northernbook Chapter 510: The Substituted Daughter (5)
Chapter 510: The Substituted Daughter (5)
"Master, Madam, I heard that the silver, deeds in our warehouse, and the betrothal gifts sent by the Seventh Prince are all gone!"
The housekeeper said with a frustrated look, "Our warehouse is only opened once every three days. This morning, when the accountant and I opened the door, we found that it was empty. There was nothing inside!"
"What!!!" Aunt Zhao and Minister Cui both fainted.
The housekeeper and maids quickly helped the two of them up, pinched their Ren Zhong points, and gave them water.
After a lot of trouble, the two finally woke up.
"Nichang, my Nichang's dowry!" Aunt Zhao then remembered that Madam Cui Yao also had a large sum of dowry silver brought from her natal family.
She quickly called the maid who was in charge of the key to the private vault and asked her to check the vault.
As expected, the private vault was empty enough to be used as a safe.
Aunt Zhao took a closer look and fainted again.
Su Li searched the palace carefully.
Those calligraphy and paintings, porcelain and land deeds were of no use to her. She only picked out gold, silver, treasures, corals, jade and other items that could be sold at a high price in the trading market.
She even did not spare the headgear of Concubine Xue and the Queen.
Afterwards, she went to the Prince's Mansion again.
This prince Junzhe hurt the original body so badly, he cannot be let off.
So, of course Su Li accepted all his gold, silver and treasures without any hesitation.
Moreover, Su Li also discovered an underground palace in the prince's mansion, which was filled with boxes of gold, silver and jewelry.
I don’t know where this guy got it, but its value is almost as much as the property in his father’s treasury.
There were not only gold, silver and treasures inside, but also a dragon throne made entirely of gold and a dragon robe.
After collecting all the things and leaving only the dragon robe, Su Li returned to Cui Mansion.
The Cui Mansion is now in chaos, and they are searching everywhere for the lost silver, land deeds, house deeds, etc.
Even the house where the original person lived was turned upside down.
At this moment, no one cared why Su Li was not in her room.
To them, the second young lady of the Cui family is just a nobody with a very low sense of existence.
Su Li didn't care. Anyway, there would be someone to clean up if they made a mess.
She directly called the maid who served her original body, "Chunlan, clean up my room."
The maid named Chunlan went in reluctantly to clean up.
Su Li went to Aunt Zhao, now Mrs. Cui's room.
Mrs. Cui was holding Aunt Zhao's face and looking at Su Li with tears in her eyes, her eyes full of guilt and expectation.
Su Li curved her lower lip in a sarcastic tone, "Now that you know I'm your daughter, do you regret it? Do you want to make amends?"
Mrs. Cui nodded quickly to indicate that this was exactly what she meant.
"Sorry, it's too late. You don't have a chance to make it up to me! Your real daughter was killed by you a long time ago!"
Seeing her face full of doubts, Su Li said indifferently, "Isn't it strange? Then I will kindly tell you the truth!"
Su Li pointed at her forehead, and the original body's past experiences sank into her forehead.
Mrs. Cui's body froze, and after digesting all the memories, tears of regret appeared on her face.
When she opened her eyes again, there was only despair and endless regret on her face.
Su Li ignored her and turned and left her room.
Soon, news came from the Imperial Palace and the Prince's Mansion about stolen treasures. The entire capital was shocked and everyone felt in danger.
Su Li, on the other hand, found a busy restaurant and listened to gossip about the capital when he had nothing to do.
For example, the emperor's health had recovered a lot, and he cancelled the appointment of the crown prince as regent.
In addition, the palace was robbed, and the emperor thought it was due to the prince's poor management, so he punished him by confining him to the prince's mansion.
He personally sent people to investigate the theft of the national treasury and the disappearance of the seventh prince.
On the night that the prince was under house arrest, Cui Nishang was taken into the prince's mansion.
A sedan chair for four people and several servants carried some of her spare clothes, cloth, etc.
As for valuable things, there was nothing there.
Aunt Zhao wanted to give it, but the entire Cui Mansion had been looted. She was a concubine, so where would she get the money for a dowry?
Cui Nishang was carried into the Prince's Mansion in a sedan chair unwillingly and helplessly.
She thought that what was waiting for her was a life of luxury in the future, but she didn't expect this!
She was actually taken by the steward of the Prince's Mansion to a dilapidated courtyard.
"You, what do you mean? I am the prince's woman, how can I live in a place where even dogs don't live?" Looking at the weeds in the yard and the rotten door frame, Cui Nishang was angry.
"Hey, you've come to the Prince's Mansion, why are you still putting on airs like a young lady? Let me tell you, the Prince has so many women, and you're just a Fengyi, only slightly higher than a Tongfang. How dare you put on such a face in front of me?" The housekeeper, who had already been punished for the loss of money in the Prince's Mansion, now vented his anger.
He waved his hand, and three or four servants behind him stepped forward.
The housekeeper immediately said, "The prince has ordered that if Cui Fengyi disobeys discipline, she should be taught a lesson. Come on, slap her in the face!"
Several servants obeyed the order, held Cui Nishang down tightly, and started slapping her left and right.
The butler standing by was very proud.
He was also able to understand his master's thoughts.
The Crown Prince married the Cui family's legitimate daughter in order to humiliate the Cui family and the Seventh Prince who had defected to the Seventh Prince.
Therefore, an order had been issued long ago that if Cui entered the mansion, she would be treated as a concubine.
Tongfang is actually a maid. She serves at night and works during the day.
Therefore, the housekeeper directly arranged such a shabby courtyard for Cui Nishang.
clap clap!
The servant used great force, and every strike made Cui Nishang scream.
After a while, a trace of blood appeared at the corner of her mouth, and her cheeks became red and swollen like a pig's head.
The housekeeper saw that it was almost done, so he stopped the servant and said to Cui Nishang, who was lying on the ground, "Cui Fengyi, do you really think that the prince married you so that you can enjoy a good life? Haha, your 'good days' are still to come!"
He deliberately emphasized the word "good days", then pointed at the weeds in the yard and said, "The prince has ordered you to pull out all the weeds in the yard tonight, otherwise you will not be allowed to eat tomorrow!"
Afterwards, he sent the servants who came with the dowry from the Cui Mansion out of the Prince's Mansion.
Cui Nishang stayed in the destroyed yard stupidly, with a look of despair on her face.
Why was this different from what she expected?
Why did the prince treat her like this?
It must be because the prince has never seen her. If he had seen her, he would never be so cruel to her!
Cui Nishang claims to be the most beautiful woman in the capital. Anyone who has seen her will surely fall at her feet.
So, she wiped the tears from her burning face and planned to go find the prince.
She wanted the prince to beat to death those dogs and slaves who had committed treason with sticks, only then could she vent her hatred.