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An Lingge revealed a shy and introverted smile, "This present is not some precious treasure, it's just a greeting for Third Aunt and the few sisters in Second Aunt, how can you let me be poor?"

The word 'precious' pierced the heart of the Madam Wang, causing her smiling face to freeze for a moment. Even the hand that was pulling An Lingge tightened abruptly.

"What happened to Second Aunt?" An Lingge looked at Madam Wang with concern, "Your face doesn't look too good, could it be that you didn't sleep well last night?"

No, she slept too well last night.

If not for the fact that he was too happy last night, he would have forgotten to send people to guard the warehouse when he got the key, so the warehouse would not be stolen.

Her expression changed as she pulled An Lingge's hand and sat down.

"Auntie won't hide it from you either." "Yesterday, the old lady handed over the storehouse to me to take care of. This morning, the storehouse lost a few things."

"The madame doesn't know about this yet. If she did, I wouldn't even know where to put my face."

These words of Madam Wang were sincere and not the least bit exaggerated.

She hoped that the servants would quickly find clues, capture the thief, and retrieve the stolen items. Only then, would she have the confidence to face the madame.

An Lingge's eyes flashed with surprise, and she gasped, "The Palace had never lost anything in all these years, could it be that he made a mistake?"

Madam Wang also felt that this matter was a somewhat strange coincidence. Back then, when the Old Prince was still alive, the manor had never been stolen either.

It just so happened that it was time for her to take care of the warehouse …

It was time for her to take care of the warehouse!

A flash of light flashed in the eyes of the Madam Wang, and in that split-second, a guess formed.

Maybe the thief who stole the treasury from the Madam Li was one of them.

She did so to embarrass herself in front of the madame and had no choice but to return the power in her hands.

If Madam Li had rushed to the warehouse long ago, not only to slap her face, but also to destroy the evidence?

"Little Ge, Aunt is asking you." Madam Wang pulled An Lingge, as they became extremely intimate, "Do you only have one key to this warehouse?"

An Lingge shook her head, "For all these years, the various matters of the palace have been handled by aunty. Little Ge is not really clear on that."

In other words, after being in the Madam Li for so many years, it was an easy task to send someone to attack him in the warehouse.

Madam Wang smirked, feeling that he was about to grab hold of Madam Li's weakness.

Whether it was intentional or not, she had gotten all sorts of information from An Lingge, such as which one was the most favored maid in the Madam Li, which one was the Madam Li's match wife, which ones had families in the Duke's Mansion, etc.

On the other hand, An Lingge was obedient, she would just say it out loud whenever Madam Wang was asked, and she would just shake her head if she didn't know the answer.

After asking for a long time, the Madam Wang finally found some useful things from those scattered questions.

After waiting for An Lingge to gather some more information, Madam Wang finally got people to send him off, and he turned to instruct his trusted aides.

Go, investigate the Hongtao beside Madam Li. She has a brother who works at the side of the prince, if these two people were to look into it together, I don't believe that these two didn't do anything at all.

An Lingge had already said that Madam Li would usually rely on that Hongtao the most, so she would give Hongtao about eighty to ninety percent of the things that she had ordered to do.

Furthermore, Hongtao also had a brother who was a servant by the prince's side. This way, if Madam Li wanted to do something, it would be even more convenient.

Madam Wang lowered his eyes, and blew at the Cloud Mist Mountain tea in front of him.

The servant girl that she had sent out was very clever, she could not find any useful information in the courtyard of Madam Li, she might as well not waste time there and directly went to the front courtyard.

"This is the front yard. There is no door plate, so the ladies are not allowed to go in or out."

The old woman's eyes were half open, her drooping flesh hanging loosely on her face, and she looked somehow fierce.

The servant girl laughed and put something heavy in the woman's hands, "Grandma, please help me. When Sister Hongtao came here yesterday, she accidentally dropped her ear here and told me to help her find it."

The old woman weighed the copper coin in her hand, and a smile appeared on her old face, "So you are here to help Miss Hongtao with some matters. You need to hurry up, you cannot be discovered by others."

The servant girl ducked into the front yard and searched for a while before swaggering past the old woman with half a pair of silver butterfly earrings.

After leaving the woman's sight, the servant girl went straight back to the Yuan Zi Wen in the Madam Wang.

"She told Madam Wang what she had done, and when she saw Madam Wang, she let out a cold laugh," As expected, this matter was caused by her.

"Someone, go to the front courtyard and capture Hongtao's brother, that servant called Hong Ying?"

With the command given by Madam Wang, five or six servants immediately walked out of the courtyard with their imposing manner.

"It's him! He's the one who stole the treasure from the warehouse!"

Hong Ying had not slept last night, and was currently taking a nap. Suddenly, she heard a loud shout, and her room was filled with a bunch of people.

"Who are you people?"

In the end, he still felt guilty about doing such a bad thing, so he quickly got up from the bed and pointed at the crowd.

Those people ignored him, rushed in recklessly and turned Hong Ying's house into a mess.

"Stop! This is the Prince An's Palace, you bold thieves would dare to commit murder inside the Prince An's Palace. If Your Highness finds out, I will definitely send you to see an official! "

Hearing him say that, one of the people who was looking for items stopped, and started laughing at Hong Ying, "Yo, you actually know that you want to see the officials who stole things?"

Seeing that the man had stopped, Hong Ying thought that they were prepared to be intimidated by him, and immediately became courageous, "All of you leave this place immediately, I will show mercy and let you all go."

"Hey, that's the funniest thing we've heard this year."

The other person held a ruyi in hand and waved it in front of Hong Ying, "We have received the orders from the Second Madam, bring the stolen goods and thief Hong Ying over to her."

He waved his hand, and the others swarmed over. Hong Ying turned around and was about to run, but she was caught by five or six servants and pressed down on the ground.

When Madam Wang saw the few things that he had lost appear by Hong Ying's side, the corners of his lips curled upwards.

She put down the teacup in her hand and scattered on the chair. Her graceful appearance carried a sense of majesty.

"Hong Ying, who ordered you to steal the treasures in the manor?"

"Your servant is innocent!" Hong Ying was tied up, but she did not admit her mistake, "Last night, this servant drank a bit, slept soundly, and these people barged into this servant's room, rummaged through the boxes, and then took out those things, if I had to say that this servant stole them, then this servant did not know anything."

It was foolish to argue at a time like this.

Madam Wang's expression was cold, "Bring the witness here!"