Chapter 189 Looks Like Something from the Palace

The next day, Du Ruo suddenly received news from her aunt that her aunt's old illness had relapsed.

She asked Lu Lingyun to go home to visit her relatives for a few days, and Lu Lingyun agreed.

After she left, the theft in the palace was still under investigation.

For this reason, Cheng Yunshuo was also asked to increase his patrol time in the palace. He did not return for several days and lived directly in the barracks.

After Lu Lingyun received the notice, she had no other opinions except to ask someone to send some clothes and food to Cheng Yunshuo.

But she always felt that this matter was not simple. She was afraid that Cheng Yunshuo, that young man, would fall into trouble in the palace and be implicated. After thinking about it, she thought of Madam Wang.

Madam Wang's husband is the commander of the Yulin Army, so he must know more.

Thinking of this, Lu Lingyun hurriedly sent a visiting card to Lady Wang and took a car to visit her to inquire about the matter.

"Sister Lu, you don't have to be too nervous. It's just that there was a theft in the palace of Concubine Shu." After knowing the purpose of Lu Lingyun's visit, Madam Wang told her everything without reservation.

"It's inevitable that there will be thieves in the palace every few years. The things in the palace are very valuable. If you sell them outside, they will be worth hundreds or thousands of taels. Some greedy or desperate people will collude with the maids in the palaces to steal the items that their masters don't use and sell them. It's normal."

"The Concubine Shu was the most favored concubine in the harem. She had several rooms full of precious jewellery and she couldn't even wear them all. Some time ago, she happened to remember that she had brought a hairpin with her when she entered the palace, so she asked the maid to find it and wear it. The maid couldn't find it, so she ordered a thorough investigation. The investigation was so amazing that it was discovered that several hundred pieces of her jewellery were missing!"

"So many?"

"That's right! The whole palace is investigating!"

"You didn't find anything?" Lu Lingyun asked with a slightly frown.

"This is where the problem is at!" Madam Wang clapped her hands. "The palace is huge, but it's also small. There are hundreds of pieces of jewelry that can't possibly be missing. The higher-ups said that they were most likely taken out of the palace, but there are hundreds of pieces. They can't all be taken out of the palace. There must be some inside the palace!"

Lu Lingyun understood.

It's still something that happens in the inner palace, and it's not too closely related to the outer palace.

"Now the higher-ups are strictly checking people who enter and leave the palace. If they find jewelry on them, they can basically find the thief. Secondly, they are checking whether there are guards who have an affair with people in the palace and help sell the jewelry."

When Madam Wang said this, she looked at Lu Lingyun and said, "Sister Lu, don't worry. Your young master just went to work as a clerk a while ago. We can't trace him back to him."

After hearing this, Lu Lingyun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, Sister Wang."

"Why are you being so polite to me?" Madam Wang looked at Lu Lingjun with a smile on her face.

She has a good relationship with Lu Lingyun, mainly because she thinks she is a good person.

She didn't have many friends in the capital, and it was even harder to get along with the noble ladies. There was no one like Lu Lingyun, who came from a high-class family but had no airs or bad temper at all.

She was willing to talk to her about this.

At this time, her maid came over to report.

"Madam, the lady from the Du family next door wants you to come over!"

"What is it?"

"She has some interesting stuff. Please go and have a look."

When Lady Wang heard this, she looked at Lu Lingyun and said, "Why don't we go together?"

At this time, the Du family.

After Du Ruo came back to visit her relatives, her aunt's illness was almost cured.

She even brought back all the new gifts given to her by the Marquis' Mansion to show them to them.

She gave the new material that was popular in Jiangnan directly to her cousin's wife.

After receiving the new material, her cousin's wife smiled from ear to ear and kept praising Du Ruo for his skills.

"Or maybe it's said that our Aruo is lucky to marry into the Marquis's Mansion. Look at this material, how good it is! I heard many people talking about this material this year, it's so expensive!" Du Ruo's cousin praised her, "When the time comes, your aunt and I will each make a piece of clothing, wear it out and let others see it. This is a gift from our Aruo!"

Du Ruo smiled as she listened to her cousin's words.

Several relatives nearby also looked at her with envy.

Du Ruo's aunt looked at Du Ruo with satisfaction, "Aruo, we have them at home, you don't have to take them home."

"This is nothing. The prince really dotes on me." Du Ruo took out a snuff bottle from his pocket. "Look, this is something fresh from Jiangnan. I just said a word and the prince asked for it for me."

When the snuff bottle with lifelike flower paintings was taken out, everyone around was amazed.

A large group of people gathered around to watch.

"Wow! This is a good thing!"

"This is called a snuff bottle?"

“It’s so beautiful!”

"But why do I smell a strange smell?" someone said.

"You don't know what you are talking about! Do you know what a snuff bottle smells like? That's the smell!"

A group of people rushed to see it. It was so strange and bizarre.

After all the surprises, the exaggerations began.

"This thing is not simple at first glance. Look, the mouth of the bottle is inlaid with gold wire!"

"This is the first time I've seen such a high-end snuff bottle."

"If it wasn't something from the Marquis' Mansion, would we have seen something so good?"

"Look, there's nothing wrong with being a concubine. Being a concubine of a rich family is better than being the wife of a poor family!"

"If you ask me, it's still the same sentence. If A'ruo is capable, the prince will even give her such a good treasure!"

Du Ruo listened to what everyone said, and felt more and more proud and satisfied. "Of course, the prince dotes on me."

At this time, a clear voice rang out, "Hey! I thought there was something new for me to see, it turns out it's Aruo who's back!"

When Madam Wang's voice came over, everyone in the room looked towards the door.

Du Ruo's smiling face froze when he saw the person following Madam Wang.

Lu Lingyun smiled at her, "I came here with Madam Wang. I was talking to her today, and when I heard that your aunt had some good stuff, I came to take a look. You don't have to be nervous."

Du Ruo's aunt saw Lu Lingjun coming and hurriedly stood up.

"Auntie, there's no need to stand up. I'm just a casual visitor," Lu Lingyun said as she stepped forward with a smile. "How are you feeling now?"

"Thank you for your concern, Madam. I am doing fine!"

"If you miss Aruo in the future, you can come to my house and stay for a few days." Lu Lingyun said generously.

"Thank you, Madam!" Aunt Du excitedly pulled Lu Lingyun to sit down, "Our family's A Ruo is a troublesome person. It is thanks to your kindness that she has achieved what she has today."

Lu Lingyun smiled and said, "No way."

Lady Wang on the side said, "Didn't you say you had something good to show me? Why don't you take it out now?"

Aunt Du laughed awkwardly, "I never thought that the young lady would come. What good things are in front of her? Aren't they all gifts from the young lady?"

As she spoke, Aunt Du took out the snuff bottle from her palm.

Lu Lingyun looked at the gold-rimmed snuff bottle she handed over, and was suddenly confused and slowly frowned.

This thing does not belong to her mansion.

The workmanship and materials are even a whole level better than the things brought from Jiangnan.

It looks more like...something from the palace!