Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

There were three brothers in the previous generation of the Qin family. Qin Yunhe's father was the third oldest and was more than ten years younger than his two older brothers.

When Qin's father was five years old, his parents died. After that, his two older brothers raised him together.

His older brothers taught him to read and supported him in taking the imperial examinations. When he grew up, his two older brothers arranged a marriage for him and prepared the betrothal gifts.

At first, the three brothers had not passed the imperial examination, and were neither exempt from corvée nor from taxes. The eldest and second oldest were still children. Although they had a few acres of land, they still lived a tight life.

Later, Qin Yunhe's second uncle suggested that his eldest brother study at home and take the exam for a scholar, while he himself joined the army. One reason was that his second uncle had the ambition to serve his country since he was a child, and the other was that joining the army in this dynasty could exempt the whole family from corvée and taxes.

Later, Qin Yunhe's second uncle became a small flag officer, but he injured his leg in a battle and had to return home.

Due to his leg injury and many old injuries, my second uncle was in poor health and had not married until he was 40. He then mentioned to his brothers that he wanted to adopt a child.

At that time, the youngest of my great uncle's three sons was already fourteen years old, so they discussed adopting a child from Qin's father.

At that time, Qin Yunhe was only four years old and his brother was nine years old.

Qin's mother was reluctant to give up either of them, but Qin's father insisted on adopting one: his two elder brothers had raised him, how could he bear to let his second brother be childless?

Qin Si is the eldest son and is already nine years old, so the couple discussed and decided to adopt the four-year-old Qin Yunhe.

Unexpectedly, after Qin Yunhe learned that he was going to be given to his second uncle, he burst into tears and rolled on the ground, shouting that his parents didn't want him anymore.

Normally, children would get tired after crying for a while, but Qin Yunhe cried for more than an hour. In the end, his voice became hoarse, his whole body was twitching, and he developed a high fever at night.

Two days later, the high fever subsided slightly, but Qin Yunhe started to refuse to eat or drink and started crying non-stop.

Qin's mother doted on her youngest son. Seeing Qin Yunhe suffer so much and losing so much weight in just a few days, she shed tears silently out of heartache.

When the second uncle found out about this, he felt very sorry and said that the matter should be dropped, but Qin's father refused.

In the end, the couple had no choice but to ask their eldest son Qin Si if he was willing.

At that time, Qin Si was nine years old and very sensible. He knew his parents were in trouble and felt sorry for his younger brother, so he nodded. From then on, Qin Yunhe's older brother became the fourth brother.

When talking about this later, my fourth sister-in-law joked that "the crying child gets candy."

After my second uncle retired from the army, he lived a rich life, and he had plenty to eat and drink. But he was in poor health, and without a woman to take care of him, he lived a very rough life.

Qin Si has always been diligent and sensible. Originally, his second uncle wanted to adopt him and raise him well, but after the adoption, it turned out that Qin Si took care of him more.

Several elders saw this and praised him for being hardworking, sensible, having a good personality and not causing them any worries. They all liked Qin Si very much.

The second uncle was even more grateful to his younger brother for giving him such a good child.

Only Qin's mother felt very distressed about this.

Even though her eldest son had never complained, Qin's mother still felt that she owed him, and also felt that she owed her eldest daughter-in-law, Lianhua.

In addition, Lianhua was diligent and efficient, with a straightforward personality, so Qin's mother loved and cared for Lianhua very much. She was also more willing to listen to what Lianhua said.

Later, after Qin's father and the second uncle of the Qin family passed away, Lianhua started calling Qin's mother "mother" and even called Qin Si as well. Qin's mother's original guilty heart was soothed, and she was more and more satisfied with Lianhua.

Although Qin Si is no longer her son according to the household registration, family tree, and tablet, it is a great comfort to Qin's mother to hear her son call her mother again.

In fact, Qin's mother did not ignore Qin Yunhe just because she loved her eldest son. After all, he was the youngest.

