Chapter 87-This Knife Is... Really Precise!
Time passed.
Gu Hao stood there calmly.
It was as if he did not notice that everyone was looking at him.
He kept thinking of a sentence:
As long as I don't feel awkward, then the one who feels awkward is definitely someone else.
As expected.
Gu Hao's reaction was unexpected.
The ministers naturally looked at Li Shiming.
Li Shi Min's half-smile gradually froze.
This brat really dares to not give me face in front of all the officials?
"Minister Gu, do you think 60% is enough?”Li Shi Min asked darkly.
All the officials looked at Gu Hao.
"When water is full, it overflows. When it is at its peak, it will decline.”After saying three idioms, Gu Hao said in a deep voice," I thought 60% was too much.”
"Hiss ~" The ministers gasped and looked at Gu Hao with admiration.
He was the only one who dared to reject His Majesty like this.
Li Shiming laughed sinisterly and said," I remember you mocking Minister Wei just now. You said that Minister Wei only knows how to scold people in the court and rebuke people when they encounter problems. He doesn't do anything."
Why is it that when it comes to you, all you have to do is move your mouth?”
Wei Zheng's face turned black. He grunted and remained silent with a cold expression.
" The crystal cup is like my child," Gu Hao said." I brought it into the world and then sold it. It really hurts."
Fortunately, 50 - 60% of the money sold could be used to help the victims.
This can be considered as this minister's intention."
"Heh, what about the remaining 20%?”
Li Shi Min sneered.
He knew that Gu Hao only had twenty percent of the shares, and the remaining twenty percent was in his Lizhi's hands.
He didn't intend to take his Lizhi's money.
"You have to leave some memories for me." Gu Hao sighed and said," If even this 20% is gone, then what's the point of me creating the crystal cup?
Then Your Majesty might as well let the Empress cut off this subject's head.”
"Empress?"
The ministers sharply noticed the word 'Empress' in Gu Hao's words, and many of them began to imagine.
He didn't expect that the Empress would be involved.
Li Shi Min's face darkened.
He knew that his Guanyin maid had personally gone to Hongwen Hall to appease Gu Hao.
"You're using the Guanyin maid to suppress me?"
Li Shimin smiled.
In his heart, he thought that if his Guanyin maidservant knew that I was doing this for disaster relief, she would definitely not blame me.
"Has the Empress always been suppressing you?”
Gu Hao cursed in his heart, but he said calmly," Your Majesty, the Crown Prince's suggestion was originally out of kindness. You seem to have made things complicated.
He was afraid that in the end, he would let down the Crown Prince's kindness.”
Li Shi Min narrowed his eyes.
He glanced at Li Chengqian, who had his head lowered, the expressionless Du Ruhui, and the silly Cheng Yaojin…
" Chengqian…" Li Shi Min calmed down completely.
He had been thinking about extorting money and had forgotten to consider his Chengqian.
If he extorted all the profits from the crystal cup, even if Cheng Yaojin, Du Ruhui, and Gu Hao didn't say it, they would still be dissatisfied with Chengqian.
"You may leave." Li Shi Min said lightly.
"Yes."
Gu Hao replied.
He heaved a sigh of relief.
Then, he turned around and left without hesitation, returning to the back of the hall.
Cheng Yaojin looked at Li Shimin eagerly.
Since Gu Hao didn't take the 20%, I should return the 20% as well.
"Hmph, you want to form a gang at such a young age. This can be considered a small lesson for Chengqian.”Li Shi Min snorted.
How could he give up the money he had gotten?
Seeing that His Majesty had no intention of refunding the money, Cheng Yaojin's old face fell.
"You're still not thick-skinned enough."
Cheng Yaojin sighed.
If he was as thick-skinned as Gu Hao, he might have been able to keep the 20% of the money.
"Minister Wei, are you still against Chengqian's proposal?”
Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng and asked.
Wei Zheng's face twitched and he said in a muffled voice,"If holding an exhibition can help the victims, then I will support it.”
"Since even Minister Wei supports it…then this matter is settled.”
Li Shiming looked at Li Chengqian and said," Since this matter was brought up by you, Chengqian, then you will be in charge of all matters related to the exhibition.”
"Yes, your son will definitely not disappoint Imperial Father.”
