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Yun Jin feigned ignorance, feigning surprise as she asked Dong Xue, "What happened? Everything was fine yesterday, how could something have happened overnight?"

Dongxue lowered her voice and recounted the information she had gathered in detail. It turned out that in the latter half of last night, when the guards on night duty at Ruifeng Money Exchange were changing shifts, they found two guards at the front gate lying on the ground, unable to be woken up no matter how they called them, and realized something was wrong.

They rushed in and found the shop ransacked, with all the counters and drawers pulled open and silver and copper coins scattered all over the floor.

When they rushed to the backyard in a panic, they found the warehouse door wide open, the hinges pried off, and several deep pry marks on the door panel. The shelves inside were all overturned.

When the steward saw that several boxes of gold and silver and a batch of valuables left by guests in the storeroom were all gone, he was so frightened that his legs went weak. Perhaps fearing that the princess would blame him, the steward simply ordered someone to set fire to the storeroom and burn it down. He told the outside world that the thieves had used a diversionary tactic, stealing the goods and then setting the storeroom on fire.

When the city patrol and the Jingzhao Prefecture arrived, the warehouse had been burned down to just a few blackened walls. The manager insisted that it was the work of that gang of roving thieves.

Yun Jin was speechless after hearing this. She had indeed pried open the door and rummaged through the cabinets when she left last night, but she had never thought of setting a fire.

The manager was so audacious that, in an attempt to cover up his dereliction of duty, he set the warehouse on fire and burned it to the ground.

Now that's bad, the account books are gone, the evidence is gone, and the princess has nowhere to investigate.

And those valuables she had stored in her spatial storage are now impossible to verify.

Dongxue continued, "The news spread early this morning. Many merchants and commoners who had deposited silver in Ruifeng rushed to exchange it for silver notes, but the manager said that the account books had been burned and could not be verified. They could only register the notes and pay them off after verification. Those people refused to leave and blocked the entrance, causing a great disturbance. The city patrol officers are still there maintaining order."

Yun Jin then asked, "What was the Princess's reaction?"

Dongxue said, "The Princess received the news before dawn and was furious. She summoned the Prefect of the Capital and the Commander of the City Patrol to the Princess's residence early in the morning. I heard that she was furious and gave them three days to bring the thieves to justice."

After she finished speaking, she remembered something else and quickly added, "Oh, right, Miss, those thieves even managed to sneak into our medicinal cuisine restaurant last night."

Yun Jin's expression changed slightly, and she hurriedly asked, "How is the medicinal cuisine restaurant? Has anyone been injured?"

Dongxue hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Miss, the medicinal cuisine restaurant is fine. Manager Lan took your advice and has been keeping extra manpower on guard these past few nights. As soon as that group climbed over the wall, they were caught red-handed by our men. Luckily, the Prince's men were also nearby and caught two of them on the spot. The rest, seeing that things were not going well, all climbed over the wall and ran away."

"Where is the person we caught?" Yun Jin asked hurriedly.

Dongxue said with some confusion, "It's strange, the prince actually ordered them to be released, only warning them to leave the capital immediately, and that if they dare to commit crimes in the capital again, they should be killed without exception."

Yun Jin was startled and pressed, "Did they know that it was a prince who released them?"

Dongxue quickly shook her head: "They don't know. The prince wore a mask the whole time and didn't show his face. Those two were so scared that they ran away as fast as they could. They probably don't dare to go back to the capital."

Yun Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If Xiao Jingyan can drive those thieves out of the capital, the theft at Ruifeng will be blamed solely on them.

No matter how much the eldest princess investigated, she could not suspect herself.

After finishing this matter, Yun Jin got up, had a simple breakfast, and went to Qingshui Garden to pay her respects to Chu Wanqing, saying that she would be going to Qiyun Xiaozhu today to oversee the making of flower soap.

Chu Wanqing agreed and told her to go and come back soon.

Yun Jin then said she would take Dong Xue and Chun happy to Qi Yun Xiao Zhu, and Hong Ling wanted to go along to help.

Yun Jin then brought her along, and the group went to Qiyun Xiaozhu in a grand procession.

Qiyun Xiaozhu is bustling with activity.

The wood ash that Lan Qi had sent filled half the yard, and Shi Yong and several of his men were busy filtering alkaline water.

Yun Jin checked the concentration of the alkaline water, then had someone prepare lard and mutton fat. She then led several women to make osmanthus soap, plum blossom soap, and mutton fat soap.

As expected, some soap stuck to the mold when unmolding, and the surface of the soap was rough and uneven.

Yun Jin had someone pour hot water over the mold, then wait for the soap to cool and shrink. When it came out, it was smooth and shiny, with clear patterns, and even the veins of the petals were clearly imprinted.

She was rolling up her sleeves and directing everyone to work when Xiao Jingyan walked in from outside.

The people in the courtyard bowed to him, and Xiao Jingyan waved his hand, looking at Yun Jin with a smile, "I knew you'd be here."

Yun Jin wiped her hands and greeted him with a smile, "Ayan, what brings you here?"

She ushered Xiao Jingyan into the main room, poured him a cup of tea, and pushed it towards him before sitting down again and asking, "Is there something you need?"

Xiao Jingyan picked up his teacup, took a sip, and carefully considered his words before saying, "Last night, the Eldest Princess's Ruifeng Bank was robbed. You've heard about it, haven't you?"

Yun Jin nodded calmly: "Yes, I heard it from Dongxue this morning."

Xiao Jingyan looked at her, his gaze probing: "Who do you think might have done it?"

Yun Jin blinked, feigning ignorance, "Weren't you talking about that gang of notorious bandits?"

Xiao Jingyan looked her over with a half-smile, and said meaningfully, "I don't think so. Ruifeng Money Exchange is heavily guarded. With those people's skills, I'm afraid they don't have that ability."

Moreover, as far as I know, Ruifeng Money Shop's warehouse contains quite a lot of goods. How did they manage to appear and disappear without a trace?

Yun Jin nodded and analyzed seriously, "Perhaps they just want to pull off one big heist before leaving the capital. Once people are willing to risk everything, they'll use any means necessary. Besides, these people from the martial arts world always have some unorthodox methods. How could ordinary people like us possibly think of them?"

Xiao Jingyan hummed in response, gave her a half-smile, and didn't press the matter further.

Seeing that he remained silent, Yun Jin simply laughed and teased, "Ayan, why are you so concerned about Ruifeng's matter today? Could it be that His Majesty has entrusted this case to you?"

Xiao Jingyan waved his hand: "I'm too lazy to take on this task, I'm just curious. However, the Princess will not let the theft at Ruifeng go unpunished. Whoever did it, they'd better hide the items well. I heard that Ruifeng's things all have their own markings, so don't get too cocky and reveal your whereabouts, or you'll get yourself into trouble."

Yun Jin's eyelids twitched, then she smiled and said, "However, no matter who did it, I have to thank them for making the Princess unhappy."

Seeing that she was so meticulous, Xiao Jingyan cursed her in his heart as a little fox, but he couldn't do anything about it.

He had long suspected her, starting with the boxes in Yizhou, then the disappearance of gold and silver in Ruifeng last night, and combined with Yun Jin's elusive abilities, he could almost conclude that the matter in Ruifeng was related to her.

But she denied it, so he stopped asking.

Ultimately, she was his woman, and he would cover for her whatever she wanted to do.

She knew her daughter had a secret, but there was no rush; she believed that one day her daughter would be willing to tell her.

Seeing that he remained silent, Yun Jin changed the subject and asked, "By the way, how has the Empress Dowager been feeling these past few days? Is she feeling any better?"