It's a pity that ever since the failed attempt to bribe Han Zhu five years ago, the people around Xie Yu have all been people personally selected by Old Madam Xie, Xie Anfeng, and Xie Yu himself. It's like an iron barrel, and there is no chance for him to make another move.

So Xie Yu couldn’t do it, so she had to get Xie Zhaozhao’s dowry to Xie Xiangxiang first.

While she was thinking, she saw her trusted maid Duo'er come back to the room and whispered, "Madam, the palace has reported that Lord Gu and the eldest lady are really dead. Their bodies are lying in the morgue of the Imperial City Department, and someone is guarding them."

Xu breathed a sigh of relief.

The palace confirmed that Gu Shaoyu was dead, so he was really dead.

"Duo'er, go out again..."

Such and such, such and such.

At 3:00 p.m., Tiffany Xie took her maids Cailan and Caiwei, dressed in elegant clothes, to Wutong Garden, and threw herself into the arms of old lady Xie and cried.

"Grandma, how could my eldest sister..."

Old Madam Xie stroked her hair and said, "Don't cry. Your elder sister doesn't want you to be sad either."

"Has the thief been caught?"

"His Majesty is doing his best to hunt them down," said Old Madam Xie. "Don't cry anymore. Go back to the courtyard and wait patiently. After a while, you will be able to enter the Crown Prince's Mansion."

Xie Tingting cried and said: "Grandma, please accept my condolences. I will definitely learn from the Imperial Concubine and my elder sister, take it as my responsibility to honor the Xie family, and always consider the Xie family."

Xie Tingting wiped her tears and was about to go back when she heard a commotion outside. Old Madam Xie frowned and said, "Go and see who is making a commotion outside."

Ying Er went out immediately and came back after a while.

"Madam, it's Miss Xie Xiangxiang who's back. She kowtowed three times at the entrance of the Xie residence and cried, saying that she would learn from her elder sister and think about the Xie residence wholeheartedly. Please accept my condolences, grandmother. She said she would ask a monk to pray for the eldest lady's soul to be reborn."

After hearing Ying Er's report, Mrs. Xie looked a little unhappy and said, "Is she still outside the door?"

"It just so happened that Duo'er, who was with the eldest lady, was out on some business. She met her and coaxed her back."

When Tiffany Xie heard about her sister's behavior, she frowned. Her sister probably did this to take this opportunity to make peace with her grandmother and father, but she didn't know that she was being extremely stupid.

If you want to express your respect and condolences to your elder sister and seek her forgiveness, you can just pray and pray for her soul to be reborn in the temple. The Xie family has plenty of spies, so you don't need to come to the Xie family to show your loyalty.

Everyone is a fool. I thought you were going to the door of Xie Mansion to provoke because of your elder sister's death, which would only cause disgust.

My sister is mentally retarded.

Bo's Mansion.

Ci'en Temple.

There was a lot of crying. The old lady had been crying since she got the news that Gu Shaoyu was murdered in the morning.

Even though she is partial, he is still her youngest son and the pillar of the family. The Marquis's Mansion has just been downgraded, and now it has lost its capable son. How can the Earl's Mansion gain a foothold in the capital in the future?

She could even imagine that the Bo Mansion would not last long and would find it difficult to sustain.

The Bo Mansion has fallen into decline, and she has no face to face the ancestors of the Gu family!

After crying for a while, she was exhausted. Tu had already invited the doctor from Yuqingtang, who prescribed some medicine for her and comforted her, telling her to be positive. Although Lord Gu was gone, her other children and grandchildren were still there.

Gu Shaoyu and Xie Zhaozhao "died", and the old lady was frightened and sad, but Tu and Lu were scheming while they were sad.

Now that Lord Gu is gone, who will own Qingpuyuan in the future?

Most importantly, to whom will Xie Zhaozhao's million-dollar dowry belong?

The silver was used to buy grain and presented to the court, but what about her gold, silver, jewelry, various jade articles, countless shops that made money, and land deeds?

