Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 455 - 414: Liu Sheng of the Liu Family
"Yu Xueguan!" Li Wenyuan bowed deeply, almost a ninety-degree bow.
Yu Xiaolian frowned even more deeply. She had a premonition that Li Wenyuan definitely had something to ask of her.
Yu Xiaolian politely invited Li Wenyuan to sit down.
As soon as he sat down, Li Wenyuan began to speak, saying he had a request.
Yu Xiaolian asked, "What is it?"
When she asked this question, Yu Xiaolian had already prepared in her heart the words to refuse Li Wenyuan, which meant that no matter what Li Wenyuan asked of her, she didn’t want to help.
"I heard that Yu Xueguan was promoted, and I am overjoyed. Unfortunately, I have been waiting for a vacancy in the Capital for three whole years without securing even a Ninth Grade position, which is truly shameful.
I really shouldn’t be troubling you, but I have drifted around the Capital for three years and simply cannot wait any longer. I have no choice but to thickly face you to plead for Yu Xiaolian’s help!" As Li Wenyuan spoke, he actually lifted the hem of his clothing and knelt before Yu Xiaolian.
Yu Xiaolian: "..."
It was quite sudden.
She didn’t expect Li Wenyuan to ask her for this matter.
Why would Li Wenyuan come to ask her? She also didn’t know anyone in the Capital! 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
Yu Xiaolian asked Li Wenyuan to get up and speak, but Li Wenyuan refused, continuing to say, "I know my visit is presumptuous, but I really have no other way. Those Scholars who came with me have already been rotated by their families and appointed to various positions by the Ministry of Personnel, leaving only me... with no connections, and not much money at home. I don’t even know how long I have to wait."
"Since there’s no vacancy for Scholar replacements, why don’t you aim higher? Why didn’t you participate in this year’s Autumn Examination?" Clearly, he could continue to take the Advanced Scholar exam, why stay at the Scholar’s level?
Li Wenyuan’s voice was filled with sorrow, "To be honest, three years ago when I came to the Capital for the national exam, I offended someone, was falsely accused of plagiarism, my test paper was nullified, and I was ordered not to take the exam anymore."
"Oh, I see. I was wondering why you haven’t been assigned a post for three years while the court is in need of people. It seems someone is sabotaging you from within. Do you know who you offended...?"
Ever since the great drought in the Northern Land, it hasn’t recovered, and the situation in the Southern Border isn’t much better. Talents like Scholars are now extremely rare, and having no assignments for three years is very unusual.
Li Wenyuan gritted his teeth and said with a trembling voice, "It was Liu Sheng, the half-brother of Princess Consort Yu!"
Three years ago, when he first arrived in the Capital, he was introduced to Liu Sheng and became friends with him. Later, during the national exam, he trusted Liu Sheng and formed a mutual agreement with him. However, after the results were announced, none among the four of them, including Liu Sheng, made the list. Unable to bear seeing Li Wenyuan succeed, they conspired to falsely accuse him of plagiarism, jointly dragging Li Wenyuan out of the Advanced Scholar ranks.
Just like that, Li Wenyuan didn’t even participate in the palace exam and was ordered not to take the imperial examinations again.
"The exams were already finished? He just blatantly accused you of plagiarism and you accepted it? Make them show evidence!" Yu Xiaolian was dumbfounded.
Li Wenyuan was filled with rage, "The key is not whether I accept it, it’s that all the examiners listened to Liu Sheng. They judged me to have plagiarized, what can I do?"
An arm can’t twist a thigh, he was just a poor scholar with no backing, how could he dare to confront the Princess Consort Yu’s family?
Liu Sheng even warned Li Wenyuan that if he dared to blow up the matter, his Scholar status would also be taken away. Out of fear of the Liu family’s influence, Li Wenyuan had to swallow this injustice with tears.
However, Li Wenyuan was unwilling to return to Luocheng in disgrace. Luckily, the new Emperor ascended soon after, and Prince Yu was demoted to commoner for openly challenging the new Emperor, causing the Liu family to be implicated as well.
But the dying camel is still bigger than the horse. Although the Liu family no longer had the same influence as before, the orders Liu Sheng issued against Li Wenyuan remained effective.
No one would offend the Liu family for a powerless Li Wenyuan, even if it’s a declined Liu family, it’s not someone anyone can easily cross.
After hearing this, Yu Xiaolian understood. Indeed, there’s no fairness in this world. You say you didn’t plagiarize, but a word from those from influential families can define you, and those in power won’t want to listen to the ’excuses’ of a poor scholar.
"I sympathize with your plight, but I’m afraid I can’t help you much. I don’t know anyone with power or influence, afraid of even speaking to them!" Although Yu Xiaolian had met many officials recently, they were only acquaintances in passing. She couldn’t possibly plead with them for Li Wenyuan.
