Xiao Yuanshi received news from Northern Xinjiang and a letter from Ge Chunyi.
When he saw the news that someone from the Xiao family had stolen 30,000 taels of silver from a bookcase, his face darkened.
Even more anger arose.
This time, he was not targeting the Xiao family, but was angry with Ge Chunru.
He thought that the money Ge Chunru prepared for Ge Chunyi was at most a few thousand taels.
But she actually prepared 30,000 taels and valuable jade ornaments.
He called the butler over and asked.
Sure enough, Ge Chunru sold a lot of porcelain and ancient paintings in the warehouse.
Together with part of her private savings and the several thousand taels she took from him, she gave them all to Ge Chunyi.
He did have quite a bit of savings, but they were all looted during wars and given to him by others.
He felt very painful after spending thirty thousand taels at once.
The key point is that Ge Chunru has been preparing a dowry for Ge Chunyi recently and took another 10,000 taels from his private room.
Xiao Yuanshi calculated that Ge Chunru needed to prepare 180 sets of dowry for Ge Chunyi, which was really a few tens of thousands of taels short.
He also replenished a lot of things in the storehouse, most of her remaining private savings, and the precious jewelry he had once given her.
Ge Chunru knew all the shops and houses that he knew, and there were already four of them in the suburbs of Beijing. How could there be others that he didn't know about? His face couldn't help but become even uglier. The money he spent on her brother and sister-in-law alone almost took up most of the savings of the general's mansion.
To a truly aristocratic family, more than 100,000 taels is nothing.
But he started out as a farmer with no roots.
It has only been a few years since he was promoted to general and transferred to the capital, so it is already very good to have so much savings.
He also agreed to buy more dowry for Ge Chunyi.
After all, he was on the second prince's ship, and Ge Chunyi's status was not high enough to begin with, so giving her more dowry would make her more prestigious.
But how could a useless person like Ge Chunyi deserve this? Fortunately, the people from the old Xiao family stole the money, otherwise he would not have known there was so much money, and it would have all gone to Ge Chunyi.
But how did the people of the old Xiao family know that the money was hidden in the bookcase? He said to his confidant with a sullen face, "The plan prepared by the Northern Frontier can be implemented."
He arranged for someone to take Xiao Dalang to gamble, and then he lost all the money.
Xiao Dalang’s casino in that county town is his property.
This means that the money will go back into his pocket, and Ge Chunru and her brother will not know about it.
Thinking of this, he felt a little better.
But the dissatisfaction with Ge Chunru did not disappear.
The confidant nodded respectfully, "Yes, I will arrange it right away."
After a moment, Xiao Yuanshi walked to an inconspicuous vase in the study.
He reached directly into the vase and pulled out a picture drawn on animal skin.
After holding the animal skin in silence for a while, he still couldn't help it.
He spread out the animal skin, took out a piece of parchment, and copied all the contents and pictures on it.
He folded the newly copied parchment into a small piece, tied it up with thread, and threw it into the inconspicuous and worthless vase.
Naturally, there is also a secret compartment in his study.
But the things that were truly important to him were not placed in the secret compartment.
Then he stuffed the animal skin into his arms and took the carriage into the palace.
It has been delayed for too long, it's time to send the treasure map to the emperor.
He was very upset, as he had originally wanted to use this treasure map to gain great benefits at a critical moment.
Now he was forced to take it to appease the emperor.
When the emperor heard that Xiao Yuanshi was coming to see him, he roughly guessed the purpose of his visit today.
After all, ten days ago, Xiao Yuanshi’s men had just staged a good show of capturing the remnants of the previous dynasty.
I'm afraid the treasure map is about to be sent.
The emperor narrowed his eyes. Fortunately, Xiao Yuanshi was sensible and took the initiative to hand over the treasure map. Otherwise...
However, he did not meet the person immediately. Instead, he stayed there for a while, expressing his recent dissatisfaction with Xiao Yuanshi, and then summoned him to meet.
After Xiao Yuanshi met the emperor, he took out the treasure map from his arms and handed it over.
The emperor took the animal skin picture presented by the eunuch and took a look at it.
He also asked the waiter to get the geomancy map of Daliang for comparison.
After the comparison, my face turned very dark.
"Lord Xiao, where do you think this treasure map is?"
Xiao Yuanshi was still very perceptive and saw that the emperor was unhappy with his face.
After he considered it for a while, he said truthfully: "It looks like it's in the northern border."
He came back from fighting in the northern border, so he is quite familiar with the place.
The emperor sneered, "It's not just in the northern border."
Xiao Yuanshi gritted his teeth and said, "It looks like the area of King Jin's fiefdom."
The emperor resisted the urge to overturn the desk and said calmly, "It looks familiar to me. It turned out to be the fief of Prince Jin!"
His father is really great.
A batch of treasures from the previous dynasty were hidden in advance by the royal family. This was no secret at the beginning of the Daliang Dynasty.
But it is said that the treasure map has been destroyed by the remnants of the previous dynasty.
His father was also searching when he was in power.
It seems that he must have received some information and knew that the treasure was hidden near the North City of Northern Frontier, so he allocated the entire large area including the North City to Prince Jin as a fiefdom.
What did the late emperor want to do? Give the treasure to his beloved son for self-defense, or for rebellion? To be on the safe side, Xiao Yuanshi said, "It looks like it, but we have to check it out to be sure."
In fact, he studied the treasure map for a long time after getting it, so he was very sure that the place pointed to by the treasure map was the area of North City.
It’s just that it seems that you still have to look for it according to this treasure map, so it’s not that easy to get the treasure.
He also thought of the late emperor.
Was it really unintentional when the late emperor gave Beicheng Prefecture to Prince Jin as a fiefdom?
He quickly gave up the idea.
The emperor played with the animal skin and asked, "My dear, is this the treasure map you just got?"
Xiao Yuanshi's heart skipped a beat, but he was sure that he had done it very secretly.
So he nodded without changing his expression, "Yes."
"Very good. If you find the things on this treasure map in the future, I will give you credit for your merit."
What I mean is, let’s not talk about the merits or anything like that for now.
Although Xiao Yuanshi knew what was going on, he was still a little disappointed.
He replied: "This is what I should do."
The emperor's attitude was better than before. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can go down."
"Yes!" After Xiao Yuanshi stepped out, he found that his back was covered in cold sweat.
The emperor became more and more majestic, and it became increasingly difficult to discern his thoughts.
Fortunately, he presented the treasure map, otherwise he would be in trouble if the emperor knew that he dared to withhold the treasure map in the future.
Soon, a rumor began to spread in the capital.
"Have you heard? When the Second Prince saw General Xiao's sister-in-law, he was immediately struck by her beauty and insisted on taking her in as a concubine."
"I heard that if Ge Chunyi's status wasn't high enough and the Second Prince already had a princess consort, he might have married her as his princess consort."
"Is General Xiao's sister-in-law really that beautiful?"
"I heard that she is very beautiful and proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is no worse than the legitimate daughter of an aristocratic family."
"No wonder even the prince can be fascinated by it."
"That's because the Second Prince is very lucky."
These words soon reached the ears of the second prince.
(End of this chapter)
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