The legitimate daughter returns to the capital and embarks on a splendid life, tearing apart the fak

After collecting the boxes from the shelves, she walked to the innermost part of the warehouse and carefully felt around on the wall.

In this era, any large money exchange would inevitably have hidden compartments or secret rooms.

Sure enough, she felt her way along the base of the wall inch by inch, and in a very inconspicuous corner, she found a slightly loose brick.

She gently pushed the bricks in, revealing a hidden brass compartment.

In the hidden compartment, several stacks of silver notes were neatly stacked, each with a face value of ten thousand taels, along with several boxes of gold ingots and several strings of South Sea pearls.

Yun Jin put all the silver notes and gold ingots into her spatial storage, and then knocked over the remaining account books and containers in the warehouse, making a mess, like a burglary.

After thinking for a moment, she went out through the space again, pried open the hinges on the door, opened the door, climbed onto the roof, moved a few tiles off the roof, and felt her way back to the front yard along the roof beams.

The thugs were still gambling and shouting, completely unaware that the backyard had been ransacked.

Yun Jin didn't rush to leave. Instead, she went back to the money shop in the front yard, first drugged the guards at the front door, then went into the shop, ransacked the counter and threw the items on the ground, and left the door wide open.

After doing all this, Yun Jin left Ruifeng Money Shop and headed straight for the Princess's residence without stopping.

She had visited this mansion once before, on the daytime of the Princess's birthday banquet. Now, returning at night, she found the mansion even more imposing.

The courtyard wall was more than three feet higher than that of an ordinary mansion. Although there were no iron caltrops on the top of the wall, a lantern was hung every few steps, illuminating the base of the wall brightly.

The patrol teams inside the mansion moved back and forth in a continuous stream, leaving almost no blind spots.

For an ordinary person to break into this mansion would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

But Yun Jin has a spatial dimension, so no matter how strict the defenses are, they can't stop her.

Using her ability to shift spaces, she made her way to the eldest princess's bedroom.

As soon as I reached the window, I heard voices coming from inside.

"You still haven't found what I asked you to find?" It was the voice of the eldest princess.

"Your Highness, I have searched the entire Kangning Palace, but I still cannot find it," a man replied in a low voice.

"Useless thing." The eldest princess sneered. "That old woman must have left something behind. How could she have lived to such an old age without leaving anything? The late emperor has been gone for so many years, how could she have lived peacefully until today if she didn't have anything?"

The man hesitated for a moment, then said, "By the way, Your Highness, a few days ago, Prince Yu took Princess Ninghai with him at night, but they were far away, so we couldn't hear what they said or did."

The eldest princess remained silent for a long while before slowly speaking: "My nephew is a man of few words, not as simple as he seems. His personal entry into the palace must mean something serious has happened. If that old woman entrusted her orphan to him on her deathbed, giving him everything..."

"Does Your Highness suspect that the things left behind by the late Emperor have already fallen into the hands of Prince Yu?"

The eldest princess didn't respond, but remained silent for a moment before letting out a cold laugh. "My good father, the Emperor, left behind a secret guard before his death, but this guard was neither handed over to the Emperor nor accompanied Prince Yi out of the capital. Prince Yi has been away from the capital for years, and that guard seems to have vanished into thin air, never to be seen again. Where do you think they went?"

"Your Highness means that the secret guards were already given to Prince Yu?"

"It's hard to say. That's why I said my nephew isn't as simple as he seems. We all underestimated him before. How could someone who survived under my good brother and was even granted the title of king be a good-for-nothing?"

There was a moment of silence in the room before the man asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, should I send someone to keep an eye on Prince Yu and Princess Ninghai? They appeared together in the Empress Dowager's palace that day, so perhaps... the item is in their hands."

The eldest princess pondered for a moment and said, "Keep an eye on them, but don't alert them. Especially that Princess Ninghai. Since she was able to return to the capital alive and is so close to Prince Yu, she's no ordinary person. If the item is really in their hands, we'll find out sooner or later."

The man responded, then tentatively asked, "Then...should we continue with the Empress Dowager's side?"

"How is the Empress Dowager's health lately?" the eldest princess asked.

"Your Highness, I heard last time that things weren't going well, and the imperial physicians didn't even dare to prescribe any medicine, only saying to wait it out. But for some reason, things have calmed down a bit these past two days."

"I will send someone to the Imperial Hospital to inquire and see who has ruined our plans. That Yu Yan has been with her for decades and is the most devoted. Find an opportunity to investigate her and see if she has been in contact with outsiders."

Upon hearing this, Yun Jin's heart skipped a beat.

It turns out that the one who drugged the Empress Dowager was actually the eldest princess.

This woman is truly vicious; she can even be cruel to her own mother.

She suppressed the chill in her heart and continued listening.

The room was quiet for a moment before the eldest princess said lazily, "Let's leave the Empress Dowager's matter for now. I'll go talk to that old man myself later. You may leave."

The man acknowledged and left.

Yun Jin waited in the shadows for a while longer before quietly retreating and going around to the outside of the Princess's study.

Since she was already there, she wanted to see if she could find anything.

The eldest princess's study was located on the east side of the backyard, not far from her sleeping quarters.

Yun Jin used her spatial ability to enter the house and, using the moonlight streaming in through the window, quickly explored the bookshelves, desk, and display shelves.

The study was furnished in a very simple manner. Most of the books on the bookshelves were history books and military treatises, as well as some copies of memorials from famous officials.

An unfinished calligraphy scroll lay spread out on the desk, and several letters were pressed under the paperweight beside it.

Yun Jin did not touch the letters rashly, but quickly read through a few. They were all greetings and New Year's greetings from court officials, and there was nothing suspicious about them.

She searched through the hidden compartments behind the display shelf, but found nothing.

This study is too clean. It's so clean that it doesn't look like the study of a powerful person who has been secretly plotting for years.

Yun Jin guessed that the eldest princess must have kept the truly important things elsewhere.

She stopped in front of the display shelf, about to search it again, when suddenly a few very light footsteps came from outside, followed by the hushed conversation of the night patrol guards: "We think we heard some noise over here, go check it out in the back."

Yun Jin made a quick decision, slipped into the spatial dimension, and retreated from the princess's residence the way she came.

Back at the Brocade Book Pavilion, she changed out of her night clothes in the space, washed her face with warm water, let her hair down, and lay back on the bed, her emotions still unsettled.

The eldest princess poisoned the Empress Dowager, and the late emperor left behind secret guards. The Empress Dowager may still have a backup plan. The waters in this capital city are so deep they send chills down one's spine.

And she had already stepped one foot in.

The next morning, as soon as Yun Jin woke up, Dong Xue came in and whispered to her, "Miss, I heard that Ruifeng Money Shop was robbed last night. The storeroom was emptied, and even the account books were burned."

Yun Jin: ...I didn't burn the account book!

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