Princess Consort Is No Pushover

"What?" Zhang Qing's body softened when he heard this, and he almost couldn't stand up. Rong Niang hurriedly supported him.

At this time, the master had already opened the bag in public, and there were stacks of thick bank notes inside. A rough estimate showed that there were really as many as 50,000 taels.

The master bowed his hands to King Xian, and said: "My lord, we found all these bank notes in Rong Niang's room. She is very shrewd, and hides all the bank notes in the dark compartment of the bed, where most people can't find them. If it wasn't for If we search carefully, we may not be able to find it.”

"How many banknotes are there here?" the virtuous king asked.

"I counted it just now, and there are exactly 50,000 taels of silver bills here, which matches the amount in the account book!" said the master.

The Xian Wang's expression suddenly turned serious, "Master Zhang, although you are a second-rank official, according to your salary, you will never have so many silver notes. Tell me, where did these silver notes come from?"

Zhang Qing's face was already dark at this time, he glared at Rong Niang angrily, his heart sank, "Rong Niang, tell me, what is going on?"

"My lord, I don't know either. I put some private money in the dark box, only a few hundred taels of silver. I really don't know why there are so many silver notes in it!" Rong Niang panicked. .

"You really don't know? Do you know that rich businessman Liu Yong?" Zhang Qing asked eagerly.

When Rong Niang heard this name, she was puzzled, "What Liu Yong, master, I don't know him."

"You really don't know him?" Zhang Qing's expression turned serious.

Rong Niang nodded quickly, "Really, master, I'm a woman, and I don't leave the house all day long. How can I know a rich businessman? I've never heard of Liu Yong's name, so how can I know him? "

"This matter is of great importance, you must tell the truth. Have you ever received other people's banknotes, and why are there these banknotes in your room?" Zhang Qing continued to ask.

Rong Niang hurriedly shook her head, "Master, although I love money, I only love the money I earn with my own hands. I will never take ill-gotten gains. Master, you often teach us in the mansion, and you want us to Proceed with caution and never accept favors, as we have always done."

Speaking of this, she said firmly: "Master, it was not easy for you to be an official in the previous dynasty. How could we collect money behind your back and drag you down? Don't worry, I have never received anyone's banknotes or favors, I really don't know why these banknotes suddenly went to my room!"

"What you said is absolutely true?" Zhang Qing said.

Rong Niang hurriedly raised her hand, and said: "Master, I dare to swear on my life. I really don't know about the fifty thousand taels of silver, and I really didn't take bribes behind your back!"

Seeing that Rong Niang dared to swear and her attitude was sincere, Yun Ruoyue suddenly asked, "Rong Niang, think about it carefully. How long ago did you check the secret compartment, and was there anything strange?"

Rong Niang thought for a while, and said: "Back to Wangfei, I checked when I went to the secret compartment to put my private money in Wutian. At that time, there was only my own money in the secret compartment, and there were no such bank notes."

"Then how many people know about your secret room where you hide money?" Yun Ruoyue asked.

Rong Niang said: "Except for me, only my maid Jin'er knows. But Wangfei, Jin'er has resigned from my job three days ago and returned to her hometown!"

"What? She went back to her hometown?" Yun Ruoyue suddenly found the point.