Not only that, but the servants in the kitchen also came forward in a swarm to accuse him: "Master, that thief is truly something! All the aged rice in our kitchen is gone, and the firewood in the woodshed is gone too! Not a single pot, bowl, or plate is left!"
"Laughable! Truly laughable to the extreme!" He was furious and kicked a servant aside, then hurriedly made his way to the storeroom.
After obtaining the key from the Liu Family and opening it, he found that even the tables and chairs inside were gone!
His anger burned, face full of disbelief, as he quickly searched through the storeroom.
But after searching for half a day, he couldn't find a single thing.
Until his gaze locked onto that hidden door, and his heart instantly jumped to his throat.
The Princess's words still echoed in his mind.
"Qi Lang, we agreed that I must have a grand wedding! We cannot disgrace the face of my Imperial Family."
"Oh my Princess, rest assured, the Qi Family has some savings from past generations, we certainly won't let you lose face.
At that time, I want everyone in the Capital City to know that the Fifth Princess married someone full of admiration for her."
And the things in this secret room were the dowry he had prepared.
With trembling hands and a stunned face, he pressed the switch.
Qi Nanfeng entered the secret room with his heart pounding.
As expected, there was nothing inside.
"Ah!!!"
Qi Nanfeng's mind went blank!
How could this happen? How could it?!
Unable to accept it, he angrily rushed out, but just as he arrived at the storeroom, he blacked out and fainted.
The Liu Family slumped to the ground, crying out: "Oh, Heavenly God! What kind of master thief is this, report to the government! Quickly report! I want the thief to have a terrible end!"
She wiped her tears hard, trembling as she got up from the ground, and Qi Lin, having heard the news, also arrived and fainted right in front of Liu Family in a state of disbelief.
The Liu Family was greatly startled!
"Oh Linlin, my daughter! What happened to you, quickly, call the doctor!"
For a moment, the mansion was in utter chaos.
This matter was truly unprecedented.
What kind of thief had such ability, to move the entire mansion empty!
Even if the government confiscated the property, they wouldn't do it so clean.
Having finally managed to get the unconscious Qi siblings to bed, they awoke from the cold since there were no mattress and blankets, and had no charcoal for warmth.
The Liu Family couldn't stand it any longer: "I'm going to report to the government! He must be made to return the things to us!"
Hearing this, Qi Nanfeng, despite the pain in his head, immediately stopped the Liu Family: "No!"
If the fact that the Qi Family had been robbed by a thief were to get out, wouldn't they become the laughingstock of the entire Capital City?
By then, it would also bring shame to the Royal Family.
Who in the Capital City doesn't know that the Qi Family is about to marry a Princess?
But with the wedding approaching, the entire Qi Family had nothing left, where could they suddenly find so much wealth?!
At this moment, Qi Lin suddenly roared, like a madman: "It was Ruan Mian, Ruan Mian must have taken it!"
With these words, Liu Family suddenly realized.
"It must be that little harlot, I wondered why she left so decisively that day, turns out she was prepared. How dare she bully the Qi Mansion, let me tear her apart!"
"Enough! Utter stupidity!" Qi Nanfeng shouted, "She's just a woman, how could she carry so many things? She's no Heavenly God descended to earth. Without evidence, you want to make trouble, aren't you afraid of making the situation bigger?"
The Liu Family, now agitated like an ant on a hot pan: "Yes, yes, you're right, that little slut doesn't have such supreme skills. But what do we do now? My son, how are we going to survive?"
Qi Nanfeng was shivering all over: "Yes, the dowry presentation is tomorrow, and Lady Xianfei will come over."
"What did you say!"
Hearing this, Liu Family didn't catch her breath and fainted on the spot.
Qi Nanfeng knew there was no retreat, and couldn't pay attention to the unconscious Liu Family, quickly running out as if greased.
The urgent thing now was to quickly gather this dowry again!
Now if he were to investigate where those things had gone, a lot of time would be wasted.
He couldn't afford to wait!
But the blow was too great, Qi Nanfeng's legs trembled, stumbling several times just running out of the mansion.
The servants hurriedly followed behind: "Master, are you okay?!"
Qi Nanfeng pushed him away, furious: "Call the coachman now!! Quickly! To Uncle's Mansion!"
Now, he could only first seek help from Li Shen.
He and Li Shen were childhood friends, even during his three years of disappearance, he was in contact with Li Shen, both on the same path, serving Prince Yan.
Suddenly encountering such a drastic change, as a good brother, there's no way he would stand by and do nothing.
But to his complete surprise, upon arriving at Uncle's Mansion, he found that it was already heavily surrounded by a group of soldiers.
And those officers were all from the Imperial Censorate!
The Imperial Censorate had been dispatched to capture!
This was no small matter!
Qi Nanfeng essentially rolled out of the carriage, hesitating whether to enter when Li Shen was brought out bound.
Several women followed behind, wailing and pleading: "Lord! We are wronged, please investigate clearly!"
"My grandfather had meritorious service for the court, how can you just say confiscate and then confiscate our property!"
Confiscation?!
Qi Nanfeng instantly withdrew his steps.
At that moment, Li Shen saw him, like seeing a savior, immediately called out: "Qi, my brother!"
Facing Li Shen's sudden call, Qi Nanfeng immediately became alert.
Li Shen, however, ignoring the officer's pulling, ran to Qi Nanfeng for help.
"Qi, my brother, the Imperial Censorate wants to arrest me, accusing me of being involved with that Tong Yao case. You are going to be Prince Consort, surely you can find a way to plead with the Princess to clear our names!"
In other words, he wanted Qi Nanfeng to step forward, use the Princess to help him clear his name.
After all, this matter was also related to Qi Nanfeng.
Upon hearing the case being uncovered, Qi Nanfeng broke out in a cold sweat, afraid he would be implicated as well.
He instinctively backed up a few steps.
However, this panic was caught by Li Shen, who immediately realized that Qi Nanfeng wanted to get away!
His face changed drastically: "Qi, my brother, would you really not help me with this?"
Qi Nanfeng panicked inside, tried to speak to calm him, but didn't expect Li Shen to see through his thoughts, without hesitation dragging him down into the mess, running to the officers to accuse.
"You in the Imperial Censorate, you say I'm spreading those Tong Yao words, how come you haven't investigated Qi Nanfeng? We are clearly in cahoots, why only arrest me and let him go?!"
"You!" Qi Nanfeng was so angry he almost spat blood. "Stop talking nonsense! How could your matters be related to me?"
"Is it because you're going to be Prince Consort? With the Princess as your backing, you can get away unscathed? Qi Nanfeng, where in the world is there such a good thing!"
Actually, Li Shen dragging him into the water was also a gamble.
He knew the Princess was fond of Qi Nanfeng, if he fell into the same predicament as himself, the Princess wouldn't ignore it.
So he didn't hesitate to inform the authorities about Qi Nanfeng.