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Su Mo became a live-in son-in-law of the Lin merchant family to raise money for his sick wife's medical expenses, labeled a "good-for-nothing who lives off women" by his mother-in-law and bullied by his brother-in-law. He never showed his grievances to his wife, instead studying by oil lamp in the woodshed every night—he was hiding a secret that risked his dignity: to top the imperial exam and give his frail wife a future free from humiliation. On the day the top scholar list was posted, the Lins were still forcing him to sign the divorce papers, unaware that messengers from the palace were already at the door, coming to fetch the "new top scholar" to meet the emperor...
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