Gu Wu chuckled and said mysteriously, "I go out drinking for a reason."
"What reason?" Everyone was surprised.
"Oh, it’s because Chancellor Zhang is going to help with sothing!"
"Chancellor Zhang is helping you?"
In these tis, who would help soone without a reason? Especially soone like Chancellor Zhang, how could he help a holess man like you without a reason?
Who doesn’t know that Gu Wu begged his way to Beijing?
"Shh, I’ll tell you a secret!"
"What secret?" The more mysterious Gu Wu acted, the more curious everyone beca.
"I’m going to beco royalty soon, be related to the emperor by marriage!"
"What?" Everyone was incredibly shocked.
Everyone knows Gu Wu is the uncle of Princess Gu Youyou of Prince Ning, which already makes him royalty. But how could he beco related to the emperor by marriage? He only has two children, and his daughter is already married! And the emperor doesn’t have an unmarried princess. Could it be that Gu Wu has another daughter that everyone doesn’t know about?
"Oh, Brother Gu can now beco the emperor’s in-law? Oh, Brother Gu?"
Just as they were intrigued further by Gu Wu, the speaker fell asleep midway and was snoring.
Soone regretfully said, "Oh well, let’s just send him back. We won’t get anything more out of him today!"
Every day, attending to a drunkard like Gu Wu was terrible luck for those assigned to his courtyard.
The maids in the east wing resigned themselves to clean up Gu Wu and get him to bed, while Gu Shuisheng in the west wing was engrossed in reading a book by candlelight.
Servants would report to Chancellor Zhang on the daily affairs of Gu Wu and Gu Changsheng.
Gu Wu, as expected, was becoming increasingly known in Beijing.
When speaking of Gu Wu, people could always say a few things about him.
Like the old man from Erya Fish Manor, the uncle of Princess Ning, and the beggar taken in by Chancellor Zhang.
But Gu Changsheng was sowhat peculiar.
Though he claid to be a beggar from a farming family, he could read and write, and his deanor was cultured, not at all a natural beggar.
Chancellor Zhang sent people to investigate Gu Shuisheng’s background, but they wouldn’t return anyti soon.
However, he discovered Gu Shuisheng could read, so he intentionally left so books in his path.
Initially, he would sit where the books were left, reading them and waiting for the owner.
Later, he roughly understood the situation, smiled lightly, and took the books back to read slowly.
The books Chancellor Zhang gave him beca increasingly complex.
The Zhang Family was fad for its literary grace; all Zhang family mbers, male or female, were more talented than other children, and their collection of books was unmatched.
Gu Shuisheng read with great interest, while Chancellor Zhang, stroking his beard, found it increasingly amusing.
The next day, Gu Wu went out as usual.
He first made a scene outside Erya Fish Manor, then invited his rogue friends for at and drinks.
Chancellor Zhang, after court, sent soone to summon Gu Shuisheng.
Gu Shuisheng went to the usual place where he found books, but this ti no book was there; he was disappointed when the butler approached.
"Young Master Gu, our master invites you to the study."
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