My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 114 - 92 A Decree_3

In the hierarchy of Daxia’s nobility, Li Nuo learned from Housekeeper Wu on the way back to the Song Residence just now.

King, Commandery Prince, Duke of the third class, Earl of the second class, and Viscount of the first class, the noble titles had nine ranks in total.

To prevent the nobility from growing endlessly, these noble titles would be reduced by one rank with each generation, even for a King, who would become a commoner after nine generations.

Since the founding of Daxia hundreds of years ago, the descendants of those non-surnamed founding nobles had long since become commoners.

Today’s Daxia nobles, without exception, were all of the royal Li lineage.

Though they did not wield direct power, they still had the right to participate in government affairs, an extremely formidable force within the court.

The nobles possessed certain privileges; the memorials they submitted had to be dealt with by the three provinces, which was also the origin of that particular imperial edict.

The memorial of the Marquis Yunyang was submitted this morning. After verification by the Secretariat, it was immediately passed to the Ministry of Personnel, which approved and executed it as a priority.

This morning, Li Nuo was slightly delayed practicing swordsmanship with his wife, causing the edict to reach the County Magistrate’s Office before he did.

Li Yuan’s actions were clearly meant to disgust Li Nuo.

Perhaps Li Yuan himself did not know that his casual decision had precisely targeted Li Nuo’s lifeline.

His true lifeline.

Although trying cases was not his only source of lifespan improvement, personally solving difficult cases counted as well, but such events were not a daily occurrence.

Relying solely on solving cases, the rate of lifespan increase could hardly keep up with the consumption.

Housekeeper Wu sighed and said helplessly, "Young Master, this is a direct order from the three provinces, every procedure is reasonable and lawful, not even the Lord can help the Young Master now..."

Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "It’s fine."

This incident made him realize something.

Simply associating with the Chang’an County Office was not a long-term solution after all, since most issues there were minor, idiosyncratic matters. To manage significant affairs, he needed to turn to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Justice.

Since the court had stripped him of his title, he would just cultivate another one.

No official position to try cases? He would take the Imperial Examination.

It was just the Imperial Examination, his father was once the top scholar in all Six Arts, as his son, he could not disgrace him.

Seeing Li Nuo remaining silent for a long time, Housekeeper Wu waved his hand in front of his eyes and said, "Young Master, Young Master..."

He sighed and said, "In fact, cultivating Legalism is not bad, but cultivating Medical School is also good. The Medical Family True Qi can strengthen the body, extend life, and save the world, also serving the common people..."

Li Nuo looked at Housekeeper Wu and said, "I have decided."

Housekeeper Wu was startled and asked, "Has the Young Master decided to cultivate the Medical School?"

Li Nuo said, "I am going to take the Imperial Examination."

Housekeeper Wu’s body trembled, and after a long silence, he clasped Li Nuo’s hand tightly, excitedly saying, "Young Master, this old servant has been waiting for these words for eighteen years!"

Nineteen years ago, at the Imperial Examination, Li Xuanjing single-handedly became the top scholar in all Six Arts, a feat unparalleled in history.

A year later, his child was born but was naturally a fool.

During these eighteen years, treating himself as a member of the Li Family, he had been waiting for a miracle to happen.

At this moment, he finally saw it.

He looked at Li Nuo, excitedly saying, "There’s still over four years until the Imperial Examination. As long as the Young Master prepares well, you will surely pass with flying colors!"

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Actually, the next Imperial Examination was just half a year away.

But the Young Master had been a fool for eighteen years, only recently recovered, and had not yet begun studying the Six Arts. The next examination was indeed beyond reach, but the one four years later was quite possible.

After all, he was the son of his Lord, and even if he could not emulate his father to monopolize the top scholar position in all Six Arts, becoming an Advanced Scholar shouldn’t be a problem, right?

Li Nuo did not tell Housekeeper Wu that he was planning to participate in the Imperial Examination in half a year’s time.

Four years was too long, without being able to try cases, he would not live that long.

With only six months left, and yet to begin learning the Six Arts, he seemed unable to compete with the students who had studied intensively for ten or twenty years at the academy, but it was not without a chance.

Li Nuo’s gaze swept across the Law Code and lingered on the portraits of Gu Yanran and Han Zhuo.

One excelled in Calligraphy, the other was well-versed in painting.

And both of these were content included in the Imperial Examination.

If he could have more such portraits above the Law Code, even if he couldn’t monopolize the examination like his father, becoming an Advanced Scholar should still be feasible, right?

His father-in-law was a Minister of Personnel; the official positions for new Advanced Scholars were appointed by the Ministry of Personnel.

As long as he could become an Advanced Scholar, even if just the last one, his father-in-law could use his connections to place him either in the Ministry of Justice or the Ministry of Justice.

In the Ministry of Justice was the warm-hearted predecessor Li Anning.

And his father was at the Ministry of Justice.

Who then would deny him the chance to try cases?

With so little time, Li Nuo had already arranged the road ahead for himself.

Now only one problem remained.

What exactly did the Imperial Examination involve?

Because his previous path of cultivation had been so smooth, Li Nuo had not delved deeply into Daxia’s Imperial Examination.

He only knew that the Imperial Examination mainly assessed the Six Arts, namely "Ceremonial, Music, Archery, Charioteering, Writing, Mathematics," but the Six Arts were broad-ranging, what exactly was tested, how it was tested, and the format was still unknown to him.

So Li Nuo planned to consult Song Yu.

He didn’t have a book describing the Imperial Examination, but Song Yu was a candidate of the current session and would certainly know the process.

When Li Nuo arrived at Song Yu’s courtyard, he found others were there too.

Song Qian stood with hands on hips, angrily saying, "Who was it that beat you into this state?"

Song Yu shivered and refused to speak until Song Qian twisted his ear, making him rush to say, "I’ll talk, I’ll talk, it was the son of the Marquis Yunyang, Li Yuan. Sister, please let go of me, it hurts, it hurts..."

Song Qian released her hand and frowned, saying, "What about the son of the Marquis Yunyang, can the children of the nobility just bully others, and what about our father, did he just watch you get bullied?"

Song Yu hurriedly said, "It’s alright, my brother-in-law has already avenged me, Li Yuan was beaten worse than I was by him, don’t be angry."

Li Nuo approached, and Song Yu quickly stood up, saying, "Brother-in-law, you’re here!"

Though Song Qian was jealous of Song Jiaren, she personally thanked Li Nuo for standing up for her brother.

Song Qian’s husband, standing behind her, also nodded slightly to Li Nuo as a greeting.

Song Qian was clearly very angry about her brother being beaten, saying indignantly, "These nobles in Chang’an are just lawless, isn’t there anyone who can control them?"

Song Yu expressed his helplessness and said, "Who lets them be named Li, the laws of Daxia are Li’s laws, not to mention hurting people, Li Yuan has killed people too, and the court didn’t intervene..."

Song Qian and her husband were there, and Li Nuo had intended to come back later, but after stepping away and hearing Song Yu’s words, he turned back and asked, "Killing, who did he kill, explain clearly..."