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

Li Xiao was quite surprised when he received a letter from his third brother.

Previously, his third brother wrote back saying that Qin Yunhe seemed to be somewhat interested in getting married, and it would be better to let Yu Ge'er accompany him to the capital. He was still a little skeptical.

But I didn't expect this to actually happen.

Grandma Li was naturally even happier, as at least her son didn't wait in vain.

After confirming that both families were interested in getting married, the elders of the Qin and Li families got busy.

Li Xiao wrote back to his third brother, asking Li Chang and his wife to arrange Li Changyu's engagement on behalf of his brother and sister-in-law.

As soon as August began, Li Chang and his wife asked a matchmaker to bring gifts to the Qin family to propose marriage. The two families immediately exchanged engagement letters and invited a matchmaker to compose the marriage proposal.

The master carefully compared Li Changyu and Ruyi's horoscopes and said that the two complemented each other's five elements and their wealth and official positions were in perfect harmony, which was indeed a perfect match. If they could get together, they would be like phoenixes flying side by side and mandarin ducks flying together.

Since it was an auspicious marriage, both families were naturally even happier, and they were busy asking a matchmaker to arrange the engagement.

Qin Yunhe and his wife were reluctant to let their daughter go, so they agreed with Li Chang to wait until Li Changyu passed the college entrance examination before getting married, so that he would not neglect his studies.

Xie Mingyue had originally seen that the Qin and Li families were going to get married, but she had never expected it to happen so soon. Ruyi's coming-of-age ceremony had just ended, and not many days later she heard that the two families had started exchanging engagement letters and matching marriages. When she went there again soon after, she found that the engagement had already been finalized.

"...and you're still laughing at me. It turns out you already have a handsome man like Ruyi, but you wanted to hide it from me." Xie Mingyue couldn't help teasing Ruyi.

Ruyi was embarrassed by what she said: "No, it's just my parents' order."

Although she had some vague guesses before the coming-of-age ceremony, Ruyi never expected that on the day of the ceremony her parents would ask her about her idea of ​​marrying Li Changyu.

I didn't expect that the engagement would be confirmed so quickly.

"Your parents probably gave this order because they saw what you were thinking..."

Ruyi's face felt a little hot again, and she pretended to be angry, but Xie Mingyue couldn't stop laughing.

The two were laughing and joking when the door creaked open. Qin Ci poked her head in and said with a wink, "Sister, sister, Brother Yu is here."

It has been a busy few days. Qin Ci has seen the adults busying about and people coming and going in the house. Naturally, he has learned that Brother Yu is going to become his brother-in-law.

When Li Changyu had nothing to do, he loved to take his brothers out to play. If there was anything delicious or fun, he would always remember to bring some for the two of them, which won their hearts.

So Qin Ci was even happier about this than Li Changyu.

Seeing her brother making faces, Ruyi said angrily, "Come on, what do you want to tell me?"

Qin Ci didn't know what her sister was thinking, so she asked, "Sister, don't you want to see Brother Yu?"

Ruyi was embarrassed and said, "I don't want to, go and do your homework."

Xie Mingyue, who had just calmed down, started giggling again with her hands covering her mouth.

"I've finished my homework." Qin Ci didn't understand her sister's thoughts, and still leaned against the door with shining eyes: "I just heard Brother Yu and Dad asked you if you were free, and said they would take you and my brother to a garden..."

Ruyi was speechless towards her brother, so she had to get up, go to the door, pull her brother off the door and push him out, then close the door before coming back.

Xie Mingyue smiled: "But did I delay you?"

"Oh no——" Ruyi angrily slapped Xie Mingyue with the fan, telling her not to say anything more.

Li Changyu was very excited when he learned that his teacher really wanted to marry Ruyi to him, but he became nervous again when it came to the marriage matching.

He had listened to too many operas and was always afraid of an unlucky marriage.

It was not until I learned that the two of them were a perfect match in terms of wealth and power, and that this was a perfect match, that I felt completely relieved. I couldn't wait to bow to the matchmaker.

