When Su Liluo secretly sneaked into the Regent's wife's courtyard, she happened to see her leaving in a hurry with a group of servants.
"They're always good at putting on an act!"
Su Liluo couldn't help but let out a soft hum.
She could tell at a glance that the Regent's wife had run over pretending to put out the fire, a classic case of the thief crying "stop thief!"—she had truly performed it perfectly!
There were only five or six gatekeepers left in the courtyard, and they were all standing outside the door. The house was brightly lit, but there were no maids inside.
After observing the surroundings, Su Liluo used sleeping powder to knock out all the maids at the door, and then slipped into the Regent's Princess's courtyard.
She first put all the valuable jewelry and ornaments in her room into her spatial storage, and then took away some famous paintings, banknotes, gold and other valuables that she had secretly kept in the room.
After cleaning up the Regent's room, she felt it was too little, but she didn't know where the storeroom was.
"And what about the Regent? And Gao Yufei? How could we forget them!"
Su Liluo's eyes lit up. After quickly slipping out of the Regent's wife's room, she ran to the Regent's, Gao Yufei's, and Gao Junning's rooms.
Like the Regent's Consort, they all rushed to Su Liluo's courtyard after hearing about the fire.
Su Liluo used the same method to knock down the servants, and swept the three people's house clean like a locust plague.
Then, taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, she secretly slipped out of the palace and went to the address that Che Yi had given her last time.
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"What happened? How could it suddenly catch fire?"
Gao Changhong rushed to Su Liluo's courtyard. Seeing the raging fire, his veins bulged on his forehead, and he angrily questioned her loudly.
"Your Highness, the most urgent thing is to find a way to rescue them! I heard that Miss Su and several maids are still inside and haven't come out yet. If we don't rescue them soon, all we'll see are ashes!"
When the Regent's wife saw Gao Changhong approaching, she looked anxious and hurriedly stepped forward to urge him on.
If someone didn't know better, they would think she cared deeply about Su Liluo!
Gao Changhong glanced at the Regent's Consort, a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
He had just told her to prepare for Gao Junning and his wife's wedding in advance, and now Su Liluo's courtyard has caught fire. It's hard for him not to suspect her!
The Regent's wife naturally sensed the suspicion in Gao Changhong's eyes, and she angrily shook off Gao Changhong's hand.
With a wronged expression, she said, "Your Highness, you don't think I did it, do you? I don't like Miss Su, but Junning likes her, so I compromised long ago. There was no need to do this, especially since it was my own courtyard that was burned down!"
"Father, it couldn't be Mother. That day, Mother did not continue to target Miss Su for the sake of her son. Let's quickly find a way to save her!"
At this moment, Gao Junning, who had rushed over from behind, saw that the Regent suspected his mother, and he couldn't help but step forward to help explain.
"Hmph! It's best if they're not here! Men, hurry and rescue them from the fire! No matter what, you must find them for me!"
Gao Changhong snorted coldly, then ordered his men to go in and find the person.
However, the fire had already spread to an uncontrollable point, and the servants and guards dared not go in at all. Even those guards who were forced in by Gao Changhong all returned empty-handed.
"Your Highness, the fire inside is too big. We only found these two bodies; the others have already been burned to ashes!"
After a while, the guards carried out two skeletons that were almost burned to the bone.
Gao Changhong glanced at the dark bones and felt a sudden darkness engulf his vision.
It would be strange if anyone could recognize whose bones these are!
"Is there really no one inside? Su Liluo is so smart, how could she not escape!"
Gao Junning, who was standing to the side, was also greatly shocked when he saw those bones, and felt a sense of fear in his heart.
Could she have really been burned to death?
The thought that the woman who had been chatting with him so cleverly just two days ago might be gone today filled him with an indescribable sadness.
Gao Yufei, on the other hand, almost cheered with joy when she saw the bones.
Of course, she also knew that she had to keep her composure at this moment, otherwise, given her brother's recent unusual behavior, he might scold her again.
"Your Highness, Young Master, there really isn't any left. I searched inside for a long time, and my clothes were burned, but this is all I found. The fire spread too quickly; there was simply no time to react!"
The guard knelt on the ground and explained earnestly.
"Search! Keep searching for me! Even if it's just ashes, find it for me!"
For some reason, Gao Changhong suddenly felt a tightness in his chest.
Actually, he only wanted Su Liluo to be with his son because he saw that she looked like Ruan Ruan and that she was Ruan Ruan's daughter with another man. But for some reason, he felt extremely sad at this moment.
The guards searched inside for a long time until the fire gradually died down, leaving only ruins in the courtyard, but they still couldn't find Su Liluo.
Looking at the empty courtyard, Gao Changhong gradually came to believe that the people might really have been burned to death.
"Guards! How could a fire have started tonight? You must find out the truth!"
Gao Changhong rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on, and gave the order in a stern voice.
From an angle unseen by others, the Regent's wife, standing to the side, let out a mocking smile.
check?
Did he think he was so stupid that he would leave any evidence against him?
Today, when she set the fire, she only used her brother's people. Apart from her dowry maid, she didn't use a single person from the Prince's mansion.
Even if Gao Changhong thoroughly investigates the Prince's mansion, he still won't find out anything.
But none of them expected that before Gao Changhong's men could investigate and get any results, once they returned to their own courtyards, they immediately came to a consensus.
"Who ransacked my house! How are you guarding the courtyard?!"
When the Regent's wife returned to her room, she was furious to find that all the valuables in the room had been taken away.
"Your Highness, I don't know either! I think I was drugged just now, and I was like this when I woke up. Please, Your Highness, have mercy!"
The maids inside the room knelt on the ground, all terrified.
"Drugged? Who dares to steal my things!"
The Regent's wife asked in confusion.
The Regent's wife was always well-defended, and few thieves from the outside could sneak into the palace to steal things. This was the first time she had been robbed.
"Waaah... Mother, something terrible has happened! Everything in my room has been stolen! A thief has broken into the manor!"
Before the Regent's wife could figure out the problem, Gao Yufei ran over crying again.
"Feifei, was your room also burgled?"
The Regent's wife looked surprised when she saw Gao Yufei crying angrily.
"What, Mother, what do you mean by that? Could it be that you also...?"
Gao Yufei realized what was happening and exchanged bewildered glances with the Regent's wife.
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