Chapter 2872 - 2873: Night Visit to the Sun Residence

Chapter 2872: Chapter 2873: Night Visit to the Sun Residence

Jiang Yichun walked over with an embarrassed smile, "My lady, are you tired? Shall I fetch some water for you to rinse and wash?"

"No need for you, I’m not short of water," Bai Ruozhu said grumpily. How comfortable it was to soak in the Spatial Hot Spring; why would she need his little bit of water to wash?

"I can give you a massage," he said, shamelessly.

"Not necessary!" she said coldly, "I just gave face to mother and son, don’t think you can muddle through like this."

"Then I’ll go kill that dancing girl and then abolish Sun Zhou." Jiang Yichun gritted his teeth. Thinking of that dog officer made him angry. If it wasn’t for Sun Zhou, would he be this miserable?

Bai Ruozhu rolled her eyes at him, "Whatever you mess with has nothing to do with me."

After she spoke, she turned and went into the room, and Jiang Yichun hurriedly followed, "Then tell me how not to be angry? How to forgive me."

"Do you need my forgiveness? You didn’t do anything," she said, raising her eyebrows, using obvious sarcasm.

"It was my lack of vigilance that allowed someone to sneak into our room. I was just dozing off at the time and caught a faint whiff of jasmine fragrance, the ointment scent you recently liked, so I thought you had returned," Jiang Yichun said, feeling a little wronged.

Bai Ruozhu frowned. Despite her anger, she believed in Jiang Yichun and also trusted that he had no reason to lie about this.

The consequences of deceiving her were severe, and nothing happened, so why would he lie?

"Jasmine Fragrance Ointment?" she muttered. This matter seemed not so simple. If it wasn’t Sun Zhou’s doing, then something was wrong with that dancing girl.

She looked at Jiang Yichun, "Go capture the singer and interrogate directly with drugs."

"I won’t go. If I do, you’ll be unhappy again," Jiang Yichun said, sulking as he found a chair to sit on, his expression clearly saying: I’m very wronged, I need comfort.

"Then I’ll go myself," she said, heading straight out the Main Gate.

Jiang Yichun hurriedly chased after her, "Just let the subordinates handle it."

"Do they even recognize what the singer looks like?" Bai Ruozhu retorted.

Jiang Yichun was at a loss for words. At the time, things were sudden, and Jianqi and the dark guard had been sent to investigate the monster incident, so no one saw the singer’s bare face.

"I don’t recognize her either; I didn’t even look at her," he vowed earnestly.

"Ha, do you think I’ll believe that?" Bai Ruozhu rolled her eyes at him.

"Why wouldn’t you believe it? Aren’t we supposed to trust each other as a couple?" he chased after her.

Bai Ruozhu rushed straight to the Guest House’s Kitchen and soon saw the kitchen maid who delivered her meals.

"Master Bai, what food do you need? I’ll prepare it for you immediately," the kitchen maid greeted enthusiastically because Bai Ruozhu had been generous with her rewards before, topping several months of her monthly silver.

Bai Ruozhu saw no one was around, tossed some broken silver to her, and asked in a low voice, "Do you know where the dancing girl Sun Zhou sent to my room during the day stays?"

The kitchen maid was startled; the news had spread around the mansion by the afternoon. Many people were guessing whether the singer had successfully climbed into bed, some even said they saw bare white skin, all praising Jiang Daren’s good fortune.

"This maid heard she isn’t one of the servants here, seems she was sent back to Master Sun’s Residence," the kitchen maid replied.

"Do you know who sent her?" Bai Ruozhu asked again.

"It should be the steward here. He even called for a horse carriage this afternoon," the kitchen maid said with a sheepish smile, "But please don’t say it was me who told you, I can’t afford to offend the steward."

"Alright, you go back to your work. Pretend you never saw me," Bai Ruozhu said with a stern face. The kitchen maid, being clever, immediately said, "I’ll definitely keep my mouth shut."

After the kitchen maid left, Bai Ruozhu said to Jiang Yichun, "You go investigate the steward, I’ll go check on the singer."

"No way, it’s too dangerous for you to go to Sun Zhou’s Residence alone. I’ll go with you," Jiang Yichun said.

Bai Ruozhu rolled her eyes at him again, "I have plenty of skills to protect myself, what danger could there be? At least I won’t be unaware of someone climbing into bed."

"She didn’t get into bed!" Jiang Yichun almost shouted, "I kicked her away."

"So, someone still saw her body, right?" Bai Ruozhu sneered and directly used her martial skills to leap onto the roof, quickly leaving the Guest House.

Of course, she wouldn’t really go alone. Looking for someone is a hassle; was she supposed to search Sun Zhou’s Residence room by room?

She sent a signal to summon Jianqi, and brought along a few dark guards before heading to Sun Zhou’s Residence.

The Sun Residence was quite large but modest from the inside out; clearly, he wasn’t too foolish.

She and her team entered the Sun Residence easily and soon arrived at a corridor.

"The bridge corridor is exquisite, it’s just that the paint is a bit mottled, hasn’t been maintained for some years," Bai Ruozhu whispered.

Jianqi went over to touch it and suddenly let out a puzzled sound.

"What is it?" Bai Ruozhu leaned in for a closer look, and Jianqi lit a fire stick nearby, making it easier to see.

The paint was mottled, but the places where it came off had knife-scraped marks, although not everywhere, they happened to notice.

Jianqi scrutinized the side of the chipped paint and whispered, "Master, it was artificially scraped to create the mottled effect."

Bai Ruozhu almost laughed out loud, "Did they hear the emperor is coming and got afraid of being found out for being too wealthy, so they made some alterations?"

She recalled how when she first arrived in Xunyang City, Sun Zhou had proposed that the Guest House was rather old and asked the emperor to stay at his residence for a few days, but Tang Yin had declined.

At that time, Tang Yin said he would only stay in Xunyang City for a day or two and not to trouble him too much.

Sun Zhou must have gone to great lengths to demonstrate his thriftiness, and in the end, Tang Yin didn’t even go. Sun Zhou must have been very frustrated, right?

Thinking about this, her mood improved greatly.

"Master, take a look here," a dark guard gestured, and Bai Ruozhu and the others walked over.

In one corner of the pavilion was a delicate copper sculpture, elongated in shape, with a circular mounting base beneath it.

"The color of the stone steps below is different from the surroundings; it seemed it previously didn’t hold this sculpture. The base was a bit larger," the dark guard said quietly.

"Now it’s worthless scrap metal, but it might have once been gold, silver, or jewels, dazzling to see," Bai Ruozhu laughed, "Seems it was the right decision to explore Sun Residence at night, with these unexpected discoveries."

"Should we collect some evidence so you can report it to the emperor?" Jianqi asked.

Bai Ruozhu’s lips curled up slowly, "That would be too easy on him. He’s swapped out the good stuff; where could he have stored it?"

Jianqi instantly understood her intention, and a smile broke through his serious face. For someone greedy, taking away their wealth silently is what causes them great distress and anger.

It’s just... these things are not easy to move, right?

Suddenly Jianqi thought of something and decided to remain silent, knowing that the master possesses an Immortal Family Supreme Treasure.

"Split up and search. Signal if you find anything, use secret codes, avoid getting discovered," she instructed.