It was later revealed in the original book that the extra money with unclear origin found by the Dali Temple and the Supervisory Council when the Xun family built a villa was the masterpiece of Xun Ruowei.

Although Xun Ruowei is not very old, having just turned sixteen this year, she is a very thoughtful person.

She was proud and arrogant, and was unwilling to be just a concubine's daughter in the second branch of the Xun family.

On weekdays, he always tries to make friends and curry favor with people in the circle of noble ladies in Kyoto.

However, for a humble concubine's daughter, her most impressive identity was that her uncle was the Minister of Works.

With such an identity, how could you make people in the circle of noble ladies in Kyoto take a second look at you?

Xun Ruowei finally found a way out: lending money.

The circle of noble ladies in Kyoto may seem glamorous on the surface, but in fact, it is rotten inside and comparison is rampant.

Many noble ladies' families are not as wealthy as they appear, or for various reasons, they do not have much money at hand.

In order to maintain their superficial glory and avoid being outdone, they can only think of other ways, such as borrowing.

Xun Ruowei's mother, Yun, was an oiran in Chonghualou before she married into the Xun family, and she had some savings.

After Xun Ruowei came up with the idea of ​​lending money to the noble ladies, she naturally set her sights on her mother's savings first.

Unfortunately, what she didn't know was that lending money was not such a simple matter.

For her, a young girl who had no experience in this area, it was easy for her to lend money, but it was not so easy to get it back.

Soon, Xun Ruowei's mother's savings were almost all spent by her.

Xun Ruowei finally panicked at this time. Just as she was getting anxious and trying hard to think of how to get the money back without letting the Yun family find out, she learned that the Xun family was going to build a villa in Kyoto.

She bribed a few servants and sold inferior building materials as good ones when purchasing them, and embezzled a lot of money.

In order to avoid being discovered, she later bribed someone to steal a number of account books from the warehouse of another village.

Among those account books, there happened to be a few that recorded in detail the origin of the funds allocated for building the village, as well as the specific items that were later spent on.

Once these important account books were lost, it directly led to the fact that when the Dali Temple and the Supervisory Council investigated the Xun family, the Xun family could not explain the origin of the money spent on purchasing building materials and other items...

At this moment, listening to Xun Ruowei's angry and resentful roar and crying, Xun Niannian felt speechless.

As the real culprit who caused Xun's family to be beaten to death row, how dare you yell at others?

How dare you cry here?

"Ruowei, don't cry. Think of your sister. She will definitely not ignore us. She will definitely find a way to rescue us..." Zhao stepped forward again and tried to comfort Xun Ruowei.

Xun Ruowei sneered, "Will she care about our lives? We have been locked up in this damn place for several days, and she hasn't even come to see us. How could she care about our lives?"

Zhao frowned, "Ruowei, how can you say that about Nian Nian? She didn't come, she must have some difficulties..."

"Difficulties? What difficulties can she have?" Xun Ruowei snorted again, "Isn't she the high and mighty Princess He now? If she had that intention, would she not be able to enter the prison of the Dali Temple?"

"I think she is totally heartless!"

"Now that she has married into the He Palace, she has been able to avoid death. Now I'm afraid she wants to stay away from our family!"

Xun Ruowei's complaints finally made Zhao, who usually had no temper, look cold.

She was about to say something else when Xun Sisi suddenly stepped forward with her short legs and glared at Xun Ruowei fiercely, "I don't allow you to say that about my third sister! My third sister is not the kind of person you say she is!"

"That's right, Third Sister is not that kind of person. Sister Ruowei, stop talking nonsense!" A low scolding came from the cell opposite.

Then another voice mixed with displeasure also said in a defensive tone: "Sister Ruo Wei, I know you are afraid and terrified now, but Third Sister is definitely not the kind of person you say she is."

"Now that we are imprisoned here, I hope Third Sister will not ask the Sixth Prince for anything, and will not come to see us, so as to avoid being caught by others."

"If our Xun family can't escape this disaster in the end, it's a good thing that Third Sister is safe."

...At the stairs, listening to Zhao and the brothers and sisters of the Xun family defending Xun Niannian, Xun Niannian felt her eyes inexplicably hot.

She had never felt this kind of family affection before.

Before she traveled through the book, her parents in her previous life got married and soon had children. To her, those brothers and sisters were like strangers.

Even worse than a stranger.

One of them was a stepmother's younger brother, who was spoiled into a little devil. Every time he saw her, he would speak badly to her. He even deliberately stepped on her shoes and tore her skirt...

Even if her father saw it, he would not scold his beloved son, but would only tell her that as a sister, she should be more generous...

"Princess, why are you still standing here?" Su Wu was originally guarding the door of the dungeon. After he found that Xun Niannian had gone down the stairs, she had been standing at the bottom of the stairs without making any movement. He couldn't help but come over to ask.

This question made the entire dungeon quiet.

"The light down there is too dim. Let me get used to it." Xun Niannian said, touching his nose.

As soon as she finished speaking, a surprised voice suddenly called out, "Third sister, are you here?"