Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

With this idea in mind, Xiao Qingyuan didn't want to delay any longer. He said to Chu Yanluo, "Yanluo, go back to the room and wait for me. I'll go get the key to my private vault and kick out the guy who has usurped my space!"

"Then Yanluo will wait here for good news from the prince."

After Chu Yanluo finished speaking, she watched Xiao Qingyuan and the servant hurriedly leave the yard, with a relaxed and complacent smile on her face.

Shen Wantang was indeed a concubine's daughter who was not worthy of being in public. She had just entered the house, but she dared to take the key to Xiao Qingyuan's private vault and emptied his private vault.

Those who have no experience would probably be unable to walk after seeing the treasures in the private warehouse. They have never seen many rare treasures in their lives, and when they see a warehouse full of treasures all of a sudden, they would be unable to control themselves.

It turns out that dealing with Shen Wantang is much easier than dealing with Shen Mingxuan.

Just a few words from her were enough to make Xiao Qingyuan busy chasing people away.

On the other side, Xiao Qingyuan once again rushed into Wutong Garden with great momentum.

"Shen Wantang!"

Seeing that he looked very bad, Shen Wantang didn't know how she had offended him again. She stood up and asked calmly, "Prince, what's the matter?"

"You took my warehouse key, why don't you give it back to me? Everything in there is my private property. You have no right to dispose of it, let alone embezzle it!"

"I knew that all of it was the prince's private property, so I just followed his instructions and took some of the gold and silver items that you didn't like, and I didn't touch anything else."

"Impossible! I heard from my servants that you moved a lot of things from my warehouse!"

"Which servant said that? Can you bring someone here to testify in person?"

Xiao Qingyuan turned to look at his servant: "Who told you that? Call that person over and expose her hypocritical mask in person!"

Mo Ji: "This... I just heard it."

Xiao Qingyuan wanted to kick him, but this was not the time to deal with the servant. He stretched out his hand towards Shen Wantang: "Give me back the key to the warehouse!"

"Prince, your storeroom key has been taken away by your mother."

"What?! That's my warehouse key, what are you giving it to her for?"

Shen Wantang looked bewildered: "Is the prince and mother still so clear about the distinction? Besides, mother asked me for the key to your warehouse, and I couldn't refuse to give it to her! But prince, don't worry, mother didn't touch the things in your warehouse. She just ordered the chief steward to take people to count your warehouse and register everything, so that you wouldn't know if something was lost."

"If you are worried, you can go to the warehouse and check. The chief steward should not have finished the inventory yet."

Now Xiao Qingyuan had nothing to say.

He clenched his fists, feeling a little depressed: "Of course I will go to check the warehouse. If I see that you have emptied it, you will get out of the Ning Palace! My Ning Palace will never take in people with bad character!"

Shen Wantang bowed slightly and said, "Go ahead and verify it, my lord."

Xiao Qingyuan snorted coldly, turned around and left with the servant.

The master and servant quickly went to the warehouse.

In the warehouse, the chief steward was indeed leading people to count the things inside.

It was filled with gold, silver, jewelry, ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, jade, agate, etc. It was simply dazzling.

Mo Ji couldn't help but said, "Master, your warehouse has not been emptied, the treasures are still there!"

"So you said she emptied my warehouse?"

"Master, it's unfair, I didn't say that!" Didn't you say that yourself?

Mo Ji muttered quietly, and then said: "Master, it seems that the Crown Prince's Consort is not what we thought. You have wronged her several times. Isn't this a bit wrong!"

"Shut up, do you need to interfere when I'm doing my job?"

Although Xiao Qingyuan said this, he actually felt in his heart that he had wrongly accused Shen Wantang several times for no reason, which was really inappropriate.

He obviously wasn't the kind of person who would wrongly accuse good people in the past. What happened to him recently?

But Shen Wantang had such a good temper that no one could find fault with her. He had always wronged her and misunderstood her, but she never lost her temper and even spoke to him in a nice voice. It was really rare. No wonder her mother, who was always picky, liked her so much.

When the chief steward saw him coming, he hurried forward and said, "My Lord, you are here, but are you here to see if there is anything missing from your storehouse?"

Xiao Qingyuan glanced at him and asked, "How much of my stuff did Shen Wantang take?"

"My Lord, there aren't many. Just a few worthless gold bracelets and hairpins of outdated styles. The princess didn't touch any valuable treasures."

The chief steward was a little puzzled: "Prince, didn't you personally promise that the Crown Princess would come and get it? Didn't you give the key to her? Could it be that the Crown Princess stole your key?"

Xiao Qingyuan was a little annoyed: "Nonsense! How could she steal my key? Of course I gave her the key!"

"Are you going to regret it again? Are you going to take back all the things that the Crown Prince's wife took away?"

"Nonsense! How did you see me change my mind? They were just some worthless gold and silver items. She took them away, and I went to ask for them back. Am I so petty? Is Chief Butler Liu trying to disgust me on purpose? Do you not want to be a butler anymore? Do you want to clean the toilet?"

"I dare not, please forgive me, my lord!"

Xiao Qingyuan thought he was in the way, so he pushed him away, walked around the warehouse, and then picked up a bright and colorful blood coral ornament.

He remembered that this thing was a tribute from a small country in Southeast Asia, which said it was their national treasure. Later, this thing came into the hands of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother admired it for a few days, and seeing that he liked it, she gave it to him.

I guess, if I sell this thing, I can buy Yan Luo a lot of bird's nests to eat, right?

He was about to leave with the blood coral ornament, but was stopped by Chief Steward Liu: "Sir, you can't take this away."

Xiao Qingyuan glared: "You dare to stop me? This is my warehouse, I can take whatever I want! Get out of here!"

But Chief Steward Liu, who used to be so submissive to him, suddenly became tough today: "If the prince insists on taking it, then I will have no choice but to report it to the prince and princess. I guess the prince can't leave the palace with it, so it's better for the prince to put it back."

Xiao Qingyuan had lived for all these years, and no one had dared to speak to him like this. His face suddenly darkened: "You dare to threaten me?"

"I don't dare, old slave."

"You keep saying you don't dare, but in fact you don't take me seriously at all! I'm going to take it away today. It was originally mine. It's no use for you to ask my father for help! Get out of the way! If you block my way again, I'll kill you!"

Chief Steward Liu would naturally not confront his master head-on. Anyway, there was no way his master could leave the palace with such a rare and top-grade blood coral. Even if he did, no shop in the capital would dare to buy it.

He quickly gave way.

Xiao Qingyuan looked at him coldly and walked out, but after taking only two steps, he stopped.

At the door, a woman in flowing white clothes appeared at some point. She seemed to have an immortal aura and stood there quietly, eclipsing all the rare treasures in the warehouse.