"I know you have resentment in your heart, but you shouldn't take it out on Yufan." Huayang Hou said expressionlessly, "Madam, you should stay in your room to recuperate these days. No one is allowed to disturb you."

Xue was in despair, but she laughed crazily: "Master Hua Jin, you actually want to confine me! Are you afraid that I will torture your only son? Qian'er's death is uncertain, but you are thinking about the title and inheriting the family glory. I should have thought that a ruthless person like you will probably pay the price on your offspring over the years."

Tu Yufan's eyelids twitched. Now that these words were out, it seemed that Xue no longer liked anyone.

Hua Jiqian was Xue's favorite, and after knowing that his son had no chance of returning, he acted without scruples.

Ever since Marquis Huayang learned that he saw a pool of blood and the sight of a ferocious beast at the bottom of a cliff, he concluded that Hua Jiqian was dead.

Therefore, he decided to train his illegitimate son, and once he had established a reputation, he would ask the emperor to replace him with a crown prince. After all, the inheritance of the title still required the emperor's approval, otherwise there would be too many variables.

"Yufan, tomorrow a teacher will come. You have been slacking off in your studies over the years. You can't waste your time any more. You don't need to worry about your parents. Someone will take good care of them."

Tu Yufan: “…Yes.”

Tu Yufan didn't want to study much. He heard that his mother spent all day eating, drinking and having fun, and he quite yearned for such a life.

Xue's eyes were full of malice.

The next day, Mr. Xu came. He was over half a century old and had always focused on learning, teaching many officials and scholars.

He always thought that Tu Yufan was a stain on his future generations, but after he went there, he found out that Tu Yufan was not a fool as rumored in Beijing.

He was quite polite to him. Although he was not very enthusiastic about learning, he understood things quickly and could even express some opinions that surprised him.

The teacher also secretly wondered if this second young master had been hiding his abilities in the past.

"My Lord, the Second Young Master is very smart. If he had been born a few years earlier, he might have achieved great success."

Marquis Huayang rose to prominence through military exploits, but now that the country is strong and wars have ceased for more than ten years, he has always wanted to switch to a civil service career.

Hua Jiqian had entered the court as an official and was quite employed by the emperor. Everything was going according to the established direction, but he did not expect this accident to happen.

Hearing that Tu Yufan was quite capable, Marquis Huayang felt a little better. At first, he thought Aunt Yue was too arrogant, and Tu Yufan listened to the instigation of this woman. For the sake of peace in the mansion, he turned a blind eye to Xue's behavior and allowed her to raise Tu Yufan, who was greedy for pleasure and ignorant of the world.

Marquis Huayang originally wanted to find a sensible and considerate wife for Tu Yufan, and then give him a sum of money to separate the mansion from the house, so that he could live a life without worries.

Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes.

When Tu Yufan came back from school, he saw Aunt Yue coming over with medicine.

"You must behave yourself these few days and stop contacting those bad friends. Your status in the future will be very different from theirs, so it's not worth spending time getting along with them."

Aunt Yue rolled her eyes, approached Tu Yufan and said, "Son, I heard that County Princess Yue Xue was going to marry you. You will inherit the title sooner or later, so why not please the County Princess and marry her back? Although County Princess Yue Xue has a bad temper, she can give you a lot of help."

She really dared to think, but in the plot, Tu Yufan did a lot of stupid things to win the favor of Yue Xuejun. He ran to her every day to give gifts, which were then returned. At banquets, he followed her lead and was instructed to do a lot of stupid things. People in Beijing laughed at Tu Yufan for being ignorant of the world and being so different from Hua Jiqian.

"Yue Xuejun is attracted to Hua Jiqian, not the position of the crown prince. Don't make trouble for me."

Aunt Yue showed a disapproving expression and wanted to say something else, but Tu Yufan lost interest and looked tired. He said he wanted to rest early. Aunt Yue was unhappy and just left.