That year, the Song Dynasty’s top-tier football league was all the rage, and the people’s heartthrob Su Dongpo placed first in the imperial examinations.
That year, property prices in the capital skyrocketed. The old cadre Ouyang Xiu bought a house too late and was kicked out by his wife.
That same year, Lord Zhao sneaked a peek at a saucy female wrestling match on the Lantern Festival night, only to be caught red-handed by the neighborhood busybody Sima Guang.
That was also the year Wang Laohu took his daughter to If You Are the One, declaring that she would marry no one but a successful candidate in the imperial examinations. The Four Talented Scholars fled in panic from the shores of Jinming Lake.
And that was the year the River East Lion celebrated her wedding, the Rouge Tiger busied herself with matchmaking, and gifted young talents from all over the country began making a grand entrance in the National Prodigy Competition.
