T/N: As stated before, shizi is the heir to a noble family.
In this world, Jing Heguang lived to be eighty years old. Zhang Xingyu lived to be eighty-two years old.
Because Zhang Xingyu was two years older than Jing Heguang, they died next to each other.
Jing Heguang took the first step. Before he left, Tie’ger brought his grandson’s younger brother to Jing’s Mansion to visit Jing Heguang and Zhang Xingyu.
Tie’ger later got married well. His tough appearance made him very popular among men.
Tie’ger thought: Maybe because Jing Heguang has gone higher and higher, he has become popular as Xing-ger’s best friend.
When Jing Heguang entered the court and became ministers, then prime ministers, people began to pay more attention to a person’s character rather than his appearance.
The hobbies of those in power can easily affect those below.
Eighty-year-old Jing Heguang closed his eyes and lay on the bed. His eyes were no longer clear, but they were still gentle.
He held Zhang Xingyu’s hand, curled his lips and smiled at him.
Zhang Xingyu turned his back, his face covered with wet marks.
Tie’ger knew that Jing Heguang was dying. He wanted to cry when he saw them. He comforted Zhang Xingyu for a while before leaving.
When only two of them were left in the room, Zhang Xingyu and Jing Heguang whispered softly: “Tie’ger is actually stronger than us, he can still visit us.”
Jing Heguang coughed twice. His body, which was as thin as a handful of bones, trembled several times.
He’s really dying.
It was even worse yesterday, but now he is afraid that he has regained some strength.
Jing Heguang took a few slow breaths and said slowly: “At that time, his father was still worried that he would not be able to get married. Now he is married…quite well.”
Zhang Xingyu endured the sadness from Jing Heguang’s constant pauses in speaking as he tried his best. He raised his face and said proudly: “It’s all because of you! Nowadays, people who look like me are said to be lucky. This was not the case before…”
Jing Heguang tried hard to lift his skinny hand.
Zhang Xingyu held his hand, lowered his head, and rubbed it against Jing Heguang’s hand, just like before. Although Jing Heguang’s palms were no longer wide and warm, his cheeks were also no longer plump and smooth.
Jing Heguang moved his fingers and touched Zhang Xingyu’s face. He said with a smile: “I’m very happy. My love for you can bring so much joy to the world.”
“After I leave…don’t be too sad. Eat on time and sleep on time.”
Jing Heguang hopes that Zhang Xingyu can live a good life even if he is gone.
He felt regret that he probably wouldn’t live long enough to see Zhang Xingyu anymore.
Zhang Xingyu clenched his incomplete teeth, but refused to nod.
Jing Heguang was helpless because he knew he was leaving but was unable to change anything.
He accompanied Zhang Xingyu and talked for a long time, slowly recalling the past bit by bit, and then closed his eyes completely.
Jing Heguang did not disappear immediately after he died.
He re-transformed into what he looked like when he was twenty-five years old in the modern age, hovering in the air as a soul. Jing Heguang suddenly remembered that he was not from this era. Over the years, he has forgotten about whatever task.
Jing Heguang was worried and reluctant to leave. Even if he could only look at Zhang Xingyu and couldn’t touch him, he didn’t want to leave.
However, Jing Heguang didn’t expect that this time would be much shorter than he thought!
The day after he left, Zhang Xingyu passed away.
The grand preceptor and his husband died together with no living descendants. The new emperor personally carried out the funeral, and the funeral scenery was comparable to that of the previous emperor.
The emperor went to the funeral, so people from powerful families could not avoid it, even the elderly could only follow.
Some of those who were older than Jing Heguang and Zhang Xingyu recalled that they had laughed at the grand preceptor when they were young, saying that the grand preceptor married a butcher as his husband and was a vulgar person!
But later, they begged at the door, but they still didn’t see them at all.
Now they knelt down to salute and respectfully sent the grand preceptor and his husband off.
****
Jing Heguang watched the coffin being buried before leaving the world in a daze.
Little Yellow Peach mentioned going to the next world, but was rejected by Jing Heguang.
“I don’t want to go to the next world.”
[?]
“It’s boring to live.” Jing Heguang became a soul and couldn’t even cry. Only he knew how sad he felt.
Jing Heguang was afraid that Little Yellow Peach wouldn’t understand, so he said: “Xingxing is gone, I don’t want to live too.”
“Little Yellow Peach, if I die, go find someone else to bind.”
Little Yellow Peach was quiet for a moment.
