"What else can we do? We can't report it to the authorities. We can only sell the estate for some money and sell the servants too!"
Su Yu said something in an annoyed tone.
Even though he was furious, what could he do?
Just as Su Lianwu said, this was an imperial decree to confiscate their family property. If they went on a large-scale search for these missing and stolen items and the emperor found out, they would be punished.
This is a loss I can only suffer in silence.
The Su family left the estate with sighs and a few days later. They sold the estate and, along with some money from selling the servants, their entire fortune came to just one thousand taels of silver.
They stayed in a luxury inn for five days, where they ate delicacies from land and sea, so they spent one hundred taels of silver at the inn in just five days.
In total, they only had nine hundred taels of silver left.
They looked at several houses in the city, but they were either too expensive to afford or the environment was too bad to be acceptable.
Finally, they managed to find a large courtyard house with four courtyards in the west of the city, but it cost two thousand taels of silver, which they simply couldn't afford.
"Boss, can't we give you five hundred taels of silver first? I'll give you the rest every month."
The Su family members stood in a wide alley, haggling with a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties.
"Are you kidding me? You want to pay the remaining 1,500 taels in installments? When will that be? There's no such thing as buying a house on credit here!"
The middle-aged man waved his hand, about to refuse.
"This isn't an offer to pay on credit. The initial installments might be a little less, but we'll gradually increase the amount later. Don't worry, you definitely won't be shortchanged. Please sell this house to us!"
Su Lianwu patiently explained.
His monthly salary was only a few dozen taels of silver, which was indeed unaffordable at the moment, but he felt that he would work hard to get promoted, and his second younger brother was also a scholar.
Their family will gradually get better, but they urgently need a house like this to settle down.
Su Wanshi also pleaded, "Kind boss, our family is also facing temporary difficulties. Please help us. We will always remember your kindness!"
Of all the houses I've seen, this one is the most luxurious, and it's also cheaper than other luxury mansions.
Therefore, Su Wanshi also really wanted to negotiate the purchase of this house.
But to her surprise, the boss, upon hearing her delicate voice, suddenly looked at her.
A lecherous smile suddenly appeared on his face. "Girls, it's not impossible for you to buy it. If you're willing to marry me as a concubine, I'll give you this house to live in for free!"
He saw that Su Wanshi was young and pretty, and so he began to have some designs on her.
"What? You...you're so old, the same age as my dad, I'm afraid that's not possible!"
Su Wanshi was disgusted by what the other person said.
This man looked only a few years younger than her father, and he was ugly and greasy. How dare he even have designs on her!
Su Wanshi felt absolutely disgusted.
"You think I'm too old? Your whole family is so poor you don't even have a house anymore, and you still dare to look down on me? It's your good fortune that I've taken you as a concubine! If you don't want to, then get out, this house isn't for sale to you!"
Enraged by Su Wanshi's words, the man immediately flew into a rage and tried to kick them out.
"No, that's not what I meant, boss, please listen to me..."
Seeing that the boss was unwilling to sell the house, Su Wanshi became anxious again.
The man ordered his servants to use brooms to drive Su Wanshi and her group away, but Su Wanshi and her group were really reluctant to give up the house, so they explained as they were being driven away.
"Wanshi, what are you doing here?"
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from over.
The Su family looked up and saw Xiao Churen leading two guards out of the neighboring courtyard.
"Your Highness!"
Su Wanshi cried out with joy, as if she had seen a savior. Her eyes suddenly reddened, and tears streamed down her face.
"What happened to you all? How did you end up here?"
Looking at the somewhat disheveled appearance of the Su family members, Xiao Churen couldn't help but ask curiously.
In the past few days, he had heard about the Su family being punished by his father, but he never expected that the Su family's mansion would be confiscated.
With a sob in her voice, Su Wanshi recounted to Xiao Churen how Su Liluo ruthlessly emptied the Su family mansion and even kicked them out.
They also mentioned that they have nowhere to go and can't buy a house.
Her crying was so soft and weak that Xiao Churen couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
"I have bought this house for you. You will live here from now on!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Churen bought the house for them without saying a word.
When the shopkeeper learned that it was the King of Chu, he was immediately frightened and dared not act rashly.
Su Wanshi was deeply moved by Xiao Churen's timely help, and the rest of the Su family also thought that Xiao Churen valued Su Wanshi, which was why he was so kind to them.
Since the Su family moved into this house, Xiao Churen has been visiting them every few days at Su Wanshi's request.
On the other hand, after leaving the Su residence, Qin Shuang rented a small house in the city.
She inquired everywhere for a long time but still couldn't figure out why Su Liluo was able to evade her potion.
To get to the bottom of this, she decided to go and ask Su Wanshi to see if she had mixed up the medicine.
After several investigations, she found where Su Wanshi and her family were currently living.
At this time, Xiao Churen also came to visit Su Wanshi and the others, bringing them a lot of things.
"Young Miss, Miss Qin is outside saying she wants to see you."
Just as Su Wanshi was talking with Xiao Churen in the courtyard, a servant from the mansion came forward to report.
"Is that Qin Shuang? She actually knew to come looking for me. Where has she been these past few days?"
Upon hearing that it was Qin Shuang who had come to see her, Su Wanshi immediately felt a surge of anger.
She had been thinking about it for a long time these past few days, and finally suspected that there might be something wrong with the potion Qin Shuang gave her, and that she was being tricked.
Since Qin Shuang had come to her doorstep, she wanted to get to the bottom of things.
So she immediately had someone invite Qin Shuang in.
"Miss Qin, are you really a miracle doctor? Why is what you gave me fake?"
As soon as Qin Shuang entered the courtyard, Su Wanshi's questioning voice fell.
“Miss Su, the medicine I gave you was absolutely genuine. I've come today to ask you what went wrong that day. Did someone switch your medicine midway through?”
Qin Shuang remained calm and said without getting angry.
She never doubted her own medicine.
"Impossible! That thing has been on me the whole time, and no one has touched it. I saw with my own eyes that the potion really had no effect at all. I suspect you're lying to me!"
"Because of you, our entire Su family's assets have been confiscated!"
Su Wanshi immediately blamed all the responsibility on Qin Shuang.
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