Chapter 141: Private Ledger
Bedford saw Situ Jing and Mrs. Lee Kerst hugging and dancing on the dance floor, and then thought of Mrs. Lee Kerster's demeanor when facing Situ Jin just now, his eyes rolled a few times, and Bedford's mind became clearer and clearer.
No wonder this Mrs. Lee Kerst is reluctant to marry the eldest prince, it turns out that she has long liked this kid!
Thinking of this, Bedford could no longer stay, and without even saying hello to Mrs. Lee Kerster, hurried out of Mrs. Lee Kerster's estate.
He made up his mind to hurry back to the house to write the paperwork, and report the matter to the eldest prince Robert as soon as possible, so that he would finally have an explanation for what Robert had explained.
Of course, in view of the hatred for Situ Jin in his heart, Bedford must have added some fuel and vinegar to this incident when he wrote about it! This is a later story, so I will not mention it for the time being.
But in the banquet hall, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Bedford leaving quickly, Situ Jin smiled bitterly in his heart, and then said to Mrs. Lee Kerster, who fell on top of him: "Madam, you want me to have a grudge against my eldest prince!"
After Mrs. Li Kester heard Situ Jin's words, she didn't deny it, but just smiled lightly: "Your marriage with Her Royal Highness the princess has already made a grudge against the eldest prince, and it is not bad to have another grudge!"
Hearing Mrs. Lee Kerster's words, Situ Jin laughed dumbly, not knowing what to say.
In fact, what Mrs. Lee Shops said is the truth, no matter how much Situ Nan is favored by the eldest prince, it is impossible for the eldest prince not to care about such a thing as his marriage to Theresia, this is equivalent to blowing sand into the eyes of the eldest prince, and there is no room for sand in the eyes of ordinary people, let alone a dignified prince?
No matter what Situ Nan had in mind to get engaged to Theresia, now is the time, and when the time comes, with Situ Jin's understanding of his father, it is a matter of time before he is abandoned as an outcast, otherwise how to reassure the eldest prince?
What's more, where is this one thing that he has offended the eldest prince? Before, the eldest prince asked an eighth-level magician to assassinate Ferdinand, and he also helped Ferdinand block it.
Fortunately, the eldest prince doesn't know about this matter yet, otherwise he probably won't be able to tolerate himself.
At this time, Situ Jin heard Mrs. Lee Kerst complain softly: "Who told you not to help me with ideas before, if you don't help me, of course I can only think of my own ideas!"
Situ Jin sighed secretly, sure enough, he couldn't offend a woman if he offended anyone! He said that he had his own idea, but he took himself out and roasted it on the fire!
Not to mention the eldest prince, looking at the dark eyes around the dance floor looking at him, Situ Jin felt a feeling of being on his back. Everyone wants to sit on a beauty, don't you hear that a beauty can only be seen from a distance and not appreciated closely?
Fortunately, now everyone in the city who has a little status already knows that it is Situ Jin who really has the right to speak in Tias now.
These days, a news has spread out out of nowhere, saying that Dulles's henchman Bowman led 5,000 city guards to kill Situ Jin, but was cut off by Situ Jin's head, and after cutting people, Situ Jin didn't even blink his eyes, he was very indifferent.
As soon as this news came out, most people didn't believe it, after all, looking at Situ Jin's image of a handsome boy, how could he be a person who could do that kind of thing?
But in any case, the end result was that Dulles was arrested, the Marquis of Lee Kerst was dead, and now it was Stuart who was talking in the city of Tias.
Therefore, although most of the nobles in the city don't believe that Situ Jin is so ruthless, they also have a little bit of affection for Situ Jin in their hearts, and it is precisely because of this reason that when they saw Situ Jin and Mrs. Li Kerst standing together tonight, although everyone looked at him, no one dared to step forward to find fault!
Situ Jin could already predict that in a few days, rumors about his relationship with Mrs. Lee Kerst would reach the ears of the eldest prince.
At the end of the song, Mrs. Lee Kerst finally raised her head from Situ Jin's arms, but the charm in her eyes had dissipated, and she was replaced by a hint of clarity: "Sincerely, you will come upstairs with me in a while, I have something to show you." ”
Seeing that Mrs. Lee Kerst suddenly looked solemn, Situ Jin knew that this lady must have something to tell him, so he nodded.
When the moon hung in the sky, the dinner party was finally over.
At the behest of Mrs. Lee Kerster, Szeto had already gone upstairs, and under the guidance of the maid, he had entered a room that appeared to be a study.
A short time later, Mrs. Lee Kerst also came. As soon as she entered the room, she walked directly to a large bookcase in the study, pressed lightly on the side of the bookcase, and then a dark compartment suddenly popped up above the bookcase.
Mrs. Lee Kerst stretched out her hand, took out a thin pamphlet in the secret compartment, and then showed it to Situ Jin, and said, "You see, I have accidentally discovered it in the past two days. ”
Situ Jin didn't say much, took the booklet, and began to flip through it.
After reading a few pages, Situ Jin already understood that this was the private ledger of the Marquis of Li Kester, which recorded in detail the details of the money he gave to the imperial officials, and also recorded the number of purple mother weapons he secretly made and shipped out.
After flipping through more than a dozen pages, Situ Jin suddenly raised his head, and said with a somewhat surprised expression: "It turns out that this old thing belongs to the Great Prince's faction, and it actually subsidizes so much money and property for the Great Prince every year!"
Mrs. Lee Kerst nodded, and said: "This is also what I am worried about, although the eldest prince is temporarily handling state affairs on behalf of the old emperor, he has not yet ascended the throne after all, and there must be many places to use money!
"This is easy to do!" Situ Jin interrupted Mrs. Lee Kerst and said, "Madam, although you have rejected the marriage proposal of the eldest prince, you can write a letter to the eldest prince to show that you are willing to continue to support him with money, so that even if he has a grudge against you in his heart, he will definitely not have any ill intentions towards you in the short term!"
After listening to Situ Jin's words, Mrs. Lee Kerst bowed her head and said, "That's all it takes!"
Situ Jin continued to flip down, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, and it was recorded that in the past two years, the Marquis of Li Kester had secretly produced 80,000 purple mother weapons, of which 50,000 had been shipped out and sold, and 30,000 were still in the warehouse.
You know, this is not an ordinary weapon! Each of the Purple Mother weapons is extremely precious, I didn't expect this old thing to sell so much, if this ledger is discovered by the empire, all the people in the Li family will be sentenced to death lightly, as for Mrs. Li Kerster, how can she be the richest man in the empire? It's almost the same to be the richest man in the underworld!