Jing Heguang thought that the system Little Yellow Peach was also sad, so he advised: “It is inevitable that life and death will separate people in life, but he is very important to me.”
[System can locate Zhang Xingyu’s soul for you.]
[He is also in the next world.]
[Are you going or not?]
Jing Heguang was stunned for a moment, and then asked ecstatically: “Is he really there?! For real?”
“But how do I find him? Will he look the same? Or will you tell me?!”
[His appearance is different.]
[You will know when you go there.]
“You won’t lie to me, right?” Jing Heguang asked worriedly, and then said, “But he definitely has no memory of this life. He is a new him, but I am still the same me. This is unfair for him.”
When Jing Heguang heard that he could see his Xingxing again, his mind had come back and he began to move slowly.
Like this, he will definitely go to the next world!
Jing Heguang didn’t know if all systems were so easy to talk to. Anyway, Little Yellow Peach, except for some principle issues, responded to requests, and was also a love helper, which was very considerate.
Since Little Yellow Peach was easy to talk to, Jing Heguang guessed that Little Yellow Peach was a relatively intelligent system with certain authority.
——This also means that he can try to touch Little Yellow Peach’s lower limit.
[I can erase your memory of this world.]
“Then what will I remember? Will my memory go back to before I traveled through this world?”
[Yes.]
[Are you leaving or not?]
Jing Heguang said: “What if I admit the wrong person?!”
[Please have some faith in your love that you are willing to die for.]
Jing Heguang refused to give up: “I can clear my memory, but can I remember one sentence?”
Jing Heguang has confidence in himself, but having confidence does not mean that he must go into battle naked.
[Which sentence?]
“I’m looking for someone, he is my Xingxing(star).”
[Okay.]
[Host’s transformation value in this world is full. Get a reward of 5,000 points, and you can draw five times in the system mall.]
[After the lottery is completed, this world memory will be cleared. After clearing the memory, the host will retain the inner memory — ‘I’m looking for someone, he is my Xingxing’]
[Please confirm to start the lottery.]
Little Yellow Peach’s lower limit is so high. It gets angry with just one sentence?
Jing Heguang felt that Little Yellow Peach was angry, so he said obediently: “Confirm.”
[Thank you for participating]
[Thank you for participating]
…
[Thank you for participating] X5.
[There is no problem with the program, it’s just that the host is very unlucky.]
Jing Heguang looked at the five [Thank you for participating], but he was not actually angry. Although there was no other reward, he got what he wanted most!
Jing Heguang said gratefully: “Little Yellow Peach, thank you for helping me. It’s because of my bad luck, it has nothing to do with you.”
[Hmph! Start clearing your memory!]
***
In the blink of an eye again, Jing Heguang felt that his body was weightless, floating in mid-air in a daze.
He looked at his dead self on the ground and the vase, and remembered that he was dead, and then…he was bound to a slag gong transformation system.
The system absorbed the admirer fat halo from him, so he can now taste love!!
He also joked that the system is not a little sweetheart, but a little yellow peach.
Just as he was thinking about it, a familiar voice sounded in Jing Heguang’s ears.
[Ding! Your thoughtful Little Yellow Peach is online.]
[The host has novice benefits and can draw the top-grade benefits displayed on the turntable once for free. Do you want to start the lottery now?]
“Yes, start turning!”
The words displayed on the upper part of the screen made Jing Heguang feel strangely excited. Of course, any man would also be excited when seeing those top grade benefits.
[The turntable starts spinning…]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for getting the top-grade benefit #Let your lover be super considerate and afraid of you being angry with the charming abstinence aura#]
[Please note that in order to avoid chaos in the world, this benefit only works for the host’s partner.]
After the system prompt sounded, Jing Heguang felt as if there was something extra in his soul body.
[The lottery has been completed, the host can start enjoying life! If you have any doubts, please call your caring Little Yellow Peach in your heart~]
***
After a moment of dizziness, Jing Heguang found himself in an antique room.
He looked around and found that this should be a private room in a high-end teahouse.
Then there was a pain in his head, and a large amount of information poured into Jing Heguang’s brain.
Jing Heguang received the information, and then his face darkened — the person he transmigrated to turned out to be such a scumbag! A fucking straight man who cheated a gay person!
The original owner of his current body is also named Jing Heguang.
When the original person was born, his father was Marquis Zhennan, Jing Zhonghao, and his mother was Zhao Baozhi, the legitimate daughter of the right prime minister. It can be said that he was born in a brocade nest.
