Bochun’s anger came and went quickly; hearing this, she shuddered.
*Thank goodness I’m a woman,* she thought, *otherwise, I’d have to lose a piece of myself to enter the Eastern Palace. How painful that would be!*
When Xiao Jiu was summoned upstairs, he was greeted by a room full of sympathetic gazes. Even Tingnan, who was even more reticent than Mingyu, couldn't help but cast him a look of pity.
Xiao Jiu was utterly bewildered. "Why are you all looking at me like that? Could it be that I investigated the wrong person?"
That shouldn't be right. He had heard before he came that a rogue had been making trouble at the Marquis Manor and had been arrested.
Bochun shook her head and led him into the adjacent private room. Lin Jingyue sat at the table, while two shop managers and two accountants stood straight opposite her, not daring to let out a breath. Xiao Jiu quietly took his place at the end of the line. Lin Jingyue did not invite them to sit, but said softly, "Manager Wan, tell me about the shop's earnings during this period. And Accountant Wang, what are your intentions?"
Chapter 131