Chapter 19: The Theft of the Dowry

mentioned the dowry brought by Mrs. Xian, Liu Niangzi's eyes were deep, and her face was a little reminiscing: "Of course I remember that at that time, her dowry filled the vacant space of Prime Minister Liu's mansion, and Prime Minister Liu Cheng really had no choice but to put the banquet outside the door, which was in Kyoto at the time, but it was really talked about for a long time." ”

"In that case," Liu Yanxue pondered, "Does Mrs. Liu remember where my mother's dowry is?" ”

"This ......" Liu Niangzi was stunned for a long time before she shook her head hesitantly, "I have never been in charge of the house, and I don't know where the dowry goes, but there should be a record in the account book, I'll help you take a look." ”

Saying that, Liu Niangzi silently calculated the date of the dowry entering the house in her heart, and began to look at the whereabouts of the dowry more than ten years ago.

The dowry was sealed directly into the treasury of Prime Minister Liu's mansion, and it seems that it has never been opened since.

Probably figuring out the location of the dowry, Liu Niangzi pinched the copied dowry list, opened the door of the treasury with Liu Yanxue, and went in to count the dowry.

The mahogany box containing the dowry has become gray and dull after years of corrosion, Liu Niangzi found the dowry box marked No. 1, and carefully lifted the lid of the box: "Three pairs of South Sea pearls, a pair of mutton fat jade Buddhas, a set of gold jewelry, and a set of pearl jewelry......"

She was preoccupied with two things, looking at the list of dowries, reading the contents of the dowry with a little emotion, and looking at the box with her spare eyes.

But after opening the lid of the box, she was stunned directly: "Where's the thing?" ”

Hearing Liu Niangzi's exclamation, Liu Yanxue leaned over and took a look at the box, the box was empty, only one-third of the jewelry items were thinly paved with a layer, and the rest of the things that were not worth much silver were thrown under the box messily, as if they had been robbed by bandits.

After seeing the situation clearly, Liu Yanxue frowned slightly, opened the remaining boxes one by one, and found that the rest of the boxes were also missing a lot of things, and finally counted, and two-thirds of the dowry was gone!

The scale of the first lady's dowry is an existence that even the emperor is amazed by, and the value of the dowry is needless to say, the treasures inside are all worth a lot!

Two-thirds of these treasures are gone! Liu Niangzi's mind was dizzy, and she quickly sent someone to call Prime Minister Liu over.

Prime Minister Liu didn't know what urgency Liu Niangzi had, he knew that Liu Niangzi was not a targeted person, so he stopped working and followed the little girl to the warehouse.

After entering the warehouse, Mrs. Liu handed the list of dowries to Prime Minister Liu Cheng with a pale face: "Master, take a look." ”

"See what?" Prime Minister Liu Cheng took the list of dowries handed to him by Mrs. Liu suspiciously, and glanced at it a few times, "This is Mrs. Xian's dowry list, but what is wrong?" ”

"Master, look at this ......" Mrs. Liu dragged Prime Minister Liu and asked him to come to the side of the box to see the situation inside the box.

"How did you break up all the dowry? This is a dowry that even the Holy One has praised! If you take it apart at will, don't you disrespect Mrs. Xian? Seeing that the lids of the mahogany boxes were lifted, Prime Minister Liu reprimanded Mrs. Liu a few words.

He went to the side of the box and looked inside, and his original dissatisfaction turned into shock and panic: "Where's the thing?" ”

Seeing that Prime Minister Liu Cheng had discovered the problem, Mrs. Liu eagerly pulled Prime Minister Liu to look at the remaining boxes one by one, and roughly ordered the missing items: "Master, today Yanxue came to me and said that she remembered that the first lady had a lot of dowries, and she wanted to see the dowry, so the concubine looked through the list of dowries, but when she opened the box, she found that there were many things missing. ”

"The concubine and Yan Xue roughly estimated, and found that the missing dowry was millions of silver taels, the amount was too big, and the concubine didn't dare to dispose of it arbitrarily, so she could only find the master." Liu Niangzi looked at the box in horror, and did not forget to take the opportunity to touch the dust at the bottom of the box to clear herself of suspicion, "The master looks at the box, it is already full of dust, and the dowry has already been taken away!" ”

Millions of silver taels were lost in the mansion for some reason, and Rao is Prime Minister Liu Cheng was not short of silver, and he also felt that his flesh was in pain.

