"What’s the matter? Have I become a foreign guest now?"
"Lady Meili, as the mother of the Duke, you are naturally not a foreign guest," Fu Chao appeared to be in his thirties, with the typical features of the Fu Family lineage, giving off an impression of a perpetual smirk that wasn’t quite a smile, yet his attitude was good, and his demeanor so impeccable that one could find no fault.
The reason he personally stepped in to stop her was mainly that he was a Fu, and his position was neither high nor low, with nothing to lose.
"It is only proper for me to receive you since you have honored us with your presence."
Lady Meili looked at Fu Chao coldly, "What if I insisted on going in?"
"You are of course welcome to enter, but the Duke is not in the Administrative Palace, I would need to inform his lordship."
"You..." Lady Meili was furious, but she forcibly held it in and, with a flick of her hand, said, "Let’s go."
After speaking, she left without looking back, taking her people with her.
Fu Chao smiled as he watched the guests leave, while his confidant, puzzled, asked, "Sir, why did Lady Meili suddenly come back from Tourism Star? She seems in a hurry."
Fu Chao scoffed disdainfully, "Of course she’s anxious. She has suddenly realized that the Duchess is not as useless as she had imagined and naturally couldn’t sit still. Before, the Lady hadn’t tried to seize power, and she hadn’t returned, and the Elders also didn’t trust the Lady’s abilities, but now it’s different."
His confidant understood, "You mean the Fu Family Elders will no longer support Lady Meili?"
"But Lady Meili has always had close ties and good relations with the Elders..."
"You’re only talking about some stubborn faction!"
"By not giving face to Lady Meili today and stopping her at the entrance of the Administrative Palace, could we have offended her too harshly?"
Fu Chao looked at his subordinate as if he were looking at an idiot, "Do you want to be a fence-sitter? Or do you actually support Lady Meili?"
The confidant’s face turned pale with fright, "Of course not, I don’t." He just felt that, after all, Lady Meili was the Duke’s biological mother, and it was difficult for them being caught in the middle. Offending Lady Meili too severely could anger the Duke.
"Idiot, I hope you won’t make the same foolish mistakes as the military," Fu Chao said. Feeling it wasn’t enough, he unapologetically cursed, "A bunch of idiots, just wait! The Duke will straighten them out one day, the arrogant fools."
They should have transferred the other half of the military power ten years ago, but they’ve been dragging their feet until now, really thinking the Duke would let them off the hook!
Military power of the Lady Fu was not so easily meddled with.
Lady Meili was feeling the pressure now.
No, he had to report this to the Duke.
"Mm! I’ve got it, alright, oh, and I remember Horace has a sister, have her transferred to Capital Star, and let her go directly to the butler; he will arrange the specifics." Fu Xing was on the balcony making a call when suddenly someone hugged him from behind.
Turning his head with resignation, he said, "Stop messing around, I’m busy!"
Particularly as he was on a video call, Fu Xing felt uncomfortable at the thought of other men seeing his wife just after she got out of bed.
Lin Fu tiptoed and poked her head to notice, then greeted the person on screen with ease.
Fu Chao was beside himself with excitement, "Greetings, Lady."
Fu Xing found it too late to hide his little wife and took the initiative to introduce her, "Since you’re here, let’s get acquainted. Ah Foo, this is Fu Chao from the Immolus Star System, the Chief of the Etiquette and Cultural Bureau, and also my cousin. Cousin, this is Lin Fu, my wife."
Hearing Fu Xing introduce her to someone as ’my wife,’ Lin Fu couldn’t help but feel moved.
Fu Xing was just too endearing.