Chapter 288
Chapter 288 Qionglin Banquet
Those who decided to participate felt amazed, and those who received sponsorship also thought that the Wise King was incredible.
Xu Duan was a person from Youzhou. In that vast and sparsely populated area of Youzhou, it was not easy for him to reach where he was today, coming from a poor family and struggling to study.
Xu Duan wanted to distinguish himself, to become an official—not only because he did not want to waste the many years of hard study, but also because he did not want to disappoint his relatives.
Although he failed the spring imperial examination this time, Xu Duan firmly believed that he would succeed next time. Therefore, he refused the invitation to serve as a tutor at an academy.
It was surprising enough to have someone come to invite him to be a tutor, but what shocked Xu Duan even more was that the person inviting him was none other than the Ninth Wise King of the current court!
The Ninth Wise King not only was not annoyed by his refusal but even sent someone to give him twenty taels of silver as travel expenses!
Twenty taels wasn’t a lot.
But for a poor scholar carrying only a few taels of small change in his pocket, it was like sending charcoal in snowy weather—timely help in dire need.