RPAGF Chapter 168 Looting the Imperial Palace
Chapter 168 Looting the Imperial Palace
"We need to look around now. You should take care of Zhou Gengdi's body properly first!" Qiao Tinghao wasn't too surprised by Liu Ziyun's account of the situation.
Given Emperor Zhou Geng's temperament and pride, he would never willingly fall into the control of the Northern Sheng people, so it was to be expected that he would take poison and end his own life in advance.
"Girl, let's go! Let's take a good look around, especially the national treasury." After hanging up the phone, Qiao Tinghao leaned down slightly and whispered in Ruan Mumu's ear.
"No, maybe their national treasury is already empty. We should go check out the emperor's private treasury first; it must be full of treasures," Ruan Mumu said with a grin.
The two stepped side by side into the nearest magnificent palace, waving to signal the people behind them to stop and not follow them inside.
As soon as she stepped into the palace, Ruan Mumu silently called out in her heart, "Mr. Zi, now it's your turn to show your skills!"
Before she could finish speaking, a playful and adorable voice immediately rang in her mind: "Dear Master, have you found another rare treasure?"
It turned out that the lively and agile purple sprite had answered the call.
Ruan Mumu smiled slightly, replying with a hint of excitement, "This time, it all depends on your abilities! How much gold, silver, and rare treasures we can plunder will all depend on you!"
As she spoke, her eyes sparkled, as if she could already see countless dazzling treasures waiting for them to discover.
"Then what exactly do you intend to do, Master?" the purple elf asked.
Ruan Musen asked softly, "Do you have any way to make him and me invisible? After all, we're going to search for jewels in various palaces this time. If we're discovered, all these treasures will have to be handed over to the government!"
So, if we could become invisible, once I find the treasure, I can just move it into my spatial dimension, and then it'll all be mine.
"Master, your move was really ruthless! But it's okay. In order to successfully level up again, I will try my best no matter how difficult it is!"
Now listen carefully—from this moment on, for a full hour, both of you will be invisible.
In other words, you can see everything that other people around you do with perfect clarity, but they can't detect your presence. "The purple elf shouted at the top of her lungs.
"So, if we just walk out like this now, openly and confidently, will no one even notice us?" Ruan Mumu blinked her big eyes and asked the Purple Elf curiously.
"Hehe, whether it works or not, we'll know immediately after trying it!" the purple elf replied with a mischievous laugh.
Upon hearing this, Ruan Mumu didn't hesitate. She reached out and tightly grabbed Qiao Tinghao beside her. Then, the two of them walked out of the tall and majestic gate of the palace with their heads held high, as if they were strolling leisurely.
At this moment, the dozen or so fully armed soldiers guarding outside the palace gates stood straight and motionless as usual, seemingly unaware of Ruan Mumu and Qiao Tinghao who had just passed in front of them, without even lifting their eyelids.
Seeing this scene, Ruan Mumu was so excited she almost jumped up. In her heart, she exclaimed to the Purple Elf, "Oh my, Mr. Purple, you really are amazing!"
"But I don't understand why you've never let me experience such a mysterious and wonderful skill firsthand before. Were you deliberately keeping it from me?"
Faced with Ruan Mumu's complaints, the purple elf couldn't help but mutter, "My dear master, your level wasn't high enough before, and you were never able to reach level six!"
"If I hadn't taken advantage of your absence to secretly upgrade my skill, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to maintain this powerful invisibility spell for long with my current abilities!"
Ruan Mumu smiled and said, "Alright, I won't pursue the matter of you secretly upgrading. If we find enough treasures this time, I'll upgrade you again."
"Then you'd better get moving!" After saying that, the purple elf disappeared without a trace.
"Brother, let's go find the Emperor's private treasury." Ruan Mumu grabbed Qiao Tinghao's hand and prepared to go to the Emperor's Divine Dragon Palace.
The two hurried forward, as if nothing around them existed, weaving straight through the crowd.
Even though the palace is now filled with soldiers from the Great Northern Sheng, they have not been detected by the soldiers at all, because no one can see their figures.
