Chapter 255: The Pushers of the Era (24)

The moon hung high, and the lamps were lit in the Hua family courtyard.

In the courtyard, Old Madam Hua was talking to her daughter-in-law and granddaughters while occasionally looking up at the courtyard gate: "It's almost midnight, why haven't the eldest and the others returned?"

Yao Shi was also looking at the courtyard gate, her expression not relaxed, somewhat worried.

The commotion caused by the Medical Division yesterday was too great; everyone in the entire capital now knew that a tall Cauldron Altar had appeared in the Medical Division.

According to news from the Count's Mansion, that Cauldron Altar seemed to have appeared because of Nine-Niang.

This seemed to be a good thing, a happy event?

But when eating dinner earlier, the Count's Mansion's head steward came to the Hua family in a hurry and called the old master and the men of the family to the Count's Mansion.

Because of the serious and tense expression on the head steward's face, Yao Shi's heart had been lifted.

Nine-Niang rarely talked about her situation in the Medical Division at home, and the Hua family had no way to find out specific news inside the Medical Division. Most of the news the family knew about Nine-Niang now was learned from the Count's Mansion.

In the past year or two, the Count's Mansion had become more and more important to their family. Every time a clan meeting was held, the men of the family would be called, and every time a clan meeting was held, they would talk about Nine-Niang.

Yao Shi felt that this clan meeting was likely related to her Nine-Niang again.

"Creak..."

The courtyard gate was pushed open. Old Master Hua led the way, followed closely by the three brothers Hua Minghe, Hua Ming'ang, and Hua Mingcheng, and then the Hua family grandchildren.

Seeing that the Hua family men all had tight faces, the hearts of Old Madam Hua, Yao Shi, and the other female family members sank.

"Old man, has something happened?"

Old Master Hua ignored Old Madam Hua and went straight into the main room.

Seeing this, Old Madam Hua hurriedly followed, and everyone else followed into the room.

After everyone had entered the main room, Old Master Hua snorted coldly: "Nine-Niang has caused a big disaster!"

Hearing this, Yao Shi's face turned pale. Before she could ask, Hua Minghe frowned and stood up to refute: "Father, it's not Nine-Niang who caused the disaster, it's clearly the noble families who are forcing Nine-Niang."

Old Master Hua glared at Hua Minghe: "That is also because Nine-Niang acts recklessly. If she were willing to ask the Count's Mansion for help, with the Count's Mansion mediating, how could this situation have happened today?"

"I said long ago that Nine-Niang is young and hasn't experienced things. She obtained a secret realm like a small child holding a gold ingot walking on the street. She can't protect the gold ingot."

"The Count's Mansion has sent word several times, wanting to help Nine-Niang manage the secret realm, and I asked you to persuade Nine-Niang, but how did you do it? You just let Nine-Niang mess around."

"The water in the capital is deep. Even if the Count's Mansion wants to show its head, it has to be careful, let alone our family."

"After Nine-Niang entered the Medical Division, she became more and more arrogant. First, she didn't put me in her eyes, and later, when the clan members wanted to get close to her, she also had an appearance that the clan members couldn't enter her eyes."

"These are all fine; closing the door, they are all family matters, all clan matters. But now? She is so arrogant that she doesn't even put the Imperial Family or the nobles in her eyes."

"If the Imperial Family really wants to deal with our family, do you think our family has any room to resist? Do you want the whole family to be buried with the willful Nine-Niang?"

Old Master Hua had long been full of anger toward this granddaughter who didn't put him in her eyes and didn't put the family's interests in her heart. Now, frightened by the joint pressure from the Imperial Family and the nobles, he directly outputted a meal, venting all his dissatisfaction and worry.

Hua Minghe heard this, his face dark, wanting to refute, but unable to refute.

Compared to the other juniors in the family, Nine-Niang was indeed somewhat disobedient.

Yao Shi was anxious, pulling Hua Minghe: "What happened to Nine-Niang?"

Hua Minghe sighed and quickly told the story of Hua Changxi erecting the Oath Stele and announcing the recruitment of apprentices.

Yao Shi listened and was somewhat confused: "The two things Nine-Niang did don't seem to have any problems?"

Hua Ming'ang said loudly: "The problem is huge! Sister-in-law, do you know that by doing this, Nine-Niang has offended the public."

As he spoke, he carefully explained to Yao Shi and the rest of the Hua family how Hua Changxi had infringed on the interests of all parties.

Yao Shi listened and said muffledly: "The secret realm is Nine-Niang's, can't she decide how to recruit people herself?"

Hua Ming'ang: "Yes, the secret realm is Nine-Niang's, but the Medical Division is still a department of the imperial court, and it still has to be under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Family. If the Imperial Family doesn't like Nine-Niang, it's too easy to discipline her."

Yao Shi was silent.

Seeing that Hua Minghe and Yao Shi were no longer speaking, Hua Ming'ang looked at Old Master Hua and continued: "Brother, Sister-in-law, one has to bow one's head under the eaves!"

"Nine-Niang is being jointly boycotted by the Imperial Family and the nobles. Not only can she not recruit anyone, but she will also implicate the entire Hua clan to follow and suffer."

"In my opinion, you should hurry to see Nine-Niang and persuade her to take the initiative to bow to Prince Shou. As long as the Imperial Family relaxes, there will be no trouble later."

Hearing this, Hua Minghe and Yao Shi both frowned.

Letting Nine-Niang bow to Prince Shou would be asking Nine-Niang to hand over the management rights of the secret realm! It would be strange if Nine-Niang agreed!

Old Master Hua also knew his granddaughter's personality and said: "Nine-Niang is too young and frivolous and doesn't know the sense of proportion in dealing with people. The Count said that if Nine-Niang is willing to bow, he is willing to come forward to negotiate with Prince Shou and will not let Nine-Niang suffer too much."

Seeing that the eldest couple was silent, Old Master Hua became angry: "Things always have to be solved!"

"Now that the matter has just happened, the earlier we solve it, the less impact we will receive. Do you really want to wait until our family and the clan have suffered heavy damage before you are willing to discipline your precious daughter?"

Hearing this, Hua Minghe and Yao Shi both showed helplessness.

After a while, Hua Minghe spoke: "Father, I will go and persuade Nine-Niang."

Old Master Hua: "Go early tomorrow morning."

Hua Minghe muffled an 'um' and left the main room. Afterward, the others also left one after another.

After everyone had left, Old Madam Hua looked at Old Master Hua: "Did Nine-Niang really do something wrong?"

Old Master Hua sighed long: "Wealth moves people's hearts, but if you get wealth and can't protect it, that's a mistake!"

All parties wanted to divide the resources in Nine-Niang's secret realm, but Nine-Niang made an Oath Stele and didn't let anyone take any advantage. If everyone didn't deal with her, who would they deal with?

Old Master Hua grew up alone and bitter, and only after great luck did he get married and have children. Now that he had a house full of children and grandchildren, he didn't want to see anything happen to the Hua family at all.

For the ninth granddaughter who caused trouble for the family, even though she was the most excellent in the family, at this moment, the old master didn't like her at all.

"If Nine-Niang's personality doesn't change, she's going to fall hard!"

"In the past, she was just messing around, and she took the consequences herself, but now, the more she stirs up, the more I'm afraid that one day, our family and the clan will cause a big disaster because of her!"

Old Madam Hua listened, and her face also showed worry: "Then what should we do? The eldest couple is afraid they can't persuade Nine-Niang."

Old Master Hua was also helpless. He didn't know what to do either, and in his heart, he regretted again that if the outstanding junior in the family wasn't Nine-Niang, it would be better. ===== CHAPTER 256 =====