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Chapter 27 This is all Gu's revenge on me
Chapter 27

Huang Rongli smiled and said, "Yes, Mr. Cao, I will start investigating the case now."

In the end, Shen Ling failed to persuade Gu Nianchu to withdraw the petition. He now had a more troublesome matter on his hands. The guards he hired were remnants of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and he had to give an explanation to the court.

If other people knew about this, he would have used up all the financial resources of the Marquisate to keep it secret. However, the person who came now was Mr. Cao, and Mr. Cao was not someone he could bribe.

The people in Jingzhao Prefecture soon found out that the dowry in Gu Nianchu's private storehouse had been replaced, and the boxes now contained some worthless counterfeits, plated with gold and silver.

At this time, Shen Ling looked at Gu Nianchu with embarrassment and said, "Nianchu, you still won't tell the truth now?"

Gu Nianchu glanced at Shen Ling and said, "Prince, what do you mean by this? Are you asking me to admit that I sold my dowry?"

Shen Ling was ashamed at this moment. "Sir Huang, I wanted to keep this to myself. Although our mansion has been ruined over the years, a broken ship still has 3,000 nails. How could we be reduced to selling women's dowries for a living? These dowries were sold by my wife herself after I wanted to take a concubine into the family. Her purpose was to take revenge on me."

Shen Ling's eyes turned red when he said this.

"Madam, I know you don't want me to take a concubine, but I have been injured in order to protect you, and you can't let my mansion be childless. The reason why I want to marry Xu is just to have a son who can inherit the family business. At the beginning, I asked you to register Shaobai under your name, but you refused. Now you have done such a thing. Are you trying to force me to death?"

Shen Ling looked helpless at this moment, which made Gu Nianchu want to laugh.

"Master Huang, this is all fake. Please investigate thoroughly."

Gu Nianchu bowed to Huang Rongli and didn't say anything else.

Huang Rongli did not express on the spot whether he trusted Shen Ling's words or not.

Old Madam Shen burst into tears at this time: "We, the Zhenbei Marquisate, have been forced to expose our shame. Gu, how far are you going to push us? How can you be so cruel? Apart from anything else, just because my son was injured for you on the wedding night, you shouldn't treat our Marquisate like this."

Come again, come again.

Gu Nianchu said coldly, "If the old lady really wants to say that, I would like to ask Mr. Huang to check what happened on the night of my wedding with the prince five years ago. Why did the thief sneak into the backyard of the Marquis's mansion? Why didn't he go anywhere else but to the bridal chamber?"

"As for the prince's injury, at the beginning, the court doctor just said that he was injured, and he never asked the imperial physician or outside doctors to treat him. Now, it seems that he has recovered for no apparent reason. Why not ask the imperial physician to diagnose the prince and see if he is really injured."

Hearing Gu Nianchu's words, Madam Shen and Shen Ling were both shocked: "Gu, what nonsense are you talking about? Do you want to ruin the reputation of our mansion?"

The reputation of the Marquis's Mansion has nothing to do with her.

Gu Nianchu smiled faintly: "Madam, the prince is not afraid of ruining the reputation of a woman like me, so I naturally have to think about my own reputation. Compared with the reputation of my daughter of the Gu family, the reputation of the Marquis's Mansion is naturally more important. After all, everyone in the Gu family protects me, and the Marquis's Mansion has never given me anything except blood sucking."

"Gu, is this your tutor in the general's mansion? How dare you be so disobedient and unfilial! You..." Old Madam Shen tilted her head back and fainted. Han Chan, who was beside Gu Nianchu, gave her a few injections before anyone could react. He used either acupuncture needles or a large steel needle for sewing quilts to prick her fingers a few times, successfully waking up Old Madam Shen who was pretending to faint.

Shen Ling, who was still planning to bluff and accuse Gu Nianchu of making her mother-in-law faint from anger, swallowed the accusation back.

Old Marquis Shen was so angry that his beard stood up, but he had no choice, because not only was there the Jingzhao prefect here, but also Mr. Cao from the Prince of Qi's mansion.

Mr. Cao looked as if it had nothing to do with him and he did not say a word, but old Lord Shen knew that this person had come with bad intentions.

Old Marquis Shen bowed to Huang Rongli and said, "Sir Huang, this matter is a family affair of our Zhenbei Marquis Mansion. Do you think we can solve it behind closed doors?"

Huang Rongli shook his head: "Lord Shen, you should also understand the difficulties of this matter. This is a theft involving hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. How can it be a family matter? Moreover, this is related to the General's Mansion. Now General Gu is leading the Gu family to shed blood at the border to support the country. If his daughter is bullied in Kyoto, not only will the Gu family not agree, but even the thousands of people in Da Zhou who are protected by the Gu family army will not agree."

This is why we must get to the bottom of this.

Old Marquis Shen could only place his hopes on Gu Nianchu: "Gu, you are Ling'er's legal wife. Once you enter the Marquis' Mansion, you will share weal and woe with the Marquis' Mansion. Is there anything that can't be solved behind closed doors? Since you don't like Xu, then father will make the decision and let Ling'er divorce Xu."

Gu Nianchu sneered, "My Lord, it's so easy for you to say that. If I agree today, there will be no place for the daughter of the Gu family in Kyoto. She will be accused of being unfilial, jealous, and vicious. My Lord, you don't have to stop Mr. Huang from investigating the case. For such a big case, whoever committed it will bear the consequences."

Huang Rongli bowed to the old Marquis Shen and said, "Mr. Shen, the Crown Prince's wife is right. I will definitely clear the name of the Marquis' Mansion."

After Huang Rongli finished speaking, he ordered people to begin interrogating the servants in the Marquis' Mansion, while he personally asked Gu Nianchu some questions.

"Madam, may I ask who usually keeps the key to your private vault?"

Gu Nianchu pointed at Aunt Tian and said, "Aunt Tian is keeping them all."

"Madam Tian, ​​has this key always been in your hands?"

Huang Rongli asked Nanny Tian. When Nanny Tian stepped forward to reply, Old Madam Shen warned her sternly, "Nanny Tian, ​​you must think carefully before you speak. Don't say anything that shouldn't be said, which will damage your master's reputation!"

"A servant who damages the master's reputation will be beaten to death."

Nanny Tian bowed and saluted: "Please rest assured, old lady, I dare not tell a single lie. This key has always been kept by me, but that day, Old Lady Shen wanted to take my wife's dowry to give to Madam Xu as a betrothal gift, and forced my wife to give the key to you, old lady!"

"The old lady's people delivered the key to our lady the next day! Although I checked everything in person, I don't know whether the key has been duplicated or not."

(End of this chapter)