Although the Queen is no longer involved in the matter, her status is still there, so the Imperial Concubine still reported the matter to the Queen. After hearing this, the Queen didn't say anything and just asked the Imperial Concubine to investigate.
However, people in the Queen's Palace spread the news that Prince Shun had given the Eighth Prince two thousand taels of gold.
When Prince Shun came back from the expedition, the emperor rewarded him with one thousand taels of gold. If he gave all of it to the eighth prince, it would only be one thousand taels at most. Why are there two thousand taels?
In order to avoid suspicion, the queen called the imperial concubine's people to check, and found that one thousand taels of the eighth prince's gold were stamped with the seal of the inner treasury.
The eighth prince was very nervous and did not allow anyone in the palace to touch his gold. He said it was given to him by his younger brother and chased them away frantically, looking very scary.
The queen could only say: "Okay, whether the gold belongs to the inner palace or not, it should be filled back from this palace. The palace has not been peaceful recently. Not to mention the inner treasury has been lost, even many things have been lost in this palace.
Even the Eighth Emperor lost a lot of things in his palace. Why don't you know what the thief's intentions were? He just stole gold, silver and jewelry, but even stole gadgets. Could it be that he is addicted?"
The imperial concubine had no choice but to send someone out of the palace to go to the palace. After all, the amount of money in the palace was fixed every year. Four thousand taels of gold could be exchanged for 40,000 taels of silver. The Mid-Autumn Festival expenses were all included.
If the gold is not recovered, the imperial concubine will be suspected of poor accounting and will have to advance money to meet Mid-Autumn Festival expenses.
The Prince Shun's Mansion was still in a mess, so Yuan Qingling took Man'er, Ah Si, Qi Luo, Lu Ya and others to help. Rong Yue also brought many people. After all, the Prince Shun's Mansion didn't even have a mistress.
Jiu is a martial artist and doesn’t understand this either.
People in the palace helped to check, even the queen sent people out, and Aunt Qing also directed people to work. When she turned around, she saw Ah Si coming in with Man'er and the others.
Aunt Qing's eyes wandered for a moment, her movements froze for a moment, then she turned around and continued to give instructions, but her voice obviously changed her tone.
"Man'er, you don't know how to work with your pig head. Just go to the corner and tidy up with Qiluo. Make some snacks and don't damage things, otherwise you won't be able to afford the compensation if you sell them." Ah Si said to Man'er.
His tone suddenly became very bad and bossy.
Man'er was startled, then laughed dryly, "Oh, okay."
Ah Si pushed her back with one hand, pushing her to stagger and bump into Aunt Qing's back, "Hurry up, or you won't be able to eat tonight."
Man'er felt a little aggrieved and didn't know why Ah Si was angry with her, but there were so many people that it was hard to ask, so she just said sorry to Aunt Qing.
Aunt Qing looked at her, her face softened obviously, "It's okay, you can go to the corner and do your work."
"Okay!" Man'er and Luya walked over.
Aunt Qing looked at Ah Si, her face expressionless, but there was a strange look in her eyes, which seemed to be anger.
Ah Si pretended not to see it and strode past.
Not long after, her sarcastic voice was heard again, "You are still not convinced that you are a pig-brained person. These are all porcelains. Can they be placed on the ground? Can you afford to pay for me if I trip over my head? Okay.
Go away and get a broom and go out to clean. A man of humble origin like you deserves to do some menial work."
Aunt Qing bent over and looked over, and saw Ah Si pointing his finger at Man'er's head. Man'er's face was full of grievance and shock, and tears welled up in his eyes.
She paused, dropped what she was holding and walked over quickly.