Consort Han stared at Liu Shang and realized that he didn't seem to be joking.
She laughed again.
“I paid you five million taels of silver and thirty catties of gold to kill someone for me. For the past two weeks, that Qiao Lian’er has been wandering around, giving me plenty of opportunities to strike. Yet you have remained indifferent, taking the money but not doing the work. Is this the principle that your Loyalty Bureau has always upheld?”
Liu Shang raised an eyebrow, a hint of amusement appearing on his face.
"Please calm down, sir. Since you want this outcome, let's sort out the whole story. Otherwise, those who don't know the details might think that the Loyalty Bureau is untrustworthy."
"What cause and effect?" Consort Han took it as an excuse and spoke in a cold and hard tone.
"Half a month ago, a esteemed person delivered five million taels of silver notes and thirty catties of gold. No sooner had the esteemed person left than we put these valuables into the warehouse. However, in less than a quarter of an hour, the boxes and the contents were stolen."
"What?!" Consort Han was stunned upon hearing these words.
But she immediately realized that this was just wording from the Loyalty Bureau.
“Your Loyalty Bureau is a heavily guarded place. No one can easily enter. Apart from your own people, it’s impossible for anyone to steal valuables from your warehouse. You’re just using this excuse because you’ve taken the money and don’t want to do any work.”
"Although the Loyalty Bureau has some skills, there are many people more capable than them, especially in the capital, which is a place where hidden talents abound. Even someone of noble status is not someone that anyone can easily contend with."
Consort Han gripped her handkerchief tightly, desperately trying to control her emotions, but her voice still trembled slightly.
"That's ridiculous, really ridiculous. You mean I had someone take the box away? Why would I do that? What good would it do me?"
"It's not exactly honorable for a noble person to come to the Loyalty Bureau and spend money to save their life. They must have kept it a secret from everyone. Besides the Loyalty Bureau, only the noble person knew about that box of valuables, and it was stolen within a quarter of an hour. The premise is that they had to know the news first. It's not realistic to put it in the hands of anyone else."
There is only one possibility.
Liu Shang looked at the newcomer and said, "When the distinguished guest arrived, he brought a group of men with him. As soon as he left, his men immediately took action and stole the valuables."
This is the only reasonable explanation.
"How dare you! How dare you!" Consort Han was furious. "A mere five million taels of silver and thirty catties of gold are just a drop in the ocean for me. Do you think I would be so stingy as to not even spend this little bit of money to kill someone I dislike?"
"You dare to frame me like this, do you know what will happen to you?"
Liu Shang remained unmoved: "Although the noble lady is well concealed, there are marks on her fingers from wearing nail guards regularly. She must be one of the noble ladies in the palace. If the emperor finds out that the noble lady is hiring someone to kill the emperor's favorite, it will be difficult to get away with it."
Consort Han felt a chill run through her body for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "You're threatening me."
"It was the benefactor who first disregarded morality and tried to get something for nothing."
“I didn’t lead anyone to steal that box of valuables. How do you expect me to prove my innocence?”
The face behind Consort Han's veil was already pale and bluish-white.
“Our Loyalty Bureau operates on a pay-to-do basis; we can’t get anything done without money.”
"What if it's your Loyalty Bureau that's embezzling, secretly hiding that box of gold and silver notes, and then pinning the blame on me?"
"There's no need to worry about this, sir. You only need to inquire and you'll find that our Loyalty Bureau has existed for decades and has never done anything so dishonest. Although the loss of this property is not the fault of the Loyalty Bureau, its reputation will be affected in the future. This is all thanks to your help, sir."
Consort Han took a deep breath. She herself felt something was wrong. The theft occurred within fifteen minutes of the goods being delivered to the warehouse. No wonder the Loyalty Bureau suspected her.
Who did this?
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