69novels Chapter 475 Fu Sheng
Chapter 475 Fu Sheng
Chapter 475 Fu Sheng
Gong Shangjiao didn't know when and how he left Xie Yuchen's yard. He only knew that when he came to his senses, he was already sitting in the bedroom of the inn.
"Gong Shangjiao, you don't think you're the only one who knows everything that happened in the palace!"
"Your palace gate has long been drilled like a sieve. No matter what news there is, people outside can find out with a little effort."
"And don't you think there seems to be someone missing from the palace gate?"
Gong Shangjiao looked at Xie Yuchen, who was holding the chess pieces scattered on the table, and raised his eyes to look at him nonchalantly.
"The roots of the big locust tree in Zheng Palace should have spread all over the palace gate!"
Gong Shangjiao then realized that they had actually been under the control of His Highness Dahuang the entire time, and he could uproot the entire palace gate as long as he wanted.
Even the government officials would pretend not to see anything and classify it as a fight among the underworld, and then identify Wu Feng as the murderer, killing two birds with one stone while getting rid of two underworld troublemakers and shocking the underworld.
As for this situation, the person sitting high up would not say anything. Firstly, he did not dare to have any thoughts about it. Secondly, they could solve two problems without having to do it themselves, and being able to closely connect them with the royal family would be more beneficial than harmful to them. So why not do it?
"Master Jiao, I know that those people outside are in awe of you, but they are only in awe of your military and financial strength."
After Xie Yuchen cleaned the table thoroughly, he patiently poured a cup of tea for Gong Shangjiao, "But what you have, I also have, even more and stronger than you!"
Gong Shangjiao has been working outside for many years, but it was not all smooth sailing at the beginning. Naturally, he had to go through many difficulties before becoming the respected Mr. Gong Er today.
"But I am not an unreasonable person. After all, Yuan Zheng still has to live in the palace, and he respects you as his brother very much. I will naturally not do anything to you."
Xie Yuchen became the head of the Xie family at the age of eight. Although he relied on the abilities of his father and others, his father and others did not do everything for him and let him take over directly.
During that time, he had to learn how to handle company affairs from his father during the day. He was taken to the Zhang family group to observe his father's day. When he returned home in the evening, he had to study textbook knowledge with a tutor.
On Saturdays and Sundays, I would get up and go to my master to learn opera. After breakfast, I would go to learn horse riding, golf, etc. In the afternoon, I would take a nap, and then learn piano, calligraphy, and etiquette. In the evening, I would practice martial arts with my father, and recite the lessons before going to bed.
I had to take all the exams in school, and I never slacked off even during the winter and summer vacations.
Those people outside only saw that Xie Yuchen, under the protection of Wan Chongshan and the Zhang family, smoothly took the position of the head of the Xie family, but they did not think about the sweat he had to pay behind the scenes.
"Gong Shangjiao, I can understand your experience, but you cannot understand my experience. You have never experienced being the head of a family at the age of eight. Although you have a big mountain to lean on, there are countless soft knives waiting for you in some invisible places."
"For the sake of a so-called ideal, my biological father abandoned his own son and treated someone else's child as his own. He even wanted his own son to do the same as himself and give all his flesh and blood to feed that child."
When Xie Yuchen first learned about Xie Lianhuan and their plan, he just wondered if he was Xie Lianhuan's child. Otherwise, how could a father not love his own child but love others instead?
"It's funny, isn't it? Because I didn't grow up with him, and I don't have much of a father-son relationship with him.
I was spoiled by my daddy and father when I was growing up. When I was in the Xie family, they could call me Xiao Xie, but when I left the Xie family, all of them had to respectfully call me Young Master.
Even if that person is my grandfather, it is the same. This is the right given to me by my daddy and father."
Gong Shangjiao looked at Xie Yuchen and said, "I really can't compare to you."
"Of course you can't compare with me! Just because Yuan Zheng is willing to hide behind you doesn't mean he doesn't have the ability!"
Whenever Xie Yuchen thought of his younger brother following Gong Shangjiao around in the palace all day long, he couldn't help but get a headache.
"Yuan Zheng is at the palace gate. Privately, you two are brothers and you don't have to care about anything, but that doesn't mean that in the eyes of others, Yuan Zheng is a vassal of your Gong Shangjiao.
You are the lord of a house and he is also the lord of a house. You are not qualified to make any decisions for him.
Likewise, you cannot represent anyone to convict the Lord of the First Palace without any evidence!"
Gong Shangjiao had always been accustomed to being followed by Yuanzheng. But after being pointed out by Xie Yuchen, he realized that it was not him who indulged Yuanzheng, but Yuanzheng who indulged his indulgence.
Gong Shangjiao stood at the window of the room, looking at the palace gate in the distance.
