Ge Chunru was massaging Xiao Yuanshi's shoulders.
She never let her maids do these things and always did them herself.
One reason was to move Xiao Yuanshi. After all, she had worked hard to take care of the old lady all day, and now she had to take special care of him. He must feel distressed.
Secondly, she didn't want the maid to get involved with Xiao Yuanshi and accidentally become his concubine. He could only belong to her.
"Husband, can you really send the old lady and the others back in a few days?" She really couldn't bear it anymore and was about to collapse.
The old woman asked her to serve before dawn every day, and also asked her to serve the dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. She was tortured so much that she lost a lot of weight recently.
Xiao Yuanshi also felt sorry for his little wife, "Just bear with it for a few more days. I will go out and borrow money in two days to maintain the expenses of the general's mansion."
"And they complained to the outside world that after they came, they made the general's mansion a mess and all the money was spent."
"After everyone knows their true colors, I will have someone lead the two nephews to gamble, and deliberately lend them money at high interest rates so that they can't pay it back."
"They caused a big fuss in the capital, and people came to collect the debt every day."
"After they are tortured by the loan sharks and the old lady and the others have nowhere to turn to for help, I will take action and deliberately borrow money to help them pay it back. Then I will use this to control them and send them back to the village with a legitimate reason."
When the time comes, they will tell the old lady and others that Dalang and the others have learned bad things and they need to be taken back to the village for proper discipline.
No one in the capital would say that he was unfilial. Instead, they would sympathize with him for having such a family and nephew.
Xiao Dalang, the eldest grandson, is the lifeblood of the old lady and the old man, and he can always do it right.
It has to be said that when Xiao Yuanshi becomes ruthless, he is even more ruthless than the best people in the Xiao family.
He even came up with the idea of luring his nephew into gambling and borrowing money at high interest rates.
He truly liked and loved Ge Chunru, so he did these things in front of her without hiding it.
Ge Chunru's eyes lit up with joy, "Thank you for your hard work, husband!"
After Xiao Dalang and others returned, she bribed people to continue to lure them into gambling.
Then someone instigated the old lady and others to pester Xiao Hanzheng for money, preventing Xiao Hanzheng from studying well.
Xinghong was not brought here, and she didn't believe that the other party had run away with someone.
So she asked the loyal servants and confidants of her father to investigate.
It was discovered that Xinghong was actually sold by the old lady.
Not only did Xiao Hanzheng not die, he was also awakened by a village girl who came to celebrate.
They discovered the problem with the medicine and sent the doctor to jail.
Xiao Baili did not go to marry and be buried with the deceased, Xiao Hanyi did not fall into the water, and that woman was still alive and well.
This made her secretly resentful.
If the people from the old Xiao family had not come to the capital, even if Xinghong was sold, she would have a way to make them get involved with Xiao Hanzheng's family.
But this old woman and others actually came to the capital. According to the servants who came back, it was most likely instigated by Xiao Hanzheng's wife.
This made her hate Shi Qingluo as well.
It’s a pity that she is now having a headache dealing with the old lady and others, and she really doesn’t have much energy to pay attention to the affairs of Xiaxi Village.
In her mind, even if Xiao Hanzheng passed the imperial examination, he would not be able to achieve anything significant. She would then expose him to his original form.
Anyway, as long as that woman is alive, she will be a thorn in her heart. She must not let her have the chance to come to the capital. It would be best if she died.
Now her mind is focused on how to get rid of the old woman and others.
This time, after sending the people from the old house away, she trained two new maids to accompany them back. She didn't believe that she couldn't kill that woman and her family.
At this moment, the two men didn't know that the old lady and others had to take action first, otherwise they would definitely vomit blood.
After breakfast the next day, Xiao Lao Da and Xiao Lao San took their two sons to the Kyoto prefectural governor to report the case.
It was said that the general's mansion had been robbed and the items and money in the warehouse had been stolen.
The account books and other things are missing. Please ask the Governor of Kyoto to conduct a thorough investigation.
Before coming to Kyoto, Shi Qingluo had always reminded the old lady that when she was in charge of the household, she must record all the expenses.
The old lady kept it in mind, so she would ask Xiao Dalang to write down the money she spent and have the manager and others sign it.
Now she has an account book in her hand, so she is not afraid of being checked at all.
But those two beasts must have transferred the money and other things away.
As long as the Kyoto prefect investigates, they will be found out. Let’s see what these two beasts have to say.
If you don't teach them a lesson, you might think they are easy to bully.
There's no way to chase them away.
The governor of Kyoto originally didn't want to get involved in this matter, but after Xi Rui heard about it, he ran to the old lady of the Xi family and acted like a spoiled child, wanting to mess with the general's mansion.
He still remembered the previous grudge, and he was eager to see the dogs fighting each other in the General's Mansion.
The old lady asked her son to put pressure on the governor of Kyoto to handle the matter impartially.
In addition, Xiao Yuanshi has been in the spotlight in the court recently. Those who dislike him or have conflicts of interest with him would definitely get involved at this time.
So the matter became a big deal.
The governor of Kyoto sent people to the Shogun's residence to investigate the thief who stole from the storehouse.
Xiao Yuanshi happened to have some business in the suburbs of Beijing that day, and he didn't know that the prefect of Kyoto had gone to the general's mansion to investigate.
After serving lunch to the old lady, Ge Chunru took a nap. Then, she heard from the maid that the governor of Kyoto had sent people to the general's residence to investigate thieves. All the sleepiness she had felt disappeared.
Her face was extremely ugly. "What's going on?"
The maid replied cautiously, "It was the eldest and third masters who took people to report to the governor of Kyoto that the silver and valuables in the treasury of the general's mansion were stolen."
“So they came to check.”
When Ge Chunru heard this, he almost fainted. "What? What are those people going to do?"
If this matter gets out, it will be so embarrassing.
The key point is that she was the one who had the silver and valuables in the warehouse moved away.
Now they are placed in her brother's yard. If they are found out, they will have no way to explain themselves.
What about her reputation? So she immediately stood up and walked away quickly.
At this time, the old lady and others were taking the Kyoto prefect's people to check out the warehouse.
When Ge Chunru arrived, the old lady had just handed an account book to the other party.
"I have only been the housekeeper for less than a month. This is the money I spent after I became the housekeeper."
"Do you believe that such a large general's mansion only has this little money and stuff?"
The old lady was worried and wiped her tears. "I was afraid that someone would steal my things and the general's mansion would be unable to make ends meet, which would make my son and daughter-in-law suffer in terms of food, clothing and daily expenses. So I thought I should report it to the police."
"Whatever can be recovered is best."
Because of the interference of various parties, the man sent by the Kyoto prefect was a court judge who was very good at investigating cases.
So he flipped through the account book and said, "This number is indeed impossible."
"Not long ago, the emperor gave General Xiao a thousand taels of gold, as well as a number of valuable items, which are not in the warehouse or in your account book."
"The thief is so bold that he even dares to steal things given by the emperor."
"Don't worry, old lady. We will investigate thoroughly."
When the old lady heard what the Chief Justice said, she cursed Xiao Yuanshi and the other man several times in her heart.
They were indeed two beasts. There was a thousand taels of gold, but she had never seen a single ingot of it.
So he said with a touched look on his face, "I have absolute confidence in your ability to do things. Please make sure to recover the money and property."
Even though there was a thief in the family, as long as the money and property were recovered, they would become hers. Anyway, she was the one in charge of the family now.
(End of this chapter)
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