[Through the Book] The ancestor only wants to live a long life

Liu Xin stopped but didn't dare to respond.

"Forget it. Just go ahead." Emperor Taihe finally suppressed the suspicion in his heart.

Rong Enqing had no idea that he had almost escaped death again, and he was completely focused on making money.

She wanted to take advantage of the fact that Steward Li still had control over the treasury of the Marquis' Mansion to make some substitutions and take some things out to exchange for silver.

So, he met Yun Ye in person and repeated to Yun Ye the same words he had told Butler Li before.

Yun Ye also thought this was a good thing, so the matter of rearranging the courtyards and rooms where residents of the Marquis' Mansion lived and were commonly used was finalized.

Everything went as Rong Enqing expected. In less than half a month, Butler Li had replaced most of the furnishings in the mansion.

As expected, those small and valuable antiques were also put into the warehouse.

Just as Rong Enqing was thinking that the next step was to secretly bring in some fake items from outside according to the registration list and replace the real ones.

Butler Li suddenly came to see her and said that he had something important to report, and asked everyone, including Xiu Zhang, to leave.

Rong Enqing saw that Butler Li had a blank expression on his face. He did not look as depressed as before, nor did he look like he was in a hurry. He thought it was not a big deal.

He immediately asked in surprise, "What happened? Why was Xiu Zhang kicked out?"

There was no one else in the room at the moment, and Butler Li's expression changed drastically, with a look of fear quickly appearing on his face.

Seeing this, Rong Enqing's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but get nervous. "What happened? Did someone find out about my secret purchase?"

Butler Li did not keep the secret, and quickly took two steps closer to Rong Enqing, then lowered his voice and said, "Madam, I, I found the treasure that the old marquis had hidden!"

He spoke haltingly, with an obvious tremor in each word, which showed how excited or nervous he was.

Hearing this, Rong Enqing felt his head buzzing and he was completely stunned!

After a long while, she finally came to her senses. She looked at Butler Li in disbelief and asked, "What did you just say? Say it again!"

Steward Li wiped the sweat from his forehead nervously, and said in a trembling voice: "It is inevitable that things in the warehouse will be scratched when they are moved in and out.

“Today, when we were moving things out of the warehouse, a shelf hit the wall. The person moving the things didn’t notice it and just walked away with the things.

"I was there at the time, and after they moved the things away, I went up to take a look. I wanted to see if the damage to the wall was serious. If it was serious, we would have to find someone to repair it.

“But who would have thought that I would actually see a hint of yellow behind the gray wall.

"I was curious, so I dug a few more times and found that hidden under a thick layer of wall plaster was actually gold!

"I was afraid I was overthinking, so I picked a few inconspicuous corners in the warehouse, peeled away the wall plaster and took a closer look. There was gold underneath!"

Rong Enqing couldn't help but tremble, and his voice became trembling, "You mean, the four walls of the warehouse are all gold?"

Steward Li thought for a moment and shook his head. "The warehouse of the Marquis' Mansion was built by our ancestors and passed down from generation to generation. Moreover, the Marquis' Mansion did not rebuild the warehouse thirty years ago.

“So, I suspect that the old marquis pasted a layer of gold bricks on the original warehouse wall, and then covered the gold bricks with wall plaster.

"I have basically confirmed this. I also scraped the walls of several other warehouses, and as expected, I found gold bricks hidden under the wall plaster of several warehouses."

Rong Enqing thought about it and knew that what Butler Li said must be the truth. This method can easily hide the gold without alerting anyone!

However, the mansion had four warehouses for storing ornaments and utensils! Four warehouses, sixteen walls!

"How much gold is needed?" Rong Enqing felt terrified just thinking about it.

Butler Li's main concern at the moment was not the amount of gold. He said fearfully, "Madam, if this gold is the treasure hidden by the old marquis, then is there any other treasure under the ice cellar in Duiyue Pavilion?"

As soon as these words came out, Rong Enqing's face turned pale.

If the gold hidden in the walls is the real treasure, then the treasure underground in Duiyue Pavilion is definitely a cover!

Emperor Taihe mobilized a large amount of manpower and material resources and excavated for several months with great expectations, but in the end he found that it was all in vain.

Would Emperor Taihe think that she was deliberately playing tricks on him?

After all, she even spoke with certainty about how deep the treasure was buried and how many feet it would take to dig.

Thinking of this, Rong Enqing suddenly felt cold all over.

Yun Hao told her personally that there was a treasure buried deep underground in Duiyue Pavilion! Yun Hong also told her how deep the treasure was buried and how many feet it needed to be dug!

And she told Emperor Taihe everything without missing a word.

Does Yun Hong know that the treasure under the Duiyue Pavilion is fake? Does he know where the real treasure is hidden?

Rong Enqing felt that Yun Hong should know this.

After all, Yun Hong once said that one of the purposes of his return to Beijing was to transport the treasure that Yun Yi had hidden out of the capital.

Therefore, the matter of the underground treasure in Duiyue Pavilion was probably Yun Hong’s plan from the very beginning!

He deliberately used her mouth to tease Emperor Taihe!!!

Rong Enqing couldn't help but frowned. Did Yun Hong ever think about how much Emperor Taihe expected from the treasure, and how angry he would be when he found out that his expectations were dashed! And the only person who could face Emperor Taihe's anger in the end was her!

Does this mean that from the very beginning, Yun Hong never cared about her life or death?

Fortunately! Fortunately, she chose to stand with Emperor Taihe from the beginning, and did not choose Yun Hong and Yun Yi blindly!

However, it would be better to report the treasure to Emperor Taihe as soon as possible, lest Emperor Taihe really doubt her loyalty!

"Madam, what should we do next? What should we do with all this gold?"

Steward Li said worriedly, "The Marquis' Mansion is basically under Yun Shengsheng's control now. If I make any movement, he will not be able to see it. When I found the gold earlier, I did not even dare to show any expression, for fear that someone would notice that I looked unusual after coming out of the storehouse and thus arouse suspicion."

Rong Enqing thought for a moment and said, "I will tell Xiu Zhang quietly about this and have him pass the news to His Majesty. I will bring Yun Ai to the palace again tomorrow morning. I will use the excuse of letting Yun Ai meet Princess Yue'er and see if she can meet His Majesty then."

"Even if we tell His Majesty about this much gold, I'm afraid he won't be able to secretly transport it out for a while!"

Butler Li was still worried, "Moreover, once the news leaks out, will the prince and the young marquis do something bad to the lady..."

Butler Li didn't finish his words, but Rong Enqing understood what he meant.

From the way Yun Ye consolidated power in the mansion through Yun Zaisheng and restricted her travel, she could tell that Yun Ye and Yun Hong did not actually trust her.