Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

If the emperor wanted to use Gu Xu, he would also be happy to see that he had the ability and skill to clear out the spies in the palace.

But if Gu Xu is too capable and captures them all at once, things will no longer be under the control of the emperor. The emperor will have a sense of crisis, which will make their plans counterproductive.

The emperor is the emperor after all.

No matter how terrifying Qin Zhaoyue and King Yin are, they are just ministers and cannot compare to an emperor who truly holds power.

Gu Yue was a little curious for a moment, how did Gu Xu plan to fight with the emperor?

Wu Yan said: "We interrogated some people in the dark cell. Most of them were just monitoring, and a few were just following orders. The people who carried the poison were from King Yin and the royal family, but there was no one from Qin Zhaoyue."

Gu Yue folded his hands, frowned and asked, "Whose people are Gu Ping and Gu An?"

"These two people claim to be Qin Zhaoyue's men, but I think there is something fishy going on." Wu Yan said, "Qin Zhaoyue's other spies in the mansion do not admit that the two of them are allies."

"That's it..."

"Retrial them until they are willing to tell the truth." Gu Xu said, "Since they are doomed to die, there is no need to care about anything."

"Yes." Wu Yan said.

Gu Xu then told him to contact Fu Dao and investigate the matter related to Zhou Qiong. Wu Yan responded and left with the bamboo whistle.

Gu Yue looked at his back, feeling a little uneasy for no reason.

……

On the second day after returning home, Gu Yue and Gu Xu submitted a letter to the palace to report back, intending to tell the emperor that they were back and did not stay away to cause trouble.

However, the servant who delivered the memorial was accompanied by a palace eunuch who said that a carriage had been prepared to take them both to the palace to meet the emperor.

What else could he do? Gu Yue had no choice but to change clothes with Gu Xu and hurried into the palace.

The emperor summoned both of them to the imperial study.

Qin Zhaoyue and several ministers were also in the room. Gu Yue also bowed and saluted, recognizing everyone.

Very good, basically they are what Gu Xu called the royalists, including Lu Cheng from the Ministry of Rites.

The emperor's first words were: "Dun Xinbo, there have been some bad rumors about the house and shop I gave you earlier. Are you aware of this?"

Gu Yue asked, "Your Majesty, are you saying that I allowed my slave to commit a crime and beat up the young master of the Xie family?"

The emperor paused.

He didn't expect Gu Yue to speak so frankly and generously.

"Yes, do you have anything to say in defense?" he said.

"I didn't do that." Gu Yue said, "How could I have predicted in advance which shop His Majesty would give me?"

"I know this." The emperor said lightly.

You know this and still ask? Gu Yue thought.

He still looked respectful: "Your Majesty, you will understand. However, this matter was caused by a bad guy who used the name of my Duke Dunxin's Mansion. For the sake of your Majesty's reputation, I have brought people to apologize."

"My reputation?" The emperor raised his eyebrows.

"Your Majesty just conferred the title of Earl, but this Earl is an arrogant and superficial person. I came to visit because some people said that Your Majesty didn't know people well." Gu Yue said, "And I also heard that the shop that the Ministry of Rites used to exchange with the Xie family was far inferior to the one that Your Majesty rewarded, and there was no compensation... This is really not a good thing."

Gu Yue smiled and said, "So I brought five thousand taels of silver as a token of apology."

The emperor glanced at Lu Cheng, who immediately broke out in a sweat and lowered his head, not daring to speak.

Gu Yue secretly observed the emperor's gaze and was immediately confused.

Why did the emperor look so dissatisfied? Wasn’t this something he instructed Lu Cheng to do?

The emperor said, "Lü Cheng, you are in charge of the matter of the shop I granted you. How could the news leak out? Such a thing happened under the emperor's feet. What do you have to say?"

Lu Cheng knelt down and said, "Your Majesty! It is true that I was in charge of this matter, but many people in the Ministry of Rites knew about it... I have investigated this matter in detail in the past few days and have indeed found some omissions. It should be that the bad guys heard it from the back window when we were preparing..."

The emperor snorted softly.

"I am guilty, Your Majesty, please punish me." Lu Cheng banged his head on the ground.

Ignoring him, the emperor turned to Gu Yue and asked, "Why do you have five thousand taels of silver? It's quite a lot."

Gu Yue was just waiting for him to say this!

"I scraped together the money from all over, emptied out my savings from these years of business, and also sold some gifts I received when I moved to a new house." Gu Yue's face suddenly became sad, "I also borrowed some from several business partners in Liuli Town, and finally I got enough money."

"Is Lord Dunxin so poor?" Qin Zhaoyue asked with a smile.

Gu Yue wiped the corner of his eyes with his sleeve, pretending to be real and fake: "That's right. Even the New Year gifts were sold on credit, barely enough to make ends meet. The capital was also lost, so the shop is still closed and can't open at all."

The emperor suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, this was not a court meeting, so his embarrassment was only a little bit, not to mention that most of the people in the palace were his confidants. But Gu Yue was playing the victim, so he couldn't just laugh it off, so he said: "In this case... the five thousand taels are considered an oversight by the Ministry of Rites, and should be paid to Lord Dunxin."

He looked at Lu Cheng coldly again: "Lu Cheng, you didn't handle this matter well. You will be fined half a year's salary."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Cheng shouted immediately.

What a stingy emperor! Gu Yue thought, he didn't even want to give me the fief, but he still wants to use five thousand taels of silver to get rid of me?

He also fell to his knees, buried his face in his sleeves for two seconds, and then two lines of tears flowed down.

Gu Yue said sincerely: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you! These five thousand taels really solved my urgent need. I can finally pay off my debts... Tonight, you can also cut a piece of pork so that Xiao Xu and I can have a good meal, wuwuwu..."

The Emperor looked at him for a moment.

"Okay, I understand what you mean." The emperor seemed to snort, "I originally intended to assign a job to Gu Xu in the Ministry of War, but since Lord Dunxin loves money so much, then..."

Gu Yue stood up at once: "Of course it would be best to have a living."

Qin Zhaoyue smiled beside him.

"Yes." The emperor nodded with satisfaction, "But Gu Shen's matter came first, and the Ministry of War is an important place. I will not give Gu Xu a too important position at the beginning. Do you understand?"

Gu Yue turned around and asked the silent Gu Xu: "What is your choice, Xiao Xu?"

In his opinion, there are only benefits to infiltrating the enemy, and running errands is better than just standing outside and watching.

Gu Xu said: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I would naturally like to join the Ministry of War."

The emperor nodded and said, "In that case, let's draw up a set of rules first. When the imperial edict is issued, you can report for duty."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Gu Yue and the others should express their gratitude.

The emperor looked down at his "father and son".

"Stand up. Gu Xu, please take a look around the palace first. I have something to say to your adoptive father."

Gu Xu suddenly became alert.

Gu Yue was also slightly surprised, but quickly calmed down.

Why did the emperor want to see him? Is there anything that Gu Xu cannot listen to?

He was not worried that the emperor would kill him on the spot, he was just nervous.

Gu Xu reacted quickly and left.

The emperor waved his hand, and everyone else in the study retreated.

Gu Yue and the emperor looked into each other's eyes.