Shen Yue tentatively looked at her left arm, which Shen Tianyu was practically pus.h.i.+ng in front of her face . Seeing her arm, her face grew another shade darker .

"I-This was not me! You're trying to frame me!" Shen Yue still tried to deny it .

"Haha . Still trying to deny? Well, whatever, I don't have time to recount everything you did behind closed doors . " Shen Tianyu replied as she threw her away by the chin . She then took out her dagger and cut Shen Yue's tendons, just like she did with Shen Chiang .

After she was done, she turned to the bodyguards, only then did they know she was finished . Frowning, Xia Ji asked her . "Miss, will that be all?"

"They are a proud lot . Making them fall this far is already worse than any torture I can do to them . Well, I'll give them the honor of a.s.sisting in my finances . " Shen Tianyu replied as she now walked towards Shen Luoji .

"What-what do you want to do now?!" His eyes seemed to shout . Since his jaw was dislocated still, he couldn't say it out loud . Shen Tianyu easily turned him into a vegetable also .

She then pointed to Shen Luo . "Put her in the sack . We're bringing her back . " She then pointed at Shen Luoji, Shen Chiang and Shen Yue in turn . "Drag them to the pig market . They should fetch a good price as pig meat . As for Shen Yue . . . , I reckon she'll fetch the highest price . " She said the last part with a devilish smile .

"Yes Miss!" Xia Ji responded . "But what of the Head Guard?"

"Ah . . . I think Mu Shenchou wanted to interrogate him some more . Bring him back too . " Xia Ji moved to put the Head Guard and Shen Luo into the sack while the rest of the Shen family just looked at Shen Tianyu, dazed .

At this time, another guard came over . "Miss, we've taken everything that seems to be of value . Will we be torching the Residence now?"

"Ah . Good timing, I just finished up here . Let me check the place to see if there are any hidden rooms or something . " Shen Tianyu stated as she walked past the guard .

The guard followed after her, leaving Xia Ji and three other guards with the Shen Family . Though, they might be outnumbered but they were, by no means, any weaker so she didn't need to worry . Besides, they were only outnumbered by one .

Shen Tianyu walked all around the Estate to find hidden rooms . She found found one in the Master's Study . It was similar to the one she built at Lavender Palace's office and was quite easy to open . In it were many magic bags, most of which were filled with yuan that was not doc.u.mented . This was most likely embezzlement from the Department of Justice . The other magic bags were grouped according to what they contained . The one with the least amount of things was the one containing a single common herb . Though it was worthless to them, it was still better than nothing . The rest just contained important doc.u.ments related to the yuan found .

Shen Tianyu smirked . 'Though it would be good to keep the yuan, Lavender Palace is in no dire need of money . . . '

She threw everything to the guard following her, who put everything into his own magic bag he brought, pa.s.sed out by Manager Sung that morning . She soon found another hidden room in the Ancestral Hall, which was slightly harder to crack . The hidden room in the Ancestral Hall had more machinations . Good thing she was from a more advanced society . This hidden room was smaller than the one found in the Study and had a pedestal, which reached to her chest . On it was something that looked like half of a wooden box acting as a container or tray for the two pills on it . Shen Tianyu also pocketed those then went back to the Master Bedroom .

When she arrived, the Shen Family was already gone, dragged to be sold at the pig market or stuffed into a sack and brought back to Lavender Palace . She also checked in the bedroom but found nothing . She then brought out a bamboo bottle of oil and poured it all over the bedroom before setting it on fire and ran out . Very quickly, the Master Bedroom was engulfed in flames . Sparks flew and set more of the Residence ablaze, the places that weren't set on fire by hand was burned by sparks from other fires . The other Yaodu members gathered back in front of the Bedroom and quickly left, not wanting to risk being burned . Many saw the fleeing servants from before and now Shen Estate was ablaze . Of course this was quickly reported and spread, but it won't be dealt with as one would expect .

. . .

Back at Lavender Palace, Shen Tianyu took out their haul and set aside the yuan and doc.u.ments, instructing Sung Ming to give them to the Prime Minister and Emperor . The rest of the things, she divided among the people that went with her . They were intent on refusing but she managed to push it on to them, saying it was for payment or whatever and that they could sell them for money . As they were dividing up the loot, the Yaodu members that went to sell off the rest of the Shen family returned and managed to get a share . The money they brought back was given to Sung Ming for safekeeping .

. . .

By that night, news of the incident at the Shen Estate had spread and mixed opinions arose . Some thought Shen Tianyu had went too far with killing her parents . Some thought it was justified as they never treated her as even a human being to begin with . Many were in debate but the core of the debate was locking herself in her room . People on both sides of the debate were at Lavender Palace that night and the air was tense as an argument over the matter could erupt into a full-on fight at any time . Of course, the courtesans approved of Shen Tianyu's actions but could not admit it . They only nodded along to their clients . After all, these were their sources of cash . And besides, they didn't really need to debate about it so there was not much of a problem . Shen Tianyu had Ming Su announce that she will not be available for today and went to cultivate in her room . Since the hot topic was not available, those that wanted answers could not get them and so the night would pa.s.s on like this .

Rong Jian was in the first wave of customers so he had heard Ming Su's announcement . Though he did not call over or accept any invitation from the other courtesans as he sat three for a while . Eventually, people stopped minding him and he was finally left alone . At this time, he steadily walked over to Ming Su who was on service duty for tonight . Seeing him come over, she harrumphed in her heart but put on a cold expression .

When he stood in front of her, she opened her mouth first . "Sir, I am not available for company . Little me is only in charge of bringing things over . "

Rong Jian was startled but quickly recovered . "No, no . Little Miss is mistaken . I merely asked if I could have a private audience with Tian Feng . I want to talk to her . "

"Miss Tian Feng is not available today . "

"Can't I just see her for a little bit?" He asked, bashfully scratching the back of his head . 'This servant girl is tenacious . . . '

"She isn't seeing customers today . If there's nothing else sir, please choose someone else to accompany you for tonight or leave . "

"Uhh . . . This . . . " 'Hey, is asking a customer to leave like that good for business?' He thought . "Can you tell her Rong Jian is here to see her and misses her dearly?"

Ming Su's lips twitched but agreed to the request from this pestering customer . She went upstairs to the Birds of Paradise room and knocked on the door .