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If the incident hadn’t caused such a stir at the time, he wouldn’t have known what had happened.
In his previous life, following Old Master Gu’s wishes, Zhang Zhilin became the youngest successful candidate in the imperial examination, but he also became an emotionless person. His death had caused quite a sensation at the time, and the servants in the mansion were all talking about it, so naturally, he had found out.
Previously, he had only felt that Zhang Zhilin’s name sounded familiar, but today, the actions of this couple had reminded him of long-forgotten events.
Wang Jinhe noticed Su Yu’s absent-minded look and pulled his clothes. “What’s wrong?”
“I remembered Xiao Zhi’s fate in his previous life.”
“He was raised by Old Master Gu to become an emotionless machine and became the youngest successful candidate. He died at the age of thirteen, indirectly caused by Gu Jing and her husband, as well as their newborn child.”
Wang Jinhe looked at Su Yu in shock. “How could that be?”
“It’s true. Xiao Zhi bled to death in his own yard. I’m not entirely clear on the specifics, but it caused quite a commotion at the time. I heard it from the servants in the yard,” Su Yu said, frowning.
Wang Jinhe instinctively clenched his hands, never expecting such a thing to have happened.
“It seems your decision was right. It’s better for Xiao Zhi to forget all of this,” Wang Jinhe said, frowning.
“Let’s go back.”
“Okay.”
When they returned, Xiao Zhi was playing with Xiao Bao. Upon seeing them come back, he asked in confusion, “Dad, who were those two people just now? I don’t like them.”
Seeing those two people made him feel uncomfortable.
He ruffled Xiao Zhi’s head. “You won’t see those people again.”
“Okay.”
“What are you playing with?”
“We got these bugs from Uncle Nan Qiao. They’re so cute,” Xiao Bao handed a chubby bug to Su Yu.
Xiao Zhi nodded in agreement. “I have one too.”
Looking at the bugs in their hands, Su Yu’s mouth twitched. “You like playing with bugs?”
“Yes, they’re chubby.”
“Nan Qiao and the others are very skilled. If you like it, you can learn something else from them, as long as you have the time,” Su Yu said, thinking that playing with bugs under Nan Qiao’s guidance would not be dangerous, so he didn’t mind.
“We don’t like Uncle Bai Qi and Uncle Wan Gu,” they said in unison.
Xiao Zhi nodded in agreement. “I don’t like medical skills.”
Bai Qi and the others happened to overhear the children’s words and felt helpless. “What’s wrong with medical skills?”
“What’s good about medical skills? It’s not interesting,” Xiao Zhi grumbled.
Xiao Bao covered his mouth and chuckled secretly. His brother was right; Uncle Nan Qiao’s bugs were more fun.
Bai Qi shrugged helplessly. “It’s not that I don’t teach them skills, but they don’t want to learn from me.”
“You can teach Hong Yi in the future.”
“Hong Yi? The Emperor’s son?” Bai Qi asked curiously.
Su Yu nodded. “Yes, he is very interested in medicinal herbs. When he’s a little older, you can consider teaching him. He’s not even two years old yet.”
“Okay.”
Since the banquet, there had been no more banquets in the palace. However, in recent days, Qiming had been wanting to come and see him.
Su Yu rubbed his chin, looking at Nan Qiao and the others.
On New Year’s Eve, the Emperor would surely prepare a banquet. He could bring Nan Qiao and the others along. This way, the banquet should be lively, shouldn’t it?
However, Su Yu needed to inform the Emperor about this matter to prevent him from getting upset. It wouldn’t be good if it caused the Emperor to have a heart attack.
“Nan Qiao, when the New Year’s Eve banquet comes, you will come with me to the palace. By then, your sister-in-law and the others will also go.”
“No problem. Recently, Qiming has been wanting to come to see you. What does he want?” Nan Qiao was very dissatisfied with Qiming, and he even wanted to kill him directly.
“He wants the wine from me, wants Wan Gu to detoxify him, and wants me to go to the Qi Kingdom to help him. Those are Qiming’s intentions.”
Upon hearing this, Nan Qiao became somewhat displeased. “He’s quite audacious. After causing so much harm to you, he still wants to benefit from you.”
They had not taken action solely because Su Yu had said it was not the right time. When the time was right, they would definitely deal with Qiming.
“By the way, Brother Yu, both the King Zhenbei and the King Yan are also causing trouble. They want the high-yield grain seeds from you and your wife. It seems they also want you to stand on their side.” Now that Brother Yu was so trusted by the Emperor, they felt that as long as they could win Brother Yu over, their plans would be successful.
Su Yu was aware of this matter and frowned slightly. “They are still up to no good, still thinking about these things.”
“Indeed, but they have miscalculated. After all, Brother Yu has such a good relationship with the Emperor.”
“We don’t need to worry about this for now. They dare not do anything in the capital city at the moment, after all, the capital city is not their territory,” Su Yu said, squinting.
Luo Yan nodded, not very fond of the King Zhenbei. “If the Emperor wants to take action against him, it will probably take some time.”
“Both the Emperor and I are aware of this, so we are considering ways to keep the King Zhenbei’s heir in the capital city, or to prevent him from returning to the north.” This was something he had discussed with Xuan Feiran before.
Unresolved internal troubles would make it unlikely for him to address external threats.
“If Brother Yu says so, there might be an opportunity after the New Year,” Luo Yan said, thinking of something.
Nan Qiao immediately became interested, eagerly looking at Luo Yan. “Luo Yan, what opportunity?”
“I can’t tell you right now. I’ll let you know once I confirm the information,” Luo Yan said, shaking his head.
He had not yet received precise information about the situation with the King Zhenbei. Once the information was confirmed, they would be able to keep the King Zhenbei.
“Alright, I’ll wait for your news. I’ll go to the palace tomorrow and inform the Emperor about your situation, so that I don’t end up scaring anyone when I bring you over later. It wouldn’t be worth it,” Su Yu grumbled.
Nan Qiao widened his cat-like eyes and said disapprovingly, “Brother Yu, don’t you think we’re so cute, how could we scare anyone? You’re just talking nonsense.”
“That’s right.”
While the others were talking, Wang Jinhe was not idle. She had learned about the previous events.
It turned out that Gu Sheng had always known about the switch between her and Gu Xiruo’s identities, but he had not taken it seriously. Not only that, he had even said that he would not let her go back. For Wang Jinhe, this was a disgrace.
She, who had despised her status in the Gu family, was now being looked down upon by the Gu family?
“Madam, are you planning to take action against the Gu family?”
“We only need to join in the fun, there’s no need for us to actually take action,” Wang Jinhe said meaningfully.
Wan Feng naturally knew who Wang Jinhe was referring to. “The person hasn’t returned yet. It may take some time.”