Chapter 1315: A Hidden Master

After a few days of leisure, Chen Guanlou went down to the Jia-sized prison to chat with the Prince of Anping.

The Prince of Anping asked him to get closer, "That person, the one surnamed Jiang, did the Prince of Dongping's Mansion really take him back?"

"The Imperial Clan Court publicly confirmed his identity, so of course they had to take him back. What do you want to say?" Chen Guanlou thought the other party was as gossipy as he was, but after looking carefully, it didn't seem like it.

The Prince of Anping deliberated for a moment and said with some reservations, "I took a look at his physiognomy that day; the Prince of Dongping's Mansion probably won't be peaceful from now on."

When Chen Guanlou heard this, he immediately laughed, "Tell me, when has the Prince of Dongping's Mansion ever been peaceful? With so many children and so many concubines, no mansion could be peaceful."

This made sense.

However, the Prince of Anping still said, "What I mean is, even less peaceful than it is now. That kid surnamed Jiang, don't look at him as gentle and refined, looking harmless; in reality, his heart is very black."

"Being the seed of the Prince of Dongping, it is only natural that his heart is black. Otherwise, the moment he stepped into the Prince's Mansion, his death countdown would have started. Prince of Anping, I find you very boring. How come it's only right for you Imperial Clan members to be black-hearted and ruthless, which you call 'having ability'? But for someone recognized from the outside, they have to be honest and let people bully them, even to the point of losing their lives. You are too overbearing."

Chen Guanlou was very unhappy with the other party's double standard; it was clearly having a stance without right or wrong.

Anyone with a correct worldview and a sense of right and wrong could not accuse Jiang Shoucheng of being black-hearted. Moreover, the man hadn't done anything yet and was already labeled as black-hearted; it was too much.

It wouldn't be too late to evaluate him once he actually did something black-hearted and ruthless.

In such matters, one should only judge by actions, not by intentions; if one judges by intentions, there is no perfect person in the world!

"That's not what I meant!" the Prince of Anping defended himself.

Chen Guanlou gave a cold laugh, "Do you think I believe that?"

"You, why do you always suspect my intentions? I kindly reminded you not to treat the one surnamed Jiang as some ignorant scholar; he knows what's in his heart. Don't go out of your way to help him."

"You must have misunderstood me. I never thought Jiang Shoucheng was a blank sheet of paper. To be able to pass the imperial examination at such a young age, and even take second place in the provincial examination, how smart must his brain be! Smart people learn everything quickly; one point and they understand, one understanding and they understand everything. I just reminded him a few times, and he understood very quickly, and immediately had his own ideas. You really underestimate him."

Chen Guanlou clicked his tongue twice, despising the Prince of Anping for looking at people through a crack in the door and seeing them as small.

He never looked at people through a crack in the door; on the contrary, his judgment of people was quite accurate.

"Let me put it this way: among you Imperial Clan members, you can't find a few people who can compare to Jiang Shoucheng's brain. Even that one in the Palace can't. He just lacks experience; once he makes up for that, you'll see.

Don't believe me? Let me give you an analogy: a general who is good at fighting, because he has fought many battles and summarized his experience and lessons, gradually learns how to fight and becomes a famous military general.

Jiang Shoucheng is different; the moment he steps onto the battlefield, he knows very clearly how to fight. He doesn't need experience; he is far superior to those old generals with experience. Do you know what this is called? This is called talent! Your brain and his brain are not the same species!"

He dared to boast because he was confident in his judgment of people.

This guy Jiang Shoucheng, given time, might even be more awesome than Xie Changling!

The Prince of Anping didn't believe it, not a single word, "You've praised him to the skies, just because you sympathize with him?"

Chen Guanlou denied it repeatedly, and with reason, "Not so! Among the prisoners locked in the Heavenly Prison, there are many who are more miserable than him; have you seen me sympathize with those people?

I value Jiang Shoucheng because he is on my wavelength, he is a smart person, and he is not annoying, and he acts with great discretion.

I am someone who looks easy to get along with, but in reality, I am very picky; you should have experienced this. Many people, when they first come into contact with me, can't grasp my bottom line or my temperament, and they offend me at the slightest disagreement.

However, Jiang Shoucheng, from beginning to end, has never touched my bottom line, never made me annoyed with him, and even made me willing to step forward and run errands for him. Think about it, how awesome must his ability be to achieve this."

The Prince of Anping was left speechless and unable to refute.

He had personally experienced Chen Guanlou's foul temper of turning his face and not recognizing people; his official position wasn't high, but his temper was bigger than the Grand Secretary in the court. Even more excessively, he asked for money with righteous indignation.

He asked curiously, "You didn't ask him for money?"

"No! From beginning to end, I didn't even mention the word 'money'. Later, it was his foster parents who took the initiative to offer money, and only then did I accept it."

"You didn't ask for money, yet you helped him?" The Prince of Anping was very unconvinced, very aggrieved, and very sad. This was differential treatment!

Chen Guanlou laughed, "That's right, I didn't ask for a single cent, yet I was willing to run errands for him. Look, how capable must he be to make me feel compassion! The key is that he didn't complain or vent his grievances in front of me once. Tell me, is he awesome or not!"

Awesome indeed!

The Prince of Anping clicked his tongue in wonder and sighed repeatedly.

"No wonder when I look at him, I vaguely see the restless days ahead for the Prince of Dongping's Mansion. Is that kid really as awesome as you say?"

Chen Guanlou lowered his head and smiled, "Maybe even three-tenths more awesome than I said. A child who was trafficked didn't enter a poor family, but was sold into a wealthy merchant family; what kind of strength and luck must that be.

After his foster parents gave birth to their own son, not only did they not think he was redundant, but they treated him as their own, and he naturally became the eldest son of the Jiang family. If it were you, could you do it?

Don't talk about good luck; if he really had good luck, could he be trafficked and thrown into the Imperial Prison and almost die in a cell?"

"You mean, all of this was fought for by himself?" The Prince of Anping was half-believing, how could he be so awesome?

This was impossible!

"Otherwise?" Chen Guanlou smiled but didn't smile, "As a Prince, you might not know much about the prices among the common people. To cultivate a scholar, it costs at least a hundred taels, and at most several thousand taels. This is not a small amount.

Jiang Shoucheng came to the capital a year in advance to pull strings; clearly, the money his foster parents spent on his studies and exams was only more, not less. At most, it could even be tens of thousands of taels.

For a child who is not their own, how capable must he be to make his foster parents pour their hearts and souls into him? After he was recognized and returned to the Prince's Mansion, his foster parents still have to give him money every year, and they give it without asking for anything in return.

Even to get me to help their foster son, they promised to give me money every year. If it were you, you couldn't even do this for your own biological son."

The Prince of Anping nodded; he couldn't do it. Let alone a foster son, even for his own biological son, he couldn't pour his heart and soul into him.

To be able to achieve this, on one hand, it was because the Jiang couple were kind-hearted. On the other hand, it must be because of Jiang Shoucheng, who had the ability to make people willing to treat him well.

Just like Chen Guanlou, he didn't want money and helped for free! And he even spent effort planning for the other party.

This ability was truly awesome! ===== CHAPTER 1316 =====