Fu Qiyuan said slowly and deliberately, "Huai'er's mother has already opened a cake shop in the capital and built several city-state logistics offices and dispatch points. A branch in the capital is also in the planning stage. We must go to the capital. However, Huai'er is still young and cannot be separated from his mother for the time being. We cannot go to the capital to thank the emperor for his grace. I must stay in Yuzhou to settle the mother and son before I can return to the capital to take up my post."
In short, the father and son simply didn't want to leave that girl!
What's the point of kowtowing to express gratitude to the emperor, or returning to the capital to take up a post? Compared to that girl, they're not even worth a damn!
"Stop being so fussy!" Duke Rong glared at Fu Qiyuan. "You are now a close advisor to the Emperor, no longer a minor local official. Be mindful of your status! Besides, I am not like Li Yang, I am not so easy to talk to, and I am too lazy to indulge that girl! Let me be frank with you, Huai'er is the heir apparent, and her every word and action represents the face of the imperial family. She must have a suitable person by her side to guide her!"
Fu Qiyuan smiled gently and warmly.
"Your Excellency, between me and the Grand Tutor, who do you think has greater prestige? The Grand Tutor left without a word back then, and he has been gone for twenty years. To this day, no one in the court or the public dares to say a word against him!"
"If we're talking about teaching, my son Shan'er, Sanlang, and I were all taught by my mother. Although I am neither good at literature nor martial arts, I am still the top scholar appointed by the Emperor. Sanlang inherited the Grand Tutor's talent, and Shan'er's intelligence and wit are in no way inferior to my mother's. Does the Duke think that any of us can't teach Huai'er, a two-year-old child, well?"
"Oh, I forgot to mention, Shan'er is my mother's biological daughter, and the Grand Tutor's granddaughter."
Duke Rong: ...
That really hit me hard!
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