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

After all the officials had left.

Vice Minister Luo remained standing at the palace gate, as still as a stone statue.

No wonder Su Bing looks so much like him, no wonder he feels inexplicably close to Su Bing.

It turns out that Su Bing was his biological son.

So the little girl surnamed Su is his granddaughter.

He actually has such an outstanding granddaughter! So the descendants of the Luo family are not all useless.

Thinking about this, Vice Minister Luo felt a pang of regret. He had just been scheming against his own granddaughter in court; it was truly inappropriate of him.

Attendant Fan Dajiang asked, "Master, are we going to the Ministry of Justice prison again?"

Vice Minister Luo originally planned to visit Luo Kang in the Ministry of Justice prison after the morning court session. Even though such an unbelievable thing happened, it did not affect his decision to visit Luo Kang.

After all, he's a son she's raised for decades, so there's bound to be some affection for him.

"Let's go, to the Ministry of Justice prison now."

On his way to the Ministry of Justice, Vice Minister Luo stopped by Gu's Teahouse.

He wanted to ask Su Bing for some silver notes to give to his eldest son, Luo Kang.

Given how profitable Gu's Teahouse is, it's normal for Su Bing to casually give his own father several thousand taels of silver.

It's a pity I heard that Su Bing has already left the capital, otherwise I would have been able to meet him and express my longing for him.

Luo, the Vice Minister, said to the shopkeeper Xu Ruofeng, "I didn't know that I was actually your master's grandfather. I wonder if you could give me some rice candy? My eldest son is suffering in prison and he loves rice candy the most."

Xu Ruofeng was speechless. This Minister Luo was really shameless, using blood ties to ask for rice candy for his fake son.

During his time at Gu's Restaurant in Qinghe County, he heard that the Su family treated the Su Dong family particularly cruelly. As a result, Su Dong's grandfather did not complain about the Su family, but instead treated his adopted son as a treasure.

"Sorry, our Gu Ji rice candy can only be purchased by queuing."

Minister Luo was surprised that such a small request was rejected. If he really went to queue up to buy it, he might not be able to buy it even if he queued until dark. This shopkeeper was too young and did not understand human relationships at all.

"Young manager, if your boss finds out that you rejected her own grandfather, you might not be able to continue as manager."

After finishing his sentence, Vice Minister Luo angrily turned and left.

Xu Ruofeng walked out the door and spat at Luo Shilang's back.

"Pah! They spend all day targeting Miss Su in court, and they still have the nerve to come here asking for things? They're shameless!"

In the Ministry of Justice's prison, Old Mrs. Su, Old Mr. Su, and Luo Kang were all imprisoned in the same place.

The crime committed by Old Mrs. Su and Old Mr. Su was to switch children. This crime was so rare that it was not written in the laws of Daqi, so there was no punishment to refer to. They could be released after being imprisoned for a few months.

Perhaps due to the shock, the stroke-stricken old man, Su, suddenly regained consciousness.

He looked at Luo Kang with tears streaming down his face, "My son, my son."

She painstakingly planned for her son's well-being, wanting him to be a superior person, but her son ended up becoming a murderer.

So Old Man Su regretted it deeply, regretting that he shouldn't have switched the children back then.

Grandma Su approached step by step, wanting to hug her son.

Her son was given to the Luo family just a few days after he was born, and she hardly ever held him.

And I heard that her son has already passed the imperial examination and become a scholar. Her son is truly outstanding!

"Get out of my way!" Luo Kang pushed Old Madam Su to the ground and looked at her with disdain.

If you were to ask who he hated the most, it would undoubtedly be this elderly couple.

Since you switched the children, you should have taken the secret to your grave. Why reveal it? Why send your son and grandson to extort money?

They clearly see him as a cash cow, yet they say such nice things about him.

They even said that exchanging children was for his own good, to give him a life of luxury, but it was clearly for their own benefit.

"Get out of here, I will never acknowledge you as my family."

Since Vice Minister Luo couldn't get the rice candy, he could only buy some braised dishes from Fushunlou and bring them to the Ministry of Justice prison.

When Vice Minister Luo followed the jailer to the prison gate, he saw that his eldest son had lost a lot of weight and felt very distressed.

"Kang'er, my Kang'er, you've lost weight."

Luo Kang was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes, and he called out "Father" with deep emotion.

He thought that Vice Minister Luo would abandon him after learning the truth, but he didn't expect that Vice Minister Luo would not give up on him, which gave him hope again.

Luo Kang has been sentenced to exile, and his family is allowed to visit him in prison.

But his biological son Minggeng and daughter Mingfang neither came to see him, probably because they were afraid of being implicated by their father.

Only Vice Minister Luo did not abandon him, which deeply moved Luo Kang.

