The young man in the carriage was startled by the sudden intrusion. When he saw the person clearly, he frowned and stared at the person for a long time without saying anything.
The young man turned his head and said, "I said, I am not your young master, you have found the wrong person!"
The man sighed, "Why are you so stubborn, young master? We have been looking for you for eighteen years, how could we find the wrong person? Besides, with that thing and the birthmark on your body as evidence, we can never find the wrong person."
The young man pursed his lips and said for a long time, "I don't want to do anything earth-shattering with you. I don't have the ability. I just want to live an ordinary life. Today's life is exactly what I want. Since you said you lost me for ten years,
Eight years, then just pretend you haven’t found me!”
"If you hadn't been plotted by a traitor back then, how could you have been taken away by others? Now those people are jealous, but this position belongs to you, young master, how can you give it to others willingly?
Are you doing a job of serving people here? You are a bloodline of our Daxing royal family! How can you be willing to fall?"
The man opened his red eyes, looking at the young man with eyes full of disbelief and anger.
"You are the son of the middle palace. If your mother had not been persecuted by traitors, you would have become the prince long ago. Don't you want to recognize your ancestors and return to the clan? Would you rather live as a common people? And this is our enemy country of Daxing. Daxing
Yan!"
"Why not? I have lived with the people of Dayan since I was a child. I have long been accustomed to this kind of life. I don't want to go to the place you mentioned."
The young man couldn't help but roared, causing the driver outside the carriage to hear the sound.
"Master! But what are your orders?" The coachman turned around and listened carefully, thinking that the master in the car had orders.
The young man calmed down his excitement and said quickly, "Nothing, please drive carefully!"
"I hope Young Master will think twice! Even if you don't want to go back to Daxing now, you can't let the people of Daxing suffer and expose the royal family to danger."
The man lowered his voice and held the boy's arm tightly.
The young man could detect the urgency in the man's tone, and there was a sense of pressure on his arm. There was some pain in the area where he was grabbed, which showed how hard the man was exerting himself.
After hesitating for a moment, the young man sighed deeply.
"Uncle Yang! I remembered that there is still something to do, let's go back first! Come to Gu's house later." Gu Wanqian raised his voice and shouted to Uncle Yang who was driving the car.
"Hey!" Uncle Yang quickly reined in the horse and stopped the carriage.
"Young Master, we are not going to the Gu Mansion, so should we go back now?" Uncle Yang looked at the Gu Mansion in front of him, feeling a little strange.
His young master urged him to come to the Gu Mansion. Why was it that now that he was at the Gu Mansion, the young master was no longer in a hurry?
But this was the master's order, so he just obeyed it. The carriage immediately turned around and headed off in the direction it came from.
For some reason, the young man couldn't help but feel relieved.
"Tonight at three o'clock in the morning, let's wait for the young master at the same place!"
Seeing that the carriage had turned around, the man said nothing and jumped out of the carriage window.
The young man leaned against the car window and wanted to call him back, but the other man had already mounted his horse and driven away.
After sitting back in the car, the young man closed his eyes and meditated. In fact, he didn't want to go at all, but these people didn't give him a chance to refuse.
Thinking of Gu Chengyu, the young man couldn't help but feel worried again.
A quarter of an hour later, the carriage turned into another alley and drove directly into a small courtyard.
"But Brother Qian is back?" An old lady heard the sound and walked out of the house, just in time to see her grandson getting off the carriage.
"Milk! I'm back." The young man smiled at the old man.
"Didn't you say you would come back later today to go to your uncle's place to do something? Why did you come back so early? Isn't it time for your uncle to leave work yet?"
A very old woman with mixed black and white hair and a grooved face stepped forward and took her grandson's hand, asking doubtfully.
"Miscellaneous! My uncle has something to do today and may have to come back later. I'll go find him tomorrow. It's not an urgent matter anyway."
Holding the old lady's arm, the two of them walked into the house together.
"You have to know what you are doing when you help your uncle. Don't always make your own decisions in everything. It's better to ask your uncle more. Your uncle is a capable person. If he hadn't taken you in back then, you and your mother might not have been able to do anything.
He has starved to death a long time ago. How can we have a good day today? Your brother-in-law is a good man! We can’t forget our roots.”
The young man listened carefully to the old woman's rambling words, and kept nodding in agreement. The footsteps and voices of the two gradually faded away.
"I have been feeling unwell recently, and I may not be able to go to court to discuss affairs in the near future. If you have anything to do, please hand over your sign to the palace, and I will summon you."
The emperor leaned on the pillow, looking at Gu Chengyu with a hint of satisfaction.
Gu Chengyu did a good job in the Jiangnan disaster relief this time.
It did not cause riots among the victims, prevented the rise in food prices, prevented the occurrence of epidemics, and also found a way for the victims to get money.
And these did not cost the court much money. The 50,000 taels allocated by the court at that time were now all used to build river embankments.
Originally, only 50,000 taels were allocated for disaster relief, which was absolutely not enough.
But Gu Chengyu was able to do so many practical things even when the court did not issue relief funds. Even judging from the emperor's picky temperament, this matter was done very beautifully.
"I have been very optimistic about you before, so I overcame all difficulties and promoted you to the third level in a row. For this reason, there was a huge quarrel in the court. It was difficult for me to withstand the pressure exerted by all the ministers! But you have completed it this time
It’s good, I’m very happy!”
The emperor nodded repeatedly, expressing his satisfaction.
Gu Chengyu just thought, if it doesn't cost the court money, the emperor will definitely be satisfied.
However, despite being ill and having to summon himself to understand the trends in the court, the emperor is actually worried about the prince, right?
Gu Chengyu didn't believe that the prince made his own decisions in everything and didn't come to ask the emperor for instructions. The emperor was still worried and had to place him next to the prince.
He made up his mind that he would never pass a sign into the palace unless it was necessary.
"As for the Chamber of Commerce, although officials from the Ministry of Revenue have been sent down, you still have to worry a lot. Those useless people are used to being comfortable in the capital, and if you ask them to do anything, they will hesitate to do anything. They are afraid of wolves before they are afraid of tigers later.
, you still have to draw up a charter for me."
Gu Chengyu raised his eyebrows when he heard this. This emperor really didn't miss any opportunity to squeeze him!
"Wei Chen has already drafted the detailed rules for the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, and they have just been given to His Highness the Crown Prince for review today. Here is a copy for you, and please ask the Emperor to review them."
When Gu Chengyu saw the satisfied look on the emperor's face, he knew that he had done the right thing.
Fortunately, he prepared two copies just to deal with such situations.