Rebirth: Pampered by the Lord
Chapter 1129: Losing Everything

Chapter 1129: Chapter 1129: Losing Everything

"You...!"

Prince Pu glanced at the crowd of onlookers gathered around, as if he could see their mocking smiles. He couldn’t help but grow furious from shame.

"This marriage doesn’t have to proceed. After all, your little family isn’t worthy of aligning with our Prince Pu’s Mansion." Prince Pu raised his head arrogantly and declared.

Wealthy Master Zhang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Prince Pu let his family off the hook, that would be good enough. Hastily, he kowtowed in thanks: "This humble one thanks Your Highness for such generosity."

"The marriage can be called off, but...!" Prince Pu stopped mid-sentence, furrowing his brows and casting a sidelong glance at Wealthy Master Zhang.

"But what?"

Wealthy Master Zhang’s heart tightened again. From the malicious glint in Prince Pu’s eyes, he seemed to foresee that something bad was about to happen.

Sure enough, Prince Pu continued: "Our Haohao was bitten into such a state by your wolfhound, nearly losing his life. Isn’t it reasonable for you to compensate us for some medical expenses?"

"What... what? Medical expenses?"

Wealthy Master Zhang didn’t immediately comprehend.

"Last night, in order to save Haohao, we summoned the best doctor from the Capital and used the most premium medicines. It was only through tremendous effort that we managed to save his life. Never mind the personal toil of this prince; this matter started because of your household. Isn’t it only fair to compensate me with some silver?"

"How... how much?" Hearing he needed to pay money, Wealthy Master Zhang began shaking out of anxiety. "Your Highness, we are but a humble family, frugal in our daily costs. We truly can’t afford much."

The steward, accustomed to abusing his position by staying close to Prince Pu, raised his chin and arrogantly scolded Wealthy Master Zhang before his master could speak: "Unwilling to part with even a small sum, are you? Let me tell you, if it weren’t for the mercy of His Highness, unwilling to see your entire family locked up in prison, he’d have reported the matter to the authorities already. And how dare you even harm our Young Master? Simply asking you to compensate with silver, and you still complain."

Upon hearing the threat of being reported to the authorities, Wealthy Master Zhang panicked, his face going pale. He immediately wailed, pleading to Prince Pu: "Your Highness, how much are the medical expenses? Even if I have to sell everything I own, I will compensate your Highness."

Prince Pu held up two fingers: "This much."

"Twenty taels?" Wealthy Master Zhang looked completely bewildered.

Prince Pu shook his head.

"Two hundred taels?"

"Wrong."

"Could it be two thousand taels?" Wealthy Master Zhang asked cautiously, his heart trembling with fear. Oh, heavens! It couldn’t be that much, right? What if it’s so much that he couldn’t afford it no matter what, and they’d lose everything?

Unexpectedly, Prince Pu shook his head again.

Wealthy Master Zhang was on the verge of breaking down. With a mournful look, he begged: "Your Highness, please don’t toy with this humble one! How much exactly?"

The steward laughed smugly from the side and said: "Just last night, the life-saving ginseng our Young Master consumed alone cost over a thousand taels. Add to that all the miscellaneous expenses you’ve yet to consider. Go ahead, take a guess."

Upon hearing this, Wealthy Master Zhang collapsed to the ground in despair. Oh, heavens! Just a single piece of ginseng was over a thousand taels? If you added it all up, how much silver would it come to? Even selling off everything his family owned wouldn’t be enough to repay it.

Prince Pu looked at his expression, feeling utterly triumphant. These lowly commoners dared embarrass him in public—now they would taste the might of Prince Chu’s Mansion: "What’s the matter? Are you planning to default on your debt?"

Wealthy Master Zhang’s face was ashen: "This humble one truly wants to pay, but even if I sold off everything I have, it still wouldn’t be enough."

"Then what do you suggest we do about this matter?"

"This humble one has no idea."

"Oh, but you do know," Prince Pu said with a meaningful expression, as though he was just short of spelling it out.

At this point, realization dawned on Wealthy Master Zhang. So this had been a trap set by Prince Pu all along! His ultimate target was, of course, Miss Zhang.