Chapter 248 Don’t call me Princess, it sounds ugly!



Chapter 248 Don’t call me Princess, it sounds ugly!

Thinking of this, the boss swallowed his saliva and said nervously: "What should I do now?"

"Didn't I tell you to go directly to Yingtian Prefecture to find the official? Isn't that fair?"

Xu Yanyi pointed at the door and said, "If you don't go, and they find out about you, don't blame me if something happens to you. It's not good to lose your life or even implicate your family for such a small amount of money, right?"

The boss wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "Then I'll go now."

As he said this, the boss hurriedly picked up the box of silver and turned to leave, but after taking two steps he turned back and said, "You... don't you want to come with me?"

Xu Yanyi and Master Yue looked at each other, and she nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you."

The three did not go out through the main entrance of the casino to avoid attracting too much attention. Instead, they went out through the side door of the casino.

Yingtian Prefecture.

The landlord was terrified and went to knock on the drum at the gate of the yamen. The yamen runner stopped him and asked, "Who are you and why are you beating the drum?"

"Come, I'm here to report a crime."

The boss hugged the box tightly.

Xu Yanyi stepped forward with his hands behind his back and said, "This is about the theft of silver from the Wuzhou treasury. I think you adults should know about it, right?"

Hearing this, two bailiffs rushed in, and soon the sound of court proceedings could be heard from inside.

The boss didn't dare to move. Xu Yanyi and Master Yue each grabbed one of his arms and pushed him in.

"Who is here? Tell me your name!"

Lord Wen of Yingtian Prefecture was sitting in his seat, and he slammed the wooden hammer in his hand on the table with a loud bang.

The boss's legs went weak and he knelt down, kowtowed repeatedly: "I am the boss of the casino, my name is Chen Laoqi. Some time ago, the wife of the shopkeeper of Da Zhang Baozi Shop owed me thousands of taels of silver. I didn't expect that she returned it the day before yesterday. However, this silver was found to be suspected to be... suspected to be stolen from the treasury of Wuzhou Prefecture. I dare not keep it to myself, so I quickly brought it to Yingtian Prefecture. Please take a look, sir!"

As he spoke, Chen Laoqi handed the box over, and the yamen runners took the box and brought it to Lord Wen for inspection.

Master Wen opened it and looked at it carefully. He then discussed it quietly with the teacher beside him for a while before saying, "How do I know whether you stole the silver or accepted it without knowing it?"

Hearing this, Chen Laoqi was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and kowtowed again: "My Lord, if I really stole the treasury silver, why would I bring it here to confess now? Isn't this just confessing without being punished and asking for trouble?"

"You are right." Lord Wen frowned. "You said that these silver coins were discovered by someone. Who discovered that they were from the treasury of Wuzhou Prefecture? After all, Wuzhou Prefecture is quite far from the capital. Although the incident has been reported to the emperor, the matter is still under investigation. There is no clue about the person who stole the silver coins. Who told you that these were from the treasury of Wuzhou Prefecture?"

Chen Laoqi turned around nervously and pointed behind him: "The two people who came with me are outside. Can you let them in?"

Lord Wen waved his hand and said, "Announce!"

Xu Yanyi and Master Yue were brought in.

Neither of them knelt.

The master shouted angrily: "Why don't you kneel down when you see the master?"

Xu Yanyi casually took out a token and shook it. Lord Wen was startled and stood up quickly: "You, you are the Princess of Nanling, Princess Hui, Princess Huiyang?"

"Why, doesn't it look like him?" Xu Yanyi plucked off his beard, which made Chen Laoqi, who was kneeling beside him, shudder in fear.

Lord Wen waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and give the princess a seat!"

"Don't call me princess, it's ugly."

Xu Yanyi was very dissatisfied.

Master Yue clenched his hands a little tighter.

Lord Wen is in the court, so he naturally knows about Xu Yanyi's affairs. She seems to be in a very tense situation with Mu Nanzhou now. Everyone knows that she wants to divorce her husband. It is normal for Xu Yanyi to hate this title now.

Thinking of this, Lord Wen immediately changed his address: "Yes, yes, the princess is right. Please take a seat, princess."

"Um."

Xu Yanyi quite likes Lord Wen from Yingtian Prefecture, who is knowledgeable, tactful and knows when to act.

As soon as she sat down, Xu Yanyi pointed at Master Yue beside her and said, "It doesn't seem good for my people to stand all the time."

Lord Wen immediately waved his hand again: "Give me a seat."

Master Yue pursed his lips and sat down next to Xu Yanyi.

Lord Wen also served tea to the two of them. Xu Yanyi took a sip to moisten her throat, and was obviously a little impatient.

Master Yue said, "Lord Wen, let's get down to business. The princess' time is precious."

"Yes, yes, yes." Lord Wen nodded and looked at Xu Yanyi politely and respectfully, "Princess, were you able to recognize that these were silver from the Wuzhou treasury?"

"Yes." Xu Yanyi said simply and clearly, "The last time I entered the palace, I happened to hear the eunuchs discussing the theft of silver from the Wuzhou treasury. I just listened to it at the time, but I didn't expect it to come in handy today."

Master Yue glanced at Xu Yanyi, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

Lord Wen asked again: "The princess has never been to Wuzhou, so how does she know what the silver in Wuzhou's treasury looks like, and how does she know that Chen Laoqi has it?"

Xu Yanyi leaned lazily on the back of the chair, her brows revealing a sharp aura: "Lord Wen, are you suspicious of me, or do you think I stole the treasury silver?"

This……

Lord Wen was so frightened that he knelt down with a thud, and the people in the hall also knelt down one after another.

"Princess, how dare I think so!"

Lord Wen felt cold sweat on his spine. Although Xu Yanyi had a bad reputation and no one actually bought the title of the eldest princess, she was still the eldest princess. At the very least, she was still the Princess of Nanling! Shouldn't he take it easy?

"Really?" Xu Yanyi came over, stretched out her hand to lift Master Wen's chin, raised her eyebrows and said, "Master Wen, this princess is giving you a chance to make merit. If you waste your time on this princess, this princess can just tell you nothing."

"Yes, yes, yes! I understand!"

Master Wen gritted his teeth, stood up and looked at the stunned Chen Laoqi, "You said that all these silver coins were given to you by the wife of the shopkeeper of the steamed bun shop?"

"Yes! Everything I said is true!"

Chen Laoqi nodded repeatedly.

"What about the couple at the bun shop?"

Lord Wen asked.

Chen Laoqi cried and said, "I heard they are no longer in the capital..."

"Not in the capital? Ran away? Then you will have to bear the blame! Come! Torture me!"

Lord Wen shouted angrily. He didn't dare to yell at Xu Yanyi, but he didn't dare to yell at Chen Laoqi!

Chen Laoqi said hurriedly: "No, no, no, I think I remember, they... they have a relative in Fengshui Village on the outskirts of the city, they should have gone there."

Upon hearing this, Lord Wen immediately ordered: "Come here! Go to Fengshui Village and bring them back!"


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