Before the house was raided, the maidservant of the Prime Minister's residence absconded with t

Tao'er was taken aback, but after hesitating for a moment, she decided to go in and take a look.

Behind the hidden door was a downward-sloping passage, with glowing stones embedded in the walls every few steps, barely illuminating the way ahead.

Because it was down below and couldn't be seen from the outside, she took out her flashlight, pressed the switch, and the passage instantly became bright.

At the end of the passage was a secret room, inside which dozens of large wooden crates were neatly stacked.

Tao'er opened the most recent one, and the golden light almost blinded her—a whole box full of gold ingots!

"This must be the hard-earned money of so many people..." Tao'er murmured, her contempt and hatred for royal parasites like Prince Cheng growing ever stronger.

She didn't have time to check all the other boxes one by one, so she simply put all the boxes in the entire secret room into her spatial storage.

Just as she was about to turn and leave, she suddenly noticed that there was another door inside. Out of curiosity, Tao'er pushed open the door with a nervous heart.

Before she could even step inside, dozens of hidden arrows shot out from within.

Fortunately, Tao'er was quick-witted enough to roll on the spot and avoid the rain of arrows.

With a flick of her wrist, she stored all the arrows into her spatial storage.

The presence of hidden arrows in this secret room suggests that what's inside is more important than the gold outside.

Tao'er became increasingly curious about what was inside.

However, you can't go in, or you'll be riddled with bullets and die a horrible death.

She came up with a plan: she would throw in some small items from her spatial storage. Every time she threw them in, hidden weapons, arrows, or darts would fly out.

She tried more than a dozen times, and finally nothing flew out.

She knew the hidden weapons inside had all been fired.

She collected all the hidden weapons that had fallen to the ground into her spatial storage, intending to save them for Ayan to practice with later.

Tao walked in confidently, and sure enough, nothing happened.

Inside were long wooden boxes. Tao'er curiously pried open a wooden board with a knife, and only then did she see the true face of Mount Lu.

These things startled her; they were full of warriors' armor, swords, shields, spears, arrows, and so on.

Tao'er was startled. These were all for war. Could it be that King Cheng really wanted to rebel?

This place is so big, it must be staffed with at least several thousand people.

She realized a problem: the third prince was keeping a private army.

He really wants to rebel!

The Crown Prince's imprisonment and the Prime Minister's residence being captured can both be attributed to him.

However, all the evidence is now irrefutable, and the Prime Minister's family cannot be cleared of their grievances in a short time.

Tao'er felt like she had stumbled upon a huge secret. If the Prince of Cheng found out, she would die even faster!

Tao'er was about to leave when she hesitated for a moment, but then put all of these things into her spatial storage, thinking she might need them someday.

In any case, leaving it to King Cheng would only allow him to kill more people.

After packing her things, she left quickly.

He casually tossed a torch in to destroy the evidence!

Flames were raging, and people were already shouting, "Fire!"

The more chaotic, the better...

After leaving the warehouse, Tao'er did not leave immediately.

She thought of the kitchen in the Prince's mansion, where only Prince Cheng and his family could enjoy the delicacies, while the disaster victims in the suburbs of the capital were starving.

Then she thought that storing those things in her spatial storage would be beneficial to her both when she was fleeing famine and when she was surviving.

It would be good to leave some for Old Man Chen and the others.

Anyway, the Prince's Mansion is rich, so they don't need these things.

Thinking of this, she quietly sneaked into the kitchen.

The kitchen was indeed filled with all sorts of delicacies: a whole roasted suckling pig, a whole ham, various exquisite pastries, and plenty of seasonal fresh fruit.

With a wave of her hand, Tao'er put all of these things into her spatial storage, leaving only an empty kitchen.

"Next up is the grain depot."

Following the clues, Tao'er quickly found the Prince's granary.

Pushing open the door, a mountain of rice, flour, and cooking oil came into view, enough to feed the entire Prince's mansion for three to five years.

Due to drought and flooding, the harvest was poor, rice merchants raised grain prices, and the people were struggling to make ends meet, cutting back on food and clothing.

The Prince Cheng's mansion has so much fine rice hoarded, why can't they donate some to help the people?

