But I don't know if Concubine Gong's father didn't work hard or Concubine Gong's father was not a reading material in the first place, Concubine Gong's father studied in the school for thirteen years, and even Xiucai couldn't pass the exam. Landing a showman is not a good name in the first place, let alone a showman who is not even a showman. Seeing that the classmates who studied together were either promoted or jinshi, the most unfortunate were also Xiucai. Concubine Gong's father finally had no face to go to the school anymore, and outsiders thought he was the teacher of this school, but in fact he was a repeater of this school. Concubine Gong's father didn't dare to go to his father alone to tell the truth, so he had to take his mother to see his father together. After learning about his son's study experience over the years, Concubine Gong's grandfather sighed and had to promise his son that he didn't have to go to school, but had to go to his own shop to learn to do business from scratch.

Originally, Concubine Gong's grandfather wanted to give up doing business, so the old Liu family's business has slowly shrunk. Concubine Gong's father wanted to come out into business again, so he had to rely on his own efforts to grow stronger step by step. During the day, Concubine Gong's father worked as an apprentice in his family's shop, and at night when he went home, Concubine Gong's grandfather opened a small stove for his son, explaining the tips and precautions of the tung oil business. At the same time, Zhang Luo's daughter-in-law for his son has also become a major event for the old couple. It just so happened that an acquaintance said that there was a grain merchant who wanted to marry off his daughter at the same time as his business ended. The children of the Lao Liu family are not only of the same age but also have a certain economic foundation, and the marriage will be finalized immediately. Soon after, Concubine Gong's mother entered the door of Lao Liu's house, at this time Concubine Gong's father did not have his own business, and when Concubine Gong was about to be born, her father completely inherited the family business, and Concubine Gong's father was considered to have started a family first and then started a business.

Concubine Gong can live in a honeypot before the age of six, and although her parents are not very rich, they will never treat their children badly. Concubine Gong's mother almost always responds to her daughter's needs, and Concubine Gong's father will also bring her snacks or gadgets from all over the world every time she comes back from a business trip. Concubine Gong's mother secretly told her daughter that she would give birth to a younger brother or sister soon after, and Concubine Gong was very concerned about this matter. She dreamed many times in her dreams that she was taking her younger siblings out to play and giving them the toys she had played with.

In the summer of the year when Concubine Gong was six years old, that is, when Concubine Gong's mother was five months pregnant, an unforeseen disaster completely ruined the peaceful life of Concubine Gong's family. A group of people from the yamen rushed into Concubine Gong's house, rummaging through the finances while gathering Concubine Gong's family together to take care of it. At that time, Grandpa Gongfei, who was still in good health, just stood up to the other party, and was punched and kicked by more than a dozen of them, and soon after, the old man died of pain because he was too seriously injured and could not be treated. Concubine Gong wanted to tell them not to snatch the toys she had left for her younger siblings, but the reply she received was a merciless slap. Only then did Concubine Gong know that everything here no longer belonged to her, and even this home was no longer her own home. Concubine Gong wanted to find her mother, but she couldn't find it, and later learned that her mother was angry and anxious to have a miscarriage after learning about the accident at home. Not only is the child in the womb gone, but he also died of bleeding. Concubine Gong lost her grandfather and mother two relatives at once, no, she should add a younger brother who has already been formed, and she lost three relatives in one day.

Concubine Gong was pulled around in a daze, but fortunately she was not handcuffed and shackled because of her young age. Concubine Gong didn't know what it meant to sit together and what it meant to be a big rebellion, but she only knew that she had become a prisoner and was locked up with a large group of female prisoners every day. I don't know how many days I've been closed, but I can't eat enough and sleep well every day, and I wake up hungry and then faint hungry. finally saw his father, but instead of comforting him, his father told him to be strong and live. It was also when she saw her father that Concubine Gong knew that her grandfather, mother, and younger brother had died, and her grandmother was about to die, and Concubine Gong's young heart was hit by a huge blow.

A middle-aged woman, although she was also a prisoner, was very sympathetic to Concubine Gong. She pulled Concubine Gong down to her side and protected her as much as she could. This woman named Wu Niang became the hope for Concubine Gong to live, and it was this Wu Niang who told Concubine Gong why she was like this. Wu Niang is also a family member of the criminal who was implicated, and she was also accused of rebellion. After seeing Concubine Gong, she couldn't help but think of her daughter and grandson.