Luo Shilang was particularly saddened. His eldest son, Luo Kang, was his first child, so he had always doted on him.

"Kang'er, it's all my fault for being useless. I neglected you. If I had noticed earlier that someone was blackmailing you, things wouldn't have turned out this way. I am entirely to blame for how you've ended up like this."

At this moment, Minister Luo was filled with remorse and tears welled up in his eyes, feeling that it was all his fault.

Recently, there have been too many things going on at the Luo family's residence, and his wife has suffered a stroke. The burden of the entire household rests on his shoulders, which is why Vice Minister Luo has aged considerably in an instant.

My hair, which was originally a bit gray, turned completely white in a short period of time.

Because Vice Minister Luo held a high-ranking position, the jailer was very polite and took the initiative to step forward and help open the cell door.

As soon as the prison door opened, Luo Kang rushed forward and hugged Vice Minister Luo, because Vice Minister Luo was the only lifeline he could grasp.

"Father, please help me think of another way. I don't want to be exiled to this desolate place."

Vice Minister Luo did not want his eldest son to be exiled to such a place, as even the strongest man would not survive for more than a few years there.

Unfortunately, there's no turning back now, since even His Majesty knows about this case.

Even if they spend a lot of money, no one dares to tamper with this case now.

"Kang'er, don't worry, I will arrange for the officials to take good care of you on your journey to exile. I will also take good care of your biological parents. Don't worry."

When Luo Kang heard Vice Minister Luo mention his biological parents, he felt very agitated, but he didn't dare to say anything.

He wouldn't shed a tear even if his biological parents died right in front of him.

However, his adoptive father, Vice Minister Luo, seemed to care quite a bit about the elderly couple in the Su family, so he didn't dare to confront them in front of his adoptive father.

As for Old Mrs. Su and Old Mr. Su, knowing that the man surnamed Luo in front of them was a high-ranking official, they huddled in a corner, pretending to be quails.

They were afraid that the man surnamed Luo would investigate the matter of them switching children, but to their surprise, the man surnamed Luo didn't hate them at all.

They even said they would help Luo Kang take care of them.

They had already confessed to switching the child and abusing Su Bing in the main hall of the Ministry of Justice, and I believe that Vice Minister Luo already knew about it.

The fact that Vice Minister Luo did not pursue the matter of their mistreatment of Su Bing shows that he favored Luo Kang more and did not like Su Bing.

The elderly couple felt very gratified.

Meanwhile, at the Luo residence, Luo Mingfang and Luo Minggeng both learned the truth.

It turns out that their father was not the Luo family's biological father, but rather the child had been switched at birth.

Both of them were filled with anxiety, wondering if Vice Minister Luo would look down on them for usurping his place and kick them out of the mansion after he returned home.

Ever since Fang Cheng moved into the Luo residence, Luo Mingfang's heart has been captivated by him.

Feeling upset, she went to Fang Cheng to confide in him.

"Young Master Fang, I... I'm not actually the Luo family's biological granddaughter..."

Luo Mingfang could not accept that her true identity was not that of a noblewoman, but rather a coarse peasant woman.

Why does God have to play such a cruel trick on people?

Luo Mingfang was crying with tears streaming down her face. Today she was wearing a light purple dress with a cinched waist, and she looked thin and frail, which was very pitiful.

She inherited her looks from the Su family and wasn't particularly pretty, but a woman's appearance is 70% natural and 30% about how she dresses up, so when she was dressed up, she still looked quite pretty.

Ever since Fang Cheng first entered the mansion, he felt that Su Bing looked too much like the Luo family. He never expected that it was because the Su family elders had switched children.

It's a pity. If he had arrived in the capital sooner, he would have had a chance to stop Luo Kang from committing murder and keep the truth buried forever. He didn't want Su Qianqian to have a powerful grandfather like Minister Luo!

"It's alright. I can tell that Minister Luo truly loves you and Minggeng. Even if you're not his biological children, he won't kick you out of the manor."

Fang Cheng carefully comforted Luo Mingfang for a few moments, and already had a plan in mind.

He had been deliberately trying to create a chance encounter with Luo Mingfang in order to become Luo's grandson-in-law.

Now we can only wait and see how Vice Minister Luo treats Mingfang.

If Vice Minister Luo still dotes on his granddaughter Luo Mingfang, then he will continue to treat her well.

If Vice Minister Luo drives Luo Mingfang out of the Luo family, then his relationship with Luo Mingfang will be over.

Fang Cheng was very confident. There were plenty of high-ranking officials in the capital, and with his talent and looks, it wouldn't be difficult for him to find another high-ranking official's daughter.

He used to have a narrow mind in Qinghe County, and actually set his sights on the magistrate's niece.

If he had gone to Beijing earlier, he might have already successfully married into a powerful family.