After his wife and daughter died tragically, the scumbag prince's hair turned white overnight

"Last night your father asked me to return the key to your mother's warehouse to you, but I was so busy all day today that I almost forgot."

Side hall.

Zhang smiled kindly and told Mrs. Cui to put a palm-sized box next to Shen Muxi.

"Here's the key to your mother's storeroom, along with the list of items that were placed with the key."

Shen Muxi took out the booklet from the box and glanced at the contents on it.

"A mahogany dressing table, a solid wood wardrobe... Mu Xi, these are not things from my mother's private vault. Everything in my mother's private vault has been replaced."

After reading a few things on the furniture page, Shen Xi immediately became excited. "My mother gave me a long list before she died. It's not like this at all."

Shen Muxi seemed unable to hear Shen Xi's excited words.

After flipping through a few more pages, she put the book away and smiled softly at Zhang. "Stepmother, don't joke with Xi'er. This is not something from my mother's private library."

Zhang's smile froze, "What do you mean?"

"That's what it means literally."

The smile on Shen Muxi's lips did not change at all, but Zhang felt an inexplicable chill on her spine.

She always felt that Shen Muxi seemed to know everything.

However, she spent a whole day to arrange everything today. The matter of replacing things in the warehouse was kept secret. Apart from Shen Chuanhai and a few of her confidants, even Shen Rou didn't know about it.

How could Shen Muxi know?

Deciding that Shen Muxi was trying to trick her, Zhang put away the smile on her face and pretended to be angry.

"Xi'er, I treat you like my own son. There are some things you can't say carelessly."

This stern tone, as if he had suffered a great humiliation...

If Shen Muxi hadn't really known that she had been eyeing Gong's dowry for a long time, she would have been fooled by her superb acting skills.

She didn't rush to expose it, but nodded in agreement, raised her hand to take the small box containing the key, and stood up. "Since stepmother thinks Xi'er is slandering us, let's go to the warehouse and check the list. It will be clear at a glance whether it is true or not."

Qinghui Garden was originally the courtyard of the Gong family. Later, when Gong died of illness, it was natural for Zhang to move in.

At Shen Chuanhai's insistence, the key to the private vault has always been in Zhang's hands. In the past few years, Shen Xi could only see the things in his mother's private vault on Shen Rou's body, but he himself could hardly touch them...

Shen Muxi and Shen Xi had planned to take back everything from the Gong family's private treasury when they were at the manor, but they initially intended to use other roundabout methods.

This arranged marriage just gave Shen Muxi the opportunity to speak with a legitimate reason.

Zhang had already made preparations, so she was naturally not afraid that Shen Muxi would take inventory.

In order to highlight the great injustice she had suffered, she also ordered her servants to invite Shen Chuanhai to the warehouse.

Turning back to explain to Shen Muxi, "Since we have to take an inventory, let's invite your father over as well so that we can have a witness."

Shen Muxi nodded, "Okay, if stepmother is worried, you can also invite grandmother over as well, so that we can silence the gossips."

Zhang glanced at the sky and politely declined, "I think the old lady has gone to bed by now. Besides, going to the warehouse to reconcile the accounts is not a big deal, so it's not good to disturb her."

She must be crazy to invite that old man who always protects Shen Xi over.

When the Shen family moved into the County Lord's Mansion, they had already made a solemn promise: although the Mansion would become the Shen Residence, in the end, everything in the Mansion and the contents of the County Lord's private vault would belong to her descendants...

In other words, Shen Xi is stupid and knows nothing about these things...

Thinking of the things left behind by the Gong family.

Zhang felt envious.

If she could successfully fool Shen Xi this time, then when her Rou'er gets married and Gang'er gets married, they'll have a rich fortune...

Shen Muxi pretended not to understand Zhang's plan, and the group soon arrived at Qinghui Garden.

Shen Chuanhai also rushed to Qinghui Garden quickly when he received the notification from Zhang's servants.

The three of them stopped in front of the private storehouse in Qinghui Garden at the same time.

The first time he saw Shen Muxi, Shen Chuanhai's brows furrowed tightly.

"Why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night and coming here to do this? What on earth do you want to do?"

His words were all blaming Shen Muxi for being unreasonable and making trouble.

Shen Xi's expression suddenly became depressed.

Shen Muxi was not affected by Shen Chuanhai at all. "Father, what you said is funny. My stepmother came to me in the middle of the night to return the key. As soon as I received the key, I came to check the things in the warehouse to avoid any confusion in the future. Is there anything wrong?"

Isn't this exactly what Zhang was planning when she returned the keys in the middle of the night?

Prepare with both hands.

I bet Shen Muxi won’t check the private vault in the middle of the night.

Even if you check the private vault carefully, you will still find this fake list booklet.

The night passed in a trance. Even if Shen Muxi discovered something wrong, Zhang would insist that "the keys and list have been returned." Shen Muxi, no matter how unwilling she was, could only consider herself unlucky...

The copper lock of the private vault is specially made.

Some gold was mixed into it during its forging, and a ruby ​​the size of a pigeon egg was inlaid in it, making it look particularly noble.

Maybe this lock might be more valuable than what Zhang replaced it with.

A mocking arc silently appeared at the corner of Shen Muxi's mouth.

She took the key out of the box and quickly opened the door to the private vault.

As she thought.

The things scattered around in the private vault are all worthless stuff.

"Mu Xi, when I just came back, my mother had someone bring me in to see it. The box was made of fine Huanghuali wood, but these are just ordinary eucalyptus wood. Everything has been swapped.

They actually replaced the exquisite gold ruby-studded peony headpiece and imperial green jadeite headpiece in the makeup box with ordinary silver-studded rose quartz and outdated plum blossom gold hairpins. How dare they! !

Shen Xi was so angry that his eyes turned red.

"How could they be so greedy? If they had only taken a third or half, I would have thought I'd just bear with it, but they ended up taking it all. A lot of the fabrics and head ornaments were made for me by master craftsmen, especially by my mother. That was the confidence and love she gave me..."

Following Shen Xi's crying.

Shen Muxi's mind quickly flashed back to the time when Shen Xi was fifteen. Gong Shi, emaciated beyond recognition, still insisted on getting out of bed, lovingly taking out the headgear from the storeroom and personally putting it on her hair...

An unfamiliar letter slowly unfolded in her mind. It was the last letter Gong had left for Shen Xi, but Shen Xi had deliberately forgotten it.

"Xi'er, mother is useless and needs to leave first.

You have to be careful of everyone in the Shen Mansion.

My Xier, being kind is a good thing, but the prerequisite for being kind is that you must love yourself well.

The road ahead will be long, and you will meet many, many people. Your kindness may make you hurt and sad; it may also bring you a lot of love from others.

No matter what happens or who you meet, you must believe that your mother's love for you is no less than that of anyone else in the world.

Please forgive your mother for her limited ability, as she can only hold on for her last breath to protect the things in her private vault for you.

I have asked your father to agree to advance your marriage to the Anping Marquis.

Before you get married, remember to empty your private vault. This is the confidence and love your mother left you...

My Xi'er, no matter where you are in the future, your mother hopes that you can be carefree and maintain your kindness and edge..."