However, not long after he was born, his grandfather, the Right Prime Minister, died because he took the wrong side.
As soon as his grandfather, right-hand prime minister fell, the original owner’s father, Jing Zhonghao, immediately changed his face, exposing his lustful nature.
Jing Zhonghao left his wife and legitimate son aside. He first took his cousin as a concubine, and then took in several other women, adding several younger siblings to the original owner in just a few years.
When he was a child, the original owner was still good. He knew how to care for his mother and worked hard to make progress.
When he was eight years old, he was chosen as the sixth prince’s companion.
At this point, it was just a story about a child making progress. Jing Heguang felt very sorry for this child. After all, being chosen to accompany a prince is not an easy thing.
The original owner has been studying diligently since he was a child that he doesn’t even know how many candles he has consumed. Moreover, he has been strong since he was a child, which makes him seem aloof and cold, thus he has few friends and is a bit pitiful.
However, the problem is that the original owner grew crooked!
After being chosen as a prince companion, Marquis Zhennan finally paid attention to his son and called him to the outer study from time to time to give him advice.
The original owner hated this father, but also held some secret expectations, so his outlook on life was unconsciously affected.
The original owner’s father is good-looking, and so he had a face as beautiful as a crown jewel. Coupled with his aloof and cold temperament he had developed since childhood, he was regarded as a high mountain flower in outsider eyes. However, because he was good-looking and had many people who liked him since he was young, the original owner learned about love very early.
When he was fourteen years old, he discovered that the sixth prince, Yue Xingchuan, seemed to like him. Because the way Yue Xingchuan looked at him was like those girls looking at him, they were obsessed with him!
At that time, his younger brother, who the concubine gave birth to, was very popular outside, and there were even rumors that Marquis Zhennan was going to open a genealogy and record him under the name of his legitimate wife, which put a lot of pressure on the original owner. He was afraid that Marquis Zhennan would really let this younger brother become the legitimate son.
If there are two legitimate sons in the mansion, it is not certain who will own the Marquis Mansion in the future.
His mother, Zhao Qingzhi, could only cry and curse, which made the original owner even more stressed. Then he thought of how ‘special’ he is to Yue Xingchuan.
The original owner gritted his teeth and seduced Yue Xingchuan, indirectly asking Yue Xingchuan to plead for mercy and establish his identity as the heir apparent.
When Yue Xingchuan saw that the original owner was being wronged at home and being bullied by his younger brother, he couldn’t help but take action and went to beg his emperor father.
Yue Xingchuan was the sixth prince. His elder brother, who has the same mother as him, is the crown prince. Both of them were legitimate princes from the first wife.
In view of the experience of the previous generation, having too many sons would disrupt a family. Two legitimate princes are also prone to chaos, so the sixth prince was raised in the general’s grandfather’s house since he was a child. The emperor felt that he had treated Yue Xingchuan a little unfairly, so he was very kind to him and would always agree to any small request he had.
Soon after, an imperial edict came down, and all his wishes came true.
Before the original owner, who deceived Yue Xingchuan’s feelings, could figure out a way to make Yue Xingchuan give up voluntarily, outsiders rioted in the border area. Yue Xingchuan, who was destined to miss the throne, went out to fight.
The original owner thought that after a few years of fighting, he would just say that feeling had faded. Anyway, Yue Xingchuan doesn’t have that kind of clingy character, so he started preparing for the exam at home.
He turned out to be very smart, studied hard, and won six yuan1Got first place on all 6 tests. The county exam(Xianshi), perfectural exam(Fushi), spring/academy exam(Yuanshi), the 3 year held provincial exam(Xianshi), assembly exam(Huishi), palace exam(Dianshi)in the imperial examination!
Six yuan was originally a good omen, but just when he was about to become an official, the emperor suddenly fainted in court and died suddenly. The good omen became a joke. The original owner was able to survive only because of his noble birth.
A country cannot live without a monarch for a day. At this time, the crown prince, Yue Xingchuan’s brother, Yue Feijun, came to power.
This dynasty allowed men to get married, so the original owner’s mind began to waver again. Now he is treated coldly, but once he becomes the emperor’s brother-in-law, it will definitely be different!
As for his cousin whom his mother tacitly agreed to become his wife…this cousin can be his concubine.
Once again, the original person has already tasted the taste of taking shortcuts, so naturally he will not give up the ‘good method’ that pops up in his mind.
Half a year after Yue Feijun took office, the border war finally ended, and Yue Xingchuan returned with great victory.
