I Became the Eye Candy: Four Bigshots Claimed to be My Dad?-Chapter 96: Isn’t That a Tyrant?
"What are you thinking about?" Xiang Minghou switched seats and sat down next to Ye Qianning.
Ye Qianning snapped out of her thoughts. "Dad, what kind of person is the Emperor?"
Xiang Minghou thought about it seriously for a moment before replying, "The Emperor is a wise ruler, skilled in governing the nation. He just has a rather foul temper."
"The kind that takes lives when he gets angry?"
"Mm... you could say that."
"..."
’Isn’t that a tyrant?’
"So, have you never angered the Emperor?"
"Of course I have. But when a general is on campaign, he isn’t always bound by imperial command. Whenever I angered him, he’d have the messenger delivering his edict secretly bring me a letter filled with curses. By the time I returned to the capital a few months later, his anger would have long since passed. It was all just empty threats." Xiang Minghou sounded a little proud as he spoke.
’So that’s how it is!’
"General, the bun shop is just ahead," the guard’s voice called out.
"Pull over," Xiang Minghou called back. He turned to her and said, "Dad’s going to buy you some buns."
"Okay," Ye Qianning replied.
’Listening to Dad’s tone, it seems the Emperor is irritable and impulsive when he’s angry. You can’t contradict him to his face, or he’s liable to kill you.’
’He kills someone, and then regrets it once he’s calmed down!’
’That saying about impulse being the devil is no joke...!’
’With someone like that, you have to be completely obedient on the surface. If there’s a problem, you can discuss it with him privately, little by little. You just can’t confront him head-on!’
"Mr. Gu, what is it?" the guard’s voice sounded again from outside the carriage.
"Out of my way."
"The General went to buy buns. Only the Eldest Miss is in the carriage. If you have some business, Mr. Gu, you can tell me."
"I said, get out of my way."
"Mr. Gu, you can’t just force your way in, or else—"
CRASH...
A nearby vendor’s table was knocked over, followed by a clamor of panicked shouts from the merchants.
The carriage lurched. Gu Shuo pushed open the door, stepped inside, and casually sat down nearby.
The guard appeared at the open door, clutching his arm. He looked at Ye Qianning apologetically. "I have failed in my duty and allowed the Eldest Miss to be disturbed."
"It’s fine. Mr. Gu is buying everything from the vendor whose stall was just smashed." Ye Qianning gave a yawn and added lazily, "Mr. Gu, time to pay up."
Gu Shuo took a money pouch from his sleeve and tossed it to the guard.
"Mr. Gu, you’re so generous. Tens of taels of silver, and you don’t even bat an eye. As expected of the man who manages the imperial merchants. You’re so rich!" Ye Qianning marveled.
"The General’s manor is hardly lacking," Gu Shuo said.
"You’re wrong about that. You couldn’t find a manor poorer than the General’s."
’She was dirt poor!’
’Don’t be fooled by the manor’s grandeur. There was barely any money in the accounts. A huge residence with fifty or sixty mouths to feed, all depending on her dad’s meager stipend. They were so poor!’
’All the things the imperial court had rewarded them with in the past had been squandered by the second branch of the family!’
"Are you that short on money?" he asked.
"Yes. Are you going to give me some?"
"And why would I do that?"
"Then why ask?" Ye Qianning huffed.
"Just curious."
"A young man like you shouldn’t be so curious. Haven’t you ever heard that curiosity killed the cat?" Ye Qianning yawned again as she spoke, rolling over to face the carriage wall. "I’m sleepy. If you have no other business, Mr. Gu, you may leave."
Gu Shuo stared at the chubby, round-faced child. ’He really couldn’t understand why Old Sir Nian had left such a will. What was so special about this kid, anyway?’
’All she did was eat and sleep!’
"Don’t you want to know why the Gu family stood watch at the General’s manor all night?" Gu Shuo asked.
"I already told you, curiosity killed the cat. If the Gu family wants to stand watch, let them." ’Of course she was curious, but she had no desire to find out from Gu Shuo.’
When Gu Shuo saw she had no intention of asking, his brow furrowed.
