Chapter 249 Internal Conflict
“Hurry, hurry, hurry!”
"The doctor will be here soon!"
As soon as the crying sounded, the children hurriedly ran to their seats in a panic. A few little boys ran too fast and bumped into the corner of the table with a "bang", rubbing their stomachs in pain.
The originally noisy classroom was instantly filled with only the girl's slightly subdued crying.
Tang Bao looked in the direction of the crying sound and saw a young lady in a willow green skirt and jacket sitting by the window, wiping her tears with a handkerchief.
Her nose was red from crying, and for some reason, she kept staring at him.
Hey, her skirt is pretty nice...
Tang Bao looked down at her lilac dress, and remembered the emperor's ban on her wearing green clothes, and her little mouth pouted unconsciously.
Seeing that the young lady was crying so sadly, Xiao Tangbao was about to go over and ask her why she kept looking at Tangbao crying...but was pulled back to his seat by Xiao Qingye.
"Hurry up and sit down! The doctor will be here soon!" He leaned close to Tang Bao and whispered, "Her name is An Xueting, the youngest daughter of the Dali Temple Minister. I don't know what's wrong with her these days. She cries all the time. Everyone calls her 'The Crying Ghost'. It's very unlucky!"
Crying ghost?
Is she possessed by a ghost? ?
Tang Bao looked back curiously, but Xiao Qingye simply held her little face and turned her head back...
"Annual leave will begin in three days. If you don't want to be given more homework by the doctor, it's best not to get involved in anything and don't ask anything!"
Xiao Qingye emphasized the three words "add homework" so much that little Tangbao's eyes widened in fear.
She immediately straightened her body, folded her hands on the desk, and even tightened her chin properly.
Doing homework during Chinese New Year?!
The teachers are so inconsiderate!
Tang Bao's chubby little face was full of resistance.
She secretly made up her mind that she must get an A in the exam in two days and be exempted from all homework!
The sobbing sound behind him was sometimes loud and sometimes soft, which made Xiao Qingye very annoyed.
Why is this An Xueting so troublesome? He has so many tricks up his sleeve!?
If you have something to ask Tang Bao, just say it openly. Why do you have to deliberately attract attention and make others ask you...
Then after getting help, you put on an attitude of "I don't owe you anything, I didn't ask you for anything"... making the other person feel that you are meddling in other people's business!
Humph... He has already suffered at the hands of An Xueting, and he can't let her anger Sister Tangbao again!
"Tangbao," Xiao Qingye suddenly lowered his voice, "My mother said that the Huo family went to the police station yesterday to sue you and your father... Did you know?"
"..." Xiao Tangbao immediately lost interest in the crying behind him. "I heard from Eunuch Shen Ying that the emperor wanted to beat them with a stick, but later allowed them to pay silver to atone for their crimes. Did they pay it?"
Xiao Qingye shook his head, "My mother said they didn't pay it all..."
"The second master of the Huo family only paid the ransom for himself! He abandoned the old lady and the eldest master of the Huo family and never returned!"
"In the end, it was Madam Huo's daughter who got the news and paid half of the fine for her mother, which saved Madam Huo from receiving fifteen strokes of the cane!"
"What about Mr. Huo?" Tang Bao blinked his big eyes.
Xiao Qingye leaned close to Tang Bao's ear and covered his mouth with his hand: "I heard that he was almost beaten to death in front of Dengwen Drum Courtyard... Oh, by the way, I heard this morning that the Huo family is making a fuss about splitting up..."
The two little ones chirped.
In the last row, seeing that Princess Zhaoning no longer looked back at him, An Xueting stomped his feet in anger.
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At this moment, the Huo Mansion was in chaos.
Mr. Huo was determined to completely break off all ties with the Huo family. At dawn, he dragged his seriously injured body and was carried to the Huo family ancestral hall to settle property with several white-haired elders of the family.
He has earned a lot of property for the Huo family over the years. Even though it was all squandered by the eldest wife, it is still his share, and he cannot lose a single cent!
On the other side, Mrs. Huo's daughter, who had been married for many years, stood in front of the bed, looking at her dying old mother, trembling with anger.
"Brother, brother! What were you thinking? You actually forced my second brother to beat the drum to report the incident? You guys are doing fine, why did you have to provoke that little ancestor?!"
Huo became more and more excited as she spoke: "Princess Zhaoning is holding the golden medal of immunity from death and the imperial sword..."
"Not to mention that she led people to dig up our ancestral graves, even if she rushed into the Huo Mansion and killed you and me, and wiped out the entire Huo family, she would not be punished at all!"
"What's more, Princess Zhaoning is very popular right now...don't you know that?"
"Now, not only have you gotten involved with this unreasonable and difficult person, but you've also offended everyone with some power in the court!"
"Enough!" Uncle Huo shouted suddenly. His movement was too big and affected the injury behind him, and he grimaced in pain.
He glared at his sister fiercely, his tone cold enough to quench ice, "How could I not know that Princess Zhaoning is favored? But who in the court doesn't know that the emperor is wary of Prince Qing and has been wanting to adopt his daughter to the Third Prince for a while now!"
"Are our mother and I targeting Princess Zhaoning? We were dealing with Prince Qing! Who knew things would turn out like this!?"
"If you can't help, then don't bother with this place and get out of here!"
"Ugh... Ugh..." Old Madam Huo groaned in pain, trying to persuade the brother and sister to stop quarreling, but she was so weak that she even had difficulty speaking!
He told her to get lost?
Mrs. Huo stared at her eldest brother in disbelief, tears streaming down her face.
"Brother, are you holding a grudge against me? Hate me, hate me for not being able to help you pay the fine and avoid being beaten?"
"When I got married, my dowry was all inflated! Others may not know, but don't you know it?!"
She choked up and said, "If it weren't for my second brother secretly helping me these years, I wouldn't even be able to pay the fine to mother yesterday!"
"You looked down on my second brother. Not only did you always stop him from speaking, you also bullied him everywhere... Now, he's kicked himself out. Are you satisfied?!"
The more Mrs. Huo spoke, the sadder she became. "You destroyed the Huo family's future with your own hands and drove away my second brother, who could have supported the family business. Now you want to drive me away too?"
"How dare you!" Old Madam Huo gathered all her strength and finally squeezed out two words from between her teeth.
She glared at her daughter angrily with her cloudy eyes, wanting to say, how could this be the attitude a younger sister should have when talking to her brother?
No rules!
The old man of the Huo family had a gloomy face and glanced at Mrs. Huo impatiently. He moved his lips and was too lazy to pay attention to her.
Mrs. Huo felt a pang of pain in her heart at the disgusted looks of her mother and brother. She suddenly smiled bitterly, raised her hand to wipe the tears from her face, and slammed the door and left without looking back.
She will never set foot in this house again! !
Just let this stubborn and self-willed elder brother fend for himself!!!
At this moment, the Huo family's housekeeper rushed into the room in a hurry. After making sure that no one was around, he went up to Mrs. Huo and Mr. Huo's ears and whispered to them one by one:
"The Third Master has returned secretly..."
"And he didn't come back on his own..."
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