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

Su Qianqian lit the oil lamp and saw the beautiful antiques on the display shelf.

Lord Lin's study is quite impressive.

She had arrived outside the study long ago and clearly saw how Lord Lin opened the secret room.

Turn the gold-plated conical bowl on the antique shelf to open the secret room, and you'll find not only gold and silver jewelry, but also account books.

I casually flipped through the account books, and they were full of evidence of Lord Lin's embezzlement.

Very good. With these three ledgers in hand, we can get rid of another big corrupt official.

Unfortunately, the account book's records failed to implicate Prime Minister Feng; indeed, experience truly matters.

Su Qianqian directly stored all the gold, silver, and jade in the secret room into her spatial storage.

After she came out of the secret room, she also took away all the beautiful ornaments on the display shelf.

The bookshelves, which were once overflowing with books, were all stored in the space.

Even the writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone on the desk were all taken away.

Before dawn, before the roosters crowed, Lord Lin's attendant, A'da, ran into the study, wanting to wake Lord Lin to attend the morning court session.

When they went inside, they found that the whole house had been completely changed.

The room was empty; Lord Lin was not sleeping on the small couch in the study, but lying on the floor.

Ah Da was terrified. He went forward and touched Lin's body, only to find that it was still warm and could be saved.

He pinched the web between the thumb and index finger of Lord Lin's left hand hard for a long time before finally waking him up.

"Lord Lin, have you been attacked by thieves? This servant will go and report to the authorities immediately."

Lord Lin looked up and saw the open door to the secret room. He knew in his heart that something terrible had happened. The account books and valuables hidden inside were probably in grave danger.

"No, there's no need to report to the authorities. Go and fetch a doctor."

After Lord Lin finished speaking, he fainted again.

After the morning court session began, Emperor Jing of Qi noticed that several of his most important ministers were missing.

"What's going on? Why didn't Lord Lin from the Ministry of Revenue come today?"

The Minister of Revenue replied, "Your Majesty, Lord Lin's attendant just ran to me outside the palace gates and said that Lord Lin was frightened last night and a physician was called to treat him, but he has not yet been able to be revived, so he will have to be absent today."

To show his concern for his minister, Emperor Jing of Qi said, "Xiao Fuzi, go and summon the imperial physician to treat Lord Lin."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Emperor Qi Jing discovered that the chubby Lord Xue had also not come.

"Where has Lord Xue from the Ministry of Rites gone?"

Vice Minister Luo stepped forward and replied, "Your Majesty, Miss Su fell into the Black River, and Lord Xue and his wife jumped into the river to save her."

The people described it vividly: when Lord Xue and his wife ran to the riverbank, Lady Xue pushed Lord Xue so that she could jump into the river to save people before him.

But I heard that the couple were both landlubbers and couldn't swim at all.

What an incredibly foolish couple.

Emperor Qi Jing sighed and said, "That couple is indeed benevolent and righteous."

In fact, Emperor Qi Jing had already learned about Miss Su's accidental fall into the river.

Last night, his only uncle came to the palace crying and pleading with him to catch the culprit who harmed Miss Su.

In fact, there was no murderer at all; it was clearly an accident. The people on the street all saw it: the horse pulling the cart suddenly went mad, which is why it was pulled into the Heihe River.

Emperor Qi thought of his cousin Gong Yu, who was still away on a mission. When Gong Yu returned and learned that his fiancée had died, he would definitely blame him, the emperor, for not protecting her.

And then there's the Empress of Western Xia, who came specifically for Miss Su.

Now that Miss Su is dead, I wonder how the Empress will make things difficult for the Great Qi.

Ugh, all these things are so annoying, they're making me worry about nothing.

"I order you to send more experienced people to discuss how to retrieve the body."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "Try to salvage the items without sacrificing lives."

Emperor Jing of Qi was in a bad mood and dismissed the court session immediately.

The morning court session ended before dawn.

The ministers emerged from the palace, each with a strange expression on their face.

Today's morning court session ended earlier than ever before.

After the ministers left the palace by carriage, they noticed that many houses along the way had white banners hanging outside their gates.

That's for guiding the soul of the dead; it's usually hung when a close family member passes away.

Moreover, the ministers noticed that many people on the streets had changed out of their colorful clothes and put on white mourning clothes.

It seems that Miss Su's death has had a great impact on the Great Qi.

If the King of Huainan were to learn that his mortal enemy, Miss Su, had died, he might launch a full-scale attack without any scruples.

Luo, the Vice Minister, wanted to buy some Wu Ji soup dumplings, which Mingfang liked, on his way back, only to find that this century-old soup dumpling shop, which never closes, was closed today.

I overheard the people talking at the entrance and learned that the owner of Wu's Soup Dumplings had taken his employees to the Heihe River to burn paper money for Miss Su.

Minister Luo was furious. This century-old shop had actually closed down because of that girl, preventing his Mingfang from eating her favorite soup dumplings. What did that girl's death have to do with Wu's Soup Dumplings?

"I heard that the old master's grandson was bitten by a venomous snake a few days ago, but the clinic was out of snake venom antidote. Then I heard that Gu's Teahouse was offering free treatment for snake venom, so I took my grandson there, and to my surprise, he was cured."

"Yes, yes, ever since the Empress of Western Xia arrived, there have been more and more snakes in the capital. My cousin was bitten by a poisonous snake, and it was Miss Su's free medicine that cured him. Miss Su is so kind!"

"Snake venom antidote is extremely expensive these days, but Miss Su provides it to the people for free. I've heard that Gu's Teahouse saves many lives every day. Miss Su is truly a living bodhisattva who rescues those in distress!"

There were many people sobbing and crying all around.

"Heaven is truly blind, taking away such a good person as Miss Su."

"Shh, Miss Su might have become an immortal."

Standing outside the gate of Wu's Soup Dumplings, Luo Shilang listened to the conversation of the crowd, feeling extremely irritable and uncomfortable.

That girl can provide snake venom antidote for free, but she's just being rich and powerful.

This wealth and reputation should have belonged to Mingfang. It was all because of the old lady of the Su family who switched the children that Mingfang's opportunity was taken away by that girl!

Fortunately, that troublesome girl finally died, and everything came to an end.

This is a cause for celebration, and Vice Minister Luo plans to buy some fine wine and food today to celebrate.

But he had no money left, so he had to go back to his family home and pawn the ancestral shop.

When the carriage passed by the Heihe River, Vice Minister Luo was choked by the fumes and coughed repeatedly.

They found that both sides of the river were densely packed with people burning paper money.

The sound of wailing was deafening.

"May Miss Su rest in peace."

"Miss Su must be reborn into a good family in her next life."

Someone recognized Minister Luo in the carriage and suddenly exclaimed, "I heard that Minister Luo is Miss Su's biological grandfather, yet he looks down on Miss Su."

The crowd went wild and swarmed around Minister Luo.

Some people threw stones into the carriage, while others poured water into it.

Luo Shilang's clothes were quickly soaked, and he also got a big bump on his head.

The people were still not satisfied. Unity is strength, and many people pushed horse-drawn carts toward the Heihe River.

Minister Luo was terrified. Did they intend to push him into the Black River and have him buried with that girl?