"Kong Yansheng pays his respects to the Top Scorer." The South Kong Family Head, Kong Yansheng, is over seventy years old, yet he appears extremely humble in front of Xu Qing.
In fact, it's more than just humility.
Kong Yansheng wishes he could hold onto Xu Qing's leg and call him foster father.
One could say, Xu Liushou's immense benefaction to the South Kong Family is akin to being their reborn parents.
The reason being, the South Kong had lost their title as Duke of Yansheng for over two hundred years, during which they never received any title, until the previous emperor awarded them a hereditary position as Five Classics Doctor at the Hanlin Academy, a mere eighth-rank official.
Yet, despite this, the South Kong Family is deeply grateful to the previous emperor.
Since his passing, they have commemorated him year after year.
