Once he thought up to here, Xiao Yuan Cheng was slightly more comforted. He silently made a look towards housekeeper Zhou.
The housekeeper Zhou understood, exclaiming: "Princess, it's not that this servant doesn't let you search it but that the key to this box, I had lost it a couple of days ago. Such a heavy box, today, we probably won't be able to open it. How about you search it next time. After all, this box won't be able to run away anyway."
"Unable to open this…" Huang Bei Yue slowly played with the leaves within the teacup. She suddenly smiled and took out a black dagger from her space ring: "This is the icy dagger that the Lord's father had just gifted me. I heard that it peels metal off as though it was mud. I'm not sure if I am able to use this to open the lock. Dong Ling, you go try this."
"Yes." Dong Ling walked up to pick up the dagger.
Xiao Yuan Cheng quickly stood up: "No!"
Huang Bei Yue raised her head to ask: "Why not? Even if that lock is damaged, I will repay a better one to housekeeper Zhou."
Xiao Yuan Cheng's face was turning ugly and the two hands tightly formed fists. The bones were cracking.
Huang Bei Yue stared at his expression and coldly laughed. Today, she was only punishing an individual to set an example for others. She definitely will search that housekeeper Zhou and take the evidence that he was stuffing his pockets with resources. Next, she will have the excuse to reorganize the financial affairs within the prefecture without restraint!
That housekeeper Zhou, today, she must teach him a lesson. She didn't care if Xiao Yuan Cheng would let her or not. I – Huang Bei Yue wanted to do the things, you have the ability to stop me?
"The Lord's father had already said so today, for me to tidy up the family manners. There must be someone to take the lead. Housekeeper Zhou, all these years, you had contributed to the prefecture a lot and am old now. Don't blame me for making it feel as though you are wronged. It's all those who resort to a negative style of manner and stuffed their pockets who were traitors, causing mischief! When this Princess catches them, I will harshly peel their skins off and help you vent your anger!"
It was still good when housekeeper Zhou hadn't listened to this but when he heard this, goosebumps appeared all over his body.
Peel off their skins…
There was no one here who dared to take Huang Bei Yue's as a joke. Today, the harsh methods in which she killed the servant, everyone had witnessed this. Who dared to be suspicious that she was just joking?
Housekeeper Zhou hurriedly cast a look towards Xiao Yuan Cheng, begging for help. This Huang Bei Yue was the real daughter of the Lord. As long as the Lord had made an order, so what if she was the Princess? Could it be that she will refuse her own father?
Xiao Yuan Cheng also had this decision in mind. But he knew that Huang Bei Yue was no the normal type of daughter. This girl, with one mouth, was able to make things seem more exaggerated and such. He needed to think about what to say.
"Looks like even father had agreed to this. Dong Ling, open the box."
Xiao Yuan Cheng was not even given time to think about what to say when Huang Bei Yue had already commanded Dong Ling.
Dong Ling moved quickly, bypassing housekeeper Zhou and the dagger had landed. The lock heavily landed on the ground and when housekeeper Zhou saw this, he pounced on it. The entire body pressed down against the box.
"Housekeeper Zhou, what are you doing? In this box, could it be that there are some things that we shouldn't be seeing?" Dong Ling turned her head around to inquire.
Housekeeper Zhou shook his head continuously: "No! There is nothing!"
Xiao Yuan Cheng yelled: "Enough! What is there to search? Bei Yue, you had done enough disturbance today! Go back to your room and rest!"
"Disturbance?" Huang Bei Yue's face slowly turned cold. She dropped the teacup, standing up: "What father had said made my heart feel chilling ah! Today, the Lord's father had made clear to me to tidy up the family manners. I am young so I am afraid I won't be able to convince the masses so I wanted to start from housekeeper Zhou in order to set an example. However, the father is saying that I am making a disturbance? Bei Yue had placed a lot of thoughts into this, isn't that all for the prefecture of Princess Zhang!"
"But it's going over the lines by searching through the rooms!" Xiao Yuan Cheng shouted. That box had been opened. If the items inside were seen by everyone, then he would…
"Going over the lines? Well, the father can go out and make some inquiries. Which family in the capital has not search the rooms before? I was just punishing a little to prevent a bigger mistake. Compared to other families, this is still called going over the lines?"
