The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

Seeing that she had put the food away but hadn't eaten it, Du Mingxian moved closer to remind her, "Sister Liu Ya, put it in your mouth and eat it."

Liu Ya hurriedly covered her mouth with her sleeve, then stuffed the chocolate into her mouth. She had never tasted anything like it before; it was a little bitter and a little sweet, and it was delicious.

Liu Ya felt like she was about to collapse, but after taking a bite of something, she felt much better than she had in the afternoon.

There were people around, but they didn't dare to get too close to speak, and they all knelt down and cried obediently...

Several more collapsed around midnight, perhaps because their superiors found them too troublesome and were afraid that seeing such a scene at dawn would damage their reputation.

Finally, they simply issued an order that all female relatives of officials of the third rank and below should go home and were not required to kneel.

Everyone seemed to have been granted a pardon, quickly getting up and leaving amidst tears and sobs.

Du Mingxian and Liu Ya supported each other as they walked forward. Du Mingxian quietly drank some water and was in much better condition than Liu Ya. The two walked quite a distance.

"Sister Liu Ya, where do you live now? Let me take you home."

She was still a little worried because Liu Ya and the others were staying in a rather remote place, and there was no carriage available, especially late at night.

"It's still in the alley where we used to live, not far from the house where we used to work. I scraped together the money and bought a small courtyard."

"That's great. It's a bit far, I'll take you back."

"No need, you should go back now. It's too late. You and I were kneeling there together, neither of us is any better than the other."

Du Mingxian shook her head. "Sister Liu Ya, I'm in much better shape than you right now. I'll take you home first and then come back. It'll be fine."

"I... I'll go back by myself."

"Sister Liu Ya, don't you consider me one of your own? You're practically floating on your feet right now, how can you walk back by yourself?"

Liu Ya was indeed very weak. "I've been moving recently and have a lot of things to do, so I haven't had a proper rest. I've been kneeling for a long time without drinking water or eating anything."

"So you're not in as good shape as me. Stop talking, I'll take you home."

Seeing that Du Mingxian insisted, Liu Ya didn't say anything more. "Okay, then I'll trouble you."

"Don't bother with any trouble between us, I'll take you back." Du Mingxian helped Liu Ya walk. It was really far from the palace to the alley where Liu Ya and the others lived. Liu Ya was a little too weak to walk, and it took them half an hour and two quarters of an hour to walk.

Du Mingxian was supporting her the whole way; if it weren't for Du Mingxian, Liu Ya probably wouldn't have been able to walk back until dawn.

When they arrived at Liu Ya's house, Du Mingxian decided not to go in. "Sister Liu Ya, you go in. I'm going back now."

"It's too late. Why don't you stay at my place tonight and go back tomorrow?"

"It's okay, I'm still in good shape, I can walk back."

"It's too dark right now, wait a moment and I'll go light a lantern for you to take."

The two returned in the dark, which showed their courage; most people wouldn't dare to go that way.

Du Mingxian quickly stopped her, "Sister Liu Ya, no need, I can manage on my own, you go in quickly."

Before Liu Ya could say anything more, Du Mingxian waved her hand and left. She wanted to go back, and as if possessed, she walked towards the house where she had worked before. This house used to belong to those people, and she wondered if anything had changed.

As she slowly approached, she realized something was wrong; there were many people guarding the house.

When Du Mingxian saw this, her heart jumped. Could this house be hiding the assets of corrupt officials?

Taking advantage of the darkness, she quietly used her spatial ability to enter, but there were too many guards in the house. After much deliberation, she finally entered through the courtyard where she had eaten in the inner courtyard before, where there were fewer guards.

She sneaked in and saw guards standing watch in the courtyard. She could only stay in her spatial dimension and couldn't come out, otherwise she would be discovered.

But the more she thought about it, the more she wanted to see what was inside the house.

Just then, she saw someone coming to patrol, and the person leading them was someone she knew... Wu Daniu.

This is interesting.

After Wu Daniu and his men left, she used her spatial ability to take out the enhanced sleeping potion prepared by Ling Silang and sprinkled it into the air. She had entered from the rooftop, so she didn't know how effective it would be.

The expectation was that it would be effective, but... the result was touching, it had no effect at all. Firstly, it was too far away, and secondly, it was outside, so it wasn't targeted and difficult to take down the person.

She had no other choice but to make a hole in the roof in a flashing manner, and then she went down into the hole.

There were people outside, all of them experts. She was terrified and still a little afraid of being discovered. She tiptoed around and put all the boxes in the room into her spatial storage before going in to check.

She guessed right; the box contained gold and silver jewelry.

These people also know how to choose locations. Who would have thought that places they once abandoned would now be reused by them, and even used to store silver?

She emptied everything out of the box, then quietly put it back in its place. She then appeared on the roof and, using a flashing motion, restored the roof to its original state.

She did the same thing to the other rooms, and by the time she left, it was just getting light.

The most tiring time had passed, and she quietly left, feeling incredibly happy.

When she got home, the aroma of the food filled her with hunger, and before she could even speak, she grabbed a steamed bun and ate it before she had a chance to talk.

This broke the hearts of Xiao Zhoushi and Ling's mother.

Little Zhou hurriedly put food into her bowl, saying, "How did you get so hungry? Don't they feed you?"

Ling's mother held a spoon and kept stirring the porridge in the bowl. After a while, she handed it over, saying, "Try it quickly, it shouldn't be too hot anymore."

After Du Mingxian finished eating, she explained to them, "We weren't given any food or drink, and many of us fainted. They probably made us all come back because they were afraid of bad rumors."

"I wonder how the officials are doing." Seeing Du Mingxian's condition, Ling's mother was worried about Ling Silang's condition. Although her youngest son's health had improved, not being given food and water could still be very difficult.

Du Mingxian wasn't worried about that. "It should be better in the palace. The food might not be very good, but they shouldn't starve us."

The people in charge here must look down on the female relatives of officials of the third rank and below, which is why they weren't even allowed to enter the palace gates.

Those officials cannot be ignored; in the future, we will still need these officials to maintain the basic operation of Da Shun.

"Just give them food and drink. Even if the Emperor passes away... we can't stop them from eating and drinking," Ling's father muttered from the side.

Seeing that her family members were somewhat frightened, Du Mingxian comforted them, "Something happened in the palace out of the blue, and things haven't been sorted out yet, but they'll be fine once things are sorted out."