Chapter 2 Only Vegetable Leaves
Gold bars! Gold bricks! Gold ingots!
The moment Qin Xiangnuan pushed open the door, she was nearly blinded by the golden light inside. The neatly stacked boxes were filled with gold, silver, and jewelry. Although she knew from the original owner's memories that the general's mansion was wealthy, she had never imagined it to be this rich!
She hurriedly opened the space and cleared out the warehouse as quickly as possible.
She collected all kinds of valuable items, ornaments, clothes, fabrics, furs and coats, as long as they were visible to the naked eye, and put them into the space after seeing that there was no one around.
When she returned to the original owner's boudoir, she looked at the jewelry, head ornaments, fur coats for keeping warm in winter, small jackets and stoves, teacups and vases, antique calligraphy and paintings. She asked Qin Xiangnuan to put everything she saw into the space, leaving nothing behind.
She used to be stronger than men, but now she was exhausted and out of breath. This body was too weak and she needed to exercise more in the future.
Qin Xiangnuan raised her wrist to wipe the sweat from her forehead and glanced at the granary in the backyard.
Oops! She almost forgot the most important thing!
The whole family was exiled. There were probably seventy or eighty people in the family, including servants, coachmen and housekeepers. They relied entirely on the cold noodles and buns that the emperor kindly distributed. I am afraid that many people would starve to death or freeze to death.
Living conditions in the cold and harsh border areas are not good, and food is the most important thing.
Qin Xiangnuan trotted to the granary, opened the door, and took a breath again.
General Qin was born in a poor family, so he must have a sense of crisis. The granary is also full. The rice and flour are likely to fill the entire warehouse. There are also all kinds of nutritious high-quality things such as bird's nests and shark fins. Ginseng and deer antlers are shining. Qin Xiangnuan calculated that the people sent by the palace will arrive soon, so he only picked out the important ones and stuffed them into the space.
Even the two turtles in the bamboo basket were not spared...
"Huh, it's finally done."
Qin Xiangnuan was so tired that her clothes were soaked with sweat, and she patted her bracelet contentedly.
The granary in front of him looked like it had been robbed, with only rotten vegetables and moldy rice and flour left, which was extremely suitable for the Seventh Prince.
Bang!
Qin Xiangnuan clapped her hands, locked the door again, and walked towards the main courtyard.
"Mother, everything has been taken care of, don't worry."
Qin Xiangnuan returned to Liu's side. Nanny gave her some medicine to drink. She looked much better now. "If anyone questions you later, just stay here and don't say anything. I'll handle it."
Mrs. Liu found that her daughter seemed to have grown up a lot overnight. She nodded and subconsciously relied on her.
About half an hour later, the gate of the general's mansion was kicked open by the guards from the outside.
Ferocious-looking guards carrying swords rushed in, drove everyone in the general's mansion out of the room, and surrounded them. Amidst the firelight, a man in gorgeous clothes and brocade robes walked out and sat on the chair prepared for him by the guards.
Qin Xiangnuan looked at him and her heart skipped a beat. That was the remaining emotion from the original owner.
He is the Seventh Prince...
The cruelty and ruthlessness revealed in those feminine and cunning peach blossom eyes made Qin Xiangnuan couldn't help but sneer. Her true colors were exposed and she didn't want to pretend anymore.
He deserved to have his hopes dashed. She was already looking forward to seeing how the Seventh Prince's expression would change.
"Third Miss!"
Huang Li's voice came from beside the Seventh Prince. Her hair was disheveled and there were bright red finger marks on her face. It was obvious that she had been beaten.
Qin Xiangnuan frowned and immediately pulled her to his side, protecting her behind him.
Huangli and Yingge were the most trusted maids around the original owner. They were loyal and considered her own people. She would never allow anyone to bully them.
"Seventh Prince, you are so arrogant! Although my general's mansion was framed and exiled, we will not allow others to bully us. I don't know what I, a servant, have done wrong to deserve such humiliation!" Qin Xiangnuan asked coldly, her eyes fixed on the Seventh Prince, a powerful aura emanating from her body. "If you are humiliating me for no reason and abusing mediocrity, then I will have no choice but to strike the drum and file a complaint with the emperor before I leave!"
