Chapter 4 Before the Crossing, the Emperor Had a Heart Attack

Bang!

A loud crash. The cold palace’s door next door was flung open, followed by a flurry of chaotic noise!

It must be the palace guards searching for “stolen goods”!

For a whole day, except for breakfast, the little palace maid who delivered meals had missed her two other meals!

There’s no way around it. The kitchen was robbed, and the maids might not even have meals on time, let alone someone like her, a disgraced concubine!

Of course, she wasn’t starving!

Two servings of imperial kitchen food were in her space, not only raw ingredients but also many ready-made buns, pastries, and so on!

Feeling a little choked, she also drank a bowl of soup from the Empress’s imperial kitchen!

Let’s just say, although she didn’t know what the soup was made of, it had a medicinal smell, but after drinking it, she felt really refreshed!!

Not only did she feel warm all over, but after not sleeping all night, she only slept for two hours in the morning, and she didn’t feel sleepy at all!

This is really a good thing!

If there’s enough time tonight, she’ll go for another stroll to the kitchen. If there’s still that soup, she’ll pack another serving~burp~

She ate too much, and she’s burping now!

“Our lives are already like this, why do you still humiliate us…”

“Yeah, sir, we can only see this small patch of sky above our heads every day, we can’t even leave the gate, the palace’s property was stolen, how can they not find it on us…”

“Sisters, what’s the use of saying this, let them search if they want, if we stop them, it will seem suspicious…”

After a while, it seemed that the inner chambers had all been searched,

Then there was another clang and bang, the sound of knocking on the walls and floor!

They searched thoroughly!

…

Finally, the captain of the guards said something, and the guards, who came like fierce tigers and left like hungry wolves, quickly left the courtyard and turned towards her direction…

Here they come!

Taking a deep breath, she braced herself~

Footsteps reached the door…

“Sir, the person imprisoned here is the deposed concubine of the old thief Gongsun. She has been sentenced to beheading…”

“In that case…”

The captain of the guards looked at the cold palace with a complicated expression, then waved his hand, and the disorderly footsteps gradually faded away from her door~

Whew…

There were a total of 3 people locked up in the neighboring courtyard. Although they shared a room and were all disgraced concubines, they could at least survive~

Unlike her, although she had a private courtyard, she was already a dead person in the eyes of outsiders!

Look, they didn’t even bother to search her place after such a large-scale search. They were certain that she couldn’t cause any trouble, right!

Humph, underestimating people will cost you, stinky emperor, obediently open your private treasury, I’m coming…

At night, until the palace curfew, the bustling harem finally quieted down!

After searching all day without finding anything, neither the captain of the guards nor the emperor could sleep. The two of them huddled together, their brows furrowed, puzzled!

Last night, there were a total of two shifts of 40 guards guarding the palace gate, he had asked them all, they were all awake the whole time, no one noticed anything unusual, and no one let anyone or any vehicle in or out!

This is strange, such a large pile of things, it’s impossible for them to disappear into thin air~

The captain of the guards and the emperor both looked up at each other…

Emperor: Why did the thief only target food, cloth, and utensils, explain this to me?

Captain of the guards: I can’t explain it…

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On the other side, the moon was shining on the willow trees, and just as Wanru was planning to crawl out through a dog hole, Aju, who was in charge of delivering meals, arrived late, bringing cold rice as usual!

If it weren’t for the fear that she would starve to death and they wouldn’t be able to account for it when someone came to pick her up two days later, she probably wouldn’t have even gotten this cold rice today!

“Mrs. Wanru, come out and get your dinner!”

“Just put it down, I’ve already put the breakfast box at the door, you can just take it away!”

“Okay!”

While Aju was fetching the empty food box, Wanru had already left the gate!

She didn’t dare to delay, heading straight for the route she had planned on her return journey yesterday!

Crawling through the dog hole, once you’ve done it, it’s easy the second time!

Look, how much more skilled she is now!

Seeing that the number of guards on duty in the imperial kitchen today had more than doubled compared to yesterday, Wanru was not surprised. Knowing that there was no room for action here today, she decisively bypassed the imperial kitchen and, under Xiaodu’s guidance, went straight to the emperor’s private treasury!

The emperor’s private treasury was located in the side hall of the emperor’s living quarters, Wolong Palace, a total of four rooms in a row, filled with treasures!

The private treasury is different from the national treasury. The national treasury stores all the financial revenue of the Dayan Kingdom, although it belongs to the emperor, it cannot be used at will!

Unless, it’s a foolish ruler!

But obviously, the current emperor of Dayan Kingdom hasn’t reached that level of foolishness!

The private treasury is where the emperor hides his private money. Every year, in addition to a certain amount of money allocated from the national treasury, there is also income from the emperor’s privately owned shops, mines, farms, etc.!

During festivals, ministers and merchants from all over the country would also offer gifts to the emperor! These are all considered sources of money for the private treasury!

Therefore, whether a country is prosperous and whether the emperor is in power!

Can be seen from the emperor’s private treasury!

The private treasury is usually managed by the emperor’s personal eunuch supervisor and the chief palace maid.

One person manages the money, and the other manages the goods! Every two years, they exchange keys and check the inventory!

The management is so strict, she naturally couldn’t get the keys!

The locks used in the private treasury are high-end locks, not easy to pry open!

Not to mention, there are sixteen alert guards guarding the private treasury!

It’s impossible for her to pry open the door of the private treasury without leaving a trace!

Since she can’t get in…

“Xiaodu, Xiaodu, do you think I can put this whole building into my space?”

She had just walked around the private treasury and after careful observation, she found that these four rooms were an independent building, not connected to the main hall’s corridor!

Since she can put anything she sees into her space with her mind, as long as the space is large enough, why can’t she put a house in it?

Anyway, she’s going to cross over tomorrow, no matter how chaotic the palace is, it has nothing to do with her, right?

Xiaodu: Little girl, you’re quite daring!

Perhaps because of limited thinking, she hadn’t even thought of this,

In broad daylight, making a house disappear?? She might be rumored to be a monster!!

However, hey, he likes it!!

So: “There’s enough space, go ahead!”

Wanru’s eyes lit up. The house was too big, and she was afraid that her mind power wouldn’t be enough to put it away from a distance, so she walked closer and used her mind power…

‘Collect!’

And so…

“Cap…Cap…Captain…Gone…Gone…Gone…”

The first guard to notice the abnormality pointed at the location of the side hall, which was now just a big hole, his worldview shattered, he wanted to quickly inform the captain, but his mouth was stammering…

“What’s wrong with you, kid?”

“Gone…gone…”

“What’s gone?”

Following the guard’s finger, the captain turned to look…

A gust of wind blew, the main hall was still brightly lit because of last night’s incident, but the side hall where the emperor hid his private money was desolate, leaving only… dirt?

The captain of the guards, regaining his senses, pulled off his hat and ran towards the main hall…

“Your Majesty~~It’s terrible, your private treasury is gone…”

The Emperor…

His heart ached!!