Shen Weiwan sat in front of the mirror, wiping the mud off her hands, a smile on her lips: "If I don't argue, how can I make the old housekeeper suspect Liu?"

Chun Tao suddenly realized: "Miss, you want the old housekeeper to keep an eye on the Second Madam?"

"What else?" Shen Weiwan raised her eyebrows. "The old housekeeper is my father's loyal servant. As long as he suspects Liu, he will help me keep an eye on the warehouse. Just now, I deliberately said that the key was in Liu's hands. The old housekeeper must be as anxious as an ant on a hot pot."

She paused, pulled out the real key from under her pillow, and waved it in the sunlight. "Liu used the fake key to break the lock, and the old housekeeper will definitely go to check. When he finds the lock is broken, the first person he will suspect is Liu."

Chun Tao was stunned when she heard this: "Miss, your trick of using a knife to kill someone is too brilliant!"

"How can we deal with an old fox like Liu without using some tricks?" Shen Weiwan put away the key. "The old housekeeper must think that I am either stupid or possessed. Let him be suspicious. When I get evidence that Liu has embezzled money, I will give him a surprise."

As she was speaking, footsteps were heard outside the door. Chun Tao looked out and whispered, "Miss, the old housekeeper is here!"

Shen Weiwan immediately switched back to her silly and sweet self, lying on the table and drawing an unformed butterfly: "Chun Tao, where do you think my mother's hairpin is?"

The old housekeeper walked in and saw her like this, his eyes became even more complicated. He cleared his throat and said, "My dear, I had the peach tree in your yard dug up, but I didn't find the key."

Shen Weiwan raised her head, looking bewildered: "Why dig up the peach tree? My mother said that when the peach blossoms bloom, the keys will grow out! Grandpa Butler, if you dig up the peach tree, what will happen if the keys don't grow?"

The old housekeeper: "..." He took a deep breath and suppressed the doubts in his heart: "Miss, the lock of the warehouse... seems to be broken."

"The lock is broken?" Shen Weiwan blinked, "Was it broken by a monster? I said there were treasures in the warehouse and the monster wanted to steal it!"

The old housekeeper looked at her serious expression, and his suspicion wavered again. Perhaps... was she really stupid? But the lock was broken, and the Second Lady had the eldest daughter's "key." There had to be something fishy going on.

"Miss," the old housekeeper decided to test the waters, "Second Madam said you gave her the key and asked her to keep it for you?"

Shen Weiwan nodded immediately: "Yes, yes! Auntie said my key is beautiful, so she gave it to my cousin to play with. Grandpa Butler, please ask Auntie to return the key to me, I still need to plant the key!"

The old housekeeper was completely lost. This young lady's thinking was unconventional and she didn't play by the rules at all. Call her stupid, she could fool the Second Madam around; call her clever, she'd come up with something like a key.

"I understand," the old housekeeper sighed, "Miss, please stay in your room and don't go near the warehouse again."

After the old housekeeper left, Chun Tao couldn't help laughing: "Miss, look at the old housekeeper's expression, he's almost questioning his life!"

Shen Weiwan put away her smile and her eyes turned cold: "The more suspicious the old housekeeper is, the harder it will be for Liu to take action. Next, it's time to let Liu taste the feeling of being suspected."

She pulled out a piece of paper containing the warehouse's in-and-out records, a memory from her past life. Whenever Liu embezzled money, she would fiddle with the account books, but there were always clues.

"Chun Tao," Shen Weiwan said, "Go to the accounting office and tell them I want to check last month's rouge and powder accounts. The more detailed the better."

Chun Tao was puzzled: "Miss, why are you checking that?"

"Of course she's looking for something to hold against Liu." Shen Weiwan sneered, "Doesn't she like to take advantage of small opportunities? I want to see how much she has taken from the warehouse."

The old housekeeper returned to his room, took out the general's last will and testament, and read it over and over again. The will clearly stated that the key to the storehouse was given to the eldest daughter, Shen Weiwan. But now the eldest daughter was acting strangely, the key was in the hands of the second wife, and the storehouse lock was broken.

"Something's wrong, something's terribly wrong..." the old butler muttered to himself. He had lived a lifetime, had seen all sorts of storms and waves, yet he was completely bewildered by a fifteen-year-old girl.

He thought of Shen Weiwan's sparkling eyes just now, remembered her rubbing the Second Madam's hands until she cried, remembered her repeatedly wandering around the warehouse... A bold idea arose in his mind:

"Could it be that... the young lady is not stupid, nor is she possessed... but..." The old housekeeper slammed the table, "but has really become smarter?!"

The thought made his hands tremble with excitement. If the eldest daughter really became smart, then the general's mansion would be saved! But why did she pretend to be crazy and stupid? Was it to deal with the second wife?

The older housekeeper thought about it and the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. The eldest daughter's seemingly foolish behavior was actually a direct attack on the second wife: the hand-rubbing ceremony had embarrassed the second wife, the playful deception had lowered her guard, and now, she had muddied the waters with the key to make him suspect the second wife.

"What a Shen Weiwan!" A glint of admiration flashed in the old housekeeper's eyes, "She is worthy of being the general's daughter!"

He stood up, walked to the window, looked in the direction of Tinglan Courtyard, stroked his beard and smiled. No matter whether the eldest lady is really stupid or pretending to be stupid, as long as she can protect the general's mansion, this old slave will protect her!

"Come here!" the old butler shouted, "Go to the storehouse and guard it. No one is allowed to approach, especially those around the Second Madam!"

At this moment, Shen Weiwan was smiling smugly at the account book. Chuntao returned from the accounting office with a thick stack of bills. Shen Weiwan flipped through them and quickly discovered a problem: Liu had reported 20 taels of rouge and powder last month, but the warehouse's outgoing records only showed 5 taels of expenditure.

“There is indeed a problem!” A cold light flashed in Shen Weiwan’s eyes, “Liu, your death is not far away!”

The old housekeeper's suspicions, the loopholes in the account book, and the fake key in Liu's hand... all of this was part of Shen Weiwan's plan. Next, she only needed to wait for the right moment to throw the evidence of Liu's embezzlement in her face!

At this moment, Liu was still kept in the dark. She was holding a fake key and worrying about the broken keyhole. She had no idea that she had fallen into the pit dug by Shen Weiwan.

The old housekeeper stood outside the warehouse, looking at the locked door, feeling a mixture of emotion. Could it be that the young lady has been possessed by an evil spirit? No, she has grown up, becoming a mighty tree capable of supporting the general's mansion!

In the next chapter, it's Shen Ruorou's turn. Are you ready for the "surprise" at the Spring Banquet? Shen Weiwan picks up her needle and thread and begins sewing her next "gift." This time, she's going to make Shen Ruorou completely lose face in front of all the noble ladies in the capital!