Lu Yonglin thanked him profusely and ran out excitedly. He needed to go to the Jingzhao government office as soon as possible to ask Prefect Wu to arrest the people from the Zhongyong Earl's Mansion.

"Xianya, did he not pay the divination fee?" Qi Chengshuo asked with a smile.

Ye Xianya was taken aback upon hearing this, then laughed: "He didn't give it, but never mind. Lord Lu is penniless right now, so let's not make things difficult for him. Once he comes to his senses, he'll have someone send the divination fee over."

"Penniless!" Qi Chengshuo was somewhat surprised.

"This Lord Lu never accepts bribes and can be considered truly incorruptible. He also loves his wife and two children very much and can't bear to let them live a life of poverty, so he has to be frugal with himself. Last year, he solved many cases, and at the beginning of this year, the Minister of Justice rewarded him for his merits. Lord Lu received a reward of three hundred taels of silver, which he usually doesn't spend, but he gave it all to his wife a few days ago."

Ye Xianya laughed as she spoke: "He came to me today to have his fortune told. He gritted his teeth and borrowed ten taels of silver from a colleague as payment for the divination. He asked Lu Ping to keep it, but Lu Ping has already been sent to the Jingzhao government office. Of course, Lu Yonglin has no money left."

Qi Chengshuo rarely saw such an official and couldn't help but exclaim, "He is indeed a good official."

"Yes, so his luck has come. The Minister of Justice is getting old and will retire next year. My father will have Lu Yongning take over as Minister of Justice and enter the cabinet."

This gentleman will no longer have to worry about money.

"As for the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion, there are hardly any good people in the whole family. They should have been stripped of their titles and had their property confiscated long ago!" After Ye Xianya finished speaking, she wrote down the crimes committed by the masters of the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion over the years, and then instructed the guards to send it to the Jingzhao government office.

“Among the prominent families in the capital, some have good family traditions, while others engage in shady dealings in private. They certainly deserve a thorough investigation so that these parasites on the dynasty can be punished as they should.” Qi Chengshuo couldn’t help but frown.

He plans to go to the palace another day to discuss the matter with his Ninth Uncle and come up with a plan to properly address these unhealthy trends in the capital.

Ninth Uncle had been on the throne for less than a year, and there were some things that he, as emperor, could not handle, lest the court become unstable.

He would be willing to be the knife in Uncle Nine's hand, to clean up those parasites.

As Qi Chengshuo was thinking, he suddenly had a headache, especially in his temples, which felt like they were being pricked with needles. Some blurry images flashed through his mind, but his head was hurting so badly that he couldn't see them clearly.

"What's wrong with you?" Ye Xianya noticed that Qi Chengshuo had suddenly fallen silent, his forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his body was tense, so she quickly asked.

Qi Chengshuo shook his head, enduring the excruciating pain.

Ye Xianya grabbed his hand, wanting to take his pulse, only to find that his fists were clenched and his face looked somewhat painful.

"Where does it hurt?" Ye Xianya asked quickly.

Qi Chengshuo felt his consciousness becoming somewhat blurred, and he couldn't hear Ye Xianya's voice at all. It took him a while to slowly recover.

In just a short while, his back was soaked with sweat.

"I had a bit of a headache just now, but it's gone now, it's nothing serious!" Qi Chengshuo saw Ye Xianya looking at him anxiously, as if she was very worried about him, and suddenly the pain he had just experienced didn't seem so unbearable anymore.

"Let me take your pulse!" After saying that, Ye Xianya first took Qi Chengshuo's pulse, and then used internal examination techniques to check the condition inside his skull. She found that everything was normal and there was nothing wrong.

Could it be that there's something wrong with his soul?

Ye Xianya then examined Qi Chengshuo's soul and found nothing unusual.

However, his soul, like his physical body, is exceptionally powerful, and perhaps it won't be long before he surpasses her.

"Is this the first time you've encountered a situation like this?" Ye Xianya asked.

"Yes!" Qi Chengshuo nodded.

In the past, when he occasionally had a headache or fever, it was because he was sick, unlike just now, when the pain was so intense that he could barely bear it, and his consciousness was blurred.

"Be careful lately, and tell me immediately if you feel unwell," Ye Xianya said with some concern.

The unknown is the most dangerous.

With her skills and medical expertise, she couldn't see what was wrong with Qi Chengshuo, which is what's most worrying.

"Okay!" Qi Chengshuo nodded quickly.

He could sense that Ye Xianya was very worried about him, and that was enough.

Qi Chengshuo already knew that Ye Xianya had lived two lives, and that in her previous life she had devoted herself to cultivation and did not understand the feelings between men and women.

Therefore, he wouldn't pressure her; there's a long future ahead, no need to rush.

He's already very content, as he can see her almost every day now.

"Why don't you go back and rest?" Ye Xianya couldn't help but say when she saw that his face was still a little pale.

"Okay!" Qi Chengshuo felt that he was fine, but he didn't want Ye Xianya to worry, so he nodded and led the guards out.

Ye Xianya gazed thoughtfully at Qi Chengshuo's departing figure.

This person must have a big secret, but unfortunately even he doesn't know it, let alone Ye Xianya.

She believed Qi Chengshuo wouldn't lie to her. He said he didn't know anything about his past life and was completely unaware of what had happened in his previous life, so Ye Xianya believed him.

He suddenly has a headache now, could it be that he is about to remember his past life?

Perhaps this is a good thing!

However, judging from Qi Chengshuo's reaction just now, it hurt too much.

What Ye Xianya didn't know was that Qi Chengshuo had just left the princess's residence and boarded the carriage of the Prince Duan's residence when he suddenly felt dizzy and fainted.

The guards were terrified. They were about to take Qi Chengshuo back to find Ye Xianya when their bodies went out of control and the carriage drove forward.

Qi Chengshuo entered my dream.

He saw that beautiful woman in the blue gauze dress again in his dream...

In the small courtyard, Ye Xianya was about to continue telling fortunes when someone cut in line.

The woman spent five hundred taels of silver to buy a number plate from an old woman in front of Ye Xianya, and then sat down in front of Ye Xianya in a very casual manner.

She slipped two thousand-tael silver notes into the white porcelain jar on the table and said with a smile, "This humble woman has a few questions she would like to ask the princess privately. I wonder if the princess would be so kind as to grant her this request?"

"Your Zhongyong Earl's Mansion is truly a mountain of gold and silver. You, a young lady, casually spend two or three thousand taels of silver, and you don't even care about this amount of silver. It's clear that the rumors are true. Although your Zhongyong Earl's Mansion's rank is only average among the nobles in the capital, you are richer than a country!" Ye Xianya said sarcastically.

Lin Feiyan was shocked after hearing Ye Xianya's words.

She dared not remain seated any longer and quickly stood up, curtsying to Ye Xianya, saying, "Princess, our Lin family is indeed somewhat wealthy, but certainly not rich enough to rival a nation. My mother comes from the imperial merchant Jiang family. She is the eldest daughter carefully cultivated by the Jiang family and is particularly skilled in business. After marrying into the Lin family, she has been managing the family's affairs and, with the help of the Jiang family, has done some business and earned some money. Our Zhongyong Earl's Mansion has never dared to be presumptuous. I beg Your Highness to see the truth!"