Your Majesty, I'm Really Not the Hermit You're Looking For

One day, Su Yang, a street vendor selling candied hawthorns, met the Empress.

Empress: "Hermit, sir! Please come out of seclusion and help me bring peace to the realm!"

Su Yang: "Who's this hermit? I'm not him. Don't ask me!"

Empress: "You're too modest, sir! Hurry and come with me to the capital!"

Su Yang: "I really am not..."

Empress: "Five hundred thousand taels of gold. Are you in or not?"

Su Yang: "...Please, Your Majesty, give me your orders!"