Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2137: Chapter 1895: Too Late for Regrets

Due to the reason of first come, first served, Zhou Yu and Sunx Ce left early and met Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao earlier on the Yangtze River. Additionally, both of their statuses at the time matched with Zhou Yu and Sunx Ce, so this time both were married couples.

"Greetings, Lady Zhou." At this moment, Zhuge Jin also appeared.

"Mr. Zhuge, it’s better to address the major issues with Zhongmou first, I’ll take Shangxiang and leave now." Little Qiao returned the courtesy, then left with Sunx Shangxiang, who was full of resentment, but it was impossible to take something out of the box in front of Sunx Quan, so she had to follow Little Qiao and leave.

With Zhuge Jin’s interruption, Sunx Quan forgot to check and followed Zhuge Jin to seal the box, then covered the gift list with his private seal and handed it over to Zhuge Jin.

Sunx Shangxiang followed Little Qiao, initially feeling a bit unwilling and always wanted to rush over to open the box and take out the Jade Seal to smash it, but Little Qiao was watching intently and Sunx Shangxiang had no better way, ultimately leaving things as they were.

By the time Sunx Quan realized the Jade Seal was missing and wanted to kill the servants guarding the treasury, several days had passed.

The servants all stated that they could only stay outside and were unable to enter the treasury, so they did not know anything else, which made Sunx Quan so angry that he immediately expelled that group of servants from the house.

Afterward, Sunx Quan, who was somewhat rational, realized that only a very few people could enter the treasury, and the most likely suspect was definitely Sunx Shangxiang.

"Shangxiang, you’re the one who took the Jade Seal, quickly return it to me." Sunx Quan, furious, stormed in front of Sunx Shangxiang who was playing in the courtyard.

"What, what, what did you say?" Sunx Shangxiang stared at Sunx Quan with her big, innocent eyes, completely clueless about what was wrong with her second brother.

"Return it to me quickly!" Sunx Quan said furiously, "Do you know how important the Jade Seal is? This item represents the Mandate of Heaven for our Sunx Family!"

In fact, Sunx Quan had one more thing unspoken, which was that when the Jade Seal was activated, everyone kneeled, but he, Sunx Quan, did not and even got the Jade Seal’s acknowledgment, touching the Jade Seal, doesn’t it prove that Sunx Quan is destined to be the Emperor?

"What, second brother, what are you talking about?" Sunx Shangxiang, holding an embroidered ball, looked at Sunx Quan somewhat fearfully, the purple-bearded green-eyed Sunx Quan looked extremely menacing at this moment.

"Who else but you would steal from the treasury?" Sunx Quan yelled angrily, "Return it to me quickly, I’ve already warned you not to take things from the treasury, yet you dared to steal, and this time you dared to steal the Jade Seal!"

"Wow~" Sunx Shangxiang, scared by Sunx Quan’s anger, burst into tears, dropped the embroidered ball, and ran while crying, "Big brother, second brother is scaring me, come save me."

Already irritated by the loss of the Jade Seal, Sunx Quan felt even more vexed by Sunx Shangxiang’s actions, took a step forward, and grabbed Sunx Shangxiang, "Return the Jade Seal to me!"

"I didn’t take the Jade Seal." Sunx Shangxiang cried, "Big brother, big brother, come save me."

"Zhongmou, did Shangxiang do something wrong again?" At this moment, Old Lady Sunx, who was strolling in the courtyard, happened to witness this scene and furrowed her brow and asked.

Originally, when Sunx Ce was at home, he spoiled Sunx Shangxiang overly much, making Old Lady Sunx feel that Shangxiang would become spoiled and willful, so she occasionally admonished Sunx Ce.

After Sunx Ce left, the second son managed the household and began to discipline the little daughter, which Old Lady Sunx initially approved of, but later she felt it was too strict. With five sons and one daughter at home, pampering a little wasn’t a big deal.

Sunx Shangxiang, seeing Old Lady Sunx, immediately broke free from Sunx Quan’s grip and rushed into Old Lady Sunx’s embrace, saying nothing but crying.

"Greetings, Mother." Sunx Quan saluted very respectfully.

"Alright, sweetie, Xiang’er don’t cry." Old Lady Sunx comforted Sunx Shangxiang while smilingly asking, "Did Shangxiang break something again?"

"No, I was just playing in the courtyard this time, but second brother came over saying I took something from the treasury even though I didn’t." Sunx Shangxiang spoke fluently, not waiting for Sunx Quan to speak.

Sunx Quan looked at Sunx Shangxiang, then recounted the entire event in detail, as losing the Jade Seal was indeed a big deal.

"Shangxiang, do you have the Jade Seal with you?" Old Lady Sunx stooped down and asked.

"No." Sunx Shangxiang didn’t even understand what the seal was, and as for the item she wanted to break which she couldn’t and ended up putting back in the box a few days ago, it wasn’t with her either, so Sunx Shangxiang wasn’t lying.

Lady Sunx saw Sunx Shangxiang’s expression and knew it had nothing to do with her, moreover, in Lady Sunx’s and Sunx Ce’s eyes, the Jade Seal wasn’t important, it was the very thing that truly caused Sunx Jian’s death.

Therefore, Lady Sunx and Sunx Ce shelved it high, and Sunx Ce even considered borrowing three thousand troops with it in the past.

A mere three thousand troops, given Sunx Ce’s strength now, that’s nothing. Even if it supposedly carried the nation’s fortune, someone like Sunx Ce wouldn’t believe in it.

"Zhongmou, Shangxiang didn’t take this item." Old Lady Sunx stood up and told Sunx Quan.

Sunx Quan looked grim, but if Sunx Shangxiang had taken it, when asked by the family, if it was broken, it was broken, if it was thrown into the lake, then it was thrown into the lake, she wouldn’t say she didn’t take it, especially when it was Old Lady Sunx who asked, it couldn’t be fake.

Moreover, in Sunx Quan’s view, Sunx Shangxiang didn’t even know what the Jade Seal was, as apart from him, who liked touching the Jade Seal, everyone else in the family avoided it.

If Sunx Shangxiang had taken it, she’d probably treat it like any other item, not thinking it was something special and lie about it.

"Mother, I was too hasty, I’ll go look elsewhere." Sunx Quan held back his inner agitation and respectfully told Old Lady Sunx.

"Alright, go look then." Old Lady Sunx waved her hand, signaling Sunx Quan to go search.

After Sunx Quan left, Old Lady Sunx played with her little daughter, and during their idle chats, Sunx Shangxiang discovered that the Jade Seal was the thing she wanted to break but couldn’t, and eventually threw back into the box.

[Hmph, stupid second brother, I won’t tell you that thing has been taken away.] After knowing the matter, Sunx Shangxiang didn’t even consider telling Sunx Quan; he had upset her after all.

Sunx Quan frantically reorganized the Sunx Family, eventually concluding that the item was possibly sent in the treasure chest addressed to Chang’an, so he immediately took twenty servants and rushed towards Chang’an.

However, unfortunately, Sunx Quan was not Sunx Ce, his horseback riding skills were poor, and for a Southerner to ride a horse is like a Northerner piloting a ship, requiring training. A guy like Sunx Quan, who hadn’t practiced much, couldn’t catch up despite the chase.

After all, by the time Sunx Quan discovered the Jade Seal was missing, it had been transported away for six days, with the treasure chest first taking the water route, then the official road, and with Sunx Ce requesting urgency, it proceeded at an exceptionally fast pace.