Little Azure Dragon was exasperated. "Oh, why are you so clumsy? Because you can cultivate now, the Space has upgraded! Now, you can move inanimate objects inside."
Xing Beiluo's eyes lit up.
Talk about someone handing you a pillow right when you want to sleep!
She immediately went outside to transfer the jewelry inside, and incidentally brought some spiritual fruits from the outside for Little Azure Dragon.
"Why don't you just transform into a human form? You're in dragon form all the time, and I can't help wanting to beat you up."
"..."
Shengyun gave a shake and transformed back into that handsome man in green.
"That's more like it. Look how dashing."
Though she still couldn't remember his face, who doesn't love looking at a handsome guy?
"Here, have a spiritual fruit and hurry up and see if it's sweet."
Xing Beiluo pulled a spiritual fruit from the ones she carried in her arms and handed it to Shengyun.
Shengyun took a bite and immediately frowned. What kind of fruit was this? It was so sour.
Yet, meeting Xing Beiluo's expectant gaze, he still let out an "hmph" and said, "Sweet."
Hearing this, a flash of slyness crossed Xing Beiluo's eyes, and she said with a grin:
"Sweet, right? Here, take all of these."
With that, she thrust the pile of fruits from her arms into Shengyun's arms.
Shengyun: "..." He had every reason to suspect that Xing Beiluo was deliberately playing a trick on him.
Xing Beiluo clapped her hands and turned to leave. "Alright, you keep pulling weeds. I want to go find some books."
Because Spirit Cultivators used spiritual power while those who practiced Martial Cultivation used physical fitness, and the progress of martial cultivation was slower and more difficult, it was often looked down upon by Spirit Cultivators.
Generally speaking, people only chose one cultivation method, because without a manual for Dual Cultivation of Spirit and Martial Arts, fumbling through dual cultivation on one's own would lead to very slow progress or even stagnation.
However, she did not intend to cultivate only spiritual power, so she needed to find some secret manuals capable of the Dual Cultivation of Spirit and Martial Arts.
While browsing through books, Xing Beiluo sensed a commotion outside.
The corners of her lips curled up slightly.
They were here!
Just as Xing Beiluo left the Space, she heard shouting.
She stepped outside and saw a crowd holding torches standing in the courtyard—Xing Youran and her sister had brought everyone over to catch her in the act.
Seeing her, Xing Zhenzhen angrily demanded, "Xing Beiluo, get out here! Tell me, was it you who stole my mother's dowry?"
Ha, they certainly moved fast, only she had hidden things even faster.
Second Madam was not on the scene, presumably knowing it was inconvenient for her to be involved.
Old Madam was not present either; it was the middle of the night, and Old Madam had already retired.
Likewise, they were afraid Old Madam would shield Xing Beiluo.
After all, Old Madam's favoritism was plain for everyone to see.
Xing Beiluo leaned against the threshold, staring fixedly at Xing Youran.
This little girl was really quite cute. If she knew that she had witnessed the whole framing scene firsthand, would she feel guilty?
Xing Zhenzhen felt a chill under her gaze and said loudly, "Why aren't you speaking? Are you feeling guilty?"
At this, Xing Beiluo asked indifferently, "Just because your things are lost, does that mean I stole them? How much is your mother's dowry even worth?"
Hearing this, everyone thought, *That's right, the Second Young Miss is the most favored in the family, and her room is filled with priceless treasures.*
Take those spiritual trees transplanted just yesterday, for instance; they were all shipped from the Tianshan Mountains, and a single tree could let an ordinary person buy a house in the capital. How could the Second Young Miss possibly lower herself to covet Second Madam's dowry?
"You! Of course—"
Xing Youran wanted to say they were priceless.
But Xing Zhenzhen quickly stopped her and hurriedly said, "This is my mother's dowry. The laws of the Azure Dragon Empire dictate that a woman's dowry belongs solely to her. Besides, many items in the dowry are personal belongings of my late maternal grandmother. They were sent along with the dowry to satisfy my mother's longing for her. These dowry items are of extraordinary significance to my mother. I hope the Second Sister will return them."
Hearing this, the onlookers felt some sympathy for Second Madam. Second Madam was a young lady from a noble family in the Xuanwu Kingdom, who had married over through a political alliance.
Xing Beiluo raised an eyebrow. This Xing Zhenzhen was quite clever.
Her words were airtight, and she could even win favor for the three of them.
Then they heard Xing Zhenzhen say, "Moreover, we aren't accusing without a cause; a servant came to report it, which is why we came to search Second Sister's courtyard. Someone, bring her forward!"
Before long, a young maid of about ten years old was brought forward.
Xing Zhenzhen explained to everyone, "This little girl was originally from my sister's courtyard, and she said she saw my sister behaving somewhat unusually yesterday."
Xing Zhenzhen crouched down in front of the maid and said to her gently, "Come, tell everyone what you just said. Don't worry, nobody will blame you."
The maid first kowtowed to beg for mercy, then recounted the whole story: "Forgive me, Second Young Miss. Forgive me, madams and young misses. This servant's name is Xiaotao, and I originally served in the Second Young Miss's courtyard. Yesterday, Old Madam dismissed us, so this servant was assigned to Youlan Courtyard. Yesterday evening, while this servant was clipping flowers in the courtyard, I saw, I saw the Second Young Miss hurrying over to the Third Young Miss's room, and after a short while, she hurried away again, carrying a bundle in her arms. This servant followed her to have a look, and saw the Second Young Miss hurry back to her courtyard and bury that bundle under, buried it under that tree."
Xing Beiluo saw the maid pointing her finger at the tree Xing Youran had buried things under yesterday.
She couldn't help sneering. *Hah, not to mention that this testimony is full of loopholes,*
just a mere maid—even if her mistress had done something disgraceful, how would she dare point an accusing finger at her?
Unless... she was acting under someone's orders.
Xiaotao was still trembling as she recounted: "... Later, later it spread in Youlan Courtyard that Second Madam's dowry had been stolen. The Third Young Miss called all of us in to question us, and this servant, this servant couldn't help but blurt it out. I beg the Second Young Miss to forgive me." With that, Xiaotao began kowtowing again.
Everyone looked at Xing Beiluo, their eyes filled with disbelief.
Xing Zhenzhen mouthed silent words to her: *Fake, you're finished.*
Even Xing Youran's eyes were filled with gloating triumph, making no effort to conceal her smugness:
"Did you all hear that? Someone, go ahead and search!"
Seeing the expressions on Xing Zhenzhen and Xing Youran's faces, the corners of Xing Beiluo's mouth hooked into a mocking smile.
Framing and planting evidence—that was just old news she was done playing with.
She looked at the eager-to-move footmen and coldly rebuked: "Without my command, who dares?"
"..."
The footmen looked at each other, and no one stepped forward again.
After all, the Second Young Miss was favored.
If they dared to make things difficult for her today, tomorrow their heads would roll.