The mistress of the Hou family worked herself to death, and she did not serve after her rebirth

The group quietly left the house in two carriages, traveling lightly.

When he met the patrol, he just said that the old lady in the mansion was seriously ill and urgently needed a doctor.

Although the curfew of this dynasty is strict, but after all, we have the token of the Marquis' Mansion, so the journey is relatively smooth.

Everything was going smoothly.

When it was almost dawn, they arrived at the city gate. As long as they waited until daybreak, they could leave the city.

Liu's door was blocked by debt collectors for days on end, and she felt like a huge rock was pressing on her heart.

Now the stone has finally been thrown out.

She knew that Pei would never watch the Marquis's Mansion fall into decline.

Her son will inherit the title of Marquis.

Wait for her to raise the baby for a year or two, and then come back.

I have the same dream as before, of being an old lady made of cement, with no worries about money.

Thinking of this, Liu felt a little more cheerful.

She dozed off on the couch in the carriage for a while, and when she was woken up again, she yawned and asked, "Are we leaving the city?"

"Madam, something bad has happened. The manager of the bank..."

"what?!"

Liu's heart skipped a beat and she hastily drew aside the curtain, only to see the money manger Tian in front of her, holding up a note of IOU in his hand and waving at her.

Liu was so frightened that she immediately lowered the curtain. Her face turned pale and she couldn't help but wake Wen Rong up. "You're still sleeping. Tell me quickly, what should we do? Why is he here?!"

"what?!"

Wen Rong yawned and woke up reluctantly.

“Bang?!”

Liu was so anxious that she was furious, but seeing Wen Rong like this, Liu couldn't help but slap her in the face.

Wen Rong woke up instantly, and with anger on her face, she replied unhappily, "What are you doing?!"

"You were the one who came up with the idea. Why are you all here now? What should we do?!"

Liu became even more anxious.

Wen Rong also figured out what was going on, but she was also very puzzled. Logically, it shouldn't be...

"Of course not, such a big person..."

Before Liu finished her words, she heard the voice of Manager Tian coming from outside the carriage.

"Where are you going, old lady?! Why are you leaving for no reason?!"

"I'm going to the countryside to visit my relatives. Why?!"

Liu pretended to be calm. She had been the old lady of the Marquis's Mansion for many years, so it was reasonable for her to put on some airs.

"Of course, but old lady, you promised me a few days ago, and today is the deadline..."

Manager Tian’s voice was quite loud.

The city gate was filled with people coming in and out. Many people recognized the carriage of the Marquis' Mansion, as well as the manager of the largest bank in the capital, all of whom were well-known figures in the capital.

For a moment, I couldn't help but look sideways.

"What do you mean? You don't think I can't pay you back?! It's such a big mansion, a noble family, is it possible that they would owe you a few copper coins?!"

Wen Rong couldn't help but put on airs.

Liu nodded aside.

"That's right, who the hell do you think you are? You dare to stop the carriage of the Marquis' Mansion? Ouch, my head is starting to hurt again..."

Liu covered her head at the right time.

"Aunt, are you okay?!"

Wen Rong yelled loudly, then glanced coldly at Manager Tian and the thugs behind him, and scolded loudly, "My aunt has a headache and needs to go out of town to find a doctor. This blind guy who came from nowhere dared to stop the carriage of the Marquis' Mansion. Someone..."

As Wen Rong said this, she ordered the soldiers guarding the city to quickly drive Manager Tian away.

In ancient times, merchants had a low status, so they were called "lowly merchants".

Thinking of this, she pursed her lips secretly and glanced at Manager Tian with contempt.

However, there was no fear or anger in Manager Tian's eyes. Instead, he seemed to be fearless.

After she was stunned, she heard Manager Tian laughing, "The Marquis' Mansion is indeed extremely powerful. Right now, Marquis Gu is out suppressing bandits. Logically, we shouldn't make things too difficult for the Marquis' family. But it's only natural to pay back debts. Old Madam, you signed this IOU yourself. At that time, you took 200,000 taels from me and said you would pay it back in a month. Now it's been two months.

