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Chapter 28: Want to Push the Blame on the Servant
Chapter 28

Nanny Tian's last words were very serious, which made Old Madam Shen immediately angry and ashamed: "Bitch! What do you mean by this? Do you think that I, the old lady of the Marquis's Mansion, would secretly take the key of my daughter-in-law's private vault to make a copy?"

Nanny Tian said calmly: "You are the old lady, you naturally won't do such things yourself, if you want to do it, it will be done by the people below."

Madam Shen's facial features were distorted. She pointed at Gu Nianchu with a trembling hand and said, "Gu, are you just going to watch the people around you frame your mother-in-law like this?"

Gu Nianchu looked a little disdainful: "Old Madam, the innocent are innocent. Why are you arguing with a servant? Isn't this a loss of face for you as the old lady of the Marquis' Mansion?"

What was there for Huang Rongli to not understand after seeing this? He was also an old hand in this world. He originally wanted to smooth things over and let the Marquis' Mansion find a way to resolve the matter themselves. But now seeing what Miss Gu meant, she would not give in at all.

But think about it, the dowry of hundreds of thousands of dollars disappeared just like that, and the husband's family even married a concubine. Thinking of the joke his wife told him when she came home, Huang Rongli became more determined to stand on the side of the general's mansion.

Huang Rongli said in a cold voice: "Madam Shen, please tell me who kept the key at that time. I want to ask for details."

Old Madam Shen cried to Old Marquis Shen: "Marquis, did you hear me? Master Huang suspects that I stole the key and took my daughter-in-law's dowry at such an old age. I won't live any longer!"

As he said this, he was about to stand up and rush towards the pillar.

Old Marquis Shen looked panicked and ordered people to stop them immediately. Then he said to Gu Nianchu, "Gu, you are the daughter-in-law that my mansion married with three letters and six matchmakers. Do you really want to force your mother-in-law to death?"

Gu Nianchu sneered: "What are you talking about, Lord? What do you mean I want to force my mother-in-law to death? If I say I won't investigate now, then I will really force my mother-in-law to death. In the future, the old lady of the Marquis's mansion will always be charged with the crime of theft. If the old lady has never done such a thing, shouldn't she actively catch this shameless thief?"

"As long as the thief is caught, the old lady will be innocent. Why would she need to die to prove her innocence?"

Huang Rongli also said: "Madam Crown Prince is right."

Madam Shen was throwing a tantrum and trying to stop the Jingzhao prefect from investigating the case by committing suicide. Shen Ling fell to his knees in front of Gu Nianchu and said, "Nianchu, I beg you, please stop making trouble for the sake of our relationship!"

Gu Nianchu didn't ask anyone to help Shen Ling up. She could bear his kneeling.

He has done so many things that are wrong to himself, he deserves to die on his knees.

When Old Madam Shen saw her precious son kneeling down, she was almost heartbroken: "Gu, this is your husband! You actually forced him to kneel down for you, why don't you help him up quickly!"

Gu Nianchu picked up the hot tea that Chunlan brought her and drank it nonchalantly: "It wasn't me who asked him to kneel down. I don't understand why my mother-in-law and husband kept saying that I wronged your mansion, but you repeatedly stopped Mr. Huang from investigating the case. This is really a case of trying to cover up one's own fault."

"Gu, you are talking nonsense! We just don't want the Marquis' Mansion to lose face!"

Old Madam Shen scolded Gu Nianchu, but Shen Ling begged Gu Nianchu: "Nianchu, isn't the love between us worth this mere yellow and white thing? Are you going to put our mansion on the fire for a little yellow and white? If you do this, how can our mansion survive in Kyoto in the future?" Gu Nianchu was indifferent, but Old Madam Shen was reluctant to let her precious son kneel down to Gu Nianchu, so she personally reached out to help Shen Ling: "Ling'er, you are the eldest son of my mansion, how can you kneel down to a woman! Get up quickly, since she doesn't care about the reputation of the mansion, then we will divorce her!"

Shen Ling looked up at Gu Nianchu: "Nianchu, don't force me!"

The mother and son just wanted to threaten Gu Nianchu to change her mind by divorcing her.

Gu Nianchu smiled faintly: "Old Madam, Prince, do you really think you can divorce me whenever you want? Have you forgotten that I entered your mansion because of the Emperor's marriage? Now you want to divorce me, have you got the Emperor's permission?"

"Stop talking nonsense. Find out where my dowry went. Don't tell me about feelings. What feelings do you have for me? You just want me to spend money on you. Now I know that women have to hold money in their hands to live well."

Gu Nianchu's words made the masters of the Marquis' Mansion look at each other in bewilderment. They didn't know what had gone wrong. Gu Nianchu was not easy to control now.

Huang Rongli bowed to Lord Shen and said, "Lord Shen, please cooperate with me in investigating the case."

Mr. Cao also spoke slowly at this time: "Sir Huang, if you can't find out, Cao can report to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi and ask His Royal Highness to arrange for the Dali Temple to send someone to investigate."

Huang Rongli's face turned red. "Please rest assured, Mr. Cao. Miss Gu has submitted the petition to my Jingzhao Prefecture. I will naturally make the decision for Miss Gu."

The Dali Temple usually investigates major cases. If they were really asked to investigate the theft case in the Marquis' Mansion, all the dirty deeds that the Marquis' Mansion has done over the years would be exposed.

Old Lord Shen glanced coldly at Old Madam Shen and Shen Ling: "What a disgrace! Hurry up and get up and help Lord Huang investigate the case."

Madam Shen originally wanted to insist that the key was right beside her and no one had taken it to make a copy. But Marquis Shen glanced at her and said, "Madam, you have grown old over the years. I think you have been shielded by the people below. It is possible that they did not investigate."

Old Madam Shen's heart was broken. She looked at Old Marquis Shen in disbelief. Was the old marquis planning to let her push the blame on the servants? Then wouldn't their mansion have to give her all the dowry of that bitch Gu Nianchu?

Old Madam Shen didn't care about pushing this matter onto the servants. What would happen to the servants? They were just lowly slaves. If they died, they died. But she cared about paying so much silver to compensate Gu Nianchu. The Marquis' Mansion couldn't afford the silver!

"Master Hou!"

Madam Shen shouted at the top of her lungs, and Marquis Shen interrupted her harshly, "Madam, the reputation of our mansion cannot be ruined by a servant who deceived the master. He even dared to steal the dowry of the wife of the Marquis's son and sell it. Such a servant should be beaten to death!"

Old Madam Shen suddenly turned her head and looked at Aunt Liu beside her: "Aunt Liu, why don't you tell me? It was you who gave the young lady's key at that time! Over the years, I have never treated your family unfairly. I even exempted your grandson from slavery and allowed him to take the imperial examination. Is this how you repay me?"

(End of this chapter)