Mrs. Wang recently added a few more strands to her white hair, regretting deeply. She should have arranged a marriage for Qin Mingyan earlier, instead of letting him have his way, allowing him to say whatever he wished, and pursue his career as he pleased, spending his days away from home mingling with disreputable company.
And now, year after year wasted, he's dragged on into a bachelor past his prime. Even though he succeeded in the grace examination, was marked out as a scholar, and has established a career, the Old Master passed away at a rather inconvenient time. Though the Saint has allowed him to bypass mourning, he still needs to fulfill his filial duties.
During the year of mourning, Qin Mingyan was quite adept at his post, perfectly at ease in his accustomed field. At the Ministry of Justice, he flourished like a fish in water, solving numerous complex cases in just a year, earning the title of Little God Catcher, well-loved by his superiors.
