Chapter 329 Chapter 329 This is a talent

Fu Qingyu naturally wanted to ask about Fu Qingxu's intention, but to his surprise, Fu Qingxu directly asked Xiaobao to compete with Fu Muyang.

The result is self-evident.

Perhaps in other subjects, Fu Muyang, who was taught by the Prince's tutor himself, performed far better than Xiaobao, but when it came to hands-on ability and arithmetic, Fu Muyang lost.

Fu Qingxu could hardly laugh anymore. His own son was no match for Xiaobao. Fu Muyang was the crown prince and had been taught by the crown prince's tutor since childhood. Few children of the same age could beat him. In comparison, his nephew, who came from an ordinary family and received a higher standard of education, was defeated. This showed that Xiaobao's brain was better than theirs.

Xiaobao is only four years old!

Fu Qingxu wiped his face and said, "Your Majesty, do you see this? This is the difference. Xiaobao is not an ordinary child." He pointed at his solar plexus. "He's like Xu Yunfan here, but he's different from us. He's very smart. This kid..."

Thinking of Xiao Hengzhi's warning, Fu Qingxu shut up and suggested, "It wouldn't be a bad thing to let Brother Muyang spend more time with Xiaobao."

In fact, what Xiao Hengzhi said was all nonsense. As long as it was something Fu Qingyu wanted to know, and Xu Yunfan was doing it openly with the children, how could Fu Qingyu not know if he wanted to investigate.

"So this is why you asked Xu Yunfan to raise your son? You're quite capable of that. Your son lives in someone else's house, eats their food, and even your husband lives in someone else's house, yet you act like a hands-off boss. What kind of talk would that be if it got out? I'm ashamed for you."

Some time ago, he heard that Qin Qingfeng and his brother Fu Shaoping had all moved into Xiao Qin's house, leaving Fu Qingxu alone in the empty room. He even specially summoned people into the palace to question her, thinking that Fu Qingxu had quarreled with Qin Qingfeng and had taken the child back to her parents' home.

But when Qin Qingfeng returns to her parents' home, shouldn't she go back to the general's mansion?

As a result, Fu Qingxu told him that it was impossible to quarrel. He had finally got his husband home, so how could he bear to quarrel with others? It was all because of the two little ones making trouble. There were no servants living in the Qin family, so it was not easy for Fu Shaoping and the others to bring maids and nannies with them. There was no way, so Qin Qingfeng had to go with them. He was also responsible for calling the two children to go to the academy in the morning.

Fu Qingxu was also shameless. "What's there to be ashamed of? He's still my nephew-in-law. Xiao Hengzhi and his family all live there. If he's not ashamed, why should I be ashamed?"

Besides, his husband and children live there, so he gave Xu Yunfan a lot of good things, not to mention that Qin Qingfeng also gave Qin Run some good things in private.

Speaking of this, Fu Qingxu had no words to express her grievances. Qin Qingfeng went to Xiao Qin's house and did not sleep in other rooms at night. She slept with Qin Muqin. She could sleep with her little son and nephew, hug the soft little brother, and hold him in her arms. This made him so happy that he didn't want to leave. He was happy all day long. I'm afraid he even forgot who his husband was.

Fu Qingxu is so jealous!

He also wanted to hold his little baby and sleep soundly every night, but unfortunately, this little baby didn't even go back home.

Talking too much about these things would only bring tears. Fu Qingxu sighed and said, "Third brother, you will be right to listen to your second brother. He will not harm his two nephews."

Even the emperor stopped shouting, which showed that Fu Qingxu was not joking.

After Fu Qingxu left, Fu Qingyu called out Fu Liu and asked him to investigate.

Good guy, you don’t know until you check. Once you check, Fu Qingyu becomes itchy and wants to know why Xu Yunfan will enter the Hanlin Academy. If he had known earlier, he should have found a way to get him into the Ministry of Works.

What a waste of talent.

It turns out that Xiaobao is indeed the son raised by Xu Yunfan. He is extremely talented at a young age. If he is trained, there will be no need for the Great Yan Dynasty to worry about lack of talents.

It is said that birds of a feather flock together. Xiaobao and his children are so smart, but look at my own two boys, who follow the Prince's tutor all day long, nodding their heads and almost going stupid from studying. They don't have any childish spirit at all.

Fu Qingyu thought about it and realized that as a father, he could still protect his sons from wind and rain for decades. But the two children were only a few years old now, but they were already burdened with heavy schoolwork and looked like old men.

