The peasant girl has a private space, and her husband is handsome.

After overcoming numerous hardships, the eldest son of the Su family and his son Su Fugui finally arrived in the capital.

The two men stole the old woman's silver bracelet as travel expenses, but it wasn't enough, and they ran out of money for food halfway through the journey.

They begged and ate grass roots along the way, and finally made it to the capital.

Now he lives in a dilapidated city god temple, mingling with a group of beggars.

The clothes were so dirty you couldn't even tell their original color.

The father and son heard from the beggars that there was a war near Huainan City. War is an extremely dangerous thing, and they were very glad that they had come to the capital.

Su Fugui's hair was a mess, like a bird's nest, and his voice was hoarse: "Dad, what do we do now?"

Su Dachuan had used the money from Gu's dowry to study for many years, and his mind was still quite sharp. He said, "Son, we must find your third uncle as soon as possible. If he sees how miserable we are, he will definitely give us a lot of money."

The two chatted and fantasized, believing that finding the real Su Laosan would bring them a lot of money and a meteoric rise to wealth.

The father and son quickly learned that there were three wealthy Luo families in the capital. Through surveillance, they eventually discovered that the person they were looking for was at the residence of Vice Minister Luo.

Su Fugui was overjoyed. "Father, I never imagined that Third Uncle would live in the Vice Minister's mansion. What a wealthy family! We are so lucky!"

"The Vice Minister is a high-ranking official of the third rank in the imperial court. He's incredibly wealthy and powerful. Father, we're going to be rich!"

Su Dachuan thought of Su Bing, the biological son of Vice Minister Luo, who used to be beaten and scolded by the old lady every day. It turned out that it was because he was not her biological son.

I really admire the old man and woman; they actually played such a grand game of chess. They were truly brilliant.

The weather in the capital was cold. Su Dachuan and his son, dressed in thin, dirty clothes, braved the swirling snowflakes and stopped Luo Kang, who had just alighted from his sedan chair, outside the Luo residence.

Su Fugui stepped forward and called out, "Third Uncle."

The word "Third Uncle" startled Luo Kang.

A servant shoved Su Fugui, knocking him to the ground in the snow, and shouted angrily, "Get out! Where did this filthy beggar come from, daring to cause trouble at the Vice Minister's residence?"

Su Dachuan jumped out from behind the tree, grabbed Luo Kang's clothes and said, "Third brother, look at me closely, I look a lot like you."

Su Dachuan was certain that his real third brother was the man in front of him. This man looked at least nine-tenths like him and was definitely the one who had taken Su Bing's place and enjoyed decades of good fortune in the capital.

Poor Su Bing, he was really bullied terribly by the old lady in the past.

Su Dachuan remembered that his face was still dirty, so he quickly scooped up some snow from the ground and washed his face clean. "Look at me, don't I look a lot like you?"

When Luo Kang saw Su Dachuan's face clearly, he was shocked. There was no one in the world who looked so much like him!

This terrified him, as he felt a long-buried secret was about to be exposed.

He doesn't want to know the truth!

Luo Kang tried to push Su Dachuan away, but Su Dachuan threatened him in a low voice, "If you waste a little time listening to me say a few words, I guarantee you'll be very interested."

"But if you refuse to listen to me, I'll make you wish you were dead."

Luo Kang glanced at the servants around him and sensed that they were all looking at him with puzzled expressions.

We can't let these servants listen any longer.

Luo Kang said to his servants, "You all go back to the manor first. Keep everything that just happened to yourselves. Don't tell anyone, or I have plenty of ways to kill you."

"Yes, sir."

After the servants entered the mansion and closed the gates, Su Dachuan looked left and right, and seeing that no one was around, he whispered, "Guess why I look so much like you?"

Then Su Dachuan told her about how Grandma Su had secretly switched the children.

Luo Kang suddenly remembered that not long ago, Minister Dong from the Ministry of Justice had brought people over and mentioned that the old lady had been to Lotus Village.

There's no way such a coincidence could happen. Besides, Madam Luo seems to have a strong aversion to the place names of Qinghe County and Lotus Village. Maybe what this man named Su Dachuan said is all true.

From a young age, people said that he didn't look like any of his brothers in the mansion, and that he didn't look like Minister Luo at all!

Now, the truth is about to be revealed.

