Wuhen slapped Lady Chen Guoguo again, looking every bit the ruthless bandit: "Do you think I'm stupid! Giving you a day to prepare to arrest us? A dignified Duke's mansion, not even two million taels of silver, you're kidding me!"
"It's true, we really don't have any, sob sob sob," Lady Chen said, feeling extremely aggrieved. "Our Chen family has been military families for generations, how could we possibly have any money?"
She couldn't very well say that she had used all the money she had to bribe Xiong Zhaoxiang, the Prefect of the Capital.
"Alright, that's enough." Seeing that the Duchess of Chen still had time to pretend, Wuhen didn't waste any more words with her. He turned around and called to the guards outside: "Brothers, the Duchess said that the Duke's mansion has no money, so let's find it ourselves. Take whatever is valuable we find."
"Whoever takes it keeps it," Shang Xiye added casually.
Damn!
The prince is giving away freebies online!
"Alright!" A loud reply came from outside.
Lady Chen, after a quick glance, realized there were at least several dozen people outside, and immediately panicked: "No, no, no, brave man, I'll give it to you, I'll have the steward raise the money right away!"
“Our boss always keeps his word. Who told you to pretend to be poor before? Now you want to go back on your word? Too late!” Wuhen pressed the pressure point on the Duchess of Chen’s body, stuffed her back into the quilt, and began to search her room.
It wasn't that he particularly coveted the old man's jewelry and personal savings;
But as Que'er once said, a ruthless bandit should act like a ruthless bandit.
When you're practically demanding payment from someone in person, it wouldn't be right not to grab them first.
Lady Chen, lying motionless in bed, wept uncontrollably, filled with deep regret.
If she had known these thieves were so easily angered, she should have called the steward earlier and given them the money quickly and easily.
Now it's all good!
This thief didn't even spare the jewelry and loose silver in her room, let alone the remaining items in the treasury—they definitely wouldn't be able to keep them!
The Duke went west to fight a war, leaving this household in her hands;
As a result, she managed to leave the house in abject poverty, which meant she was likely to be divorced as she grew old!
After tidying up the room, Wuhen took a few old hairpins and threw them beside Lady Chen's pillow: "Don't say we're not being fair. Keep these hairpins for you to wear during the holidays."
As he spoke, he tossed down the IOUs written by the Chen brothers, Chen Shiyu and Chen Xiaoyi: "Once we brothers have taken our things, this debt will be settled. We won't be coming back again, so you can sleep peacefully."
Duchess: "..."
A million alpacas galloped through my mind.
Sleep with your mother!
May you and your ancestors for eight generations be wiped out!
The treasures in my treasury are worth far more than two million taels, even twenty million taels! Awooooo!
On the other side.
Chen Ziying was forced to reflect on the principles of being a good person for half a day and wrote an article entitled "How to be a Qualified Lady and a Letter of Self-Reproach".
Ji Fengyao read through the lengthy text and nodded in satisfaction: "You're not entirely useless; your writing is quite good."
Chen Ziying: "..."
Zhang Wanyun, standing next to her, had such a swollen face that she could barely open her eyes. She asked in a soft, whimpering voice, "Then, can I... stop now?"
Ji Fengyao felt that was enough, so she stood up and said, "Well, that's enough for today. If I hear you talking such foul language behind my back again, you can forget about having mouths and tongues! At that time, Miss Chen, your letter of self-reproach will be posted all over the streets and alleys of the capital."
"I won't do it again, I'll never do it again!"
"I'll settle down and wait to get married from now on, and I'll never go out again!"
Chen Ziying and Zhang Wanyun rushed to answer.
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