Gu Gaoxu didn't dare touch the food on the table with his chopsticks, genuinely afraid that his grandfather might have slipped him a potent concoction.
The Emperor watched Gu Gaoxu's blatant show of disrespect.
Even Crown Prince Gu Biao and King Yan Gu Di had never been so brazen.
If the Emperor placed food on their plates, they would eat it immediately without a second thought.
'What in the world is this little rascal thinking? Surely he can't believe that I, his own grandfather, would poison him?' the Emperor thought, though he said nothing aloud.
He wanted to see what Gu Gaoxu would do next.
'No way, it can't be... This food isn't actually poisoned, is it?' Gu Gaoxu thought. Of course, he couldn't possibly ask that aloud.
In the end, Gu Gaoxu threw caution to the wind and ate it.
If the Emperor truly wanted him dead, there was no way he could escape.
