"Don't celebrate just yet. Let me make this clear first!"
"If you four want to study under me, then you must work in the estate just like Chengqian, Chumo, and the others!"
Upon hearing Qing Mo's words, Li Tai, Li Ke, and the other two quickly thought it over, then nodded vigorously!
"Teacher! What sort of work did you mean just now?" Li Tai asked Qing Mo curiously, his eyes still brimming with delight.
"It's nothing much!"
"Just ordinary things like plowing the fields, helping build workshops, and raising livestock such as pigs, chickens, and ducks!"
Hearing Qing Mo's words, Li Tai and the other three froze, faint reluctance surfacing on their faces!
After all, they had been princes and nobles since childhood, born into fine clothes and lavish food, standing near the very peak of the Tang Dynasty's pyramid!
Plowing fields and building workshops were things only farmers and craftsmen would do!
Not to mention raising pigs, chickens, and ducks!
In Li Tai and the others' eyes, people who did such things had one collective name: servants!
"T-Teacher...!"
"If you're unwilling, you can leave now! Don't worry, I won't go tattling to your parents and elders!"
At Qing Mo's words, Li Tai, Li Ke, Cheng Chuliang, and Fang Yizhi's expressions shifted repeatedly!
They had never expected that the Imperial Preceptor, an immortal, would have them do the sort of work reserved for servants!
"Teacher, I'm willing to stay! So that I can study under you, I'm willing to work and endure hardship!"
Li Ke's gaze suddenly turned firm, his face filled with solemn determination!
Seeing this, Li Tai hesitated slightly. Thinking of the novel knowledge he could learn, he immediately clenched his fists!
"Teacher, I'll stay too! It's just work—I can do it!"
"Oh, right! Teacher, may this student