PFC Chapter 448 Jin She Loves Talent (9)
Chapter 448 Jin She Loves Talent (9)
It seemed that the eunuch did not hit too hard. At least after five consecutive beatings, Shen Yueying's face was just swollen, and her teeth did not fall out.
In fact, Chu Yunfan was sharp enough to see Quan Shun secretly making gestures to the eunuch who was carrying out the execution.
Obviously, this person still has room for maneuver.
At this moment, Master Shen's face was as gloomy as the bottom of a pot.
After his daughter had finished her punishment, he quickly apologized to the emperor, and then hurriedly took Shen Yueying out of the palace.
Emperor Hongwen did not directly hand over such trivial matters as "collecting debts" to Quanshun for full handling: "You personally lead people to the Shen family and search for those items carefully. Make sure to find all of them without missing a single one, and then send them back to the Chu family."
"Yes!" After receiving the order, Quan Shun quickly stepped out of the palace.
When only Emperor Hongwen, Chu Yunfan, and a eunuch serving tea were left in the hall, Chu Yunfan knelt on both knees without hesitation and kowtowed to Emperor Hongwen repeatedly, his forehead hitting the ground with a crisp sound: "Your Majesty, I sincerely thank you for your grace. If Your Majesty had not come forward to uphold justice today, I am afraid that these precious things would never be recovered."
Emperor Hongwen walked slowly back to where he had just played chess and sat down calmly, saying with a bit of joking, "How could someone as smart as you fall into such trouble over this matter?
I know very well that you have accumulated a thick stack of "IOUs" with your fingerprints. How could you easily let the Shen family take advantage of you? Anyway, I don't believe this."
"Don't kneel down, come over and continue playing chess." Emperor Hongwen called Chu Yunfan to continue playing chess with him, "We agreed that you can't let me win this game again."
Chu Yunfan had dinner in the palace before returning home.
As soon as I arrived at the door of my house, I saw a lot of people sending me things in boxes.
When Chu Chuan saw his young master coming back, he handed over the task of directing the servants to move things to his deputy: "Young master, these are the things that the Shen family has returned. I just looked at a few boxes and they are indeed all the things in our house."
"Well! Check it carefully, I'm afraid they will cheat." Chu Yunfan said to Chu Chuan.
In fact, Chu Chuan felt that there was no need to check each box one by one. After all, they were sent back by the palace guards. No matter how brave the Shen family was, they would not have the courage to do so.
"As long as the benefits are big enough, taking risks is the inevitable result." Chu Yunfan explained, "Especially for the Shen family, which is not rich, and has been relying on Madam Shen's dowry for many years.
Master Shen likes to pretend to be cultured and spends money without knowing how to count. I think they don’t want to fool us with fake goods, but even if they want to give it back to us, they are powerless. "
This is true. Shen Yueying had already "sold" a lot of things for money.
Chu Yunfan knew Shen Yueying well. As 90% of the jewelry in the house were taken away, she began to panic.
When Master Shen saw someone taking back the Qingyan lamp in his study, he felt a pang of pain in his heart, but he also knew that there was no room for maneuver.
Just then, the butler came in and whispered a few words in his ear.
"What? There are not enough things!" In fact, Master Shen still believed that his daughter was just "taking" the things to play with.
When the housekeeper told him this, Master Shen stood up and walked towards Shen Yueying's courtyard. Before he even stepped into the courtyard, he heard his daughter's raised voice: "I said this is what you are looking for, even though it is registered as a glass bird's nest cup."
"Miss Shen, please stop joking with me." The captain of the guards said helplessly, "I already said it's colored glaze. Your porcelain bowl is not even white. It's just an ordinary product from a folk kiln. It won't match the Chu family if you take it to the Chu family."
After hearing this, Shen Yueying's expression became even uglier.
But at this moment her face was as swollen as a pig's head, and her words were not clear. Apart from helpless rage, it seemed that she had no other way to "refute".
Master Shen, who was outside the courtyard, naturally heard what was said. He walked in quickly and said, "Yingying, take out the things. Don't be unreasonable. This is the emperor's person. No one will accompany you to commit the crime of 'deceiving the emperor'."
Shen Yueying collapsed immediately, but as her speech was unclear, she couldn't explain where the things went.
It was the nanny in charge of her courtyard who explained the whole story.
It turned out that, except for the jewelry which was relatively intact, many of the things brought back from the Chu family had been sold.
The guards present heard this, but they just watched from the sidelines. All they had to do was hand in all the things within the specified time.
After hearing this, Master Shen's eyes went dark. Most of the things in this booklet were bestowed by the royal family. They could only be used and not damaged, and certainly not bought or sold.
What's more, he "borrowed" someone else's things and sold them. Then he asked, "Where's the money? Where is the money from selling the things? Go and buy the things back quickly."
They are all pawned. Even the written receipts were lost. Where can we find them now?
Besides, the money has been spent, so where can I find all these old things?