251: Empty the treasure house

Bai Yu Kang's grand wedding brought a general amnesty, and the people of Damon Country were quite happy.

Gu Xiaoyue, on the other hand, had two peaceful days in Yi Wang Mansion.

It wasn't until the evening of the third day that she couldn't sit still anymore.

The old man still hadn't announced the imperial edict to the world; had he written it or not?

These past two days, she had been in her room, researching ancient texts and materials of Damon Country.

According to the traditions here, if a king prepared an imperial edict in advance, it was to be hidden on the plaque in the Imperial Study.

This was somewhat similar to the historical records of the Dragon Country, and Gu Xiaoyue felt she had to confirm it to be at ease.

That night, she changed into a night suit and stealthily left Yi Wang Mansion.

She summoned Xiao Hei, entered the hidden space, and had him turn invisible to take her outside the palace wall.

With Gu Xiaoyue's current Mental Power, she could probably remain invisible for 25 minutes.

If it was just to enter the Imperial Study to see if there was an imperial edict, it would be enough.

But if there was an imperial edict, and it wasn't Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi's name, she would also have to extend Bai Yu Kang's life.

Otherwise, if he died tomorrow, Crown Prince Rui or Prince Duan would succeed to the throne.

Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi would only have one path to the throne: rebellion!

Gu Xiaoyue lightly tapped her toes, flipped over, and leaped over the palace wall, a hua yu fruit in her mouth, heading straight for the Imperial Study.

She remained invisible the entire time; the palace guards patrolling didn't notice her at all.

When she arrived at the entrance of the Imperial Study, a group of guards was just patrolling.

Gu Xiaoyue waited for this group to pass before gently opening a crack in the door and slipping in.

She flew with the wind to the height of the plaque and saw that there was indeed a scroll there.

The imperial edict had indeed been established!

Bai Yu Kang refused to announce it because he was gambling on whether he could live past the deadline given by the immortal in his dream!

Gu Xiaoyue's lips curved slightly, and she directly put the scroll into her Yu Beast Space.

Given this, she could first go and treat Bai Yu Kang.

While she was at it, she might as well take his fingerprints and iris scan; since she was already here, she couldn't go back empty-handed, right?

She continued to be invisible and made her way to Bai Yu Kang's bedchamber.

Although he had just had a grand wedding, it was merely a formality; he now struggled even to get up, let alone perform marital rites.

In the entire bedchamber, there was only the sound of Bai Yu Kang's soft snoring.

Gu Xiaoyue raised her hand, generating a cloud of mist that surged around him.

Xiao Lan's Water Therapy had reached the perfect level, so she could actually use mist instead of water spheres to perform Water Therapy.

However, she had only discovered this a few days ago.

Being invisible, and always considering the possibility of surveillance in Bai Yu Kang's bedchamber, the chances of the mist being discovered were much lower.

While Bai Yu Kang was sound asleep, Gu Xiaoyue simultaneously performed Water Therapy and took imprints of his fingerprints and iris scan.

After an hour of continuous treatment, she squeezed a little hua yu fruit juice into Bai Yu Kang's mouth before leaving.

Gu Xiaoyue smacked her lips; chewing on this hua yu fruit had made her tongue numb.

At first, she only felt it was a bit bitter, but eating too much was truly uncomfortable!

She found a secluded spot and summoned Xiao Hei, telling him to stay invisible.

She, herself, hid in the hidden space, exporting the imprinted fingerprints and iris scan, and taking a short rest.

At four in the morning, Gu Xiaoyue checked the time; if she didn't act soon, it would be daylight.

Only then did she emerge from Xiao Hei's hidden space and arrive at the entrance of the treasury.

She entered the password and opened the first door.

Then, using Bai Yu Kang's fingerprints and iris scan, she opened the second door.

Finally, after entering the password for the third door, with a "click," the last layer opened.

She didn't know how often they inventoried the treasury; if something was taken this time and discovered, it might be difficult to get in next time.

So, she might as well empty it directly to avoid having to come back again!

Gu Xiaoyue's lips curved, and she pulled down the alarm for the entire treasury.

The plundering began!

Bai Yu Kang and the others probably wouldn't have thought that as the royal family of Damon Country, who had always robbed others' possessions, their own treasury would be emptied today!

How could they feel the pain if the needle wasn't pricked into their own bodies?

The blood jade coral at the very back, Gu Xiaoyue had coveted it since the first time she saw it.

She licked her lips and stepped forward, putting it into her Yu Beast Space.

Just as Gu Xiaoyue was about to leave, a huge alarm blared, seemingly loud enough to be heard throughout the entire palace.

