In her past life, Su LiLuo sacrificed everything for Prince Chu’s grand ambitions. She agreed to a proxy marriage with the crippled Crown Prince, disregarding her reputation and using her charm t...
The next day, Jiang Qinshu indeed told Su Yu about her private treasury.
Upon hearing this, Su Yu was initially shocked and even somewhat angry, feeling that Jiang Qinshu had secretly embezzled so much of the Su family's wealth and didn't know who she intended to give it to.
However, after Jiang Qinshu explained things to him, and considering their current predicament, he held back and didn't pursue the matter further.
Anyway, Jiang Qinshu now intends to use all those assets to solve the Su family's current predicament, which can be considered as making amends for her past mistakes.
So Su Yu stopped arguing with her and instead took the Su family to the manor that Jiang Qinshu had hidden away.
When Su Wanshi and the others learned that Jiang Qinshu still had assets, their previously dejected mood instantly lifted.
Her eyes lit up, especially when she saw that it was a rather large villa.
"Second Aunt, if this village weren't so remote, we could probably all live here!"
Su Wanshi couldn't help but sigh.
Although this estate is not as luxurious as the former Su family mansion, it is much better than those cramped little houses. It's just a pity that the location is too remote.
"However, we can consider selling this house, and use the money to buy a house in the city that will be big enough for everyone to live in."
Su Xuanlang looked at the house in front of him and then made a comment.
He also needs to prepare for a scientific expedition, so it would be more convenient for him to live in the city.
"Let's move all the valuables first. With that money, are we afraid we can't buy a house?"
Jiang Qinshudao.
As she spoke, she stepped forward and entered the courtyard to find the steward in the courtyard.
The Su family members also went inside.
Because the storeroom contained a secret portrait that Jiang Qinshu dared not let Su Yu know about, Jiang Qinshu did not allow Su Yu to go in with her. Instead, she told them to wait in the hall while she lied and said she was going to find the key.
Jiang Qinshu went to the storeroom alone first, intending to put the portrait away.
But when she opened the warehouse door and saw that it was empty, she felt dizzy.
My head is buzzing.
"Where...where are my things? Who stole my things?!"
After being stunned for a long time, Jiang Qinshu lost her composure and roared in a fit of rage.
The hall was not far from the storeroom. Su Yu and the others heard Jiang Qinshu's scream and thought something had happened, so they all went towards the sound.
"Madam, what's wrong? What happened?"
Su Yu walked to Jiang Qinshu's side and asked with curiosity and concern.
He followed Jiang Qinshu's absent-minded gaze and saw an empty room in front of him, which made his eyebrows twitch.
"This...could this be your storage room where you hide things?"
Su Yu's voice trembled slightly as he asked the question.
"Stolen! It's all stolen! Who the hell stole my things?!"
Jiang Qin's face contorted with rage as she cursed loudly before bursting into tears.
Upon hearing this, Su Wanshi and the others rushed to the storeroom and found it completely empty, without even a single rat dropping. The room was cleaner than a human face.
They were all terrified.
Soon, all the servants in the courtyard were summoned.
"How are you guarding my things? Who stole them?"
After calming down, Jiang Qinshu interrogated the servants in the courtyard with bloodshot eyes.
Several servants knelt on the ground, saying in fear, "Madam, no one has come here for days, and there's nothing unusual in the courtyard. We really don't know when the storeroom was emptied!"
"Madam, please investigate thoroughly. Go ahead and report it to the authorities. We truly did not take your things. If we had, we would have run away by now!"
The butler was so frightened he almost cried, fearing that Jiang Qinshu would misunderstand and think he had taken her things.
"Report to the authorities! Yes, I'm going to report to the authorities! That damned thief dared to steal my things!"
Jiang Qinshu was blinded by anger and was about to walk out when Su Lianwu stopped her.
"Mother! Are you crazy? If we report this to the authorities and they find out you're still hiding things, do you want the government to charge you with deceiving the emperor again?"
Even if the authorities find the goods, they will all be confiscated and sent to the national treasury!
Su Lianwu's stern shout stopped her.
She couldn't report it to the authorities, and she couldn't let others know that she had secretly kept property.
But now that her things have been stolen, she really feels like she has to swallow her pride and bear it all; that sense of frustration makes her extremely depressed.
Finally, Su Lianwu used his interrogation techniques from the army to torture all the servants in the courtyard, confirming that they truly knew nothing.
"Brother, don't you think the things in this warehouse are similar to the two times our Su family's warehouse was robbed? They were stolen without any sound or sound, just mysteriously?"
Suddenly, Su Wanshi said.
After he finished speaking, the Su family members were stunned.
"Yes, something was stolen from the manor in the same way last time, and the authorities still haven't found out who stole it. Could it be the same person who did it?"
"It must be the same person. The method of stealing is exactly the same. Who could possibly have such a deep grudge against our Su family?"
"But how did he find out about this private treasury? Madam, who knows about your private treasury?"
The two Su brothers discussed this with Su Yu.
"No one else knows this except you! Wu'er interrogated all those servants just now. If it wasn't them, I really can't think of anyone else who could have done it."
Jiang Qinshu was very distressed.
"No, I know who it is. It must be her. Only she would cut off our path to survival!"
Suddenly, Su Wanshi's eyes blazed with fury as she gritted her teeth and said...
Su Xuanlang glanced at her and knew she was definitely going to say it was Su Liluo.
"Don't make wild guesses. Everything needs evidence. Putting aside how she managed to take all this from the private vault so quietly, the fact that she didn't even know about the private vault!"
Before Su Wanshi could speak, Su Xuanlang quickly cut off her thoughts.
"Second brother, do you know who I'm talking about? Besides her, is there really no one else who has such a deep grudge against us?"
Su Wanshi looked at Su Xuanlang with resentment. Why had her second brother's attitude towards her changed?
"I know you want to say it's the Crown Princess, but would the Crown Princess need to steal it? If she knew about this private treasury, she could have just brought soldiers to rob it. After all, it was the Emperor's order, so why would she need to sneak around?"
"......."
Su Wanshi, who had prepared her words, was rendered speechless by Su Xuanlang's retort.
If Su Liluo were here and knew how reasonably Su Xuanlang had cleared her name, she would probably have to give him a thumbs up.
Brother, you're absolutely right!
Similarly, Jiang Qinshu initially thought Su Liluo was responsible when she heard Su Wanshi's words, but after hearing Su Xuanlang's analysis, she realized it couldn't have been her.
After all, with the Emperor's decree in place, she had no reason to steal.
"Those things have all been stolen, what do we do now?"
Su Wanshi sighed silently.