The Town's Young Master Marries Up, and His Childhood Sweetheart Is His Old Flame

[Gerer + Sweet Romance + Childhood Sweethearts + Ensemble Cast + Imperial Exams + Family Bonds] Shang Yushu passed the county-level imperial exam and earned the title of Xiucai in one go. His teacher asked him again and again, “Did your father bribe the examiners?” Shang Yushu felt that Confucius really did look down on him a little too much. Why shouldn’t he be able to pass? He had worked so hard to earn the Xiucai title, all because his father had promised to ask the Qiao family for their son’s hand in marriage if he passed. Shang Yushu liked You-ge’er and had known from an early age that he wanted to marry him and bring him home. But a few things went wrong along the way. The Shang family had never been particularly prominent in Shiqiao Town, but then his father suddenly expanded his business and moved the whole family to the prefectural city. On moving day, Shang Yushu cried for a long time because he couldn’t bear to leave You-ge’er. His little father told him that he could marry You-ge’er one day, and then they would never have to be apart. Shang Yushu remembered those words. But after he passed the Xiucai exam, his father went back on his promise, saying he would ask the Qiao family for a match as soon as Shang Yushu passed the provincial exam and became a Juren. Shang Yushu kept working hard and finally passed the provincial exam. But his father not only changed his tune again, he also mocked You-ge’er. To marry the beloved ger he had set his heart on, Shang Yushu began a battle of wits with his own father…