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

Qin Yunhe had more free time to copy books, so he did not set out with Chen Er and others the next day.

When Qin's mother got up early in the morning, she was happy at the thought of visiting her son's parents. She not only made the two-grain porridge that Qin Yunhe had been thinking about, but also made him an egg custard.

Qin Yunhe didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Forget it, let mother be happy for two days.

She won’t be so happy when she is rejected, and I will have a chance to persuade her again.

After breakfast, Qin Yunhe walked on the way to Lijiaping, recalling the content and feeling of memorizing last night.

In the past, I always found the words, philosophy and phrases of the saints boring even though I understood their meaning. But now, when I read them, I not only see their insightfulness, originality and thought-provokingness, but also find them interesting and even enjoyable, which makes me feel fulfilled.

Qin Yunhe silently recited what he had memorized last night along the way, and he actually remembered almost everything. This was completely different from the last-minute cramming he had done in the past to cope with the teacher.

It turns out that only when you really put your heart into it can you see the fun in it; only when you see the fun in it can you fully understand its deep meaning; only when you fully understand its deep meaning can you remember it deeply.

Qin Yunhe was in a very good mood, his steps became brisker, and he soon arrived at Lijiaping.

Chen Er and the others had been working for half a day, and when they saw Qin Yunhe coming, they all greeted him. Qin Yunhe also nodded and greeted him, and then entered the Li family.

The Li family servant still led him to the small study in the outer courtyard.

The charcoal basin was prepared early, and the study was small, so it was warm as soon as you entered. Qin Yunhe did not delay any longer and immediately sat down at the desk and began to copy.

Around noon, a servant came in to add more charcoal, and someone brought food: a few Hu cakes, a plate of spinach and a bowl of meatball soup.

After lunch and a short rest, Qin Yunhe started copying again.

Qin Yunhe copied until the afternoon, and he stopped just as he finished a paragraph. After copying for so long, Qin Yunhe's shoulders, back, and wrists were a little stiff.

He sat in his seat and stretched his wrists, shoulders and neck a few times, then stood up and prepared to walk around and stretch his legs.

Suddenly, a small round head popped out from behind the ground mask, and then quickly shrank back.

Before Qin Yunhe could react, the little head popped out again, looked at him, then shrank back with a giggle.

Qin Yunhe: ...

Then a child ran behind the other side of the ground cover, looked at Qin Yunhe through the ground cover, and asked curiously: "Who are you?"

The child looked about three or four years old, with two little pigtails tied with red hairbands, looking very cute.

Qin Yunhe guessed that this should be the young master of the Li family.

"As for me, I am a copyist."

"A copyist?"

The little kid was full of curiosity, and he ran over to the desk. Unfortunately, he was not as tall as the desk, so he couldn't see up at all. He had to stand on tiptoe and look up.

Qin Yunhe hesitated for a moment, then reached under the little boy's armpits and gently lifted him up.

The little kid looked curiously at the stack of papers that had just been copied on the desk, then looked at the brush placed aside, and suddenly reached out to grab the brush.

Qin Yunhe was startled and quickly carried the baby away: "Hey - don't move."

The little baby became unhappy, making dissatisfied sounds and kicking his short legs as he slid down.

Qin Yunhe had no choice but to let him go.

"Master Yu——"

There were shouts coming from outside. The little kid heard it, turned around in the house twice and hid behind the ground cover.

A maid ran in and easily found the baby.

The maid smiled apologetically at Qin Yunhe, picked up the baby and walked out of the house: "Master Yu, please don't run around, it will be difficult for me to find you."

After this little episode, Qin Yunhe had almost rested enough and sat down at his desk again.

He picked up the content he had copied and flipped through it. One reason was to check if there were any mistakes or omissions, and the other was to recite it silently to deepen his memory.

After work in the evening, Qin Yunhe went home with the villagers.

Qin Yunhe didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the villagers' attitude seemed to have changed a lot. They no longer teased him like they did in the past few days, and they even showed him more respect.

Such a change made Qin Yunhe a little confused, but he didn't delve into it further.

"Mom, I'm back."

After entering the house, Qin Yunhe shouted as he walked towards the main room.

"Oh." Qin's mother was sitting on a small stool setting the table. She must have estimated that her son would be home soon, so she served the food in advance.

Qin Yunhe sat on a small stool at the side: "Oh, there is also two-grain porridge in the evening."

Mother Qin was in a bad mood, and Qin Yunhe guessed that she had been rejected.

