Noble Lady

Zheng Duoqi watched Fang Rui turn his room upside down with repressed emotion.

Everything that should be seen and shouldn't be seen was seen clearly and clearly.

He has no way out.

I can only stand by and watch.

Fang Rui and his men flipped through it once and then flipped through it a second time.

Yumei was watching the fun from the side, pointing fingers without thinking, "Look under the tables and chairs, behind the paintings, inside the vases, there's no telling if I might destroy them intentionally or unintentionally."

Fang Rui said, "Miss Yumei can't be that kind of person."

He instructed the yamen runners, "Search carefully and make sure to find any places that Yumei might have accidentally damaged. Take this opportunity to sort it out, lest Mr. Zheng remembers it later and tries to blackmail us."

After he finished speaking, he saw Zheng Duoqi's face turned ashen, "Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Zheng, you are still standing here?"

"But it's okay for you to supervise here. You can take a look. We're just checking inside and out. We haven't taken any of your belongings, right?"

Zheng Duoqi was so angry that his face was distorted, but what could he say?

Gritting his teeth, he tried to force out a calm voice, "...this young man is right."

Yumei was jumping around.

Suddenly, I heard her scream: "Ah! What is this?!"

Fang Rui was attracted by her cry and saw her pointing at the plum vase that was more than half a person's height in the corner, her hands shaking with excitement.

"Here, here, there's something!"

Then Fang Rui naturally called two people over, turned the extremely heavy plum vase over, and poured out an account book.

Oh, and there's also a women's underwear dress embroidered with white lotus flowers.

"Ms. Xue, come and take a look. There seems to be a seal of Datong Trading Company on it." Fang Rui's voice came from the room.

Xue Chenyu subconsciously glanced at Zheng Duoqi: "I'm sorry, Mr. Zheng, it seems that I found something extraordinary. I have to go take a look first."

Then she lifted her skirt and stepped over the threshold.

Account book and seal of Datong Trading Company.

There were also large sums of money and grain transactions with Su’s Grain Store.

Xue Chenyu took a quick look and then shook her head and sighed, "I'll have to trouble Brother Fang to invite Mr. Zheng to the government office for a cup of tea."

Prince Cheng asked her to make some noise, and today's noise should be shocking enough.

"What did you do?!" Zheng Duoqi rushed in angrily and reached out to snatch the account book from Xue Chenyu's hand.

However, Xia He, who was beside Xue Chenyu, cleverly turned his attention away. Then Xia He looked at him indifferently, as if she would break his hand if he dared to reach out again.

"Why are you in such a hurry, Mr. Zheng?" Xue Chenyu looked at him slowly and smiled.

Zheng Duoqi said impatiently: "No matter what you found in my room, it must be a frame-up."

"Since Mr. Zheng is so sure this is a frame-up, why are you so anxious?"

"I..." Zheng Duoqi also realized that he had lost his composure and quickly calmed down.

Xue Chenyu flipped through the account book page by page in front of him. "This records a batch of grain shipped from Datong Trading Company and sold by Su's Grain Store, but the money was divided into several places."

"There's a detailed account record at the back. Mr. Zheng, won't you explain it?"

"Impossible, this thing can't be here with me. This account book should have been destroyed by the people from Su's Grain Store a long time ago..."

Zheng Duoqi realized belatedly that he had let the cat out of the bag.

Xue Chenyu chuckled, "Mr. Zheng seems to know a lot about the inside story. No wonder he's been able to sit on the throne for over a month."

Zheng Duoqi felt a chill on his back and felt an unprecedented sense of fear towards the woman in front of him.

She, how could she know everything?

No, how could a little girl like her know everything? She must have made this up on the spur of the moment to trick him.

Yes, that must be the case! Zheng Duoqi slowly calmed down.

"Take him away." Fang Rui called out.

"You little girl, you're so smart. Who do you think you've offended? You'll have to bear the consequences sooner or later."

Zheng Duoqi's eyes were like the cold pupils of a poisonous snake, staring straight at Xue Chenyu.

If he hadn't been held down by someone, he would have pounced on her and bit her to death.

Xue Chenyu met his gaze calmly: "Just wait and see, will I get what I want, or will you die?"

Her voice was clear and gentle, without any deliberate intonation.

But just the coldness in her eyes and the hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth were enough to make people shudder.

……

"Prince, you don't know that when I caught those three, they were still eating meat and drinking." Fang Rui ran outside for a long time, and when he came back, he couldn't wait to take credit.

Situ Zhen looked at him, sweating profusely, and pushed a cup of tea in front of him, "Have a drink."

Fang Rui didn't suspect anything. He picked up the teacup to test the temperature and drank it in one gulp. Then he asked, "Master, is there any more?"

Situ Zhen slowly picked up the teapot and filled it up to 80%.

Fang Rui drank it all in one breath with a "ton ton ton" sound.

He drank three cups in a row before wiping his mouth. "I'm so thirsty. This trip has been so exhausting for me."

Then he paused, "By the way, where was I just now?"

"When you went to arrest the three county lieutenants, they were still eating meat and drinking wine." Situ Zhen pointed out with a wry smile.

"Yes, that's it!" Fang Rui was too immersed in his own world and didn't notice the look in their young master's eyes.

"Those three are really clueless. At this hour, they were still secretly watching a play, drinking and eating meat. They usually pretend to be honest and upright, but when I found them, they were wearing brocade clothes! They even used ice cubes in the theater."

"Any piece of clothing they wear would cost at least a hundred taels of silver. With their monthly salary, how many years would it take them to save enough to buy a full set?"

"And that Zheng Duoqi, pretending to be a gentleman, but I didn't expect him to find someone in private..."

"Sir, this time we are all indebted to Miss Xue. If it weren't for her suggestion, I really wouldn't have known there was such a method. I used to think that the county lieutenants were truly dedicated to the people."

Situ Zhen commented venomously: "That's just your naiveté."

Fang Rui: Didn't I do something meritorious? Why does the master still dislike me?

"Master, did I do something wrong?" Fang Rui realized belatedly that something was wrong.

"You went out with Miss Xue. You've been sitting here for most of the day and she hasn't come back. Do you think she's waiting for you to play hide-and-seek with her?"

Fang Rui was stunned, "No, it was Miss Xue who asked me to..." Bring the person back and then go to Datong Commercial Bank to look for her.

At this point, Fang Rui also realized, "It's over!"

Miss Xue asked me to go to Datong Trading Company, but when I came back, I saw that my master was so happy that I forgot about it.

"Master, I have to go. I'm afraid something might happen at Datong Trading Company."

Situ Zhen smacked him on the head with the folding fan with the word "quiet" written on it. "Go away."

Fang Rui shrank his neck. It couldn't be said that his master's hit hurt him, but it could only be said that he was stunned.

"Master, I..."

"By the time you remember it, the daylily will be cold." Yumei's voice suddenly came from the door.