The Second Prince seemed very calm, with eyes lowered and head bowed, as if contemplating the salt tax reform.
The Emperor's gaze swept over the three princes; knowing his sons best, he immediately understood what the eldest and the third were thinking.
However, he couldn't quite see through the Second Prince. Could it be that the Second Prince was not at all moved by such talent? Or was it that Gu Chengyu was already the Second Prince's man?
He recalled that day in the Imperial Study Room when the Second Prince recommended Gu Chengyu to him.
But after a moment's thought, he dismissed his own suspicion. If Gu Chengyu truly belonged to the Second Prince's faction, the Second Prince wouldn't be so irrefutably mediocre.
