Shipin Dalizheng

Chapter 341 Adopted Son

Seeing everyone's eyes turned to him, Rong Tang calmed himself down and coughed lightly, "Aunt Qiu Kui, you haven't told me who my biological father is. Of course, if you can't tell me, I won't ask, but in this life, except for today, I will never ask again, and I will never recognize him again in the future."

When Mrs. Tang heard this, she could no longer sit still and asked her family to leave.

"My family won't get involved in this matter. I just want to make sure that you are the son-in-law that Madam Rong has chosen for my family. I don't care about anything else. Even if she picked you up, my family won't care."

Tang Tiantian came to support her mother. She didn't want to listen anymore, as if her fiancé would lose her if she listened too much.

In the blink of an eye, only the people from the Bo Mansion were left in the main hall. Butler Tao and Nanny Xi felt that what they knew was already the perfect answer, and it was redundant to listen to anything else, so they retreated and guarded the door.

Qiu Kui's expression changed several times before he finally spoke, "Master, Madam has no children. She and Jin Shizhao never consummated their marriage, and she never had an affair with another man. She remained a virgin until her death."

Time seemed to stand still, and several faces were bewildered. Rong Zhan exclaimed, "Isn't the master the real young master?"

Qiu Kui said, "Madam has not given birth to a child, and the young master is not a fake young master! Back then, when Madam had not yet decided to have a child, Mother Yao urged her to adopt an heir to the Bo Mansion. Madam rejected her grandson, but she also took the matter to heart and bribed a doctor to fake a pregnancy. Fifteen years ago in October, according to the date, Madam was about to give birth. Madam took Mother Yao and me to the Fahua Temple to worship Buddha. Madam sincerely prayed for a child, so the old monk in the temple invited her into the meditation room. Not long after, Madam let me in, and I saw a baby with an umbilical cord that was still intact. Madam said that this was her child and asked me to wash and wrap the child. Madam was in very bad condition at the time, her face was pale, and her body was weak. If you didn't know, you would really think she had just given birth, but Mother Yao and I knew that she was not pregnant."

Rong Tang shook himself and closed his eyes slightly, "So my parents are still unknown."

Qiu Kui said, "Not really. I heard from Madam later that although you were not her biological child, you still have her blood flowing through you. It's not an exaggeration to say that you are her biological child. I don't understand what that means."

She stole a glance at Rong Zhan and the others. Rong Tang's face was calm, "Just tell me."

Qiu Kui continued, "I was the only one who saw the young master's body with my own eyes; Madam Yao didn't. I asked Madam if it would be exposed in the future, as it would be bad for the child. At the time, the old monk said there was no need to consider such matters. Anyway, the child couldn't be raised with her and had to be sent to the Jokhang Temple in Jiangnan. He also said that Madam's blood could only keep the child alive for a few months, and that he wouldn't survive if he wasn't taken to the Jokhang Temple. I remember clearly that the old monk said at the time that this child was blessed with great fortune, but a peculiar fate. If he was Yin, he would be doomed to be alone and trapped in a dead end forever. If he was Yang, he would have a vast world and soar to the skies. The future hopes of the Jian'an Earl's Mansion rested on him, so he could only be recorded in the family tree as a son."

"That old monk, what is his Dharma name?"

Qiu Kui thought for a long time, "Hui..."

Rong Tang closed his eyes, "Master Huici."

Qiu Kui's eyes lit up. "Yes, Master Huici, I heard Madam call you. Madam had already thought of the follow-up countermeasures. After returning to the mansion, she sent someone to notify the elders of Rongjia Village to record the young master in the family tree. At the same time, she announced to the public that the child had a heart disease and needed to seek medical treatment. At that time, many doctors came to the mansion to take the young master's pulse, and they all said that the pulse was strange, with both yin and yang being abnormal, and he might not live long. Madam spread the word that she would send the child to Jiangnan to seek medical treatment from Dr. Mo, but in fact she was sending him to the Jokhang Temple. Later, I went to Fahua Temple to see Master Huici again, but he was nowhere to be found. Even the abbot didn't know he had been there."

