Chapter 8 Wanted to Confiscate the Property, But It’s Empty?

These people were like bandits, rushing in one after another, slamming the doors with a bang.

However, after a thorough search, the mansion was empty, with nothing inside.

“Report, Your Excellency, everyone in the marquis mansion has run away!” The leading soldier reported to Prime Minister Wan.

Prime Minister Wan’s eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at the empty house. The red lanterns and red silk were still all over the courtyard, so how could everyone be gone?

Could it be that they disappeared overnight?

He trembled all over and strode towards the back courtyard, kicking open several doors in a row. However, they were all empty, not even a single painting was left behind.

Prime Minister Wan was so angry that he lost his footing and fell onto a chair.

At this time, another soldier came running over, “Your Excellency, I just went to check the Fu family’s warehouse…”

Prime Minister Wan’s eyes lit up again, “That’s right, the warehouse. They couldn’t have taken the gold and silver in the warehouse, it must still be there!”

The soldier’s face turned pale, and he lowered his head, stammering, “Your Excellency, we’ve checked the marquis mansion’s warehouse, and there’s no gold inside, not even a single copper coin!”

“Not even a single copper coin?” Prime Minister Wan’s eyes bulged, and his beard trembled with his breath.

The soldier lowered his head even further, “Yes, Your Excellency!”

Prime Minister Wan immediately got up and rushed to the warehouse. When he saw the empty warehouse, he felt as if his throat was being squeezed, his breathing became labored, and his ears buzzed.

His legs suddenly went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.

The soldiers nearby rushed over, “Your Excellency!”

You see, this time, the emperor had conspired with Prime Minister Wan to confiscate the Fu family’s property, and one of the main reasons was for their warehouse. The emperor wanted the Fu family’s gold to replenish the national treasury.

But now, their plan had fallen through.

Prime Minister Wan lay on the ground, slightly raising his head, his body convulsing in anger. He glared at the soldiers beside him, “Quick! Quickly report this to the emperor!”

He then punched his chest, which felt like it was suffocating, and roared again, “Chase! Chase them! Use any means necessary to bring them back!”

“Yes, Your Excellency!” The soldiers quickly responded and retreated.

On this side, Prime Minister Wan was so angry that he was about to have a stroke.

On the other side, the imperial palace and the Minister of Rites’ mansion were also in an uproar.

Inside the Minister of Rites’ mansion, Lady Chu pointed at the kitchen maids and scolded, “What is this? You’re giving me these few buns to eat this early in the morning?!”

The kitchen maids knelt on the ground, trembling, “Madam, I got up early this morning and found that our kitchen is empty!”

“Empty? What’s empty? Didn’t you get paid to buy supplies? You’re giving us just a few buns to eat?!” Lady Chu stood up and pinched the maid’s arm hard.

The kitchen maid cried out in pain, “Madam, it’s really empty. If you don’t believe me, go and see for yourself. There’s not even a single grain of rice left, let alone buns!”

Lady Chu forcefully pushed the kitchen maid away and called to the maids nearby, “Help me to the kitchen!”

“Yes, Madam.” The maids quickly lowered their heads and helped Lady Chu up.

A group of people went to the kitchen in a grand procession.

When Lady Chu saw the empty kitchen, she was so shocked that she almost fainted. Not only were the rice, oil, salt, and other necessities gone, but even some of the pots and pans were missing.

In a fit of anger, she tied up all the servants in the kitchen and was about to call someone to report to Minister of Rites Chu.

However, things were also in chaos on Minister of Rites Chu’s side. He learned that his warehouse had been emptied and rushed to the warehouse in a hurry. Seeing the bare warehouse and the turtle left behind, he stomped his feet, sat on the ground and trembled, “Turtle! You stole my things and called me a turtle! Damn it! I’m going to kill you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a servant ran in, “Master, the granary is also empty! Your blood bird’s nests are gone!”

“What… my blood bird’s nests…” Minister of Rites Chu’s eyes widened, he couldn’t catch his breath, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

“Master! Master!”

Loud cries echoed through the mansion.

The eldest Miss Chu had been complaining about why there was no bird’s nest for breakfast, but soon heard the news that the family’s warehouse had been emptied and her father was ill. She couldn’t be bothered to be fussy anymore and rushed to the front yard.

The family gathered together, some crying, some cursing, and hurriedly sent people to investigate. They investigated for a long time, but found nothing.

The granary and the warehouse, so many things, who could have moved them all away overnight without anyone noticing, except for a god?

They had no choice but to send people to sell some of the valuable things in the house.

However, no matter how much they sold, it couldn’t compare to their previous life of delicacies.

Lady Chu seemed to have aged many years overnight. She sat outside her own room, crying and cursing, “Who is the heartless bastard who did this! I’ll make them pay if I ever catch them!”

Meanwhile, in the imperial palace, the emperor was searching for his chamber pot all over the place early in the morning.

“My chamber pot?! Where’s my chamber pot?!”

He stomped his feet, holding his pants.

You see, he couldn’t pee without his diamond-encrusted chamber pot.

The emperor was anxious and pacing back and forth, his bladder was about to burst.

At this time, a fearless little eunuch stammered and told him about the imperial kitchen and the imperial hospital’s warehouse being emptied.

The emperor was shocked, thinking he had misheard, “What? The imperial kitchen and the imperial hospital’s warehouse in my palace are empty?”