"I am your master, of course I am powerful!" Huangfu Yue said with a bit of smugness, as if it were a matter of course.
Not good, I feel like I'm getting a bit carried away...
No, I can't get carried away! I can't be arrogant...
But it seems a little bit of arrogance is okay... Ugh! What am I thinking!
Huangfu Yue gave herself two mental slaps, urging herself to be clear-headed. It was all thanks to the incredibly powerful invisibility suit from the space that she was like this.
Huangfu Yue suppressed the slightly arrogant self within her, her expression suddenly becoming serious, her face changing color.
Seeing this, Xiao Hei's heart tightened, and he became a little flustered. Why did Master's expression suddenly change?
"Master, what's wrong?"
"Xiao Hei, do you sense something is amiss?" Huangfu Yue suddenly asked.
"Amiss?" Xiao Hei was stunned for a moment, then remembered something. "Master, are you referring to the abnormal number of soldiers on the city walls and within the city gates?"
Huangfu Yue nodded. "By rights, there shouldn't be so many people on the city walls and within the city gates. Has something happened?"
"I also find it strange. There have never been so many people on the city walls and within the city gates before. As you said, I'm afraid something has happened...
Master, I'll go and investigate right away to see what happened. Please wait for me here." Xiao Hei said.
Huangfu Yue nodded. "Go."
Now was not the time to be showing off the incredibly powerful invisibility suit. With the ability to be invisible and pass through walls, when feeling arrogant, she needed to quickly find out why there were so many soldiers on the city walls and within the city gates.
It was clear that something big had happened in the capital!
After Xiao Hei flew away, Huangfu Yue put on the invisibility suit again and became invisible once more.
After flying out of the alley, Xiao Hei began to search the surroundings and immediately discovered that many soldiers were searching from house to house.
"I don't know which audacious group of thieves dared to enter the imperial palace to steal things and rob the national treasury. They are simply tired of living! They will surely suffer terribly if caught stealing from the national treasury!" one soldier grumbled as he searched.
"I heard that His Majesty is furious and said that if the thieves are caught, he will skin them alive, flay them, boil them in oil, and annihilate their nine generations of kin!" another soldier said.
"Speaking of those wicked thieves, they are truly omnipotent, possessing heavenly abilities. They managed to sneak into the palace without anyone noticing and emptied the national treasury in a very short time, leaving not a single cent. "Some soldiers exclaimed, looking incredulous.
"My mother said this isn't something a human could do~~" a younger soldier, only sixteen or seventeen years old, interjected.
"If it wasn't done by humans, then was it done by ghosts!" an older soldier gave the younger one a rap on the head.
The other soldiers all laughed. One soldier said, "Actually, quite a few people think this isn't something a human could do! Even if that group of thieves had many people, they couldn't have emptied the national treasury and transported so much gold and silver out of the palace in a short time without anyone noticing.
But who dares to tell the Emperor that the national treasury was likely not stolen by people! If the Emperor asks who stole it if not by humans, how should we answer? Should we really say it might have been done by ghosts, as the ancient legends say there is the art of 'Five Ghosts Moving Things'... The Emperor wouldn't be able to accept that it was done by ghosts and give up on recovering the money from the national treasury."
Many people nodded in agreement. The leading soldier said, "Stop chatting and search quickly. The higher-ups have ordered us to search the entire capital before dawn, catch all the thieves and petty criminals, and don't let any suspicious people go. This is how we can give an account to His Majesty...
If we can't produce a single suspicious person by tomorrow morning, it will be inexcusable, and His Majesty will surely not spare us, saying we are incompetent and will severely punish everyone."
His subordinates quickly nodded in unison, ceasing their conversation and focusing on the search.
Xiao Hei, who was secretly watching them, hidden in the darkness of the night sky, wanted to immediately report what he had seen and heard to Huangfu Yue...
"Master, the national treasury was stolen, and now..."
"I have seen what you have seen and heard what you have heard from those soldiers through your eyes and ears. You can come back."
Huangfu Yue interrupted Xiao Hei and summoned him back.
She hadn't expected that the theft of the national treasury had already been discovered, but it was normal.
If so much time had passed and the theft of the national treasury had not been discovered at all, the guards of the national treasury would be too incompetent.
Listening to the soldiers' conversation, that dog emperor thought a group of thieves had infiltrated the palace to steal the national treasury and had no idea it was her... It was no wonder he wouldn't think of it!
It was uncertain if he even knew of her existence...
Although she and he were relatives, his own niece, as the Emperor, was overwhelmed with state affairs and had countless things to think about each day. How could he remember all his relatives, especially an insignificant little girl like her?
Since he thought it was a group of thieves who did it, let him continue to think so.
Listening to the leading soldier, his superior had ordered them to search the entire capital before dawn and catch all the thieves and petty criminals. This was a good thing.
Once all the thieves and petty criminals in the capital were caught, perhaps there would be no more theft in the capital for a while. Even if it wouldn't be completely eradicated, it would be greatly reduced.
The security in the capital had been poor in recent years, with frequent cases of theft...
"Master, I'm back, where are you?" Xiao Hei returned to the alley and couldn't see Huangfu Yue. Knowing she was invisible again, he quickly called out in his mind.
"I'm here. The matter of the national treasury's theft has nothing to do with us, and we don't need to concern ourselves with it. Take me to the Chang residence now, we have important matters to attend to." Huangfu Yue took off the invisibility suit and reappeared.
"Yes." Xiao Hei immediately obeyed after seeing Huangfu Yue.
Huangfu Yue put on the invisibility suit and became invisible. Xiao Hei, seeing his master disappear again, even though he already knew she had the ability to be invisible, still felt it was magical and unbelievable, and he marveled in his mind again.
Knowing that Huangfu Yue was about a zhang away from him, Xiao Hei was reassured and flew towards the Chang residence, leading the way for Huangfu Yue.
Seeing that Xiao Hei was flying very slowly, Huangfu Yue knew he was being considerate of her, fearing she couldn't keep up if he flew too fast.
"Xiao Hei, you can fly faster, I can keep up with you," Huangfu Yue said to Xiao Hei in her mind.
Hearing this, Xiao Hei immediately agreed and quickened his pace, but fearing that if he flew too fast, Huangfu Yue couldn't keep up, so he didn't dare to fly too fast.
On the way to the Chang residence, Huangfu Yue noticed soldiers searching and apprehending people everywhere, but she was not panicked at all.
The soldiers couldn't see her!
Huangfu Yue confidently chased after Xiao Hei on the street, flying without fear of attracting the attention of the soldiers, being deemed suspicious, and being arrested.
Thus, with soldiers searching and apprehending people everywhere, and catching suspicious individuals, Huangfu Yue, the most suspicious person, leisurely flew past them right under their noses, completely unharmed...