If the aunt and the eldest son in the house were searched in public, and if word got out, they would no longer have to be human beings.
"Lian Suisui, I think you dare!"
Lian Jialiang stood up suddenly, and when he spoke, he pulled the wound on his face, which made him groan in pain.
"Brother?"
Lian Suisui asked suspiciously: "Why are you up so late at night and come to steal my dowry?"
Lian Jialiang's facial features were distorted and he covered half of his cheek.
"The family is talking about stealing. I just heard that my mother gave you a lot of rare treasures as a dowry. I just wanted to come and see them. I didn't expect that you would beat me up indiscriminately. With my face, how can I give it to you tomorrow?" Getting married?"
Lian Suisui gave a crooked smile.
"In the middle of the night, in the dark, you didn't go through the front door but came to climb the wall. I thought some thief had entered. I'm sorry, brother, I didn't mean it."
"By the way, why do you think your clothes look familiar? I thought it was a thief who stole it from my aunt's yard. It turns out to be Aunt Zhang..."
Zhang kept covering her face. Seeing that Lian Suisui had exposed her, she could only follow Lian Jialiang's words.
"I, I also heard the eldest young master talk about the dowry given by the madam to the third lady after dinner, and then I became curious. I wanted to broaden my horizons, and I was afraid that the madam would misunderstand, so I came up with such an idea..."
Both sides of her face were swollen, and bloodshot eyes oozed from the corners of her mouth. Even Suisui could barely hold back her laughter.
"Auntie, brother, this is your fault. Fortunately, you met me this time. If you were discovered by the guards first, you might have been beaten to death as a thief. Why didn't you say anything just now? If you had heard it earlier, It’s your voice, I will definitely show mercy.”
"Fortunately, Xiaotao and I are both women and have little strength in our hands. You are not seriously injured..."
Zhang's face was swollen like a pig's head, and Lian Jialiang's eye sockets were like panda eyes. His nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he didn't look like he was fine.
"Where is the thief? Have you caught him?"
Lian Fangyu came over before Qin, saw the scene clearly, frowned, and asked in a deep voice: "What's going on?"
"Daddy!"
Lian Jialiang wanted to complain, but Lian Suisui beat him to it.
"Dad, there is no thief, it's just a misunderstanding. I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so I got up for a walk and found two figures sneaking up the wall from here. I thought they were thieves, but I didn't expect it to be Aunt Zhang and my eldest brother who couldn't sleep and came out for a walk."
"My aunt and my eldest brother are the closest people to me. How could they steal my dowry and choose such an important day before I get married! They definitely didn't mean it."
Lian Suisui thoughtfully cleared the two of them up, but the picture became darker and darker. Anyone with a discerning eye would know what was going on.
"My aunt told my eldest brother that I wanted to see what dowry my mother gave me as a dowry. I was afraid that my mother would misunderstand me, so I wanted to climb the wall. Aunt Zhang is really considerate..."
The result was that everyone was mobilized and shouted out at such a late hour. It's really so considerate...
Lian Fangyu's face could not be darker, and he shouted suddenly.
"That's enough. Don't you think it's embarrassing enough? Go back to your own yard!"
Lian Suisui was frightened and looked at Qin who came in a hurry.
Lian Fangyu calmed down his temper.
"Let's all disperse. Tomorrow is a big day, so be alert. If you encounter a thief again, he will be beaten to death and sent to Jingzhao Yamen!"
Lian Fangyu wanted to preserve the reputations of Zhang and Lian Jialiang, but he felt they were embarrassed and didn't want to deal with it in front of others.
Mrs. Qin didn't say anything. She told her servants to take good care of things and comforted Lian Suisui to go back to her room to sleep.
Lian Suisui asked curiously: "Mom, why did Aunt Zhang steal my dowry?"
She was a stay-at-home woman, and all the expenses such as food, clothing, and housing were borne by the family. What was she doing stealing?
The mother and son were so stupid that they didn't bring a servant with them. After being caught, they could only think of a lame excuse to exonerate themselves.
There were some things that Qin didn't want to tell her.
"That's all, I should have told you these things a long time ago."
Lian Suisui became energetic and sat up holding the quilt. Could it be that she wanted to talk about the grudge between her and Lian Fangyu?
There is melon to eat!
"Your father has always wanted to plan for the position of Minister. A few years ago, he had already taken away all the money that could be used in the book for activities. Later, something happened to you, and the Yishantang case was implicated in Yao Shangshu. Yao Shangshu was dismissed by the emperor and questioned. Responsibility, our family is the master of suffering, in order to appease our family, the emperor asked your father to temporarily take over the responsibilities of the minister."
Mrs. Qin paused.
"Temporary replacement instead of direct promotion shows that the emperor is hesitant. It may also be that he has not found a suitable candidate for the time being, but your father is ready to move around and want to win the position of minister."
"He didn't take any money from me. I heard that Aunt Zhang gave him a thousand taels of silver a year ago, and then again."
At this point, Lian Suisui understood a little bit.
"Mom, you mean, Aunt Zhang wanted to help dad, but she didn't have any money, so she came to me with her idea?"
Mrs. Qin nodded.
Lian Suisui: "..."
"Does dad know?"
Mrs. Qin asked back: "Why do you think he didn't expose it just now and didn't get angry?"
In other words, was it actually Lian Fangyu who had the idea for her dowry?
No wonder none of the guards guarding the door noticed this sneaky mother and son. Everyone turned a blind eye.
Good guy!
"But if dad wants to use my dowry, you can tell me directly. Maybe he can coax me or give me some promise to paint the cake first. If I don't think well, he can just put it in the dowry." How many kilograms of golden lumps have been given to him..."
Speaking of this, Lian Suisui found it funny. Of course she couldn't be so stupid, but the original owner had this temper before. Lian Jialiang had deceived all the gold and silver in his hands. She also felt that Lian Jialiang was with her sister. Only talk to her when you have a good relationship.
Mrs. Qin laughed and shook her head.
"You are marrying the emperor's uncle. The dowry list has been reported to the court a long time ago. Even if your father can do anything in the Ministry of Etiquette, the Ninth Prince cannot do anything false."
"I didn't hide it from your father when I bought you a dowry, and because of his position, he could easily know what items in your dowry could be used. If you hadn't happened to meet me tonight, you might have waited ten years. It took eight years to find out that these things were missing.”
It is difficult to guard against domestic thieves.
Mrs. Qin admitted that she was careless this time. While she was blaming herself, her arm was held by someone.
"Mom, are you really happy in this home?"
Her husband teamed up with other women to plot against her, and her only daughter failed to live up to her expectations. Even Suisui could understand why Ms. Qin had been so cold to her before. After countless disappointments, any other woman would have gone crazy.
"Mom, I'm married, so you don't have to wrong yourself for me. Live the life you want and don't let yourself regret it."
Lian Suisui's dowry will be the richest in the entire capital city. Mrs. Qin gave her almost all of her original dowry, and the remaining assets in her mother's hands were only enough to barely cover the household expenses.
Such a decision would never leave a way out for herself, which meant that she had already been heartbroken.
Qin's mind wandered far away. When she first got married to Lian Fangyu, the two of them had been in love with each other and played the piano and the piano for a while.
It wasn't until Mr. Zhang knelt in front of her with a pregnant belly that she realized that Mr. Zhang was actually his engaged fiancée and that she had taken Mr. Zhang's position.
She had difficulty giving birth to a daughter, but they were planning to record Lian Jialiang in her name as his legitimate son so that he could inherit her property in the future...
They thought she was unconscious and didn't hear anything.
