The Demon Queen of Divine Doctor is not to be trifled with

Chapter 401 The important thing is to trick you

The Xiao family was in chaos at the moment. Gu led Lian Shi and Yun Chen to search the old lady's yard, while the housekeeper led people outside to explain one by one that it was not as Miss Ye Wu said, and the old lady had already agreed to pay compensation.

This is a very sophisticated statement. Agreeing to pay compensation means admitting that his daughter stole things.

Stealing! I didn't expect that the Ningguo Marquisate would raise such a daughter. It's really a disgrace to the family.

Let’s not talk about the outside world, let’s just talk about home.

Under the leadership of Gu, Lian Shi and Yun Chen, along with a group of purple-robed palace servants, not only searched through Madam Xiao's courtyard and house, but also found two small secret rooms, from which they looted a lot of valuables. There were even more house deeds, land deeds, and shop deeds, filling up four or five small boxes.

Gu became suspicious when she saw these things. Seeing that Lian Shi was about to leave with the things, she quickly pulled Lian Shi and said, "Wait."

Lian Shi was quite unhappy. He was the chief eunuch of Yanhua Palace. Could anyone touch him?

But considering that Gu had always stood firm and resolute, he suppressed his anger and asked, "What's wrong? Madam Ningguo, is there anything wrong with these things?"

Gu nodded immediately, "It's indeed wrong. I know the old lady has a lot of good things, but definitely not so many. For example, those house deeds and so on. Even if she has saved some over the years, it wouldn't be enough to fill five small boxes! Are they all full?" She stretched her neck to look, and a palace servant opened the box, which was full.

"Too much." Gu said while shaking her head, "Too much, where did she get all these things from? Could she have stolen them from the public treasury?" Thinking about it again, it's impossible. The public treasury has always been controlled by her, and the accounts are all checked clearly, there will be no mistakes. But if it wasn't taken from the public treasury, where else could it be taken from? Could it be that she took advantage of the First-rank General's Mansion through Xiao Shubai? But in the past, the head of the General's Mansion was the eldest wife, and Xiao Shubai himself couldn't take advantage!

She looked back and saw Ye Wenyan walking over here. Ye Chulian was also brought back by the housekeeper. She was looking at the things in the yard as she walked. She also heard Ye Chulian say, "Are these things enough to pay for the banknotes? I didn't expect Madam Xiao to be so rich. I don't think our grandmother is that generous."

Gu felt that something was even more wrong.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Lian Shi asked, "Madam Ningguo, can these things be moved or not?"

Gu was a little unsure, so she said to Lian Shi, "Please wait for me, sir. I will ask our Marquis to come over and take a look."

After saying this, Gu ran away in a hurry. When she came back, Ningguo Marquis Xiao Fang also arrived. Old Madam Xiao's things were still placed in the yard. Gu pointed at those things and said to Xiao Fang: "Look, do these things look familiar? Think carefully, think about your childhood. I always feel that our old lady shouldn't be so rich, and I really can't think of any other way for her to make money. Just now, I suddenly remembered that you once said that although your biological mother was the concubine of the old marquis, she couldn't be an ordinary civilian family to be able to come to the marquis's mansion as a concubine. Didn't you say that your maternal grandfather's family was very rich, and that your biological mother always fiddled with her dowry when she was alive. There were rooms full of good things, and a small warehouse was not enough to store them. But you don't know how the things disappeared later, so take a look now, are there any of the things that disappeared in those years?"

Ye Wenyan understood, "So Xiao Shubai's habit of stealing is hereditary!" Turning back, Xiao Shubai just happened to be helping the old lady into the yard. She waved at them, "Second Aunt, come and have a look, we may have found the reason why you love stealing."

Madam Xiao looked very unhappy, and Xiao Shubai also looked at her mother strangely. Ningguo Marquis Xiao Fang carefully looked through the things he found, including the deeds and land in the box. The more he looked, the gloomier his face became, and the more angry he became. At the end, he simply picked up a box and threw it to the ground, directly at Madam Xiao's feet, scaring her so much that she screamed.

Xiao Fang pointed at her, his hands trembling, "What a stepmother, what a Lady of Ningguo! You separated my mother and me and brought me up under your wing. Over the years, I have been respectful and polite to you, remembering your kindness in bringing me up since I was a child. But what did you do behind my back? My aunt's dowry was worth half of the inner city of Lin'an, why did it all end up in your room?"

