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

Despite having dark circles under his eyes, Minister Song of the Court of Judicial Review met with Emperor Qi Jing before the morning court session.

He placed a foot-thick stack of evidence in front of Emperor Qi Jing.

"Your Majesty, this is evidence of corruption among court officials provided by Prime Minister Feng, which involves many people..."

Lord Song mentioned many people's names, but not his own.

When Emperor Jing of Qi heard from Minister Song that most of the officials had been implicated, he was quite surprised.

He always knew that some of his officials were greedy.

But for the emperor, whether officials were corrupt or not was not the most important thing.

Whether or not you are on his side is what he cares about most.

Corrupt officials are easier to control, so Emperor Jing of Qi always tolerated them.

Unexpectedly, the officials were so greedy that they became corrupt by the entire staff.

If all these corrupt officials were arrested, the court would be unable to function, the people would lose faith in the court, and the Great Qi Dynasty would be in grave danger.

As an emperor, he was taught the ways of keeping the people ignorant from a young age.

He knew that this matter absolutely could not be exposed, and the people could not know the truth, otherwise they would be disappointed with the court and would rise up in rebellion.

Emperor Qi Jing said sternly, "Burn all this evidence and release Prime Minister Feng as well."

He felt uneasy about letting Lord Song take the documents back to burn, so he personally supervised Eunuch Fu until the documents were burned to ashes before going to the morning court session.

This caused the start time of the morning court session to be delayed considerably.

After Emperor Qi Jing went to court, he did not focus his attention on the corrupt officials, but instead looked at a few honest people, such as Minister Xue of the Ministry of Rites.

In the world of black crows, white swans are guilty.

Emperor Jing of Qi thought to himself, "No official is without corruption, so if Lord Xue and the others are not corrupt, they might be plotting something big! Maybe they want to overthrow the Qi dynasty."

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After returning to the Sifang Pavilion from the banquet at the Plum Garden, the Seventh Prince kept his eyes open until dawn.

He had been waiting for news, waiting for good news from the Blood Fiend Alliance.

However, Su Xiaobao did not leave the plum garden at the time they expected. Instead, Su Qianqian kept him overnight, and he left after having breakfast during the day.

Before lunch, good news finally came from the Seventh Prince's side.

"Seventh Prince, the Blood Fiend Alliance's actions have been remarkably successful; the person has been successfully captured."

The Seventh Prince had lost face at the banquet yesterday and had been wearing a gloomy expression ever since, but he finally smiled.

Su Qianqian, just wait for an even fiercer revenge.

No matter how capable you are, you can't possibly have the energy to take care of all your family members.

He'll kidnap Su Xiaobao first, and then kidnap Su Ping'an, who's at the Pengcheng Gu Ji branch, on the way back to Nan Yue.

Kill Su Qianqian's younger brother and older brother, and let's see what she's got to be so arrogant about!

Then no one will call her a lucky star anymore; the person who killed her family will only be a jinx.

Su Qianqian, you will soon find out how terrible the consequences of offending the Southern Yue Kingdom are!

"Ah Liu, go and tell the chefs at Sifang Pavilion to cook a few more elaborate dishes for lunch and send over a few more jugs of fine wine. I'm going to have a good drink today."

"Yes, Seventh Prince."

The Third Prince has been keeping an eye on the Seventh Prince. I heard that the Seventh Prince is in a very good mood, not only is he smiling, but he's also going to drink to celebrate at noon.

The Third Prince sensed something was amiss. His Seventh Brother was someone he always loathed, and after being humiliated by Miss Su yesterday, he shouldn't be happy.

Could it be that the Seventh Prince secretly took revenge and succeeded?

The Third Prince quickly ran to the Seventh Prince's room.

"Seventh Brother, you must not lay a hand on that Miss Su. You can't afford to offend that girl. You saw it yesterday too. That girl didn't even give the Emperor any face and broke Miss Murong's arm in public."

The Seventh Prince laughed, a laugh that was calm and collected.

The Third Prince may be afraid of Miss Su, but he is not.

No matter how outrageous his actions, the Emperor of Qi would not dare to kill him.

"Third brother, mind your own business. Father sent you here to protect me, not to control me. I am the future emperor of the Southern Yue Kingdom. You'd better curry favor with me, and I will spare your life when I ascend to a high position in the future. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite."

The third prince returned to his room, his expression becoming very calm, showing no anger whatsoever.

For an unfavored prince like him to vie for the throne of Nan Yue would be an impossible task, but now things have changed.

The Miss Su who dared to dislocate Murong Yan's arm was that variable; Miss Su was the best gift God had given him.

If Seventh Brother really angers Miss Su, he will definitely not have a good ending.

Once the Seventh Prince dies or becomes crippled, he, the unfavored prince, will also have a chance to contend for the throne.

His act of dissuading them was all for the South Vietnamese soldiers to see; so many people saw it, and he fulfilled his duty to dissuade them.

Whether the Seventh Prince dies or is crippled, the old emperor will have no way to blame him.

Su Qianqian was feeding the golden eagle. This golden eagle was a bit temperamental. It didn't give her any face when she fed it the leftover beef from the banquet, and it wouldn't even glance at it.

Eagles are somewhat unruly creatures; they've always been free and unrestrained, and suddenly being confined in a cage is very unsettling for them.

Unless you make it bow down and acknowledge you as its master, it will fly away immediately if you open the cage and never come back.

Su Qianqian decided to starve the eagle first, until it lost its temper.

Just as she was about to remove the wooden basin containing the beef from beside the cage, Mo Xiaobei ran over.

"Miss, something terrible has happened! The young master has been kidnapped!"

Su Qianqian had already arranged for four experts to protect her younger brother. Who else could have kidnapped him among these four experts, besides the national advisors of Xixia and Nanyue?

The Blood Fiend Alliance is one of them. I heard that the Murong family has two guards who are also very skilled in martial arts.

So let's start with these two aspects.

Su Qianqian instructed the maids and servants beside her: "You must never tell my father and mother about Xiaobao being kidnapped."

Given her timid nature, Gu Shi would probably faint from fright upon hearing this.

Su Qianqian hurriedly went to Marquis Guiping to ask for the big white dog, hoping that the dog could find her brother by following his scent.

The big white dog was kept by the Marquis of Guiping's side, and the Marquis of Guiping even named the big white dog Xiaoxue.

"Uncle, I need to borrow Xiaoxue for a moment. Xiaobao has been kidnapped, and the longer we delay, the more dangerous it will be."

Upon hearing this, Marquis Guiping also became anxious.

"Okay, you should take Xiaoxue away quickly. I'll gather people right now to search for Xiaobao together."

Marquis Guiping quickly gathered all the male servants together, intending to personally lead a search party to help find Xiaobao.

"Steward Liu, hurry and wake the young master. Tell him something terrible has happened."

Because the Crown Prince had gone to the grasslands to search for the golden eagle, he hadn't slept for seven days and seven nights, so he had been sleeping soundly since last night.

But after being shaken awake, he learned that Miss Su's younger brother had been kidnapped, so he immediately washed up and went to the plum garden.