he could only start with Sheng Hong.
With Sheng Hong's cautious and tactful temperament, he would definitely give Lin Xiaoniang some restraints and warnings after being beaten.
The standard for measuring officials in ancient times was not only political performance, but also moral aspects.
Filial piety, favoring concubines and destroying wives are all moral faults.
Therefore, although Sheng Hong doted on Lin Xiaoniang, he never dared to destroy his wife. The outside world did not know this.
Now that he is beaten, he may wonder how Zhao Xing knew, but does he dare to come to Zhao Xing and ask?
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