Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 26: People become better with age

Gu Tingye and his grandfather saw Zhao Xing off together. As soon as Zhao Xing left, all the guards in the mansion also withdrew.

Watching the carriage go away, Gu Tingye helped his grandfather back to the living room and sat down on the couch, saying, "Grandfather, how can you put forward conditions to His Highness?"

"Are you afraid that His Highness will be angry?" Old Master Bai smiled at his grandson.

"Not entirely. Your Highness should not be so narrow-minded. It's just that my grandson feels that this is inappropriate." Gu Tingye said.

Old Master Bai smiled, asked Gu Tingye to sit down beside him, and said, "You are right, His Highness is not a stingy person. From now on, you just need to stay by His Highness' side and serve him wholeheartedly."

Zhao Xing's guess was correct, but there was one thing he did not expect.

Old Master Bai proposed this condition with the intention of testing Zhao Xing.

Although he is just a businessman, he is experienced and knows that the officialdom is very dangerous.

The emperor has only one son, Zhao Xing, who will definitely inherit the throne in the future. As Zhao Xing's study partner, Gu Tingye is likely to be given an important position in the future.

Others just think this is a good thing, but he doesn't think so. He still understands the principle that serving the king is like serving a tiger.

At Zhao Xing's age, no matter how smart he is, he can't be too cunning.

He said that he would only tell the truth if Zhao Xing agreed to one condition.

If Zhao Xing showed displeasure or anger when he heard that he was going to put forward conditions, it would mean that he was not a very tolerant person.

Old Master Bai had considered this carefully. Even if Zhao Xing was really furious, he would not do anything to the grandfather and grandson. At most, he would distance himself from Gu Tingye because of this matter.

But this was a good thing in his opinion. It was not a good thing to follow a master who had a low temper.

However, Zhao Xing did not show any anger. After a slight hesitation, he agreed without even asking the conditions.

Being able to do this at such a young age shows that Zhao Xing is no ordinary person, both in terms of his magnanimity and scheming.

As long as Gu Tingye stays by his side, nothing will happen as long as he doesn't make any big mistakes.

Of course he would not tell Gu Tingye these.

"Grandfather, what conditions did you put forward to His Highness?" Gu Tingye asked.

"I ask Your Highness to help me find out the cause of your mother's death." said Old Master Bai.

"What?" Gu Tingye was stunned and said, "How can I trouble Your Highness for help with this matter?"

"Whether Your Highness will investigate or whether he can find out is actually not important." Old Master Bai said with a smile.

If you say that he proposed this condition in order to test Zhao Xing, then he was taking precautionary measures.

Although he still doesn't know the specific cause of his daughter's death, he can be sure of one thing: Gu Yankai wants to cover up the matter and does not want to reveal it.

Family disgrace should not be made public. Regardless of the cause of Bai's death or the secret of Gu's family marrying Bai, these are all scandals. For the sake of face, the Gu family will naturally try their best to cover them up.

But as a father, he definitely wanted to find out the cause of his daughter's death and avenge her.

Once something is found out, Gu Tingye will be in a difficult position. Given Gu Tingye's personality, he will probably have an unpleasant argument with the Gu family.

When that time really comes, outsiders won't know the inside story, and Gu Tingye will definitely be branded as disobedient and unfilial.

Old Master Bai did not expect Zhao Xing to really find out anything, he just wanted Zhao Xing to know the inside story.

If Gu Tingye has trouble with the Gu family in the future, Zhao Xing knows the inside story and will not have any bad impression of Gu Tingye.

It has to be said that Old Master Bai was very thoughtful, but he didn't know that Zhao Xing knew every detail of the grudges and hatreds towards the Gu family.

Gu Tingye didn't quite understand what his grandfather meant and looked at him in confusion.

"Haha, you will understand later." Old Master Bai said with a smile.

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"Your Highness, the person is here." Sanshui saluted.

Zhao Xing came back to his senses, glanced at the eunuch who was standing bowed beside Sanshui, and said, "What's your name?" "Your Highness, my name is Liu Sanshi." Liu Sanshi said respectfully.

Nubi is not a term used by maids to refer to themselves. Nu refers to men and Mai refers to women. Therefore, anyone who is a servant can call themselves a nubi.

"Oh?"

Zhao Xing asked, "Your last name is also Liu? What is your relationship with Eunuch Liu?"

"Your Highness, Steward Liu is my adoptive father." Liu Sanshi said.

"The fact that Eunuch Liu adopted you as his adopted son shows that you are also smart. This time you go to Yangzhou to convey the imperial edict, summoning the son of the Yangzhou Tongpan to come to Bian Jing to serve as a tutor. I have something to entrust to you." Zhao Xing said.

"Your Highness, please give me your orders. I will definitely get it done for you." Liu Sanshi said, trying to suppress his excitement.

If you can do things for Zhao Xing and do them well, you will leave an impression on Zhao Xing.

If he could be valued by Zhao Xing and kept by his side, it would be a step to heaven for him.

"Come closer." Zhao Xing waved his hand and said.

Upon hearing this, Liu Sanshi stepped forward, 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 tell him to do something important, but he was stunned after hearing it.

After hearing Zhao Xing's question, she came back to her senses and bowed, saying, "I understand."

"If you handle this matter well, I will reward you handsomely when you come back, but you must keep it to yourself and not tell even Eunuch Liu. Otherwise, you should understand the consequences." Zhao Xing said calmly.

"Yes, Your Highness, rest assured. I will never leak a single word." Liu Sanshi assured quickly.

"Well, go ahead." Zhao Xing waved his hand.

"I'll take my leave!" Liu Sanshi bowed and retreated.

Zhao Xing looked at Liu Sanshi's departing back and fell into deep thought.

What he asked Liu Sanshi to do was very simple, which was to use the excuse of favoring his concubine and neglecting his wife to warn Sheng Hong.

When he watched 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 crown prince soon, so there is no need for him to care about these things.

Qi Heng was his study partner. As long as he was alive, Qi Heng would not have been able to study at the Sheng family, and naturally he would have had no contact with Minglan.

The same goes for Gu Tingye. Now that Old Master Bai has come to Bian Jing, it will be impossible for him to go to Yangzhou later.

There is no need to worry that they will have any emotional entanglement with 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 mother and the teachings of Old Madam Sheng.

But Zhao Xing didn't need her to have such sophisticated scheming and tactics, and given Wei Xiaoniang's character, if she were alive, the daughter she would have raised would not be too bad.

The only problem is that Minglan is still young and in Yangzhou. As a prince, Zhao Xing cannot possibly know of her existence, so Zhao Xing cannot help Minglan even if he wants to.

After much thought, Zhao Xing decided that this matter could only start with Sheng Hong.

With Sheng Hong's cautious and tactful character, he would definitely restrict and warn Lin Xiaoniang after being beaten.

The criteria for evaluating officials in ancient times were not only their political achievements, but also their moral aspects.

Filial piety and favoring concubines over wives are both morally flawed.

Therefore, although Sheng Hong doted on Lin Xiaoniang, he never dared to kill his wife, and no one outside knew about it.

Now that he was being beaten, he might wonder how Zhao Xing knew it, but would he dare to ask Zhao Xing?
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