I don't want to be the favorite concubine of this palace anymore

When we entered the underground secret room, we saw that it was not very big. There were mahogany shelves all around, filled with treasures that the prince had collected over the years.

Most of them are rare treasures rarely seen in the outside world. Just by looking at their glittering and colorful appearance, you can tell that they are priceless treasures.

Li Rui couldn't help but be a little shocked. The prince really had embezzled a lot of good things over the years.

There was a small desk at the back of the secret room with a wooden box on it. Li Rui walked over and opened the box curiously.

It turned out that there was an account book inside, which was a bit strange. Why would an account book be placed in the secret room where treasures were stored?

Li Rui took a closer look and found some officials' names and some amounts of money recorded in it. He sneered, thinking that it seemed to be an account book recording the bribes received by the prince and these officials.

He took out the account book, put it close to his body, and put the wooden box back in its place. It looked like it had never been opened.

Then he continued to search. At this time, An Er called softly, "Master, look."

I saw An Er standing in front of a wooden shelf, holding an exquisite crystal box in his hand, and the box was emitting a slight chill.

The box was transparent, and a purple plant could be seen lying inside. Just like the fresh ones, the leaves were serrated, just like the rumored purple bead creeper.

Li Rui was delighted and took the box and put it in his underwear. He nodded to An Er and said, "This is it. Let's go and see if there is anything you like here. Just take it."

He had to create a theft scene, otherwise the target would be too obvious. Now that he was here, he couldn't just leave like this.

He had no shortage of silver and rare treasures, but he was very unhappy that the prince had amassed so much money and treasures.

When An Er saw that his master had given the order, he decided to be polite and simply put on some jade pendants and jewelry that were easier to hold.

Li Rui glanced around and suddenly saw a box containing a pair of top-quality jade bracelets.

He thought it would look great on the woman's porcelain-white wrist.

Then, as if possessed by a ghost, he took the box into his arms.

Before leaving the secret room, he took out a tinder, lit it and threw it into the secret room.

Then he told the members of the Shadow Club outside to take whatever they liked and then prepared to leave.

The members all knew the rules. As long as the master said so, everything would belong to them. So they didn't hesitate and soon their bodies were full.

Before the fire broke out, several people slipped out of the Prince's Mansion warehouse.

At this time, the prince was hugging his concubine and performing the Zhougong ceremony, and he was completely unaware that his warehouse had been looted.

Li Rui and others left the Prince's Mansion without anyone noticing, and then the people patrolling the Prince's Mansion discovered that the warehouse was on fire.

He quickly called for someone to put out the fire and notified the prince's guards. The prince's personal guards rushed to the prince's bedroom in panic and reported the matter.

The prince was also panicking, because the storehouse contained all his wealth accumulated over the years. He hurriedly put on his clothes and rushed out.

When we got to the warehouse, we found it was completely burnt. Although some ceramics and jades were still there, they were broken into pieces because the wooden shelves had collapsed. The banknotes, antiques, calligraphy and paintings had all turned into powder.

Crown Prince Li Chengze was so angry that he felt a sharp pain in his chest and almost passed out.

Suddenly he thought of the things in the secret room, and rushed in regardless of the fact that the fire had just been put out and the room was dirty and messy.

When he saw the door of the secret room was wide open, he despaired, but he still did not give up and walked in.

After he entered, his heart was finally at rest. The wooden shelves inside were all burned, and the treasures on them were naturally broken into pieces.

There was hardly any intact one. He walked a few steps to the wooden table and saw that most of it was burnt and crumbling. The wooden box on top had also been burnt.

He pressed his chest, but finally he couldn't breathe and passed out.

-

Li Rui returned to Prince Rui's Mansion, feeling that he had finally gotten rid of the anger in his heart. He also got the purple bead vine, and was in a very good mood.

Jianying and Jianfeng have also returned with the 10 palace guards.

Jianying reported: "Master, the Anguo Mansion is in chaos now. The secret guards they sent have been eliminated by us. Many of the guards in the Anguo Mansion were also killed or injured."

"We also injured the prince of Anguo before we retreated."

Li Rui's cold eyes finally showed some smile. This time, the Queen and the Crown Prince had reaped the consequences of their own actions. "How are your injuries, brothers?"

"Two of the injuries were quite serious and have been examined by Divine Doctor Gao. They are not life-threatening. The others are just superficial injuries."

Li Rui finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Very good, thank you for your hard work this time. Each of you who goes out today will be rewarded with three months' salary."

Jianying happily thanked the guards on their behalf before leaving.

Li Rui took out the crystal box and the box containing the jade bracelet from his body and placed them on the table in front of him.

She looked at the two boxes in front of her with deep eyes. It seemed inappropriate to give them to her now.

He wanted to detoxify as quickly as possible. He had never been so eager to detoxify as he was now.

He had thought a lot in the past few days. Originally, he had only two beliefs in his heart. One was to find out the cause of his mother's death, and then to find out the mastermind behind his poisoning and avenge himself.

Now he wants to add one more thing and try out the relationship between men and women like a normal person.

He had to close his heart and lock away his love because of poisoning, and he had never met a woman who could make his heart beat.

So I feel like I might be destined to die alone. But now I have An Muxi by my side.

He knew that An Muxi was beautiful, but he had grown up in the palace and had seen countless beauties. He had long been immune to beautiful women.

It wasn't because of that one time he had slept with her. He had always been a cold-hearted person and wasn't keen on sex.

There were so many women in the backyard, and he could just use them as a tool to vent his anger without having to invest any emotions in them. But he didn't want to touch them at all.

He was attracted to An Muxi because he discovered her specialness. At first, he just wanted to investigate her background, but gradually he found that this woman was eccentric and always did something out of the ordinary.

People couldn't help but pay attention to her every move, and then slowly Li Rui realized that he was really moved.

She is like a dusty pearl. When you peel off the outer shell, you will see a layer of disguise. But once this disguise is removed, a dazzling brilliance will burst out.

Li Rui was glad that he had found her in advance and didn't let her slip away. He knew that this woman had been planning to escape from the Rui Palace.

Now that he knew, how could he let her go? He could only control his emotions and find the antidote as soon as possible.

After the poison was removed, he thought that maybe it would not be impossible to give her a position as a concubine. Even if her family background was a little low, he could just protect her a little.

Then she would be on the Royal Jade Butterfly and would not be able to leave the house. Before that, he just had to protect her and make sure nothing happened to her.

Thinking of this, he was in a good mood. He took out a white jade porcelain bottle, fumbled around for a few times, poured out a pill and put it in his mouth. This was the pill she made for him.

-

The next morning, after breakfast, An Muxi prepared to continue writing her novel.

At this time, Bai Zhi came in and reported: "Master, Concubine Zhao from the West Courtyard is here to see you."