Qin Yunhe stole a glance at his mother, took a sip of porridge, and asked knowingly, "Mother, have you asked? What did Dongyue say?"

His mother glared at her son unhappily before saying, "Mother Dongyue said that the last marriage proposal had just been cancelled and she didn't want to discuss marriage so soon."

"I wanted to settle down first and not rush into marriage, but she actually said that someone else had calculated for her daughter and said that her daughter had to marry far away, at least to another village."

Qin Yunhe buried his head and smiled secretly. If he didn't want to succeed, it wouldn't be easy to find an excuse.

Mother Qin was not stupid, so she knew it was an excuse: "Who do you think you are stupid? If you don't want to, just say you don't want to. So many excuses! If she hadn't been nagging about wanting to give her daughter to you, who would have thought of marrying her?"

Qin's mother was not very angry at first, but she became more and more angry as she talked about it with her son.

Qin Yunhe quickly tried to comfort her: "Okay, Mom, don't be angry. It's understandable that they don't want to do it. Whether it succeeds or not, it's not worth getting angry about it."

"What do you mean by reasonable? I think she is just looking down on people! She just wants to see your father die, huh!"

In fact, Qin's mother also thought of it at this moment. Of course, it was not only because Qin Yunhe's father was gone, but also because Qin Yunhe's scholar was gone. But she didn't want to mention it, fearing that her son would be unhappy.

"She's not the only girl in the world. Dongyue is almost twenty years old, who cares about her? I'll tell you a better one tomorrow..."

Qin Yunhe interrupted his mother and said, "Mom, stop looking! Can you please stop looking?"

Qin Yunhe said seriously, "Mom, I'll say it again, I just want to live with Yuru."

"When Yuru married me, my father was gone, and so was my talent. You always blame the Fan family for wanting to break off the marriage, but have you ever thought about Yuru? She never wanted to break off the marriage."

Maybe Qin Yunhe's tone was too serious, or maybe today's incident gave Qin's mother a clearer understanding of her son's market situation. In short, Qin's mother did not interrupt her son.

"Mom, you only remember that I insisted on marrying her, but you forgot that Yuru was also determined to marry me. She is such a docile person, and that was the first time she challenged her father."

How could Qin's mother not know about these things? She was just angry that the Fan family wanted to break off the engagement with her son.

That little bit of anger, coupled with the trivialities of life, added to the growing dissatisfaction in his heart, and he became more picky about his daughter-in-law Yu Ru.

Although Qin's mother understood in her heart, she was still struggling, but her tone was no longer confident.

"You look unlucky. Ever since you two got engaged, you've lost your title of scholar. Your father didn't have any either, and you haven't had any luck in taking the exams to become a scholar these years..."

Qin Yunhe couldn't listen any longer and interrupted his mother: "Mom, what does the success of the exam have to do with Yuru? Do you really want me to say it myself that it was my own fault for not working hard enough?"

Qin's mother, who had no confidence to complain, glared at her son when she heard him say that.

"Besides," Qin Yunhe knew that his mother had actually been persuaded by him, so he changed his expression and approached his mother with a guilty look and said, "Do you know why Yuru and I are getting divorced?"

"How would I know? You guys got divorced without saying anything. If Fan Zheng hadn't come to ask for the dowry, I wouldn't have known about it!"

I get angry when I talk about this.

The two children were usually very close to each other, but suddenly the Fan family came to their house and took away their dowry.

The pair of fish basins that had been placed in Qin's mother's room were her favorites. However, the Fan family simply poured the fish into a foot basin and took the fish basins away, causing the death of several fish.

Qin's mother was so angry that she yelled and cursed for several days.

The already conflicting relationship between the two families became even worse, and all the hidden dissatisfactions of the past were brought to the surface.

So when Qin's mother heard that her son wanted to bring his daughter-in-law back, she was extremely unhappy.

Qin Yunhe said somewhat embarrassedly: "Yuru always advised me to study hard and concentrate on the imperial examination. I was in a bad mood that day, and when I heard her nagging about this matter again, I took the opportunity to get angry and said that she despised me and if she didn't want to live with me, then we should get divorced. Who knew that Yuru was not happy that day either, and actually... agreed..."

The two quarreled and divorced, of course, not just because of such a small matter. However, this was the most appropriate reason.

Mother Qin obviously didn't expect that the two of them were actually because of this, so she asked hesitantly: "Really?"

Qin Yunhe said with a guilty conscience: "Well..."

After hearing this, Qin's mother raised her hand and slapped her son several times in frustration: "You little bastard! Little bastard!"