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

Xiangming reminded him, "Please, Minister Luo, hand over the ten thousand taels as soon as possible. My young lady does not wish to stay in the Luo residence for even a moment longer."

Minister Luo frowned deeply. This granddaughter was truly unfilial, daring to demand a debt from her own grandfather, showing him no respect whatsoever.

Truly cold-blooded and ruthless.

Vice Minister Luo couldn't come up with 10,000 taels, but he didn't want Mingfang to be sent to the government office, so he could only play the emotional card.

"Miss Su, you and the Luo family are blood relatives, and although you have never admitted it, it does not change the fact that you are of Luo blood. You have no need to viciously send Mingfang to the government. Once a young lady enters the government, her reputation will be ruined. How will she ever get married? You are trying to ruin her life. You are extremely malicious."

"Your position and Mingfang's position were switched by someone, so everything you have today should belong to Mingfang. You should be grateful to Mingfang. Mingfang only ordered someone to destroy your table. There's no need to make a fuss over such a small matter."

Upon hearing this, Luo Wen, the clan chief standing nearby, completely lost faith in Minister Luo.

Such a fool is not worthy of the support of the Luo family of Sicheng.

He decided never to come to the Luo residence again. It was impossible for him to curry favor with Miss Su; he would be lucky not to offend her completely.

He no longer dared to compete for the renovation business of Rongyangtang.

Xiangming was utterly speechless, utterly shocked by Luo Shilang's distorted values.

How could you say such shameless things? My daughter's achievements were earned step by step through her own hard work, not something that came out of thin air.

Luo Mingfang, who only knows how to play tricks all day long, has no skills whatsoever. She can't even figure out how to play tricks properly. What right does she have to be compared to my daughter!

Do you think my young lady doesn't know that Luo Mingfang is taking the blame for Murong Yan? She's just taking this opportunity to come and see what kind of place the Luo family is.

Even the Luo family, which doesn't even acknowledge its own son and granddaughter, is nothing more than this, a dilapidated scene throughout the courtyard!

Imagine a high-ranking official of the third rank in the imperial court, whose study couldn't even have a decent piece of furniture—how utterly shameful!

Su Qianqian took out a stack of papers and slapped them onto the desk in Luo Shilang's room.

"Minister Luo, your wife received a lot of money and valuables in your name along the way on her journey south to Qinghe County. It's all clearly written down. Take a look for yourself."

As Vice Minister Luo picked up the paper and began to read it, his hands slowly began to tremble, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

He discovered that the time, place, and people involved were all recorded in great detail, and there were even signatures and fingerprints of the bribe-givers on it.

This girl is really ruthless; she even dares to threaten her own grandfather.

If the descendants of this family had even half the skills of this girl, the Luo family would surely prosper for centuries. What a pity!

In fact, Vice Minister Luo had already learned from Fan Dajiang about his wife accepting bribes, but since it was already a fact, he couldn't change it. Moreover, he felt that those who offered bribes were of low rank and wouldn't dare to cause trouble for him, a third-rank official.

But I never expected that this little girl would know so much detail.

Looking at the withered old tree outside the window, Su Qianqian said, "Lord Luo, if this evidence were presented to His Majesty, I wonder if the entire Luo family would be raided and exiled?"

Vice Minister Luo had no choice but to sign the IOU, which stated that he would repay the loan within six months, or he would resign and return to Jiangnan to retire.

He'll remember this grudge. Next time he gets the chance, he'll definitely retaliate fiercely.

Su Qianqian took the IOU and walked out of the study, strolling through the Luo family garden.

All I could see was green grass, not a single flower in sight. And there were several servants gambling openly in the courtyard, making a racket like a vegetable market.

Upon arriving at the gate, they discovered that the two guards were already drunk, sitting inside drinking in broad daylight, with one of them lying on the ground.

The residence of a high-ranking official of the third rank is so poorly managed that it is worse than that of a seventh-rank county magistrate.

After arriving in the capital, she visited many houses, and each one was well-managed, except for the Luo family mansion, which was in a mess.

This scene foreshadows the decline of the Luo family.

However, the decline of the Luo family had nothing to do with her.

Luo Wen, the patriarch of the Luo clan, caught up with Su Qianqian.

"Miss Su, Miss Su, I am Luo Wen, the patriarch of the Luo clan of Sicheng. May I trouble you for a moment? I would like to ask if you have received the fifty thousand taels that Minister Luo gave you earlier?"

Su Qianqian told the truth: "No, he has never given me any money."

Luo Wen was convinced that Miss Su would not lie, therefore the one who was lying was Minister Luo.

