Chapter 598: Ending One's Source Of Income Is Like Killing Their Parents
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“What’s going on?” Yaeger asked, her tone serious as she noticed Kastina’s panicked expression.
“I’ve got two pieces of news. One’s bad, and the other… is also bad. Which one do you want first?” Kastina asked, still flustered.
“Isn’t that the same thing?” Yaeger frowned, her unease growing.
A sense of foreboding crept over Yaeger even before Kastina finished speaking. The look on Kastina’s face told her everything—this wasn’t a joke. She was dead serious.
“Start with the not-as-bad news.”
Kastina took a deep breath, steadying herself before continuing. “I bribed some servants in Grand Duke Keene’s residence a while ago. An hour ago, one of them gave me reliable information—Grand Duke Keene is planning to lodge a complaint with my father to trigger an investigation of the Imperial Auction House!”
Yaeger remained calm, unsurprised by the news. She had anticipated that Grand Duke Keene would eventually make a move. He wouldn’t dare dismantle the auction house openly, but he also wouldn’t let them keep all the profits. It was only a matter of time before he made his next move.
After their last attempt to stir trouble ended in failure, this new scheme was bound to be more calculated—and far deadlier.