Huang Bei Yue directly walked out. She walked to the door and raised her fingers, saying: "What are you standing here for? Quickly help the housekeeper Zhou up!"
A couple of stunned servants, as soon as they heard Huang Bei Yue's orders, they subconsciously followed the commands. They walked over and pulled housekeeper Zhou up who was holding tightly onto the boxes as though an octopus.
Dong Ling opened the cover of the box. At that moment, golden-bright lights assaulted people's faces. In there, there was actually a whole box of golden treasures! There were many different kinds of delicate items and on the top, it was embedded with different colored gems. That type of light nearly blinded one's eyes.
The housekeeper, all of a sudden was like a balloon that had air leaking out. He fell limp on the ground.
Dong Ling consecutively opened the other boxes. Each time she opened one, the surrounding people will all let out a cold gasp. In these boxes, it contained all valuable golden and silver wares. There were also antiques, paintings, jade artifacts, coral, pearls, etc. They were a dazzling sight to the eyes leading it to be a feast for the eyes.
Huang Bei Yue stared at the housekeeper Zhou who seemed to be flattened. In her heart, she was cheering for herself for catching him! She just wanted to open her mouth to let people beat him up with sticks and force him to say who was the person that made him hide all these items is.
He was just a small housekeeper. Even if he had a lot of courage, he definitely would not dare to steal that many items from the prefecture of Princess Zhang. Does he take those brilliant concubines to be blind people?
She hadn't opened her mouth when Xiao Yuan Cheng had already done so, screeched at him: "What a great servant for lying to your superiors and hiding it from your kind. You dared to secretly store all these valuables. Do you know what crime you're committing right now?"
Xiao Yuan Cheng walked out, kicking the housekeeper Zhou over. If there was a sword in his hand, he probably would've killed him with a sword already!
Housekeeper Zhou answered, scaredly: "This person understands that he is wrong, understands that he is wrong. These things, this person didn't secretly store them. I was, trying to place them and then carry them into the storage room!"
"If it was supposed to be carried into the storage room, then how come you wouldn't let us search it before?" Dong Ling wasn't that easy to be lied to. She immediately inquired.
Housekeeper Zhou responded: "It's because this person is afraid, is afraid that this person will be accused by the Princess…"
"Nonsense! The Princess can distinguish the right from the wrong! How could she accuse wrongly of you! I see that you are probably just lying to us!" Dong Ling yelled, raising her hand. At this time, she was not afraid of that Xiao Yuan Cheng.
"Lord, secretly storing these valuables is a serious crime. Based on this maid's views, he should be sent to Ting Wei Si for them to investigate this."
Ting Wei Si, if he was sent to Ting Wei Si, then what good would that be! That Ting Wei Geng was famous for being upright and plainspoken. If he were to investigate this, then the whole prefecture of Princess Zhang will be under investigation. Then at that time, no one would be able to escape!
"Family shames must not be spread abroad. If this matter were to be revealed, there will be many people watching a joke! Why send him to Ting Wei Si?" Xiao Yuan Cheng lowly hollered.
"Father is saying the right thing." Huang Bei Yue looked at the boxes filled with treasures and her face was icy cold: "Housekeeper Zhou, my mother, when she was still alive, she treated you not badly. What you had done today, really opened lens to a new world ah!"
"Princess, Princess, show some mercy ah…" Housekeeper Zhou kneeled on the ground. He was shaking and kept on asking for mercy.
Huang Bei Yue responded: "If I were to send you to Ting Wei Si, based on your crimes, not only will you die but your wives and children will all be on the book of servants. In the master's house, stealing, the faces will be marked with the stamp of a servant. This whole life, you won't have a day where you will be free!"
Housekeeper Zhou kept on trembling and the teeth were chattering. He secretly raised his head towards Xiao Yuan Cheng and Concubine Qin. These precious treasures, he won't be able to obtain any of them. However, he was doing this for the Lord and Concubine Qin. If something were to happen to him, they probably won't let him just take on the crime names himself right?
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