The abandoned concubine who transmigrated woke up shouting "Long live the widow!"

Li Xia shook her head. "This servant won't go. This servant will go to see the new courtyard I bought in the back street!"

"Okay! Here's the key!"

When they arrived at the grain shop and saw Zhang Daming's family, Jingxue suddenly remembered that Grandma Zhang's eyes hadn't been treated yet! There had been too many things going on these days.

Manager Cai reported the situation in the shop to Jingxue. Although many people knew that this was Princess Zhan's shop, ordinary people couldn't care less about the affairs of the imperial court; their first priority was to have food to eat.

Therefore, apart from the shop being closed for a day a few days ago due to some trouble, it has returned to its previous state in the past few days.

"Young Miss, in a couple of days I'm planning to stop having Madam Zhang demonstrate cooking in front of the door. The common people already know how to cook, and besides, it's getting cold!"

“Sure, didn’t I ask you to prepare a big oven the other day? You can have Zhang Niangzi roast sweet potatoes and potatoes to sell. Just give her a scale. The shop has the ingredients ready-made, so we can just charge the cost price. She can cover the other expenses, and of course, the profits are hers!”

"As for how much to sell the roasted sweet potatoes and potatoes per pound, you can discuss and decide with Madam Zhang!"

Manager Cai nodded, "Alright! Then this servant will discuss it with Madam Zhang and make the decision. This family is very good. The elderly and children don't want to be idle. They will do any work and don't care about anything!"

“I also saw that they were a family of orphans and widows, so pitiful! And they were the orphans of martyrs! I’ll go back and make some preparations today, and tomorrow you can have someone send Old Madam Zhang and that little girl to the Prince’s Mansion. I’ll treat the old lady’s eyes.”

“Actually, I originally planned to let Grandma Zhang run this roasted sweet potato business after her eyes were healed, so that her family could have more income. I think Zhang Daming is a good kid, and I didn’t want his education to be cut short because of poverty!” Jingxue said.

"Young Miss, you are doing a good deed. I believe good people will be rewarded!" Manager Cai praised sincerely.

Jingxue didn't think that much about it. The education she received from her family and school in modern times, as well as the influence of society, made her unconsciously reach out to help others, provided that the other person was a good person.

After giving Manager Cai a few more instructions, Jingxue asked him to call the shop's coachman to take her and Runyue back to the Prince's Mansion.

The most lively place that night was Prime Minister Zou's house.

After dinner, Prime Minister Zou drank tea in his study for a while before going to the secret room below the study.

As soon as he entered, he felt something was wrong. After looking again carefully, he realized that the boxes against the wall were gone.

His head buzzed, and he turned and left the secret room.

"Somebody come!"

A voice immediately answered from outside, "Prime Minister, what are your orders?"

"Summon Zhang Lin, the head of the guards, over here!"

"Yes, Prime Minister."

A short while later, a burly man entered the study. "Prime Minister, what are your orders?"

Prime Minister Zou sat in his chair, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot. "Was there anything unusual in the manor last night?"

Zhang Lin paused for a second before replying, "Your Excellency, there was nothing unusual in the manor last night!"

"The valuables in the mansion have been stolen!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lin was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a thud. "Your Majesty, this servant has failed in his duty! But everything was peaceful and quiet in the manor last night, nothing at all!"

Prime Minister Zou stood up in anger and paced back and forth in the room. "Go! Take your men and search every courtyard!"

Zhang Lin knelt on the ground, trembling. "Prime Minister, may I ask, what valuables have been stolen from the manor?"

Prime Minister Zou gritted his teeth and said, "Twenty-odd boxes!"

Zhang Lin felt everything in front of him was swaying. He thought to himself, "With so many things lost, I probably won't be able to do this job. The job is a small matter; I'm not even sure if I can save my life!"

"This servant will go and check each courtyard immediately!"

Prime Minister Zou's mind was a bit muddled. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and then said, "Don't make this public, lest it cause unnecessary panic and trouble. Investigate secretly, without alerting them. In addition, focus on investigating whether any outsiders have entered the residence in the past few days, and whether anyone in the residence has gone out. Whoever it is, investigate thoroughly. Don't let any suspicious person slip by, understand?"

"Slave understands!"

The Prime Minister's residence did not have guards or secret agents, but Zhang Lin and his men were all skilled in martial arts. Who could have taken so many large boxes without anyone noticing?

Strangely, he didn't take the jade ornaments from the curio cabinet, nor did he take many precious calligraphy and paintings and silver notes from his study. Why was that?

Could it be that the thief knew that all these things in the secret room were...?

He couldn't even report the loss to the authorities, because if he did, he wouldn't be able to explain where the items came from, mainly because they were too valuable.

This loss in silence almost gave Prime Minister Zou a heart attack. He didn't know where to put the remaining gold and silver in his house. The gold and silver jewelry in those boxes was worth nearly a million!

Suddenly a thought flashed through his mind, but it was too fast for him to grasp. What was it?

Prime Minister Zou didn't sleep all night, and neither did Zhang Lin and his men. They searched all the courtyards but found nothing!

On the same night, the retired emperor came to Lengyan Palace, where Jingzhiyuan and Lady Li had already gone to sleep.

However, having fought for many years, he was very vigilant. When he noticed someone in the courtyard, he put on his clothes and opened the door. It was only a few days past the fifteenth of the lunar month, and the moon was still very bright.

Upon seeing who it was, Jing Zhiyuan was about to kneel down.

"Let's go inside and talk!" the retired emperor said in a low voice.

The retired emperor, accompanied by two golden-armored guards, opened a door to a nearby room. The guards lit an oil lamp with a lighter and then left.

"Thump!" Jing Zhiyuan knelt on the ground. "Your subject Jing Zhiyuan pays his respects to His Majesty the Retired Emperor!"

The retired emperor did not ask him to get up; he sat down on the stool himself, his old face as cold as ice.

After a long pause, the retired emperor sighed and said, "Get up!"

Jing Zhiyuan stood up, and the Emperor Emeritus said, "You've been back for several days now. Do you have anything to say to me?"

"I have so much to say to the Emperor Emeritus, but I don't know where to begin!"

Do you feel wronged?

Jing Zhiyuan lowered his head, "It's not entirely unjust. It was indeed a dereliction of duty by a guilty official, allowing others to take advantage of the situation..."

"Is that all? Do you know what the consequences will be if you are not guarding the border? General Xue was appointed to this critical mission, but he is not familiar with the situation there at all. How can I trust you? And the evidence against you is irrefutable. What can the court do about you? How could such a thing happen to you?" The Emperor Emeritus wanted to smash the table.

What could Jing Zhiyuan say?

The retired emperor then added, "Fortunately, you raised a good daughter! And you've raised her well."

When Jing Xue was mentioned, Jing Zhiyuan had his doubts, but he couldn't say anything to the Emperor Emeritus. He could have his own doubts, but he couldn't let others doubt Jing Xue as well.

"How are things between Xue'er and the War King?"