Doted by Many: I became the Top-Tier Celebrity!-Chapter 504 - 503: The Boy in White (Part 5)

Upon reflection, the emperor, a person of such high moral standing, would naturally not steal. According to the villagers’ previous complaints, he always paid them, and this money must have been worth more than the fruits they planted.

Simply put... it is hard to describe.

One can only marvel at how the emperor dotes on his sister to such an extreme degree.

Initially, everyone had some reservations about Tiana Thorne.

When she left the palace, the nanny was called by the empress dowager for a few words.

The empress dowager insisted that, regardless, Tiana should understand the virtues of family honor and propriety. If she and the emperor sincerely loved each other, she would enter the harem and be named a high-ranking concubine, having once saved the emperor.

If she bears a son, she’ll be made empress.

The condition was that the emperor should not spoil her to the point of rebelliousness.

Now it seems the emperor indeed indulges her, but who can blame him when she saved his life?

After living together for half a month.

Initially, everyone believed Tiana was the emperor’s favored one and were deeply convinced of it.

Later, some of the elderly women in the village, who were fond of gossiping and indiscreetly, recounted the events from seven years ago as if performing a play.

There was no romantic affection between the two...

It turns out, Divine Doctor Tiana suffered from an extremely rare illness that caused her appearance to remain at thirteen or fourteen, though her bodily functions continued to age normally.

Even a hundred years later, when she rests eternally, her face will still be that of a stunning young lady.

Of course, this was a lie Tiana crafted to settle in the village and stifle those rumors.

Otherwise, some wandering hermits would think she had taken immortality elixirs to retain youth, but she wasn’t afraid of causing trouble, just didn’t want her serene life disturbed.

Such days went on for about seven years, without growing tiresome, as the little fox spirit loved to experience fresh matters.

Silas Hawthorne offered to take her back to the palace, and she agreed without hesitation.

She disliked being attended by strangers but had grown accustomed to the maid Mia beside the nanny, requesting that Mia accompany her in the palace to care for her daily life.

Mia was fond of Tiana, and they quickly clicked, choosing the day to return to the palace.

The villagers were used to things being stolen, suddenly thinking that these siblings were returning to their hometown with their parents and may never return, feeling somewhat reluctant, many villagers came to see them off.

Everyone who was usually stingy suddenly became generous, picking fruits and vegetables to give to the siblings.

Tiana looked at her thatched cottage, memories flooding her mind from when she first arrived at this mountain village.

Back then, she was a brown fox, and her benefactor resided here. However, it was plains at that time, without so many mountains, and her benefactor’s grave was beside her thatched cottage.

Unfortunately, the grave had disappeared with the changes of mountains and rivers.

Living here was an emotional attachment, a fixation, believing one day, her benefactor would return here.

Suddenly, she thought of the bits and pieces of her subsequent life, unwilling to see the thatched cottage collapse or the courtyard overgrow with grass, abandoned.

She asked Felix Grant and her brother to help move things.

The two were lifting items from the cellar, extremely heavy, requiring quite an effort to bring out, totaling twenty bags.

Tiana opened one of the bags.

The contents inside the bag gleamed gold under the sunlight, almost blinding everyone.

With effort, she emptied the contents of the bag.

Everyone: "..."

Oh my! They were gold ingots!

Even Silas Hawthorne was slightly stunned, not expecting her to bring everything out without reserve.

Then, under everyone’s gaze, Tiana Thorne began distributing the gold.

Villagers: "..."

They briefly questioned if they were dreaming.

Tiana, very composed, handled the gold as if they were stones, giving each person an ingot.

The villagers, looking at the heavy gold in their hands, felt it extremely hot to the touch.

This was too much money...

There was a little over a hundred people in the village, each person was given one ingot, even children received one. Babies in swaddles, unable to hold, had their parents hold it for them.

Everyone was astonished; she was so wealthy, why stay in their small mountain village?

To outsiders, she seemed the poorest household with her thatched house...

Yet, she turned out wealthy enough to rival nations!

At this moment, the villagers only viewed Tiana as not Divine Doctor, but a fairy descended to earth!

"Villagers, all of this gold is your payment for working for me; line up by age, each person will clean my small house for a year, remember to remove surrounding grass. A century hence, I will return here. Before that, I’ll send people to check. If you don’t keep the cottage intact and let it collapse, I’ll demand double of this gold back from you.

I also know this gold is sufficient for you to build houses or do business in town, but remember, no matter where you go in future, what you are responsible for, you must fully attend to, no negligence." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Finally, the villagers understood why the Divine Doctor gifted gold.

"Alright alright, don’t worry, Divine Doctor Tiana, rest assured, we will certainly clean for you."

"Indeed, certainly, have no worry."

Many couldn’t articulate, only nodding.

She didn’t doubt them, as what they were best at was such tasks. Each person just needed to take some time to clean the place annually, not difficult for them, it even made money, so of course they wouldn’t break the agreement.

A hundred and seven people, a century later, her brother lay at peace.

By then, she would return, with new generations emerging, she planned to move back then.

Then, Tiana asked her brother to instruct Felix Grant to go to town to find a courier service to transport all this gold away, before saying: "Brother, throw this gold into your national treasury."

Nanny + Chief Eunuch + Mia + Felix Grant: "...!!!"

What were they thinking? Before this, they called her a village girl, these gold pieces smacked down, and it was painfully embarrassing.

The emperor didn’t find a sister; he uncovered a treasure!

Silas Hawthorne: "No..."

Tiana knew he was about to refuse, promptly interrupted: "You are now my brother, our assets used in common, it’s great this way."

He heard the phrase "common usage" rather than gifting all the gold to him, easing somewhat, lightly curling his lips, his voice, while clear, carried a tone of pampering: "Alright."

Then, she waved to the villagers: "Goodbye, villagers."

"Goodbye." Everyone tearfully bade farewell.

Thus, she entered palace life, an imperial decree named her Princess Zhaoyang, well loved.

Initially, the emperor’s concubines and some court ministers would trouble her.

But eventually, all of them were managed by Silas Hawthorne, she being so wealthy to rival nations, naturally had a delightful life within the palace.

Gradually, Tiana Thorne awoke.