After I traveled through the book, my whole family overheard my thoughts and went crazy

Chapter 260 Things in the palace?

Could it be that the Concubine Shu had already discovered that there was something fishy about this matter and sent someone to the pawnshop to redeem the items overnight?

This shouldn't happen!

There were always her people guarding outside the pawn shop, and no suspicious people came in or out.

what happened?

Which link exactly has the problem?

The queen felt like there was a tangled mess in her head, and the more she tried to sort it out, the more confused it became.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Shunzi has never met the person who sent the gold and silver, and I am not sure whether this person was really sent by Prime Minister Meng." Seeing that the Queen did not speak, Concubine Shu hurriedly responded: "I think we must not wrongly accuse an important minister just because of the words of a villain."

Emperor Yuanwu seemed to agree with what Concubine Shu said and nodded: "My beloved concubine, what you said makes sense."

“So when Xiao Shunzi reported this to me, I immediately had the box of gold and silver delivered to the palace. Now the border of Yuan State is in turmoil. Sending these gold and silver to the front line can also give those soldiers who are defending their country on the border some cotton clothes and a meal of meat.” Concubine Shu spoke sincerely, with ups and downs. She was not afraid of the Queen’s slander at all.

This touched Emperor Yuanwu: "She is indeed the daughter of a great general. She cares about the country and keeps the soldiers who defend the country in her heart."

"I just think that no matter whether this money is really a bribe, it is better to use it on soldiers than to let it fall into the hands of corrupt officials and use it to do things that they shouldn't do." Concubine Shu said a little embarrassedly.

"But..." The Queen said in confusion, "But someone clearly saw with their own eyes yesterday that Xiao Shunzi took this box of gold and silver to the pawn shop to exchange for money."

"Your Majesty, in reply to the Empress, I did take this box of gold and silver to the pawn shop yesterday, but I didn't go there to exchange it for money. I just wanted the owner of the pawn shop to help me check whether this box of gold and silver is real or fake."

Xiao Shunzi scratched his head in shame when he said this.

"I am just a small eunuch in charge of Qiluan Garden. I have been confined to Qiluan Garden for such a long time with the Concubine Shu. How can I be so worthy of being treated so highly and given so much gold and silver? I am afraid that someone is deliberately trying to harm me, so I asked the owner of the pawnshop to see if this box of gold and silver is real or fake."

"What did the pawnshop owner say? Is it true or false?" Emperor Yuanwu asked with interest while fiddling with Mu Qianqian's hand.

"Your Majesty, I dare not say it." Xiao Shunzi wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Speak." Emperor Yuanwu snorted and sat up straight. "I'm here. As long as you tell the truth, I don't see who dares to touch you."

Xiao Shunzi paused and said, "When the pawnshop owner was looking at the box of gold, silver and jewelry, he found one item inside that belonged to the palace."

"What?" Emperor Yuanwu's eyes darkened: "Things in the palace?"

"Yes." Xiao Shunzi's voice trembled: "It is a jade ruyi, with the mark of palace items on it."

Emperor Yuanwu stared at Xiao Shunzi for a long time without blinking, and finally his eyes fell on the queen.

The Empress' scalp went numb when Emperor Yuanwu looked at her: "Eunuch Xiao Shunzi, could it be that you stole that thing from the palace and deliberately put it in that box of gold, silver and jewelry to hide it from others, just in time to exchange it for some silver."

"You..." Xiao Shunzi's eyes trembled: "Your Majesty, I am innocent..."