After rebirth, I became the stupid son of the Hou family

Chapter 232: I understand a little bit in my heart

The old lady was very angry when she heard that such a thing would happen in the dignified Hou Mansion.

Even though Li Susu and her son were driven to a farm in the countryside, she never thought that her dowry would be embezzled.

What's more, he personally went to the farm to invite her back, and something like this happened as soon as he came back.

She slapped the table angrily and said:

"How could something like this happen to our dignified Marquis Mansion? Ruyi, you have always been in charge of this family. Please explain to me what is going on."

Liu Ruyi said to the old lady in panic:

"Old Madam, ever since Madam took Jiang Chen to the countryside, the courtyard where Madam lives has been locked and no one has been in. Now Madam says she lost something valuable when she came back. Ruyi really doesn't know. This makes I can’t explain it clearly. I hope the old lady will make the decision for me.”

Li Susu looked at Liu Ruyi and tried her best to shirk responsibility.He said to her:

"I have indeed lost a lot of my dowry, and my things are very precious. It is impossible for me to pretend to be deaf and silent even though I know that they have been stolen. Not to mention that I am still the wife of this family, I am afraid I am just a slut. If someone loses something, he should say something."

After hearing what Li Susu said, the old lady immediately said to her:

"You are right. Such a problem will happen in the dignified Hou Mansion. I will definitely get to the bottom of it. Come here, call the housekeeper Liu Neng here. Let me see how he works as a housekeeper. "

One of her servants agreed and hurried out.

It didn't take long for Liu Neng to be called in front of the old lady.He glanced sideways at Li Susu next to him and said to the old lady:

"I wonder why the old lady called me."

The old lady glanced at him and said sternly:

"Steward Liu, how long have you been in the Hou Mansion?"

When Liu Neng saw the old lady asking him this question, he was confused for a moment and he replied:

"Old Madam, it has been 13 years since Liu Neng came to the Hou Mansion. I don't know why Old Madam suddenly asked me this."

The old lady looked at him and said:

"Okay, 13 years seems to be quite a long time. But during these 13 years, have you ever seen anything stolen in the Hou Mansion?"

Liu Neng shook his head and said:

"Old Madam, this slave has done his duty and has never let anything like this happen. I don't know what the old Madam means by asking this."

The old lady suddenly changed her face, slapped the table and said to him:

"Then the dowry was stolen from the eldest lady's room. What happened?"

Liu Neng was startled by the old lady's words. He quickly defended himself and said:

"Old madam, this slave doesn't know. Ever since the madam went to the farm in the countryside, the yard where she lives has been locked up. As for what is missing from her house, I don't know, slave."

The old lady said to him:

"Such a big thing happened. You, the housekeeper, just pushed it away and thought it would be fine. Since it was not a thief coming in from outside, it must have been done by people in our Hou Mansion. I will limit you to the shortest possible time. In the meantime, hurry up and find out this matter for me. If you don’t give me an explanation, I’ll send you all to the government office. When you get there, you won’t just tell me to let it go. You’d better think about it carefully. Let’s think about how to solve this matter.”

Liu Ru was so frightened that Liu Neng could not speak, so he took a step forward and said to the old lady:

"Old Madam, Butler Liu has the responsibility to manage the entire Hou Mansion. But he is not the gatekeeper of the courtyard. As for which courtyard has something missing, how can he take care of it in such detail? Besides, is it missing? If something is lost, you can’t just rely on the wife’s one-sided words. I want to say that valuable things were also lost in my house, so who can prove it?”

Li Susu walked up to Liu Ruyi and said to her:

"Listening to what you said, your implication is that I was just looking for trouble and deliberately created the illusion that my things were stolen."

Liu Ruyi quickly said to her:

"If madam understands this way, I can't help it. When you come back, you will say that you are missing valuable things, so that everyone can't argue. The old madam also wants to send everyone to the Yamen. So what will happen to our family? Originally, he would be very famous if he got the top prize, but then if the prince's mansion was stolen, wouldn't he become even more famous?"

Li Susu sneered and said to Liu Ruyi:

"The meaning of your words is that even if I lose something, I still have to endure the pain in my stomach and say nothing, otherwise I will find trouble for the Hou Mansion. Is this how you have been the boss in the Hou Mansion all these years? According to your statement, if The money in the general ledger of the Hou Mansion has also disappeared. If the old lady knows about it, she can't make it public, lest others know about it and embarrass us, the people of the Hou Mansion."

Li Susu's words hit Liu Ruyi's lungs.She said to Li Susu in a panic:

"How could that possibly happen? Don't be alarmist in front of the old lady. Such a thing is simply impossible to happen."

Li Susu looked at her with a smile and said:

"I'm just making an analogy. Why are you so nervous? Could it be that the money in the Hou Mansion's accounting room was indeed stolen? Don't you dare to speak?"

Liu Ru noticed that Li Susu was pressing her step by step. She did not dare to look at Li Susu anymore and immediately turned to the old lady and said

"Old Madam, something in Madam's room is missing. You can check it as you see fit. Don't let Madam get involved in a big deal again. I wouldn't be able to explain it even if I jumped into the Yellow River."

The old lady said to Liu Neng:

"Steward Liu, no matter what method you use, you have to quickly recover the things missing from my wife's room. Otherwise, if you can't find it out by then, I will have to report it to the official. I'm tired too. Everyone, please go down. I’m going to watch my grandson parade through the streets tomorrow.”

After saying that, everyone retreated from the old lady.

Liu Ruyi called Liu Neng to her room again. After she dismissed everyone, she said to Liu Neng:

"Brother, what happened to Li Susu's dowry? If it were thieves outside, they couldn't have taken only part of it. They should have taken away all of it. Tell me the truth. Did you do this? of?"

Liu Neng's eyes avoided looking at Liu Ruyi, and he quickly defended:

"You don't even believe me, do you? Do you think I stole Li Susu's things when they were lost? Let me tell you, I didn't steal them."

When Liu Ruyi heard that he had no confidence at all, she already understood something in her heart.