“Girl, we don’t have much time to hide. If we continue searching aimlessly like this, we might delay something important.”
"Why don't we ask the Purple Elf if it has a built-in navigation function? That way we can avoid taking unnecessary detours and save precious time." Qiao Tinghao stopped his rapid pace and turned to Ruan Mumu beside him, suggesting this.
Upon hearing this, Ruan Mumu slapped her forehead, a look of sudden realization on her face, and said with annoyance, "Oh dear! How could I not have thought of that!"
Seeing this, Qiao Tinghao quickly reached out and grabbed her small hand that was about to slap his forehead again. He smiled slightly and said softly, "You're such a silly girl, you're always so absent-minded."
"But it's okay, things you can't remember, I, this 'storage device,' will remember them for you! Don't worry, I will do my best to fulfill my mission and will never let you down."
Ruan Mumu was amused by his words and couldn't help but burst into laughter. Her laughter was clear and melodious, like the sound of silver bells.
Although many soldiers were still standing around, Ruan Mumu and Qiao Tinghao were invisible, so their conversation was not heard by others. Only they could feel each other's presence and the deep affection between them.
"Mr. Zi, hurry up and come out to rob the gold and silver jewelry!" Ruan Mumu deliberately lowered her voice, but the urgency and excitement in her tone could not be hidden. Her soft shout seemed to penetrate the air.
Hearing her call out, Qiao Tinghao, who was standing to the side, was slightly taken aback at first, then couldn't help but smile, and a soft laugh escaped from his throat.
"Master, I just lay down to rest, and you've woken me up again. You'd better have something really important to tell me, otherwise... hmph, I'm going to lose my temper!" the purple elf complained angrily. "Disturbing someone's peaceful sleep is tantamount to murder, don't you understand that?"
"Stop spouting so much useless nonsense. Who's the master here, you or me? Hurry up and lead the way to rob the gold and silver treasures. If you delay any longer, those good treasures will probably be snatched away by others. Then let's see how you level up!" Ruan Mumu was not to be outdone. She crossed her arms and retorted angrily.
Seeing this, Qiao Tinghao quickly reached out and gently stroked Ruan Mumu's hair, softly soothing her emotions: "Alright, my little princess, please don't make yourself angry."
After saying that, he changed the subject and said with a smile, "Mr. Purple Elf, as a grown man, can't you be a little more generous and give way to this young lady?"
"Hmph, I'm short, so I won't be generous. What can you do to me?" The purple elf's voice was also sullen.
Ruan Mumu and Qiao Tinghao burst out laughing when they heard what it said.
"Oh dear! I forgot you're not even tall! My apologies." Qiao Tinghao quickly apologized, but the smile in his eyes didn't seem like a genuine apology at all.
"Let's go! If you keep talking nonsense, don't blame me if there are no more treasures later." After saying that, Ruan Mumu started walking, and Qiao Tinghao also started walking to follow.
"Master, the Dragon Palace is behind you," the purple elf kindly reminded him.
Led by the purple elf, the two entered the Dragon Palace in about ten minutes.
Fortunately, they acted quickly enough that a commotion could be heard in the distance as they entered the palace.
"Oh no, they're coming in," Qiao Tinghao warned.
Ruan Mumu didn't speak, but silently closed her eyes. With a wave of her hand, everything in the Divine Dragon Palace disappeared, even Emperor Zhou Geng's dragon bed was put into her space.
This was the first time Qiao Tinghao had witnessed Ruan Mumu's ability to instantly transfer a large number of items, and he was astonished by the scene.
"Girl, did you take them all?" Qiao Tinghao asked.
"Yes, yes, I'll take them all!" Ruan Mumu said with a smile.
"That's amazing!" Qiao Tinghao exclaimed.
Looking at the empty house in front of me, now just a shell, I can't help but laugh at the thought that people who come here only see a few walls. If they knew this was the emperor's palace, they would probably question their existence.
Just as the two were about to leave the palace, a group of soldiers pushed open the door and walked into the palace. They entered the main hall in an orderly manner.
