After Breaking Off My Marriage, I Became A Powerful Minister's Treasure (2)

Chapter 396: You're really good

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Xiao Yuanshi left the courtyard and called the butler over.

"Have the people from King Jin's residence come here before?" he asked.

The butler was Xiao Yuanshi's trusted aide who had followed him from the general's residence.

He replied respectfully, "One day, when you were out, a concubine from King Jin's residence sent a servant girl to bring you a housewarming gift. Madam received it on behalf of you.

"After they left, Madam placed the gifts from King Jin's residence into the warehouse. They were not rare items, just a few sets of porcelain and some cloth."

Because this was an exchange between the backyards and the deputy governor had been very busy during those few days, he had not taken the initiative to mention it.

Xiao Yuanshi thought for a moment.

"Secretly bring Madam's personal maidservant here."

He emphasized, "Don't let Madam find out."

The butler was stunned, but he did not ask further. "Yes!"

After the butler left, Xiao Yuanshi looked through the accounts of the manor.

There was something fishy about it, but it was only a matter of a few hundred taels of silver.

It seemed that Ge Chunru had kept it in a private room.

He also felt a little disgusted because of this.

Ge Chunru was too petty.

However, it was only a few hundred taels of silver, so he couldn't be bothered to look into it.

After a while, the butler secretly brought in Ge Chunru's most trusted maidservant.

The maidservant trembled when she saw Xiao Yuanshi.

"Greetings, deputy governor."

"Raise your head and look at me," Xiao Yuanshi said.

The maidservant trembled again and carefully raised her head to look at Xiao Yuanshi, but her eyes seemed to be filled with unease.

Xiao Yuanshi's heart skipped a beat. This was obviously a sign of guilt.

"Let me ask you, when King Jin's secondary consort sent someone to bring the housewarming gifts, what else did she bring besides the things that were stored in the warehouse?"

As soon as she said this, the maiservant's expression became even more flustered.

Xiao Yuanshi's whole body released his power, and he patted the table, "Speak, or I will sell your whole family to mine for ores."

When the servant girl heard this, she was so frightened that she immediately knelt down.

She had thought that the deputy governor already knew and would not dare to drag the entire family down.

"There's one more box," she said with trepidation," Madam kept it."

Xiao Yuanshi tightened his grip on the account book. "Are there silver notes in the box?"

The maidservant was extremely flustered. As expected, the deputy governor knew.

Therefore, she didn't make any excuses. "Yes."