"Investigate this! I want to see who dares to be so lawless."
Her treasury, belonging to the wife of a prefect, was emptied right under her nose. If word got out, she would lose face; it was outrageous.
At Madam Tan's command, the people in the backyard immediately sprang into action and began their search.
The main focus of the investigation was last night. Everyone in the compound was questioned, and they all said they didn't hear anything or see anyone suspicious last night.
Things have come to this point, and it seems like we've hit a dead end.
Just when she was at her wit's end, two concubines arrived, both looking like they were crying.
Madam Tan was already annoyed, and seeing their behavior only made her more annoyed. She said coldly, "Why aren't you all staying in your own courtyards? What are you doing out here? You're just bored."
Tan Ruixian was not the type to favor his concubines over his wife. He only had two concubines in his harem, which was relatively few for someone of his status. He didn't value his two concubines much, so Madam Tan didn't hold back when speaking to them and didn't want to see them much on weekdays. They were also sensible and rarely appeared in front of her.
One of the concubines spoke up, "Madam, you must stand up for me!"
Her voice was choked with sobs.
Madam Tan's head throbbed even more, but she couldn't let the two of them cry like that; she still had things to take care of!
"What is it? Speak quickly," Madam Tan said impatiently. With the storeroom stolen, she had no time to deal with their trivial matters.
Madam Tan assumed the two had come crying and had a fight, and that they had come to her to settle their dispute.
"My concubine and Ning's storeroom were robbed, and everything inside is gone."
The two concubines were quite good-looking, but their backgrounds were not good. The things in the storeroom were all gifts from Tan Ruixian. They had no children, and the things in the storeroom were their guarantee after they grew old and lost their beauty; they were their way out.
So losing those things is even more terrifying than losing their affection.
Upon hearing this, Madam Tan immediately connected it to the theft of her own storeroom.
"Tell me, when did you discover that the things in your storeroom were missing? And when was the last time you went to the storeroom? Did you encounter any suspicious people during that time?"
"I just discovered it. I ran into Sister Ning on my way to find Madam, so we came together. As for the last time I went to the storeroom, it was yesterday morning, when the storeroom was still in good condition."
"Like Sister Ming, I only just discovered it and came to tell Madam. But I sent someone to fetch things from the storeroom at Chenshi today, and everything was still in good condition then!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