Before Yue Xingchuan led his troops to the capital, the original owner recalled the young Yue Xingchuan and felt that it wasn’t bad, he could make do with him. The original owner had some expectations for being a junior official of the Hanlin Academy.
However, when Yue Xingchuan came back, he had grown into a young man. He is also strong and upright with scars on his face and full of masculinity!
The original owner felt that he had been wronged, but for the sake of his future and to get ahead, he continued to lie.
The original owner then deceived Yue Xingchuan from a general into a man who was willing to marry him, and it was seen like it was Yue Xingchuan who forced him from outsiders view, which made the courtiers who didn’t know why feel very sorry for this talented shizi(heir).
But in fact, after getting married, the original owner didn’t touch Yue Xingchuan at all. He didn’t dare, for fear that he would be suppressed.
One month after getting married, the original owner expressed his intention to take in his cousin, but Yue Xingchuan refused. Therefore, the scum original owner secretly slept with his cousin.
Ignoring that, his cousin actually felt that she had been wronged because of Yue Xingchuan and thought that she should be the legitimate ‘wife’, so she sent Yue Xingchuan away despicably with poison!
Yue Xingchuan grew up in his grandfather’s house. After he grew up, he went directly to the military camp. He didn’t know anything about the secrets of the back courtyard, so he was completely unprepared.
After his death, Emperor Yue Feijun asked someone to investigate and found out that his younger brother had been bullied. Therefore, he stabbed the man with three thousand knives and the woman with one sword to avenge Yue Xingchuan!
At the moment, Jing Heguang felt pain all over his body.
Three thousand knives…
It’s too terrifying!
However, there was a thought in his mind telling him that he wanted to find someone, and that person is his Xingxing.
Compared with the system he just met, Jing Heguang certainly believed in his own brain more, so he kept the news secret and did not tell the system Little Yellow Peach.
But even with this sentence, Jing Heguang couldn’t think of anything for the moment, so he set it aside for the time being.
Jing Heguang was rubbing his swollen head when the door of the private room was knocked twice, and then the book boy next to him came in.
The book boy AFu said happily while pouring tea for his shizi: “Lord Shizi! The army will be outside the city gate soon. This battle has been going on for six years. It is really not easy!”
Jing Heguang felt a little panicked. The army came back, doesn’t that mean that Yue Xingchuan is coming back too?
That person is his current partner in name! Moreover, the two people have not had any contact for six years, what should he do?!
After AFu poured the tea, he leaned his head and looked out the window, and said in surprise: “Here he is! Here he is!”
***
The City Gate.
Yue Xingchuan stood at the front of the army and saw his long-lost brother, the new emperor Yue Feijun.
Yue Xingchuan was wearing silver armor and holding a square-shaped halberd. Just as he was about to kneel down and salute, Yue Feijun helped him up.
Yue Feijun, who was dressed in a dragon robe, said: “Sixth brother, you don’t need to salute! Please get up quickly. You have fought hard for the country for six years. It is elder brother who should salute you!”
Yue Xingchuan stood up and said with a straight face: “Your majesty has overstated. It’s elder brother who have worked hard, and I, the general, am fine.”
He said politely to Yue Feijun, then Yue Xingchuan’s starry eyes quickly scanned the group of nobles.
Not seeing the person he wanted to see, Yue Xingchuan sneered in his heart, making his scarred face even more cold.
Emperor Yuefeijun actually felt a little cold. He thought to himself: Maybe the silver reward was not enough, so he gritted his teeth and gave more to the soldiers.
After hearing the addition of money, Yue Xingchuan’s complexion actually improved, and he said sincerely: “Thank you, your majesty!”
Then Yue Xingchuan turned around and waved his hand. The flag soldiers in the rear waved the message flags in an orderly manner.
A moment later, the entire army shouted in unison: “Thank you, your majesty!”
“Thank you, your majesty!”
“Thank you, your majesty!”
Thousands of voices overlapped in one place, and the huge momentum shook the entire capital as if it was an earthquake.
After a while, a small group of elite soldiers entered the city, and the rest of the army retreated to the military camp in the suburbs.
Yue Xingchuan sat on a tall and strong black horse and led the way back.
People along the street waved flowers and cheered one after another.
Yue Xingchuan was among them. As if he had never heard of it, with only a cold look on his face, none of the people dared to throw the flowers that were blooming at him.
T/N: I never understand the ancient examination clearly so I try my best to make sense of it. Each book wrote them differently so I’m not sure. Someone please let me know if ya know the correct term for it or whatever.
