[1] After Breaking Off My Marriage, I Became A Powerful Minister's Treasure

257-258

Chapter 257: Displeased

In the capital.

Xiao Yuanshi had received news from the northern border and a letter from Ge Chunyi.

When he knew that someone from the old Xiao family had stolen 30,000 taels of silver from the boxes containing books, his face darkened.

He was even more furious.

This time, it was not against the old Xiao family, but against Ge Chunru.

He thought that Ge Chunru had prepared at most a few thousand taels of silver for Ge Chunyi.

But she had prepared 30,000 taels of silver and valuable jade ornaments.

He called the butler over to ask.

Sure enough, Ge Chunru had sold a lot of porcelain and ancient paintings in their storeroom.

Together with some from her private room and a few thousand taels of silver from him, she had stuffed them all into Ge Chunyi's hands.

He did have a lot of savings, but those were stolen from the war, and the rest were gifts from others.

Spending 30,000 taels of silver at one go was extremely painful for him.

Most importantly, Ge Chunru had been preparing the dowry for Ge Chunyi recently.

She had taken another 10,000 taels of silver from his private room.

Xiao Yuanshi did some calculations.

Ge Chunru wanted to prepare 180 boxes of dowry for Ge Chunyi.

It was minimally tens of thousands taels of silver.

She had also added a lot of the things in the storeroom into her dowry, including the remaining items in her private room, as well as the precious jewelry that he had given her in the past.

Ge Chunru already knew the four shops and manors in the suburbs of the capital that he owned, so what else did he not know?

His face could not help but look even uglier.

Just the money he spent on her younger sister-in-law was enough to dig out more than half of his savings in the general's manor.

To a real aristocratic family, 100,000 over taels of silver was nothing.

But he was a peasant who had no foundation and started from scratch.

He had only been promoted to general and transferred to the capital a few years ago.

It was already very good that he had so much savings.

He had already accepted that he had to buy more dowries for Ge Chunyi.

After all, he had boarded the second prince's ship.

Ge Chunyi's status was not high enough to begin with.

Sending more dowries would also show that he was generous enough.

But what did Ge Chunyi, a good-for-nothing, bring to his table?

Fortunately, the people of the old Xiao family had stolen the money.

Otherwise, he would not have known that there was so much money and let Ge Chunyi off easily.

But how did the Xiao family know that the money was hidden in the boxes?

With a dark expression, he instructed his trusted aide, "Carry out the plan at the northern border."

He arranged for someone to bring Eldest Grandson Xiao to gamble and then lose all the money.

The casino that Eldest Grandson Xiao visited in the county was his property.