When they looked at the empty palace before them, they were all stunned.
"Centurion, I heard this is Emperor Zhou Geng's palace. How come it's empty? And so empty at that," a soldier asked their centurion.
"Could someone have been here before us? But that doesn't make sense! If this were Emperor Zhou Geng's palace, there would be a lot of stuff. It's impossible for them to move everything so quickly and cleanly." Another soldier speculated.
The centurion looked around and saw only bare walls and nothing else. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go. Maybe the person who gave us directions was wrong."
After saying that, he led his men out of the palace.
Ruan Mumu laughed and said, "They probably think they've seen a ghost! Such a big palace can actually be empty."
Qiao Tinghao looked at her bright smile, pinched her cute face, and said with a smile, "Don't worry about them, we should still have time to go to the other palace."
The two held hands, preparing to go to the next palace.
"Master, I just scanned the area and it seems there's a secret room here, right under the bed in the emperor's bedroom." Ruan Mumu heard the purple elf's voice as soon as she lifted her leg.
"I never expected this! There's even a secret room! Brother, let's search it again!" Ruan Mumu exclaimed excitedly.
When the two arrived at the location of the dragon bed as guided by the purple elf, they were dumbfounded. There was nothing there, not even a crack in the ground.
"Purple Elf, are you sure this is the place?" Ruan Mumu stopped using honorifics.
"Master, I can't do everything. I just sensed there are treasures here, but my abilities are limited, and I can't directly detect their exact location," the purple elf said, feeling aggrieved.
"Girl, don't worry. Since the Purple Elf said it's there, it can't be wrong. Let's look carefully again. We still have some time," Qiao Tinghao said, gently patting her shoulder to comfort her.
The two searched carefully again for any cracks in the palace floor, but they couldn't find any.
"Are we going in the wrong direction?" Ruan Mumu asked.
Qiao Tinghao was also thinking hard.
"Let's see if there's a mezzanine in the room?" Ruan Mumu suggested again.
Qiao Tinghao was somewhat curious as to why she had such thoughts.
Ruan Mumu then recounted a passage from a time-travel novel she had read in modern times that touched on this topic.
Twice, they tried to see if there were any mezzanine rooms between the main rooms in the palace.
After pacing around several times, I finally found a small mezzanine room in Emperor Zhou Geng's bedroom.
After the two found the door behind the bed, Ruan Mumu took out two flashlights and two gas masks, and handed one flashlight and one gas mask to Qiao Tinghao.
After putting on his gas mask, Qiao Tinghao picked up a flashlight and walked ahead, saying, "I'll go first, you follow behind me."
Ruan Mumu knew that she had to go along with his wishes at this moment, so she nodded obediently.
When the two entered the mezzanine, it was completely empty.
"How could this happen?" Ruan Mumu said, somewhat dejected.
Qiao Tinghao also felt it was strange, but thinking about it, it didn't make sense to have such a mezzanine without anything inside.
"We've watched so many TV dramas before, let's look for any switches or similar elements in those scenes," Qiao Tinghao suggested.
Looking at the empty space, Ruan Mumu first looked at the wall. She saw a painting with a vase behind it. She turned it around and found that a part of the room was slowly opening up at their feet, looking like a basement.
"The wisdom of the ancients is truly not to be underestimated!" Ruan Mumu exclaimed.
"Yes, let's hurry down and take a look, or we might not have enough time." After saying that, Qiao Tinghao took the lead and went down to the basement.
When the two of them walked down the steps to the basement and saw the gold and silver jewelry inside, they couldn't help but gasp.
"Is Emperor Geng of Zhou really that rich?" Ruan Mumu exclaimed in surprise.
This basement is over a hundred square meters in size and is filled with gold, silver and other treasures.
"I wonder how much of the people's hard-earned money they've plundered. Sigh!" Qiao Tinghao sighed.
"Now it's all mine, I got a good deal, haha!" Ruan Mumu laughed again, and with a wave of her hand, all the valuables were moved into her space.
"Little money-grubber, with these, do you still want to collect other palaces?" Qiao Tinghao asked with a smile.