Chapter 19 Emptying the Eastern Palace Treasury
Yun Zhaoxue was afraid of getting a sty, so she opened the back window and slipped out after they got down to business.
Where is the storeroom of the Eastern Palace?
Show yourself quickly, or your auntie will come to take you away.
The Eastern Palace was too big. After walking for more than ten minutes and three or four kilometers, I still couldn't see the storeroom. I was tired and thirsty, so I drank two cups of spiritual spring water.
After passing through the garden, I saw a courtyard with people patrolling back and forth. That must be the warehouse. I avoided the guards and came to the gate.
He took out the master key wire, inserted it into the keyhole, turned it a few times to unlock the door, pushed the door open, went inside, and gently closed the door.
The warehouse was piled high with boxes and boxes, several times more than the Marquis's mansion.
Opening a box at random, the brilliance of the gold and silver jewelry was dazzling. Everyone said that the Great Zhou was rich, and it was indeed true. Everyone was rolling in money, except for the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion.
Anyway, three months later, when the enemy country invades the capital, these things will be taken away, benefiting the enemy country and giving them money to recruit soldiers and horses to attack the Central Plains, burning, killing, and looting. It's better to let her have them. She will kill people, but she won't kill indiscriminately.
"I've struck it rich again!"
They opened several more boxes, which contained either gold or silver ingots, as well as various precious antiques, each worth a fortune.
Not wanting the Crown Prince to discover it so quickly, they planned to take the contents of the box away, leaving the box behind.
She cheered inwardly, her fingertips swiftly tracing rows of sandalwood boxes, and with a wave of her hand, she stored them all in her spatial storage.
After collecting one pile, there are still many more piles to go.
On the rosewood shelf next to it, there were various jewelry boxes.
Yun Zhaoxue casually opened one of them, and inside lay a South China Sea pearl necklace, each pearl as round and smooth as a longan, gleaming with a lustrous sheen under the candlelight.
Opening another one, it turned out to be a phoenix hairpin made of pure gold and inlaid with rubies, so gorgeous it was dazzling.
She curled her lips and took them all!
They've struck it rich; after taking over the Eastern Palace, they'll take over the Imperial Palace next.
With money comes power; one can not only lie low but also rebel.
That dog emperor is no good; he's incompetent, foolish, and easily swayed by slander.
The third prince, who later ascended the throne in Jiangnan, was no better; he was wicked, vicious, and a ruthless man who discarded his usefulness after it was over.
Further inside, whole bolts of Yun brocade and Shu embroidery were piled up in the nanmu cabinet, embroidered with intricate dragon and phoenix patterns, exquisitely crafted and worth a fortune.
Yun Zhaoxue waved her hand and put everything into her spatial storage, leaving only an empty box.
On a shelf in the corner, there were several inconspicuous boxes. Upon opening them, one would find precious medicinal herbs—century-old ginseng, Tian Shan snow lotus, South China Sea ambergris, blood lingzhi, Western Region saffron, century-old he shou wu, East China Sea pearl powder…
Her eyes curved into crescents: "These are all treasures that money can't buy, I'll take them all!"
All the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall were put into the space. There was a hidden compartment behind each calligraphy and painting. After tapping it a few times, the edge was pried open with something, and then it was lifted open to reveal a large box inside.
Inside the main box were several smaller boxes, all containing land deeds and silver notes. The amounts on the silver notes were astonishingly large: one hundred taels, five hundred taels, one thousand taels, five thousand taels, ten thousand taels, and twenty thousand taels.
The land deed was useless to her; she didn't want it. She only wanted the silver notes.
Yun Zhaoxue smiled slyly. Asking the world's number one mercenary assassin to do a job, those three boxes of reward were not enough.
After finishing, I quickly left the space, which only took about ten minutes.
He crouched behind the door, listening to the sounds outside. He only opened the door and went out when the footsteps faded into the distance, then locked the door back to its original position before leaving.
I walked through the garden, preparing to return to the courtyard where I had just been to watch the play.
Under the long corridor, the Third Prince had just finished speaking with Yun Jiaoyue, and the two went their separate ways.
Before she could hide, the Third Prince looked over.
He gently waved his folding fan and smiled faintly, "Is Xue'er waiting for me?"
Yun Zhaoxue replied, "If Your Highness says so, then so be it."
Given the original owner's previous obsession with him, the explanation is simply a cover-up.
Let's just give up and let him think what he wants.
