The princess has super powers and space, so what's wrong with being a little arrogant?

Xiao Yibai raised his chin towards the bottom of the stairs, motioning Mu Xiyue to go back, and the two of them quietly retreated the same way.

Mu Xiyue asked: "Do you recognize whose voice it is?"

Xiao Yibai felt his face burning. He, a dignified prince, heard such a thing and said, "It should be the Duke of Chen."

Mu Xiyue clicked her tongue and said, "He's still going strong despite his age. This old man must be around sixty, right?"

Xiao Yibai said, "Fifty-seven."

They returned to the original location and moved the water tank back to its original location after returning to the ground.

After coming out of the courtyard, the two men avoided the patrolling palace soldiers as planned and went around to the courtyard of Duke Chen.

Although the secret guards on duty at night were hiding in the dark, they did not conceal their aura. Not only Xiao Yibai sensed the presence of the secret guards, but Mu Xiyue also sensed it.

It was still the old method. Xiao Yibai determined the location of the secret guards, and Mu Xiyue used the wind to send the sleeping drug powder over. Soon, all six secret guards in the yard fell asleep.

This time, Mu Xiyue did not leave the secret guards where they were. She fed them some muscle softening powder and put it into the space. Maybe she could pry out some useful information from these secret guards.

The two of them sneaked into the study, and Xiao Yibai flipped through the documents on the desk. There was definitely no evidence in the documents.

Mu Xiyue whispered, "No need to look through it, I've put all these things away and will take a look at them slowly when I get back."

Soon the study was empty, not even a chair was left.

Xiao Yibai checked carefully again to see if there was any secret room with any mechanism, and finally shook his head at Mu Xiyue, finding no mechanism.

Following the same method, the two men also captured the secret guards in Chen Shangshu's academy and took them into the space, and emptied the study as well.

Next was the storehouse, the private storehouse of the Duke's wife, and the private storehouse of the Minister's wife. The guards in these places were lax, and the two men looted them clean without any effort.

It was already midnight when Mu Xiyue returned to the palace. She first sent the captured secret guards to the dungeon of the palace before going to bed.

The next day, Mu Xiyue had breakfast and went to the palace to find Xiao Yibai. Xiao Yibai was on a day off today and was already sitting in the study.

"Xiao Yibai, do you want to take a look at yesterday's harvest first?"

Xiao Yibai put down the paperwork in his hand and pulled the man into his arms, "Yeah, sure! Why don't you get some more sleep?"

Mu Xiyue laughed, "I'm anxious to see what we harvested yesterday."

Xiao Yibai smiled and kissed her on the lips, then directed his order towards the door, "Qiyun, no one is allowed to come in without my summons."

The two of them entered the space in just a moment. Mu Xiyue had placed the things collected from the Chen family separately. There was no rush to look at those treasures. She had to look at the things collected from the two study rooms first.

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At the Duke of Chen's mansion, as it was a day off, he slept an hour longer than usual. As soon as he woke up, a maid came to report that the Madam's private vault had been robbed last night, and the entire vault had been stolen.

Normally, Duke Chen, as a father-in-law, was not allowed to go to his daughter-in-law's courtyard, but now the situation was special, so he did not hesitate and went straight into the eldest lady's courtyard.

The eldest lady was quite composed and didn't seem to have cried. Duke Chen went to the storehouse and saw nothing except the lock on the door, which had been cut by a sharp weapon.

The housekeeper reported, "Master, the night watchmen and those patrolling outside the courtyard last night found nothing unusual. It's impossible to move so many things out of the mansion without making a noise. Even if we only move them out of the Madam's courtyard, it would still alert the palace guards."

Just as Chen Guogong was about to speak, Chen Shangshu hurried over. He had slept in his concubine's room last night and got up and rushed over when he heard that his wife's private treasury had been robbed.

When Duke Chen saw his son coming, he asked him to handle the matter, "Zhiyou, you handle this matter!"

Minister Chen nodded, "Yes, father."

While he asked the housekeeper to notify the masters of each household to check whether there were any thieves in their own courtyards, he sent people outside the mansion to check if there was anything unusual last night, and then went back to check whether there were any thieves in their own courtyards.

Duke Chen was very satisfied with his eldest son, who was mature and steady in his work.

But soon, Duke Chen almost fainted. When he walked into his study, he thought he had walked into the wrong place. When he went out and came back in, the study was empty. The desk, bookshelf and chairs had all been moved away.

Soon the housekeeper came to report that the storehouse in the mansion and the old lady's private storehouse had been completely stolen, and the master's study had also been emptied.

It was not easy to transport so many things out of the mansion overnight, and surprisingly no one in the mansion noticed. He hurriedly summoned the secret guards, only to find that the secret guards who guarded the yard last night were also missing.

Duke Chen felt a chill in his heart and ordered someone to report the case to Jingzhao Prefecture. He then went to the Duke's wife's bedroom, went down to the underground through the secret passage under the bed, and when he opened the door of the secret room, he fell headfirst to the ground.

The whole morning, there was chaos in the mansion of Duke Chen. Prince Rui and Prince Qi also came to visit after hearing the news. Prince Rui felt that this was almost the same as the theft in his own mansion, except that the secret guards of the mansion were not missing and the study in the mansion was not emptied.

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Mu Xiyue didn't understand the documents in the Duke's Mansion's study, so she let Xiao Yibai read them slowly. Mu Xiyue quickly flipped through the books on the bookshelf to see if there was anything hidden.

It's not like Xiao Yibai hadn't discovered anything, but what he'd found wasn't enough to completely uproot the Chen family. The Chen family had already been powerful during the reign of the previous emperor, and their network within the court was now even more entwined. Any move would have implications for the entire family, so either leave them alone or uproot them completely.

Mu Xiyue comforted him, "Don't worry, take your time. It's not easy to bring down the Chen family, as they are today. Come, let's look at something that will cheer you up."

Xiao Yibai laughed. He was indeed disappointed that he didn't find much useful information, but he thought that emptying the Duke's Mansion would be a big blow to them.

The Duke's wife and the Minister's wife also have many good things in their private vaults. The contents of the two private vaults combined are more than the storehouses of the Duke's Mansion. There are gold and silver utensils and large-denomination silver bills. Mu Xiyue has become numb from counting the money.

The most surprising thing was the contents of the underground secret room, which were at least twice as much as the treasures obtained from the Rui Palace.

There were four large wooden boxes on the top of the shelf. Mu Xiyue asked Xiao Yibai to take them down and take a look. "These four wooden boxes were hidden inside the wall of the secret room, covered by the shelf. Luckily, I put the shelf into the space together, so I discovered these wooden boxes."

Xiao Yibai took down the wooden box and opened it one by one. Inside were letters, documents, account books and the like.

"Yueyue, these four wooden boxes contain all the things Duke Chen used to form his own faction. I'll take them out and take a closer look."

Mu Xiyue smiled and said, "That's easy. Just list the officials involved, and we'll visit them one by one. We can always find more useful information."

Unexpectedly, the things they didn't find in the study would be found in the secret room. The two of them carried four wooden boxes out of the space.