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

Mu Xiyue reached in and touched it, wondering what it was for. Curious, she pressed it again, and to her surprise, a doorway wide enough for one person to enter slowly appeared on the wall behind the bookshelf.

Xiao Tao was also looking around. She was startled by the noise and turned around to see the exposed doorway with a look of surprise on her face.

Mu Xiyue didn't expect that there was a secret room in this study. She gestured to Xiaotao, indicating that she should guard outside while she went into the secret room to check.

There were twenty-three small wooden boxes and six large wooden boxes placed against one wall in the secret room. Mu Xiyue went forward to open the wooden boxes and saw that the small wooden boxes were full of silver ingots, while the large wooden boxes contained some calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, jade and other things. They all seemed to be valuable things, so Mu Xiyue put them all into the room without hesitation.

There was a shelf against the wall on the other side, with several wooden boxes on it. In one of the boxes was some paper that looked like documents. Mu Xiyue took it out and opened it. One of them was the title deed of a house in the west of the city, and the other three were title deeds in Luofeng City. The place names looked like streets, and the house patterns on the title deeds looked like shops.

Shouldn't deeds to houses and land be kept in the accounting office? They're all registered with the government, so even if someone stole them, it wouldn't be of any use. Why hide them in a secret room? Mu Xiyue didn't take the wooden box, and even if she did, it wouldn't be of any use.

Mu Xiyue decided to find time to visit the house, maybe there would be a surprise there.

Another wooden box was opened, and inside was an account book. Turning to the first page, it was written that in May of the 16th year of Jiahe, the commander-in-chief of Min Zhongshan's bandit suppression was Mu Fengnian, and the deputy commanders, lieutenants, centurions, etc. were all so-and-so. After the bandit suppression, countless treasures and money were found, and two-thirds of them were handed over to the court. The remaining gold, silver and valuables were divided among different people. The following pages had some names written on them, and after the names it was noted how much gold and silver they got, and what items they had.

In other words, this is an account book that records the proceeds embezzled after the bandit suppression. This is a good thing, but I don’t know if Mu Fengnian’s own name is in it. Mu Xiyue put the account book into the space and will read it slowly when she has time later.

The third wooden box contained silver bills again, and it looked like there were quite a few of them. I put them directly into the space and would check how many there were when I got back.

There was nothing useful in the two wooden boxes, so Mu Xiyue didn't stay any longer. She left the secret room and closed the door again.

Xiao Tao shook her head, indicating that there was nothing unusual outside. Mu Xiyue gestured for them to go back, turned off the flashlight, and adjusted to the darkness. Then the two of them left the study and quietly returned to their own courtyard.

Xiao Tao was also very careful. After returning to the yard, she went to Chun Ya's room to see if Chun Ya was awake. Chun Ya was sleeping so soundly that she couldn't be woken up even if she pushed her. It seemed that the drug was very effective.

Mu Xiyue brought Xiaotao into the space and showed her the results of the evening.

This is Xiaotao's third time entering the space. All the things she collected tonight are placed in a wooden house. Fortunately, the wooden house is large enough to hold so many things.

The items collected from the three locations were divided into three piles. The large warehouse had the least, but it did have quite a few banknotes. Mu Xiyue took out the banknotes and counted them. The largest denomination was 2,000 taels, the smallest was 100 taels, and the total was over 50,000 taels. A box of loose silver wasn't much, probably only 1,000 or 2,000 taels, probably some pocket money for the mansion.

The twenty-three boxes of silver collected in the study were easy to count. The silver ingots in the boxes were neatly arranged. There were two thousand taels in one box, and twenty-three boxes contained forty-six thousand taels in total.

When he opened the wooden box containing banknotes in the study, he found more than sixty banknotes of various denominations, which added up to more than the banknotes in the warehouse, totaling more than 80,000.

That is to say, the total amount of silver in the warehouse and the secret room of the study is about 180,000. If all those items were exchanged for silver, I wonder how much it would be worth.

Mu Xiyue had just finished counting the banknotes when Xiao Tao, who was watching Liu Mei'er collect things in her small storeroom, exclaimed, "Miss, look quickly, is this the list of Madam's dowry?"

The lady Xiaotao mentioned was naturally the original owner's biological mother, Sun Lanyue. Mu Xiyue walked over to take a look and found that it was indeed the original owner's mother's dowry list.

The wet nurse once told her about the marriage between Sun Lanyue and Mu Fengnian. The original owner's maternal grandfather was the deputy general of the original owner's grandfather, the old Marquis Anyuan. He had won many battles with the old Marquis Anyuan and had a close relationship with the original owner's grandfather like a brother. So she arranged a marriage for Sun Lanyue and Mu Fengnian.

When Sun Lanyue and Mu Fengnian got married, both families had been ordered to return to the capital to live. At that time, the original owner's grandfather was already a second-rank general. Although the family had no other livelihood, the emperor's rewards and commendations were generous enough. The original owner's grandfather only married one wife in his life, and his wife died of illness while at the border, so they only had one child, Sun Lanyue. Although the dowry at that time was not as expensive as a ten-mile red wedding, it also took up all the family's financial resources.

In the third year of Sun Lanyue and Mu Fengnian's marriage, the southern border was invaded by the State of Daliang. The original owner's maternal grandfather was ordered to fight the enemy at the border but unfortunately died. Sun Lanyue was grief-stricken and bedridden from then on until her death when the original owner was five years old.

The original owner was sent to the countryside, so Sun Lanyue's dowry couldn't have been sent there as well. Liu Mei'er's Yaxin Courtyard was originally where Sun Lanyue lived, and the dowry had always been in the small storeroom at Yaxin Courtyard. Unexpectedly, even the dowry list was placed with the dowry.

Mu Xiyue and Xiaotao checked the dowry list and found that many of the jewelry and head ornaments were no longer in it, so it could only be Liu Mei'er who took them away.

Not only was the original owner's mother's dowry list here, but Liu Mei'er's dowry list was also in there. However, there weren't many things on Liu Mei'er's dowry list, and it was much more shabby than the original owner's mother's.

Liu Mei'er's father was the Minister of Justice at that time, and Liu Mei'er was a concubine's daughter. Mu Fengnian was the son of Marquis Anyuan at that time, so Liu Mei'er entered the Marquis's mansion as a concubine. When Sun Lanyue passed away, Liu Mei'er's father was already the Minister of Justice, and Liu Mei'er was promoted to the principal wife.

A concubine's daughter would not have a generous dowry when she got married, and Liu Mei'er was just a concubine when she entered the Marquis's Mansion, so her dowry was not much.

Half of the things collected in the small warehouse of Yaxinyuan were Sun Lanyue’s dowry, and a small part of the other half were Liu Meir’s dowry. Most of the things should have been saved by Liu Meir later!

Along with the two dowry lists were the deeds to six shops and a farm. Four of the shops and one farm were the dowry of the original owner's mother, and two of the shops were Liu Mei'er's dowry. However, the four shops and one farm from the original owner's mother had been renamed to Liu Mei'er. What a clever trick!

So many things were looted from the Marquis' Mansion today. As long as Mu Fengnian and Liu Mei'er don't come to her to commit suicide, the four shops and one farm will be given to the Marquis' Mansion.

After sorting out all the things, Mu Xiyue and Xiaotao were very excited. This silver alone was enough for the two of them to live a good life, not to mention that these items could also be exchanged for a lot of silver.

Although she was happy, Mu Xiyue did not lose her mind. She still had to make money, otherwise she would end up eating up all her savings.