Li Chengqian replied respectfully.
Li Shi Min then looked at the other officials and ordered,"Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Works, cooperate fully.”
"Yes."
The Minister of Rites, Tang Jian, and the Minister of Works, Duan Lun, replied at the same time.
“………”
After the court session ended…
Gu Hao wanted to escape, but he was stopped by a middle-aged servant.
"His Majesty summoned Lord Gu to the Yin and Yang Palace.”
Gu Hao was helpless.
He could only follow the middle-aged chamberlain to the Yin and Yang Palace under the envious and eager gazes of the officials.
On the way, Gu Hao realized that Li Shimin also summoned Li Chengqian, Cheng Yaojin, and Du Ruhui.
"Sir, I'm sorry."
Li Chengqian approached Gu Hao and apologized softly.
He lowered his head, his face full of guilt.
"Why are you apologizing to me?" Gu Hao smiled faintly. You should apologize to Du Pushe and General Cheng.”
"Please don't, I can't take it.”
Cheng Yaojin snorted.
He was very dissatisfied with this silly crown prince.
Isn't it good for everyone to get rich quietly together? What was there to steal the limelight for?
If you want to donate money for disaster relief, you can just donate it secretly. Why must you donate it in the imperial court?
Cheng Yaojin was very dissatisfied.
At the same time, he suspected that this might be the Emperor's warning to him.
He was too close to the Crown Prince!
At this moment…
"His Highness the Crown Prince performed very well during the morning meeting.”
Du Ruhui said gently.
Li Chengqian was startled. He immediately lowered his head, his nose a little sour.
Du Ruhui was one of his teachers. He had started to teach him when he was still young.
She had never praised him before.
Today was the first time.
Moreover, it was under the circumstances where he had made a huge mistake.
Gu Hao glanced at Li Chengqian and saw a drop of tear sliding down his cheek. He was stunned.
She was already…crying?
"Overall, His Highness 'performance today was indeed not bad. It's just that your Imperial Father was too greedy.”Gu Hao comforted her.
When Li Chengqian said that he would donate 30% of the crystal cup's profits for disaster relief, he definitely wanted to show off in front of Li Er and the ministers.
However, this did not mean that he was using his earnings for disaster relief.
There was definitely kindness in his actions.
Just this alone was enough for Gu Hao to comfort her.
Naturally, the premise was that Gu Hao did not suffer any losses.
If Gu Hao was forced to donate his 20% because of Li Chengqian…
Then he would definitely not be as sarcastic as Cheng Yaojin.
He would…
First, he would directly beat Li Chengqian up.
After that, he asked Li Chengqian to compensate him for his losses.
No compensation?
Then he would fight every day!
Fight until you lose money.
Of course, the probability of this happening was extremely low.
After all, Gu Hao's skin was quite mature.
"Father is doing this for the people of the Great Tang.”
Li Chengqian weakly defended Li Er.
" He took our money to help the victims. His good reputation is all his, and we've become filthy rich!" Gu Hao sneered.
Why?
Your Imperial Father…"
"How is it?" Li Chengqian's heart jumped.
" Hehe," Gu Hao chuckled and asked,""Does Your Highness know?"
“齁？Monkey's monkey?" Li Chengqian guessed.
"More or less." Gu Hao said.
"Uh…what's the relationship between the monkey and my father?”
Li Chengqian hesitated.
She had no idea what Gu Hao was trying to say.
"You're not a thing!" Gu Hao said leisurely.”
" Cough cough…" The middle-aged eunuch who led Gu Hao here coughed. He felt his heart skip a beat.
Du Ruhui's eyelids twitched.
This top scholar was bolder than he had imagined.
"Aren't you a thing? What do you mean?"
Cheng Yaojin, who had always been shrewd, was a little confused this time.
"Imperial Father…isn't he a thing?"
Li Chengqian probed, and his expression instantly stiffened.
He didn't really understand what the word " ho " meant, but after removing the word " ho ", the sentence was still very complete.
The meaning was clear.
"Your Highness, you said it yourself. It has nothing to do with me.”
Gu Hao said leisurely.
Li Chengqian's face twitched.
It was a little depressing.
If anyone else dared to say such things about his Imperial Father, he would have ordered people to take him down long ago.