The old lady had just received the news of her son's death, and she certainly had no energy to think about her son's property. Besides, now that her son and his wife were dead, the property would naturally become the property of the public.

Gu Boyu would not think about property either. Now that his third brother and his wife were gone, the house and property would definitely be confiscated. As he was the uncle, the inheritance would definitely be in his name.

At the hour of You, Tu hurried to Gu Chengyan's Qin Ya Xuan. The lights in Qin Ya Xuan were on, but no one was there.

Shaoyao and Bailing were waiting in the yard making shoes for Gu Chengyan. When they saw Tu coming, they stood up hurriedly and said, "Madam!"

"Where's the eldest master?"

"In the Mulberry Garden." Both of them were very nervous. Aunt Yue was too powerful. Since being sent to the Mulberry Garden, the eldest young master had never stayed in Qin Yaxuan for a single day.

Tu was so angry that she took Nanny Wan to the mulberry garden without saying a word.

Mulberry Garden is to the west of Fanghua Garden, a bit remote. Tu walked in slowly, and saw Gu Chengyan and Guan Yingying lying on the bed sharing the news of Gu Shaoyu and Xie Zhaozhao's death.

"You really have no respect at all!" Tu said angrily, "What's the situation in the courtyard now? You are in my aunt's courtyard all day long, what's the matter with you?"

After listening to Mrs. Tu's rant, Gu Chengyan asked, "Mother, are you here to discuss how to get Third Aunt's dowry first?"

Tu was so embarrassed and angry that she scolded him, "If you had any ambition, I wouldn't have thought of stealing things from the dead. How many days can I live? How much can I eat? Even if I don't plan at all, I can live to a ripe old age in peace. What about you?"

As she spoke, she burst into tears, pointed at him and cursed, "I tried my best to find you a wife, but you stay here with this bitch every day. If you don't want to listen, just leave the house. Gu Zheng is now a nobleman, and he also calls me mother, which is better than you making me worry every day!"

Gu Chengyan's buttocks were bruised from being beaten. The skin wound had already scabbed over, but the inside had not yet healed and it was very painful.

Hearing his mother's sadness, he hurriedly said, "Mother, calm down. I didn't mean to make you angry. I just discussed with Qianyue that if Third Aunt's dowry goes to the Bo's Mansion, it will definitely be squandered by my father and inherited by Gu Zheng.

Yuebai and I have to eat in front of Gu Zheng's face. If he is unhappy, he can always send me out of the house. Instead of having nothing in hand at that time, it is better to get the food now."

Tu wiped her tears and said, "What ideas do you have?"

Gu Chengyan looked at Guan Yingying and said, "Can you tell your mother about it?"

Guan Yingying looked at Tu and said, "What's the point of being so particular about etiquette? Talking too much about it will only lead to delays. Let's just go all out and have someone break open Xie Zhaozhao's warehouse and pick out the valuables to take away first."

Tu said, "There is a dowry list."

"That's nothing. Cheng Yan said that after you get married, you can take the dowry with you. If you divorce or die, the dowry will belong to your husband's family.

As the mistress, you can naturally take her dowry list into your own hands. Who can interfere?

Didn’t she buy grain and offer it to the court? Whenever anyone asked, she would say that she ate it all and donated it all during her lifetime.”

Guan Yingying said, "Why think so much? Cash is king, and it's safe when it's in your pocket."

Gu Chengyan nodded and said to Tu: "That's what I mean, mother. We usually think too much. Even if grandma and father knew about property, can they still sue me?"

After all, he was the eldest grandson of the old lady and the eldest son of Gu Boyu. Could he be sent to jail? At most, he would be scolded and beaten.

Tu did it right away. She secretly called Zhang Qing, the gardener in the yard, and seven or eight servants. At three o'clock in the morning, she changed into soft-soled cloth shoes, took a hammer in her hand, and quietly went towards Qing Puyuan.

When they walked not far from Qingpu Courtyard, they saw a group of people holding small lanterns and sneaking towards Qingpu Courtyard.

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