She remembered that for several months in a row, the Crown Prince set up soup kitchens to help the people and distributed rice to the poor.

The Prime Minister's residence also donated silver and rice.

Thinking about this, Tao'er felt even more strongly that this Prince Cheng was no good!

Without hesitation, she took all the grain.

After doing all this, Tao'er was about to leave when she was unexpectedly discovered by a patrol of guards.

"Who goes there!" the leading guard shouted, instantly drawing his sword from his waist.

Tao'er's heart tightened, and she turned and ran.

Shouts of "Catch the thief!" came from behind, instantly alarming the entire palace.

More guards surged in from all directions, and the torchlight illuminated the palace as if it were daytime.

There it is!

"Chase!" The guards gave chase.

Tao'er, like a nimble cat, darted among the pavilions and towers of the Prince's mansion.

She ran around aimlessly, leading the guards in circles, and finally turned into a winding corridor. Before the guards could catch up, she quickly slipped into the space and disappeared without a trace.

The guards chased the figure to the end of the corridor, only to find it was a dead end, and the figure that had just been in front of them had vanished into thin air.

"It's a ghost!" a young guard exclaimed, his face turning deathly pale.

"Nonsense!"

They must have hidden somewhere. Search carefully!

The captain of the guard shouted sternly, but a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

"Boss, but there's no road ahead at all!"

I heard that this courtyard used to be where a concubine lived, but she later died.

Perhaps he died unwillingly and came back for revenge?

"Boss, didn't you notice how creepy this place is?"

"You bastard!"

There are no ghosts in this world! Search quickly! If there's no road here, search somewhere else!

This commotion woke up the entire Prince Cheng's mansion.

Princess Song Ruyan was startled awake from her sleep. Hearing the commotion outside, she felt a sense of foreboding.

She hurriedly summoned her personal maid, "Granny Rong, quickly go and check if anything has happened in the storeroom!"

A moment later, Rong Momo returned, her face deathly pale: "Your Highness... the storeroom is on fire..."

"What?!"

Were the items inside moved out?

"Your Highness, the fire is too big, no one dares to go in..."

The things inside are probably destroyed…

Princess Cheng's vision went black, and she fainted.

The old woman hurriedly helped her up, while calling for someone to fetch the palace physician and ordering the palace guards to quickly inform Prince Cheng.

Chaos erupted within the Prince's mansion. The wives and concubines of each household rose in panic, throwing on their robes and gathering in the front hall, chattering amongst themselves.

"What are we going to do? Everything in the storeroom is gone!"

"My ruby ​​headdress is still inside!"

"Quiet! What time is it and you're still thinking about these things!"

After being rescued, the princess mustered her strength to maintain order, but her trembling voice betrayed her inner fear.

Tao'er observed everything outside from within the space, a cold smile curling at the corner of her lips.

She suddenly had an idea. She took out a tinderbox and oil from her spatial storage, quietly returned to the kitchen, and lit the woodpile in the kitchen.

The flames spread rapidly, and thick smoke billowed into the air.

They then went to the granary and burned it down as well.

The entire palace was ablaze with flames...

"Fire! Fire!"

Screams erupted again in the Prince's mansion, this time in even greater chaos.

The servants were busy fetching water to put out the fire, while the guards were at a loss. Some continued searching for the thieves, while others ran to put out the fire.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tao'er quietly slipped out of the palace and disappeared into the vast night.

She quickly went to the Prime Minister's residence and then met up with Uncle Chen and Ayan.

"Sister Tao'er, you're finally back! I was so worried about you."

When Ayan saw that Sister Tao'er had returned, his tense little face finally relaxed.

Chen Ping'an also spoke anxiously, "Miss Tao'er, you're finally back! We were so worried about you."

"Uncle Chen, Ayan, I'm back safe and sound, you don't need to worry."

Uncle Chen, now you go and make arrangements for them...

Just do as I told you before.

Prince Cheng has already returned to his palace, and we don't have much time left...

So we need to hurry.

Hurry up...

Chen Ping'an nodded and quickly left.

A moment later, a deafening shout rang out from outside: "The bandits from Jingmeng Mountain are here..."