"I..." Madam Xiao was very panicked and subconsciously looked at Xiao Shubai. How could Xiao Shubai not understand what was going on? Of course, he had to side with his mother, so he shouted, "After the concubine passed away, the relics were naturally kept by the mansion. Mother was the Lady of Ningguo and the mistress of the house. It is natural that these things are in mother's hands." "Bah!" Gu was furious and pulled Xiao Fang hard, pulling him behind her. "My Lord, don't get involved when a woman talks! Xiao Shubai, do you still have any shame? How can you come up with such a perverse logic? It is true that the concubine's belongings should be kept by the mansion, but they should be kept in the public palace, not in her own room. Moreover, the dowry that a woman brings from her parents' home should be inherited by her children after her death. I have never heard of it being inherited by the wife of the main house. My Lord, you are already this old, why has she never thought of taking out the things and returning them to you? I, your daughter-in-law, have already entered the house, why has she never said to take out all these things and give them to me? If Yanhua Palace hadn't come to confiscate the house today, we wouldn't have known that these things were here!"

Gu became angrier and angrier as she spoke. "Fourth Miss Ye is absolutely right. Xiao Shubai, stealing is indeed your genetic trait. Your mother is a thief, so you are a thief too. And your daughter stole someone else's marriage, so she is also a thief! So I have fallen into a den of thieves! Damn it, if I had known that the Xiao family was a den of thieves, I would never have married into their family!"

After saying that, he turned back to comfort Xiao Fang: "This has nothing to do with you. You are not her child."

Afterwards, she glared at Old Madam Xiao fiercely, which made Old Madam Xiao shudder. She took two steps back. She was really afraid that Gu would get angry and beat her with anything at random.

Gu's name is Gu Chunhe, which sounds like a peaceful name, but her personality is completely the opposite. She is neither gentle nor kind. She has a hot temper. If she doesn't like someone, she will say it on the spot. If she doesn't like someone, she will just scold him. As for whether they are elders or not, she never considers those things. In her eyes, only reason comes first.

She has a very positive outlook on life, so she is naturally incompatible with people like Old Madam Xiao. Unfortunately, the old lady is only her stepmother, not her biological mother, so there is a gap between them, so the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law cannot be said to be very good.

Gu was annoyed with her stepmother from the very beginning, because she was always arrogant and dissatisfied with everything. She would be criticized for everything she did, as if her stepmother's majesty could not be reflected without some criticism.

That would have been fine, but this stepmother had evil intentions. Not only did she always bring up the fact that the old marquis had a concubine, she even instigated Xiao Shubai to let Ye Hongzhuang take over Ye Wenyan's marriage.

It's a pity that she only found out about this later. If she had known it earlier, she would have reported it to them and prevented them from making this deal.

Speaking of which, when she married into the Xiao family, she still planned to pretend. After all, she was a new daughter-in-law and had not yet developed feelings for her husband. If she fell out with her mother-in-law again, her life would not be easy.

As a result, she couldn't pretend anymore within five days of getting married, and on the sixth day she had a fight with the old lady. Since then, her reputation as a shrewish daughter-in-law has been established. Old Lady Xiao also knows what kind of personality she has, so she doesn't dare to confront her directly.

After so many years, she didn't expect that such a thing would happen again today. This is a big deal, a big deal that concerns her husband's face and her own mother-in-law! It can't be let go easily! Gu thought so in her heart, and stared at the old lady and Xiao Shubai fiercely, "Yanhua Palace asked you to compensate, and it also asked you to compensate with your own things. The things in the public house of Ningguo Marquis' Mansion cannot be touched, and the things of my Marquis' mother cannot be touched. We will pick out all the things now, and as for whether the remaining things are enough to compensate, that is your own business. In addition, as for the matter of stealing the concubine's property in the mansion, after all the outsiders have left, we will settle the accounts behind closed doors!"

After she finished her last sentence, she immediately turned around and said to Xiao Fang, "Look! Look for all of mother-in-law's belongings!"

Xiao Fang was a little embarrassed and asked her in a low voice: "What about some that are hard to identify?" After all, he was still young at the time, and he couldn't really tell which ones were the old lady's and which ones were left by his biological mother.

Gu stamped her feet and said, "Why do you care so much? Those who can't tell the difference will be counted according to ours!"

The two of them immediately began to search, and the servants around them followed suit. Old Madam Xiao's heart was bleeding as she watched this scene. She wanted to stop them, but at the moment, except for her and Xiao Shubai, no one was on her side. How could she stop them?

Looking at Ye Wenyan again, he was so kindhearted that he actually helped to look through the things. While looking through the things, he reminded Gu: "Some shops and things may have changed hands over the years, but the dates are written on the deeds. Just pick the ones with dates after the aunt passed away and take them all."

Gu thought this was a really good idea.

Xiao Shubai was anxious: "Ye Wenyan, are you stupid? You let them take all the things away, what else can you use to compensate Yanhua Palace? Are you here to get your own things, or to help them get things?"

Ye Wenyan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter who I help, what matters is that I trick you."

Xiao Shubai: “…”Are you too direct?