These days, the two families have been busy with these things, so he and Ruyi have seen each other less often.

It was not until now that the engagement was finalized that, thinking that since the two of them were already engaged, there was no need to avoid it too much, that she brought her homework to the teacher's house.

He thought that the recent summer heat was gradually subsiding, and had planned to invite Ruyi and the witness brother to a garden for a visit in a few days. However, the teacher felt that it was still a bit hot, so it was better for them to stay at home and not run around.

He thought about just meeting Ruyi, but found out that Ruyi was talking to her good friend.

Just when she was feeling a little disappointed, Qin Ci ran in and said, "Brother Yu, sister said she doesn't want to see you."

Qin Yun was so angry.

Seeing Li Changyu's disappointment, he was thinking about how to comfort him, but his son exaggerated. He immediately shouted, "Nonsense, is that what your sister said?"

"Yes, that's what I said. I said, 'Sister, don't you want to see Brother Yu?', and my sister said, 'I don't want to.'"

In fact, Li Changyu was fine. He was just thinking that Ruyi seemed to know that he was coming.

He also knew Qin Ci's ability to pass on messages, so he didn't take it seriously.

It’s a pity that the pair of hairpins I brought with me can’t be given away this time.

……

This year, Fu Qingyun went to Beijing and was appointed as the head of the Ministry of Rites.

Regarding the promotion of community schools, the Ministry of Rites has now drawn up a general charter in accordance with the emperor's order and is preparing to implement it in various places.

As for the topic of how to use the talented and learned low-class people in the court, even with the emperor's order, the court officials were not very enthusiastic. Although a few of them were more in favor and put forward some ideas, after all, this matter still depends on the Ministry of Personnel.

The current Minister of Personnel is Wu Tonghuo, who strongly disagrees with this proposal.

Even though Qin Yunhe had described in detail what he had seen, heard and thought during the meeting, Wu Tonghuo still scolded him and refuted his ideas.

It seems that if he didn't really know something about Qin Yunhe, he would probably suspect that he was just seeking fame.

By now, the quota of Censors in Jiangning Province had been filled, and Qin Yunhe had become adept at the position of custodian.

He had taken a day off before his daughter got engaged, so several censors knew that his daughter was engaged and congratulated him.

August is the busiest season of the year, and the three judicial departments are all very busy.

This year, during the Autumn Trial, a case of murdering a husband was brought up in Henan. This was a simple and clear case, as the murderer was sentenced to death by slicing, but it caused endless debate among the Autumn Trial Officer and the Three Judicial Officers.

It even sparked heated discussions among officials from the three judicial departments of North Korea, China and Africa.

Because although Chen Lou, the magistrate of Changde Prefecture, proposed to sentence the suspect to death by slicing according to the law, he also wrote a petition and submitted a memorial to explain the circumstances and to exonerate the suspect.

The suspect was none other than Liu Xiaoer’s wife, whom Qin Yunhe had raised questions about.

At that time, Qin Yunhe felt both sympathy and regret for what happened to Liu's wife. Unexpectedly, less than a year later, Liu's wife could no longer bear it and poisoned Liu Xiaoer.

Chen Lou believed that the woman murdered her husband because of the inhuman behavior of her husband. He also described in detail the inhuman abuse the woman had suffered and hoped that the three judicial officials would consider the facts and ask His Majesty to show mercy.

Qin Yunhe remained silent when he learned about this. He did not expect that Chen Lou would go this far for a suspect.

Because Qin Yunhe had reviewed the case of Liu Xiaoer suing his uncle during his inspection tour, he had some understanding of the truth, so he reported the matter in detail to the Chief Censor and explained the situation.

The matter was debated for a long time, and finally the three judicial officials came to a decision that the sentence was commuted to three years in prison, and Your Majesty pardoned him.

At the end of the year, the court made another appointment, appointing Qin Yunhe as the Imperial Censor of Education, in charge of the education affairs of Jiangning, and he was to take up the post after the new year.