All sorts of chaotic thoughts swirled in his mind. Qiu Kui's words seemed to confirm a previous suspicion, but it also raised new doubts. He had once thought he was a child of the Feng family, that the fourth wife of Feng had three children, but he was actually born in the Fahua Temple in the north in October of the previous year, and his parents were still unknown.

Master Huici had clearly seen him at the Fahua Temple in the north in October of the previous year. Why didn't he take him with him? Instead, he had to use Madam Rong to transfer him, and then he went to the Jokhang Temple to wait for his second rescue. After that, he switched himself with the Feng family's child, causing him to suffer the Feng family's misfortune for many years.

Master Huici is his blood relative in the real world, and his love for him is unquestionable. The fact that he did not take him away personally only means that he did not have the ability to do so at that time. He could only appear in the Jokhang Temple by himself and could not take him through time and space.

At this time, Rong Tang accepted a fact in his heart. Although the world he traveled to was not a world of cultivating immortals and there were no immortals, there were supernatural phenomena that could not be explained by science. It was even possible that his rebirth here was caused by this power.

So don’t worry about your biological parents and just live a good life.

He let out a long sigh.

"Aunt Qiukui, does anyone else know about this?"

Qiu Kui shook her head. "No, Master. I am just an ordinary maid. The only thing I can do for my master is to pass on this last will. I also beg Master to give me a chance to live because of my loyalty."

What she called a way out was probably to break free from the constraints of her family and not be sold, which was not a big deal for Rong Tang.

"Rong Wanli, go to Weijia Village and give her family ten taels of silver to get her indenture. Aunt Qiu Kui, if you want to get married, I will ask Nanny Xi to find you an honest and reliable man and give you a few acres of land and a few houses. If you don't want to get married, you can stay in the Bo's Mansion and retire."

Qiu Kui kowtowed and said she would consider it carefully. Rong Tang was satisfied with her answer. Most women in this world still regard marriage and having children as their life goals. With his protection, Qiu Kui could marry or stay in the mansion. As long as she behaved herself, her life would not be bad.

After settling Qiu Kui, Rong Tang was ready to enter the palace.

Rong Zhan was puzzled. "Master, the matter has come to a perfect conclusion. Whether it's national law or the ancestral temple, there's no particular strictness regarding whether one is a biological child or not. Madam Rong has acknowledged you and recorded you in the Rong family genealogy. You are the legitimate son. There's no need to explain too much to His Majesty."

At least as guards, the person they were ordered to find and the one they found now are the same person, which is enough.

"You don't understand. The more this is the case, the more we need to make it clear. Many things are like this; it's not necessarily what we think it is. Your Majesty likes me now and needs me, so it doesn't matter what I do. But if there's a rift in the future and someone tries to sow discord, today's concealment will become a disaster."

He can't put the handle in anyone's hand. The only way is to make the handle no longer a handle.

As soon as I walked out of the house, I saw that the weather was gray and fine snowflakes were falling from the sky.

Rong Qianqi observed Princess Zhaoling collecting a debt and achieved some results. He rode back to report, "Master, a fight has broken out."

Rong Qianqi turned around and several people rode together, talking as they walked.

"The Seventh Princess led her men to besiege the Chu family, and the head of the Chu family invited Prince Yong to confront the princess. Everything was fine at first, but then the Eleventh group threw stones and hidden weapons and attacked the imperial guards..."

"Why did they attack the Custodians?"

"After they beat the Imperial Guards, they attacked the Chu family. Then, there was a melee between the two sides. They mixed in with the team and beat Prince Yong. Now Prince Yong's head is bleeding, the Chu family father and son are losing teeth, and Princess Zhaoling can't get up."

Rong Tang asked in surprise, "What happened to Zhao Ling?"

“Actually, I just can’t get up.”

"Oh……"