"As expected of the Imperial Concubine's family, their magnificent appearance is probably even more impressive than the prince's residence."
Xu Jinhuan looked up at the plaque of the Wu Mansion. The characters on the plaque were made of the finest jade.
I wonder if the Wu family members, when passing by the gate, worried that the jade stone might suddenly fall and smash their heads open.
Although Xu Jinhuan was complaining in his heart, he had already nimbly climbed over the Wu family's courtyard wall, carefully avoiding the patrolling guards, and was looking for the Wu family's storeroom.
Xu Jinhuan used her lightness skill to run across the rooftops. Suddenly, her ears twitched as she heard someone speaking, and she vaguely heard the word "exile."
Xu Jinhuan stopped on the roof, lifted the tiles, and saw a shocking scene.
A middle-aged man is holding a well-maintained middle-aged woman in his arms. The two seem to have just finished their intimate moments and are now cuddling tenderly.
"Daoyi, now that those annoying civil officials have been driven out of the capital, when will we end that dog emperor's life and let our Rui'er become emperor?"
The woman wrapped her arms around Wu Daoyi's waist and whispered sweet nothings to him.
Upon hearing this, Wu Daoyi smiled and patted the woman's smooth back, reassuring her, "Jinhua, don't worry, we'll get what we want soon."
Although Wu Daoyi said that, the woman leaning against his chest did not notice the coldness and mockery in his eyes.
"Daoyi, if Sister Fengxue hadn't run away from her arranged marriage back then, how could I have been forced to enter the palace in her place and become that dog emperor's concubine? All these years I've had to pretend to be nice to him. Just thinking about it makes me sick."
If I hadn't entered the palace, I imagine my aunt would have betrothed me to you, so our Rui'er could have rightfully called you "Father."
The woman, who was also a concubine of the current emperor, spoke while sobbing softly.
Wu Daoyi sighed helplessly, his eyes showing even more frustration, but his tone remained gentle.
"Jinhua, you've worked so hard all these years. Once Rui'er becomes emperor, let's leave the capital and go to Jiangnan to be an ordinary couple, okay?"
Xue Jinhua nodded through her tears, “Okay, then I will just be Xue Jinhua, your wife, not some imperial concubine Wu Fengxue.”
Xu Jinhuan never expected to overhear such a shocking piece of gossip.
The imperial concubine is not an imperial concubine, and the prince is not a prince. The Wu family is really audacious!
Moreover, judging from the expression of Wu Daoyi, the head of the Wu family, just now, he doesn't seem to be that sincere towards his cousin, the Imperial Concubine.
Tsk, this guy really lives up to his name.
However, for Xu Jin, the more chaotic the Wu family was, the better.
Her return this time was not only to teach the Wu family a lesson, but also to stir up trouble in the capital and make sure these high-ranking officials had no peace.
The two pieces of news I just heard can be used as bargaining chips to throw the capital into chaos for a while.
Thinking about this, Xu Jinhuan watched for a while longer, until the two people in the room were snuggling together again. She didn't hear any more useful information, so she quietly left.
Xu Jinhuan searched for a while longer and finally found the granary of the Wu family.
Xu Jinhuan activated her invisibility ability, and instantly disappeared from the sight of normal people. She swaggered past the two guards.
Upon seeing the double-locked gate, she quickly turned into a liquid and flowed into the granary.
Although this wasn't the first time System Wang had witnessed its host's actions, it was still astonishing. There was probably no one in the world more suitable to move warehouses than its own host.
As soon as Xu Jinhuan entered, she saw mountains of grain. Even though she was in a liquid state, she felt a bit cramped. This gave her an idea of just how much grain was stored in the warehouse.
Xu Jinhuan first stored some of the food into her spatial dimension so that she could transform back into human form. After all, maintaining a liquid form for too long would consume a lot of her special abilities.
"Phew, that feels much better now." Xu Jinhuan stretched his arms and legs before he had time to carefully observe the warehouse.
"Squeak squeak squeak"
The rats in the granary seemed to have sensed someone approaching and began to protest.
Xu Jinhuan looked at the large gray rat not far away and said to the system, "Look, this is what a wealthy family is like. Even their rats are fatter than other people's."
The rat that Xu Jinhuan had mentioned, seeing that she didn't react, swaggered over, squeaking as if it were cursing someone.
The rat seemed to have made the granary its home, and its squeaking continued even as it ran to Xu Jinhuan's feet.
"Get out, or die. Choose one." Xu Jinhuan glanced down at the rat.
System Xiao Wang was a little puzzled. Had his host read too many novels and thought that animals could understand human speech?
Before the system could finish its questioning, it saw the mouse scurrying away, not forgetting to take a few grains of rice with it as it left.
The system couldn't contain its curiosity and asked in bewilderment.
[Host, how did you manage to make the rats obey? Normally, only those who have acquired a skill like "Animal Communication Master" can make animals so obedient.]
Xu Jinhuan explained with a smile, "It's actually very simple, just use killing intent."
Having survived in the apocalypse for so many years and killed countless zombies, Xu Jinhuan's aura of killing intent was nothing.
System Xiao Wang suddenly realized, and once again admired his host's wit, while also feeling proud of his accurate judgment!
Now its graduation exam will definitely be no problem!
Xu Jinhuan had no idea that her system was so happy it wanted to dance; she was currently busy filling her space with food.
After loading rice, they loaded flour; after loading flour, they loaded dried goods.
Those top-quality white fungus, top-quality mushrooms, and top-quality wood ear fungus were simply packed in sacks and piled up haphazardly in the granary—it was a complete waste!
Xu Jinhuan showed no mercy and once again used the system's space to thoroughly search the Wu family's granary.
And so, the mountain of grain disappeared, and the granary was empty, with only scattered grains of rice and flour on the ground, proving that this place had once stored grain.
The rat in the granary only peeked out after Xu Jinhuan left. When it came out and saw the empty granary, it was terrified. "I'm a rat! My home has been raided!"
After moving the grain from the granary, Xu Jinhuan began searching for other warehouses in the Wu family mansion.
Thanks to the Wu family's ostentatious display, Xu Jinhuan found it in no time.
Other people's warehouses are usually made to be more plain in order to avoid being conspicuous, but the Wu family's warehouse is the complete opposite.
Huge luminous pearls were hung directly on both sides of the warehouse, serving as lanterns for illumination, as if he wanted everyone to know he was rich.
Xu Jinhuan entered the heavily guarded storeroom of the Wu family mansion as if it were a granary.
Upon entering, I was dazzled by the dazzling array of jewels and precious stones filling the room.
The entire floor was filled with all kinds of jewelry, which shone with a unique brilliance under the glow of the luminous pearls on the wall.
"I will accept all of the Wu family's ill-gotten gains!"
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