Chapter 29 Return of the Property to its Original Owner

Originally Yang Fangwen was still a little hesitant. After all, Liang was the wife of a second-rank official. If he continued the investigation rashly, he might offend people.

But now that His Royal Highness Prince Xuan is sitting right beside him and has told him to continue the trial, he dare not let this matter slip away so easily.

Raising his hands, he ordered the officer, "Go to Liang's room and check whether what the maid said is true."

This matter is too easy to investigate. After all, Xie Zhuoning used to obey Liang's orders, so how could he possibly suspect his aunt who is like his own mother?

This also made Liang feel fearless, as if the West Storehouse was his own home, and he could use it at will without restraint.

Not to mention Xie Wanyin, more than half of the valuable jewelry in her box were taken from the warehouse.

Some of them were gifts from Yu, and some were dowries left by Xie Zhuoning's mother.

Xie Zhuoning glanced at the red gold phoenix tail agate tassel hairpin in the tray that was dangling on Xie Wanyin's head two days ago, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

It's hers, and no one can take it away.

Look, hasn’t this property been returned to its original owner?

Everyone was dumbfounded as they watched the servants moving in and out continuously.

That’s too much!

So how much stuff did Liang take from the second house’s warehouse?

Old Madam Xie was so angry that her chest heaved, and her eyes were filled with disbelief, "Liang, you are simply... simply confused! Didn't my Xie family treat you well? Didn't my son treat you well? How can you have the nerve to care about your brothers' property?"

Seeing that the truth had been revealed, Liang not only did not feel any remorse, but continued to find excuses to excuse herself, "Listen to me, mother, I did not take those things. Zhuo Ning gave them to me as a gift. She gave them to me as a gift herself!"

But soon, the officer found the key from the secret cabinet under the dressing table and handed it to him.

The evidence is as solid as a mountain!

"At this point, Liang, are you still going to make excuses?"

Yang Fangwen put away his usual smile and shouted in a stern voice, looking very imposing.

Liang knew that the situation was hopeless and he sat paralyzed on the ground.

Seeing this, Xie Zhuoning quickly reached out and pinched his thigh, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Aunt, I have always treated you as my own mother! Why do you treat me like this? Why!"

Sadness, grievance, shock, confusion...

Her emotions switched back and forth, as if no words could describe her complex and indescribable feelings at the moment.

Yang Fangwen sighed upon seeing this, "This Miss Xie is such a pitiful person!"

After my mother died, I lived with others and all my family property was taken away without my knowing it.

No wonder the ancients said, no matter how careful you are, you can never guard against thieves in your home!

When Xiao Jinxuan heard this, his expression changed slightly.

He often said that Xie Zhuoning had several faces, saying one thing to one person and another thing to another person, like a slippery little loach.

But when he saw what kind of monsters and goblins these people in the Xie family were, he finally understood that if she had not been more tactful, she would have been eaten by all kinds of monsters until not even a bone was left.

The fingers under his sleeves flexed and stretched out again. His expression was calm and his eyes were dark.

"Miss Xie, do you want to report this to the police?"

"No, absolutely not!" The first person to stand up and object was Madam Xie.

If they report it to the police and bring the case to court, then they won’t be able to hide the ugly things happening in their family!

Yang Fangwen also advised: "I think this matter is just a family affair of the Xie family. It is better to let the Xie family handle it behind closed doors."

The reason why he came in person and did not summon them to the court was that he wanted to have a way out of this matter.

After all, we are all officials in the court. We will meet each other if we look up. It is better to get along with each other in a friendly manner, right?

"Anything involving the gift is not a family matter!" Xiao Jinxuan's words made Old Madam Xie and Yang Fangwen dare not say a word.

His narrow, dark eyes looked at Xie Zhuoning calmly, "I'm asking you, do you want to report this to the authorities?"

Thinking of Xie Zhuoning's miserable life in the Xie family, he wanted to take charge of her.

Unexpectedly, Xie Zhuoning thought for a long time and said sympathetically: "Aunt treats me like her own daughter. She must have done this out of confusion. It is said that it is the greatest virtue to admit one's mistakes and correct them. As long as Aunt returns the things she took away, we should give her a chance to make a new beginning, right?"

The moment Xiao Jinxuan heard this, he almost thought that this girl was possessed by a ghost.

No matter how you listen to it, these words don't sound like they would come from her mouth.

What the hell is she doing?

Old Madam Xie nodded with satisfaction, "Miss Zhuoning can think like this, she has really grown up."

This makes things simpler.

All we need to do is ask Liang to vomit out everything he has eaten.

Yang Fangwen was also happy to see this happen, and said to Xie Zhuoning with a smile: "Miss Xie, please ask someone to count the warehouse list."

"That's fine," Xie Zhuoning smiled, "It just so happens that His Royal Highness Prince Xuan and Lord Yang are here and can be witnesses."

She called all the people in Fenghua Pavilion, and also mobilized Old Madam Xie and the people in the accounting office. Almost the entire family went out to count the things.

And just like that, we didn't finish until the evening.

Fuling came in, bowed to everyone, and handed over two more booklets.

"The red booklet contains items that have been returned and re-stocked, and the blue booklet contains items that were not in the booklet after repeated inventory and were not found in Jinyutang."

The two books passed around in the hands of Xiao Jinxuan and Yang Fangwen, and finally landed in the hands of Mrs. Xie.

Old Madam Xie looked at the densely packed records in the blue booklet and felt as if her eyes went dark and her body went cold.

Originally, she wanted to keep Liang alive because she had given birth to a son and a daughter for the Xie family, but now she wanted to kill this greedy and stupid woman!

Throwing the booklet at Liang's head, Old Madam Xie gnashed her teeth and said, "Tell me, where did all the things in this booklet go? Did you give them to your parents?"

Liang shrank back and didn't dare to answer.

Old Lady Liang, who had been silent the whole time, refused to give in. "Mother-in-law, you can't say such nonsense. What Yuru took home was her dowry money..."

Originally, she didn't want to argue with the half-buried old lady, but after hearing this, Old Lady Xie couldn't stand it anymore and said directly, "Don't you know how much dowry she had? More than half of it is empty boxes, and the other half is not valuable. She wanted to empty the Xie Mansion to support your Liang family these years. Do you think I don't know anything because I'm old?"

"I'm telling you, if you, the Liang family, don't return the money today, I will never forgive you!"

"You, you, you..." Seeing that she couldn't do it anymore, Mrs. Liang immediately held her chest, gasped for a few breaths, and used her own method of fainting.

When Mrs. Liang Li saw this, she rushed to Old Lady Liang and cried, "This is killing me! This Xie family is killing me..."

The house was filled with a foul smell of smoke.

Xiao Jinxuan picked up the tea and took a sip without raising his head. "It seems that the Xie family can't handle this matter well. Let's report it to the police."

"Wait!" A loud shout suddenly came from outside.