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

It was a sunny day, although it was still chilly in spring, and the sun was shining brightly. A few apricot trees on the roadside had pink and white flowers about to bloom, and the elms and willows were also gradually sprouting, and there were birds chirping.

Qin Yunhe lay on the ox cart, looking up at the sky, feeling very relaxed.

After settling Yu Ru's marriage, Qin Yunhe was completely relieved, so he immediately packed up his things, hired an ox cart, and went to his teacher's house in the county town today with food, clothes and other items.

Although Fan Zheng did not explicitly agree to let him take Yu Ru back home if he passed the imperial examination, it was obvious that Fan Zheng was touched by his words and did not insist on arranging another marriage for Yu Ru.

Although he was very puzzled and dissatisfied with Fan Zheng's failure to seek justice for his sister in his previous life, he believed that Fan Zheng must still love his sister very much.

As long as he could make Fan Zheng believe that he was working hard to improve himself, he would definitely agree to let his sister go back with him.

The carriage swayed and shook, and after an hour, Qin Yunhe finally arrived at the county town when he was so comfortable that he almost fell asleep.

Qin Yunhe unloaded the luggage, food, etc. he brought with him from the car, paid the fare, and then knocked on the door.

Soon footsteps were heard and the door opened, revealing Bisong.

"Oh, Qin Xiaolang, you're here. The teacher has been talking about you these past two days." When Bisong saw that it was Qin Yunhe, he immediately put on a bright smile and bent down to help Qin Yunhe get the things.

"I was delayed by some things at home, and I'm sorry that I worried about you, teacher." Qin Yunhe also picked up his things and followed Bisong inside.

"I think he was tripped up by something."

This time, Bisong did not go to report first, but took him directly inside as before.

"Sir, you should stay in the same room as before. It's the one you're used to."

When Qin Yunhe was young, he lived with his teacher in a wing room in the inner courtyard.

Mr. Gu's wife passed away early, and his son was an official working away from home. There were only a few servants serving him all year round, and only a few nephews and nephews from the clan came to visit occasionally.

As soon as they entered the inner courtyard, Bisong said, "Qin Xiaolang, go meet the master first, and I will help you organize your luggage."

Qin Yunhe hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

Bisong raised his voice again, "Sir, Qin Xiaolang is here."

When Qin Yunhe walked in, Mr. Gu came out to greet him with a look of joy on his face: "Yunhe is here."

Qin Yunhe hurried to greet the teacher, but was supported by Mr. Gu: "Don't make these empty formalities, go into the house and warm up quickly, you must be frozen all the way."

"Fortunately, the sun is shining today and the students are wearing warm clothes, so they don't feel very cold."

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When he came to pay New Year's greetings in the first month of the lunar year, Mr. Gu had already assigned Qin Yunhe homework. So the teacher and student chatted for a while, and then Mr. Gu began to check Qin Yunhe's homework.

Even though Qin Yunhe has been very busy over the past month, he has not slacked off for fear that his studies will not pass.

The teacher and the student asked and answered questions several times. Although Qin Yunhe was nervous, he answered fluently and clearly.

Mr. Gu saw that Qin Yunhe had really worked hard and nodded with satisfaction. Qin Yunhe also presented two poems that he had come up with by chance to the teacher for his guidance.

Mr. Gu took the two poems in his hands and read them carefully, twirling his beard.

Qin Yunhe stood aside with his heart pounding, waiting for the teacher's comments.

Mr. Gu once criticized Qin Yunhe's poems for being flashy and superficial.

Qin Yunhe didn't quite understand or accept his teacher's comments before. It was only after his rebirth in this life that he calmed down and reviewed his poems, and finally understood what his teacher meant.

He pondered over these two poems for a long time, and tried his best to avoid the previous problems. This time he showed them to his teacher, hoping that the teacher could see some growth.

Mr. Gu read it twice and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad, Yunhe, great progress."

Qin Yunhe finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the teacher's praise and smiled embarrassedly.

Seeing that the teacher and student were almost done with the test, Bisong hurriedly said, "Sir, Qin Xiaolang, please have some tea."

Mr. Gu then realized that he had been talking to the student as soon as he entered the room, and he didn't even have time to drink a sip of water.

This was not the first time Qin Yunhe had come to live in his teacher's home, so both teacher and student quickly adapted.

Every morning, Qin Yunhe would practice Tai Chi with his teacher. After the teacher and student had breakfast together, Qin Yunhe would listen to the teacher's lectures or recite the books himself. If he didn't understand something, he would go directly to the study in the main room to ask the teacher.

Mr. Gu would occasionally go out to chat with old friends, but Qin Yunhe only visited a few friends he hadn't seen for a long time when he first arrived. The rest of the time he stayed indoors and studied hard.

On this day, Qin Yunhe, who had been staying indoors for more than ten days, heard Bisong say that Feng Xiucai was coming to visit. He had just paid a visit to the teacher and wanted to meet him. Qin Yunhe invited him to go out for a spring outing in two days.

Feng Xiucai was a distant relative of Mr. Gu, so although he was not accepted as a disciple, he would occasionally visit and ask for advice. This was also how Qin Yunhe met him.

Since Mr. Feng wanted to see him, Qin Yunhe naturally could not refuse, so he had to put down his book and go to meet him in the front yard where guests were received.

"Brother Chaofan," Qin Yunhe bowed, "Long time no see."

"What's up, dear brother?" Feng Zhuo quickly responded, "It's been a long time since we last met. A few days ago, Mu Xing, Qing Fan and I invited you to a party, but you didn't go. It seemed as if we were delaying your studies."

Qin Yunhe quickly explained: "How could that be? It's just that several of you have already entered the school, but I have wasted my time and have not made any progress. I want to take advantage of the opportunity to study hard and enter the school as soon as possible while I am with the teacher, so that I can feel more at ease to be friends with you."

Faced with Feng Xiucai's invitation to go out for spring outing again, Qin Yunhe was hesitant: if he didn't go, he would seem unkind, but if he went, he would feel it was a waste of time.

In fact, when Qin Yunhe lived in his teacher's house, he often took advantage of his friends' appointments to slack off. Whenever someone made an appointment, he would go out and have fun.

Although Mr. Gu occasionally scolded him for being playful and lazy, Qin Yunhe was only in his teens at the time and was still a young man after all, so he never forbade him to go out and play.

I didn't expect that Qin Yunhe would suddenly become enlightened and start studying hard at home. He even refused to go on an invitation to a spring outing. I was a little worried that he had worked too hard and lost his energy.

"Studying should be combined with rest. You have been studying at home these days, it is time to go out and see the spring. If you really don't want to waste your time, then come back from the spring outing and write two poems on the theme of spring."

Seeing that Mr. Gu also said so, Feng Zhuo had no choice but to say, "Well, it's just an outing, and we'll be back in one day. Mr. Gu has already said that if we don't take advantage of the spring scenery to go out and have some fun, how can we get inspiration to write good sentences? I don't care, I'll count you in, and we'll go out the day after tomorrow."

Qin Yunhe saw that he had no choice but to nod and agree.