It was the same with Fu Qingxu's two sons before. Every time they came to the palace to see him, they had a quiet expression, serious like an adult, with deep blue eyes, and their eyes were calm and still, and they didn't smile at all all night.

When he met Fu Shaoping and his brother recently, Fu Qingyu clearly felt that the two children were in much better condition.

Her little face was rosy and shiny, and there was light in her eyes. When she was with Fu Muyang and the others, she would play with her younger brother and laugh from time to time.

Children’s laughter is always so healing. Even if you don’t know what they are laughing at, just listening to it makes you feel happy.

"Fuliu, tell me, was I wrong? I shouldn't have held the child so tightly."

Fu Liu, who was being questioned, scratched his head. How should he respond to this question?

If you say yes, that means you are questioning the emperor. If you say no, it is obvious that Fu Qingyu asked this just to get a voice of approval.

"Why aren't you talking?"

Fu Liu quickly knelt down, "Master, this subordinate..."

"Get up, what's wrong with you..." Fu Qingyu pulled him up, "I've told you so many times, but you still can't remember. Didn't I tell you that when we're alone, do you really need to be so cautious about our relationship, afraid of losing your head? If you have something to say, just say it directly."

Fu Liu secretly glanced at Fu Qingyu, who was still as graceful as ever, and blushed so much that blood almost dripped out. "The Second Prince is still young and unsettled, and..."

Moreover, Fu Yihuan looked like him at first glance. Not only did he have the same baby face, but his brain was also exactly the same as his.

It's not that he is as stupid as a pig, that's right. He loves to eat but not to remember things. He is the typical person who remembers food but not beatings. Master Jiang has slapped his palms so many times. Every time Fu Yihuan pouts and feels aggrieved, he makes all the mistakes he should make the next day, and he can't remember a single word he should memorize. When he sits in his seat, his butt moves from time to time. Every time he looks at people with those big eyes looking aggrieved, Master Jiang wants to hit him but can't bear to do it.

Fu Qingyu glanced at Fu Liu, "And what? Finish your words."

Fu Liu's voice was as soft as a mosquito's. "And... that child looks like... like me."

"Haha," Fu Qingyu laughed out loud, "You also know that the second child looks like you? You also know that he is your son? I thought you had long forgotten that they were all born by you and are your offspring."

"No... I haven't forgotten. I'm not that stupid." Fu Liu felt ashamed. Was his master saying that he was stupid?

But no matter how stupid he was or how much he didn't like to remember things, he remembered clearly the matters concerning his master. He was not stupid at all. As for other matters, he just thought they were insignificant and chose to ignore them.

As if he had heard something hilarious, Fu Qingyu, who liked to put on a dignified expression, put his fist to his lips and laughed uncontrollably. After he had laughed enough, he said, "You still say no? I think you are stupid, stupid to the point of being lawless."

If this person is not stupid, it is impossible that he is unaware of his true feelings. He always thinks that he is with him just on a whim and will kick him away when he gets tired of him one day.

Fuliu bit his lip, defending his intelligence, "No."

In response to Fu Liu's rebuttal, Fu Qingyu said nothing with the corner of his mouth raised in a very obvious arc. He just lazily supported his head with one hand, spread his legs domineeringly, and hooked the fingers of his left hand towards Fu Liu.

As Fu Qingyu's secret guard, Fu Liu has been with Fu Qingyu for a long time, and the two have slept in the same bed for many years. Fu Liu knows what Fu Qingyu wants to do and how he feels at the moment from his every move, even a slight frown or a look.

He knelt between Fu Qingyu's legs and stretched out his hands to "serve" Fu Qingyu, but Fu Qingyu grabbed the hands that were about to touch his waist and said, "Lift your head up."

"Yes, master." Fu Liu raised his head obediently. Fu Qingyu pinched his chin and kissed him.

After a long time, the two separated with unstable breathing. Fu Qingyu pulled the person up, patted Fu Liu's butt, and let him sit in his arms.

He was really disappointed. How could he like such a little fool? "What do you think about the child's matter?"

"Master, just make the decision." Fu Liu thought he had given a perfect answer, but he didn't know that this answer directly hit Fu Qingyu's lungs.

From the first day he was picked up and raised by the eldest brother at the age of six, he remembered what it meant to be law-abiding and what it meant to recognize his own position.

Don't think about things you shouldn't think about, and don't forget your own identity. Don't try to get what doesn't belong to you. The master's orders are heaven. Whatever the master tells them to do, they just have to follow the orders...

Fu Liu has always remembered these teachings. Look, more than ten years have passed, and he still remembers them. He is not stupid. Therefore, the second prince is not a fool who can’t be taught and eats everything without leaving any residue.

