"That young lady also sent someone to Li'an County to deliver a letter to the Prince, saying that the old Princess Consort was seriously ill. Fortunately, the Prince did not see the seal of the manor and did not believe it. Sigh..." Steward Liu said softly.
"What?" Granny Luo was furious when she heard this.
The distance between the capital and Li'an County is not short. The old princess was just poisoned, and the prince received the news. What does this mean?
This shows that they had planned this all along.
“I’m worried that His Highness is anxious about the old princess’s condition and will be eager to come back,” Liu Ming said with a sigh.
Heping County
When Li Zhiwei and his entourage arrived in Heping County, they changed out of their usual fine clothes and into coarse linen garments.
"Pretty sister, why do we have to change into clothes like this?" Xu Qingshi asked, looking at her clothes with some disdain.
"Qingshi, from now on, you must call me Mother, and you can't call me Father either, you must call me Dad, understand?" Li Zhiwei instructed Xu Qingshi.
"Alright!" Xu Qingshi was a little unhappy that Li Zhiwei hadn't answered his question, but he still obediently complied.
"We'll rest at the inn for a bit. I have something to do and need to go out for a bit." Xu Heming needed to adjust Tang Youquan's behavior in Peace, so naturally he needed to go out and inquire about things.
"Cough! Cough!" Madam Yao coughed a few times.
"I'll go get some medicine for Mother," Li Zhiwei said quickly, seeing Yao's condition and knowing that they would be taking a boat trip soon.
"Qinghua and Qingyue, protect the lady well." Xu Heming thought for a moment and quickly instructed Qinghua and Qingyue to take good care of the person.
"Mother, shall I go with you?" Xu Qingshi also wanted to go out for a walk.
"Qingshi, could you please stay here and take good care of my maternal grandmother?" Li Zhiwei saw that Yao's complexion was not good and couldn't bear to let her leave.
Xu Qingshi glanced at Yao Shi and had no choice but to reluctantly agree.
Tang Family
Tang Youquan was in his concubine Luo'er's room, his eyes filled with satisfaction.
"My lord, I've taken a fancy to a hairpin," Luo'er said coquettishly, nestled in Tang Youquan's arms.
"If you like it, just buy it," Tang Youquan said without hesitation.
“But that hairpin costs a thousand taels of silver,” Luo’er said with a wronged expression.
After all, she was just a concubine, and her monthly allowance was only two taels of silver. The madam certainly wouldn't give her this thousand taels of silver.
"Just go to the accounting office and get it. If Madam has any objections, you can tell her to come to me," Tang Youtong said nonchalantly.
After all, now that Heping County has a gold mine, his woman can have as much silver as she wants.
"Thank you, sir!" Luo'er was overjoyed. With this thousand taels of silver, her mother's illness should be resolved.
Li Zhiwei had just received the medicine when she saw a servant chasing an old man.
"Old man, we don't offer credit here. Please leave." The servant said, looking at the old man.
The old man, his back hunched, could only helplessly try to leave, but after taking only a couple of steps, he fainted.
"Old man?" Seeing the old man about to fall, Li Zhiwei rushed over without thinking and helped him up.
"Oh dear, sir, please put him down quickly." The servant noticed that Li Zhiwei's attire wasn't very nice, and hurriedly advised.
"Young man, let's get a doctor to take a look at this old man quickly!" Li Zhiwei frowned, thinking to himself, how could this person be so heartless?
"Madam, it's not that our clinic is unwilling to treat her, but she already owes us one tael of silver. We're not running a charity clinic, we really can't help it," the servant said with a troubled expression. There were far too many elderly people like her in this area.
They wanted to help, but they simply lacked the resources.
"I'll pay for her medical expenses." Li Zhiwei sighed inwardly. She knew the servant's words made sense, but she couldn't just watch the old woman collapse in front of her.
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