Actually, this was a veiled threat: taking care of Gu Wanfang was one, and using him as a bargaining chip was the other.
If Gu Changbai wanted Gu Wanfang to pursue an official career, he must agree not to come to the Capital to find him before Gu Wanfang passed the Advanced Scholar exam.
He could not support Gu Changbai's whole family; keeping Gu Wanfang was only because of his decent aptitude and temperament.
For someone like Gu Changbai, Gu Chengyu had been tolerant enough, sending him off to the Yingnan Mansion to settle things once and for all.
After sending Gu Changbai and the others back to Yingnan Mansion, Gu Chengyu finally had a few peaceful days.
Ye Zhiqiu's spicy hotpot shop had opened, and Gu Chengyu brought some colleagues he knew to support it twice.
On this day, at the Taihe Palace, as usual, the morning court meeting was in session.