But Qin Yunhe felt that his mother would quickly ask his fourth brother to do whatever he said, and was satisfied with everything about his fourth brother and his wife, but was picky about Yuru, and occasionally complained that his mother was partial to his brother and his wife.

Sometimes I wonder, if I had been adopted out at that time, would my mother have been more receptive to what I said, and would it have saved me a lot of trouble?

However, maybe what Fourth Sister-in-law said was right. Even if I was the one adopted out, my life might not have been good.

He always thought that after his last life, he had completely realized it. In those last days of loneliness, regret and hesitation, he thought so much and understood so much.

But it turned out that he still hadn't figured anything out.

In this life, he only wanted to find Yuru and live a good life. He also wanted to run his business well and not waste any more time.

But it turned out that he still had so much to do and change.

I thought I was thoughtful and prudent in this life, but whenever I see my brother and sister-in-law or my mother, I always try to cheat and make trouble, trying to save trouble.

Qin Yunhe pondered over his fourth sister-in-law's words and entered the house.

Mother Qin was waiting for him: "What does your fourth brother want to see you about?"

"Oh, Fourth Brother wrote a poem and asked me to come over and take a look at it."

Mother Qin muttered, "What kind of poetry are you discussing so late at night?" and went back to her room.

Back in his room, Qin Yunhe sat quietly at the desk, continuing to ponder his fourth sister-in-law's words.

"How can I make my mother willing to take Yuru back? How can I make my mother willing to take Yuru back?"

After thinking for a long time, Qin Yunhe made up his mind: "It's no use just trying to avoid trouble. I'll just go for it."

Qin Yunhe thought about it and got up to open the door. He walked to his mother's window and said, "Mom, are you asleep?"

"You're still awake, what's wrong?"

"I've thought about it. You can go to Dongyue's house and ask tomorrow."

She will not give up unless she hits a wall. In this case, let her try.

The worst that could happen would be that his uncle Fan Zheng would scold him again - he was not afraid of that, he was only afraid that Yu Ru would be sad.

Oh, I'll coax her properly when the time comes.

He knew the questions for this year's exam, and as long as he prepared carefully, he should have no problem passing the exam. If he waited until after the exam like in his previous life, the result would be uncertain.

When Qin's mother heard her son's agreement, she jumped up and her voice became a little more excited: "Okay! I'll go tell you tomorrow! It will definitely work."

After dealing with this matter, Qin Yunhe turned back to the house without any further delay. It was time to get down to business.

If I don’t write down what I copied this afternoon, I’m afraid I’ll forget it completely.

Although it was only one afternoon, Qin Yunhe copied a lot. He couldn't remember everything, but he made special notes of some of the more insightful and important contents, so it should be no problem to remember the general idea.

Because I had to stop and recall while writing, my speed was not very fast, and it was almost midnight when I finished recording.

Qin Yunhe stood up, stretched his body, walked around the room for a few laps, relaxed for a while, and then picked up the book of sages again.

In the past, what Qin Yunhe was most impatient about was memorizing things.

In his opinion, poetry and prose are the representatives of a person's talent, while calligraphy is inferior. And calligraphy, which is a pure test of rote memorization, is not in his eyes - in fact, he is too lazy to spend time memorizing it.

His teacher had scolded him for this many times, but he was always content with his small talent in writing poetry and disdained to put effort into memorizing it.

It was not until later, after years of wasted time, that he finally understood that when it comes to the imperial examinations, no effort is wasted and no effort can be saved.

Without a solid foundation, the little talent he thought he had and his tricks were shattered at one blow and were ridiculous.

The small courtyard was as quiet as water in the night. Inside the house, there were only the sounds of low recitation, and the occasional sound of turning pages and the rubbing of clothes.

Qin Yunhe was so immersed in it that he forgot about time.

Until I heard three clapper sounds from outside, followed by the distant shout of the night watchman: "It's the third watch of the night, everything is fine—"

Qin Yunhe suddenly realized that it was already three o'clock in the morning.

Endorsement is so interesting.