Yan Luo took out a few pieces of silver and handed them to the coachman: "Give them the silver."
"Yes, Miss." The coachman took the silver, got off the carriage, and walked up to the two beggars: "Take it, this is a reward from Miss. Once you've taken the silver, get out of the way."
The two beggars' eyes lit up when they saw the smoke and silk, and they grabbed the loose silver coins and stuffed them into their pockets, then shouted loudly:
"Xiao Jin, Xiao Jin, your father and mother don't ask you to acknowledge us, we just ask you to tell us, where is your grandmother now?"
Hearing this voice, Yanluo froze. Looking more closely at the two beggars, she widened her eyes in shock and turned to look into the carriage:
"Miss, it's Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao!"
Su Ruojin was also taken aback. Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao?
How did they end up in the capital? How did they become beggars?
More and more people gathered around the carriage, pointing and whispering.
"Whose young lady is this?"
"What an unfilial daughter! She doesn't recognize her parents."
"Does this mean she's disowning her parents after marrying into the capital?"
......
Hearing everyone's discussion, Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao exchanged a glance, a triumphant smile appearing in their eyes.
They deliberately stopped Su Ruojin in the street, hoping to use public opinion to force her to take them back to the General's Mansion.
Before Su Ruojin could say anything, the patrolling constables saw the crowd gathering and rushed over.
"Make way, make way! What's going on?"
Zhao Jiao hurriedly said, "Sir, we've come to find our mother."
Zhao Jiao had learned her lesson and dared not say in front of the yamen runners that she was Su Ruojin's mother.
Ordinary people might not know Su Ruojin, but the yamen runners in the government offices certainly do.
"Looking for your mother?"
One of the constables turned around and saw Su Ruojin. His expression changed, and he hurriedly bowed with a smile, "So it's Miss Su. Have you run into any trouble? Do you need my help?"
This yamen runner remembered that when Miss Su was not yet the daughter of the General's Mansion, the Prefect had instructed him to take good care of her.
The Miss Su from back then is now the legitimate daughter of General Su's mansion, so he dares not offend her even more.
Upon recognizing Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao, Su Ruojin, not wanting to attract too much attention on the street, said to the constables, "Could you please trouble the two of you to escort these two to the General's Mansion? Thank you. Yanluo."
Yanlu cleverly handed over a bag of loose silver: "Thank you for your trouble, sir. This is a gift from our young lady for you to have some tea."
"Oh, thank you, Miss Su. We'll take the person to the General's Mansion right away."
The constable took the money bag and waved to the crowd: "Disperse, everyone. From now on, anyone who dares to claim relatives in public will be taken directly to the yamen and flogged!"
In a single sentence, Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao were labeled as having mistakenly claimed kinship.
Zhao Jiao opened her mouth to say something, but when she saw Su Ruojin's cold glance, she swallowed her words.
Anyway, they achieved their goal and obediently followed the constables.
No one noticed that a woman in the crowd had witnessed the entire scene before turning and leaving.
The crowd dispersed, and the carriage continued on its way. Yanluo asked with a puzzled look, "Miss, what happened to Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao?"
Su Ruojin shook her head; this was also what she found strange.
When she returned to the Su residence from the Prince's mansion, she did not rush to see Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao, but instead went to Madam Su's courtyard.
Madam Su already knew about this, but Jin'er wasn't there, so she didn't know the specifics.
She had someone tidy up for the two of them and settle them in the courtyard where the guests were staying.
Upon seeing Su Ruojin return, Madam Su hurriedly asked, "Jin'er, what brings these two here?"
Lin Zhengshan had treated her daughter badly before. If her daughter hadn't sent them to the mansion, Madam Su would have kicked them out long ago.
"They said they came to find their mother."
"Looking for your mother?"
Madam Su was momentarily confused; how did she end up at the General's Mansion looking for her mother?
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