Regent, please maintain your aloof image.

As a result, she came in again after a short while, "Miss, Miss Liu is here."

Just as she finished speaking, Liu Xiang walked in, "Third cousin."

"Why is my cousin Xiang'er here?"

Liu Xiang did not answer, but looked at the things she had packed, and a greedy look appeared in her eyes.

"I'm packing things up, so it's a bit messy. Please don't mind, Cousin Xiang'er."

"I apologize for disturbing you, Third Cousin. Please don't take offense."

"How could that be? Please have a seat, Cousin Xiang'er."

Liu Xiang walked over and sat down next to her.

"Chunzhu, look at the tea."

So Chunzhu poured Liu Xiang a cup of tea.

Then, Su Qianrou asked, "I wonder what brings my cousin Xiang'er here today?"

"I heard that my third cousin is going to a banquet at the Duke of Ming's mansion in three days. I wonder if I could come along?"

"My cousin Xiang'er is really well-informed. I just received the invitation and she's already here."

"Third cousin, please don't misunderstand. I just came back from outside and happened to run into a servant from the Duke of Ming's mansion delivering an invitation at the door, so I knew about it. I didn't mean to ask."

"Cousin Xiang'er, there's no need to explain. I believe you."

Then, Liu Xiang asked cautiously, "Would my third cousin be willing to take me with her?"

"As Cousin Xiang'er knows, we will be leaving the manor tomorrow, which may be inconvenient. Second Sister is also going, so why don't you let Second Sister take you?"

Liu Xiang was unwilling. Although Su Huaizhu was the daughter of a marquis, she was an illegitimate daughter. Moreover, Su Shenglin was currently without an official position. If she went with Su Huaizhu, she would be looked down upon. Su Qianrou, on the other hand, was different. She was a princess, and Su Jing'an was the Minister of Revenue. If she went with Su Qianrou, the young ladies would at least not look down on her, and might even flatter her.

It has to be said that she was too naive. She was just a commoner, and from a poor and remote place like Lingnan. Even if she had a good relationship with Su Qianrou, those young ladies would not look at her with respect. Moreover, she was just a distant relative and not close to Su Qianrou at all.

"If you find it troublesome, Third Cousin, I can come to you in advance, and then we can go together."

"I'm going with Miss Liu from the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion that day, so it's really inconvenient to bring my cousin Xiang'er along. You should find someone else for your cousin Xiang'er."

Liu Xiang wanted to say something more.

Su Qianrou really didn't want to deal with her anymore, so she said, "I still have things to do. If Cousin Xiang'er doesn't have anything else to do, why don't you go back first?"

Seeing her like this, Liu Xiang's temper flared up. She snorted coldly, stood up, and walked out without looking back.

Seeing this, Chunzhu was furious and couldn't help but say, "What kind of attitude is this? She still has the nerve to be angry. Doesn't she know who she is? How dare she ask Miss to take her to the banquet? Which young lady at the banquet isn't of higher status than her? She's not afraid of losing face, but Miss is!"

"Alright, why are you getting angry with her? Don't make yourself sick. Go and find out if Miss Liu has received the invitation. If she has, tell her that I will go with her that day."

"Yes, I'll go right away," she said, and quickly walked out.

Immediately afterward, Qinghui rushed in, "Miss, something terrible has happened! Madam and Third Madam are arguing!"

Su Qianrou sat up straight instantly and asked, "What happened?"

"The Third Madam suspected that we had stolen things from the Marquis's mansion, so she went to Siyi Courtyard to question the Madam. The Madam showed her the list, but she still didn't believe it. Then the Madam and the Third Madam started arguing. In the end, the Third Madam couldn't win the argument, so she sent someone to invite the Old Madam. I was afraid that the Madam would suffer a loss, so I came to find Miss to help the Madam."

"Let's go," Su Qianrou said, quickly getting up and walking out.

When she arrived at Siyi Courtyard, she saw Liu Meng blocking the entrance, preventing the servants from carrying things out.

"What is Third Aunt doing?"

Liu Meng turned to look at her, but only glanced at her and ignored her.

