“Quickly!”

“Where’s the water?”

The servants were working hard to stop the fire from spreading. However, the building where everything started was still burned down by the flames until there was nothing left. All that could be seen was nothing more than a pile of blackened woods and ashes.

It was a miserable sight.

Nan Hua and Concubine Mu quickly reached the area. Scanning the place, they knew that this incident was premediate. In fact, it was very likely that whoever did this was someone who knew very well what kind of place this was.

“This is the finance record building.” Concubine Mu was still holding onto the scrolls as she looked at the building. Her eyes narrowed. “How fast.”

This incident immediately alarmed the servants. This was already the second fire incident this month. Since it occurred during the day, the servants were quicker to put off the fire and the damage could be controlled.

However, these records were all made out of bamboo scrolls.

They could easily catch fire.

Once the fire started, there was basically no way it could be recovered anymore in this incident. Looking at the way the building ended up, it was easy to say that almost everything was directly destroyed.

“There’s another fire?” Nan Shu Cheng asked in an annoyed tone. Because Emperor Yang Zhou had just gotten married, he could stay at home. In short, the court was put on holiday because the Emperor would be enjoying his new marriage life.

No one complained about this.

In fact, they celebrated this. It has been such a long time since they were given days off. To be able to stay at home and didn’t have to come to the court was truly a blessing for them.

“Master, the fire seems to have started from this coal over here.” Concubine Mu pointed at the burner that looked like it was so damaged. “It’s still summer, but someone used the burner. And from the marks, it looks like poor coal.”

Poor coal?

Nan Shu Cheng furrowed his eyebrows. Coals that were poorly made shouldn’t be in this place. He had ordered his servants to make sure that the coal they used were the best. No one wanted to catch fire when they were using the heater during winter.

But then Nan Shu Cheng caught another point.

“Who’s in this building?”

The servants all turned mute. No one dared to speak anything in fear that they would be used as the scapegoat in this incident. They all knew that whoever dared to step up would inevitably become the one who took the blame.

Nan Shu Cheng looked irritated then he noticed the scrolls on Concubine Mu’s hand. “What are those?”

“These are what’s left from the Finance Record for the past year.” Concubine Mu was smiling so brilliantly, but it was this very smile that looked quite annoying in eyes of others. “I was planning on meeting you because I found some mistakes, Master.”

Mistakes?

It was more like someone had been taking the money he earned with hard work for other things.

Upon thinking about the one who could possibly do this, Nan Shu Cheng’s eyes turned another shade colder. He had been thinking about his first wife and how Madam Qu seemed to always appear at the right moment to accompany him. It was to the point that it looked like it was all premediate.

That thought caused his heart to turn cold.

Now that he had found out about this, Nan Shu Cheng felt that the punishment he gave to Madam Qu was too little. There were still too many servants who were following her order and tried to cover up her wrongdoings.

“In that case, come with me.”

“Yes.”

Concubine Mu looked at the servants for a moment before following Nan Shu Cheng. She knew that from now on, Madam Qu would never be able to establish her authority ever again. With Nan Shu Cheng being so angry to her.

At the side, Nan Hua watched calmly without any intention of telling her father about her intention of leaving Nan Shu Cheng’s Residence tomorrow when her grandfather arrived at the Capital City.

‘It’s done.’

The rest of the things would follow naturally and no longer required her to stay here and interfere. Nan Hua had no plan to waste more of her time to stay in this place and lost her chance to do other things.

Besides, there was nothing she wanted to do anymore.

“Two.”

Nan Hua slowly walked back to her quarter. Her steps were slow and steady as if everything that occurred here had nothing to do with her.

Behind her, Xiao Yun followed Nan Hua quietly. She realized that Nan Hua no longer had any plan on causing mess in Nan Shu Cheng’s Residence. The rest of the matter would only be done when Nan Hua had left this place.

It’s good.

Xiao Yun didn’t want to see Nan Hua stayed in this rotten residence any longer either. It was only filled with so many bad memories aside from some good ones when she was still a kid.

…

“Old Master, we will reach the Capital City tomorrow morning. It’s almost evening. Would you like to rest here?” Hou Lin asked Old Master Nan. Without Hou Liang around, Old Master Nan asked Hou Lin to be the one to take care of the things.

Hou Liang was following his two grandsons. Feng Ao Si was separated since he went with his father.

As for Nan Hua… with the huge force behind her, there was really no need for Old Master Nan to assign anyone to follow her.

“That’s good.”

Old Master Nan looked in the direction of the Capital City. He had been hearing countless reports from the servants about what had happened there.

From Nan Hua getting punished, Nan Xin’s disfigurement, Concubine Su’s miscarriage, fire in the middle of the night, and now another fire.

There were so many things that happened in such a short period of time. At the same time, he wondered whether Nan Hua truly had a hand in all of those events. Probably not all, but most of them.

“This little lass is really something, but I’m not going to let her stay there anymore.”

It was enough.

Hou Lin said nothing and silently retreated.