The wronged female supporting role made a comeback with a divine reply

The scholar was a little unhappy when Cheng Jiayu interrupted him, but he still said, "There is no engagement! And what I said is not nonsense. Do you know who his father is? Do you know who his grandfather is?"

Cheng Jiayu frowned. Of course he knew!

But others don’t know! At that moment, another candidate next to him asked, “So, Bai Jieyuan has quite a background?”

The gossipy scholar continued, "Of course! His father was the fifth place winner of this year's provincial examination!"

"Fifth place?" This was something Cheng Jiayu didn't expect, because he didn't even know Bai Shihong's name.

"That's right!" the scholar continued, "His grandfather is from the third branch of the Bai family, that is, the Baiji whose golden wound medicine is very popular recently! Oh, by the way, he also has a second uncle who is an eighth-rank official in Hexi County, and the one who is now serving as a sixth-rank official under Lord Zhong is his cousin. So, if you want to become a relative with Bai Jieyuan, you still have to carefully weigh their strengths!"

Finally, it was Cheng Jiayu's turn to speak. While everyone around was sighing, he slowly said, "Bai Jieyuan and I are from the same village. I probably know everything you said. Unfortunately, I almost got engaged to the daughter of the Bai family!"

Ah, is there such a thing?

More candidates gathered around, and the gossiping candidate asked with interest, "Oh? Brother Cheng, are you saying that you almost married the daughter of the Bai family? Why didn't it work out? Did she look down on you?"

Cheng Jiayu's face darkened, and she said calmly, "This is not a secret. Everyone in Hexi Village knows that the Bai family has an orphan girl from a branch of the family. Her grandfather registered her as a female household before he died. I gave her the household registration in time so that she could keep the property deed."

Seeing Cheng Jiayu was keeping things a secret, the gossipy scholar mocked, "Brother Cheng, are you trying to get someone to marry you in exchange for a favor?"

"That's not the case." Cheng Jiayou said faintly, "I saw that she was having a hard time, so I offered to give her fifty taels of silver. If we can get engaged, then we can get engaged. If not, then she doesn't have to pay me back!"

"Ah! Brother Cheng, you are so generous? So she took the money and rejected the engagement?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was about right, Cheng Jiayu said directly: "Not really, she didn't ask for money and didn't want to get engaged to me. She threatened to find a son-in-law to marry into her family!"

"Ah?" Everyone around was shocked and sighed.

Cheng Jiayu was secretly happy. As long as Bai Zhaozhao's threat got out, no good family would propose marriage to her in a short period of time. And Bai Zhaozhao, such a noble person, would definitely not marry just anyone.

In this way, he felt relieved. Although it was just a small story that was vaguely related to Jie Yuan's family, it was enough.

The gossiping scholar stopped mocking and said sympathetically, "Brother Cheng, you are not still thinking about that young lady, right? Now that Brother Cheng has passed the imperial examination, if he goes to propose marriage again, maybe it will work!"

At this time, another scholar suddenly said, "I'm not sure. This Miss Bai is not someone that everyone can dream of!"

Cheng Jiayu took a look and saw that it was a well-dressed young man. He looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where he was.

The gossiping scholar became excited again: "Second Master Zhang also knows Miss Bai?"

Zhang Zhilan nodded, glanced at Cheng Jiayu, and said, "That Miss Bai is now being raised by the cousin of the top scholar, Bai Jingli. It is said that the Bai clan leader treasures her very much! I think people without a good family background should not covet her!"

Cheng Jiayu was immediately annoyed: "What does this mean, Master Zhang? Who coveted it?"

Zhang Zhilan was not polite: "Whoever covets it will know!"

The gossipy scholar quickly tried to smooth things over: "Don't get angry, don't get angry. This is the Luming Feast. It's not good to cause trouble!"

"Humph!" Zhang Zhilan said disdainfully, "Don't worry, I'm just reminding some people that how can the starlight match the bright moon?"

Cheng Jiayu was furious. He originally wanted everyone to ignore Bai Zhaozhao, but now he had backfired. With Zhang Zhilan's interference, maybe many people would really go to find out about Bai Zhaozhao!

But he still knew about the Zhang family, the leading family in Linyang County. Not only was Zhang Zhilan's father a fifth-rank Tongzhi, but there were also elders in the family who served as officials in the capital.

He couldn't afford to offend him at the moment, so it seemed he had to try another approach.

So he could only explain: "Mr. Zhang, you are overthinking. A gentleman loves a beautiful lady. I was just stating some past facts. Since Mr. Zhang is so interested in that girl... then I will... stop talking."

After hearing this, Zhang Zhilan's eyes flashed with anger. Cheng Jiayu was clearly hinting that he liked Miss Bai!

Sure enough, the students around him all showed understanding expressions.

If he admitted it, it would definitely bring some ambiguous rumors to Miss Bai, which might even damage her reputation.

If he explained that he was not attracted to Miss Bai, Cheng Jiayu would probably take the opportunity to say that he was too shy to admit it, which might only give Miss Bai more topics to talk about.

At this time, the gossiping scholar observed Zhang Zhilan's expression and saw that he looked unhappy, so he said directly: "I think we should stop guessing. If you really want to marry Bai Jieyuan, you should see if there is a young lady with outstanding appearance in your family!"

Zhang Zhilan also calmed down and agreed, "It's hard to say, I think Bai Jieyuan will take the imperial examination next year!"

"Oh? Really? He's so awesome!"

"Alas, I am old now. I want to try it next year."

"I can't. I have to wait three years before going."

Just like that, everyone started talking at once. Cheng Jiayu didn't achieve her goal, but she still forced herself to smile.

Bai Zhaozhao had been secretly paying attention to Cheng Jiayu. He saw that he seemed to have a conflict with the second son of the Zhang family. Then, a wisp of purple energy disappeared from Cheng Jiayu's body!

Does this work too?

Bai Zhaozhao was a little confused. What kind of happy day was today? Cheng Jiayu actually missed two opportunities in a row! The key point was that she didn't seem to have done anything!

Bai Zhaozhao approached a servant at Zhang's residence and asked quietly, "Second Master Zhang seems very powerful?"

The young man said proudly, "Of course, my son is the second place winner in this year's exam! He is also a disciple of Master Liu!"

Liu Daru!

Is he the great scholar in the original novel who accepted Cheng Jiayu as his last disciple?

So, Master Zhang II is Cheng Jiayu’s senior brother in the original plot?

Now there is a rift between the two, Cheng Jiayu did not even rank tenth in the exam, and Zen Master Guiyuan has promised not to make that prophecy, so Liu Daru will certainly not accept him as a disciple!

So what Cheng Jiayu lost was this opportunity, right?

"Zhao Zhao!" Bai Shihong's voice came, with a bit of excitement.

Bai Zhaozhao turned his head and was surprised to see that not only had Zen Master Guiyuan come, but he was also standing next to Prefect Zhong. All the candidates were looking at him with great surprise and joy.

The Zen master was very friendly and said softly, "This boy is not an ordinary person!"

Bai Zhaozhao:!!!

At this moment, everyone was shocked. The legendary figure actually commented on a juren!

Although it is called a commentary, anyone who knows Zen Master Guiyuan knows that it is clearly a prophecy!