My happy life in a courtyard house with triplets.

Chapter 313: The Treasure of Prince Gong's Mansion

Just as Aunt Ya finished preparing dinner, Yu Li returned.

Zhang Lei looked at Yu Li and asked gently, "How is your mother?"

Yu Li nodded shyly: "My sister and my dad are taking care of things, it's fine. I don't know when you'll be back, so..."

Zhang Lei quickly waved his hand to interrupt, "Alright, we're all family, there's no need to explain this too much. Besides, I'm your husband, not your boss at work, you don't need to report everything."

Yu Li blushed instantly.

Chen Xueru pulled Yu Li aside and teased, "Yu Li, you'll have to work hard again tonight. I've been walking all day and I'm exhausted."

Yu Li said irritably, "Xue Ru, I don't believe you. You tricked me yesterday, and today I can't be the only one with the boss. You have to come with us."

Zhang Lei smiled and smoothed things over, saying, "Let's listen to Yu Li."

Chen Xueru couldn't help but roll her eyes at Zhang Lei when she saw his expression.

Ding Qiunan urged, "Honey, stop chatting and hurry up and eat."

Lou Xiao'e laughed and chimed in, "That's right, you two stop teasing the husband. If you really want to suffer less, you should get pregnant as soon as possible, just like us, then the husband won't be able to do anything about it."

Upon hearing Lou Xiao'e's words, Yu Li thought to herself: What kind of solution is this?

Chen Xueru's eyes lit up, and she thought to herself: How come I didn't think of such a good idea?

After dinner, Zhang Lei first had a heart-to-heart talk with everyone in his family.

Ye Shuqin looked at Zhang Lei and said softly, "Honey, thank you so much for today."

Zhang Lei reached out and hugged her, then gently touched her protruding belly: "You're still being so polite with me. You're carrying our three children now, you're the one who's suffering the most."

Ye Shuqin shook her head, her eyes full of tenderness: "My dear husband, I've fantasized many times about what kind of person I would marry. But I never imagined I could marry such a wonderful man as you. If it weren't for you, I don't know how long the villagers would have talked about me and Shuqi for being jinxed."

Zhang Lei looked at her and said earnestly, "We are a match made in heaven. Since God has arranged for us to be together, let's live our lives in peace and contentment."

Ye Shuqin nodded shyly and leaned gently against Zhang Lei's chest.

Zhang Lei knew in his heart that ever since Ye Shuqin married into the family, she had been silently contributing to the family and shouldering too many responsibilities. Whether at home or outside, she did her best to maintain the family and never cared that he had another wife. Instead, she was broad-minded and accepted everyone.

After chatting with Ye Shuqin for a while, Zhang Lei went to find Ye Shuqi and Ye Shuhua, asking them to stop going to work and take leave until they had given birth and recovered before considering returning to work. After much persuasion, the two finally agreed.

When Zhang Lei returned to the bedroom, Yu Li and Chen Xueru were already in bed. He looked at them, smiled, and casually turned off the light.

At two o'clock in the morning, Zhang Lei looked at Yu Li and Chen Xueru sleeping soundly beside him and thought to himself that such a blessing of having two wives was truly rare.

After checking the time, he decisively and quietly got dressed, tiptoed out of the door, and left the courtyard house at No. 90.

Zhang Lei took out a bicycle from his personal storage space and pedaled quickly, looking from a distance like he was riding on wheels of fire. Before long, he arrived at Prince Gong's Mansion.

He didn't go straight in, but instead circled the outer wall, maximizing his sensory abilities to probe the inside. However, the Prince Gong's mansion was simply too vast; his senses alone were far from sufficient.

Zhang Lei decided to take the risk and climbed over the side wall, carefully exploring the garden using his senses. He knew in his heart that he couldn't touch anything visible; everything here was accounted for.

After searching for more than half an hour, Zhang Lei finally found a mechanism near a rockery.

He slowly pressed down, and with a "click," the ground beside him slowly opened, revealing a passage leading underground.

Zhang Lei's heart pounded with nervousness. He threw down the torch he had prepared in advance, and when he saw that the torch had not gone out, his face lit up with joy—the underground palace, which had been sealed for so many years, still had air circulation. He had to admire the wisdom of the ancients.

Zhang Lei picked up another torch and walked down the steps.

Once underground, he was surrounded by a gray, dusty landscape. His heart pounded with anxiety; what if there was nothing there at all?

He searched meticulously, leaving no bottle or jar scattered on the ground untouched, and even a broken brick was collected into his personal storage space.

Walking to the innermost corner, Zhang Lei suddenly froze—hundreds of boxes were neatly arranged in front of him.

Finally found!

Zhang Lei strode forward, opened a box, and a dazzling golden light instantly came into view—it was a gold brick, a real gold brick!

He then opened several more boxes, all of which were filled with gold bars.

Fearing that things might get complicated if he delayed, Zhang Lei didn't dare to linger and immediately put all the boxes into his personal space, planning to count them slowly when he got back.

He stayed underground for a full half hour, making sure that not a single trace was left before returning to the surface, pressing the mechanism again to restore the ground to its original state, and carefully cleaning up the traces of his footsteps.

After doing all this, Zhang Lei did a somersault and jumped over the wall of Prince Gong's Mansion.

He tried to calm his excited emotions, got on his bicycle, and hurried back.

When he got home, Zhang Lei first washed his face with cold water to calm himself down.

He silently thanked Heshen in his heart. Thanks to Heshen, if he hadn't embezzled so much wealth back then, he wouldn't have been able to acquire such a huge fortune many years later. Although this might not even be a fraction of what Heshen had embezzled, it was enough for him to change his family's life.

After taking off his clothes, Zhang Lei lay on the bed and accidentally pressed down on Chen Xueru's arm. Startled, Chen Xueru mumbled groggily, "Honey, let go of me."

Seeing that she seemed to be talking in her sleep, Zhang Lei didn't think much of it and simply hugged Chen Xueru and fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Yu Li woke up to find herself tightly held in Zhang Lei's arms. She glanced at Chen Xueru beside her and, remembering the madness of the previous night, couldn't help but curse herself inwardly: "Yu Li, you're so shameless."

Chen Xueru, standing to the side, got up and dressed gracefully, even smiling at Yu Li.

Zhang Lei remained asleep with his eyes closed, still slightly red from the excitement of the previous night. The thought of the hundreds of boxes in his personal storage space filled him with uncontrollable excitement—thirty-six thousand taels of gold, clearly more than that. Moreover, dozens of those boxes were filled with antique paintings, calligraphy, pearls, and jade.

Zhang Lei was happily dreaming, imagining his prosperous and stable future.