The legitimate daughter returns to the capital and embarks on a splendid life, tearing apart the fak

The two were sitting at the table whispering when a masked man suddenly barged in. They were about to scream in fright when Yun Jin raised her hand, and the two felt dizzy and collapsed to the ground the next second.

Yun Jin tied them up in the same way, and while searching them, she found several silver notes in one of the concubines' dressing boxes. It seemed that these people had hidden a lot of money in secret.

After dealing with the concubines' courtyards, she turned and walked towards Old Madam Liu's residence.

Two old women were guarding the courtyard gate, dozing against a pillar. Yun Jin took out some medicine powder and threw it at them, and the two old women fell to the ground with a thud.

"What's going on outside?" came the alert voice of Old Mrs. Liu from inside the house.

Yun Jin replied in a soft, high-pitched voice, "Grandma, it's nothing, it was me."

She pushed open the door and went inside. An oil lamp was lit in the room, and Old Mrs. Liu was sitting on the edge of the bed. When she saw a masked person enter, she was so startled that she was about to scream.

Yun Jin reacted swiftly, scattering a handful of powder. Old Mrs. Liu felt a sudden white light before her eyes and collapsed.

Yun Jin stepped forward and tied her up, her gaze sweeping across the room.

The old lady's room was much more exquisite than the concubines'. There were jade combs and gold hairpins on the dressing table, and the cabinet in the corner was locked tightly.

She pried open the cabinet with a dagger, and inside was a sandalwood box. When she opened it, she found it full of silver notes, totaling over a thousand taels.

Yun Jin unceremoniously stuffed the silver notes into her bosom. She then discovered a separate room in the old lady's house, containing gold, silver, jewelry, and some fabrics. Presumably, this was the old lady's private treasury, which she also stored in her spatial storage.

After leaving the old lady's courtyard, she went to Madam Liu's residence.

The courtyard was quiet, with only two maids sitting in the room dozing off. Yun Jin used the same method to drug and tie them up, then put away Madam Liu's valuable jewelry and took out a money box that she had hidden, which contained seven or eight hundred taels of silver notes, and put them all away.

After ransacking the backyard, Yun Jin turned and walked towards the front yard.

Yun Jin crept towards the front yard, hiding in the shadows. Just as she turned the moon gate, she heard footsteps approaching.

She quickly hid in the shade of a nearby tree, and saw five thugs carrying knives walking over, presumably on patrol, cursing under their breath.

"Who would dare come to Third Master's house without a death wish? Old Liu is truly superfluous!"

"He's the butler, a favorite of Third Master. We should just listen to whatever he says. It's best if nothing happens, but if something does, we might even be able to do something good!"

"Let's go, let's take a walk around and go back to rest!"

Yun Jin stared intently at the group. As they approached, she suddenly darted out from the shadows and threw a handful of powder at them.

The four thugs at the front didn't have time to react before their bodies went limp and they collapsed to the ground.

Seeing his companion fall, the last thug caught sight of a thin, masked man and roared, "Where did this brat come from!" He then raised his knife and slashed at Yun Jin.

Yun Jin instinctively sidestepped to block, her wrist going numb from the impact of the blade.

She hadn't expected the thug to be so strong; in two consecutive rounds, she was forced to retreat repeatedly.

Seeing the opponent's knife coming towards her face again, she panicked and stopped holding back. She ducked to avoid the blade and slashed horizontally with her short knife. The blade flashed and struck the opponent's thigh.

With a "pfft," blood gushed out.

The thug screamed and tried to retreat, but suddenly his face turned black, his eyes widened, and he fell straight down.

Yun Jin's hand holding the knife trembled slightly.

This was the first time she had killed someone in both her lives. The smell of blood still seemed to linger in her nose, and her stomach churned.

She took a few deep breaths, forcing herself to calm down. Being kind to such a wicked person would be cruel to herself.

She found that the favorability ratings of these henchmen were all below -50%, and she discovered that this favorability rating could also determine whether a person was good or bad, so she felt no guilt.

She dragged the body behind the artificial hill and hid it. Then she dragged the four unconscious thugs to a secluded spot, tied them tightly to wooden stakes or tree trunks with ropes, stuffed rags into their mouths, and then continued walking towards the front yard.

The lights were on in the room where the thugs lived in the front yard, and the faint sound of snoring could be heard.

Yun Jin silently climbed onto the roof, lifted two tiles, and used the moonlight to see the situation inside. Eight thugs were lying haphazardly on the kang (a heated brick bed), fast asleep.

She took out the powder and sprinkled it evenly along the gaps between the tiles.

In a short while, the room fell into dead silence.

After confirming that everyone was drugged, Yun Jin jumped down from the roof, crept into the room, tied everyone up, and gagged them.

As she left the room, she glanced at the next room and seemed to smell a stench of blood.

She walked to the door and found it locked from the outside. She pried open the lock, pushed the door open, and by the moonlight, saw Huang Weixue lying on the ground, his forehead bruised and bloodstains on the corner of his mouth, groaning softly.

She quickly moved closer and gently patted his shoulder: "Young master, don't speak, it's me, Xiaobai, I've come to save you."

Huang Weixue suddenly opened his eyes. Seeing that she was masked, his eyes first showed surprise, then turned to urgency. He mumbled, "You go! Don't worry about me! The Liu family is not to be trifled with. His sister is the prefect's concubine. We can't fight them!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Yun Jin's voice was cold. "I'll come and take you away after I've dealt with Liu Sanlaizi."

"No!" Huang Weixue struggled to sit up, but gasped in pain. "There are so many of them, and you're all alone..."

"I said I would protect you and ensure your safe arrival in the capital, and I will never break my promise." Yun Jin interrupted him, her tone leaving no room for argument. "Now listen to me and stay put."

Looking into her determined eyes, Huang Weixue swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue, and finally nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Yun Jin took out a water pouch and a sesame seed cake from her spatial storage and handed them to him: "Eat something first to conserve your strength."

The water pouch was half-filled with spring water from the space, mixed with some clean water, which could quickly help him recover his strength and also relieve his injuries.

Huang Weixue took the water pouch, gulped down a few mouthfuls, and then took a bite of the sesame seed cake. Looking at her back, his eyes welled up slightly. He had caused trouble in a moment of impulsiveness, which had also implicated Xiaobai.

Yun Jin didn't say anything more, turned around and went out to search each room one by one.

There were three rooms in the porch. She pushed open the door to one of the rooms. There was a medicinal smell in the room, but no one was in the room. She guessed that this must be the room where the royal physician lived.

The physician should be in the main courtyard with Liu Sanlaizi right now.

Yun Jin directly put all the medicinal herbs, medicine-making tools, medicine grinder and millstone, and two sets of silver needles from his room into his spatial storage.

After finishing with the physician's room, she went to the room next door.

This room is a suite. The outer room has a table and chairs and a bed, while the inner room has a lock on the door.

Yun Jin was delighted; this room clearly looked like a storeroom.

She raised her knife and pried open the lock. Pushing the door open, she found many wooden boxes piled up inside. Upon opening them, she discovered they contained silk, porcelain, and several boxes of silver ingots.

Without any hesitation, she stuffed everything into her spatial storage, even taking the few empty wooden crates in the corner—she might need them someday.

After finishing with the warehouse, Yun Jin turned and walked towards the gatehouse.

An oil lamp was lit in the gatehouse, and two men were dozing against the wall, snoring softly.

As soon as she pushed open the door, the man on the outside suddenly opened his eyes, saw Yun Jin, and shouted, "Who goes there?!"