Su Qianrou entered the courtyard from beside her, then stood next to Lin Rong, giving her a wink to indicate that she would leave the matter to Lin Rong to handle.

Lin Rong understood, nodded, and remained silent.

Then, Su Qianrou looked at Liu Meng and said, "What's wrong? Is Third Aunt reluctant to let us leave, so she's blocking this way?"

Liu Meng didn't say anything, looking like she didn't want to talk to her.

Su Qianrou wanted to say something more, but then she saw the old lady and Lin Xiaoran walking over, so she didn't say anything.

"What happened?" the old lady asked with a dark face and a serious expression.

Upon hearing this, Liu Meng quickly turned to look at her and then complained, "Mother, you've finally arrived! If you had come any later, the Marquis's mansion would probably have been emptied out."

"Tell me what happened in detail."

"Yes, Father said that my second brother and his wife should leave with nothing, but my second brother and his wife disobeyed Father's orders and secretly moved our belongings out of the manor."

"Does Third Aunt have any evidence to support her claim?"

"How could there not be? Today you moved dozens of boxes of things away, enough for twenty-one carriages, and you haven't finished yet. If you weren't stealing from our Marquis's mansion, how could there be so much?"

Su Qianrou couldn't help but laugh, "This is the so-called evidence that Third Aunt is talking about. I thought Third Aunt saw us take things from the Marquis's mansion with her own eyes. It turns out it's just hearsay and nothing but empty words."

"Did I say something wrong?" Liu Meng said confidently.

"Third Aunt, you must have forgotten that when my mother married into the family, she had sixty-four loads of dowry. Adding my sister-in-law's dowry now, that alone would fill more than ten carriages. Where did all that come from?"

“Not only that, but I’ve also prepared a dowry for you,” Lin Rong said.

"There couldn't possibly be as many as twenty-one carriages."

"That's right, second sister-in-law. If you return the items, we'll pretend nothing happened. Otherwise, don't blame us for being ruthless and reporting it to the authorities."

"Then let's report it to the authorities. It'll be a good opportunity for everyone to see how cowardly, afraid of death, selfish, and greedy the Marquis of Anping's family is... oh, and also how profit-driven and greedy they are," Su Qianrou mocked.

Lin Xiaoran was just saying it; she didn't have the guts to actually say anything, so she remained silent.

“Didn’t your aunt say she was going to report it to the authorities? Go ahead and report it. If they find out we took something from the Marquis’s mansion, that’s fine. But if they don’t find out, then don’t blame me for not showing any kinship and charging you with slander.” After saying that, he looked at Chunzhu and asked in a fake manner, “Chunzhu, what is the punishment for slandering the princess?”

"Miss, administer thirty strokes of the cane."

"How about it? Should I send someone to invite the people from the Dali Temple?"

Lin Xiaoran, who had been so arrogant before, immediately cowered and stopped talking.

The old lady angrily retorted, "How dare you! Don't think that just because you've become a princess you can be so disrespectful and disrespectful to your elders!"

“If I were disrespectful, I would have had you thrown out long ago. Why would I waste my breath here?”

"You...you've gone too far! How dare you speak to me like that?"

"If you can do such shameless things, what wouldn't I dare to do? You still expect me to respect you? Dream on. Alright, we still need to pack our things, so please excuse us." Then, Su Qianrou said, "Chunzhu, Qinghui, pass on the word: take everything that belongs to us, without exception. Even if you don't want it, throw it away. Don't leave it behind. As for the Marquis's property, we don't want it even if you give it to us."

“Yes, Miss,” Chunzhu and Qinghui replied in unison.

"Mother, let's go inside first."

"it is good".

Then, Su Qianrou helped Lin Rong inside.

The old lady was furious, as were Lin Xiaoran and Liu Meng.

"Madam, First Madam, Third Madam, please make way, you are blocking the way." Actually, Qinghui wanted to say that a good dog doesn't block the way, but her status didn't allow her to say it that way, so she was more tactful.

The old lady glared at her, then turned and left.

Lin Xiaoran and Liu Meng followed closely behind.