In the Capital.
Xiao Yuanshi received the news from the northern border, as well as a letter from Ge Chunyi.
When he saw the news that the Xiao Family had stolen 30,000 taels of silver from the bookcase, his face darkened.
He was even more angry.
This time he was not angry at the Xiao Family, but at Ge Chunru.
He expected that Ge Chunru would prepare money for Ge Chunyi, but he thought it would cost a few thousand taels at most.
But she prepared 30,000 taels and valuable jade ornaments.
He called the housekeeper over to ask.
Sure enough, Ge Chunru sold a lot of porcelain and ancient paintings in the warehouse.
In addition to part of her private property, the several thousand taels she took from him were all stuffed into Ge Chunyi.
He did have a lot of savings, but they were all robbed in the war, and some were given by others.
He felt so much pain after spending 30,000 taels at once.
The main point was that Ge Chunru had been preparing a dowry for Ge Chuyi recently, and she took another 10,000 taels from his private room.
Xiao Yuanshi calculated that Ge Chunru had to prepare 180 dowries for Ge Chuyi, which was a few tens of thousands of taels short.
He also supplemented a lot of things in the warehouse, most of his remaining private room, and the precious jewelry he had given her.
Ge Chunru knew that he had four shops and houses in the suburbs of the capital, so what else did he not know?
He couldn’t help but look uglier. The money he spent on her brother and sister-in-law alone almost took away most of the savings of the general’s mansion.
For a real aristocratic family, more than 100,000 taels was nothing.
But he started from a peasant family without any foundation.
It has only been a few years since he was promoted to general and transferred to the capital. It was already very good to have so much savings.
He also agreed to buy more dowry for Ge Chuyi.
After all, he was on the ship of the second prince. Ge Chuyi’s status was not enough. Giving more dowry would also make him more face-saving.
But Ge Chunyi was a waste, how could she do that?
Fortunately, the people of the Xiao Family stole the money, otherwise, he would not know that there was so much money, wouldn’t it be cheap for Ge Chunyi?
But how did the people of the Xiao Family know that the money was hidden in the bookcase?
He said to his confidant with a gloomy face: “The plan prepared by the northern border can be implemented.”
He arranged for someone to take Xiao Dalang to gamble, and then lose all the money.
Xiao Dalang’s casino in that county was his property.
It means that the money will return to his pocket, and Ge Chunru and her brother will not know.
Thinking this way, he felt a little more comfortable.
But his dissatisfaction with Ge Chunru did not disappear.
The confidant nodded respectfully: “Yes, I will arrange it right away.”
After a while, Xiao Yuanshi walked to an inconspicuous vase in the study.
He reached out and took out a picture drawn with animal skin from the vase.
After holding the animal’s skin for a long time in silence, he still couldn’t help it.
He spread 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 size, tied it with a thread, and then threw it into the inconspicuous and not very valuable vase.
Naturally, there was a secret compartment in his study.
But the things that were important to him were not placed in the secret compartment.
Then he stuffed the animal skin into his arms and took a carriage into the palace.
It has been delayed for too long, it’s time to give the treasure map to the Emperor.
He was very upset. He originally wanted to use this treasure map to exchange for great benefits at a critical moment.
Now he was forced to take it to the Emperor to calm him down.
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 people had just staged a good show of catching the remnants of the previous dynasty.
Now he was afraid that he would send the treasure map.
The Emperor squinted his eyes. Fortunately, Xiao Yuanshi was sensible and took the initiative to hand over the treasure map, otherwise……
However, he did not meet him immediately, but waited for a while to express his recent dissatisfaction with Xiao Yuanshi, and then summoned him.
“Your Majesty, this is what I found when I captured the remnants of the previous dynasty.”
After Xiao Yuanshi met with him, he took out the treasure map from his arms and handed it over.
The Emperor took the animal skin map presented by the eunuch and looked at it.
He asked the eunuch to get the geomancy map of Daliang for comparison.
After the comparison, his face was very dark.
“My dear General Xiao, where do you think the treasure map is located?”
Xiao Yuanshi was still very perceptive, and he was unhappy to see that the Emperor was unhappy.
He thought about it and said truthfully: “It looks like the northern border.”
He came back from the war on the northern border, so he was familiar with the place.
The Emperor sneered, “It’s not just in the northern border.”
Xiao Yuanshi gritted his teeth and said again: “It looks like the fief of Prince Jin.”
The Emperor resisted the urge to overturn the desk, and said calmly: “I think it looks familiar, it turns out to be the fief of Prince Jin!”
His father was great.
A batch of treasures was hidden by the royal family in the previous dynasty, which was no secret at the beginning of the Daliang Dynasty.
Legend says that the treasure map has been destroyed by the remnants of the previous dynasty.
When his father was in power, he was also looking for it.
It seems that he got some news and knew that the treasure was near the North City of the Northern Frontier, so he gave the entire large area including the North City to Prince Jin as a fiefdom.
What does the late emperor want to do? Give the treasure to his beloved son for self-defense, or rebellion?
To be safe, Xiao Yuanshi said: “It looks like it, but we have to check it out to be sure.”
He studied the treasure map for a long time after getting it, so he was sure that the place pointed to by the treasure map was the area of North City.
It seems that he had to look for it according to this treasure map, and it was not so easy to get the treasure.
He also thought of the late emperor.
Did the late emperor mean to give the North City Mansion to Prince Jin as a fiefdom?
He soon stopped thinking about it.
The Emperor played with the animal skin, “Did you just get the treasure map?”
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 a credit.”
It means that we won’t talk about the credit 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, and he waved his hand: “Okay, you can go down.”
“Yes!” After Xiao Yuanshi left, he found that his back was full of cold sweat.
The Emperor became more and more majestic, and it was becoming more and more difficult for people to see his thoughts.
Fortunately, he presented the treasure map, otherwise he would be in trouble if the Emperor knew that he dared to intercept the treasure map in the future.
Soon, a rumor began to spread in the capital.
“Have you heard? The second prince was shocked when he saw General Xiao’s sister-in-law, and he took the initiative to take her in as a concubine.”
“I heard that if Ge Chuyi’s status was not high enough and the second prince had a princess, he might have married her as his princess.”
“Is General Xiao’s sister-in-law really that beautiful?”
“I heard that she is very beautiful, and she is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and is no worse than the legitimate daughter of a noble family.”
“No wonder, even the second prince can be fascinated by her.”
“That’s because the second prince is very lucky.”
These words soon reached the ears of the second prince.
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