Hearing her words, Mrs. Wang and Qi Anran were completely shocked.
How could this idiot know!
However, Qi Yu just cocked her head, glanced at Qi Anran, and smiled at her, "Sister, did I guess right?"
Hmph, this white lotus won't be scared to death!
Qi Anran's figure trembled, and she stumbled back two steps before barely managing to steady her complexion.
"Sister is joking, how could there be such a thing in my room..."
Li Mingjue cut her off directly, "We'll know if you have it or not after a look."
Without waiting for Qi Wei to speak, he took Qi Yu straight to the front courtyard.
Qi Yu even deliberately led him on a run for a bit, leaving the Qi family behind them.
"Stop right there!" Qi Anran snapped back to her senses and hastily chased after them.
Qi Wei and Mrs. Wang also hurried after them.
By the time the group arrived, Qi Yu had already pushed open the door to Qi Anran's room and purposely made a mess inside.
"Qi Yu, how can you rummage through my things!" Qi Anran watched as her neat and tidy room was turned topsy-turvy by Qi Yu, nearly driven to madness with anger.
Although Qi Wei also disapproved of Qi Yu's rough behavior, with the Prince standing there like a door god beside her, he could only hold back his irritation.
Mrs. Wang, fearing that Qi Yu might ruin her plans, desperately wanted to go in and drag her out.
But she had only taken two steps forward when she was blocked by Li Mingjue, who stood at the doorway, "What does Madam Qi intend to do?"
Mrs. Wang clenched her teeth, "Your Highness, even if you favor Qi Yu that... you can't let her humiliate my daughter like this!"
Li Mingjue swept a cold glance over her, his tone indifferent, "Really? But when you were bullying my Princess, did you ever think that such a day would come?"
He had stayed in the Prime Minister Residence for only a few hours, but had clearly seen the Qi family's attitude towards Qi Yu.
If it weren't for his protection today, Qi Yu might not have been able to leave this door safely.
Just thinking about this point made him feel no fondness for the Qi family.
Mrs. Wang stepped back two paces, yet still argued obstinately, "But my Anran is still an unmarried young lady, if word gets out about her room being ransacked like this, how will she ever get married!"
"Mother..."
Qi Anran hugged Mrs. Wang with a choked tone, looking like she had suffered a great injustice.
A beautiful woman crying with a pitiful expression, her eyes still showing fear as she looked at herself, it would be hard for any man not to be moved.
But Li Mingjue simply watched the mother and daughter coldly, his face showing not the slightest sign of compassion.
Are they feeling wronged now?
Qi Yu was merely taking back what belonged to her.
The real wrongdoers were them.
"Ah, I've found it!"
While the standoff continued outside, Qi Yu, who had been searching high and low inside, suddenly exclaimed.
She only knew that the Jade Pendant had been taken by Mrs. Wang and Qi Anran and was hidden inside Qi Anran's room.
But as for its exact location, she wasn't certain.
So, when she entered the room just now, she purposely created a mess at the beginning, then headed straight for a cabinet, tapping and knocking until she finally found a secret compartment.
In her previous life, she had been a master of mechanisms, such hidden compartments couldn't baffle her.
Upon opening it, there lay the Jade Pendant that belonged to Qi Yu, along with a collection of other rare and exotic treasures, of unknown origins.
Qi Yu directly carried the box away with her.
"Did you find your Jade Pendant?" Li Mingjue looked at the pearwood box she was holding and asked.
Qi Yu nodded her head, then opened the box like she was presenting a treasure for him to see, "You see, my Jade Pendant is right here inside!"
Li Mingjue looked at the box full of gold and silver jewelry and arched his eyebrows.
His Princess was indeed… fond of wealth.
However, he didn't think there was anything wrong with that.
Who knew if the contents of this box hadn't been plundered from others?
Besides, this mother and daughter had been hiding Qi Yu's Jade Pendant for so many years; it was only right to collect some interest.
Li Mingjue had been completely assimilated by Qi Yu's bandit way of thinking.
Madam Wang watched her clutching her precious box, her eyes red with the urge to snatch it away.
Qi Yu, quick-eyed, dodged her move and hid behind Li Mingjue, whispering into his ear, "Husband, someone wants to snatch my things!"
This "Husband" really did sound more and more pleasant to the ear, and a hint of a smile appeared in Li Mingjue's eyes as he said arrogantly, "I'd like to see who dares to snatch."
"This is my stuff!" Madam Wang roared through clenched teeth.
What was inside was the fruit of her many years of labor!
Qi Anran's face turned deathly pale as she watched Qi Yu clutch the box to her chest, her hands clenched into tight fists.
"Sister must be mistaken, this is clearly my stuff!"
Qi Yu poked her head out from behind Li Mingjue, grinned at her, and said, "How can you prove it, sister? Each item in here is worth a fortune; surely you haven't turned to thievery, have you?"
"Qi, Yu!" Qi Anran could no longer pretend.
How dare this wretch speak of her like that!
Prime Minister Qi Wei was still unaware of what was inside the box, but seeing the unusual expressions on Madam Wang's and Qi Anran's faces, he began to feel uneasy.
He hurriedly said to Qi Yu, "Yuyu, let father have a look at what's inside the box."
Qi Yu looked at him warily and after a long pause, reluctantly turned up her nose, "Then you can only look, you can't snatch mine!"
"Fine..." Qi Wei's veins throbbed with anger.
How could he dare to snatch when there stood an Evil God right in front of her!
Qi Yu deliberately took out the box and opened it for everyone to see.
Before Qi Wei could get a clear look at each of the treasures, Qi Yu quickly closed the box again.
"Father, the box is full of my treasures, and I am taking it away!" Qi Yu clutched the box tightly, as if afraid that someone would snatch it.
Qi Wei hadn't expected that there were indeed treasures inside, which also seemed very valuable, and he immediately felt a twinge of regret.
Li Mingjue, however, beat him to speaking, "What's this, Prime Minister? Are you thinking of going back on your word?"
Qi Wei was completely deflated.
Naturally, Madam Wang and Qi Anran were not willing to let their years of collected treasures be taken away by Qi Yu, and the two blocked the way, refusing to let Qi Yu leave through the door.
Qi Yu, however, arched her eyebrows meaningfully and asked, "Since sister claims that the treasures inside are all yours, can you tell us how you came to possess them?"
Qi Anran was stunned; she was well aware that most of these things had likely not been obtained through legitimate means.
Yet, with so many people watching, she could not even come up with a decent excuse.
Madam Wang's face also turned red, unable to utter a word.
If Prime Minister Qi Wei knew about the things she was doing behind his back, she would be finished.
"What's the matter, can't say it?" Qi Yu smiled, "Sister, you'd better listen carefully: everything in this box, along with the box itself, was left to me by my mother."
"Nonsense!" Madam Wang couldn't help but curse, "Your mother died a long time ago, and as a concubine, where would she get so many things to leave for you!"
Qi Yu's expression turned colder, and she looked at her with mockery in her eyes, "My maternal family deals in the legitimate antique business, so why couldn't they leave these things for me?"