The secret guard soon appeared and told her the situation.

Concubine Xiao came to the conclusion that the emperor did not like this marriage.

She doesn't like it either, but what can she say?

The marriage was originally arranged for him by the Emperor. The Emperor's word is golden. How can they just refuse it just because they say they don't want to?

"Send a message to the Zhong family, saying there's no need for a wedding."

As she walked out, she said coldly, "Convey my intention to them. I still like Dai'er very much."

Even if they wanted to cancel the marriage with Zhong Ran, they couldn't ask for it.

Those people in the Zhong family will do it once they know what she means.

Although Zhong Daier is not that good, she is much better than that disaster star.

If the Zhong family wants to marry someone off, they have to deal with that disaster.

The person next to her responded and was about to go down to make arrangements when another guard hurried in.

When he saw her, he quickly knelt down to pay his respects, and then told her that the Zhong family had been robbed last night and a dried corpse had appeared.

What happened over there happened at night. The Dali Temple and the Jingzhao Yin went there before daybreak. They only received the news after they came out of the Zhong family.

A cold light flashed in Concubine Xiao's phoenix eyes, and she said thoughtfully: "Such a coincidence?"

The betrothal gift for her prince was just delivered the day before yesterday, but now it is said to have been stolen, and there is not a penny left?

"Go find out what's going on."

The news of the theft at the Zhong family spread after daybreak. After hearing the reports from the Jingzhao Yin and the Dali Temple Minister, the emperor was furious and ordered them to conduct a thorough investigation and show absolutely no leniency.

The Marquis's Mansion was located in the capital, right under the feet of the emperor. It was emptied within two or three hours, but no one knew about it and no clues were found.

If such a big thief were to sneak into the palace and take his life, wouldn’t it be easy?

In one morning, the city patrol, the cavalry guards, the imperial guards, etc., who usually thought they had some ability to investigate cases, all went to the marquis' mansion to check it out.

One reason was to see if he could find any clues so that he could become famous.

Secondly, I also wanted to see whether it was as clean as the rumors said.

Except for Zhong Qingshan and Aunt Ting, the other masters of the Zhong family were locked in their rooms and dared not see anyone.

When Zhong Qingshan saw so many people coming, he was so angry that he wanted to drive them out.

How could these people come here to investigate? They were clearly here to watch him have fun.

What made him even more embarrassed was that after leaving court, his colleagues also came to the Zhong family in groups under the pretext of expressing their condolences to him.

"Qingshan, which immortal have you offended? How could an ordinary thief even carry out such a large piece of furniture?"

Zhong Qingshan looked at Liu Xiang with a dark face. Liu Xiang's son had previously fallen in love with his daughter Dai'er, but was rejected by them. He had been holding a grudge against her ever since.

Now it's clear that you are here to laugh at his joke.

Prime Minister Liu didn't want him to answer. He walked around the mansion with his colleagues and was a little surprised that he didn't see the other masters of the marquis' mansion.

He deliberately fell behind a few steps and called over a servant from the Marquis's Mansion: "Is your old lady in good health?"

The servants had strange expressions on their faces. Among the masters of the Marquis' Mansion, except for the Marquis and Aunt Ting, the rest of the masters had their hair cut into a messy mess.

I heard that the old lady even had her clothes cut, which was a complete disgrace.

The lady and the second young lady even had their eyebrows shaved off and dared not see anyone.

The Marquis ordered them to keep their mouths shut and not to tell anyone.

When asked by Liu Xiang at this time, he hesitated for a long time before responding: "Very good."

After saying this, he was afraid that Liu Xiang would ask some questions that he couldn't answer, so he quickly slipped away.

Who is Liu Xiang? He saw the servant's expression just now.

There is a story behind this.

Could it be that he fainted because he was angry about being robbed?

Zhong Qingshan was in no mood to listen to the sarcastic consolation of his colleagues. There was not even anything to eat in the mansion, so he asked the housekeeper to go to the store and bring back some food, daily necessities and clothes.

Zhong Ran's mother originally owned many shops, but they were not good at running them, and they have been doing shabby these years.

Even so, we can still cope with the current predicament.

The housekeeper quickly brought back a cartload of supplies and a message.

"My Lord, I heard that Prince Ning suddenly woke up early this morning. There is news that the wedding will be cancelled. I think Concubine Xiao's people will arrive soon."

Zhong Qingshan didn't know what expression to have on his face.

If it weren't for what happened last night, they would definitely be happy that Prince Ning had woken up. Dai'er could go to the palace to visit Prince Ning, strengthen their relationship with him, and take his place.

But now, how could Zhong Daier dare to go out and see people?

If she could still wear a veil after being disfigured yesterday, but now most of her head has been shaved and half of her eyebrows are gone, how can she go out and see people?

It makes me feel guilty just thinking about it.

He waved his hand, not having the energy to speak, and sat down on the steps at the door.

He wanted to sit in a chair, but there was no good chair to be found in the house.

He felt that the dark benches in the servants' room were not as clean as these steps.

"My Lord, someone's coming from the palace." The housekeeper came running over again: "Eunuch Gui, who is with the Emperor, and Nanny Yan, who is with the Imperial Concubine."

Zhong Qingshan quickly stood up again, lowered his head to straighten his clothes, only to find that he was still wearing the butler's coat.

His face became even uglier, but there was nothing he could do now, so he had to go out to greet the person.

When Eunuch Gui saw the clothes on Zhong Qingshan, his thick eyebrows twitched twice and his expression subsided.

"Ah, my Lord, what's going on..."

"Eunuch Gui, there is nothing left in the mansion. It is so clean that not even a chair is left."

Zhong Qingshan acted as if he had seen a savior. He took Eunuch Gui for a walk and told him the situation in the mansion in detail.

Eunuch Gui represents the emperor. If he sees it, it means that the emperor has seen it.

Only by attracting the emperor's attention may there be a chance to recover the things.

Eunuch Gui was truly shocked, and the expression on his face was no longer the funny one at the beginning where he wanted to laugh but couldn't, but solemn instead.

The place was emptied so quickly without alerting anyone. It was really frightening to see such a method appear in the capital.

Eunuch Gui left first. He was going back to the palace to report to the emperor.

Nanny Yan was also extremely shocked, but she still remembered what she had done.

"My Lord, the Imperial Concubine has asked me to bring a few words to Madam. I wonder where Madam is?"

Zhong Qingshan's expression was extremely strange, and his tone was cautious: "Madam, you have something to say. Can you tell me? My wife is a little inconvenient."

Nanny Yan said with a cold expression: "This is what the Empress asked to be brought to Madam. Is the Marquis sure he can make the decision?"

Zhong Qingshan trembled slightly. These old slaves were simply taking chicken feathers as their orders.

But there was no way, because he couldn't afford to offend their master.

He had no choice but to ask someone to bring Nanny Yan to see Chen, while he went to change his clothes first.

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