In the 20th year of the Tianlong Dynasty, under the rule of Emperor Tianhong, the dynasty was at its peak. With its rule spreading in all four directions.
The life of commoners was finally leading to peace.
The holy capital of the Tianlong dynasty, Yunshan was bustling with laughter and joy.
It was far more developed with structures reaching the sky. Its large city gates and walls rose high up the sky. Giving the capital a gentle remainder of its security.
The merchants travan entering and exiting the capital, the commoners buying and selling.
Each shop more busier than the others.
As one entered inside the capital the more large and grand mansions appeared in their sights.
Many of the mansions were bustling with servants running here and there.
Among such, one was particularly strange with no or little preparation like it was just another day.
The mansion's front gate had a name plaque inscribed Grand Marshal's Residence hung high in the gate door.
The mansion was decorated with flowers and servants cleaning making the mansion appear lively and warm.
The rays of sunlight reflected on the fish pond and the tiles gave it a gentle and warm atmosphere.
Every part of the mansion had some servants cleaning and keeping things in order except one.
In the back of the manor, lies a remote small courtyard.
Filled with nothing, bare and unkept. With weeds growing tall and not a single servant or wait there is one.
A female servant around 20 years old, wearing a light-green ruqun.
Holding a blue silk Zhíduō.
As she approached the doors,
"Young Master, please open the doors. Lord had made these cloth especially for you".
As the last word left from her mouth, the door opened.
From the door, a young 10 years old boy wearing a plain white cloth made of hem that usually a commoner would wear was being draped on his body.
His eyes holding the clarity of above his age, and his body structure made him appear different.
"Please convey my thanks to my uncle."
His eyes fell on the piece of cloth in the hands of the maid for a moment.
As he reached the cloth, the maid immediately placed it in his hands, in such a way that his touch disgusted her.
As even a maid like her was wearing a cloth that was of a higher quality than the low quality hemp dress he was wearing.
"Please be sure to get ready fast. The carriage to the palace is leaving about 7 incense sticks."
She said with a simple face but that smile was filled with disgust and superiority.
Saying such she left the courtyard.
After some time, Li Chen came out from his room wearing the silk cloth given to him.
Seeing no one in the courtyard to accompany him, he started to walk according to his memory.
In the grand general household, he was already used to this treatment, as only on some occasion when he was to show his presence would he be given luxurious dress and food.
Servants to accompany him and help him.
On a normal day it would be a blessing if no servant came to make trouble for him.
As he reached the main gate he saw two luxurious carriages. Inside the first as usual the his grandmother and his uncles and their wife were,.
Behind them was the carriage for the young generation.
As usual he climbed inside the carriage. As he entered his gaze fell on the three children.
The older one was Li Wei, aged 15, son of his first uncle and aunt. Then came his twin cousins, Li Ming and Li Ling, aged 10 and were the child of his 2nd uncle and aunt.
After entering the carriage, he sat quietly at the counter alone.
From the information he had heard from the servants gossip, this time his uncles and aunts were taking his cousins and him because the emperor had decreed all the noble family to take their young ones aged 10 to the palace.
But for what, he had not known.
His cousins ignored him like a fly or an ant in the ground as if he didn't exist.
Others would be sad or upset because of it, but he was really grateful that his cousins would not bully him like he had seen or read in the novels and donghua in his past life.
Yes, he was not an ordinary person like others but a reincarnated one like in those wuxia novels.
Before this reincarnation, his name was Suraj Tamang. He was just
an ordinary 19 years old, living an ordinary life of waking up, eat, read, work, eat and sleep.
The only time he had tried to have fun was to go on a mountain trek.
Who knew that it would be his first and last streak. With a landslide claiming his life.
At first when he was reincarnated in this world as an infant, he could not understand a single word spoken by the people surrounding him.
Even up until 5 years old, he could not speak and read properly and he had only been familiar with mandarin as he had only been familiar with this language in drama and donghua.
I mean his native language was different so how could he speak like a native with the brain of an adult.
At first his relatives also took great care of him when he was a child, but even after 5 years he could not speak or learn properly and his father not returning did his uncles finally abandon him.
And since then he started getting only greens and plain rice as a meal, low quality hem cloth, and occasional luxury in the banquet and festival.
Of course , the condition was that his presence was mandatory.
And the reason why his father took all his other siblings except him was that the generals when leaving the capital for war had to leave their at least one descendant in the capital for preserving their bloodline.
Even if the pretext was preservation of bloodline, in reality it was just an excuse to hold the child hostage and bind a chain on the dog i.e. general so that they do not betray the nation.
"Gong Ye, We have arrived."
The carriage stopped and everyone started to exit the carriage.
As Li Chen stepped down, he saw a palace with walls many times bigger than the city wall. Draped in yellow, gold and red.
As the Li Family walked inside the outer door, many other similar doors came in his sight.
After exiting the final door, what came in his sight were many pagoda-like structures. And in the middle and before them a grand palace, with a plaque hanging inscribed "The hall of Divine beings"
Other novel families and their children were standing in front of the hall.
With officials wearing their official robes and their wife wearing silk and ornaments.
As they stood there for about an incense time,
"His Majesty has Arrived." Said a eunuch in a loud voice.