After leaving the Prime Minister’s Residence, Lan Luoyun relied on the original owner’s memories and headed straight for Grand Tutor Xue’s estate.
Tonight, she intended to clean out the storehouses of every corrupt official in the capital.
Fortunately, although the original owner had been timid by nature, she was still the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Dingyuan and had attended countless noble gatherings.
Otherwise, Lan Luoyun would have wasted precious time simply finding her way around.
With that thought, she soon arrived at the gates of the Grand Tutor’s residence.
With a light leap, she vaulted over the wall and entered the estate.
Following the memories in her mind, she quickly found her way to the treasury.
After turning invisible and slipping inside, she was stunned by what she saw.
As expected of the greatest corrupt official in the Southern Yue Dynasty!
The treasury was overflowing with treasures.
Silks and satins.
Gold and silver.
Jewels and precious ornaments.
Many of them were priceless rarities.
Deep inside the warehouse were even large quantities of rare medicinal herbs.
The Emperor’s treasury probably isn’t this rich.
There was no time to marvel.
Lan Luoyun simply uttered a silent command.
Collect.
Instantly, everything disappeared into her storage space.
After emptying the treasury, she paid a visit to Grand Tutor Xue’s private quarters and those of his wives and family members.
By the time she finished, her gains were astonishing.
The haul was at least ten times larger than everything she had taken from the Prime Minister’s Residence.
Although Lin Yixiao held the position of Prime Minister, he had remained honest and upright throughout his career.
As a result, the Lin family was nowhere near as wealthy as people imagined.
His integrity had also earned him many enemies in court.
Grand Tutor Xue was one of them.
This confiscation case was closely tied to Xue’s schemes.
Lin Yixiao had been thoroughly set up.
After stripping every room clean, Lan Luoyun entered the courtyard.
The estate contained numerous rare and valuable plants.
“Perfect. My space has huge fields, and even my villa came with me. These plants finally have a home.”
Without hesitation, she collected every valuable plant she could find.
Before leaving, she even drew a strange talisman on the ground.
I wonder what expression the Grand Tutor will make when he sees that tomorrow.
Then she entered her space again.
She wanted to transplant the plants immediately.
To her surprise, when she arrived, the plants had already been neatly arranged around the villa and throughout the farmland.
Every one of them had been watered as well.
Even more astonishing, they appeared healthier and more vibrant than they had in the Grand Tutor’s estate.
Apparently, the space could understand her intentions.
Another pleasant surprise.
As for why the plants grew better inside the space, she still had no idea.
But she had no time to investigate.
Her next target awaited.
Thinking about all the supplies she would have during exile, Lan Luoyun suddenly felt excited.
This might actually be fun.
Her next stop was the Duke of Qin’s residence.
The Duke of Qin was another infamous corrupt official.
Because his daughter was the Emperor’s favorite imperial consort, he openly accepted bribes and sold official positions.
The result was a court filled with officials more interested in gift-giving than governing.
At the Duke’s residence, Lan Luoyun showed no mercy.
She swept away everything worth taking.
Not a single valuable item remained.
Before leaving, she gifted him the same mysterious talisman.
One by one, she visited several more estates throughout the capital.
By the end of the night, the homes of the city’s most notorious corrupt officials had all become empty shells.
“Go ahead and cry your hearts out tomorrow.”
With those talismans left behind, however, she doubted any of them would dare make a public fuss.
They would have no choice but to suffer in silence.
She had to admit—
Corrupt officials really were rich.
Fortunately, her storage space contained vast amounts of empty land.
Compared to its capacity, these treasures were barely a drop in the ocean.
“Hahaha!”
Having dealt with the corrupt officials, there was only one target left.
The dog Emperor himself.
Southern Yue had once been a prosperous and powerful nation.
But under the current Emperor, extravagance and corruption flourished.
He ignored state affairs, trusted villains, and squandered resources.
The people suffered greatly.
Lan Luoyun entered her space and emerged moments later inside the Imperial Palace.
Unfortunately, her timing was terrible.
The moment she appeared, a patrol of guards passed nearby.
She immediately retreated into the space.
Luckily, no one noticed her.
Otherwise, she would never get the chance to carry out her grand plan.
Her next appearance placed her directly inside the imperial treasury.
To her disappointment, it contained less wealth than Grand Tutor Xue’s treasury.
Still—
Even a mosquito’s leg was meat.
Lan Luoyun wasn’t about to leave a single blade of grass behind.
Everything vanished into her storage space.
After emptying the treasury, she headed for another important location.
The Imperial Library.
Many ancient books had been lost in modern times.
Sure enough, as she wandered through the library, she discovered countless rare manuscripts and original works that no longer existed in her previous world.
Without hesitation, she collected them all.
Next came the Imperial Armory.
This was where Southern Yue stored its weapons.
Although she had no immediate use for them, she certainly wasn’t going to leave them for the Emperor.
Afterward, she visited the Imperial Medical Institute and the Imperial Kitchens.
Rare medicinal herbs.
Precious ingredients.
Exquisite pastries and delicacies.
Everything went into her space.
At least she wouldn’t have to worry about food during exile.
For a moment, Lan Luoyun considered stripping the entire palace bare.
But she quickly dismissed the idea.
If the Emperor woke up tomorrow to find everything gone, he would be furious.
What if he decided to execute the entire Lin family instead of exiling them?
Then all her preparations would be meaningless.
With that in mind, she restrained herself and returned to the Prime Minister’s Residence.
“Taking the treasury and armory is enough to make that dog Emperor miserable.”
No sooner had she returned and settled into her room than Lin Nancheng arrived home.
Seeing him enter, Lan Luoyun suddenly became awkward.
She secretly examined him from head to toe.
He was over six feet tall, with a strong, athletic build.
She guessed he probably had an impressive set of abs hidden beneath his robes.
As for his face—
He was ridiculously handsome.
Even in modern times, he would easily qualify as a top-tier heartthrob.
Lan Luoyun suddenly realized that after eighteen years of being single, she had never once shared a room alone with a man.
Now she had suddenly been assigned a husband this handsome.
It was all happening too fast.
“Lin Nancheng, you’re back.”
She decided to speak first.
Not long after their wedding, Lin Nancheng had been sent away on his secret mission.
When he received the Emperor’s summons to return, he had assumed a more important assignment awaited him.
Little did he know the Emperor intended to take his entire family’s lives.
“Mhm. Luoyun, thank you for all your hard work these past two years while I was away.”
“It’s alright. Life couldn’t have been easy for you either.”
Then…
Silence.
An awkward silence.
Since their marriage, the time they had actually spent together could practically be counted on one hand.
For a moment, neither of them knew what to say next.