In fact, he is still very smart. It is precisely because of his intelligence that the boss made an exception and brought him back as a little brother.

"What do you mean by just letting me decide?" Fu Qingyu felt unusually tired. "Fu Liu, they are not my sons alone. I can't give birth to a son by myself, and you are not just a participant. Once the child is born, it's over. You can just pat your butt and not take any responsibility by throwing the child to me. Didn't I tell you that you are the child's father and naturally have the right to make decisions for them at an age when they can't make the best choices for themselves? You said you are not stupid, so why didn't you remember a word I said? You ignored it all? You are trying to rebel against your superiors, aren't you?"

"But..." Fu Liu was nervous. He felt like he had done something wrong. Was this a case of insubordination? This could be fatal. He was so anxious that he kneeled down and admitted his fault out of habit. "Master, no, I didn't do this."

After saying that, Fu Liu wanted to kneel down, but Fu Qingyu held him tightly, "But what? You don't really think that I took you to bed just to have a taste of something new? You accidentally got pregnant with a prince, and because the concubines had been childless, I allowed you to give birth to a prince, right?"

Fu Qingyu said what he was thinking without mercy. Fu Liu's round eyes widened, "Isn't that so?"

Fu Qingyu was both angry and amused when he saw that the baby-faced Fu Liu could open his eyes so wide. "It's you."

He tried to taste something new and ended up tasting his own secret guard?

In Fu Liu's mind, is he extremely hungry?

There are so many young men in the world, and there are civil and military officials in the court. Is it possible that there are no young men in your family?

He had to try to taste the secret guard? Even rabbits know not to eat grass near their burrows. So, he was even worse than a rabbit?

Fu Liu is such an idiot, he deserves death from his stupidity.

Fu Qingyu was depressed and tired. He was busy governing the country every day, but the man next to him was so slow-witted that people wanted to split his brain open. He was so tired that he didn't want to say a word.

In the end, Fu Qingyu decided to give the two children a relaxed environment. When Fu Qingxu took them out of the palace, he only let Fu Liu follow and did not ask about other things.

A few days ago, Fu Liu came back to report that Fu Muyang and his brother wanted to stay overnight at Xiao Qin's house. Fu Qingyu agreed after sending a few more secret guards.

Look, recently, the relationship between Fu Muyang, Fu Yihuan and Xiaobao has been getting better and better. This morning, they asked him to bring Xiaobao and the others into the palace.

Fu Qingyu was thinking about the banquet at noon, so he simply took Xiaobao and the others over and let them play in the East Hall. He then had the Royal Guards, Imperial Guards, and Secret Guards guard the area, and only then did he feel relieved.

The Fu Muyang brothers are still too young, and Fu Qingyu doesn't want to expose the children to big businessmen too early.

I heard that there was a martial arts sect in the Shang Dynasty called Ghost Shadow Pavilion. The assassins in it were all former death warriors and martial servants, and their skills were amazing.

Why did it take them so long to find clues about Xiao Hengzhi's assassination and finally pinpoint the cause to the upper circles of the Shang Dynasty?

It's because the other party hired someone to kill someone, and it's difficult to investigate the people from the Ghost Shadow Pavilion. Even people from several countries don't know where their lair is.

If his two sons and Fu Shaoping and his brother were targeted by Guo Minglei, he would really have nowhere to cry.

However, Fu Qingyu was completely focused on the children and never imagined that after Guo Minglei came to Dayan this time, the person he wanted to kill most was not the Fu royal family.

Who would have thought that when Guo Minglei returned to Da Shang, all he was thinking about was how to get rid of a fifth-rank official of the Dayan Dynasty.

In the end, he even spent a huge amount of money to hire assassins to assassinate Xu Yunfan several times, which completely angered Xu Yunfan.

Xu Yunfan, who didn't know that he would be carried on the shoulders of a prince soon, was still looking at the palace delicacies in front of him with great interest.

"Why hasn't the emperor come yet? The food is getting cold." After all, Xu Yunfan was a young prince from a noble family. The exquisite sweet dishes and dozens of tempting delicacies on the table did not make him exclaim in surprise. However, among the food on the table, only a few were heated by a small charcoal stove. In this weather, even if there was a warm charcoal basin placed indoors, the dishes would soon get cold.

Qin Qian turned his head and asked with a smile, "Why, are you hungry?"

"No, it's been a quarter of an hour since we sat down." Xu Yunfan knew that at this kind of banquet, eating was secondary. Many things were put out to show one's status and attitude. They invited you to attend the banquet, not just to eat.

