kingnovel Chapter 1085 The Prince's Private Treasury and the Steward's Unknown
Chapter 1085 The Prince's Private Treasury and the Steward's Unknown
Butler Yin Fu's heart sank and he became more and more frightened as he thought about it. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, nose, and back!
However, my two old legs are really starting to give out after running for so long.
Seeing that he was currently in the closest position to the accounting office, the steward Yin Fu ordered the servant in front of him, "You, go quickly to the accounting office and see if anything has been stolen, hurry!"
"Yes!
"I'll go!"
The servant agreed and ran off.
Although the Prince's mansion's accounting office was not comparable to the mansion's treasury, its daily silver deposits and inflows and outflows were only within ten thousand taels.
However, the money in the accounting office covers the daily expenses of the entire Prince Yi's mansion!
Besides the daily purchases and rewards within the manor, all other expenses, such as social interactions with outsiders, the monthly allowances for the masters and servants in the inner quarters, and the monthly wages for all the servants in the Prince Yi's manor, all have to be accounted for through the accounting office!
Besides, isn't there a saying?
Even the smallest mosquito leg is still meat!
At this point, minimizing losses is crucial!
It's good to minimize the losses!
The servant who had been ordered to run to the accounting office quickly returned, reporting to the head steward: "The accounting office is fine; the accountant is inside doing the books!"
"so far so good!"
Butler Yin Fu held his chest and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
While the situation at the other critical locations is still unknown, it is known that the Prince's accountant is unharmed.
Furthermore, judging from the fact that those concubines, including the ladies of high rank and the gentle ladies, still had the leisure to go to the Shui family's courtyard to watch the commotion, their courtyard must be safe and sound as well.
It seems that the Prince Yi's Mansion is not as unlucky as the Marquis Qinxing's Mansion back then, at least it was not wiped out like the Marquis Qinxing's Mansion!
Although there was nothing going on in the accounting office, Yin Fu was not completely at ease. He took a breath, touched the key at his waist, sighed at his miserable fate, and then ran towards the mansion's storeroom with a sense of despair.
As Yin Fu ran, he kept thinking. The warehouse was always heavily guarded, with guards both overt and covert, totaling a dozen or twenty people.
As Yin Fu ran, panting heavily, he muttered to himself as if trying to reassure himself... "There are so many skilled guards at the treasury, it should be fine... right?"
When Yin Fu stepped into the courtyard where the treasury was located, he saw a group of guards lying haphazardly in the corners of the courtyard and in front of the treasury gate, their fates unknown. He almost choked on the last "ba" he muttered...
The treasury isn't just fine; there's something seriously wrong here!
When it came to using the sleeping potion spray in the treasury, Xiao Jingyu generously gave out double the amount!
Otherwise, these strongest and most powerful guards and hidden soldiers wouldn't still be asleep!
Yin Fu's legs went weak, and he almost fell to the ground.
Two servants who had run over quickly caught him.
Although he could still see the gleaming bronze lock hanging on the gate of the treasury, Yin Fu no longer dared to hope that the lock would be of any use, much less that the gold and silver treasures inside the treasury were still there!
With only his two legs, Yin Fu was no longer able to reach the gate of the treasury!
It took two servants, one on each side, to carry him to the front of the treasury.
Yin Fu pointed to the keychain at his waist...
The servant understood Yin Fu's meaning, reached out and took the keys from his waist, and tried them one by one...
Then I heard a "click" and the lock opened.
The moment he heard the lock open, Yin Fu instinctively closed his eyes... He was terrified!
He couldn't bear to look at the moment the door opened!
He feared that the moment the treasury door opened, he would see the same scene he had witnessed at the Shui family's house not long ago!
Even though he was terrified, the servant still pushed open the door to the treasury...
Yin Fu didn’t even need to open his eyes to see; just hearing the servant’s exclamation as he pushed open the door, Yin Fu’s heart sank to the bottom!
At that moment, only two words were on my mind... It's over!
After a long while, Yin Fu, trembling, his eyelids quivering, struggled to open his eyes...
The room was completely empty... The roof was so high... The walls were so white... The floor... was so clean!
Yin Fu reluctantly raised his hand and pointed to the rooms next to him...
The servant understood Yin Fu's instruction, took the key, ran over, unlocked all the locks on the doors, and pushed the doors open...
Yin Fu didn't even need to walk over; just seeing the servant's surprised face was enough to tell him that those rooms must be exactly the same as the one he was looking at—equally empty!
Finally, Yin Fu, suppressing his fear, walked over with the help of a servant and looked at each room one by one...
He needed to see it with his own eyes before he could give his master a real account!
Yin Fu closed his eyes, swayed, and suppressed the waves of dizziness. His eyes swept over the unconscious guards lying on the ground with a deathly look, and he only said one sentence: "Help me to the Queen's courtyard... no... the former Queen's courtyard!"
"Yes, Head Butler!"
Two servants responded and helped Yin Fu leave the empty treasury.
Yin Fu knew that his prince also had his own private treasury.
As for where the private treasury is, even he, as the steward, doesn't know.