Gu Qing did not stop and walked further and further step by step. Queen Su chased after two steps and had to stand in the rain and watch Gu Qing walk into the rain curtain, leaning weakly against the door, feeling confused in her heart.

Wang Qin came to her and said, "Gu Qing is a very difficult person to guess."

Su Huangxuan nodded slightly.

"Actually, your Majesty is the same. Sometimes you can't see through Gu Qing, everyone has something to ask for. His Majesty once tried Gu Qing several times. He always dealt with the official position he gave him perfunctorily. He would rather give up the power he gave him than use. A person could not ask for nothing, nor could he be so pure and weak. Gu Qing dislikes power and the court, and he has no ambition to want power."

"What does Gu Qing want?" Queen Su looked at Wang Qin in confusion.

"Sometimes I really can't figure out what Gu Qing wants. Does Gu Qing want money? Do you like money? Through Gu Qing's various behaviors, you can really see that Gu Qing likes money. But when I think about it, Gu Qing is not a person who does everything for money. On the contrary, Gu Qing does it very well." Wang Qin whispered.

"So he doesn't want money?" Queen Su asked again.

"The money is just for the process he wants to achieve." Empress Changsun came over and said to Su, "Go in, it will catch a cold when it is wet."

"My mother, I can't understand."

"Yes, I can't figure it out, right?" Empress Changsun took her back to the house. "What Gu Qing wants is only what he has now. He has what a plain person wants. He wants money just to achieve what he wants. Rather than saying that he is rich enough to rival a country, he wants to do whatever he wants. What he likes is a freedom and an unrestrained life. He is different from most people."

"Your Majesty has many ministers around you. Some want to make a name for themselves, and some want to make achievements, but Gu Qing doesn't like these. He is just a person with no ambition. When we watch him grow up, we just want to be a civilian in the market. Don't think of him as much noble, otherwise you will only see disappointment."

"Not bound?" Queen Su was puzzled.

"Maybe that's the case." Empress Changsun nodded and said, "Over the years, I have seen Gu Qing's actions in the face of many things over the years. When Gu Qing also had a broken-down with His Majesty, it was often a kind of choice and exchange. Since Gu Qing was just a young boy, but after his wings grew, he could turn against His Majesty for the sake of the people around him."

"What Gu Qing wants is not power or reputation. These things are what he doesn't want." Empress Changsun whispered, "What he wants is only the family he wants to protect, and his days without restraint. Gu Qing doesn't want anything in the royal family. There is more transactions between His Majesty and Gu Qing. Gu Qing gets what he wants, and His Majesty gets the results that His Majesty himself wants."

"So the relationship between our royal family and the Gu family has always been very complicated. Gu Qing never acted like he obeyed His Majesty's advice. Things are all things Gu Qing wanted to do, not His Majesty wanted Gu Qing to do. Rather than being unrestrained, Gu Qing wanted freedom."

Queen Su became more confused when she heard this, "Free?"

"Yes, it's very contradictory, isn't it? Gu Qing wants freedom. Sometimes what he needs is power. With power, he can be free and unrestrained. Of course, if he wants his own power to such an extent, he will only rebel and become emperor when facing Gu Qing. But Gu Qing will never want to do this. He is tired of power from the bottom of his heart. I remember that his master Sun Simiao said that Gu Qing is just a loser."

Speaking of this, Empress Changsun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Gu Qing is just a child with no prospects."

"A child who is unpromising?"

"Do you think Gu Qing is a loser now?"

"I have all the skills but don't want to do anything. I am indeed a loser." Queen Su nodded and said.

"You don't have to worry about Li Xiang's future." Empress Changsun held Su's hand and said, "Li Xiang's future is not in Gu Qing's hands. You don't have to worry. Look at Zhinu, he now controls the entire Hai Trade Department. Qingque is now in charge of the academy. Whether it is Qingque or Zhinu, they can compete with Chengqian in their own attainments. Last month, Fang Xuanling and others said it when they came to visit His Majesty."

"The general trend of the world will change greatly in the future. Factory, academies, sea trade departments, and courts are all places to compete. The Tang Dynasty in the next ten years will be very different from today. If you have great expectations for Li Xiang, don't put too much pressure on him or let him bear too many expectations. What he has to do now is to understand everything that will appear in the future. Among the children of Li Chengqian, only Li Xiang is studying in the academy, and only Li Xiang is following Gu Qing's side. Li Xiang now needs more knowledge."

"If Your Majesty does not have high expectations for Li Xiang, he will not let Xiang'er stay by Gu Qing's side. If Li Xiang can become an emperor, someone will help him."

Su looked at Empress Changsun and almost asked who would come to help Li Xiang, but she swallowed the words when she reached her throat.

Li Xiang had just returned from the academy and ran into the house. When she saw Gu Qing, who had just changed into wet clothes, asked, "Have the teacher just returned?"

"Well, I just came back." Gu Qing nodded and looked back, "Didn't that little guy come back with you?"

"Ge Gu Xiao wants to do business, and now the academy has many things to do," Li Xiang put down his book bag and said, "Teacher, what is the answer to the question of the Life and the Death Gate?"

"How do you know this?"

"This question has always been hanging in the academy, and many people can't answer it." Li Xiang asked, "Does the teacher know the answer?"

"If this answer is said, it will be meaningless." Gu Qing shook his head and said.

"So should there be a chicken or an egg first?" Li Xiang continued to ask.

"How do you know this question?"

"Brother Gu Xiao said." Li Xiang scratched the back of her head awkwardly.

"Go to the study to read, I'll make some snacks for you." Gu Qing sent Li Xiang to the kitchen, and went to Li Er's place where he hadn't had lunch yet, thinking about making a few bowls of fried noodles to eat.
Chapter completed!