A day later, news came in one after another.
Most of the Chen family members had no fake silver in their vaults. Only the old lady of the Chen family and Mrs. Chen San had fake silver in their vaults, totaling about 140,000 yuan.
This at least proves that the silver was not exchanged in one go.
But when the news from the capital came, Yan Shiyue was shocked.
There was no fake silver in the public treasury, in the treasury of Princess An, in the treasury of the first wife, Mrs. Dong, and in the treasury of Mrs. Sun, the third wife. On the contrary, there was nearly 200,000 fake silver in Meng Min's dowry! It accounted for more than half of her dowry!
Yan Shiyue was stunned: "How could this happen?"
She doubted that no one would doubt Meng Min.
Meng Min is truly a traditional woman of this era, gentle, virtuous and kind. Even if she doesn't like Yan Chengyuan at all, she will remain faithful to him. What's more, she is obviously deeply in love with Yan Chengyuan, so it is impossible for her to have any contact with such a person and thus give him a chance.
She pursed her lips, closed her eyes, and thought about the matter carefully in her mind.
In particular, I carefully thought about what he said.
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Then she asked, "Chen En, are you close to the eldest lady of the Chen Mansion?"
The shadow guard was already investigating Chen En, so he quickly reported, "Yes, they have a close relationship, and there seems to be some ambiguity."
Yan Shiyue asked: "Is the old lady of the Chen family closer to the first lady? Is the third lady of the Chen family also on good terms with the first lady? Is the second lady of the Chen family not on good terms with her?"
This time, the shadow guard reported after a while: "Indeed, the first lady is the niece of the old lady, so they have a good relationship. But the second lady Chen's father has the title of county earl, so she is not close to the other two ladies in the family. The third lady has a good relationship with the first lady because she is in business with her."
Yan Shiyue sneered: "I know!"
She calmed down and said, "This person should be a person who believes that 'there is a code of conduct for thieves'. He should have his own set of rules in his mind. He first finds a bridge, such as Sun from Prince An's Mansion, or the eldest lady from Chen Mansion. However, he does not steal the money from the bridge. Instead, he flirts with the bridge and uses her help, or cooperates with her, to steal the money from people close to her."
"It's just like back then, a loyal and grateful person who also knows Kung Fu would definitely be the best candidate to do something unknown, so Sun sent him to deal with me. On the one hand, he 'obeyed orders', but on the other hand, he put me in front of Wang and asked Wang to rescue me. In his mind, this was not contradictory."
"I think he should be such a person, so that can explain these things."
After she finished speaking, she let them think about it, and then ordered her shadow guards: "Send a message back, and have someone steal Sun's silver, steal it all. If there is no silver, steal the land deeds, house deeds, and jewelry. In short, steal whatever you can get. After stealing, convert it all into silver, and quietly make up for my mother's dowry. If it's not enough, tell Ding Jiu and ask him to give it to you, and then quietly tell my father. In addition, find someone to keep an eye on this Sun. If she finds out and dares to make trouble, tell her what I said, and ask her what she did in the past, whether she should compensate for the silver, and whether she wants to die! What a joke!"
The shadow guard obeyed the order and left.
Emperor Ming Yan's shadow guard still stood with his hands hanging down, waiting for orders.
Seeing that Emperor Mingyan had no intention of speaking, Yan Shiyue thought for a moment, "When would be the right time for him to steal silver and exchange it for silver? Is there any way to create an opportunity for him to exchange it for silver? Even if he has some stock around him, it must not be much, and he will definitely take it when it runs out."
If Emperor Ming Yan had said this, he would only look at the results, but Yan Shiyue was different. She said very seriously and responsibly: "What solution should we come up with?"
The shadow guard could only say, after thoroughly investigating the Chen family, that Chen Sanlang had a mistress and that he could find a way to make the mistress cause some trouble.
Yan Shiyue rejected it: "It will take too much time for an outsider to go in. I suggest you try to improve the relationship between the Second Madam and the First Madam. For example, try to give her a reason first, such as the Emperor went on a private visit and fell in love with the First Madam's cousin..."
Everyone coughed at the same time, and the shadow guard had a complicated expression.
Yan Shiyue continued, "Or some other noble person, anyway, secretly come up with a reason for her to bow her head and make friends, and then create an opportunity for them... For example, if they met a mad dog on the street, the first lady protected her... Of course, don't forget to arrange someone to give her a push, anyway, in this way the two of them can quickly become friends. And the second lady is an acquaintance, and she must have been investigated long ago. Once they become friends, it means Chen En has a chance."
I have to say, her method is really good and it really saves time.
The shadow guard obeyed the order.
Yan Shiyue called Huo Qijing again, "Come on, Jing, let's go under the moon and flowers and see if we can come across anything."
Huo Qijing looked at Emperor Ming Yan, who said, "I will not go out today. You go ahead."
So the two of them went out hand in hand.
Yan Shiyue had been taking medicine for a few days, but she still felt pain somewhere. She came out just to distract herself and add a little patriotic enthusiasm. As she walked, she muttered to Huo Qijing, "You said, Aye has been out for several days. When does he plan to go back? The key is, why did he come out?"
Huo Qijing said: "Perhaps it is to train the crown prince, or to observe the fourth prince."
"Oh!" Yan Shiyue thought it made sense: "Then why do we have to bring Mr. Xu and Prince Chun?"
She asked herself and answered: "It should be for the purpose of keeping people company and chatting to relieve boredom. If I only brought Mr. Xu, I was afraid that it would be a dull occasion. If I only brought Prince Chun, I was afraid that he was not well educated. Well, that's fine!" She nodded to herself.
Huo Qijing looked at her and suddenly smiled.
She immediately asked, "What are you laughing at? Am I weird?"
"Is it not okay to smile?" He looked at her and smiled, "Smile because you are cute!"
Yan Shiyue: “…”
I feel a little embarrassed to praise her suddenly!
The two of them strolled slowly while chatting.
This town has tin and is famous for its tinware. The two went to a nearby tin painting studio. Because it was very famous, it didn't seem out of place for them to go around.
The shop is very big, because they sell paintings in the front and make them in the back, so it is located in a quite remote place.
As soon as the two of them entered, they saw the shopkeeper sitting next to them, reading a book. He didn't even greet them when they came in.
The walls are covered with tin paintings of flowers, birds, fish, insects, tigers descending the mountain, and round tea canisters and pen holders, all of which are magnificent.
It is said that the owner of this tin painting studio is the person who bought the land where the tin mine was located. His surname is Wei and he is not a local. His family has extra wealth, but he loves tin painting so much that he moved here. He bought the tin mine with a large sum of money and then opened a tin painting studio here. It is said that he will give money to anyone he likes and he is not short of money at all.
Well, this should be the legendary city fun, right?
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