The Third Prince suppressed his smile, closed his folding fan, and said seriously, "Xue'er, how dare you call me Your Highness? When did you and my third cousin become so distant? You call the Crown Prince 'Brother,' but I don't call him that."
Yun Zhaoxue, "..."
Listen to that sour tone! Anyone who didn't know better would think they were having an affair, and that they were just jealous.
He did it on purpose, deliberately giving the original owner the illusion that he liked her, making her willingly do things for him.
"Your Highness will be marrying Yun Jiaoyue in a few days. You are my future brother-in-law, so of course I must avoid any suspicion between us. If Your Highness has nothing else to say, I will take my leave now."
The Third Prince blocked her path again. "What does the Crown Prince want with you? He even gave you three chests of silver. If you're short of money, why don't you ask your third cousin?"
"Is the Third Prince very rich?"
If there are many, one should make time to visit the Third Prince's residence before being exiled.
The Third Prince took two steps forward and leaned slightly forward, whispering in her ear, "It's not much, but it's more than what the Crown Prince gave. Xue'er, if you can lend me a hand, I will definitely treat you well in the future."
"The Third Prince is going to marry Yun Jiaoyue in a few days. Is he planning to divorce his wife and marry me?"
The third prince was stunned. She was pregnant with another man's child. How could a used woman be worthy of being his legal wife?
To appease Yun Zhaoxue, he could only say against his will, "Xue'er, I have feelings for you. I can't marry you now, but I will definitely give you a proper status in the future. Can you tell me now?"
"His Highness the Crown Prince asked me to go to the prison and persuade my dead husband to sign a confession."
The Third Prince is ambitious and also wants to control the Xiao family army. This matter is in his best interest, so he will not stop him and it would be fine to tell him.
"So that's what it is. Then do as my elder brother, the Crown Prince, instructed. After it's done, I'll give you five boxes of treasures."
Yun Zhaoxue thought to herself, "In the future? After it's all over?"
He's really good at making empty promises; no wonder the original owner was completely under his thumb in her past life.
"He's unyielding, so it might not work out. We can only give it our best shot."
When Yun Zhaoxue returned to the courtyard where she was changing clothes, she heard people talking about her before she even got close. They were all cursing her.
"In broad daylight, under the clear sky, she couldn't resist! She's not even divorced yet, and she's pregnant, yet she's having an affair with another man in the Eastern Palace. She's utterly shameless!"
"Your Highness, send someone in immediately to drag that adulterous couple out."
"I had long heard that Princess Zhaoxue was bold and unrestrained, but I never imagined she was this bold. If I had a daughter like that, I would strangle her even if I had to get up."
"Like mother, like daughter. Wasn't the eldest princess of that time the same? She had affairs with many men before finally marrying Marquis Yun."
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"Ahem, are you speaking ill of this princess?"
Everyone turned to look at her, their faces showing surprise. "You, how did you get here?"
"If you can all be here, why can't I, this princess, be here as well?"
When the Crown Princess and Madam Qin did not see Qin Yurong, a bad premonition suddenly arose in their hearts.
At this moment, Yun Zhaoxue angrily shouted, "Who's in there? I've only been out for a short while, and you're already doing such disgusting things in my room. You're shameless! I want to see which pair of scoundrels are in there. Get out of the way!"
After saying that, she stormed forward, pushed through the crowd, lifted her skirt, and was about to kick the door open.
The Crown Princess and Madam Qin exchanged a glance, then rushed to the door and grabbed her.
The Crown Princess said, "Princess, the people inside may be disheveled. You are now a married woman, and barging in might offend your eyes and make me feel guilty. Let's send a nanny and a maid in to take a look first. Let's all wait outside."
"What are you waiting for? Stop dawdling and just pull her out so everyone can see who it is! The Crown Princess and Madam Qin have been repeatedly obstructing her, could it be that the person inside is Miss Qin the Third?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other in surprise, and indeed they did not see Qin Yurong in the crowd.
When Qin Yurong and another man were doing that kind of thing in Yun Zhaoxue's room, everyone present was shrewd and immediately realized that Qin Yurong's scheme had backfired and she had been outsmarted instead.
Madam Qin kept denying it, saying, "No, it's not Yu Rong."
The Crown Princess ordered in a deep voice, "Guards, invite all the ladies to the front courtyard."
Two old women blocked the doorway.
"Get out of my way!" Yun Zhaoxue shoved them aside, one with each hand, and kicked the door open with a loud bang!
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