Chapter 127 Is it just a coincidence?

Shen Bailin carefully arranged the personnel according to what Shen Ruyi had said and staged a perfect rescue scene.

The Taifu was already old, and when he was frightened by the people Shen Bailin brought, he fainted, making it easier for Shen Bailin to take him home.

When the tutor woke up, he saw Shen Bailin waiting by his side with medicine in his hand, his face full of worry.

Shen Ruyi was also sitting next to him, blinking her big eyes, revealing an innocent and kind look, "Grandpa, does it hurt, Ruyi Huhu."

Seeing how well-behaved and sensible the little girl was, the master immediately let down his guard, "Little girl, was it someone from your family who saved me?"

Shen Bailin spoke respectfully, "I am Shen Bailin from the second branch of the Yongyi Marquis's mansion in the capital. I saw an old man being blocked by robbers on the road. He happened to be accompanied by many servants, so I bravely went to rescue him."

"Thank you so much!" The Master still feels scared when he thinks of the fear he felt when he was kidnapped.

He fell down several times at that time, and now he feels terrible pain all over his body.

As if he noticed that the master was feeling unwell, Shen Bailin very considerately handed him some medicine. "Old man, drink some first. I see that you are extraordinary, so you must not be from an ordinary family."

"Please tell me where your family is so I can have someone take you back to recuperate."

Hearing this, the tutor sighed.

He had few children, only a pair of sons and daughters, who lived far away in the south of the Yangtze River.

"To be honest with you, my children are not in the capital. I came here this time because an old friend of mine is in the capital, so I came to visit him."

The Grand Tutor hesitated for a moment, then spoke slowly, "I have an unwelcome request."

"Since you and your daughter are so kind, could you please be kind and let me stay with you for a few more days to heal my wounds?"

As he spoke, the Master touched his chest, as if searching around.

Shen Bailin was very cooperative and handed over the bag that the master was carrying. "You are looking for this, right? Don't worry, I got it back from the robbers, and nothing should be missing."

Shen Ruyi found it funny to see her father acting so realistically.

How could there be less stuff? Those robbers were all people hired by Shen Bailin to pretend to be robbers. If those people dared to hide something secretly without Shen Bailin's knowledge, according to Shen Bailin's temper, he would definitely find someone to beat them half to death.

The master nodded and took out a few banknotes from his bag. "These are my sponsorship of your meal and medicine."

Shen Bailin pretended to be surprised and quickly evaded the question.

"Old man, you can't do that. This is your living expenses. Saving you shows that we are destined to be together. You should stay with me. If you are willing to stay here forever, it means that this house of Shen is good and it is a blessing for our family."

The Grand Tutor saw that Shen Bailin was really unwilling to accept the money, and the admiration in his eyes was beyond words.

Shen Ruyi was delighted to see that the Grand Tutor had already formed a very good impression of their family.

Great, let’s calculate it this way.

Half a month later, it was Old Madam Shen’s birthday, and people from the Yongyi Marquis’s residence had to come even if they didn’t want to.

One reason was that Old Lady Shen was ill, and if Shen Zongguang did not come, he would be criticized by the censors in the court for being unfilial.

Another reason is that since the Grand Tutor is around, the Emperor will naturally come to see him. By then, those dignitaries and nobles will know that the Emperor has begun to value the Second Branch of the Shen Family, and will naturally use Old Lady Shen's birthday party to establish connections with him.

By that time, everyone had come. If the eldest wife of the Shen family did not come, she would be criticized. According to the personalities of Shen Zongguang and Qin Yunshuang, they would not do anything against their will and ignore what others said.

In the following time, whenever Shen Bailin had time, he would go to the tutor's room and sit there, chatting and talking with him to please him.

After a few days, the Grand Tutor began to treat Shen Bailin as a close friend. He felt that he had a lot in common with him and even wanted to take Shen Bailin as his last disciple.

Shen Bailin knew very well that he had only half a bucket of knowledge. Every time before meeting the Taifu, he had to memorize some books in advance. How could he dare to be the Taifu's student? So he suddenly had an idea and asked the Taifu to adopt him as his godson.

The Grand Tutor readily agreed, and after that, Shen Bailin took care of the Grand Tutor even more attentively than he took care of his own mother.

A few days later, when the Emperor heard the news about the Grand Tutor and came in person, the Grand Tutor and Shen Bailin had already become as close as father and son.

When the emperor arrived, Shen Bailin pretended to be very surprised and said, "Your Majesty, I am honored to see you."

The emperor looked at Shen Bailin with some suspicion in his eyes.

He had already heard Tang Bao say that Shen Bailin was not a good person when he heard her inner thoughts.

This time, is he really so kind as to save his teacher?

But because the Grand Tutor lived in seclusion for many years, even when he was teaching him to read, he always lived in the royal villa and never went out, so no one in the court knew what his teacher looked like.

So, is this Shen Bailin really just a coincidence?

The emperor was puzzled and asked Shen Bailin to kneel down.

Shen Bailin pretended to be terrified and said, "Your Majesty, have I done anything wrong? As long as Your Majesty tells me, I am willing to be punished."

After saying that, Shen Bailin kowtowed heavily.

Coincidentally, the tutor who walked to the door heard these words.

He looked at the emperor, cupped his hands, and then frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you that you should be lenient to others and not be too strict with your subordinates?"

When the emperor heard this, he quickly stood up and bowed respectfully to the tutor, "Students, remember to prepare in advance."

"Then why did you let Bolin kneel down?" As he said that, the tutor went to help Shen Bolin up.

Shen Bailin still pretended to be ignorant and shocked, "Xiao... you are, old man, you are the emperor..."

"Yes." The Master nodded, and when he turned to look at the Emperor, his expression became more serious. "Berlin doesn't know my identity at all. He saved me out of kindness. I know what you are thinking, but you have to remember that groundless suspicion hurts people the most."

The emperor was somewhat helpless after hearing this, and quickly asked the tutor to sit next to him, "Teacher, why didn't you tell me directly about such a big thing?"

"If your followers hadn't sent me a letter about this, would you have pretended it didn't happen and not even mentioned it to me?"

"I'm not seriously injured. I just fell that day. I'm healed now. Bolin is very careful to apply medicated wine to me every day." The Taifu praised Shen Bolin every three sentences.

Shen Bailin lowered his head and acted a bit timid, "This is what I should do."

"Well, that's exactly what you should do." The emperor said coldly, "I will reward you."

When the emperor turned to look at the tutor, he smiled earnestly, "Teacher, please come back to the palace with me. The imperial physicians in the palace are more skilled in medicine."

Shen Bailin's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. If the tutor went to the palace to recuperate and the emperor did not allow him to leave the palace to attend his mother's birthday party, then all the work he had done would be in vain.