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Murong Xuewei and Liuli looked at the village not far away. Murong Xuewei's intuition told her that Du Yuanbai was here.

"Liuli, let's quicken our pace and get to the village as soon as possible." Murong Xuewei's brows relaxed, and she looked somewhat excited.

“Yes, Madam.” Liuli immediately urged the carriage to speed up.

Before long, the two arrived at the village.

Out of politeness, Murong Xuewei asked Liuli to park the car outside the village and walked into the village. As soon as she stepped into the village, she saw that all the villagers were pale and thin, which made her feel sorry for them.

Murong Xuewei frowned, then turned to Liuli and said, "This village is nestled against the mountains and beside the water, how come so many people look so impoverished?"

Liuli shook her head, also somewhat puzzled. "Madam, let me go ask her." With that, she walked towards a little girl who was begging.

As soon as the little girl saw Liuli, she grabbed her sleeve and pleaded, "Sister, please give us some food, we're so hungry..."

Liuli quickly pulled a piece of pastry from her pocket and stuffed it into the little girl's hand. "This is all I have."

The little girl took it and ran into an alley. Murong Xuewei and Liuli exchanged a glance and chased after her.

They found an even more emaciated woman lying in the haystack, her chest not rising and falling, and they didn't know if she was asleep or already dead.

Murong Xuewei and Liuli stepped forward. Murong Xuewei checked the woman's breathing and found that she had just fainted from hunger.

Murong Xuewei took off her water bottle and handed it to Liuli, asking Liuli to give the lady some water.

The woman regained consciousness, and the little girl, seeing her mother awake, eagerly offered her the pastries.

"Mommy, eat." The little girl swallowed hard as she said this.

The woman forced a smile, "Mother isn't hungry, daughter eat."

Murong Xuewei searched her body and found only her money pouch, unable to find anything to eat. It was Liuli who took out several pieces of pastry from her bosom and handed them to her.

"Here you go! This is my snack for the day. This is all I have."

The little girl happily spun around as she looked at the pastries that Liuli handed her.

"Mom, there are lots of delicious and sweet things to eat."

The woman knelt down gratefully and kowtowed before Gu Ye, saying, "Thank you so much, benefactor. You are like a second parent to us."

Many villagers gathered around when they saw Murong Xuewei giving food to the mother and daughter.

"Kind person, please give me some food?"

Some people even came to Murong Xuewei with their dying children in their arms, pleading, "Please, kind people, save my grandson! He hasn't eaten for four days."

"Kind person, I haven't eaten for three days either, please help us."

Murong Xuewei and Liuli were forced to retreat by the villagers. Liuli searched her body again and found all the snacks, which she then distributed to the villagers.

This was the first time Murong Xuewei had realized the benefits of Liuli carrying snacks with her.

Even after Liuli had given out all the snacks she had, many people still hadn't received any.

Liuli was somewhat helpless and could only shout loudly, "Now I really have nothing left, I'll give it all to you."

Murong Xuewei then took out silver and distributed it to those who had not been able to get any food.

After distributing most of the silver and the crowd had dispersed, Murong Xuewei gave a silver ingot to the little girl.

"Little girl, keep this safe. You can use it to buy food later."

The little girl clutched the silver tightly, her eyes filled with gratitude.

The woman knelt down again to thank Murong Xuewei.

"Thank you so much, benefactor. You are a bodhisattva in the world, saving us from suffering."

Murong Xuewei quickly helped the woman up, "No need to thank me. I see that your place is quite beautiful, so why are you having trouble finding food?"

The woman sighed heavily. "Our Jiyuan Village used to live off the mountains and had a pretty good life. But one day, a group of people came and said they wanted to seize our land and forests for high-ranking officials and nobles."

"You just agreed like that?" Liuli asked curiously.

The woman retorted angrily, "How could that be? The land and forests are the lifeblood of our crops. How could we give them up?"

Murong Xuewei frowned, a flash of anger in her eyes. "Could it be Xiao Wanning who did it?"

"Madam, how did you know?" Liuli asked, somewhat surprised.

“Requisitioning land and forests—isn’t this exactly Xiao Wanning’s usual method of measurement?” Murong Xuewei said through gritted teeth.

"Then what should we do?" Liuli asked anxiously.

"Let's go check out the other places first," Murong Xuewei said, getting off the carriage and walking towards the village.

Liuli quickly followed, and the two of them returned to the place where the villagers had gathered.

Murong Xuewei took out some silver from her bosom and handed it to Liuli. "Go give them some food. I'll go ask if Du Yuanbai is here."

“Yes, Madam.” Liuli took the silver and quickly walked towards the impoverished villagers.

As Liuli distributed the silver to them, the villagers' eyes showed gratitude, and they held the silver tightly as if afraid it would disappear.

A little girl tugged at Liuli's sleeve and murmured, "Sister, thank you. We haven't had anything good to eat in so long..."

Liuli gently stroked the little girl's hair, her eyes filled with pity. "Don't worry, we will definitely help you."

Just then, a disheveled young man stepped out from the crowd and walked straight toward Murong Xuewei.

"You must be Madam Murong Xuewei?" the young man asked.

Murong Xuewei nodded. "You're Du Yuanbai?"

The young man nodded. "That's me. What can I do for you, madam?"

“I have something I’d like to ask for your help with,” Murong Xuewei said, walking towards Du Yuanbai’s house. “Let’s talk at your house.”

Du Yuanbai followed Murong Xuewei to her simple thatched hut.

"Madam, what do you need my help with?" Du Yuanbai asked curiously.

Murong Xuewei looked around and sighed, "I heard that Xiao Wanning forcibly seized this land and forests to build a summer resort, plunging your villagers into poverty."

Du Yuanbai nodded. "Yes, Madam. The people here used to live peaceful lives, but since those soldiers came, they've seized all our fields and forests. We can't make a living and have to beg for survival."

"This is truly terrifying." Murong Xuewei frowned. "I'd like to ask you for a favor. Would you agree?"

Du Yuanbai pondered for a moment, "If it's for the sake of helping the people of Jiyuan Village, I will certainly do my utmost."

Murong Xuewei smiled slightly, "That's good. I want you to investigate the specifics of Xiao Wanning's construction of the Summer Palace. I need to know how she forcibly seized this land and forest, and what kind of conspiracy lies behind it."

Du Yuanbai nodded. "I understand. I'll go find out right away."

“However, before that, I would like to ask you for a favor,” Murong Xuewei said.