The bright moon hangs high, the moonlight pours in the lotus pond, like gold sinking in the water, emitting a sparkling golden light, and at night, the insects chirp, like the sound of the harp.

On the other side of the lotus pond, it is full of lights and wine, staggered, full of voices, and the sound of silk and bamboo is endless, so lively.

Before you know it, the banquet is coming to an end, and the ministers are full of food and drink, and they all say goodbye contentedly.

For this banquet, overall, it was a success.

Since Qin Xue first married into the prince's mansion, the emperor has rewarded him more abundantly. Qin Xuechu didn't care about rewarding these things at first, but after the banquet was over, she flipped through them at random, but unexpectedly she found that something was missing from the box.

"No, I saw a very beautiful necklace, why is it missing." At this time, Qin Xuechu flipped over and over, muttering in his mouth.

When Qin Xuechu came back just now, he opened the box and looked at it, and he took a fancy to this necklace at a glance.

Now I want to find out and take a look, but I can't turn it over, which makes Qin Xuechu very puzzled.

She saw it clearly, and she was sure that she would not be mistaken, the necklace was not big, but it was very eye-catching.

At this time, Qin Xuechu knew that he must rectify the prince's mansion well.

Day and night, it is difficult to prevent thieves.

Although there was a big banquet today and there was a lot of traffic, the guests were all courtiers, and it was impossible for them to be so stupid as to steal some small treasures.

From this, it can be concluded that it must be a thief.

As for the treasury in the prince's mansion, it was all taken care of by the housekeeper, Chu Xinying didn't pay attention to it at all, naturally, there must have been greedy minions who took some of it away.

Qin Xuechu doesn't care very much about money, she is never stingy, but she can't see others doing these things like stealing chickens and dogs.

"Xuanyi, have you ever seen anyone move here?" The thief must be found.

"The slave has been following you all the time, and I haven't seen it." Xuanyi shook her head, "What's wrong?" Could it be that someone stole something? Who is so bold as to dare to steal something from the emperor? ”

"It's not that you haven't seen the minions in the Prince's Mansion, a few of them are loyal, and they just bully the Eighth Prince." Qin Xuechu held back his anger and sighed a few times in a row.

This thief has little guts, and in order not to be noticed, he can only pick some small items to make it easy to carry.

How could he have thought that the necklace that he had just stolen was Qin Xuechu's first sight, and it could only be regarded as his bad luck.

"So, what are you going to do with it, Princess?" Xuan Yi asked.

"This matter should not be publicized, as if this incident has not happened, let the thief take it lightly, and we will investigate privately." Then, Qin Xuechu looked at Xuan Yi and asked, "You help me keep an eye on the other maids and see what strange behaviors they have." ”

I saw Xuan Yi knock on his forehead violently and said, "The slave suddenly remembered something, and I always forgot to tell you before." ”

Qin Xuechu listened attentively, and Xuan Yi said slowly: "Once I accidentally saw Xiaocui's locker and found that there were a lot of valuable jewels hidden in it, and this cabinet has always been locked. Usually she opens it sneakily and never lets anyone notice it, but when I went back to change my clothes that day, I saw her talking to herself with the jewels. ”

"It could be her own." Without evidence, I don't dare to wronged a person casually.

Xuan Yi nodded, but still felt that something was wrong: "It doesn't look like it, the slave always thinks that these jewels are not clean." ”

Of course, this has to be investigated, and Qin Xuechu handed over this important task to Xuanyi.

Because it was the necklace that was lost, the woman liked this trinket, and it was probably stolen by some maid. This is the first possibility.

Another possibility is that the manservant of the family is greedy for money, or in debt, and is in urgent need of money, and such a person will definitely find a suitable time to go to the pawnshop and exchange the jewelry for gold.

The mysterious disappearance of the necklace made Qin Xuechu have to count the treasury of the Prince's Mansion, although it has always been managed by the housekeeper, but the Eight Prince's Mansion is mixed, and the housekeeper may not be credible.

Sure enough, the housekeeper did do something to the ledger, and thought he was seamless.

The money in the prince's palace was almost always a reward, and every time there would be a holy decree, and the holy decree clearly wrote how much jewels and how much silver. There is also a part of Chu Xinying's Yulu, which has data.

Thanks to Qin Xuechu's patience, he finally sorted out the treasury and found that the treasury was much empty.

"Say, where did some of the money in the treasury go?" Qin Xuechu ordered someone to tie up the housekeeper and asked.

But the butler still didn't admit it: "The little one doesn't understand what you mean by that." ”

"You still want to quibble? I really don't think I'll settle accounts! After that, a whip was slapped on the butler's back, and Qin Xuechu said ruthlessly, "Don't think that the Eighth Prince is stupid, you can do whatever you want, I tell you, as long as I, Qin Xuechu, am here, you don't want to succeed." ”

The housekeeper still doesn't tell the truth.

Another whip, the intensity increased a few points, and the housekeeper couldn't help but convulse and shouted for help in his mouth.

"It's useless to shout for help, if you don't tell the truth, don't blame me for being merciless!" Qin Xuechu chuckled.

After several consecutive whips, the butler finally admitted: "It's me, it's me who took it." ”

"What did you do with it?" This money must be returned.

"I gave it to Xiao Cui." The butler bowed his head in shame.

Sure enough, Xiaocui also has a problem, no wonder she has to lock it up with a few locks.

The two returned all the stolen things and checked the amounts, but they still didn't find the necklace, so besides them, there were people with unclean hands and feet.

Of course, in the past few days, Qin Xuechu has arranged all the pawnshops in the city, and has also made the shopkeeper keep an eye on him.

The thief finally couldn't hold it back, he thought that after so long, no one should be held accountable.

Unexpectedly, he was caught red-handed.

"Princess, just spare the villain. It's the first time I've done it before, so forgive me this time, I wouldn't have done it if I hadn't been called for a debt. ”

I saw a person in front of Qin Xuechu who kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"Stealing, only 0 times and countless times. Your hands are dirty, and you think you can wash them clean? For this kind of person, Qin Xuechu will not sympathize.

Moreover, Qin Xuechu also inquired about other subordinates, this person has many lies, greedy for life and afraid of death, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, and has countless shortcomings.

For this reason, these three people are not only as simple as rolling up and leaving together, Qin Xuechu also reported to the official, and it is estimated that they will not be able to come out for three or five years.

This can be regarded as clearing the obstacles for the Eight Princes' Mansion.

These people are moths to the Eight Princes' Mansion, and after a long time, the Eight Princes' Mansion will be hollowed out.

"This is the end of stealing, this princess hopes that you will learn from this and don't do anything wrong, otherwise this princess will not spare you easily."