The three of them rode for half an hour before finally arriving at Shen Jinchen's villa.

Cen Xi dismounted and strode into the courtyard, intending to settle accounts with Shen Jinchen. However, the steward informed him that Shen Jinchen had left the mansion an hour earlier, saying that he would probably not be back for three days.

"..."

Cen Xi looked at the butler, her fists clenching and unclenching repeatedly, before finally breaking into a captivating smile.

"Then may I enter your young master's courtyard?"

"this…"

Seeing the ever-changing expression on Cen Xi's face, the butler was unsure what to do.

The young master gave him a portrait and said that if the woman in the portrait came, he should let her into his courtyard.

But that's three days from now!

"Uncle Yuan, this young lady is the apple of our young master's eye. You've been with him for years, and you've never seen a woman appear in his sight before. If you offend the future mistress, will you have any good days ahead?"

Feng Qin dismounted and approached the steward, speaking up for Cen Xi with a smile on her face.

"really?"

"really."

Feng Qin nodded with a captivating smile.

"Let me in now."

Cen Xi glanced at the guard Shen Jinchen with surprise and spoke up at the appropriate time.

"Please, young lady."

Seeing that even Young Master Fengqin, who usually accompanied the young master, had spoken up, the steward knew that if he continued to block the way, he would truly offend the future mistress. So he quickly made way.

Cen Xi followed the butler and finally stepped into Shen Jinchen's courtyard.

I was immediately struck by the luxurious scene inside. The pavilions and towers were nothing compared to the scoundrel who had used white jade as a table, jadeite as flooring, and agate as decoration. There were also many extremely precious koi in the lotus pond next to him.

Cen Xi instantly recalled the ten thousand taels of gold that this man had snatched back, and her anger flared up even more.

"Your young master is very rich; he uses only the best of everything."

Cen Xi looked at Feng Qin with a smile.

"What are you saying, Madam? Won't all of this be yours in the future? You and the young master are husband and wife, so naturally you should share the wealth."

Feng Qin smiled, her face full of flattery.

"I like hearing that. Um, is there anything in this yard that your master likes the most?"

Cen Xi asked with a smile.

"Yes, those koi in the lotus pond are the young master's favorite. They are the most precious things in this courtyard."

Feng Qin didn't know why Cen Xi asked that question, but since this woman was someone he would definitely try to please in the future, he would answer her without reservation.

"That's good."

Cen Xi was the first to walk to the lotus pond and look at the koi in the pond. She took out the poison that Zhu Yanniang had given her and poured it all into the pond with a flick of her wrist.

Then she drew her Shadowbreaker sword and, before Feng Qin and the steward could react, instantly cleaved the white jade table in two.

"Mistress, what are you doing?"

Feng Qin never expected Cen Xi to suddenly launch an attack.

"I'm sending a generous gift to your young master. He brought quite a few gifts when he visited my Flying Phoenix Mountain, so this is a way of returning the favor. What do you think? Will your young master like it when he returns?"

Cen Xi still had a smile on her face, a smile that was very charming and showed no incongruity as if she had done something wrong.

"It's over, it's over! That koi was a tribute from Lan Yue Kingdom, worth a fortune! It's dead just like that. When the young master comes back, he'll surely chop this old servant to pieces."

The housekeeper was so anxious when he saw the koi in the pond turn white in an instant that he burst into tears.

Cen Xi didn't care about his crying and wailing. If she didn't vent her frustration today, she wouldn't be Cen Xi.

"Mistress, the young master will be angry when he returns."

Feng Qin glanced at the jade floor that shattered with every step Cen Xi took, and felt heartbroken. However, he really didn't know what to do with Cen Xi.

If he were to harm the woman before him, his young master would likely be even angrier. Besides, judging from the internal energy she was leaking, he was no match for her.

"Let him be angry. If he dies of anger, I'll marry him, erect a tombstone for him, and offer him three sticks of incense on the first and fifteenth of every month to congratulate him on his early ascension to paradise. How about that?"

Cen Xi stomped on the ground with increasing enthusiasm.

In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the jade floor was completely shattered into pieces.

At the same time, Cen Xi stood up, brandished her sword, and swung it around in the air, instantly shattering the decorative agate into pieces.

After doing all this, Cen Xi clearly sensed something unusual in the courtyard, but stopped moving after only a moment.

Cen Xi became even more unscrupulous and pushed open the door to enter Shen Jinchen's inner room.

She wandered around and found an inner room, which was actually a small study.

The room is filled with countless rare and precious antiques, and the two paintings on the wall are clearly works by famous artists.

With a single stroke of his sword, Cen Xijian tore down both paintings.

They took it to the courtyard outside, took a flint, and immediately set the two paintings on fire.

"Mistress, that was the last painting by Bei Mingyuan, the last emperor of the previous dynasty. The young master will kill you when he returns."

When Feng Qin saw the painting that had been instantly set ablaze, she immediately rushed over to save it. Wen Qihe, who had changed her name to Poppy, saw that things were not going well and rushed over as well, forming a human pyramid with Feng Qin.

The butler who had brought them in fainted after seeing all the koi in the pond turn white and die.

"Wen Qihe, you still say you don't know Shen Jinchen?"

Cen Xi had seen Wen Qihe's actions and expression just now. At this moment, she had no doubts about Wen Qihe's identity. However, she still couldn't guess the purpose of Wen Qihe's shamelessness.

“Miss, I’m just heartbroken over those two paintings. Fengqin also said that Prime Minister Shen will be furious when he returns. I… I’m protecting you.”

Seeing that Cen Xi was attacking her again, Wen Qihe quickly got up from Feng Qin and explained.

"That's a good excuse. Um, Fengqin, did you manage to save your young master's painting?"

Cen Xi glanced coldly at Wen Qihe, then spoke to Feng Qin, who was pressing down on the half-burned painting.

"No...no, it's over, it's completely over this time, I'm finished."

Fengqin stood up, looking at the half-burned painting with a bitter expression, and kept saying that she was finished.

"Don't be sad if you can't save him. Go and bring the books from your young master's study over, and we'll burn them again."

Cen Xi felt that burning two paintings was not enough to vent her anger; she wanted to burn Shen Jinchen's study to the ground.

If she still wanted to sleep in his room that night, she'd even burn the whole house down for him.

"No, if you want to burn it, then burn it yourself. You've burned the young master's most treasured painting, so be prepared to face his wrath when he returns."

At this moment, Feng Qin's flattering expression finally disappeared, and her eyes were full of dejection.

"I don't know how I can bear your young master's anger, but I certainly know how you will. If you don't help me move the books, when your young master comes back, I'll say that I coveted your beauty and cheated on him on the second night of our tryst."

"Well, is that reason enough for your young master to grind you to dust?"

Cen Xi raised an eyebrow and said with a casual smile.