I woke up as the Villainous Empress

31 Punished? Who? (VI)

Yang Luoyang glanced at Chang Ah’s troubled face before turning to Yang Ning who was waiting for his order and said, ” You’re right! The official investigation should be carried out by the guards and not the maids since the person in question is the Head Maid.”

” Go to the room of the Head Maid and carry out the official investigation. Make sure to not leave any corner while searching, so that no one can raise any objections later.” Yang Luoyang summoned the guards who were standing outside and commanded them to search.

While speaking to the guards, his gaze was on Yang Ning as if telling her to be prepared for the consequences of her brazen actions.

From his expressions, it was obvious that just like Chang Ah and others, he was also expecting the same result and was hoping for her to fail in providing the evidence against Xing Bao.

Because only then he could teach her a good lesson so that she would not go against him in the future or even utter a single word against his will.

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” Yes, My Lord.” The guards responded in unison and left the study room to search Xing Bao’s room.

Seeing the guards leaving to search her room, Xing Bao, who was kneeling on the ground started to feel unsettled about the whole situation.

In the last few days, she has not stolen anything from Yang Ning’s chamber. The items she had stolen before from Yang Ning, she had already sold them in the market and received their worth in return.

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At present, there is no item left in her room that could prove that she has stolen anything from Yang Ning.

Then on what basis does Yang Ning look so confident to make such a bizarre request to the Lord?

Did she forget something to sell and Yang Ning found out about it? She wondered and waited for the guards to come back anxiously, while still kneeling on the ground.

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” Did you find anything?” Yang Luoyang asked the guards who came back after carrying out a thorough 30-minute search of Xing Bao’s room.

While the official search continued for 30 minutes, that time was the longest and the most exhausting 30 minutes of Yang Ning’s life.

She not only had to sit still without uttering a single word for the whole 30 minutes but also had to bear the company of the two people she detests the most.

Not only that, during the whole time, Yang Luoyang and Chang Ah were glaring at her as if she had murdered someone and was sitting there for a trial.

So annoying!

Why does she even have to go through all of this? She sighed heavily, feeling bitter for herself.

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The Leader of the Guards stepped forward and greeted Yang Luoyang before answering his question, ” Following your instructions, we have meticulously searched the room of the Head Maid and found no jewels or anything that might belong to the Young Lady. However -”

As soon as Chang Ah heard this, the color of her face returned as she excitedly chipped in and interrupted the Head Guard in his words, ” Didn’t I say so earlier? Xing Bao is my personal maid and she would never do something so outrageous such as stealing from her Masters.”

” Accusing her for something so outrageous is equivalent to humiliating me and blaming me for such crimes. Yang Ning, this time you have truly disappointed me.”

” I treated you as my daughter yet you humiliated me in front of everyone.” Chang Ah choked on her words as she expressed her unpleasant feelings to Yang Ning and showed her Oscarr deserving on-spot acting in front of everyone.

” Chang Ah, stop crying. You did nothing wrong, so you should not feel sad about anything.”

“Even if she is my daughter, I will never allow anyone to disrespect you in any way. She has done wrong, so she will bear the consequences for the same.” Yang Luoyang held the hand of Chang Ah and consoled her while glaring at Yang Ning from his side eye.

Yang Ning almost chuckled aloud to see them being so dramatic and adamant about proving her wrong.

Hah! However, they don’t know that Fang Li never plays a losing game. Either she does not participate in a game at all, and if she does, she will win no matter how.

While Yang Luoyang and Chang Ah were busy celebrating her doom, Yang Ning turned to the Leader of the Guards who was standing there speechlessly, and asked politely, ” Other than the jewels or items that belong to me, did you not find anything else in the room?”

” Yang Ning! What are you doing? Are you still accusing my maid of something she hasn’t even committed?” Chang Ah snapped at her but Yang Ning didn’t spare her a glance and looked at the Head Guard for his answer.

The Head Guard glanced at Yang Luoyang and Chang Ah hesitantly but seeing the assurance in Yang Ning’s eyes, he answered, ” I did not find any jewels in the room that might belong to the Young Lady. However, we find something that does not look like it belongs to the Head Maid.”

” We were not sure about the identity of the owner of this item, so we decided to bring it here with us.”

After saying this, he pulled out a small sachet bag from his pocket. The old and rugged sachet bag looked heavy as if it had something inside it.

” What is it?” Yang Luoyang frowned to see the old sachet bag and asked in concern.

However, Chang Ah was a step ahead of him and snatched the pouch from the Head Guard to open it.

“What....is all this?” A deep frown appeared on her forehead when she opened the sachet and found some rare and precious gems that Xing Bao can never afford with her status of the Head Maid.

She pursed her lips as the gems looked strangely familiar to her. However, she could not recall where she had seen these gemstones.

Xing Bao’s eyes widened to see the sachet in Chang Ah’s hands, ” Madam, this....I do not know anything about it.”

” It’s not mine. I don’t even know what it is. Please believe me!” Xing Bao pleaded but Chang Ah could not hear her voice.

Chang Ah’s hands were trembling and her face turned crimson in outrage. How can she lose her face in front of Yang Ning?

HOWW?

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