strictlysupreme Chapter 251 Cui Lanwei
Chapter 251 Cui Lanwei
"What happened to Che Xiang?"
Imperial Noble Consort Dehui walked towards Vault No. 11 with a puzzled look on her face.
"My lady, I feel there is something wrong with this box."
Che Xiang walked forward and opened the wooden box, only to see that it was empty.
Noble Consort Dehui, who was standing nearby, almost fell to the ground when she saw the empty wooden box. Fortunately, the nanny next to her was quick to support her in time.
"Go, open the other boxes and have a look."
Imperial Noble Consort Dehui felt that all her strength was drained away the moment she saw the empty box.
Her voice trembled as she spoke and her heart was pounding. In the vault was her life savings.
She really didn't dare to think about the consequences if everything was gone.
Several young eunuchs were also very nervous, and hurried to carry down the other boxes and opened them one by one.
One, two, three, all empty boxes.
Noble Consort Dehui and everyone present felt very disappointed.
"Go check the warehouse next door, quickly."
The disheartened Imperial Noble Consort Dehui almost yelled. She held the arm of a palace maid and quickly walked to other small treasuries.
The anxious Imperial Noble Consort Dehui could not even smell the disgusting smell of rotten meat in the vault. All her attention was on the gold and silver, which were not only her life savings, but also the basis for her comfortable life in the future.
The wooden boxes in the small safe were moved out one by one.
As soon as the young eunuch who was lifting the box started to lift it, he felt that the box was very light. The two looked at each other and were so scared that they dared not say a word.
They prayed secretly, hoping that Imperial Noble Consort Dehui could hold on.
"Quick, open the box."
Noble Consort Dehui hurried forward and without waiting for the eunuch to open the box, she pounced on it and opened it herself.
Empty?
Her legs went limp in disbelief and she collapsed beside the wooden box.
"How is it possible? How is it possible? The palace is heavily guarded. How could so much gold and silver be stolen?"
Unwilling to give up, Imperial Noble Consort Dehui struggled to get up and went to see the boxes being moved out of the warehouses in front.
She opened them all one by one like a madman.
Every box is empty, empty!
The almost crazy Imperial Noble Consort Dehui tried to pull out the boxes that had not been moved out with her hands.
She pulled the empty boxes down from the top, and they smashed to pieces with a clang.
She used too much force and almost all of her long nails broke. The tips of her fingers were scratched by the wood chips, and her well-maintained hands were soon covered in blood.
But even so, she didn't even feel the pain.
The fierce Imperial Noble Consort Dehui yelled loudly, "What are you all standing there for? Bring out all the boxes to me. I don't believe they are all empty."
The unwilling Noble Consort Dehui made her final struggle. She didn't believe that someone could steal so much gold and silver without anyone noticing.
If this is true, the guards in the palace will be easy to replace.
There were so many wooden boxes in the vault that a few eunuchs could not carry them all, so they called over more guards.
As she watched empty boxes being carried out one after another, Imperial Noble Consort Dehui felt increasingly cold-hearted.
The first small safe was emptied, leaving only empty wooden boxes inside, without even a single gold or silver bar left.
The second small safe was emptied and there was still nothing inside.
By the time of the sixth treasury, Imperial Noble Consort Dehui had become completely desperate.
There is no doubt that all the small cash reserves at the back are empty.
Noble Consort Dehui, who felt suffocated in her chest, almost fainted on the spot. She held on and looked at the empty wooden boxes fiercely.
"Who is it? Who stole my gold and silver? Don't let me find you, or I will wipe out your entire clan."
"My queen, you have to hold on. You must not fall down at this time."
A middle-aged woman in white came in hurriedly from outside the vault. When she saw that Consort Dehui's face was pale, she immediately took out a pill and asked her to take it.
Imperial Noble Consort Dehui, who had just suffered from a severe chest pain due to anger, finally felt better after taking the pills.
Just as she breathed a sigh of relief, she spat out a mouthful of dark red blood.
"The Imperial Concubine."
Che Xiang, who was standing by, screamed in fright and quickly took a handkerchief to wipe the blood from the corner of her lips.
"Nothing, nothing. The queen was so angry just now that there was a mass of blood on her chest. It will be fine after she spits it out."
"Lan Wei, you're back just in time. The snake heart fruit I raised was also dug up by someone."
Imperial Noble Consort Dehui, who had just recovered her breath, felt distressed again when she mentioned the snake heart fruit.
That was the snake heart fruit she had been raising for more than twenty years. She finally waited until it produced more than twenty fruits this year, but before she could pick them, they were all taken away by someone.
"Don't worry, madam. Even if the snake heart fruit is lost, we can find it back."
Imperial Noble Consort Dehui, who had looked as pale as death just now, finally felt a little hope after hearing Cui Lanwei's words.
"If the Snake Heart Fruit can be recovered, then can my silver also be recovered?"
"Of course, with so much silver being lost all at once, the people who stole the silver will definitely leave clues. We just need to follow the traces they left. I believe it won't take long to find it back."
Imperial Noble Consort Dehui nodded vigorously.
"Lan Wei, it would be great if you could come back a few days earlier. With you here, I wouldn't have to let Xiao Mo go."
"I have also heard about the King of Qin. Your Majesty, don't take it too seriously. The master said when Xiao Mo was born that he would have a short life. Your Majesty has also seen that everything the master predicted has come true over the years."
"Xiao Mo is destined to die, your majesty, don't worry."
Hearing this, Imperial Noble Consort Dehui's expression finally looked better. Back then, she was just a noble lady. On the way to the White Horse Temple to burn incense, Lan Wei brought with her a master who was good at face reading, who helped her calculate a lot of things.
One of them is that Xiao Mo will have a short life and will not live past the age of 26, while Xiao Yi is born with the destiny to be an emperor.
Consort Dehui never believed in these metaphysical things before. She only believed in herself.
But now she chooses to believe.
"I got quite a lot out of this trip. We found all the herbs we wanted."
"That's good, that's good. You're lucky to have found all these herbs after being out of the palace for more than a year."
After talking to Cui Lanwei for a while, Noble Consort Dehui finally felt better.
She calmed herself down, glanced at the empty wooden boxes on the ground, and said, "Clean up everything here, and search carefully for me to see if you can find any useful clues."
"Yes."
All the palace maids and eunuchs present responded and took action immediately, fearing that they would be too slow and cause the wrath of Imperial Noble Consort Dehui.
Cui Lanwei accompanied Imperial Noble Consort Dehui out of the vault first. She helped her sit in a small pavilion and took out a medicine box to apply medicine to her injured finger.
The fingers are connected to the heart. Just now, Noble Concubine Dehui was so angry that she didn't feel much pain. Now that she has recovered, the piercing pain after the medicine was applied made her clench her fists.
"My lady, just bear with it for a while."
Cui Lanxiao carefully bandaged the wound on Consort Dehui's finger, and arranged for someone to help her change clothes and wash, and change her dirty clothes.