The housekeeper was startled awake, opened the door, and whispered, "What are you shouting about... The masters are still asleep, why are you shouting so early in the morning?"
"Madam Sun, our house was robbed and all the items in the house were stolen..." the little maid said tremblingly.
Nanny Sun's eyes widened, she trotted over with her skirt in hand, looked at the empty shelves and walls, slapped her thigh, and howled.
"Which damn thief came to Annan Marquis's mansion to steal things..."
Soon, the entire Annan Marquis Mansion was in an uproar.
People were shouting that something was lost.
The Hu family's courtyard was the worst off. She had just filled in the missing supplies from her own private storehouse, but within five hours, it was all gone.
The old lady was awakened by the noise and called for help but no one was available.
So I put on my clothes and got up.
As he opened the door and stepped out, he stepped on two crystal beads. With a "ouch", he disappeared.
Then there was a "crack" sound, the sound of broken bones.
When Nanny Sun came back, she saw the old lady lying on the ground with her arms and legs spread out.
"Hey! Old lady, you are sleeping outside..." He immediately went over and helped the person up.
The old lady was sweating profusely and pointing at her ankle, unable to speak due to the pain.
Nanny Sun looked at her swollen ankle and immediately shouted,
"Someone come quickly... someone call the court doctor..."
Hu was supported by Zi Lan and went to check each courtyard.
It’s gone…it’s gone…all gone!
It had been ransacked by the eldest son yesterday, and there wasn't much left to begin with, and now it's completely empty.
"Where are the guards?" Hu's eyes widened in anger, and she roared, "What is Wang Ren doing?"
As the chief guard in the mansion, Wang Ren actually allowed thieves to steal in the mansion!
"Madam... Commander Wang hasn't returned since he moved his things yesterday."
"There is not a single guard in the mansion right now."
"What?" Mrs. Hu almost fell. "You mean... the eldest wife took all the guards away?"
The servant lowered his head and didn't dare to answer.
Those guards were originally trained by Rong Baichuan in the military camp, and their monthly wages came from the eldest wife's house. They were not guards in the mansion.
To put it bluntly, they were only protecting the first wife and the marquis's mansion as well.
Since they came into the mansion, Mrs. Hu dismissed her original guards, thus saving a considerable amount of expenses.
Mrs. Hu hurried back to her yard and dragged Rong Qi Wang, who was still sleeping soundly, out of bed.
"The whole house has been emptied by your eldest brother, and you, a useless thing, still have the ability to sleep!"
Rong Qi Wang was dazed and was dragged to Yihuayuan by the anxious Hu by the collar, only to see that the situation there was even more chaotic.
"Second Madam, you're finally here." Nanny Sun screamed and stepped forward, "Something bad has happened to the old marquis and the old madam..."
The old lady broke her right ankle when she fell this morning and has been in a coma ever since.
It was already this late at night and the old man couldn't be woken up no matter how much we called him.
Rong Qi Wang hurriedly took the old marquis's token and went to the palace to invite the imperial physician.
…
Outside the Annan Marquis Mansion.
On the closed door, a painting with yellow stains swayed alone in the wind.
The early vendors have already set up their stalls, and there is a constant stream of women buying vegetables.
Seeing the scroll with large characters hanging on the door of the mansion, the wonton stall owner grabbed a man who looked like a scholar and asked,
"What does it say?"
The scholar walked closer to take a look, and a foul smell wafted over. He quickly covered his nose and walked away.
He said to the vendor, "Poor bastard, using fake goods to cheat thieves, shameless!"
"Hey! Why are you still swearing?!" the stall owner said unhappily.
Although he is indeed a poor bastard, he doesn't deserve to be scolded like this.
"I'm not scolding you..." The scholar pointed at the scroll, "That's what it says."
"I think the Annan Marquis's mansion was robbed last night. When they stole things, they found that all the items were fakes, so they left this line of words behind," the scholar guessed.
"Isn't that possible?" a woman buying wontons said, "Everyone in Kyoto knows that the Marquis of Annan is incredibly wealthy. The former Marquis' wife is the daughter of a wealthy merchant from Jiangnan. The dowry alone is enough to last two lifetimes."
"Your news is delayed," the owner of the nearby pancake stall interjected, "General Rong and Marquis Annan separated yesterday, and his biological mother's dowry was taken away."
"The eldest son lives separately, and the second son lives in the marquis's mansion?" The woman was puzzled.
Shouldn’t the second son move out?
"If there's a stepmother, there's a stepfather. General Rong isn't the current Marquis's biological son..."
Just then, the gate of the Marquis' Mansion opened.
As soon as Rong Qi Wang stepped over the threshold, he stepped into a puddle of water that had not yet dried up.
He yelled, "What are you doing? There's water at the door, why don't you even sweep it up!"
The gatekeeper was innocent, there was a burglary in the mansion and they were all sent to check for lost items.
Besides, it didn’t rain last night, right?
Suddenly, I smelled the smell of urine again.
Rong Qiwang looked towards the possible source of the smell...
"vomit……"
In a blink of an eye, I saw the scroll hanging on the door knocker and the words on it again.
He couldn't stop dry heaving again.
These damn thieves must be torn into pieces!
After going back to change into clean clothes, Rong Qi Wang hurried to the palace again.
Some curious people stood in front of the door of the Marquis's Mansion and looked in, seeing the maids and servants coming and going inside, all with panicked expressions.
He asked the doorman what was going on.
So, in less than two quarters of an hour, the Annan Marquis's Mansion was robbed last night.
But what he stole were all fakes. He left in anger, feeling insulted and disappointed.
Some people say that it is really a shame for such a large mansion to use fakes, which lowers its status and grade.
Some people also think that this is a good way to prevent thieves.
From now on, thieves will take a detour when they see the Marquis of Annan’s Mansion.
No more fear of being stolen.
Nanny Yan, who was buying vegetables on the street, heard about what happened in the Annan Marquis' Mansion and hurried back to report.
Rong Baichuan just remembered after hearing this and slapped his forehead, "Oh no, I forgot to leave guards for them."
Qin Nanjing couldn't help but want to laugh, even though he really had forgotten.
But why is it so satisfying? It's even more satisfying than doing it on purpose.
I was busy yesterday and wanted to go back today to get back the two million taels of silver that the second house owed me. But after this incident, I'm afraid it won't be possible to go back and ask for the money today.
I have nothing important to do and I don't want to go there.
However, they had just moved and were busy with many things, so it was understandable that they had no time to visit.
Qin Nanjing sent someone to deliver some precious tonics to the Marquis' Mansion, as a token of concern as a child.
When Rong Baichuan attended the morning court, he also asked the emperor for the director of the Imperial Hospital to go to the Marquis's mansion to see the patient.
That was the director of the hospital who only treated the emperor, empress and queen mother, but Rong Baichuan asked him to do it.
Now no one can say anything wrong about him.
This is called taking precautions. We must not let them spread any rumors about Rong Baichuan being unfilial and unfraternal.
However, filial piety is more important than anything else, and one cannot always be on guard.
Sooner or later they will find a loophole, so I need to find a way to completely sever ties with the Marquis' Mansion.
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