Ning Xiaotang was paying respects to her ancestors on a mountain outside Beijing. After she finished, she saw a dozen men in black surrounding the mountain from all directions.
"Catch her!" The leader was a woman. From her voice, Ning Xiaotang had already guessed that the person was Fu Mengyuan.
Ning Xiaotang didn't make any unnecessary movements and just flew straight towards the masked Fu Mengyuan.
A hand tightly strangled Fu Mengyuan's thin neck.
"Fu Mengyuan, you really can't sit still anymore?" Ning Xiaotang said when Fu Mengyuan's eyes widened: "Go and reunite with your mother!"
"Crack!" Fu Mengyuan's neck broke just as she was looking surprised and frightened. His breath gradually disappeared and his body slipped into Ning Xiaotang's hands.
At the same time, the secret guards who came with Fu Mengyuan were all wiped out by Ling Hu and other secret guards.
"Grandpa, dealing with these people in front of your grave is worrying about your peace. It's Tangtang's fault!" Ning Xiaotang immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times deeply.
Ning Xiaotang immediately said coldly, "Ling Hu, dispose of all the bodies of these people. Don't leave any traces."
Ling Hu immediately bowed and said, "Yes, young lady!"
Time passed quickly, and half a year passed in the blink of an eye. Ning Xiaotang was sitting at her desk writing an urgent letter.
"Miss, you should take a break. King Chen is far away at the border. I'm afraid he will feel bad seeing you working so hard to raise money and food for him." Quan Yue immediately brought up King Chen to persuade Ning Xiaotang.
"For the past six months, the border has been in turmoil, and the people are living in dire straits. We can't even recruit soldiers, and the soldiers we do recruit don't have much food to eat. How can they have the energy to defend our country?"
Quan Yue said distressedly again: "Miss, it's already late at night, why don't you take a break?"
"Wait a little longer. I'll send someone to look for my uncle. Have you got any news?"
Ling Hu immediately stepped forward and bowed, saying, "My dear, Uncle Fu is already on his way back to the capital. If he's quick, he'll probably arrive there tomorrow."
Quan Yue immediately retreated quietly. She had to cut a few slices of ginseng to keep the girl alert and she couldn't let her collapse all of a sudden.
Quan Yue followed Ning Xiaotang's instructions, cutting the red ginseng into slices, then putting the lean meat and black chicken into the stew pot, bringing it to a boil over high heat and then simmering it over low heat.
In the early morning, Ning Xiaotang finally finished all the affairs, and Quanyue brought up the fresh soup that she had stewed yesterday.
"Miss, I have cooked a bowl of ginseng and black chicken soup. Would you like to try it?"
"That's perfect. I'm hungry too." Ning Xiaotang immediately took small sips of the food from the stew.
"Mm, the cooking temperature is just right, the meat is tender and the soup is clear."
Quan Yue blushed immediately: "Thank you for the compliment, Miss."
"Reward!" Ning Xiaotang said happily, and Quanyue immediately received another reward.
Just as Ning Xiaotang finished a bowl of stewed soup, Banyue came in hurriedly: "Miss, Uncle Fu is here."
"My uncle, please come to the main hall quickly, and then go and notify my mother to come to the main hall." Ning Xiaotang put down the spoon after she said that, leaving only a little bit of soup base and no time to drink it anymore.
In the main hall, Liu Lanqing heard that her brother had returned, and immediately ran, and actually met Fu Feichang before Ning Xiaotang.
Fu Feichang looked like a middle-aged man, his tired face showing excitement: "Sister is back! I've been looking for you for so long!"
"Brother, thank you for your hard work!" Ning Xiaotang was so moved that her eyes turned red when she saw the brother and sister meet.
"Uncle, I hope you are doing well!" Ning Xiaotang stepped forward and greeted him obediently.
"Okay, you are Tangtang. I heard many stories about you on the way back. You are really great. You are my good niece!"
Then the family had a happy meal together.
At this time, Fu Feichang whispered, "Tangtang, I still have to go out and travel around to find Dr. Zhong for the emperor. I hope Dr. Zhong can make the emperor's health get better and better."
Ning Xiaotang nodded immediately and said, "My uncle is returning to the capital this time, and he's worried that it would be inappropriate for you to meet the emperor empty-handed. I have three health-preserving pills here that the emperor can take."
As he spoke, Ning Xiaotang took out a bottle from his sleeve pocket and put it in Fu Feichang's hand.
Fu Feichang immediately said, "This is actually a fifth-grade elixir? It seems that the rumor is true?"
"Whether the rumors are true or not, it's better for my uncle to see it with his own eyes!" Ning Xiaotang said with a smile.
"A fifth-rank alchemist, the White-browed Immortal's direct disciple is indeed worthy of his reputation, so amazing!" Fu Feichang is now looking forward to the competition in a year and a half.
But Ning Xiaotang was waiting for an opportunity to take action.
Outside Lan Bo's Mansion at midnight
Ling Hu bowed and said, "Miss, this explosion will cause casualties!"
"Blow it up! If we don't, we won't be able to get the bribes collected by the Lanbo Mansion back home. This Lanbo Marquis doesn't contribute a single cent to the country, but instead, he relies on the Crown Prince's influence to become a local tyrant in the Qingye Kingdom. He's plundered countless treasures from the people all over the country!"
So at the moment of midnight, the families of Lan Bofu, Qin Hai, Prime Minister, and Zheng Pu in the capital went from having wealth of tens of thousands to being penniless overnight.
In the emperor's hall during the morning court session.
Lan Bohou came forward and cried, "Your Majesty, Lan Bohou was captured by a group of bandits last night, and all the wealth in the Lan Bo Mansion was taken away!"
Your Majesty, "How much was taken away?"
"Your Majesty, three million taels!" Lan Bohou's eyes widened as he spoke.
The Prime Minister immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have also lost two million taels!"
The emperor said coldly, "Who else?"
Zheng Pu immediately stepped forward and said, "My humble servant's family lost 100,000 taels, and Qin Hai, who was away on business, lost 1,000,000 taels!"
When everyone was anxiously reporting the lost silver, the emperor slammed the table coldly and said, "I want to ask you where you got this silver from? Can you tell me? My treasury is very empty now!"
After hearing what the emperor said, some officials who had not yet reported immediately wiped their foreheads. They would never dare to report the losses again.
At this moment, an arrow with a white cloth flew into the pillar of the hall: "Swoosh!"
The emperor took one look and said, "Take it down, let me see it!"
An old man immediately took it down, stared at it for a while, and then got scared.
"Eliminate corruption and protect the people!" The emperor glanced at the ministers below.
The Prime Minister immediately said cunningly, "Your Majesty, everything I have was given by the court. Now I will regard it as belonging to the people. I will not ask for it back!"
The emperor looked at the other people again: "What about you?"
"I also agree with the Prime Minister's request!"
Lan Bohou and those other people were the prince's money bags, and now the prince couldn't take out a penny.
The Prime Minister secretly glanced at the Crown Prince and shook his head secretly.
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