It's truly astonishing that a high-ranking official of the third rank would cheat his clansmen out of their money. He's going to the study right now to find Minister Luo and get to the bottom of this.

In the study, Luo Mingfang was crying her eyes out.

"Grandfather, it's all my fault. I really didn't know that her broken table was worth ten thousand taels. I would sell myself to pay back that ten thousand taels and I would never make things difficult for you."

Luo Mingfang would never sell herself; she was just saying nice things to appease Minister Luo.

She grew up by Luo Shilang's side and knew him very well, knowing that he was a fool who liked to hear flattery.

Minister Luo was indeed very moved. "Mingfang, I'm sorry you've been wronged. Don't worry, Grandfather will find a way to pay back the ten thousand taels. This is what our Luo family owes you. If the child swap hadn't happened, her current status and wealth should have belonged to you. It was our Luo family's descendants who stole your things. Our Luo family has wronged you."

Luo Wen walked back to his study and found the grandfather and grandson crying bitterly.

It's absolutely disgusting. Boys and girls shouldn't sit together after the age of three. How can this grandmother and grandson be hugging so intimately?

Moreover, these two people have a problem with their perception. The victim didn't say anything, but you troublemakers are acting all wronged.

"Nephew, I just asked Miss Su, and she said she didn't receive that 50,000 taels. You need to tell me quickly, where did that 50,000 taels go?"

At this point, Minister Luo had no choice but to reveal that he had been cheated out of money by Fang Cheng.

"Chieftain, we are of the same clan and our fates are intertwined. You must help me."

Luo Wen wasn't one to act on emotion, and coldly replied, "Since you don't have any money right now, then write an IOU."

Vice Minister Luo was quite angry. Everyone came to him asking for money, and everyone bullied him.

"Luo Wen, are you sure the Luo family of Sicheng will no longer need to rely on me, the Vice Minister?"

Luo Wen was now completely unkind to Vice Minister Luo, saying, "I'm sorry, but I only have high hopes for Miss Su right now. I have no respect for you, Vice Minister Luo, who is blind to both eyes and mind. I advise you to be more careful in the future, lest you cause a major incident and implicate your entire clan."

Luo Mingfang quietly left the study, leaving Vice Minister Luo to deal with the Luo family patriarch.

She went back to her room to change her clothes and touch up her makeup, then took her maid to the Murong family.

After Vice Minister Luo finished writing the IOU to Luo Wen, he opened the door to the study's cubicle and was stunned.

The room was empty. Inside were a dozen or so unusual stone ornaments, his only hobby in life, and also his greatest hobby.

He hadn't been willing to sell the rare stone even with money so scarce, but now it had vanished into thin air.

Minister Luo sat in the empty cubicle, weeping bitterly.

Prime Minister Feng liked to collect antique vases, but he preferred rare stones and ornaments. The rare stones and ornaments in his house were accumulated over the decades and were his greatest wealth.

How did they all disappear all of a sudden?

Minister Luo was heartbroken! He felt it was all because his granddaughter was so unlucky; the moment that girl came to the Luo residence, his most treasured rare stone was lost.

I hope that girl never comes here again.

After returning to her residence, Su Qianqian took out the strange stone ornaments from her spatial storage.

She discovered that the rugged and strangely shaped stones in Luo Shilang's collection were quite beautiful, including red, black, and yellow ones, and each with a different shape. One of them was a stone shaped like an old man paying homage to his elders, perfectly formed by nature, and definitely a treasure.

There is also a meat-shaped stone that looks just like real pork belly. If you don't touch it, you won't know it's a stone.

Hehe, she had already had someone find out the details of the Luo family, knowing that Minister Luo was fond of collecting rare stones and ornaments.

Since Vice Minister Luo has accused her of being vicious to her face, she must show him how vicious she really is, otherwise she would be letting herself down.

Right now, Minister Luo should be crying over the stone at the Luo residence, haha.

Meanwhile, Luo Mingfang changed into her best clothes and jewelry and went to the Murong family.

She didn't expect that the gatekeeper would let her through as soon as she mentioned her identity.

Luo Mingfang felt very proud, being able to move freely in the Murong family's home. She knew that the Murong family was not a place that just anyone could enter.

She followed the servant leading the way, looking left and right, feeling like she couldn't take it all in.

The Murong family's garden is truly beautiful.

Looking at the peonies in full bloom throughout the garden, I was filled with emotion.

The Murong family is indeed wealthy, as they casually placed the rare green peony in a corner.

I'm sure I'll be able to easily get 10,000 taels in compensation later.

I can keep all the money for myself, and even if I leave the Luo family, I can still live a life of wealth and luxury.