The maids behind quickly nodded, one of them saying, "Yes, we can testify. We’ve seen Lady Ji entering and exiting the jewelry room several times while cleaning, all alone, all secretive, no telling how long she stayed!"
"Yep, I saw it too," added another, "Lady Ji always keeps to herself and never talks to anyone. Perhaps she is afraid of being caught!"
Standing next to Mr. Mo, Mo Shu listened to the maids and scoffed lightly, speaking faintly, "Are you really sure about this?"
The maids visibly trembled in unison, their gazes instinctively turning toward Uncle Dong, but quickly they nodded again, saying, "Yes! We are sure!"
Uncle Dong, with a stern face, said, "Here is the evidence. I found Ji Nan’s fingerprints on many of our jewels..."
"Uncle Dong," Ji Nan’s voice suddenly broke in, and everyone turned to see her walking out from behind Mo Shu through a passage, holding a remote control. "I am the Princess’s bodyguard; my fingerprints are naturally there. But you, when the Princess isn’t around, you frequent the jewelry room. Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black, doesn’t it?"
Uncle Dong scoffed coldly, "In denial till the end! I am the Princess’s butler; it is part of my job to inventory the jewels. Isn’t it normal for me to enter the jewelry room?" Follow current novels on N0veI.Fiɾe.net
"Is stealing and selling them normal too?"
Uncle Dong’s heart raced as visible anger flashed across his face. "Don’t slander me!"
"Whether it is slander, you know it in your heart," Ji Nan advanced toward Uncle Dong, then turned to face the crowd, saying, "So far, Uncle Dong, as the butler of Princess Mo, has been guarding the vaults but looting them himself. He stole five pairs of earrings, seven bracelets, twenty-three bracelets, sixteen necklaces, and a whopping thirty rings, including Young Master Yu’s engagement gifts worth up to a hundred million!"
Uncle Dong’s face drastically changed, "You’re talking nonsense! Do you have proof?"
Such detailed data, how could one possibly calculate that!
Even he himself couldn’t remember having that much. It must be made up!
And all the items he took out were for Mo Jiantao; their value couldn’t possibly sum up to a hundred million!
The guests who had come to the Mo Family witnessed this and also felt these numbers were overly specific.
Moreover, Uncle Dong was the most trusted butler by Princess Mo’s side. Why would Ji Nan frame Uncle Dong of all people?
Yu Jing crossed her arms, sneering, "This bodyguard is as foolish as Mo Shu. Over the years, Mo Shu has blindly trusted this butler. Even if the butler did steal, this idiot wouldn’t do much to him; framing him only loses out for herself."
Yu Jing’s words were also heard by Si Qiao and others nearby.
Li Shaobai looked puzzled and remarked, "Both from Mo Shu’s side, mere performance perhaps? This female bodyguard might be let off, but this butler has been with Princess Mo for over a decade. If he really was an insider thief, he’d only get a minor punishment at most. What a farce of proving innocence!"
He Yan also whispered softly, "Exactly, Mo Shu has always relied most on Uncle Dong. To her, Uncle Dong’s position is second only to Grandpa Mo. This female bodyguard picked the wrong scapegoat."
Si Qiao shifted his gaze to Mo Shu and found Mo Shu’s expression ever calm.
Even her eyes, looking at Uncle Dong, were cold.
No shock, no surprise.
"Evidence, you ask?" Ji Nan lifted the remote control, "These surveillance recordings are the evidence!"
Uncle Dong was even more disdainful, scoffing, "I’ve been with the Princess for fifteen years, and her room has never had any surveillance!"