Concubine Gong's family has a distant relative named Liu Zhi, who turned out to be the same clan as Concubine Gong's father, and is considered the younger generation of Concubine Gong's father in terms of generation, and Concubine Gong wants to call Liu Zhi the eldest brother. But this Liu Zhi is a classmate of Concubine Gong's father, and he and Concubine Gong's father are commensurate as brothers in the school. Liu Zhi's living conditions at home are not as good as Concubine Gong's, and the tuition fees are often in arrears and cannot be paid. Concubine Gong's father found out about it and stuck to his classmates and fellow clansmen, and often paid tuition and miscellaneous fees for Liu Bei. Although this Liu Cheng's academic performance is not top, it is much better than Concubine Gong's father. After five years of enrollment, he successfully passed the children's examination, and in the sixth year, he was admitted to Xiucai, and then he was promoted to Jinshi. But he couldn't be an official, because he had neither a backstage nor a family background, and his merchant family background made him unable to integrate into the literati and official environment. Liu Zhi is a person who has never met talents, at least Concubine Gong's father commented on him at that time.

The reason why Liu Cheng's personality changed greatly was mainly because of an incident that affected his life. Liu Bei's family has no power or power, and because he is not the son-in-law of the family, it is impossible to inherit the family business. When he was very young, Liu Zhi knew that he was only a slave, otherwise he would not be productive in his life. So he seized all the opportunities available to him from an early age and desperately fought for opportunities and resources for his future. Others go to school and laugh and playfully read, but he does study hard during the day and copy books when he goes back at night. The first is to save the cost of buying books, and the second is to memorize the knowledge in the books as soon as possible. When the teacher criticized Liu Bei's handwriting for not looking good, he went home with a bag of sand and practiced calligraphy desperately. When he was studying, Liu Zhi barely slept a good night, and tried to find time to study and practice calligraphy every day. Therefore, Liu Zhi's handwriting is the best among the students here, and his eloquence and knowledge are the same. But such a good material lacks a good background, so every opportunity to get promoted is wasted. It wasn't until Liu was admitted to the Jinshi, which was equivalent to having a semi-official status, that there was a turnaround. A squire took a fancy to Liu Cheng's talent and wanted to invest in and cultivate Liu Cheng, and the bar's own daughter Xu was married to Liu Cheng. This is an adventure, but also a gamble, and if he succeeds, this squire will ascend to heaven with Liu Zhi. If Liu Zhi had no future, the squire would not only lose his daughter, but also take such a poor relative, which would be told as a joke by everyone. Liu Zhi won the Jinshi and set a pretty good marriage, which can be said to be a double happiness. Just when Liu was proud of the spring breeze, a person from Beijing found Liu Cheng and said that he wanted to have a good talk with Liu Cheng. This so-called inferior errand is actually here to extort money, and he goes to almost every Jinshi's house to scare the target for a little benefit under his own name. Liu Zhi has never been an official, and his family does not have this kind of experience, so this person can't get the benefits he wants. This person became angry and slandered Liu for being arrogant and disrespectful to his elders, and said that he would cancel Liu Zhijinshi's qualifications. Liu Cheng thought that this person was just scaring himself, but he didn't expect that soon after, Xuezheng informed Liu Cheng that his Jinshi qualification was temporarily suspended indefinitely. As a result, not only will he not be able to participate in the next round of the imperial examination, but he will also be deprived of his existing benefits.

Liu Cheng wanted to ask his father-in-law for help to dredge the joints of Xuezheng and others. Unexpectedly, the squire not only did not help Liu Zhi, but also said that Liu Zhi deceived them and harmed the reputation of their young lady. The squire not only unilaterally tore up the marriage contract, but also put Liu Cheng on the unpopular blacklist, and did not allow Liu Cheng to cheat on his family's life.

Liu Cheng couldn't figure it out, but he refused the unreasonable blackmail of a subordinate, and not only ruined his career, but also his family. Jinshi is the premise of being an official, and his fiancée is the beginning of his family. Now that the status of Jinshi has been cancelled and the rich fiancée is gone, what future does Liu Zhi have? The next blow to Liu Zhi made Liu Zhi even more angry and felt the warmth of human affection. The people who originally begged themselves blamed themselves in turn, and the real estate, real estate and things that were originally given to them were asked for back. The father and brother who had already been polite to him began to be indifferent to him again, and several sisters-in-law in the family sneered at him, and even scolded Huai. originally wanted to borrow money from an old classmate, but it happened that Concubine Gong's father was not at home, and Concubine Gong's mother only lent this unfamiliar relative five taels of silver. Liu Zhi thought that even Concubine Gong's father looked down on him, so he left Concubine Gong's house in disappointment.