A quarter of an hour has passed, and not only has the emperor not arrived, but the envoys from the other two countries have not arrived either. What a big deal.

Xu Yunfan said that there are really not many people who can make him wait for so long.

Just as Qin Qian said that they would be there soon, envoys from the two countries came in one after another.

When Guo Minglei and others entered the venue, a eunuch sang a few words, which served as an introduction to everyone present.

Xu Yunfan looked at the leader of the Shang Dynasty envoys with great interest.

This man is tall and strong, about 1.8 meters, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. His facial features are three-dimensional, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a high nose. He looks pretty good.

It's a pity that under such a good appearance lies an arrogant and rude character.

Xu Yunfan discovered that some officials' families, who were originally whispering to each other, were now as quiet as a chicken. Some young girls even blushed when they saw Guo Minglei, who was dressed in luxurious clothes and whose appearance was just okay in Xu Yunfan's opinion.

Some young girls like Guo Minglei's arrogant look, and blindly believe that this is the arrogant spirit of a superior.

There's a huge difference between being arrogant and looking down on others.

Originally, a banquet was held today to receive envoys from the two countries, and the families of officials were not qualified to enter the palace.

Unfortunately, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, one of the days when the Great Yan Dynasty should have a reunion dinner, so Fu Qingyu made an exception and allowed his family to come.

After the envoys from the two countries came in, Fu Qingyu still had not arrived.

However, the scene was completely different from just now.

Led by the maids, Demonno and Guo Minglei's gangs quickly took their seats in the seats arranged for them.

Guo Minglei took a look around and indeed found among the crowd the person that his personal guard Lei Yi had described as "Mr. Xu, who has a handsome appearance and looks like an immortal."

After two days in Beijing, Guo Minglei learned everything about the Dayan Dynasty from the right prime minister.

Not only did Xu Yunfan sell salt to avoid being beheaded, he also made sugar, candles, bamboo paper, hemp paper and other things. Not only did he not sell these things at high prices, but he sold them at prices that ordinary people could afford, and was deeply loved by the people.

That’s not all, he also made red wine that only the people of Da Qi could brew and the everlasting flower that was used by the Emperor of Da Qi.

When the Right Prime Minister talked about the red wine, he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and kept saying how Xu Yunfan was arrogant and didn't take him seriously. He had such good red wine, but he gave it to the Grand Tutor, the Left Prime Minister, King Xiao, Grand Tutor Fang, King Xu and other people who were on equal footing with him, but he also gave it to Lord Lin, Lord Qi, Lord Meng and Lord Shen. He gave gifts to so many people, but didn't give him a jar. Isn't this a naked act of disregarding him?

The Right Prime Minister only blamed Xu Yunfan for not taking him seriously, but forgot how he targeted and suppressed people.

While listening to the Right Prime Minister's chatter, Guo Minglei thought that Xu Yunfan knew so much and was obviously a talent.

I heard that a food city could make him a fortune. If he could use such a money-spitting beast...

The more Guo Minglei thought about it, the more excited he became, so he asked someone to send a letter to Xu Yunfan and also went to the Food City that day.

Xu Yunfan remembered how shameless Guo Minglei was in the letter, saying that as long as he followed Guo Minglei, he would have many benefits and endless wealth and glory.

Admittedly, Xu Yunfan has never worked in the workplace, but that doesn’t mean he is a fool.

Bosses love to paint a rosy picture and make their employees work themselves to death. Guo Minglei talked so beautifully, but he couldn't even pay a visit to his boss's cottage. He has no sincerity at all.

If he really went, he would be a real fool.

Guo Minglei stared at Xu Yunfan dimly. He was angry that Xu Yunfan was so tactless that he didn't even reply to a letter.

"Third Prince, before the Great Yan Emperor arrives, let's go greet the Second Princess of Dongwu and leave a lasting impression."

This was just a normal act of etiquette, and Ren Dayan's people could not find any fault with it no matter what.

"Okay." Guo Minglei and the envoys beside him went towards Demonno.

The two people chatted for a few sentences. The attitudes of Demonno and the Dongwu envoy were neither cold nor warm. They were polite but not close enough, which was enough to show that they were strangers to each other.

Seeing Demonno's cold and indifferent look, Guo Minglei gritted his teeth and felt that Demonno was shameless.

He sat back in his seat secretly unhappy. On the other side, the person who was cold and looked like aloof flower just now walked straight to where Qin Qian and the others were with a smile as warm as the sun.