Unfortunately, he was still not qualified to take the girl into his own hands, because Lord Wang Qi had already set his sights on her.

The girl's grandfather, as the empire's financial adjutant, was honest and upright throughout his life, never engaging in any corruption or accepting flattery from others.

Moreover, Lord Wang Qi took a liking to his granddaughter, but when he went to propose marriage, he was berated by the old man, who said that Lord Wang Qi didn't understand ethics or was unorthodox, which led to his current situation.

But that's all. At most, life won't be too good. The most important thing is that when Lord Wang Qi asked him to forge an imperial financial report, the old man refused sternly and even planned to report the matter to Marshal Morris.

Now Lord Wang Qi couldn't sit still. If Marshal Morris found out that he had embezzled imperial funds, he could turn a blind eye to it in private. But if that old man really reported it to the higher authorities, it wouldn't just be him who died. This matter involved several princes and princesses.

So Lord Wang Qi used some underhanded tactics to make the old man's mind confused. He then told Marshal Maurice that he was an old friend of the old man and that he would take care of him.

Marshal Maurice readily agreed, after all, as an Imperial Marshal, he had mountains of things to deal with every day, and it was impossible for him to spend a lot of time paying attention to why a financial adjutant had suddenly become delirious.

As for this girl, Lord Wang Qi only needs to wait until this old man dies, then he can take her into his own hands under the guise of taking care of the girl who has no relatives.

Since this old man is still alive, it's not very convenient for Lord Wang Qi to act, since unlike this old man, who ended up in this predicament because he angered the masses.

However, his granddaughter has no connection with any position in the royal palace; she is just an ordinary girl still in school. If his political enemies in the palace find out that he took his granddaughter under the guise of taking care of the old man, what would happen?

These people would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity to bring him down.

Thinking about this, Butler Li felt a pang of regret in his heart, as he himself also really liked this petite and adorable girl.

But to let him compete with Lord Wang Qi would mean his death, so this thought could only be kept to himself.

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