Chapter 250 The little brother is not dead!
The housekeeper's words made Huo Tianheng, the head of the Huo family, change his expression several times.
Tian Ling often sent letters home through someone else. He was now the consort of the Yan Kingdom and the only hope for his family...
If he knew that I didn't take good care of my mother, he would definitely blame him!
What if he gets angry and only agrees to take my mother to Yan State?
The more Huo Tianheng thought about it, the more annoyed he became. At this critical moment, the second brother and that girl just walked away without hesitation!?
The Huo family has raised them for so many years in vain!
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, suppressing his anger. "Where's the madam? Is there no doctor willing to come?"
Although Huo Tianheng's official position was not high and his abilities were limited, he was not qualified to hire an imperial physician.
But in the past, if anyone in the Huo family felt unwell, they could directly invite the imperial physician into the house with the eldest princess's badge.
Just because of this, he has always been able to hold his head high and be looked up to by his colleagues.
But as soon as I returned home yesterday, the housekeeper reported that the eldest princess had sent someone to take away the badge, and even asked for the New Year gifts that had been delivered to the mansion back!
How can you give something away and then take it back?
A princess is so petty... No wonder my third brother is trying so hard to leave her!
I wonder if the eldest princess is just being angry and throwing a tantrum at them... or does she really want to draw a line between herself and them and never care about them again?
Huo Tianheng got a headache just thinking about it.
Without the badge, they couldn't invite the imperial physician, so they had no choice but to invite the best doctor in the city yesterday.
But for some reason, the doctor refused to come again today no matter what.
Huo Tianheng's brows suddenly knitted together, and he looked at the butler sharply.
The housekeeper quickly bowed and explained, "Yesterday, the mansion was short of money, and Second Master happened to be away... The accountant only gave the doctor part of the consultation fee, and agreed to make up the rest today..."
"But who knew that this morning, the Second Master's separation of the family and marriage caused such a sensation that half of Xijing City knew about it... Now, not only is it difficult to hire a doctor, but many merchants have come to demand payment with their account books..."
"They say...they say..."
The housekeeper hesitated and secretly glanced at Huo Tianheng's face, and Huo Tianheng's eyes suddenly turned cold.
Their eyes met, and the old housekeeper hurriedly said, "They say that the news of the eldest princess severing ties with the Huo family has spread, and now the second master has also set up his own family..."
"They're urging us to settle our old debts quickly. They've also said that we won't accept credit anymore, and all transactions must be in cash... Madam and the young lady are at the accounting office right now, and they're overwhelmed."
“…” Huo Tianheng’s heart sank suddenly.
They had just angered the emperor and offended a lot of people, and Tian Ling had secretly returned... At this critical juncture, they must not allow any more trouble to attract attention.
"Butler Qin, take your men to break into the old lady's private vault... and send those people away immediately!"
"!!?" Mrs. Huo turned her head abruptly and glared at her eldest son angrily: "No, no way!"
"Mother! It's already this late, and you're still only thinking about yourself?" Huo Tianheng's tone was full of complaints. He turned his head and continued to look at the housekeeper, "If it's still not enough, then sell the old house! Anyway, if we go to Yan State, we won't come back!"
He has no chance of making a breakthrough in Daliang. If he can go to Yan State and start over, maybe he can make a name for himself!
housekeeper:"……"
Seeing the housekeeper hesitantly looking at the old lady, Huo Tianheng shouted sharply: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up!? Make sure to call the best doctor back. Don't let Mother suffer any longer!"
Mrs. Huo: "..."
Don’t touch the things in my private library! Something bad will happen!!!
Old Madam Huo looked at the butler's back and was so anxious that she couldn't breathe. Her eyes rolled back and she fainted!
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At noon, as soon as Xiao Tangbao walked out of the gate of Hongwenguan, several classmates surrounded her and begged her to come to their home...
"Princess, please come to my house for dinner! My mother specially ordered someone to prepare honey ham, roast lamb chops, and..."
Before the little boy in the blue cloak could finish his words, he was suddenly pulled back by a fat boy. "Princess, why don't you go to my house? I have a new chef from Jiangnan who can make dancing squirrel fish!"
"Who hasn't eaten fish yet? My farm sent a cow yesterday. Princess, please come to my house."
“…”
Little Tangbao was forced to retreat repeatedly, his heels hitting the stone steps and he almost fell...
Suddenly, a figure came in, grabbed her under the armpit and picked her up.
Tang Bao frowned and took a look, her eyes suddenly lit up... Isn't this the little brother who protected her in the secret room when she was kidnapped before!
"Little brother, you're not dead!" Tang Bao excitedly bounced his butt and shook his legs. "Little brother, did you come here just to see Tang Bao?"
Lu Jinchuan looked at the smiling little fellow, and the corners of his already curved mouth immediately raised even higher. "Thanks to the princess's amulet, I was able to turn danger into safety and return alive to continue my studies."
Little Tangbao blinked his big eyes, a little unresponsive...
The servant beside Lu Jinchuan quickly explained: "My Lady, my young master is Lu Jinchuan, the eldest grandson of the Left Censor-in-Chief, and he has been studying in the Jinxuezhai."
As soon as these words were spoken, the classmates around immediately became interested and asked what the amulet was and whether it was drawn by Princess Zhaoning herself.
There are rumors that Princess Zhaoning has a mysterious identity, and the talismans she draws are more effective than those of the abbot of Fahua Temple!
"Your Highness, we are classmates. Can you give me one of your amulets?" The little boy who said that there were always strange noises coming out of his family's ancestral hall at night asked impatiently.
Xiao Tangbao thought that since they were classmates, it would be fine to give him one, but Lu Jinchuan held her hand and said in a light tone:
"Not to mention that the various talismans at the Fahua Temple all cost money... If everyone asked the princess for free talismans, how would she be able to handle it?"
Xiao Tangbao raised his eyebrows, feeling that what Brother Jinchuan said seemed to make sense.
She was just thinking about whether she should sell an ordinary talisman for ten or twenty taels...
Then a female classmate raised her purse and shouted at the top of her voice: "I'll pay three hundred taels for the princess's amulet!"
Someone else shouted, "I'll give you five hundred taels!"
"I'll give you eight hundred taels!" The young master from some unknown family stamped his feet anxiously. "Please, Princess Zhaoning, please leave one for me. I'll come to your class this afternoon to find you!"
Eight, eight hundred taels???
Xiao Tangbao's eyes widened in surprise.
You have to know that Zhilan and Zhimei's monthly salary is only two taels of silver... and this is the salary she specially doubled for them!
"No, no, no!" The little fellow waved his hands anxiously, "Five... five hundred taels a piece is enough!"
Everyone looked at Xiao Tangbao with admiration, saying that she was kind and not greedy!
They all made an appointment with her and went to the back door of Hongwenguan after school in the evening to buy amulets from her.
The little girl didn't dare to agree to all of them, and just said it was first come, first served. These days, she would set up a stall at the back door every night to sell talismans.
After the crowd dispersed, Lu Jinchuan quietly told Tang Bao that these people had avoided her before, but now they came to make friends with her because they saw that the emperor had paid off her donation... There was no need to be too sincere to them!
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