TFWYH – Chapter 517 Father and Son Get Scolded

Grand Tutor Yi sighed helplessly. “Your Majesty, please don’t be angry yet. That old fox Gu is extremely cunning—he won’t leave any evidence behind. Since we can’t catch him red-handed, there’s little we can do. For now, we should focus on how to hold a re-examination and ensure Ling Yu’s answer papers are preserved, so that Gu has no opportunity to interfere again.”

The emperor snorted coldly. “Isn’t that simple? For this provincial exam, I will personally supervise it. After the candidates finish their papers, all of them will be kept in my Hall of Diligent Governance. I’d like to see whether Gu Hengcang dares to burn even my hall!”

Grand Tutor Yi smiled. “Your Majesty is wise!”

Although such a thing had never been done before, precedents were meant to be broken.

Just yesterday, he had heard that Gu Hengcang summoned Ling Yu. Who knew what Ling Yu had said to that old fox to anger him so much?

Otherwise, that old fox would never have done something so foolish.

…

Gu Hengcang, however, felt utterly wronged!

No matter how angry he was, he would never do something this stupid!

After recognizing Ling Yu’s talent, he had even considered arranging a marriage alliance and warned Gu Chengwen not to target Ling Yu anymore.

But who knew—Ling Yu didn’t appreciate his goodwill!

Not only did he refuse the offer, but later Gu Hengcang even heard that Ling Yu had pointed at his beloved granddaughter and scolded her as shameless.

Who could tolerate that?

So he summoned Gu Chengwen and hinted at it.

Of course, he didn’t say it outright.

The general meaning was: I no longer want Ling Yu—you may deal with him now.

Gu Chengwen was overjoyed and even asked about the hidden agents planted in the examination hall.

Originally, Gu Hengcang didn’t want to tell him. But Gu Chengwen was his legitimate grandson and had been raised as his future successor, so he wanted to test his abilities.

Thus, he told him.

He even specifically instructed him not to do childish things like switching seats again—telling him that as a man, he shouldn’t be petty like that.

And what happened?

He indeed wasn’t petty anymore—he… he went and set fire to the entire archive building!

What kind of idiot is this?!

Is this really my grandson?

How could he be this stupid?!

Prime Minister Gu was so furious he felt like exploding. He immediately ordered someone to summon Gu Chengwen—and even called over his son, Gu Qitian.

When the father and son arrived, Gu Hengcang unleashed a torrent of scolding at them, spitting with rage.

Gu Chengwen: … being scolded like a grandson—well, he was the grandson.

Gu Qitian: … he felt completely wronged!

He was nearly forty years old, yet still being scolded alongside his son—how was he supposed to maintain authority in the future?

“Father, you discussed this with Chengwen, I didn’t even know about it—why am I being scolded too?” Gu Qitian muttered in dissatisfaction.

That only made Gu Hengcang angrier. Pointing at him, he cursed, “If a child is not taught well, it’s the father’s fault! How exactly did you raise him? I was wise all my life—how did I end up with you two idiots?!”

Gu Qitian lowered his head and said nothing.

Seeing this only made Gu Hengcang even more furious. “Get out! All of you, get out! From now on, stay at home, get married, have children—stop going out and embarrassing me!”

Father and son: …

Why were they being confined?

Especially Gu Chengwen—he was extremely unconvinced.

He thought he had done an excellent job this time. Forget praise—why was his grandfather so furious?

But neither of them dared to say a word. They slipped away in disgrace.

Gu Hengcang rubbed his temples with a headache, then immediately had the steward summon his daughter-in-law, instructing her to quickly arrange a marriage for Gu Chengwen—

and get him married and producing heirs as soon as possible.