However, Gu Hao was the genius he wanted to rope in the most.
He…could not bear to.
………
The four of them took off their shoes and followed the middle-aged chamberlain in.
Entering the inner hall…
"There's no need to be so polite. Sit."
Li Shi Min called out.
Du Ruhui and Cheng Yaojin sat on the two sofas on the left, while Li Chengqian and Gu Hao sat on the two sofas on the right.
After sitting down…
"Chengqian, Yaojin, Keming, it is truly a blessing for the people that you are willing to donate the future earnings of the crystal cups. We thank you on behalf of the people of the Great Tang.”Li Shi Min said with a smile.
"Your Majesty is too polite." Du Ruhui said calmly.
Cheng Yaojin forced a smile and said,"It's all thanks to Your Majesty's leadership."
"Your son is willing," Li Chengqian said in a low voice.”
" Cough cough…" Gu Hao couldn't help but laugh.
This knife was…so accurate!
Du Ruhui's expression was calm, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
This Crown Prince was really bringing up a sore spot.
Cheng Yaojin laughed dryly, not knowing what to say.
Li Shi Min's face twitched and darkened.
"Isn't it all voluntary? It can't be that I forced you to donate it, right?”
Li Shi Min said with a fake smile.
Li Chengqian was stunned and looked at Cheng Yaojin and Du Ruhui guiltily.
"Hehe, I did it willingly.”
Cheng Yaojin was smiling, but his heart was bleeding.
After an awkward silence…
Li Shiming looked at Gu Hao and snorted.
"The exhibition was your idea, right?”
Gu Hao paused and nodded.”
"Why do you want to hold it outside the prison of the Ministry of Justice?”Li Shi Min asked.
" That square is quite big," Gu Hao said calmly." It's just right."”
"Oh, really? I have already sent people to escort Yang Zhengdao to the Supreme Court.”
Li Shi Min said.
Gu Hao's heart skipped a beat. He asked with a puzzled expression,""What does this have to do with me?"
Li Shimin looked at Gu Hao and said,""The Guanyin maid has already looked for you.”
After giving up the idea of using Gu Hao to exchange for the Heirloom Seal and the jade pendant, Li Shimin suddenly realized that Gu Hao was more talented than he had imagined.
Just based on the fact that Wei Zheng, who was speechless at the court meeting, felt that this was definitely a promising talent.
Especially when Gu Hao and Lizhi were married, they would be one of them.
" The Empress told me that she would persuade Your Majesty to behead Yang Zhengdao to appease my fear," Gu Hao said.”
The hall fell silent.
After a long time…
Li Shi Min gritted his teeth and said,"Do you know that passing on the Empress 'decree is a great crime?"”
"What a coincidence. The Empress also said that as long as this subject does not commit the crime of treason, this subject is her person. Whoever dares to touch this subject is going against her.
As long as she was here, even His Majesty would not be able to touch me.”Gu Hao said.
After saying that, he added,"This is what the Empress said. If Your Majesty does not believe it, you can ask the Empress personally."”
Li Shiming's face was ferocious as he stared at Gu Hao coldly.
Gu Hao replied with a calm gaze.
At this moment…
"Cough ~" Du Ruhui covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed lightly.
Li Shi Min calmed down.
"Is he testing me?"
Li Shimin lowered his eyebrows and pondered.
Just now, Gu Hao was almost provoking him. In his anger, he did have the intention to kill.
However, he had never thought of using Gu Hao's head to exchange for the Imperial Jade Seal and the Imperial Jade.
"That's right, he's testing me, testing if I will still use his head to exchange for the He jade…"
After thinking it through, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel depressed.
It had always been the officials who tried to figure out the emperor's will. After he became the emperor, when had he ever guessed the thoughts of an official like this?
"Do you want me to give you a pill book?”Li Shi Min sneered.
Gu Hao heaved a sigh of relief.
Just now, his thoughts were a little crazy.
He was indeed probing.
He wanted to see if Li Er would take the opportunity to kill him.
If Li Shi Min dared to have any killing intent, he would explode!
"I don't want to." Gu Hao shook his head and refused.
"Hmm? Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?" Li Shi Min sneered.
"Kill Mister?" Li Chengqian was stunned.
Cheng Yaojin looked down at his feet.