Luo Kang tried to remain calm. "Regardless of whether what you're saying is true or false, I just want to know what your purpose is in contacting me?"

Su Dachuan chuckled and said, "Third brother, we're your closest relatives. Look how broke we are. Can't you give your elder brother some money?"

So that's what they wanted: money. Seeing that Su Dachuan and his son were dressed in rags, Luo Kang casually tossed them a small silver ingot worth ten taels.

Su Dachuan looked disgusted. "Third brother, this is far too little."

Luo Kang was much smarter than Su Dachuan. He made an excuse and said, "I need to investigate this matter first. Assuming what you said is true, I will give you a large sum of money. I will never mistreat my family."

With those words, Su Dachuan was finally relieved.

He urged Luo Kang, "Find out the truth as soon as possible, and send me the large sum of money as soon as possible."

"rest assured."

Su Dachuan happily took the silver and went to the tavern.

While drinking, I overheard the guests at the next table talking about the most beautiful courtesan in Yan Hong Lou, and my mouth watered just listening to it.

Su Fugui said expectantly, "Father, how about we go to Yan Hong Lou too?"

Su Dachuan slapped his son on the head. "We only have so much money. How can we afford to squander it in a brothel? We can wait until your third uncle gives us a large sum of money before we go. Don't worry, our wealth and glory are not going to escape us."

I never imagined my parents were so cunning, managing to switch their own son to the Vice Minister's residence. What incredible wealth!

If only he had known that his son, Su Fugui, was born, he would have given him to a rich person instead.

Su Dachuan took a big gulp of baijiu and felt his whole body warm up.

He said with great pride, "Look how good your father is at naming you. I named you Fugui (meaning wealth and honor), so you're destined to be wealthy for life."

Dinner at Vice Minister Luo's residence was lively, with the whole family gathered around a large round table to eat hot pot.

Luo Mingfang exclaimed, "This hot pot tastes really good. Even in the coldest weather, the food stays warm. I heard that the heir of the royal merchant Wang family learned this recipe from a restaurant in Qinghe County."

When Madam Luo heard the words "Qinghe County," she clutched her chest, feeling a bit suffocated.

Luo Kang also reacted strongly, dropping his chopsticks to the ground with a "thud".

I'm really afraid that my imposter status will be exposed, and I don't know if I'll be kicked out of the Luo family mansion.

He had no desire to go to a small place like Qinghe County to farm.

Seeing that everyone at the table was looking at him, Luo Kang tried his best to appear calm and said, "I'm fine, it's just that it's too cold, so I couldn't hold the chopsticks properly."

No, we absolutely cannot let the Luo family find out anything.

Luo Kang's son, Luo Minggeng, felt the atmosphere was too cold, so he wanted to tell an interesting story to liven things up.

"I went to Gu's Teahouse today. I heard that the Prince of Huainan had never been defeated since he started his rebellion, but he suffered a setback when he attacked Qinghe County. A young girl surnamed Su led more than a thousand villagers and drove away the Prince of Huainan's ten thousand elite troops. Isn't that amazing?"

Luo Mingzhen from the third branch of the Luo family clapped her hands and cheered, "Amazing! I told you all long ago, don't underestimate us women. Even that genius painter from Qinghe County is a woman, and I heard she's surnamed Su."

Qinghe County? Surname Su? Luo Kang was holding a bowl of rice when it fell to the ground and shattered with a crash.

The glossy white rice was covered in dust.

Madam Luo was also coughing so hard she could hardly breathe, feeling like her lungs were about to come out.

Mrs. Fan explained, "It's snowing today, and it's very cold. The old lady caught a chill."

Madam Fan instructed the two maids, "Quickly help the old lady back to her room to rest, and put two more charcoal braziers in the room."

After the old lady was helped away, Luo Kang became even more certain of one thing: the old lady had indeed been reacting strongly whenever she heard the name Qinghe County these days.

He guessed that the old lady might already know about the baby swap, just like him.

Luo Mingfang ladled another bowl of rice for Luo Kang and placed it in front of him, asking with concern, "Dad, are you alright? Why did your bowl and chopsticks fall on the floor?"

Luo Kang pretended to ask the maidservant serving at the table for a hand warmer, and sighed, "It's so cold today, my hands won't obey me, so I dropped the chopsticks and bowl."