Chapter 280

The Master of the Prefecture [12]

After all, his surname was Xiao. If Huang Bei Yue wanted to be in charge of this, he wouldn’t be able to stop this…

This housekeeper Zhou, in the past, he knew too many things about him. Plus, this matter, he also needed a scapegoat. Might as well let Huang Bei Yue beat him to death.

A dead person’s mouth is the most reliable!

At this time, as long as he saved Pei Yu, housekeeper Zhou would be willing to die for him!

Once he thought up to here, Xiao Yuan Cheng exclaimed to Huang Bei Yue: “Bei Yue, the person who made a mistake is her father. It has nothing to do with his daughter. Let Pei Yu, that girl go.”

When he listened up to this part, housekeeper Zhou understood. Xiao Yuan Cheng wanted him to become the scapegoat!

Letting Huang Bei Yue beat him to death would be able to save his daughter – Pei Yu’s life. Was this exchange worth it or not?

Cold light flashed by Huang Bei Yue’s eyes. She will not grant their wish!

“Humph, housekeeper Zhou – this crime, he had stolen things from the prefecture of Princess Zhang. Even if he was sent to Ting Wei Si and sentenced the whole family to die, this was still considered a light punishment! Plus, the debt of a father, the daughter will have to compensate for it. This housekeeper Zhou would not plead guilty so his daughter either will be sent to Ting Wei Si as a military prostitute or throw her out of the prefecture after making her handicapped!”

“No, no! I plead guilty! I plead guilty ah—” Housekeeper Zhou began yelling as though heart-broken: “Stop! Princess, please stop. This person will speak the truth, will speak the entire truth!”

Huang Bei Yue slightly raised her hand and a couple of servants halted. Even the sticks contained blood stains.

Housekeeper Zhou climbed over, hugging his daughter – Pei Yu. The tears fell down the face: “As long as the Princess promises to keep my daughter safe and for the rest of her life to live by peacefully, I – I will say everything!”

“Housekeeper Zhou, you are trying to bargain with me?” Huang Bei Yue faintly inquired.

Housekeeper Zhou: “This person doesn’t dare to. It’s just that this person only has one daughter. Although it is not pitiful for me to die, this matter has nothing to do with Pei Yu. She is innocent. Princess, please investigate thoroughly.”

Huang Bei Yue nodded her head: “Pei Yu is innocent. I naturally know. It’s just that the mistakes that you committed involved her in this matter. However, if you are willing to say the truth, from now on, Pei Yu will follow me. In the future, I will find a good person for her to marry and give her a generous dowry.”

Kindness and prestige are both revealed. Only that way, will it convince the masses!

“Okay, okay. In front of everyone’s faces, this person believes the Princess’s personality.” Housekeeper Zhou slowly got up and his trembling hand pointed towards Xiao Yuan Cheng: “These things, it’s the Lord who wanted me to secretly store them, taking them out from the prefecture’s storage room and replacing it with fake items. For a portion of them, he wanted me to go to the pawn shop and exchange them for gold coins and another portion of it, he wanted me to gift them to the imperial capital’s officials…”

“Babbling nonsense!” Xiao Yuan Cheng hollered. “Audacious servant! You dared to accuse me. See if I don’t kill you today!”

Xiao Yuan Cheng raised the palm of his hand and condensed the vitality. It was about to hit the housekeeper Zhou when Huang Bei Yue pulled off a hairpin from her hair and the hairpin strike him. The strength wasn’t that hard but enough for Xiao Yuan Cheng to immediately place his hand back!

“What is father doing? Whether he is accusing you or not, we will find out after investigating later. How come you want to kill him? Other people will think that it’s because you are guilty so you want to kill him so he doesn’t say anything else!” Huang Bei Yue icily declared.

Xiao Yuan Cheng’s face was turning red. He held onto his wrist which was in pain, harshly stating: “This audacious servant dared to climb on the master’s head!”

Concubine Qin also stood up to add on: “Princess Bei Yue, a servant’s words, how could you believe it? Are you actually going to be suspicious of your father due to this?”

“Whether suspicious or not, I am only looking at the evidence! Concubine Qin doesn’t need to say anything more. I also believe that the grand Emperor’s son-in-law would not dare to such a corrupted thing!”