"Who ate the bear's heart leopard gall? Who exactly took it away, we must find out thoroughly! Prime Minister Liu released the anger in his heart and asked his subordinates to thoroughly investigate what had happened.

However, it is not difficult to find out, after the death of the first wife, it was Dou Yue'e who was in charge of the silver and treasury keys of the back house.

The key to the treasury has always been only Dou Yue'e, and even if Prime Minister Liu wants to open the warehouse, he has to find Dou Yue'e first.

"It can't be that Dou Yue'e has made false accounts again." Thinking of the fake account book that Liu Niangzi sorted out before, and thinking of Dou Yue'e quietly taking away hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from Prime Minister Liu's mansion, Prime Minister Liu felt that it seemed impossible for her to be greedy for some dowry.

After thinking about it for a while, Prime Minister Liu Cheng felt that no matter what, it must have something to do with Dou Yue'e, so he simply asked someone to call Dou Yue'e, who was grounded, over, and he wanted to ask about the situation carefully.

After Dou Yue'e was grounded by Prime Minister Liu, she could only recite scriptures in the Buddhist hall in fear all day long, pretending to copy scriptures for Prime Minister Liu, hoping that her piety could impress Prime Minister Liu and regain Prime Minister Liu's heart.

While she was copying the scriptures, there was a sudden call from a personal maid outside the door: "Madam, the master told you to go out." ”

Sure enough, her sincerity touched the heavens, and God was willing to let her meet Prime Minister Liu Cheng!

Thinking of this, Dou Yue'e stood up happily, walked quickly to the wing, rummaged in the cabinet, and finally chose a brightly colored, slightly revealing skirt, she stood in front of the mirror and looked at it, making sure that she was indeed a person with a hot body, so she was satisfied with light makeup, and followed the next person who was already waiting impatiently at the door, and went to the direction of the warehouse.

At first, Dou Yue'e thought that Prime Minister Liu Cheng was going to date her in the garden or in the wing, but the further she went, the more she felt that the direction was wrong.

"Where are we going?" After walking for half a quarter of an hour, Dou Yue'e asked the little guy who led the way with some uneasiness, but the little guy didn't say a word, only walked with his head down.

If it weren't for Dou Yue'e being sure that the little girl was indeed the one who followed Prime Minister Liu, maybe she would have run away directly.

"Sir, Madame has arrived." The little maid quickly led Dou Yue'e to the door of the warehouse, and then the two walked into the warehouse together.

Dou Yue'e tugged at the beautiful skirt on her body, and suddenly felt that she might have done something wrong.

How can anyone come to the treasury to talk about love? The master must have found something again, and he wanted to ask the master to ask for the guilt, so he let her come.

In this case, she should wear simple and even somewhat simple clothes in order to best win the pity of Prime Minister Liu.

Thinking of this, Dou Yue'e bit her lip and wanted to retreat.

It's a pity that she has already come here, and it's too late to retreat back to the courtyard, so she can only continue to walk hard until Prime Minister Liu Cheng.

Prime Minister Liu Cheng was also a little irritable waiting, but fortunately, Mrs. Liu was next to her and chatted with him considerately, so Prime Minister Liu Cheng would not immediately throw up his sleeves and leave.

Finally waiting for Dou Yue, Prime Minister Liu Cheng glanced at her, but found that Dou Yue'e was not dressed like burning incense and worshiping Buddha at all, and there was no place on her body that was plain.