readytorunbook Chapter 484: Two Adults Are Henpecked
Chapter 484: Two Adults Are Henpecked
Unless they were extremely brave, they would not dare to question the Emperor and the Empress in such a place as to why they had been summoned here.
Gu Jianchu, on the other hand, took a sip of tea and said casually, "You two adults are also victims. Let's not let them stand here. Bring a stool for you and your wives to sit on."
After all, this is the Shangshu Mansion, and the servants around the Queen can't find any stools. They can only order the servants in the Shangshu Mansion to move stools and prepare tea.
There was not enough charcoal in the room and it was very cold. After sitting down, the two adults put their hands behind their backs, looking guilty and not daring to look into the eyes of the Emperor and Empress.
Frost Resurrection held up a booklet and reported, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, according to the sales records in the booklet, I have led people to search one by one. Only the wives of Lord Wu and Lord Bai have lost their jewelry. The others have not lost anything. They even brought out complete sets of head ornaments for me to see. In addition, I also sent someone to the Gold Building. They said that every customer's purchase will be recorded one by one, and there will be absolutely no omissions. They will also use this record to count the warehouse once a month and compare it with the account book. If there are any omissions, they will find them during the inventory or verification."
"I understand." Gu Jianchu waved his hand, and Shuangjiang naturally stood up and stepped aside to wait for instructions.
Gu Jianchu's gaze fell on the two ladies, and he asked gently, "I wonder how the two ladies lost their jewelry? Is this the only set they lost?"
[Mr. Wu and Mr. Bai are both henpecked. However, the stricter their wives are, the more likely they are to fall for a gentle and uninhibited girl and be seduced.]
[Speaking of which, these two men are quite funny, and their experiences are somewhat similar. They were both favored by the women trained by Cao Li, and then they used all means to seduce them. Because they were henpecked, they began to struggle with wanting to break up, but the women also attached themselves to them. They wanted to get rid of them, but they had no money. They could only steal their wives' things and give them to the women, and then send them away, barely covering up the matter.]
It's really rare to find two adults with similar experiences at the same time.
Lord Wu served in the Privy Council and held the second rank, so his position was naturally higher than Lord Bai, the deputy commander of the Palace Front Department. Therefore, when answering the Queen's questions, it was naturally Lord Wu's wife, Nalan, who responded first.
Nalan was wearing a crescent-colored dress and a velvet flower on her head. She sat there upright, and it was obvious that she had a relatively high status in the family.
If she remembered correctly, Nalan's maternal family was the Nalan General's Mansion of the previous dynasty. The General's Mansion had been bankrupt over the years, but Nalan still had the boldness that a daughter of a General's Mansion should have.
"Your Majesty, I have no idea how this jewelry was lost. I only realized it was missing when I was wearing it. I immediately sealed off the mansion and searched thoroughly, even the maids' and servants' quarters, but I couldn't find it. Furthermore, not only this set was lost, but also a set of exquisite pearl headpieces. And the thief didn't steal the entire set, but only took two or three pieces from each set."
"Since it wasn't a maid in the mansion who stole it, then it must have been an outsider. I originally wanted to report it to the authorities, but the Lord said that reporting it would reflect badly on him and might even affect his career, so I didn't report it. I just didn't expect the Empress's people to find out."
After Nalan had finished answering the Queen's questions, Zhou continued, "Your Majesty, the story of how this subject lost her jewelry was similar to Madam Nalan's. In both cases, I lost my jewelry when I was wearing it, so I ordered people to search the mansion. On weekdays, this subject rarely goes out, and doesn't have many friends. Even if they do, they only see them in the hall and never bring them to our room. So, this jewelry must have been stolen by someone close to her. However, despite searching over and over again, we haven't found the whereabouts of the jewelry, nor the thief. However, after this investigation, the jewelry hasn't been lost again."
"I had no choice but to give up and not continue searching. However, I also asked the maids accompanying me to be on the lookout. It was the maid with dirty hands who stole it."
"I thought it would be difficult to report to the police if I had no evidence, so I didn't report it. However, two months passed and no one was caught. My jewelry hadn't been lost again. But when I went to investigate, it had already been pawned and sold. And with such a big fuss, they didn't dare to take any action."
"Well, even if no outsiders entered, the husbands of the two ladies are both military officers. I don't think there would be any blind thief who dares to steal into your mansions. It must be done by someone in the mansion. I wonder if the two ladies have really checked it out?" Gu Jianchu asked again.
Nalan and Zhou looked at each other, not understanding why the Queen asked this question, as she had already answered it very clearly just now.
Nalan looked at the Queen and nodded suspiciously, "Your Majesty, we've checked everything thoroughly. From the maids serving you to the servants cleaning the place and the kitchen staff buying things, we've searched the entire mansion from top to bottom, but we haven't found anything. Even if a rat stole it, the hole should have been there. But we haven't found the stolen goods, so we have to give up."
"I think so too." Zhou echoed.
Gu Jianchu's eyes fell gently on the two adults and asked again, "Have you ever questioned your husbands?"
"Of course not. How could he steal my things..." Nalan suddenly reacted halfway through her words. She glanced at her husband with hesitation, then looked at the queen again.
Since the Emperor and the Empress came to them today with their lost stolen goods, they must have found the thief, otherwise how would they know that they were the ones who lost the things.
The question asked by the queen also has a special meaning.
Nalan pretended not to understand and asked, "What does the Queen mean by this?"
As Nalan spoke, she looked at Lord Wu, only to see that Lord Wu had a guilty expression on his face, with beads of sweat the size of beans constantly oozing out. His fingers tucked into his sleeves were trembling slightly, and his eyes were constantly dodging. Nalan had lived with him for so many years, how could she not know what his evasive look meant.
I'm afraid the lost item is related to my husband.
At that time, Lord Wu really couldn't get the money from his family, so he could only use his wife's jewelry to get rid of the man. It was a piece of jewelry, and he could fool his wife and get over it. It was not a big deal at all. However, Lord Wu never expected that this matter would not only be discovered, but also discovered by the emperor and empress.