If you can't make it, then none of this matter.
Zhuang Yuanren's future would be irreversibly obstructed.
Zhuang Ruman felt he cannot take this risk.
As for those two annoying girls who, after making money, only know how to look out for themselves, without giving a thought to their elders...
Well, well, fortunes alternate while circumstances rotate, let them celebrate for now, but they will cry eventually.
When Zhuang Yuanren passes the imperial examination, or even becomes an official later on, dealing with those two girls would be as simple as stepping on an ant, wouldn't it?
Zhuang Ruman quickly assessed the advantages and disadvantages of the situation, cleared his throat and said, "Get up now..."
"If father does not agree to this, I will not rise," Zhuang Yuanren said, his head bowed low.
"Since you have laid out the reasons in front of me, am I not an ignorant fool, for not being aware of the intricacies involved?"