What the hell?

She had clearly turned off all the alarms, but she hadn't expected there to be two more layers of alarms here for the blood jade coral.

An infrared sensor alarm and an item disappearance alarm.

Gu Xiaoyue blurted out a curse word, she looked around, would there be a restriction here?

She tried to use Instantaneous Movement to leave this place.

No!

There was indeed a restriction!

She couldn't summon her pet beast either!

The invisibility effect, however, could still last, meaning that the surrounding restriction reinforced space skill limitations, preventing her from escaping and from summoning pet beasts.

But she could still use other shared skills.

If that's the case—

She just needed to calmly wait for the investigating guards!

Gu Xiaoyue stood guard at the entrance, chewing on the bitter hua yu fruit.

Time passed by minute by minute; she was both nervous and a little flustered.

She wasn't entirely sure if her method would work perfectly!

In less than ten minutes, a group of guards burst in, some holding cold weapons, others with firearms.

The guard captain, Chen Zhi, scanned the treasury, which was almost completely emptied.

"Show yourself! If you don't, I'll have to use anti-invisibility skills!

Don't blame me if I give the order, and you turn into a sieve the moment you appear!"

He raised his hand, signaling everyone to raise their weapons and prepare—

Gu Xiaoyue had thought that to prevent invisible assassins, the several guard captains in the palace should all have anti-invisibility skills.

However, she didn't just have one life-saving invisibility skill; she also had hallucination and Instantaneous Movement!

She waved her hand, and before Chen Zhi could use his anti-invisibility skill, she used her hallucination skill on all the guards who had entered.

While Chen Zhi was speaking, the skill had already begun to slowly take effect.

"Still not willing to show yourself, are you?"

Chen Zhi still wanted to keep someone alive; after all, such a large-scale theft was the first he had encountered in all his years of duty.

How could one person do this? This must be a group operation!

If they only killed the one who acted this time, there might still be others who would steal later.

Of course, it would be best to follow the clues and catch them all in one go!

It was during these few seconds of his hesitation that two of his subordinates had already wrapped themselves around him.

"What are you doing? Are you rebelling?!"

The two guards seemed to be drunk and dreaming, murmuring as they clung to Chen Zhi.

His own vision gradually began to blur; what was happening?

"Wh-what are you doing? —"

Chen Zhi's eyelids were already starting to droop; years of guarding the palace had left his body utterly exhausted.

Gu Xiaoyue's hallucination took effect, bringing forth years of fatigue in his body.

Chen Zhi began to sway, unable to stand steadily.

The other guards had also long since stumbled and fallen, some even lying on the ground, giggling foolishly.

This was the moment!

Gu Xiaoyue flew like the wind through the crowd, opened the door from the inside, and exited the treasury.

Even though she acted right under the noses of Chen Zhi and his group, she wasn't noticed.

After getting out, she slowly let out a breath and used Instantaneous Movement—

Although she didn't know where she had moved to, she was definitely out of the palace.

She had to return to her room immediately; with the treasury stolen, Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi would probably check her whereabouts first thing.

After all, she was likely the only outsider who had entered recently.

Her sense of direction wasn't great, so Gu Xiaoyue summoned Xiao Hei, using invisibility and Instantaneous Movement; it was still more reliable to let him lead!

After Xiao Hei moved five times consecutively, their landing spot was precisely Gu Xiaoyue's room.

Outside the door, Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi was knocking.

"Mr. Gu, Mr. Gu—"

Gu Xiaoyue quickly stripped off her night suit, wearing only her undergarments.

Before she could even put on her outer robe, Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi pushed the door open directly, saw her in her undergarments, and quickly turned away.

"Mr. Gu, I apologize for the intrusion. I was knocking outside and you didn't respond—"

"Even if the Prince knocks, I need to change clothes before I can open the door for you, don't I?

If I'm improperly dressed, and the Princess finds out, she'll think I'm seducing you and come looking for trouble again!

So, it's not even daylight yet, what happened that you're looking for me now?"

Gu Xiaoyue's tone was unfriendly; even if she didn't have morning grumpiness, she had to act like someone whose peaceful sleep had been disturbed and was in a bad mood!

Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi turned around, lowering his head and covering his eyes with his hand.

"News came from the palace that the treasury was stolen.

There have been no issues with recent inventories, only last time—"

Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi wanted to say that only last time when he took her to choose treasures, the treasury was stolen, but he had also seen with his own eyes that Gu Xiaoyue was resting in her room.

"So, is the Prince suspecting me?"

Gu Xiaoyue yawned, found a long robe to put on, and tilted her head, looking at Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi.