Zhang Suijian, who was so poor that he could only drink tomato soup in the deep mountains and old forests, had bad luck - he became the number one scholar in an imperial examination.
That night, the young emperor dressed in mysterious clothes and made a secret visit. Looking at the soft sword hanging around his neck, he asked: "Regicide?"
Zhang Suijian denied it and asked: "Can your Majesty hide it?"
The 16-year-old Li Mingqiong went from being a once-prominent prince to being demoted to a place in northern Xinjiang. Everyone laughed at him and pointed at his nose and mocked him as the "King Jianwen".
But the letters from the capital came as expected every month. Even if someone said that he wanted to save money to sneak away to Ling Chun Building to drink tomato soup, he would not hesitate to send it to him to "subsidize his family's expenses."
On the eve of raising the flag to attack the capital, he received two more letters.
One of the letters contained only six words - "I wish you peace and prosperity."
In the military tent, Li Mingqiong held the yellowed paper in his hand and laughed wildly until he burst into tears.
Returning to the hill in Jiangbei after many years, Zhang Suijian watched the successful emperor kneel respectfully in front of his father's tombstone, murmuring to himself with red eyes -
"Student Kuchiki, I am unworthy of my teacher."
After finishing speaking, he kowtowed three times solemnly.
Zhang Suijian did not stop him, but asked out of curiosity afterwards.
Li Mingqiong pulled him to his side and sat down on the dragon chair. He rarely put his head on his shoulder and said with a hint of grievance: "I'm stupid and don't understand the teacher's good intentions. I almost lost you, so naturally I have to kowtow to apologize."
Purpose: live a good life