Honey : The Empire's Treasure 169 The Cold War... 3

"Lady Delju, I'm sure you have found out by now that your personal maid, Gaelire, has been caught stealing money with the treasurer from the wives' allowances." One of the elders spoke, detailing the crimes.

"Oh my...I knew nothing about it..." Delju promptly chose to deny everything.

"Bullshit!" Thalia stood up and pointed her finger in Delju's face.

"How am I lying?"

"You've been receiving twice as much as we get monthly. And you say you didn't know!?"

"Well...I just thought Mano liked me more than you guys." Delju held her head up, smugly looking at the others wives.

"What!?" A cry of outraged went around the room.

"B***h, your shit ain't that good!" Thalia remarked.

"How would you know?..." Delju gritted her teeth against Thalia insult.

"When was the last time he visited you...I believe it was over six months ago. If you are as favored as you say wouldn't he be in your bed every night...you think we would believe your bullsh*t!"

"W-What...How dare you? You better shut that mouth of yours right now!" Embarrassed to be called and may fun of in front of all the wives and elders, Delju stood up from the floor.

"You know, it's probably because of your technique. We all heard your maid yesterday, I hope she didn't learn her tricks from you...no, no, no, you know what? I hope you didn't learn from her! Hahaha..." The wives started laughing along with Thalia, for they too heard all the wild noises coming from the treasurer's bedroom yesterday.

With her bedroom methods coming into question and being made fun of by the other wives, Delju storms towards Thalia, tackling her to the ground.

"Stop it! Stop it right now!" The two women on the floor paid no mind to the elders' commands.

They finally had to bring in guards to separate the two.

The elders had had enough of all this bedroom talk, they were too old and it's too early to hear this kind of talk about the clan leader and his wives.

"You all are the clan leader's wives, conduct yourself in with good manners! Now if you can't let us handle this then we will ask you all to leave!" Lady Jaelah gave Lady Thalia a sharp look, fixing her clothes and hair, Thalia retook her seat.

Lady Delju, who suffered the most in the fight, was made to sit back on the floor by the guards. She didn't think the small Thalia could be so vicious, it was no wonder she always gave birth to boys!

Crying, Delju tried to get the elders' sympathy, but she forgot about the other wives in the room.

"Lady Delju, we will ask you a couple of questions. If you answer them honestly, your punishment will be reduced."

"W-What?...*cries*...but I am innocent...*cries*...Why is everyone doing this to me? I've done nothing wrong!...*cries*"

"Lady Delju, we have already interrogated your maid and the treasurer...Are you sure you still want to deny these crimes!" The elders wanted this problem over with, she just needed to admit to her crimes already.

"Yes...Yes! I deny these charges! I'm innocent...*cries*...How can you believe a maid over Lord Mano's wife!" Delju reminded the elders of her status in the clan.

"Oh, Lord Mano's wife...? Then what if I were to tell you that we have another witness other than your maid...?" Delju froze, all her crying stop instantly.

Could they have another witness...? Impossible, the only ones who knew about this is me, Gaelire and Sienna. No one else.

Regaining her composure, Delju continued her act.

"How can the elders believe some outsider over me? Mano must hear about this when he gets back..." Delju thought if she keeps denying the charges they won't be able to do anything to her.

Yet, when she picked up her head to look around the room, all she saw was smirks on all the wives' faces.

What is going on? Delju had a sinking feeling she was in trouble.

"Bring in the witness!" An elder spoke to the guards at the door.

Delju turned her head to look at the door and received the shock of her life.

In walked a solemn Sienna led by two guards.

"S-Sienna, what are you going here?"

"Miss Sienna, please tell everyone here, what you have told us last night..."

"Mother needed extra money because I was being bullied at school due to my humble attire. She told me not to worry about it as she would find a way for me to get new clothes. I thought she meant to ask father, but...I didn't know she was doing this! When I first heard about Gaelire, it made me think of all the times she sent me extra money while I was away at school...and I couldn't handle the guilt!

Please don't blame my mother too much...even though the way she went about it is wrong, she did it for me..."

Sienna beg on her mother's behalf to everyone as Delju sat there shocked by her daughter's betrayal.

"Lady Delju, should we not take the word of your and Lord Mano's daughter, the second young miss of the Amara clan...before you answer that question take a look at this..." An elder threw an accounting book at Delju.

The treasurer had been keeping a hidden record of all the money he gave to Lady Delju.

"Do you still want to deny?"

Left with all this evidence and her daughter's testimony, Lady Delju gave up.

"...I'll admit...I'll admit it was me." Hanging her head in defeat, she waited for her punishment.

"Lady Delju, you are punished with no allowance for the rest of the year. After the year is over you will receive half of its original amount until the debt is paid back to the other wives. This will take effect immediately!" With the conclusion of the case, the elders left the meeting hall, happy to be free of this problem.

Everyone left one by one until only Delju and Sienna was left.
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"How could you do that me Sienna!?... How?"

"Mother calm down, I had no choice."

"What do you mean?"

"Lady Jaelah sent me a message saying if I didn't testify against you, I will be bought up on charges as well..."

"Jaelah...? That b***h!"

"With Kamryn and Lula in still banish away at school, and Mikaela coming back, I can't afford to get on Father's or the elders' bad side."

"...but my allowance..."

"Don't worry, once I gain control over Amara's trees the clan will be in my hands...then you won't have to beg for money anymore. Just wait for now and stop making problems!"

"Okay...but we must find a way to deal with Lady Jaelah. I will not let her get away with turning us mother and daughter against each other!"

"Agreed..."

Chapter end