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

Lord Lin of the Ministry of Revenue hated Miss Su because the girl stole the wealth he had embezzled over the years, wealth that he had painstakingly acquired!

At the morning court session, Lord Lin stepped forward, holding his jade tablet.

"Your Majesty, Miss Su was clearly alive, yet she pretended to be dead, making everyone believe she was dead, almost causing chaos in the capital. This is a crime of deceiving the emperor, and she deserves to be executed!"

Lord Lin has had his embezzlement evidence stolen and has started to give up entirely.

He was going to die anyway, so he planned to take Miss Su with him to the grave.

Although Prime Minister Feng was recuperating at home and did not come, his faction members were still plotting against Miss Su.

Therefore, many officials stepped forward to echo Lord Lin's words.

"Your Majesty, Miss Su harbored malicious intentions; her feigned death caused chaos in the capital, and she deserves to be executed!"

"Your Majesty, I humbly request that you execute Miss Su and restore peace to the Great Qi."

Duke Anguo stepped forward to remind her, "Your Majesty, the Empress of Western Xia is still waiting for Miss Su to help heal her face. If we kill Miss Su, what if the Empress summons snakes again—"

Upon hearing this, all the emperor and his ministers broke out in a cold sweat.

When they went out of the capital to welcome the Western Xia Empress last time, they were terrified. After returning, many ministers had nightmares for several nights in a row, in which they were filled with slippery and terrifying snakes.

Therefore, no one echoed Lord Lin's words anymore.

They planned to wait until the Western Xia Empress recovered from her facial injury and left before having Emperor Qi Jing punish Miss Su.

Lord Xue stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Miss Su did not intentionally deceive the Emperor. She did indeed fall into the Black River and almost died. She barely recovered and went out to clarify the situation as soon as she recovered, letting the people know that she was still alive and calming their restless hearts in time."

Emperor Qi Jing, sitting on the golden dragon throne, yawned several times in a row.

He was so worried about Miss Su's death that he couldn't sleep well for several nights.

The Empress Dowager was heartbroken and cried constantly. His own uncle also came to the palace every day to scold him, saying that he was useless and could not save his people.

Even the Western Xia's Grand Preceptor, acting on the Empress's orders, entered the palace to threaten him, saying that if the Great Qi could not heal the Empress's face, all the people of the Great Qi would become food for poisonous snakes.

At that time, Emperor Qi Jing thought that it would be great if Miss Su were still alive. When they were welcoming the Empress of Western Xia outside the capital, it was only because Miss Su summoned bees and wasps that they were able to fight against the Empress of Western Xia.

With Miss Su around, he was no longer afraid of the threat from the Western Xia.

So, Emperor Qi Jing was overjoyed that Miss Su hadn't died.

The Empress Dowager stopped causing trouble in front of him, his maternal uncle stopped causing trouble, and his cousin certainly wouldn't cause trouble when he returned to the capital.

We can also give an explanation to the Empress of Western Xia. Since Miss Su is not dead, we can help the Empress heal her face.

For Emperor Qi Jing, the fact that Miss Su was still alive was incredibly good news.

He had no interest in investigating why Miss Su hadn't died.

Being alive is better than anything else.

Emperor Qi Jing coughed twice and said, "Let Miss Su be punished by healing the face of the Western Xia Empress to atone for her sins. I am tired, court is adjourned."

Lord Lin's faction was indignant. His Majesty's lenient treatment of Miss Su for deceiving the emperor was too much of a favor to her.

Although they were dissatisfied, they dared not be too impulsive as to contradict the emperor.

Marquis Guiping woke up late today and by the time he arrived for the morning court session, it had already ended.

Lord Xue hurriedly ran to Marquis Guiping and repeated what Lord Lin had said, "My lord, Lord Lin of the Ministry of Revenue spoke ill of Miss Su to His Majesty today..."

Marquis Guiping has a fiery temper; he's easily provoked.

"Outrageous! How dare that Lin bully my future daughter-in-law! I'll beat him to death!"

When Marquis Guiping saw Lord Lin walking a few dozen meters ahead, whispering and talking with several officials, he knew that Lord Lin was probably talking about his future daughter-in-law at the Ququ Marquis's residence again, and he couldn't stand it at all.

Marquis Guiping immediately rolled up his sleeves and chased after him.

Lord Lin heard something amiss behind him, turned around, and saw that Marquis Guiping was chasing after him menacingly, clearly there to beat him up.

What bad luck! Marquis Guiping hasn't attended court for days, so why did he have to come today?

Lord Lin quickly asked several officials with whom he had a good relationship, "Could you please help me block them?"

Then he ran away quickly.

But no one dared to stop Gui Pinghou, who was a ruthless and unscrupulous man who dared to hit even the emperor and was capable of accidentally killing someone.

They were unwilling to be Lord Lin's scapegoats.

So everyone quickly made way for Marquis Guiping, so that it would be easier for him to catch up.

Before they even left the palace gates, a sharp-eyed eunuch helped restrain Lord Lin and boasted to Marquis Guiping, "My lord, this servant has captured the man for you."

Marquis Guiping knocked Lord Lin down with a single punch.

Several bloody teeth lay on the ground, a sight that saddened the surrounding officials.

Several of them had attacked Miss Su during the morning court session. Fortunately, the Marquis arrived late and didn't know, so he only managed to target Lord Lin, the one who stood out.

Marquis Guiping mounted Lord Lin and kept swinging his fists.

"Miss Su is the most valued future daughter-in-law of our Marquis's mansion. You surnamed Lin, how dare you say that Miss Su is deceiving the emperor and even ask His Majesty to execute her? You dog, believe me or not, I'll kill you right now."

There were hundreds of civil and military officials standing nearby, but not one of them dared to step in and break up the fight.

Lord Lin was completely overwhelmed by Marquis Guiping, and felt like his ribs were about to be broken.

This is so unlucky, someone please help him!

He looked at the officials who were also part of the prime minister's faction, but they all avoided his pleading gaze.

Lord Xue stood aside watching the commotion, pretending to be unintentional, and accidentally stepped on Lord Lin's left hand with his right foot, deliberately grinding it several times.

You bastard, you dared to target Miss Su? I'll cripple your hands!

Lord Lin cried out in pain in his left hand, sounding like a pig being slaughtered.

In the end, Lord Lin was carried back to the Lin family home.

Seeing the pillar of the Lin family so badly injured, the Lin family was heartbroken, and their sorrowful cries echoed for half a street.

Gong Yu, who had been sent out by the emperor, has finally returned.

He had already received news from the capital. Although he knew that Su Qianqian was safe and sound and had not been harmed, he still hurried back to the capital ahead of schedule.

I didn't sleep for two whole days and nights, and three horses died from exhaustion.

When Gong Yu returned to the capital, his eyes were dark and red, like a rabbit's, and he had grown a stubble. He looked extremely haggard.

Upon seeing Su Qianqian, he immediately went forward and hugged her tightly.

Although he knew his daughter was very capable, he still couldn't help but worry.

"Girl, I will resign from my post today and never take on any more missions. Nothing is more important than you."

Su Qianqian quickly poured Gong Yu a cup of tea with spiritual spring water added. "Drink it quickly. You haven't slept for two days and two nights. You can't take it."