Gu Sanbu was just about to have someone knock on the door when he heard Gu Dashi's curses from inside the room.
"Don't think you can act so smug just because you gave birth to Old Seventh, the Champion Scholar. I'm still his biological father! Whatever his father asks him to do, he has to agree.
"So what if I accepted gifts? That was me giving those people face.
"My son is so young, yet he's already a fourth-rank official. His future is limitless!
"If these people don't curry favor now, who will remember them when Old Seventh takes a high position later?
"What's the big deal if I ask Old Seventh to do a few things? Those people are my friends and brothers. Old Seventh can help them out with a lift of a finger. It's not like I'm asking him to commit murder or arson!
"You stinking shrew! Do you feel like you lost out because they sent the gifts to me instead of you?
"Let me tell you, as long as I am the head of this household, it's not your place to step up!
