Chapter 24: Hiss! How can someone fit so much stuff in there! (2 / 2)
Xu Yanmiao almost laughed to death.
[This Dou Shifei is truly a talent! He actually pried seven pearls off seven separate jewelry sets, picking the biggest one from each! Hahahahaha!]
[Prime Minister Dou doesn’t allow him to waste money and only gives him fifty taels of silver each month as an allowance. No wonder he had to take such desperate measures during the courtesan competition! Hahahaha!]
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Prime Minister Dou’s face turned from livid to utterly expressionless.
His gaze fell upon the wolf-tooth club leaning against the corner, and a sinister smile slowly crept across his face.
The stolen items were now “tainted,” and even if retrieved, they could no longer be used. But the betrothal gift exchange still had to proceed.
In his desperation, Prime Minister Dou came up with an idea and whispered a plan to the Minister of Rites, Honglu Temple’s Qingyun. The latter’s eyes lit up more and more as he listened.
“Brilliant! Let’s do it!”