Su Renyi, Zhong Shi, and Su Feiling were startled by the teacup that Su Xuening smashed.
Seeing so many guards rushing forward and surrounding them, they turned pale with fright.
Su Renyi suppressed his panic and said in a deep voice, "What do you mean by this?"
"Haven't I made myself clear yet?" Su Xuening sneered, "The Emperor has already decided how the eldest and second branches of the Su family will divide the property. I originally wanted to talk to you nicely, but now you're not even listening to the Emperor and insisting on defying the imperial decree. So I won't be polite and will have to take matters into my own hands."
Upon hearing this, Su Renyi's face instantly turned ugly. Before he could offer any explanation, Madam Zhong immediately started shouting, "Su Xuening, are you trying to rob us outright?! This is the capital, right under the Emperor's nose! Don't you have any respect for the law?!"
Su Xuening sneered: "The Emperor is the law! I uphold the Emperor's judgment, which is to uphold the law. But you, who don't even respect the Emperor and openly defy the imperial decree, are the ones who don't have the law!"
Su Xuening didn't want to waste any more words with them, so she gestured to the guards with her chin and said, "Go, smash the lock on the second storeroom and bring everything out of it!"
"Su Xuening, how dare you!" Upon hearing that she wanted to seize the storeroom, Madam Zhong immediately became anxious and shouted.
Su Xuening coldly swept her gaze across Zhong Shi: "Why wouldn't I dare! Do you think that what's in the second branch's storeroom belongs to your second branch? What I'm carrying are all my father and mother's things, all belonging to my eldest branch!"
Su Xuening then ordered the guards: "Search every room in the second wife's residence and bring me everything of value!"
She's not only going to rob their warehouse, she's going to make them all leave with nothing!
"Su Xuening, you bitch, I'll fight you to the death!!!" Zhong was frantic and screamed as she tried to hit Su Xuening.
Upon seeing this, the two guards immediately stepped forward and pushed Zhong down.
"Mother." Upon seeing this, Su Feiling quickly stepped forward to help Zhong Shi up.
"Enough, stop making a scene!" Seeing that things were getting out of hand, Su Renyi finally spoke up, saying weakly, "We'll give you everything you want. Don't worry, you won't be shortchanged on anything."
Su Xuening no longer believed them and sneered, "Second Uncle should have been more accommodating a long time ago; it's too late now."
Seeing that she wouldn't even give him this much face, Su Renyi's expression darkened further: "What do you mean by this? Do we have to make things so ugly between family members?"
“It’s not that I want to make things ugly, it’s that you all insist on tearing each other apart. Since Second Uncle also wants to return everything to our eldest son’s family, then fine, let’s check it against these lists. I’ll check it myself, and you can all be witnesses here. Tonight, we’ll sort everything out.”
Su Xuening then raised her eyes and glared at the guards: "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and go!"
"Yes." Seeing that Su Xuening was serious, the guards dared not neglect her and immediately went to the second room.
"I am the mistress of this Yong'an Marquis's mansion, let's see who dares to touch me!" Seeing that they were really going to smash the storeroom, Madam Zhong shouted anxiously, trying to stop the guards, but her words were useless, and none of the guards listened to her.
"No, you're not allowed to touch anything belonging to my second wife's family."
Seeing that her words had no effect, Zhong became even more anxious and wanted to chase after him to stop him, but Su Feiling held her back.
"Ling'er, hurry and stop them! Those are all our things!" Zhong Shi grabbed Su Feiling urgently, as if grasping at a straw.
"Let her calculate," Su Feiling said, always the most pragmatic.
Su Feiling glanced at the room full of guards. She never expected Su Xuening to buy so many guards.
This must have been planned by her long ago. She drove out all the maids and servants of their second branch, leaving their second branch master here, just for today's reckoning.
She knew her parents wouldn't give her things easily, so she bought guards in advance and simply snatched them.
Now they are trapped in the General's mansion, crying out to heaven and earth in vain. Moreover, the other party has a legitimate reason to act. If this matter gets out of hand, it will be considered that the second branch of the family is disobeying the imperial decree. Everything is in their favor. What else can they do but follow her orders and settle scores?
From the moment she asked the Emperor to help her divide the family property, they were defeated, utterly defeated!
"You'd better behave yourself!" Su Renyi also glared at Zhong Shi as a warning.
What kind of time is this? She still makes such a fuss. Everything has become so bad because of her. Not only does she not know how to reflect on her actions, but she also keeps making a scene. She's really ruined my life.
Both Su Renyi and Su Feiling said so, and Zhong felt extremely wronged, but in the end she didn't make a fuss anymore.
Meanwhile, the guards were searching for all the valuables belonging to the second branch of the family. The second branch's storeroom was emptied, as were the private treasuries of the Zhong mother and daughter. Even their rooms were ransacked, and even Su Linyuan's courtyard was not spared.
Qingmu Courtyard.
Su Muyao was drinking her medicine when a group of guards suddenly burst in.
Both of them were startled by the sudden intrusion of the guards.
"Who are you people! How dare you trespass into the Fourth Miss's room!" Cui Que shouted angrily at the guards, holding a bowl of medicine.
The guards ignored the two and went straight into the house to search for valuables, including gold and silver jewelry, expensive clothes, and even valuable ornaments.
Cuique was terrified by the banditry of the guards. When she came to her senses, she rushed forward to stop them: "What are you doing? This is the Yong'an Marquis's residence! This is the fourth young lady of the Yong'an Marquis's residence! How dare you steal our fourth young lady's things..."
Cui Que tried to rush forward to snatch the items back, but before she could even touch them, she was pushed by a guard, stumbled, and fell to the ground.
Su Muyao was also very angry. She opened her mouth to curse, but no sound came out.
The guards noticed Su Muyao and rushed forward to rip off her purple-gold eight-treasure headdress, purple-gold earrings, and amethyst bracelet. Before she could react, the guards carried the items away without looking back.
When Su Muyao finally realized what was happening, she screamed in anger, but no matter how much she screamed, no sound came out.
Su Renyi's concubines and illegitimate children were in the same situation as Su Muyao.
The guards rushed into the room and, without saying a word, searched out everything before the guards could even react.
When the concubines and illegitimate children realized what was happening and tried to take back their belongings, they were no match for the guards.
These guards' ability to loot is no different from ransacking a house; they really won't let go of anything of value.
In the short time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the guards had carried everything they had gathered to the main hall.
"Young Miss..." The head guard was about to report when he suddenly caught sight of Su Feiling and Madam Zhong. He immediately stepped forward and unceremoniously removed the gold phoenix hairpin from Madam Zhong's head, the exquisite pearl from her waist, and the white jade hairpin from Su Feiling's head and the mutton fat jade bracelet from her wrist. He placed them on a tray before bowing and continuing to report: "All the valuables of the second branch of the Su family are here."
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