Chapter 395: Biological Father
Seeing an official?
How dare these people say that!
The clerks in the yamen were the most indiscriminate in making judgments and making up charges. If he followed those clerks to the yamen or returned to the inn to get the silver, it would surely become known to everyone.
After knowing that he failed the exam, he went to a tavern to get drunk.
Knowing that he had no money to pay for the wine.
He would not allow such a thing to happen! Merchants are really the most difficult to deal with, just like evil spirits who want to take lives, without any regard for other people's face!
Ren Jianbai's face turned purple, and at this moment he just wanted to curse the shopkeeper and the clerk in front of him.
But when he saw the disdain and sarcasm on the two men's faces, Ren Jianbai's heart skipped a beat again.
The more furious he got, the more likely the other party would think he was bluffing, and the more likely they would drag him to see the official...
Is his wisdom going to be destroyed today? "Boss, how much did he spend on food and drinks? I'll pay for it." A woman came over and asked softly.
The tavern owner and the waiter went to see it at the same time.
The visitor was wearing a veiled hat, so her face couldn't be seen clearly, but from her figure and voice, one could roughly tell that she was a middle-aged woman.
Moreover, the other person had a good temperament and was wearing brocade of extremely high quality, which made people dare not look down on him.
"One tael and eight cents of silver in total." The waiter replied respectfully.
The middle-aged woman took out two silver coins, each weighing one tael, from her purse and handed them to the waiter, "No need to change."
The other party was helping the scholar pay, and was very generous in giving him extra money. The owner of the tavern was naturally all smiles, "Thank you, ma'am. Would you like some food?"
"No need." The middle-aged woman shook her head, put away her purse, glanced at Ren Jianbai, and walked out of the tavern.
Ren Jianbai saw this and hurriedly chased after him.
The other person was walking very fast, and he was a little exhausted due to drinking, so he chased him for an entire street before he caught up with him.
"Do you have anything else to say?" the woman asked slowly.
"Madam, since you helped me today, I should thank you." Ren Jianbai bowed, "I should also return the money for the wine and food to you."
"You..." The woman sighed softly, "No need."
"It's just that you shouldn't be so drunk today. Although failing the imperial examination is a pity, you are still young and you will have plenty of opportunities in the future. You really shouldn't lose your sense of proportion like this."
Ren Jianbai was shocked, but he smiled bitterly, "Madam, do you also know that I failed the exam?"
"Of course. Ever since you arrived in the capital, I've known your every move and visited you often. I know everything about you." The woman sighed softly.
Ren Jianbai became more confused as he listened, and looked at the person in front of him with surprise.
Know his every move? Visit him often?
But how come he didn't know about this?
And for what...
Ren Jianbai couldn't figure it out, and asked blankly, "You are..."
The woman said nothing, but reached out and took off the veil she was wearing.
The face was revealed, Ren Jianbai saw it clearly and was stunned.
Blood oozed from his clenched lower lip, and Ren Jianbai's furrowed brows were filled with anger, but he eventually suppressed the rage that was rising to his head, snorted coldly, and walked away.
Zou hurriedly chased after him and stopped him, "Bai'er! Could it be that you don't even recognize your mother?"
Ren Jianbai gritted his teeth and looked at Zou with a look that almost spitted fire. "When you left home without saying goodbye, you didn't even remember that I was your son. I guess you didn't recognize me, so why should I recognize you?"
The years when Zou was away from home were the most difficult times for him.
Because of his father's death, Liao was even more anxious to gain fame. He was at a critical moment in the college entrance examination, and his family wanted to take advantage of his house and land because he was young...
God knows how he managed to survive those years facing the harsh tribesmen, heavy schoolwork, and the aggressive Liao family.
And all this was because his mother, Zou, left without saying goodbye and abandoned him in Renjia Village.
Deep down, he hated Zou.
He hated Zou for leaving without saying goodbye, and he hated her even more for getting pregnant before marriage, giving him the identity of an illegitimate child.
Although the secret was almost buried forever as Liao was poisoned and exiled, if someone were to dig it up...
The more Ren Jianbai thought about it, the angrier he became, especially when he saw the jade-like hairpin in Zou's hair and the heavy gold bracelet on her wrist.
"Looking at mother's appearance, it seems that she is living a good life now?" Ren Jianbai's face was full of sarcasm. "Could it be that mother has found my biological father, or that mother has found a better family and is living a carefree life now?"
Zou's figure flashed, "You, you know everything?"
"The truth cannot be hidden. What my mother did cannot be hidden from everyone." Ren Jianbai snorted coldly.
Zou's face turned pale, but she heaved a sigh of relief after a moment, her face full of ease, "Since you already know this, then mother will no longer hide it from you. Your biological father is indeed not that villager, but someone else."
"Oh, mother admitted it straightforwardly..."
"How about you come with me to meet your biological father now?"
Ren Jianbai sneered when he heard Zou say this, "Mother, are you planning to prove that I am the one who had a child out of wedlock?"
Zou looked at Ren Jianbai for a long while, a hint of smile flashed in her beautiful eyes, "If your father doesn't acknowledge you, then you are a child born out of wedlock, but what if your father is willing to acknowledge me? Then you are no longer a child born out of wedlock, but just a son of a concubine."
Is there any difference between the two? Ren Jianbai curled his lips.
Zou continued to speak slowly, "Your father has no children now. Although you are the son of a concubine, as long as he can take you into the mansion, you will be the upright young master of the family, and no one will dare to look down on you."
"And if you can please your father and get his approval, then never mind the Spring Imperial Examination, or entering the Imperial Academy, or becoming an official, it's all just a matter of his words."
Ren Jianbai was stunned.
Something he didn't even dare to think about, could be accomplished with just that person's words?
What kind of person is his biological father... ——In March, peach blossoms are in full bloom.
The peach trees planted in the mansion were in full bloom at this time, and looked like clouds from afar.
Su Yujin felt that such a beautiful scenery should not be wasted, and such beautiful petals should not be wasted, so she picked a lot of peach petals together with Lu and Su Yunruo.
Sun-dried peach blossoms to make tea, peach blossom pastries, grind them into paste and make peach blossom-filled pastries, or put them in silk bags to make sachets and hang them on the bedside...
When the three of them had almost finished their work, Su Shaoyuan came back.
(End of this chapter)
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