Doted By The Regent King-Chapter 1438 - 1376: Stealing from One’s Own House

After staying at the estate for three days and seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, Wufu decided not to linger and set off with her entourage to return to the city.

Due to the Mid-Autumn Festival, the city was preparing for the Lantern Festival, with all the merchants on both sides of the street busy decorating lantern stalls. Many shops had hung lanterns outside, while the pastry and dessert shops were filled with various mooncakes and festival treats.

Wufu first returned home and greeted Madam Zhou, sharing some interesting stories from the estate. However, noticing Madam Zhou wasn’t much in the mood, she didn’t say much more.

After leaving Madam Zhou’s courtyard, she learned from Purple Jade that Wu Lihong had come again.

"Did he meet with Madam?" Wufu asked with a stern face.

Purple Jade shook her head and said, "Without the young lady’s instructions, we wouldn’t let him in. He just called out for a while at the door, saying he wanted to take Madam back to the Wu Family."

Wufu scoffed, "Does he not care about face at all, wanting people to know he has a ’concubine’ outside?"

"It seems the issue at Zining Pavilion caught his attention, and he even sought to meet the Ghost Doctor!" Purple Jade said.

"Indeed, these officials will humble themselves for the sake of their career, no matter how much they hate it!" Wufu laughed mockingly.

"If he comes every day, it might not look good either." Purple Jade cautiously glanced at her expression.

Wufu asked, "Where is Chi Liu?"

"Miss, Chi Liu has returned," Jadeite reported happily as she entered.

Wufu clapped her hands and raised an eyebrow, "Really? That’s great, I’ve been holding back for too long!"

She stood up and moved to the Floral Hall, where Chi Liu was waiting, travel-worn. Upon seeing Wufu enter, he kneeled on one knee, "Subordinate greets Miss!" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Stand up and speak," Wufu gestured, sitting in the main seat, "It’s quite tiring, rushing back and forth like this!"

Chi Liu smiled faintly, "It’s not hard for me."

"Have all matters been settled?"

Chi Liu cupped his hands, "As per Miss’s instructions, everything has been arranged. If the people at the Yamen investigate, they will find the marriage certificate document exists."

"Very good!" Wufu accepted the marriage certificate Chi Liu handed back and said, "You’ve worked hard. Since the festival is coming, take a rest for the next couple of days. The prince has also returned!"

Chi Liu said, "I have more to report."

"Hmm?"

"On the way back, I encountered some people from the boss’s side," Chi Liu reported. "The boss sent someone to report that they received a business proposal."

Wufu sipped her tea, waiting for him to continue.

"The other party wants to commission the North Wolf Team to come to Changqing Residence to steal something."

Pfft!

Wufu pulled out a handkerchief to wipe her mouth, coughed twice, and said, "Your next words wouldn’t happen to be that the Wu Family found the Wolf Brigade, wanting them to steal this thing from us, would they?" she waved the marriage certificate in her hand.

Chi Liu nodded, somewhat at a loss for words.

The item the other party wanted was commissioned to be stolen, yet they planned to steal it from their own family. If not for the boss asking more questions, it might have really been stolen from their own house.

Wufu laughed heartily, clapping her hands, "Interesting, interesting! No wonder after the old lady left, the marriage certificate was never mentioned again, so it was all waiting for this moment! How amusing!"

"The boss knows that the one who commissioned the job didn’t accept it and asked if Miss needs to deal with the Wu Family!" Chi Liu said.

"How nice it would be to take on such a job, the silver shouldn’t be wasted," Wufu said with some regret.

Chi Liu, unable to decide whether to laugh or cry, said, "Miss, if we truly took it, we’d have to hand over the marriage certificate! Otherwise, the reputation of the Wolf Brigade would be tarnished."

Well, alright, she just hadn’t thought it through.

But for the Wu Family to commission the Wolf Brigade to steal, it seems that this item, they didn’t care as little as they appeared to.