Recently, he had gotten some information from Qin Qiong and vaguely understood Gu Hao's situation.
"It's precisely because I'm afraid that I can't take it.”Gu Hao sighed and said faintly," Your Majesty, why don't you check the history books and see what happened to those meritorious officials of the previous dynasty who were rewarded with the alchemy books and iron coupons?”
The Pill Book Iron Stamp was generally known as the Death Exemption Gold Plate in later generations.
In his previous life, Gu Hao once read an interesting historical story. All the meritorious officials who had obtained the Pill Book Iron Stamp were basically killed by the people in power.
"Hmm?" Li Shi Min frowned.
Cheng Yaojin and Du Ruhui's eyelids twitched.
Du Ruhui's face couldn't help but twitch after recalling for a moment.
In his short memory, the few ministers who had obtained the Pill Book Iron Stamp in Nanbei Chao had all committed the crime of 'adding one grade to the crime'.
As one of Li Shimin's most trusted ministers, Du Ruhui had a pill book in his house.
"Are you deliberately going against me?”
Li Shi Min's face darkened.
It's not like I haven't given out pill books and iron coupons, but when have I killed meritorious officials?
"I dare not." Gu Hao replied casually and continued," Your Majesty summoned us here for something else, right?"”
"If you have something to say, say it.”Gu Hao added in his heart.
Li Shi Min took a deep breath to calm himself down.
"Zhen summoned you here to tell you to prepare well for the exhibition. If you satisfy Zhen, Zhen will reward you handsomely.”Li Shi Min said.
The hall was silent for a moment…
Gu Hao frowned."
Just this?
Was it worth it for me to make a trip?
"What's with your expression?" Li Shi Min's face darkened.
Gu Hao squeezed out a smile and said,""Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will definitely assist Your Highness to make the exhibition…unforgettable.”
Li Shi Min was silent for a moment before he slowly said,"Get lost ~"
"Oh."
Gu Hao nodded and stood up.
" Your Majesty, then I…" Cheng Yaojin looked at Li Shiming.
Li Shi Min impatiently waved his hand and said,"All of you may leave."
"Yes."
Cheng Yaojin, Du Ruhui, and Li Chengqian stood up.
When the four of them arrived outside the hall and were putting on their shoes, Wang De, the chamberlain, hurriedly stepped into the Yin and Yang Hall with a blood-stained white invitation card in his hand.
"Is that…an emergency?" Cheng Yaojin frowned.
It wasn't common to see blood on a post.
Du Ruhui frowned and said in a low voice," We'll leave later. If there's an emergency, His Majesty will probably summon us again."”
"Alright." Cheng Yaojin nodded and his expression became serious.
After Gu Hao put on his shoes, he saw that the three people beside him were looking at the hall without any intention of leaving. He thought for a moment and said in a low voice,""I'll be leaving first."
He was only a scholar in Hongwen Hall and could not participate in military affairs.
Cheng Yaojin waved his hand impatiently.
Li Chengqian hesitated for a moment. Just as he was about to leave with Gu Hao, he saw Wang De rush in from the hall.
"Du Pushe, General Cheng, Lord Gu, His Majesty has summoned you to make another trip.”
Wang De said respectfully.
"Me? Eunuch, are you sure that His Majesty summoned me and not His Highness the Crown Prince?”Gu Hao pointed at himself and asked in confusion.
His level had already reached the point where he could discuss military affairs?!
Li Chengqian was also a little confused.
He respected Mister Gu Hao very much, but this Mister Gu's official position was really very small.
"The person His Majesty summoned was indeed Lord Gu," Wang De said respectfully."He also ordered the Crown Prince to return to the Eastern Palace immediately. Without His Majesty's orders, he is not allowed to leave the palace.”
“………”
Li Chengqian left in a daze, and Gu Hao returned to the inner hall of the Yin and Yang Palace in a daze.
"Look, it's your fault again!”
As soon as Gu Hao walked in, Li Shiming threw the blood-stained white invitation card to him.
After taking it, Gu Hao opened the invitation. Du Ruhui and Cheng Yaojin stood on his left and right, reading it together.
"The Turkic Imperial Advisor Zhao Deyan is here? Zhao Yicheng is his son?"
After reading it, Gu Hao was completely dumbfounded.
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