si-mexico Chapter 337: The Number One Scholar Serves His Mother
Chapter 337: The Number One Scholar Serves His Mother
Yan State, Yanjing City.
The city of Yanjing is particularly lively today, with loud gongs and drums, red tassels waving, and people beating gongs and drums all along the way.
Today is the day when Dayan’s first top scholar in literature gets married.
After Lanling Daqingtian came to power, he established the imperial examination system, which allowed children from poor families to have a chance to serve their country. As long as they were talented, no matter if they were powerful or commoners, no matter if they were from a poor family or a commoner, they could take the imperial examination.
In the autumn, provincial examinations were first held in various places, and the selected candidates immediately rushed to Yanjing to take the metropolitan examination and the palace examination.
After layers of selection, Wen Lu, a talented young man from a poor family in the capital, deservedly became the first new number one scholar in Dayan.
It's a night of flowers and candles in the bridal chamber, and it's time to inscribe names on the gold medal list.
Wen Lu has experienced both of the two great joys in life.
On the day he became the top scholar, the Emperor of Yan asked him what reward he wanted.
He did not ask for wealth or official position, he just wanted a reward.
That is to ask His Majesty to grant him a marriage, so that he can marry Bai Yanzhi, the 29-year-old daughter of the Court Justice Bai Chongyan, whom he has admired for many years.
Bai Chongyan had two sons and one daughter. His second son, Bai Qingzhi, stayed at home to take care of his parents, while his eldest son, Bai Langzhi, was sent by King Lanling to serve as a scout in the army.
After all, Bai Langzhi is a "peerless master" who claims that he can defeat Lanling King with just one hand.
At the age of fifteen, the youngest daughter, Bai Yanzhi, met the learned scholar Wen Lu. They fell in love at first sight, and their love was mutual. They were like children, and their passion was passionate...
In short, the story of a talented man and a beautiful woman is like this. Both of them deeply love each other in their hearts.
Once, Wen Lu went to the Bai family to propose marriage, but was beaten out by Bai Chongyan and his two sons.
After all, Wen Lu had no parents, only a shabby house at home, and no source of income. He had to rely on a brothel madam in the Jiaofang Bureau to help him while he was studying, and he could only barely make ends meet.
When he was very young, it was winter and his family had no food or money. He was almost starving to death and had to go out to beg for food, but he didn't get any charity at all.
It’s not that there are no good people in Yanjing, but people don’t believe that a man in a long gown would come out to beg for food.
On a snowy winter night, he collapsed in the corner of the wall outside the Jiaofangsi Gate.
Inside the Jiaofangsi, there was a lot of noise and the rich were feasting and drinking.
Outside the Jiaofangsi, the wind was freezing cold and there were frozen corpses on the road.
Of course, he was lucky not to freeze to death.
A prostitute in her thirties sent her client away and when she came back, she saw him almost frozen to death.
Seeing that he was young, the prostitute felt pity for him and asked her husband to carry him into the backyard, warm him by the fire, and feed him porridge. Only then did he slowly recover.
The prostitute, who was a child, was amused by his appearance because of his nonsensical manner.
After that, the prostitute continued to support him, giving him clothes to wear and money to spend.
She stopped him from begging and told him to study hard, even though studying was of no use.
Fortunately, when Wen Lu grew up, he was able to write some poems and help others write letters, couplets, elegies, etc., and he could earn a little income.
He knew that the prostitute had done him a great favor. She was not dirty. She was the cleanest and greatest person in the world.
They are not mother and son, but they are better than mother and son.
When he was fifteen, the prostitute was already in her forties.
Although she was old and no longer attractive, she was lucky enough to become a brothel owner and was able to take charge of things, so she did not suffer the same miserable fate as other women.
She didn't let him come to the Jiaofangsi anymore, firstly because she was afraid he would learn bad things, and secondly because it would be bad for his reputation.
He was from a good family and would marry and have children in the future. She couldn't let outsiders know that he was raised by a prostitute.
She no longer went to see him, but only sent someone to give him money every month.
Wen Lu had no way to repay her, so he could only keep this kindness firmly in his heart and wait until the day when he was able to do so, to honor her well.
This year, his luck finally turned, Lanling Daqingtian came to power and reformed the official selection system. He finally had the opportunity to display his talents.
He turned bad luck into good luck, accumulated a lot of experience, and made a stunning debut, winning the top spot in the imperial examination.
After more than ten years of hard study, it finally paid off.
Today, he was riding a tall horse with a red flower tied on his chest. Behind him was a big red sedan chair, and inside was his beloved woman, Bai Yanzhi.
Surrounding him were his classmates and friends who also had a scientific background, who gathered around him to help him get married and to congratulate him.
"Go west!"
At the groom's command, the team headed west.
"Groom, your home is in the north. We can get there by going around the palace. Why are we going west?"
"It's okay, don't worry about it, just go."
The team's sudden change of route also aroused the vigilance of Bai's maternal family. Bai Chongyan immediately rushed over with his second son Bai Qingzhi.
The procession went further and further away, but the people around the groom felt more and more familiar.
Damn, isn’t this the road we often take to go to the Jiaofangsi?
Sure enough, the team stopped when passing the gate of the Jiaofangsi.
Everyone was stunned, looking at the scene before them, not knowing what to do.
What? The groom is so elegant that he wants to come to the Jiaofangsi to enjoy himself on his wedding day?
Not only were the people around him at a loss, even the empress standing on a fire watchtower not far away did not understand what he was going to do.
The empress was usually busy dealing with state affairs, and today she had a rare moment of free time. Thinking that the capital would be moved soon, she decided to take a good look at her own city of Yanjing.
So I wandered here, climbed up to look into the distance, and happened to see this scene.
"Xue'er, what do you think they are doing?"
Yan Fuyao, who was dressed in a bright red dragon robe, asked the pretty beauty beside him who was dressed in snow-white clothes.
The beautiful sister-in-law poked her head out to look down and said,
"I don't know. I don't understand. It's so unlucky to come to the Jiaofangsi on such a happy day. This is really ignorant."
However, the empress smiled and said,
"No, he's here to pick up his mother."
This was the first number one scholar in the imperial examination in Dayan, so the empress naturally attached great importance to him. Before selecting the number one scholar in the palace examination, the empress had thoroughly investigated the background and experience of all the candidates.
Even if most people don't know Wen Lu's background, Skynet can find it out.
"I never thought that when I came out to relax, I would encounter such an interesting scene."
On the street below, Wen Lu dismounted, wearing a red robe and a red flower on his chest. He walked to the door of the Jiaofangsi, knelt on both knees, and shouted inside,
"Mom! I'm here to pick you up!"
After saying this, he kowtowed heavily.
"Mother! Today is my child's big day! Please come out so that I can greet you!"
"Mother! I've won the top spot in the imperial examination. I'm getting married and will take care of you in your old age! You don't have to suffer anymore!"
"Mom! Please come out, today is your son's big day!"