C26 A Hundred Thousand Taels of Silver for Keeping Watch

"Then let's invite Nanny Lin. Even if it's a conviction, we should make it clear to you."

With Aunt Bai 's unwavering belief, Xu Zhaoning couldn't help but look deeply into her eyes. Everything that had happened within the Pine Crane Court were all within Xu Zhaoning's predictions. Even the scene within the Emerald Court had been orchestrated by her.

Because she was the one who knocked on the door to Emerald Court, and also the one who took the silver notes in Lin Loong's box. The only thing she didn't expect was that Aunt Bai would be so cooperative with her performance. This woman was either really sweet and silly, or she was extremely scheming. However, based on her ability to compete with Lin Loong for so many years without being injured at all, she definitely wasn't sweet and silly.

Not only was she not stupid, she was even more likely to be ranked higher than Lin Loong. Xu Zhaoning thought that the Loyalty Duke's Mansion would become more interesting from now on.

When Nanny Lin was brought in, she glanced at Xu Zhaoning before striding forward with a stern voice and asked, "Nanny Lin, let me ask you something. Madam thinks that my family's peonies aren't clean, so what exactly did she take from you?"

Aunt Bai 's question came as a surprise to Nanny Lin. She looked hesitantly at Lin Loong, who opened her mouth to stop her, but was interrupted by Xu Zhaoning. "Does Madam think that you misunderstood Aunt Bai and Wu Yao?"

"How is this possible!" Lin Loong retorted conditionally.

"Peony took my wife's note for a hundred thousand taels of silver!" Almost at the same time, Nanny Lin shouted loudly.

Then, everyone within the Pine Crane Court was stunned.

Not to mention, how could a woman who lived in a room have 100,000 silver in cash and put it at home?

For example, the former Xu Zhaoningcai said that Lin Loong had stolen 100,000 silver from her mother's dowry shop, while the latter said that she had lost 100,000 silver from her mother's dowry shop. Wasn't this all too coincidental?

No one present was foolish. In a short period of time, they had all figured out this joint. All of a sudden, their gazes towards Lin Loong became strange.

As if nothing had happened, Xu Zhaoning shrugged her shoulders and said to Lin Loong, "Since Madam feels that it was Peony who took my banknotes, and she just so happens to be here, wouldn't it be fine if we searched her directly?" If it was really the peony, then she must return it. If it wasn't, then Madam must explain to me where my mother's one hundred thousand silver taels went. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind going to Empress Dowager to demand justice from her. "

"Are you willing to search me?" Aunt Bai asked in a voice that everyone could hear.

Peony sniffed and nodded her head, "I do. Although she's a girl, I don't want to live with the reputation of a thief for the rest of my life. After leaving the Emerald Court, since peony had never been anywhere before, Madam had insisted that peony had taken the silver notes, so let's search her body. However, Peony is also a person. If Madam does not find any silver notes, can you return Peony's innocence? "

With that, she stood in front of Lin Loong in a pained manner, with the intention of letting Lin Loong do whatever she wanted.

Since he wanted to search his body, he would have to take off his clothes. Since Xu Renyu was the only male in the room, he stood up and went to the inner room before anyone could open their mouth.

In the main hall, Lin Loong had already impatiently instructed Nanny Lin and Lily to take off their clothes. Even when Peony was stripped down to her undergarment and underpants, there was still no sign of the banknotes.

However, Lin Loong was still unsatisfied. She viciously slapped Peony on the face and coarsely asked, "Bitch, did you move the banknotes to somewhere else?"

Peony finally couldn't hold it in and burst into tears.

Aunt Bai no longer had her usual gentle and gentle appearance. She stood protectively in front of the peony and stared at Lin Loong. "Shouldn't Madame explain to us all that the guardians are stealing?"

"What do you mean by that!" Lin Loong was infuriated. She looked at Aunt Bai with a gaze that seemed like it was going to burn her.

Xu Zhaoning sighed and said, "Madam, those hundred thousand taels of silver were originally my mother's dowry. Even if they were to be confiscated, they should still be used on the brothers and sisters in the mansion. "But, Madam, not only did you not take it out, you even used such a cunning method to capture the thief. This is truly not something that should be done."

Xu Zhaoning's words contained technical content. She did not plan to take the 100,000 taels of silver. The head of the family could use it to split the 100,000 taels of silver evenly among the ladies who had yet to leave the house.

Aunt Bai had a girl named Miaoran, who was less than a year younger than Xu Yanran. Furthermore, she was now Old Duke's disciple. If the 100,000 taels were to fall into her hands, she would have to make up for it.

Mrs Xu had the same idea as Aunt Bai . All those years ago, when Rong Shuyun had married into Hou Mansion with her red makeup, everyone knew how much money her shop made. All these years, Madame Lin had constantly said that all those stores were losing money, and she hadn't thought much about it.

Not to mention what happened before, even in the current one hundred thousand taels, she still wanted to use such a vile name to call a thief and catch him. She was treating everyone as a fool. If this hundred thousand taels were in her hands, she would be able to receive more brothers from her mother's family. However, it just so happened that Lin Loong's heart was so greedy.

Mrs Xu was so angry that her heart ached. She slapped the table heavily. "Lin Loong, you must pay the hundred thousand silver taels. Otherwise, I will get my guest to divorce you and send you back to the Lin Clan."

Lin Loong had never expected things to turn out this way. Seeing Xu Zhaoning looking at her with such a calm and composed expression, she would have been a fool if she hadn't been able to see it.

Pointing at Xu Zhaoning, she screamed, "Scoundrel, you're the one who designed this, right?! You intentionally discussed it with the Bai Clan. Just how much did they give you to frame me like this? "

Xu Zhaoning only blinked her eyes and asked innocently, "Madam, what are you talking about? It was clearly you, Nanny Lin, who saw that the whereabouts of the peony was suspicious and treated her as a thief that stole your banknotes. You wanted Old Duke and the old lady to seek justice for you, so you ended up with Pine Crane Court.

I only found something wrong when I was checking the account books and exposed the fact that you, Madam, were greedy for 100,000 taels of silver. If Madam had sent this hundred thousand taels to me earlier, I would not have come in front of Old Duke.

"You!" Lin Loong only felt a sweet sensation in her throat as she spurted out a mouthful of blood.

That damned bitch, what a coincidence. Not only did she not receive a single cent, she had also offended everyone in the room. If possible, Lin Loong really could tear Xu Zhaoning's face apart with her bare hands.

"Enough! Since the Emerald Court wasn't stolen, Madame Lin, you should return the peony with your innocence. Since Sister Ning has said that she doesn't want these hundred thousand taels of silver, I will keep it for her. When your sisters leave the pavilion in the future, these silver taels will be used to make up for your loss. "Madame Lin, hand over the banknotes to me as soon as possible."

Xu Renyu walked out of the inner room with a cold expression. The bystanders were all clear about what was going on, so Xu Renyu could clearly see everyone's expression in the inner room. Mrs Bai and her husband had their own plans, but Zhaoning was the only one who had a pure heart, so he had to consider her.

After Xu Renyu finished his sentence, he heard Nanny Lin's surprised voice, "Madam, what's wrong?"

Lin Loong was so angry that she fainted …