Li Yuanzhao... was originally born among the local gentry in Jiangnan. From the time he landed, he was destined to have no worries about food and clothing and life without worries...
But Li Yuanzhao's childhood was not happy...
Because his rights... were limited to food and clothing... but his status was not much higher than that of the servants in his family.
Often, you have to endure the wanton beatings and insults from others, but you cannot resist and can only bear it silently by yourself.
As for books, private schools, and gentlemen, these fields that are equivalent to "luxury goods" for ordinary gentry, he got almost zero...
And all this is just because...
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"Do you know? The Seventh Miss Purple Golden Gate whom she married in turned out to be 'Wuhai'!!"
"No sea? What is no sea??"
"Tsk, Wu Hai doesn't know? It means a person born without Qi Hai! Not only does she have no chance to practice martial arts in this life! Even the children born will be Wu Hai!"
"Ah? Then isn't she just like a useless person in the Zijin Gate? No wonder she married into our family as a concubine..."
"Shh! Sigh your voice..."
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After accidentally hearing the chatting of several servants, Li Yuanzhao's dream of martial arts was shattered... That year, he was only seven years old...
But he did not sink into this, nor did he bow to fate, but resolutely embarked on another road...
Fame and fame...the road to official career...
If he couldn't go to the private school, he would lie down under the alley where his sons were attending class and eavesdrop.
If he couldn't afford a book, he would act as a book boy for his legitimate sons, while grinding ink, he stood beside them and peeked.
Without pen, ink, paper and inkstone, he took the initiative to complete the homework assigned by his husband for these legitimate sons...
Day after day, year after year.
Although God did not give him the talent to practice martial arts, he gave him a perseverance and an extremely intelligent mind.
I want to become stronger!! Be stronger than anyone else!! I want everyone to never dare to bully me and my mother again!!
This oath buried deep in his heart is the only motivation to urge him to grow up quickly and study hard!
From the provincial examination once every three years, the Jie Yuan exam, to the imperial examination once every three years, the Hui Yuan exam, and finally, he was named the top scorer by Emperor Jiawei in the palace examination!
Li Yuanzhao, relying on his talent, diligence, intelligence and hard work, became the fifteenth talent who won three consecutive years since the imperial examinations!
Title on the Golden List! Returning home in glory!
Red silk horse! The ceremonial guard opens the way!
The well-known elders in the family came out to greet them in person. The Li family produced a genius who won three yuan in a row, which was well-known to everyone. Even the servants in the family treated them with their mother and son and the other four, as if everything was developing as Li Yuanzhao had imagined...
But...it's just like...
Once successful, I have a lot of friends and guests, but I haven't served for three years, and I have spoken coldly...
Li Yuanzhao, who won three yuan in a row, finally got only one Hanlin editor... and was appointed as an official, from the sixth rank...
This is not because the court does not attach enough importance to him, but on the contrary, Li Yuanzhao is already much luckier than most students to be able to sit in the official position within two years...
Because in ancient times, even if you were the top high school, you had to queue up if you wanted to be an official...
After all, there are only a few hundred official positions in the court, and there are more than 300 Jinshi admitted to each time...
Let’s wait… When will you wait until your official position is retired and you will be in his position? Or your life is over, you will be able to take up his position…
As for before this, you can only compare with him, who will have a longer life...
If you have a little back and meet an "old birthday boy" with extremely strong bones and big earlobes drooping over your shoulders, you will take office!
Then just cry, at least ten years to start...
Although Li Yuanzhao was extremely excited when he received the imperial commission, the tribesmen who learned that he had only been a sixth-rank official were a little cold towards him. After all, in their opinion, if no one paid to manage positions like Hanlin editors, they would be like this in their life.
Li Yuanzhao obviously couldn't pay for it himself, so who would pay for this money?
"Whoever wants to pay, I won't pay anyway."
Soon, most of the tribesmen reached this consensus, and naturally there were also a large number of legitimate sons who were jealous of his achievements.
So Li Yuanzhao went to Beijing to work in poverty...
What he is mainly responsible for is recording the emperor's food, clothing, sleeping and conduct...
Although this work is boring and the colleagues here are basically all stinky and corrupt scholars of seventy and eighty years old, Li Yuanzhao was still very diligent and took the initiative to get closer to these seniors. He made a cup of tea and the one who beat the shoulders from time to time. He soon gained a firm foothold in the Hanlin Academy and was deeply loved by several seniors.
And these seniors naturally began to repay their favors, giving all the opportunities to make their mark to this excellent young man, and one senior even wanted to betroth his granddaughter to him...
It was at this time that Li Yuanzhao met his lifelong love, Wan Ningshuang...
But the beginning of the story is not as romantic as imagined.
Li Yuanzhao agreed only because he could not resist Mr. Wan blindly matched him, but in the end he was very kind and reluctantly agreed.
So, three books and six pilgrims, ten miles of Hongzhuang, married the bride home in a confused manner...
During this period, he didn't even know what his wife looked like.
It was not until the moment he picked up the bride's veil, Li Yuanzhao widened his eyes and was convinced that Mr. Wan did not exaggerate... His granddaughter was really the appearance of a beautiful country and a geese...
Her beauty even made Li Yuanzhao, a young and promising top scholar, feel a little ashamed of herself, and feels that she is not worthy of her...
But Wan Ningshuang obviously didn't think so
This was fully reflected from the moment she entered the door...
At that time, Li Yuanzhao was only nineteen years old. From the sixth rank, he had only a single door-opening house, three tiled houses, a circle of walls, green bricks and green tiles, and a desolate wall. The only furniture and decorations in his family that he could see were brought in when the woman was dowrying. As for the servants and maids, he couldn't even think about it. With his meager salary, he was afraid that it would be difficult to support a few more children...
But even so, Wan Ningshuang never complained at all. She went out to buy groceries and cook during the day, and helped him sew official clothes at home at night. She worked hard and was willing to enjoy it. Even her originally delicate and fair hands gradually grinded out of coarse calluses...
"Why do you... why do you marry me... My incompetence... I have caused you to suffer such an old sin in vain..."
"I am willing to... beat the man who saw a man wearing red flowers and riding a high-headed horse that day, and I have made up my mind that if he is not a man in this life, he will not marry him. He is definitely not an incompetent person. In my heart, he will always be the top scholar in the world..."
That night... Li Yuanzhao cried like a child...
Those years... were also the happiest time in Li Yuanzhao's life...