After Gong Shangjiao left, Xiao Cui appeared in front of Xie Yuchen again.
"Young Master, are you going to let Mr. Gong Er go just like that?"
Xie Yuchen couldn't help but sigh, "What else can we do? Having a brother who protects him like that would only expose their false front to pretend everything is fine."
Xie Yuchen took the teacup handed over by Xiao Cui and said, "My own tea is still better. What I just drank was rotten vegetable leaves!"
Xiao Cui looked at the Phoenix Narcissus in the teacup that was pushed aside. If even this was considered rotten vegetable leaves, then even the old emperor on the throne would probably only say that what he drank was ordinary quality broken seeds.
"Tell the shop owners of those shops to come to the yard tomorrow. I have something to discuss with them."
Xie Yuchen held the green-glazed porcelain lotus leaf cup in his hand, skimmed off the foam on the clear yellow water, and turned another page of the book in his hand.
"Do you need me to dispatch some people to collect it?"
Xie Yuchen looked at Xiao Cui with a half-smile, "Just those fat old guys? Are you afraid that they will rise up and run away?"
Xiao Cui shook her head, with a little worry on her face, "Young Master, it's better to be safe than sorry! Although they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, it is not impossible for them to fight to the death."
Xie Yuchen put down the teacup, and the crisp sound of it hitting the table woke Xiao Cui up. "A tiger will use all its strength to fight a rabbit, but a tiger that can only be slaughtered at will, no matter how unwilling it is, can only watch itself being torn into pieces by the prey that it used to take lightly."
Xie Yuchen pulled out a finger-long blue grapefruit medicine bottle from his sleeve and said, "It's just a small lesson!"
Xiao Cui took the small medicine bottle on the table without any hesitation and hid it in her sleeve, "Don't worry, young master!"
The shop owners who received the notice swarmed into the Zuixian Pavilion owned by the leader.
"Manager Fu, didn't you say that everything has been arranged and that the yellow-haired boy will leave tomorrow?"
"Yes! Fu Sheng, are you lying to us?"
"Fu, if you don't give us an explanation today, we won't leave today!"
Fu Sheng sat in the box, calmly drinking tea and flipping through the book in his hand. He just glanced at the other shopkeepers who were clamoring for him to give instructions.
Perhaps the shopkeepers were frightened by Fu Sheng or something, but they all suddenly became quiet.
"Everything calmed down?"
Fu Sheng looked at the silent box, snorted coldly, and put the teacup in his hand heavily on the table, "Why didn't you ask Fu to give an explanation just now? Why are you all silent now?"
"Chen Rui, don't forget how you became the shopkeeper of Taoqingxi?"
"Wang Ming, don't forget how the previous shopkeeper of Shuiyunjian died!"
"And the three of you, Chi Su Xing, Bao Dian Ge, and Zui Mei Ren, how did your shopkeepers become shopkeepers, and how did the previous shopkeepers leave?"
The shopkeepers who were arguing just now were now like quails, huddled in a corner and dared not say a single word.
"He's just a young boy, what are you afraid of? Even if that Hua guy comes, what can he find out?"
"Besides, the emperor is far away, how can he be more powerful than the emperor?"
"Just because some people flatter him, do they really think he's a big shot?"
"A powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake. No matter how arrogant he is in Tiandu City, he has to be restrained here!"
Fu Sheng was still talking, completely unaware that there was a person standing outside the open window behind him.
The shopkeepers looked at Lingkong standing outside the window. The young master who came from Tiandu, whom they had just met a few days ago, just smiled at Fu Sheng who was talking nonsense.
"Oh? Then could you please tell me, Shopkeeper Fu, what kind of person is my father?"
Fu Sheng was talking excitedly when suddenly a familiar voice came from behind him. He turned around slowly and saw Xie Yuchen standing outside the window.
Fu Sheng just watched Xie Yuchen and the maids and guards behind him walk in directly through the wall.
"Why don't you continue talking?"
As soon as Xie Yuchen entered the room, Xiao Cui had already swept to the ground everything that Fu Sheng had just touched and replaced them with teacups and water that she had brought with her.
"It's a good opportunity for me to hear what kind of resentment our shopkeeper Fu is holding in his heart."
Fu Sheng felt that his back was soaked with cold sweat, and beads of sweat on his forehead rolled into his eyes, stinging his eyes and causing pain, but he did not dare to wipe them off.
"Little Lord!"
"Manager Fu, be careful with your words! How dare I be Manager Fu's young master? You should be the one sitting in my place."
Xie Yuchen's sarcastic words and mocking eyes all irritated Fu Sheng.
"Your Highness is very curious, what kind of interests can move people's hearts and make Manager Fu, who once had nothing, betray the boss who gave you everything?"