"And another thing—that rascal Gu Gaoxu! Make sure you bring him back to me alive!" the Grand Ancestor Emperor added, his face flush with anger.
The last time Gu Gaoxu came to the Imperial Capital, there was the matter of him "inventing" the corn sheller.
The Grand Ancestor Emperor had turned a blind eye and didn't expose Gu Gaoxu.
Gu Gaoxu's disposition—mischievous and frivolous since childhood—was practically hereditary.
The Grand Ancestor Emperor himself had been quite a handful in his youth, once having secretly butchered his landlord's calf for a meal.
Every time Gu Gaoxu visited the Imperial Capital, he would infuriate the Grand Ancestor Emperor to the point of having him seized and paddled.
It was tough love.
Born into the imperial family, one's life was not their own to command.
There was another reason: the Grand Ancestor Emperor knew of the profound relationship between Gu Gaoxu and Lu Yuan, and he was naturally unwilling to let a big fish like Lu Yuan get away.
