Long Live the Empress

When Yue Jinghao saw Kong's mother, she was already not feeling well. "Mom! Mom, wake up..." Kong Lin'an knelt on the ground and called softly.

Yue Jinghao asked Lao Zheng to help him up, "Don't worry, sir. I have already found a doctor from Huichun Hall. Your mother will be fine!"

As he was speaking, an old man with a white beard came running over, panting, followed by Agate, who was bent over and breathing heavily.

The old doctor didn't have time to rest, and hurried forward to feel the pulse of Kong's mother. After three breaths, he took out a pill from his medicine box, crushed it and mixed it with water. Nanny Hong stepped forward to help the old lady up, and fed her the medicine bit by bit.

The old doctor took out the silver needle again and released some black blood on Kong's mother's finger.

Half an hour later, Kong's mother slowly woke up. Kong Lin'an wiped her tears and held her hand with a concerned look on his face. "Mom, how do you feel? What's wrong?"

Mother Kong looked at her son and smiled weakly, "An'er, mother is fine, don't worry!"

The old doctor felt the pulse of Kong's mother again, wrote a prescription and handed it to Yue Jinghao, "Miss, the old lady is no longer in danger of death. You need to take the medicine according to this prescription for half a month before you can recover!"

Yue Jinghao asked Manao to give the old doctor fifty taels of silver. "Thank you, doctor. Please come to check the old lady's pulse every two weeks and make some pills to maintain her health. If this silver is not enough, send someone to ask me for it."

Kong Linan stood up in shock, "Miss, you won't need that much..."

Yue Jinghao ignored him and asked Lao Zheng to send the old doctor out.

After Kong's mother fell asleep again, Kong Lin'an invited Yue Jinghao to sit in the yard. The only two chairs in the house were also shaky. Fortunately, Yue Jinghao was thin. If it was replaced by Nanny Hong, the chair would probably be useless!

Kong Linan rubbed his hands nervously, "Miss, you helped me twice today. My mother and I thank you. I will find a way to return the sixty taels of silver to you as soon as possible!"

Yue Jinghao chuckled, "Then you will probably have to write letters for the rest of your life to pay it back, right?"

Kong Linan's face flushed red, and he was so embarrassed that he couldn't utter a word.

"Besides, the Spring Examination is only half a year away. Are you planning to give up?"

Kong Linan smiled bitterly, "What else can I do? My mother is seriously ill, and I owe Miss so much money..."

Yue Jinghao handed him a silver note of 100 taels, "Why don't we make a bet? I bet you will definitely win the top prize in this spring's imperial examination. If I win, you will return the money to me with interest after you become successful."

"But what if I lose?" No one is 100% sure about the Spring Examination, and Kong Linan is no exception.

"Lost? If you lose, you lose!" Yue Jinghao looked at Kong Linan who was a little stunned at the moment and joked. "Then, do you dare to gamble? Even if it's for your mother..."

Kong Linan looked at his gray-haired mother, then looked at Yue Jinghao's expectant face, made up his mind, and knelt on the ground, "I, Kong Linan, am willing to make a bet with the young lady! Regardless of whether I win or lose, Linan will repay the young lady for her kindness today for the rest of my life!"

Yue Jinghao helped him up without caring about the difference between men and women, "Mr. Kong, a man's knees are made of gold, how can he kneel down so easily? I will remember what you said today and wait for you to ride a horse and parade in the streets!"

Kong Linan finally found out that Yue Jinghao was actually the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she was fourteen years old this year! He was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time...

After Yue Jinghao left, Kong Linan sat back down beside his mother's bed and combed her gray hair. His mother had sent him to school since he was young. In order to allow him to study, she washed clothes for others everywhere, even in the cold winter...

Kong Linan clenched the banknotes in his hand and made up his mind!

In the carriage, Agate held the purse distressedly, "Miss spent 160 taels at once, how are we going to live in the future!"

Yue Jinghao couldn't help laughing when she saw Manjue's money-grubbing look, "Didn't I give you a jade pendant a while ago? Go pawn it, it should be worth at least five hundred taels!"

"Really?" Agate stood up happily, but her head hit the roof of the car. But she had no time to cry out in pain at this moment. She just wanted to pawn the jade pendant tomorrow!

"And today, our second sister gave us so much rouge and powder. If we don't sell them, are we going to give them away?" Yue Jinghao gave Manju another idea to exchange them for money.

Now Agate couldn't stop laughing, "Hehe, it turns out that the young lady had a plan in advance! Then we can cheat the second young lady more when we have nothing to do in the future, so that she won't have so much money to spend!"