When Old Madam Shen heard that the thief had been caught, she felt relieved and asked hurriedly, "Where are those things? Have they been found?"
The little maid hesitated.
Old Madam Shen didn't notice, but looked at Aunt Liu and said hurriedly in a slurred voice: "Quick, go find a few of your own people and take the things back to the warehouse..."
Aunt Liu also knew the importance of the matter and nodded quickly: "Yes, I will go right away."
Nanny Liu left in a hurry.
The little maid who had just reported wanted to say something, but was stopped by a look from Mrs. Li.
Mrs. Li went to the bedside and knelt on her knees. "Old Madam, I am guilty. I am in charge of the maids in the yard, but somehow the locks of the two corner gates were opened."
"I've checked. The maids on duty last night were all trustworthy elders in our courtyard. The maids at the two corner gates also said that they lost consciousness after drinking the warming ginger and sugar water sent by the kitchen last night. They were not awakened until they were discovered by the cleaning servants this morning."
Madam Shen lowered her eyes: "Kitchen?"
"yes."
Mrs. Li nodded and said, "I've asked around, and the kitchen said it was Madam Liu's grandson, Li Hu, who came over drunk last night, insisting on drinking some ginger syrup. So, for Madam Liu's sake, the kitchen made him some ginger syrup, and had the rest taken away by the servant beside him."
"I specifically asked the kitchen, and no one is delivering ginger syrup to the two corner doors of the west room at the back."
Mrs. Li blamed herself: "It was my fault for not controlling the servants, which led to them being greedy and drinking the ginger sugar water that came from nowhere..."
Li Hu?
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Shen hurriedly reached for the secret pocket on her waist with her trembling hands. When she felt nothing, her expression suddenly changed in shock: "You, you just said it was Li Hu..."
"Madam, this is not good."
Aunt Liu came in hurriedly from outside, her face anxious: "Madam, the things, the things are said to have been confiscated, and the officials are coming this way..."
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"Have you heard that the old lady of the Shen family was arrested by the government?"
"Caught? Why?"
"They said there was a theft at home and reported it to the authorities. But when the authorities tracked down the thieves, they found that most of the stolen items were gifts given to Elder Shen by His Majesty."
"What does it matter?"
"Silly! The Emperor issued an imperial decree to confiscate the Shen family's property, but Old Madam Shen secretly hid the Shen family's valuables in her own private vault. Isn't this deceiving the Emperor and disobeying his order?"
"Deceiving the emperor and disobeying his orders is a capital crime!"
"That's right! So the prefect was alarmed and took the man to the government office for interrogation."
"These women of the Shen family...are becoming increasingly difficult to describe. Not only are they ungrateful, but they're also so ignorant and foolish that they even dared to secretly hide something the Emperor had ordered copied."
"How could such a noble family produce such a woman..."
The prefectural government office.
When Mrs. Shen heard that she was going to be temporarily imprisoned, her eyes rolled back and she fainted on the spot.
"Mother!"
"Mother-in-law!"
"Old lady..."
The people who followed her cried out in shock when they saw the old lady faint. They especially saw the way her face was twisted like she was having a seizure after she fainted...
When the prefect saw it, he was shocked.
"Sir, please be merciful and allow me to ask a doctor to see my mother." When Master Shen saw the situation, he hurried forward anxiously.
At this time, an ordinary woman in her early thirties walked out from among the onlookers.
"Sir, I am only a traveling doctor. This old lady is pretending to be quite decent. It is a good opportunity for me to treat her."
Pretending?
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