The real daughter is reborn, I will no longer be this evil stepmother

Look, I have a rare treasure, haven’t you seen it?

They are all country bumpkins! Be a little restrained in front of this king.

The housekeeper carefully brought a large wooden box, which was also wrapped in a thick layer of golden velvet.

When you open it, it is also filled with thick velvet, but in the middle is a three-legged round tripod, which is only one foot in diameter. It seems to be carved from jade, with fine lines carved on the surface, and a lid carved on the top, but it seems I can't open it, and I don't know if it's empty or solid inside.

The whole small tripod is translucent.

Another servant brought a pot of hot water and poured the water into a plate. Then King Xihou personally put the small tripod into the plate.

After a while, a magical scene appeared.

A puff of smoke slowly rose from the belly of the small cauldron. It escaped from the edge of the cauldron cover and formed a strange shape in the air. You could say it resembled a certain type of small animal. The similarity was not high. The main reason was that the smoke was too abstract. It’s hard for people to be sure.

King Xihou said proudly:

"It's amazing! Ho ho ho, this is my king's family heirloom, and it is usually not easily revealed to others."

Jiang Mingyue looked at it in the space and felt quite disappointed.

That's it?

Liao Shiyu twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that you probably don't understand my wife's space treasure, which is called a strange treasure.

But from a normal perspective, the thing in front of you can indeed be called a rare treasure.

Most treasures are dead, how can this thing be so agile and emit smoke?

The smoke should not be caused by hot water. At this season, the heat is not visible yet.

Liao Shiyu said against his will:

"It's a good baby. Does it have a name?"

King Xihou said:

"The word Lingyan is engraved on the bottom of it, which should be its name. I call it Lingyan Cauldron."

Liao Shiyu nodded,

"Does the prince want to give it to me?"

King Xihou immediately picked up the small tripod, wiped it clean, put it into the box, and then waved to the steward to quickly put it away.

Then he said:

"The angel was joking. This is my king's family heirloom and cannot be given away. Apart from this, angels can make any other requests."

Do you know how many times you've said otherwise?

Liao Shiyu didn't think much of this thing. It was just a plaything. What use could it be?

As for the other gold and silver shops mentioned by King Xihou, he is not very interested. He has no need for gold and silver. Shops, villas, etc. are under the jurisdiction of the prince's palace. Is it interesting to open them?

"I can't think of any compensation needed for the moment, and I'm too lazy to think about it. Your Majesty asked me to broaden my horizons. I should reciprocate the favor and let the prince go home later!"

King Xihou was pleasantly surprised,

"Then thank the angel! I owe the angel a favor. If you need anything in the future, just ask!"

If the other party lets me go unconditionally, this is naturally selling a favor, and isn’t it just for the future?

As the head of the family, he understands this very well.

It is also impossible for him to pretend to be ignorant and shameless, and act like a rogue. That is what young people do.

Later, Liao Shiyu added,

"But I want to see the kingdom's grain account books. Is that okay?"

King Xihou was stunned for a moment, but as the imperial envoy, the other party was specifically here to handle enfeoffment matters. He originally had this power, so he said:

"No problem, please wait a moment, I will send someone to deliver it."

The account books had been prepared a few days ago, and any changes that needed to be made were made, just to deal with inspections.

Liao Shiyu said:

"That would be too troublesome. Let's go to the accounting office to take a look."

King Xihou pondered for a moment and agreed.

There are many account books, and it would be quite troublesome to look at them all.

The group went to the counting house.

This accounting room is very large, with enough space for several rooms. It is also connected in the middle, with doors that allow you to go directly through it.

Each wall is equipped with shelves one after another, filled with volumes of account books. These are all account books of money and grain income and expenditure in the past three years, and there are hundreds of them.

The staff brought by Liao Shiyu began to check and copy busily, and the scene suddenly became boring.

This kind of thing is the most time-consuming, and it is not uncommon for it to take several days. King Xihou stayed with him for a while, leaving the responsible staff behind, and then left.

Liao Shiyu paced around, slowly checking the situation around him.

And Jiang Mingyue in the dark was also very busy.

She was looking for the real ledger.

The old accountant knows all these account books that can be taken out for inspection. If he cannot count them, there must be another set of real account books that are hidden.

Many people understand this truth, but it is very difficult to find the real ledger. Others are not fools, can you find them out?

So if you understand it, it is actually of no use.

But this problem was no big deal in front of Jiang Mingyue.

She has a cheating device, so she doesn't need to worry about any fake switches or secret passages. She can jump over the wall directly and ignore any obstacles!

The real account book must not be far from here, because it is used as a reference, and it is very easy to expose it if it is moved around.

With little effort, she found the secret. Just below the accounting room, there was a very large basement.

She suddenly realized that if she became a thief, nothing would be able to escape her hands, ahem!

The entrance to the basement is just behind the door of the accounting room. Once the door is opened, it just blocks the entrance.

Of course, there was no clue about the entrance from the outside. As for how to open the entrance, she didn't bother to study it. She didn't need it anyway.

It's more important to do business, this should be where the real account books are stored.

Close to the wall are rows of wooden cabinets, and the joints are sealed with tung oil, which is much more elegant than the accounting room above.

Looking at the dense cabinets, Jiang Mingyue felt a little worried.

Where to start?

Let’s start from the innermost one!

She walked over and opened the first cabinet. When she saw it, there was a pile of gold and silver!

At least he looks a few hundred taels older, no longer young or old.

Well, my sister is not a real thief, so why is she treated like this?

Eighty percent of this is the private money of the management here.

Before Jiang Mingyue could see the money, she closed the door and opened the second cabinet.

This cabinet is not a ledger, but some bottles and jars, which contain some pills and unknown liquids. I don’t know what they are used for, and there are no names on them.

Close the door again and open the third cabinet.

What appeared in front of her was a pile of clothes, which seemed to have been worn, washed and put here.

Jiang Mingyue was a little depressed. Could it be that she was looking in the wrong place?

Fortunately, her worries did not come true. Starting from the fourth cabinet, it was finally the ledger!

Just like those books in the accounting room outside, they are all marked with words. This should be a real account book.

Jiang Mingyue cheered up and started to get serious.

There are just as many real ledgers, but fortunately she only needs to copy the most important data.

As for whether to move these directly?

She had discussed with Liao Shiyu that it was better not to alert others in the early stage. Because the most important thing about their mission is people, not the kingdom’s income.