Chapter 139: Unruly
Upon hearing this, Huo Yi was so excited that he wanted to sit up, but he gasped in excitement and pain.
"Dad, are you serious?"
He didn't have to be sent away? He didn't have to live in hiding?
"real."
"The Yongyi Marquis' Mansion..."
"If Miss Lu can bring you out of the Dali Temple safely, Marquis Yongyi will not dare to hold on to this matter anymore."
As for what he would do in secret, Huo Pengzheng couldn't guarantee it.
But no matter how unwilling Marquis Yongyi was, at least he would not dare to take any action in the short term. The fact that he was able to bring Huo Yi, who was originally sentenced to beheading, out of the Dali Temple showed that his background was not something that Marquis Yongyi's Mansion could easily offend.
Huo Yi had a look of joy as if he had survived a disaster: "Dad, don't worry, I have walked through the gates of hell, I won't cause trouble again."
Huo Peng was hoping that his son had really learned his lesson, but was also afraid that he was just speaking on impulse. He knew his son's miserly character too well, so he said helplessly, "It's best if you think so."
Huo Yi pursed his lips, wanted to say something, hesitated for a moment and closed his mouth.
The doctor came quickly, and Huo Peng saw him bandaging Huo Yi's wound before he left.
Lu Xiang was sitting in the hall drinking tea at this moment, and Huo Peng strode forward and bowed deeply to her.
"Ms. Lu's kindness is beyond my ability to repay. I am willing to go through fire and water for her in this life."
After saying that, he took out from his sleeve the contract document left by Lu Xiang, as well as the part of the contract that belonged to him for the Zhaocai Casino.
"Uncle Huo, I want Jiang Jin's part, not yours."
Huo Pengzheng was startled and stunned, but soon shook his head firmly: "No, this is a deal between you and me. I can't kick him out. It's ungrateful. If Miss Lu wants it, take my share. If you want Jiang Jin's..." Huo Pengzheng gritted his teeth and said with a desperate look: "If you don't accept it, put Huo Yi back in."
He can be selfish, but he cannot be heartless and ungrateful.
Jiang Jin was originally in charge of the Zhaocai Dufang. He was the big boss and he also benefited from his brothers. Now he cannot kick his brothers away just to save his son.
Huo Peng just couldn't do it.
Lu Xiang laughed and shook his head: "Uncle Huo, Jiang Jin is not as upright and righteous as you think. If you don't believe it, keep the news that Huo Yi is fine hidden for now, and see what he will do when you are trying to find a way to get his son out of prison and are exhausted."
Huo Peng was staring at Lu Xiang without blinking, with a sharp light in his eyes: "Why should I believe you?"
"Just because I can bring Huo Yi out of the Dali Temple safely, I want to take over the Zhaocai Casino and take it for myself. You have no way to resist."
Huo Pengzheng's pupils shrank and he fell silent.
Her words were easy to understand. Although Zhaocai Casino had connections, it did not have a strong backer, at least not as strong as the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion. When the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion wanted to take action against Huo Yi, he was powerless. However, Lu Xiang, who was able to make Yongyi Marquis loosen his grip on Huo Yi, must have a very powerful force behind him.
If they wanted to force their way through, it wouldn't be difficult to just take Jiang Jin's share of ownership, or even the entire gambling house.
So what Lu Xiang said was not groundless.
Could it be that the brother he treated sincerely was really a heartless person?
Seeing him frown, Lu Xiang knew that he had taken her words to heart, so she said no more and stood up to say goodbye to Huo Pengzheng. After she left, Huo Pengzheng sat alone in the hall for a long time, until the doctor took Huo Yi's pulse, bandaged him and left, he told the servants and maids in the house not to go out and tell them the news of Huo Yi's return.
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Lu Xiang returned to Qixia Courtyard and felt the warmth as soon as he entered the house.
Wu Yue hurriedly brought her a cup of hot milk to warm her body.
Ah Man was covered in snow, so Lu Xiang didn't want her to serve him anymore and asked her to go back to the house to change clothes.
Just after changing, he saw a head peeking out of the door. Ah Man asked curiously, "Hong Yin, are you looking for me?"
Hong Yin said "hmm" awkwardly, and walked into the house with her hands behind her back, as if she was hiding something.
"What did you hide?" Ah Man stretched his neck to look behind her.
Hongyin stretched out her hands, holding a pair of boots. They were made of bright red satin embroidered with peony flowers, and were very exquisite.
"These boots are really nice." Ah Man praised subconsciously.
Hong Yin pursed her red lips slightly, revealing a faint smug smile: "I made this for you."
"For me?" Ah Man asked in surprise.
"Well, you often go out of the house to do things for the Third Miss. I see that your shoes are wearing out very quickly, and you don't even have enough to replace them."
"Don't you hate me?" Ah Man said blankly.
Hongyin's face turned red with shame when she heard that. She looked at A'man awkwardly and speechlessly: "I... I won't hate you anymore." Compared to Yuxiang, who appears to be like a sister to you but wants to kill her behind your back, A'man is simply too cute.
She was short-sighted. She only saw that Ah Man entered the mansion with them and became a first-class maid beside the third lady, but she did not realize Ah Man's abilities.
In terms of agility and martial arts skills, even Yunzha and Wuyue cannot compare to him.
What's more, it's her.
Ah Man immediately took the boots happily and said with a smile: "Thank you, I like it very much. This is the first time someone has made boots specially for me."
Hongyin smiled happily when she saw that Ah Man really liked it and was not just saying it casually to save her face.
"Ah Man, if I said anything unpleasant in the past, please don't take it to heart. I will definitely change in the future."
After what happened to Yuxiang, if she doesn't change her outspoken nature, she will die without knowing how.
"I suspect that I cursed you in my heart when you betrayed the Third Miss. Now we are even. But it's okay for you to curse me, but you can't curse the Third Miss, otherwise I won't let you off easily." Ah Man said seriously.
Hongyin nodded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and also deeply realized A'man's simplicity and honesty.
Ah Man immediately put on new boots and ran excitedly to the warm room.
Yunzha was carrying a plate of fruits into the warm room. Seeing Ah Man running, he quickly moved aside to protect the plate and said, "Ah Man, run slower." He almost knocked over everything. These fruits were rare.
"Miss, Miss." Ah Man ignored Yun Zhe's words and ran to Lu Xiang: "Look at my new boots."
Lu Xiang lowered his eyes to look at her feet, and when he saw the boots on her feet, a hint of surprise immediately appeared in his eyes: "Aman, where did you buy them?" The embroidery on the shoe upper was obviously done by a master, and Lu Xiang immediately became interested.
Ah Man shook her head proudly: "Miss, I didn't buy it. Hong Yin gave it to me just now. She made it herself."
Yunzha and Wuyue don’t have it, but she has it, which shows that she is likable.
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