Chapter 56 Madam Su tries to steal back five hundred taels of silver but is so angry she vomits blood.
Just now.
Su Mengmeng returned to the courtyard.
He then shouted in the courtyard, "A concubine is a secondary wife! A concubine is a secondary wife..."
They shouted so loudly that even the parrots passing by couldn't help but mimic their shouts.
Si Yao, who had vomited blood in anger yesterday, heard these words again when she woke up and immediately felt that someone was mocking her.
He coughed up another mouthful of blood and fainted from anger.
The doctor came early in the morning, prescribed medicine, and also advised me not to get too angry.
When Madam Su heard the news, she rushed over to see.
Then Su Mengmeng cried and shouted, "A concubine is a secondary wife..."
This is bad. Are you trying to anger your mother to death?
She immediately covered Su Mengmeng's mouth and asked what happened.
To everyone's surprise, Su Mengmeng immediately burst into tears and told Old Madam Su that the pen was missing.
Madam Su felt dizzy and almost fainted.
They went to such great lengths, and yet the pen simply vanished into thin air.
"I went to find Qingbao. I searched her room, but there was nothing there. Waaah, Grandma, what should I do?"
Su Mengmeng cried her heart out.
The mother in the room, who was so angry she was about to vomit blood, was woken up by the noise. She frowned and looked impatient, wishing she could shove Su Mengmeng back in.
Grandma Su forced herself to calm down. "Besides you, only Qingbao knows how to use that pen. It must be related to her. Grandma will take you to find out the truth."
Something so important, Qingbao couldn't possibly have kept it to herself.
Even if she managed to steal it back, Si He would have hidden it for her, so searching Qing Bao's room alone wouldn't yield any results.
Su Mengmeng nodded and followed Old Madam Su.
Old Madam Su was heartbroken and in excruciating pain from losing those five hundred taels of silver.
She thought to herself: if they don't find that pen later, I'll find back the five hundred taels I gave to Si He, otherwise it would be too much of a loss.
Soon, the two women, accompanied by five or six maids, arrived at the door of Sihe's room.
"Sihe, you should know how Mengmeng lost her pen. If you're not guilty, you should let us search your house to prove your innocence."
"Madam Su said with a questioning tone and a face full of anger."
Qingbao noticed that the old man's fierce expression had intensified.
It doesn't sound like someone who's angry; it sounds like a wronged spirit crying for help!
"Hey, Lao Deng, what evidence do you have to prove that we took it?" Qingbao asked.
Madam Su sneered, "Evidence? This is the General's Mansion. I am the General's wife, and you are my daughter-in-law. Even if you have the power to manage the household, you can only command the servants, not me. If I suspect it's you, then you have to let me search!"
She was the only female head of the household in the General's Mansion. Why would you need evidence to search your daughter-in-law's room?
"What if you steal my mother's money?" Qingbao asked with wide, expectant eyes, her words immediately revealing Old Madam Su's thoughts.
She noticed the pen was missing, so she tried to get the five hundred taels back.
Old Madam Su was somewhat on guard, but she dared not show it. "What nonsense are you talking about? How could I, the dignified old lady of the General's Mansion, steal your mother's money?"
Si He stepped aside to make way, "Go ahead, search, hurry up, don't delay me."
They also need to go out and buy maids.
There's plenty of trouble.
The five or six old women looked at each other, and were all stunned.
So readily agreed? Could there be a trap?
"Search carefully." Old Madam Su led her people inside to search.
Su Mengmeng didn't dare to say a word, just stared blankly, not daring to cry out.
Seeing how timid she was, Qingbao whispered, "Your pen will never come back."
Su Mengmeng started crying again.
Old Madam Su is so annoying.
Seeing this, Si He suppressed her smile and pulled Qing Bao over to pat her head.
An old woman came out of the room and whispered to Madam Su, "Madam, we didn't find a pen. What should we do? Should we leave?"
Old Madam Su's eyes darted around, and she looked cunning and sly. She lowered her voice and gave instructions to the old woman.
"Pry open all her locks, take the banknotes when you see them, and do it secretly."
After all, Qingbao had already touched on her feelings.
She naturally couldn't take it back openly.
Then the only option is to steal it.
The old woman sneaked in again.
In the room, she pried open all the locks on Sihe's cabinet to take a look.
Finally, she found a brocade box and said smugly, "Hmph, no matter how well it was hidden, I still found it."
If she finds the five hundred taels, the old lady will surely reward her handsomely.
She carefully opened the brocade box.
What came into view were one or two broken silver hairpins and a few pieces of rags used to wrap hair.
"What bad luck," the old woman said disdainfully, covering it up again.
Everyone came out of Si He's room and shook their heads at Old Madam Su.
"Didn't find anything?" Old Madam Su asked them.
The old woman came up and shook her head, "Madam, we really didn't find anything."
Forget about the five hundred taels, even the loose silver coins are nowhere to be found.
Perhaps it's in Si He.
Madam Su felt a pang of pain in her chest. She asked Si He, "Did you carry those five hundred taels with you?"
"Could it be that you searched my room not for that pen, but to steal five hundred taels?" Si He asked abruptly.
"That's such an unpleasant thing to say. What do you mean by stealing? I'm just curious where someone as frugal as you would spend your money since we haven't found the old woman."
Madam Su explained stiffly, her hands, hidden under her sleeves, already showing prominent veins.
"I have nothing to say about that. You can leave now. I'm going to lock the door," Si He said coldly.
Old Madam Su held her breath and said, "Why do you treat your own family like thieves?"
“Even thieves have their code of honor, but thieves from within the family are impossible to guard against no matter how hard you try. So I have to be careful. Otherwise, what if a few more people come and try to pick my locks?” Si He sneered.
This infuriated Old Madam Su.
Is this a veiled criticism of her?
"You've only been in charge of the household for a day, and you've already become so arrogant!" Old Madam Su couldn't hold back any longer.
Si He said, "I just locked the door, how dare they be so arrogant? Don't you lock your yard? Do you let anyone come in and pick your lock?"
Madam Su: "Could you please not mention picking the lock!"
Si He: "So you just let someone steal five hundred taels from you?"
Madam Su was so angry she almost spat out blood.
Si He quickly walked to the door, locked it neatly, and then left with Qing Bao in her hand.
He didn't even glance at Madam Su.
Seeing the arrogant and domineering backs of the mother and daughter, Old Madam Su finally couldn't hold back and spat out the blood in her throat.
"Grandma, Grandma, are you alright? Waaah!" Su Mengmeng was still crying.
Old Madam Su couldn't help but scold, "Stop crying, it's so annoying."
If you don't try to solve the problem, you'll cry.
"If my son were alright, he would have already taught that shrew Si He a lesson, and she wouldn't be able to act so arrogantly here," said Old Madam Su with a venomous look in her eyes.
Just then.
Butler Su, beaming with joy, rushed over and said, "Madam, great news!"
"His Majesty, having learned that our general is still in danger, has sent a master from Zhenguo Temple and an imperial physician to check on him."
"Really?" Old Madam Su's eyes lit up.
As soon as her son wakes up, she'll definitely make him the first person to deal with Si He!
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