The Rise Of The Unwanted Girl (Athena) novel Chapter 115

Eloise looked up in tenor and saw Athena arriving with a group of people. Among them were officers from the patrol bureau.

One officer stepped forward and cupped his hands respectfully at Henty, “Your Highness, we heard there was a theft in your estate’s storage. We’ve come to investigate

Henry looked at the officer with a pale expression, then glanced at Athena. Her expression was calm, with a faint, almost imperceptible smile on her lips.

In that moment, everything became clear to him. This officer must have been brought here by Athena. She had reported the theft

His chest felt like it might burst from rage, but he forced a smile and said, “This is all a misunderstanding. Athena reported the matter before clarifying it Nothing has been stolen from the estate.”

Athena cut in, voice steady and firm. “Your Highness, how can you say nothing was stolen when Grandmother’s entire storeroom is empty? Among the missing items is a glazed porcelain vase with a blue underglaze, a gift from the late emperor.”

Henry’s face twisted into a stormy scowl. His eyes turned cold as he looked at Athena.

The offices frowned and said. “I

d said, “If an imperial gift has gone missing that’s no trivial matter.”

If it had been a common item, he could’ve pretended not to hear. But a gift from the king was another story. Now that he know about it, he couldn’t just lock the other way.

Eloise trembled slightly, her eyes darting to Henry in panic.

Joseph clutched her hand, whispering “Mother, is it really that serious? It’s our own family’s stuff…”

Eloise shot him a look to shut him up, and Joseph fell silent.

“The estate has lost nothing.” Henry said, forcing calm. It rained heavily last night, and my son saw that the storeroom was leaking. So he moved the items to his own courtyard: Everything is there.”

He turned to Joseph with meaningful emphasis isn’t that right, Joseph”

Sull dazed, Joseph didn’t answer right away. Eloise quickly jumped in. “He’s a good child. He’s always been close to his grandmother. He moved the boxes out only because he didn’t want them damaged by rain.”

She smiled, then added, “Athens, how could you report the matter without figuring out the truth first? You’ve troubled the officer for no reason.

With that, she gave a signal to a nearby maid.

The maid immediately handed a pouch of silver to the officer. “You’ve had a long day, Officer. Please accept this small token for some tea.”

The officer, feeling the weight of the coins, broke into a wide grin. “Lady Eloise, you’re too kind. Since this is just a misunderstanding, we’ll take our

is is just leave.”

Just as he was about to turn and go, Athena spoke again. “Officer, won’t you at least take a look? if the imperial gift is even slightly damaged, it would be a capital offense.”

“You…” Joseph realized Athena was deliberately setting him up.

He opened his mouth to object, but Eloise stopped him, and Henry shot him a glare. Joseph swallowed his protest with great frustration.

The officer snuck a glance at Athena. Her expression was calm, with a smile.

But to the officer, that smile was annoying

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Chapter 115

He cursed inwardly. ‘Unbelievable bad luck. This is clearly the Duke family’s own mess, but that lady just had to drag us into it. Now we’re stuc

He never thought that his usually quiet sister would pull such a ruthless move.

As they opened them one by one, each was filled with items from Margaret’s storeroom.

Henry snapped, “Joseph, go fetch the imperial vase.”

He was livid. Today’s humiliation was beyond anything he’d ever known. His own son, stealing from the family. If word got out, he would lose all face

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