Xiao Yan sat on the main seat in the center of the front hall, and Luo Yao sat on the left side of him.
The concierge brought a few people from the government office in. The head of the government office, Mr. Liu, took out a package of things. They bowed respectfully to Xiao Yan and Luo Yao.
"What do you want to do with the princess?" Xiao Yan asked, staring at Liu Captou.
Liu Captou bowed his hands respectfully and said: "I found two sneaky people while patrolling the streets today. I caught one of them and found something from this person."
After saying that, Capt. Liu opened the package in his hand and spread it out in front of Xiao Yan.
With just one glance, Xiao Yan recognized these things and gave Luo Yao a stern look.
Luo Yao was confused and had no idea what was happening.
"I saw at a glance that these things were royal items. It is a serious crime to resell royal items privately. I immediately reported it and verified the whereabouts of these things with the palace stewards. Only then did I learn..."
Liu Captou glanced at Luo Yao and did not dare to continue.
At this time, the man brought by Liu Captou hurriedly kowtowed and said, "My lord, please spare my life. I don't know that these things are royal belongings. If I did, I wouldn't dare to accept them even if I had a hundred courages." Something!"
Xiao Yan's eyes shifted from the man to Luo Yao, and asked coldly: "Give me a reasonable explanation."
"..."
She had no idea what was going on, how could she explain it?
Seeing that she had no reaction, Xiao Yan stood up and threw the pile of things on the table next to Luo Yao.
"How dare you take the Queen Mother's reward and sell it!"
Not caring to reply, she was dumbfounded when she saw the pile of things on the table.
She hurriedly picked up the jewelry and inspected them one by one. After careful inspection, she was sure that these items were the ones gifted by the Queen Mother. She was even more dumbfounded.
All the things given by the Queen Mother were put away by Xiangxue, and Xiangxue also reminded her that selling the gifts was a serious sin, so how could she dare to sell them.
Seeing that she had a strange look on her face and didn't speak for a long time, Xiao Yan shouted sharply: "What else do you have to say?"
"I didn't sell anything given by the Queen Mother."
Xiao Yan pointed to the things on the table, "Then how do you explain these things?"
"I……"
"Bring Xiangxue in."
Wuhen, who was guarding outside the hall, brought Xiangxue into the hall.
Xiao Yan looked at Xiangxue who was kneeling in the hall, "Did your master instruct you to sell these things?"
"The princess did not instruct the slaves to sell the rewards from the queen mother. I beg the prince to find out." Xiangxue explained hurriedly.
"Everything is here, and you still want to deny it?"
Xiangxue was so anxious that tears fell down, and she shook her head in denial, "Everyone knows that selling the reward is a serious crime, and we dare not commit it knowingly."
Xiao Yan turned to look at Luo Yao, "Where is the reward the Queen Mother gave you? If you can't get it, you will not be able to escape the crime of selling the Queen Mother's reward."
"The reward given by the Queen Mother is in my room." Luo Yao said.
Xiao Yan sneered and ordered in a deep voice, "Wuhen, take Xiangxue to the abandoned courtyard to get it."
"yes."
Not long after Wuhen left with Xiangxue, Liu Yinyin came with Mudan.
Liu Yinyin entered the front hall with an anxious look and stood next to Xiao Yan, "Why are all the government officials here? What happened to our house?"
Xiao Yan glanced at her with a sad face and had no intention of replying.
She glanced at the people in the hall, then turned her attention to Luo Yao and the pile of rewards, "Isn't this something from the palace? Why is it here?"
"Miss Liu has really good eyesight. She recognized this as something belonging to the palace at a glance." Luo Yao retorted sarcastically.
The vendors who resold jewelry didn't recognize these items as belonging to the palace. How did Liu Yinyin recognize them?
As Liu Yinyin, she should have never been to the palace, let alone seen the things in the palace. Why did she think that these things were the things in the palace?
After being stunned for a moment, Liu Yinyin explained calmly, "I saw that these jewelry are finely made and are different from the ordinary jewelry sold in the market. They can only be found in the palace."
"You're really good at guessing, and you'll hit the mark right away."
Liu Captou had just arrived at the house with his officials, and Liu Yinyin came right after him, as if she knew there was a lot of fun and must come over to take a look.
It's not a coincidence, it can only be premeditated!
Liu Yinyin rolled his eyes, as if he had thought of something, and asked with surprise on his face: "I heard that the last time the princess went to the palace to pay respects to the queen mother, the queen mother gave many rewards. Could this be the reward given to the princess by the queen mother? What exactly is this? what's going on?"
"You know so much." Luo Yao rolled her eyes at her and sneered.
Liu Yinyin hurriedly turned back to Xiao Yan and advised softly: "Brother Li Wang, don't be angry. The princess may be short of money, so she sells the Queen Mother's things."
Luo Yao went back to the Prime Minister's Mansion last time and asked the Prime Minister and his wife for the family property left by her mother.
Today, I had an unpleasant quarrel with the Prime Minister's wife because of family finances. It seems that she is indeed short of money, so it is not surprising that she would sell off the rewards.
There is a motive, but now there is a lack of evidence.
Not long after, Wuhen came back with Xiangxue empty-handed.
Wuhen shook his head at Xiao Yan and then stepped aside.
Xiangxue lowered her head and knelt mechanically on the ground as if she had lost her soul. She had no explanation.
She clearly put the Queen Mother's reward in the drawer of Luo Yao's wardrobe, why did it disappear?
Xiao Yan looked livid and raised his voice to ask Luo Yao, "What else do you have to say now?"
Ignoring his question, Luo Yao quickly came to Xiangxue, "Xiangxue, where are the things?"
Xiangxue raised her eyes and looked at her, tears falling down her cheeks, and her body began to tremble.
She squatted in front of Xiangxue, grabbed Xiangxue's shoulders and asked, "Don't cry! What's going on?"
"Everything is...gone."
Her eyebrows suddenly knitted together, "Why is it missing? Have you looked for it elsewhere?"
"My slave... I've searched all over the house, everything is gone, everything is gone." Xiangxue cried until her voice trembled, and she stumbled to answer her.
The things were properly placed in her room, how could they be missing! ?
Luo Yao's brain was swollen and she quickly recalled what was going on.
In the past few days, except for the last time she returned home and today, she and Xiangxue had never left the abandoned courtyard. When did the things disappear?
Could it be...
She reacted suddenly, got up and walked back to Xiao Yan, "Someone has been to our yard and deliberately took things away, trying to frame us."
After hearing her words, Liu Yinyin couldn't help laughing.
After suppressing her smile, Liu Yinyin answered first, "Now that things are like this, the princess has admitted it. Please admit your mistake to brother Li Wang and apologize quickly! Otherwise, when the matter gets bigger, it will be difficult for it to reach the ears of the Queen Mother. Done."
"I repeat, we did not sell the Queen Mother's reward!"
She will never admit to anything she didn't do!
"There are all the witnesses and material evidence, but you still dare to arrogantly deny it. Is this how you waste the Queen Mother's protection and love for you?" Xiao Yan turned pale with anger.
