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

Seeing the county town gate, Qin Yunhe was filled with mixed emotions.

Finally back.

Despite the long journey, he still wanted to see his teacher first.

I've been gone for nearly half a year, so I should go and give an explanation to my husband first.

especially……

Qin Yunhe always felt a little guilty about giving the ink away.

Tuk-tuk-tuk——

After tidying up his appearance and knocking on the door, Qin Yunhe stood in front of the door anxiously waiting for it to open.

"coming--"

Bisong's voice came from inside, and the door creaked open.

"Mr. Qin!" Bisong was pleasantly surprised: "You are back! Come in quickly."

"Brother Bisong, long time no see, how are you and the teacher?"

"Well, what's wrong with us being at home? But you were away, and my husband and I were worried about you. The other day, my husband was still talking about how long it would take for you to come back."

Qin Yunhe naturally knew that his teacher was worried about him, so he quickened his pace.

"Sir, Mr. Qin is back!" Bisong shouted before he even reached the door.

Qin Yunhe heard the sound of a chair being moved inside the room, followed by hurried footsteps, and the teacher arrived at the door.

As soon as he saw the gentleman, Qin Yunhe's heart was filled with longing, guilt and uneasiness. He put down the gift in his hand, lifted his clothes and kowtowed.

"My disciple Qin Wen greets you, Master. I have been away from home for a long time and have not been able to visit you. I wonder how you are doing?"

"The teacher is always nice. Hurry up and come into the house to talk."

Mr. Gu reached out and pulled him up. Qin Yunhe knelt on the ground and hesitated for a moment before getting up.

"Now that you are back, have you been appointed as an official?"

"Yes, I have been appointed as the magistrate of Xu Ning Mansion."

Mr. Gu nodded with satisfaction: "Xu Ning Mansion is good, it is close to home and your senior brother, so we can take care of each other."

Qin Yunhe was still thinking about sending Mo away, and he hesitated with some guilt, "Sir, I have something to report."

Mr. Gu gestured to him.

"I followed my teacher's order to visit Uncle Wu. I thought it would be a shame to come back empty-handed. I also remembered that my teacher said Uncle Wu had good ink. So I gave Uncle Wu the Hui ink that my teacher had given me..."

Qin Yunhe felt more and more guilty as he spoke: "I am ashamed..."

He stood up and then kneeled down again.

With He Wenshuang's explanation and the excitement he felt after being appointed, and the hurried journey back, he was no longer concerned about sending the ink.

But when I really saw the teacher, I thought about his good intentions and felt extremely guilty that I had used the gift from the teacher to exchange for an official position.

Once I said it, I felt even more ashamed.

Mr. Gu quickly pulled him back and said, "Why are you kneeling again, kid? Sit down."

"It's not your fault. It's not a loss to exchange a piece of ink for a magistrate."

"The student is incompetent..." Qin Yunhe was dejected. If he could do better in the exam, he wouldn't have to exchange ink for his future.

Mr. Gu sighed again, his face complex and dark, "The situation now is different from when I was your teacher. There are too many job vacancies in the court. It's not that you are incompetent. I don't blame you. I should have given you more advice.

It's my fault too. I originally wanted you to give the ink to Brother Wu, but I couldn't let go of my pride. I wanted to help you, but I didn't want to say it out loud. "

Qin Yunhe felt even more guilty when the teacher said this: "It's because I'm stupid that the teacher has to go to such trouble..."

"Who says my students are dull? My students have passed the college entrance examination, provincial examination, metropolitan examination, and palace examination in just a few years. How can they be dull?"

Mr. Gu said with a hint of pride: "Don't think that you got this position just because of that piece of ink.

Brother Wu must have inquired about it. If you are a good-for-nothing, it will be useless even if you give him a piece of ink or a piece of gold.

This is all because of your own hard work. You must have done well when learning to walk, so Brother Wu was willing to help you."

Seeing that the student looked relaxed, Mr. Gu winked at him again and said jokingly, "Don't feel bad about the ink. When there's a chance, I'll give you a better one."

Qin Yunhe finally put his mind at ease and laughed along with his teacher.

Bisong watched the teacher and student laughing happily and joined in the fun: "Mr. Qin, you don't know that the teacher missed you so much during your time in Beijing. Not to mention a piece of ink to get you back as soon as possible, he would be willing to give you all the ink."

"Ah - I still can't bear to give them all to this old man..."

……

The teacher and student chatted for a while, and Qin Yunhe saw that it was getting late, so he stood up and said goodbye.

As soon as he arrived, Mr. Gu saw that he was covered in dust and knew that he must not have gone home yet, so he came here directly.

It was getting late, so he said, "Well, let's go home first and have a good rest. We can talk about teacher and student another day."

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It was almost dusk, and farmers who had been working in the fields were walking home in twos and threes.

The carriage Qin Yunhe was riding in went back along the village road.

Apart from the Li family's carriage which often came to the village, horse-drawn carriages were rarely seen at other times, so people couldn't help but wonder who was coming to the village at this time.

The carriage arrived at the door of the house. Qin Yunhe jumped off the carriage and looked at the door excitedly.

A villager was passing by and recognized him at a glance as Qin Yunhe, who had been away from home for nearly half a year.

"Master Qin! Master Qin, you're back!" The man bowed and kowtowed, very respectfully.

Qin Yunhe was a little uncomfortable, and quickly returned the greeting: "I'm back, uncle."

As Qin Yunhe said this, he asked the coachman to help him take down the gifts he brought for his family and pushed the door open.

"Mom, Yuru, I'm back!"

In fact, after Qin Yunhe was appointed as an official, he wrote a letter to his family, informing them that he would be returning.

However, Fengle Village is remote and the time of correspondence is irregular, so his family has not received any news of his return.

Qin's mother and Yu Ru have been waiting for so long, they miss him but there is nothing they can do, they just hope he can come back before the New Year.

Just as the family was preparing to eat dinner, they suddenly heard Qin Yunhe's voice.

Qin's mother and Yu Ru in the room were both startled. They quickly put down their bowls and chopsticks and ran out to see what was going on.

"Ah Wen!"

They had been apart for too long. Even though Yu Ru was not an impetuous person, she could no longer control herself when she suddenly saw Qin Yun He.

Without caring that her mother-in-law was beside her, Yu Ru ran over and threw herself into Qin Yunhe's arms.

Qin Yunhe also missed Yuru very much and hugged her: "Yuru, are you okay at home? You've worked so hard."

Yu Ru hugged Qin Yun He and didn't care what he asked. Her voice was a little choked with sobs: "Why did you lose weight? Why did you lose so much weight?"

Ruyi reacted slower. She ran to her parents, looked up and saw them hugging each other, then she also hugged them.

Mother Qin didn't expect her son to come back so suddenly, so she was naturally very happy. She walked up to her son and stroked his back, "You're back, you're back. I was really worried that you wouldn't be able to come back for the New Year. Come on, come in first."

Qin Yunhe was still hugging Yuru tightly, but Yuru came to her senses and felt a little embarrassed and gently struggled out of Qin Yunhe's arms.

"Ah Wen, come inside first."

Qin Yunhe let go of Yuru and then remembered that he hadn't seen his mother for half a year. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Mom, I'm back. I'm sorry to have worried you."

Normally, Qin Yunhe would not perform such a great ceremony. Qin's mother quickly pulled her son up and said, "It's good that you're back. It's good that you're back. Let's go inside and talk first."