"Quickly, go tell the Crown Prince!"
Su Liluo quickly gave the order.
Meanwhile, Madam Qin and her daughter-in-law were also shocked by what they saw. They had no idea that the storeroom where the dowry was kept would have such a secret.
They tried to go in and stop them, but they had already been grabbed and were unable to move.
Soon after, Xiao Ye arrived upon hearing the news, and he was also shocked by the scene before him.
Then, he and Su Liluo went down the stairs.
There are two rooms below, filled with gleaming silver and even a considerable amount of dazzling gold.
"This...it's definitely more than a million taels!"
Su Liluo sighed.
How could the Qin family have so much money?
This is not something that can be obtained through simple embezzlement!
Xiao Ye was also extremely surprised, and he checked the basement repeatedly for a long time.
Finally, they found several old booklets in a cabinet.
He opened it and looked at it, his gaze growing increasingly shocked.
"Unexpectedly, the Qin family has been hiding their true colors. This silver was not embezzled by Qin Wu alone; it started when his grandfather became an official."
Qin Wu's grandfather once held the position of Minister of Revenue and was in charge of two major disaster relief efforts. No wonder he had so much silver!
After reading the booklet, Xiao Ye exclaimed in surprise.
It turns out that the Qin family had been embezzling since their ancestors' time, and the booklet in Xiao Ye's hand was a record made by Qin's grandfather for his descendants.
This basement was placed in the women's dowry storeroom, and there were no traces of it.
If Su Liluo hadn't discovered it by chance today, it would probably have been buried in obscurity!
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