Xiao Yuan Cheng's face turned slightly unnatural. He softly coughed: "This servant who casually spoke his mind, it's better to beat him to death! Otherwise, he might ruin our prefecture's reputation!"
"Lord! This person had been loyal to you for so many years and done so many things for you. It's fine that something is wrong and you're not helping but you dare to think about killing me to keep the secret?!" Housekeeper lifted his head angrily.
"If you keep on talking nonsense, do you believe that I will kill you!"
Housekeeper Zhou: "Lord doesn't need to threaten me. Today, the matter had revealed itself and the Lord dared to pretend as though you didn't know this then I don't need to hide and keep it from everyone! All the precious treasures in the prefecture's storage room, if I didn't have the Lord's keys, then how am I able to take them out?"
The overbearing sentences made by housekeeper Zhou made Xiao Yuan Cheng flustered and exasperated. His eye sockets were on the verge of splitting: "You, you are framing me!"
"Humph! Framing? Lord is the Emperor's son-in-law and I am just a small housekeeper. Why would I find the need to frame you? The keys to the prefecture's storage room, you have been the one keeping them. Only you are able to open the storage room. Without you, how could these treasures be transferred out?"
"You—" Xiao Yuan Cheng was speechless.
Huang Bei Yue straightened her back and suddenly coldly announced: "Enough, all shut up."
Housekeeper Zhou closed his mouth. Xiao Yuan Cheng also guiltily closed his mouth. He thought about it before exclaiming: "Bei Yue, this father – I…"
"Enough, you don't need to explain. This matter, I will investigate thoroughly. Father, give me the keys to the storage room. I will open to see just how many items are missing."
"This key isn't on me…"
Huang Bei Yue suddenly turned her body around. In the clean pupils of the eyes, there was indeed a chilly ray of light: "Father, in front of everyone's faces, I am the daughter so I can't lose faces for you! But this matter involves the prefecture of Princess Zhang and I am the first daughter of the first lady. Mother isn't here so I am the one in charge of the prefecture. As the master of the prefecture, that storage room originally should be managed by me. Starting from today, the father doesn't need to worry about it!"
Every sentence was icy and cold, revealing anger that led people to feel chilly.
The master of the prefecture!
These four words were like thunder, striking on Xiao Yuan Cheng's head. He was infuriated and felt shameful. He was a seven feet man but he has no privilege within the prefecture to manage anything. On the other hand, a twelve-year-old girl dared to make sarcastic comments and gesticulate at him while talking!
If he gave the key to the prefecture's storage room then that is saying that he was giving away the power of about half the prefecture. How could he be willing to do so?
"You're young. What do you need that key for? If you end up meeting someone that is dangerous and is lied to by a couple of words then doesn't that mean…"
"Absurd!" Huang Bei Yue angrily shouted. Her hands pointed at the boxes outside: "Look at what those are? Human testimony and material evidence are both here. I just need to bring Ting Wei Si over to carefully check this. What things can't be investigated? You dared to cover this! I am young but my eyes are not blind! Father, you are so disappointing ah!"
"The family matters, do we really need to startle Ting Wei Si?" As soon as Xiao Yuan Cheng heard that she was going to ask for Ting Wei Si to investigate this, he started to be worried.
The laws of Nan Yi Country are strict and the punishments are even harsher. All the past emperors of Nan Yi Country all loathe frauds and greediness. No matter whether it was bureaucracy or affairs of the nation or family/prefecture matters, as long as they were caught and brought to Ting Wei Si, then they would be punished severely!
He was the Emperor's son-in-law and he was corrupting the financial affairs of the prefecture of Princess Zhang. The punishment is worse!
"If father is willing to admit the error and feel regretful about it, looking towards the relationship as father and daughter, how could I go and startle Ting Wei Si to come and catch the father? But today…"
"Lord!" Concubine Qin frightfully hollered from the back. She was trembling.
If this matter were to startle Ting Wei Si, then none of them could escape ah!