My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 127: Pitfalls
After Zhu Gaochi left the imperial study, he began to think about this matter. What on earth did his father think about this matter?

Tricking Shakyabao again?
That won’t do. If it is proven that there is no master behind Shakyabao, it would be inappropriate to continue to deceive him, right?

"No, this is not right!" Zhu Gaochi stopped thinking about it, and then he suddenly realized that his father didn't care whether there was a master behind Sakyabao or not, even if there was not, Sakyabao probably wouldn't go. But if he made good use of those civil officials and let those civil officials force Sakyabao or even threaten Sakyabao, perhaps Sakyabao would go to the Weaving Bureau in a fit of rage and deal with those civil officials together with his father.

"Oh!" Zhu Gaochi thought of this and sighed. Although his father's method was effective, once it was discovered by Sakyamuni Bao, he probably would not go, and might even be more disgusted. It would be difficult to get him to do something in the future.

However, Zhu Gaochi has not thought of a better solution yet. As long as his father does not return the title of Duke of Wei to the Xu family, Xu Qin will probably not care about things that have nothing to do with him.

Soon, Zhu Gaochi arrived at Xu Qin's mansion. He knew that Xu Qin had not woken up yet, so he had to go find Xu Huizu. However, Xu Huizu was not in the front yard. Instead, he went to the Xu family's construction site. Now everything had been demolished and they were already working on the wall. Xu Huizu wanted to go and take a look.

Zhu Gaochi came to the Xu family's construction site and was shocked to see that there were five or six hundred people working there.

Xu Huizu also noticed Zhu Gaochi coming over, so he walked over and asked, "Why are you here so early in the morning? What's going on?"

"Well, find Sakya Bao, but he may not be up now. But uncle, there are so many people working, can you manage them?" Zhu Gaochi pointed at the people on the construction site and said to Xu Huizu.

"It's not my business. Baoer and the foremen have already agreed on it. They just need to do the construction according to the drawings. I've also given them the construction plan. I just came to see the quality of their work and whether it's done according to the drawings." Xu Huizu said to Zhu Gaochi with a smile.

"Oh, the drawings were all drawn by Sakya Bao. This guy is so amazing?" Zhu Gaochi continued to ask.

"Well, he drew them all. He spent the whole winter last year." Xu Huizu said indifferently, staring into the distance. Everyone in the mansion knew about it, and so did the construction workers. If they had any questions, they would tell him and ask him to go ask Sakya Bao. If there really were any problems, Sakya Bao would also come to the construction site and discuss with the foremen about changing the drawings.

"Why doesn't anyone say this?" Zhu Gaochi asked deliberately.

"What's there to say? We all know in the mansion that this kid is very good at these! He has liked these since he was a child." Xu Huizu stared at the workers working in front of him and said indifferently.

Zhu Gaochi nodded, and then said no more. Anyway, he would invite Xu Qin to the East Palace today, and he would know the truth after verifying it then.

Zhu Gaochi stayed at the construction site of Xu's mansion for more than an hour and personally went to see the drawings. He found that the handwriting was indeed Xu Qin's, and he believed it a little more. Even if Xu Qin copied it himself, it would be easy for him to make mistakes. But now the craftsmen dared to construct according to the required drawings, which meant that there were not many mistakes.

Zhu Gaochi estimated that the time was about right, so he went to Xu Qin's courtyard and found that Xu Qin was already eating breakfast in the living room.

When Xu Qin saw Zhu Gaochi coming, he was stunned. Coming again?
"Cousin, are you okay every day? Why do you always come to my house?" Xu Qin looked up at Zhu Gaochi and asked in confusion.

"Hehe, come to my East Palace for lunch at noon, I'll treat you. Also, I also want to know if you are bragging. This time I have found a lot of questions. Didn't you say that you are good at arithmetic? Then let's see if it's true!" Zhu Gaochi said proudly to Xu Qin.

Xu Qin frowned and looked at Zhu Gaochi in confusion. He asked him to go to the East Palace or to solve the problem? What did he want to do?

"Eat quickly, then we'll go to the East Palace. You don't have to eat so much, as I have prepared a feast for lunch. Eat more on an empty stomach." Zhu Gaochi smiled and sat down opposite Xu Qin.

Xu Qin rolled his eyes and asked, "What do you want to do? Solve the problem? Are you free or am I free? Is this your idea or your father's?"

"Hehe, I can't hide it from you. This is my father's idea. My father doesn't believe that you can draw the picture by yourself, and he said he must expose you." Zhu Gaochi said this deliberately in order to arouse Qingqiu's rebellious heart.

"You're sick, believe it or not, but I'm busy anyway. I have to keep an eye on the glass workshop this afternoon. They're also trying to produce, and I have to keep an eye on it. If anything goes wrong, I can make adjustments immediately." Xu Qin said helplessly. He didn't want to do such a speechless thing with Zhu Gaochi.

"Five thousand taels of silver for each question, no matter how many questions you solve!" Zhu Gaochi stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Xu Qin.

When Xu Qin heard that five thousand taels of silver were required for one question, he became interested and stared at Zhu Gaochi and asked, "Are you serious?"