The Seventh Prince frowned in surprise, obviously unable to accept that Qin Xiangnuan, who had been obsessed with him in the past, had become like this.
But he changed his mind and thought that it was only natural for his temperament to change drastically after his family suffered such a tragedy. So he didn't care and just waved his hand to signal the guards around him to confiscate all the belongings in the general's mansion. "Qin Xiangnuan, you were the general's legitimate daughter before, but now you are just the daughter of a criminal who will be exiled. If you can be quiet, after I complete this major confiscation of your property, you can beg me to let you stay in the capital as a concubine."
"Stay in the capital as a concubine?"
Qin Xiangnuan paused, and Liu looked at her worriedly, afraid that her beloved daughter would be deceived by the Seventh Prince again.
But soon, everyone in the general's mansion heard Qin Xiangnuan's teasing voice reply, "If I stay and breathe the same air as you, I'm afraid I'll be so sick that I won't be able to sleep every day. You think you have everyone fooled around and everything is in your control, but one day, you will suffer the consequences of your own actions. I'm waiting to see that day come..."
Qin Xiangnuan's words, which were almost like a curse, made the Seventh Prince's face change suddenly, and he gripped the armrest of the chair tightly.
"court death!"
The Seventh Prince's eyes were fierce, but soon, the guards sent to confiscate the property ran over with strange expressions and whispered in his ears, "What?"
"What do you mean by nothing?"
The Seventh Prince stood up suddenly and rushed to the storeroom as fast as he could. He was so shocked to see the empty place that he couldn't recover.
Impossible! The spies he sent said that no one in the general's mansion had moved anything out, so the gold, silver, and jewelry should all be inside! This was absolutely impossible. Thinking of Qin Xiangnuan's words, the Seventh Prince narrowed his eyes and roared with gritted teeth, "Dig, dig three feet deep to dig it out for me!"
"They must be hiding!"
The Seventh Prince looked at the mother and daughter with a sinister look and said, "Bring everyone here."
Soon, seventy or eighty people from the general's mansion were crowded in the courtyard, watching the seventh prince's men search anxiously.
They were also wondering, where were the things in the mansion?
There were a large number of people in the mansion, and some people had thought of hiding some things in advance. But when they arrived at the warehouse, they found that everything was gone, and everyone was wondering why.
Liu felt strange and looked at her daughter in confusion.
Qin Xiangnuan noticed her panic and gently patted the back of her hand to comfort her.
Everyone in the general's mansion witnessed the guards digging from dusk to dawn, almost three feet deep, but they didn't even see the shadow of the gold bars.
Qin Xiangnuan sat calmly. Seeing the Seventh Prince's furious expression, she said calmly, "What's the matter? Are you satisfied, Seventh Prince? My father is honest, and his salary barely supports everyone in the palace. Today's search and seizure further proves that the charge of treason is nonsense, and the so-called evidence is nothing but slander. Now, Seventh Prince, please take these vegetable leaves and copper coins back to report to His Majesty."
They originally wanted to fill the void in the national treasury.
Now that the general's mansion has been confiscated, we haven't taken anything, but we have chilled the hearts of the generals in the court. It's not worth it.
He knew better than Qin Xiangnuan what the Seventh Prince would face.
"Damn it..." The Seventh Prince was enraged and rushed towards Qin Xiangnuan with a sword in hand. Just as the sword was about to touch her snow-white neck, a stone shot out from somewhere and deflected the Seventh Prince's sword.
"Who!" The Seventh Prince was immediately enraged and was about to attack Qin Xiangnuan again when a guard came in and announced, "His Majesty has a verbal order to summon you to the palace."
The Seventh Prince was so angry that his teeth itched. He looked at Qin Xiangnuan coldly and said, "Don't be complacent. This matter is not over yet. You want to take away everything in the General's Mansion? Impossible!"
"Walk!"
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