You kept delaying and even claimed to be sick before leaving. I can't help but suspect that you wanted to shirk your responsibility..."

Manager Tian's words immediately caused an uproar.

It was common to be in debt, but it was unheard of that a marquis's mansion not only owed a full two hundred thousand taels, but also refused to pay it back, and when people told about it, it was truly unheard of.

Liu was so angry that she put her hand on her chest, "What nonsense are you talking about? Come here, this person is slandering me..."

Before she could finish her words, Liu pretended to faint from anger.

Seeing this, Wen Rong hurriedly shouted, "Aunt, Aunt, are you okay?"

He opened the curtain and glanced at Manager Tian with sharp eyes. "My aunt fainted because of you..."

He looked at the others who were blocking the way and said, "Get out of the way. The old lady of the Marquis' Mansion fainted due to the anger of the villain. Her life is in danger. She needs to leave the city to find a famous doctor to save her life..."

Before he finished speaking, Manager Tian shouted, "Don't bother, the famous doctor is here..."

As he said this, Manager Tian asked someone to invite the Imperial Physician Chu from the Imperial Hospital down from the carriage.

Just as Wen Rong was about to open her mouth, she heard someone talking, "Even Imperial Physician Chu has been invited. Manager Tian must have made preparations in advance."

"The other party is the old lady of the Marquis' Mansion. This Manager Tian is really brave."

"You don't know this, right? The Duke is behind Manager Tian. No matter how powerful the Marquis's Mansion is, it can't be more powerful than the Duke."

Upon hearing this, Wen Rong's face turned pale.

Liu, who was pretending to faint, didn't look very good either.

"So, the Marquis' Mansion owes money to the Prince's Mansion, and the old lady is claiming to be sick and refusing to pay?!" More and more people began to talk about it.

Liu couldn't pretend any longer.

He looked at Wen Rong with a livid face.

Let her find a way to escape.

Wen Rong also didn't expect that the money bank where Manager Tian worked was actually owned by the Prince's Mansion.

Wait, the Prince’s Mansion, could it be the Prince of Luoyang who had given her gifts before.

Thinking of this, she took the initiative to get off the carriage, walked to Manager Tian, ​​and deliberately lowered her voice, "Manager Tian, ​​to be honest, I know your prince. Today, it is indeed my aunt who has a headache. Besides, the Marquis's Mansion cannot be escaped, and the Marquis's wife is also here, what do you think?!"

"Although I am a servant of the Prince's Mansion, my master is the Princess of the County. Miss Wen, you seduced my Prince before, but my Princess still let us borrow money from the Marquis' Mansion without any grudges. You must not take advantage of me.

Besides, everyone knows that the Marquis's wife has long said that the housekeeping power of the Marquis's Mansion is in the hands of the old lady, and she will not care about the projects of the Marquis's Mansion.

What, are you still determined to let the Marquis pay you back?"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was another wave of discussion and contempt.

"I heard that it was the Marquis' wife who used her dowry to support the Marquis' Mansion. Not only was the Marquis' Mansion not grateful, but she also squandered it. In a fit of rage, the Marquis' wife announced to the public that she would not care about the Marquis' Mansion's affairs?!"

"Two hundred thousand taels, how lavish is this old lady's life?"

"I heard that the old lady has hundreds of delicacies for every meal, and hundreds of people serve her every day..."

Seeing that the words were getting more and more mysterious, Liu couldn't hold back any longer, she directly opened the curtain, and roared with a sullen face, "Shut up, you are talking nonsense, if you dare to slander me again..."

Before he could finish his words, Wen Rong covered his mouth.

"The old lady has a ruddy complexion and a voice as loud as a bell. She doesn't look like a sick adopted son. It seems that I am of no use to you anymore. I will leave now..."

Having said that, Imperial Physician Chu left.

Liu was stunned.