"Seriously, my father will pay for this money!" Zhu Gaochi nodded to Xu Qin.

"How many questions did you find?" Xu Qin continued to ask.

"My father found this!" Zhu Gaochi didn't know how much it was. "Hey, you do this, go find questions now, the more the better, bring a hundred or eighty questions, and I'll solve them, and I'll give you 20%, how about that? If there are a hundred questions, that's 500,000 taels, you get 100,000 taels, okay? Hurry up, go back to the palace, find everyone to solve the questions, this kind of money is worth a lot of money." Xu Qin stood up at this moment, walked to Zhu Gaochi's side, and began to pull Zhu Gaochi up, asking him to find questions quickly.

Zhu Gaochi held back. There were a hundred and eighty questions, and he only took 20%?

I am a little tempted, but I am doubtful in my heart whether Xu Qin can really solve it. If he can solve it, my father has paid so much money and I know that I will get a commission. Will my father punish me?
But it is really tempting, and I also want to cheat some of my dad's money.

"What if my father gets angry when I say this?" Zhu Gaochi shouted at Xu Qin.

"Just say what I said. If there aren't a hundred or eighty questions, I won't go. I don't have time. Who would want to go and earn such little money?" Xu Qin immediately suggested this to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi's eyes lit up when he heard this. If that was the case, then it would be easy to deal with. After all, it was Xu Qin who said it. Besides, who would know if Xu Qin gave him money? However, he was worried that his father would have to ask him for money when the time came. If he ran out of money, he would have to ask him for it.

It's a bit immoral to help others cheat your father's money.

However, it seems to be possible. Dad has also cheated me a lot, and what's more, this matter was originally initiated by Dad. It was Dad who didn't trust Sakyabao. Now that he wants Sakyabao to prove himself, is it possible without paying a price?

"Go quickly and find some more. Ask my cousin's wife to prepare the food and your father to prepare the questions. I will solve them. By the way, I won't solve them until I see the money. Ask your father to give you the money first. I don't trust your father. Talk to him directly." Xu Qin pushed Zhu Gaochi outside.

"Is it a deal?" Zhu Gaochi turned his head and looked at Xu Qin and asked.

"We agreed, wait. Wait! You must hide it from my aunt. Don't let my aunt know that I went to the Eastern Palace! Otherwise, my aunt might punish me. I haven't visited her for a while!" Xu Qin thought of his aunt, Empress Xu, and felt a little scared. His aunt would be very harsh.

"Don't worry, my mother has gone out of the palace to pray for blessings. She is not in the palace." Zhu Gaochi said to Xu Qin with a smile.

"Really? That's good. Go prepare the questions quickly. Prepare more. I want to trick your father." Xu Qin said excitedly to Zhu Gaochi. It was Zhu Di who tricked him before, so he also wanted to trick Zhu Di, otherwise he would still think he was an honest child.

"That depends on your ability. Remember, I'll give you 20%." Zhu Gaochi reminded.

"Don't worry!" Xu Qin nodded immediately.

Soon, Zhu Gaochi went back. Xu Qin sat there and smiled. It was interesting that Zhu Di did not trust him and wanted to test him. After all, if he had money but did not make it, he would be a bastard, let alone making money from the emperor. There were not many such opportunities.

I don’t consider anything else, and I won’t go to the weaving bureau.

After Zhu Gaochi returned to the imperial study, the ministers were still there. Zhu Di saw Zhu Gaochi coming and frowned. He thought that Zhu Gaochi failed to invite Xu Qin.

"Dad, I just went to see Sakya Bao. He wanted to ask me how many questions I needed?" Zhu Gaochi bowed to Zhu Di.

"Ten questions? What's wrong?" Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi in confusion and asked.

"Dad, Shakyabao said that if there are not a hundred or eighty questions, don't invite him. Five thousand taels of silver for each question. If he can't solve it, he will be compensated with ten thousand taels of silver for each question." Zhu Gaochi said to Zhu Di.

"What? One hundred and eighty questions? Can he solve all of them?" After hearing this, Zhu Di stood up and shouted at Zhu Gaochi.

"Anyway, that's what he said. If not, he wouldn't have come." Zhu Gaochi continued to bow.

The other ministers were looking at the father and son. They knew that Zhu Gaochi had gone to find Xu Qin, but they didn't know what was going on. Now when they heard about the solution, they were even more confused. Could it be that he was going to solve the problems in the Weaving Bureau? But, the Weaving Bureau shouldn't have so many problems, right?
"Where can I prepare so many questions for him?" Zhu Di said worriedly as he stood there.

"Dad, you can ask the doctors and gentlemen of mathematics in the Imperial College to find questions now. Find those arithmetic questions that they cannot solve. At least eighty questions should be collected. Otherwise, he will not come." Zhu Gaochi said while standing there and bowed.

Now the ministers understood that Zhu Di wanted to invite Xu Qin to the palace to solve arithmetic problems. What's the point of solving this thing? Besides, does Shakyabao know this thing? This kid is just a playboy, how can he understand arithmetic? He probably knows simple addition and subtraction, but can he know more difficult ones?
(End of this chapter)