In his spare time, Zuo Fanzheng also copied books to earn some silver and help support the household.
After his father passed away, Zuo Fanzheng worked even harder at his studies, staying up late every night.
He firmly remembered the promise he had made to his father. He would study hard, earn scholarly honors, and bring glory to the Zuo family name. He would also earn his mother an imperial title...
At the thought of this, Zuo Fanzheng threw himself into his studies with even greater enthusiasm!
When Zuo Fanzheng was twelve, he passed the examination to become a licentiate, much to his mother's delight.
The next day, his mother took him to pay respects at his father's grave, bringing offerings with them...
Song Yaoyao: [Zuo Fanzheng really was such a sensible boy! Wasn't everything going quite well?]
It wasn't just Song Yaoyao who thought Zuo Fanzheng was sensible. The Second Prince and the others thought so too!
If he kept studying with such drive, earning scholarly honors in the future shouldn't be much of a problem!
Guagua: [If things had kept going like that, none of today's trouble would have happened.]
Song Yaoyao: [What exactly happened along the way?]
Guagua: [It all began six months ago.
Zuo Fanzheng was seventeen this year. Over the years, he and his mother had depended on each other to survive. Although they lived in poverty, they were happy.
Zuo Fanzheng was full of hope for the future.
Everything changed six months ago.
During that period, Zuo Fanzheng went to the bookshop every afternoon after classes ended.
He had previously spotted a book there whose annotations and analysis were a great help to him.
When he learned its price, he couldn't bear to buy it.
*So during that period, he went to the bookshop