In the drugstore, Su Xuqing's face was as cold as frost, and she stared at the shopkeeper with dim eyes.

"I'm giving you a chance now. Either give me the silver or give me new herbs. Otherwise, don't blame me for sending you to see the official!"

"Meet the official?"

Upon hearing this, the catfish shopkeeper laughed out loud, "I'll go to the official if I want to. I'm not afraid of anyone. I tell you the truth, the governor of Gyeonggi is my brother-in-law. It would be fine if you take the herbs and leave now, but if you bring trouble to him, I'm afraid you'll have to pay me a compensation for the loss of my reputation!"

The governor of Gyeonggi Province is his brother-in-law?

Su Xuqing narrowed her eyes slightly, then smiled.

Originally, she wanted to reveal her identity and teach this unscrupulous businessman a lesson, but she didn't expect that this man had someone backing him up. No wonder he was so arrogant and domineering.

Since they are a bunch of bastards, we might as well root them out and eliminate this harm to the people.

"The governor of Gyeonggi Province is your brother-in-law? I don't believe you are trying to scare people here. I will make you go to the official for trial today!"

The catfish shopkeeper was overjoyed, but pretended to be serious and said, "Since you won't cry until you see the coffin, and you want to make money by framing others, then I can only teach you a lesson!"

Not far from the drugstore, Xu Sandao saw that Su Xuqing had a conflict with the drugstore and his face suddenly broke into a smile. In this case, even if he didn't have to step in, the Crown Prince's Consort would have been dragged on for a while.

After a while, Su Xuqing walked out of the drugstore, and asked Li Erjiang to move a medicine box onto the carriage, and then rushed to Jingji Prefecture.

The catfish shopkeeper followed behind with a swagger, and many people who were watching the fun also followed him, wanting to know what Su Xuqing's final outcome would be.

Outside the capital, Su Xuqing beat the drum to express his grievances.

When the governor of Gyeonggi heard the noise, he quickly ordered someone to go to the court.

Su Xuqing and the catfish shopkeeper entered the capital together. When walking to the court, Su Xuqing took out a veil and covered her face.

Seeing this, the catfish shopkeeper sneered, "What's the point of wearing a mask? Are you afraid of being embarrassed now?"

Su Xuqing ignored him and went straight into the court.

The governor of Gyeonggi Province was sitting high in the court. When he saw the catfish shopkeeper, he frowned and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Oh brother-in-law, you have to give me justice."

When the catfish shopkeeper saw the prefect, he cried and said, "This woman came to my medicine shop to make trouble today, saying that I bought her problematic herbs. God, my shop has been in business for a hundred years and has always been based on shaping. How could she do such a thing?"

The prefect had a cold expression on his face and slowly looked towards Su Xuqing.

"Is what he said true?"

Su Xuqing's eyes were cold, and she said in a deep voice: "Sir, the herbs I bought from his shop have never been taken out of the shop. The herbs in it were rotten when I took them out. Do I have any magic that can turn all the good herbs in his box into bad ones?"

The prefect glanced at the catfish shopkeeper when he heard this. Seeing this, the catfish shopkeeper quickly held up three fingers, indicating that they would split the money 30% and 70%.

Seeing this, the prefect's face tightened and he snorted coldly, saying, "You are a good talker. If you hadn't done something to deliberately frame him, could his family's century-old store have ruined its reputation?"

Seeing that the prefect obviously favored the catfish owner, Su Xuqing's eyes became even colder.

"Sir, even though I am a woman, I know that to settle a case and redress an injustice, one must ask the whole process, then send people to investigate, check the evidence, and find witnesses. Why did the Sir conclude that the problem lies with me without following all the procedures? Is it because he is your relative that he is biased?"

"Be bold!"

The prefect slammed the gavel and said angrily, "Are you trying to teach me how to do things?"

Su Xuqing shook her head in disappointment and said slowly, "I gave the shopkeeper a chance just now, but he didn't cherish it. Now I will also give the prefect a chance. I hope you can carefully examine the case and find out the right and wrong."

The prefect laughed out loud when he heard this. He leaned forward and said sarcastically, "Who do you think you are? How dare you speak so arrogantly? You're giving me another chance. This is really hilarious..."

The prefect was halfway through his words when he saw Su Xuqing taking off her veil. The moment he saw her face clearly, his throat seemed to be strangled and he couldn't make a sound.

Catfish Shopkeeper saw the governor of Gyeonggi Province staring at Su Xuqing, and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, why don't you blink? If you stare at other women like this, my sister will know that she will fight you to the death."

There was a hint of fear on the prefect's face. He couldn't believe it and still held on to a glimmer of hope.

"You...you are..."

Su Xuqing raised her chin slightly and said in a cold tone: "The prefect is really forgetful. Didn't we meet once before in the Zhennan Palace?"

The prefect shuddered all over, stood up from his chair in a hurry, walked quickly to the hall, and knelt on the ground with a plop.

"Meet the Crown Prince's Consort!"

"The... the Crown Prince's Consort?"

The catfish shopkeeper's eyes widened, his mustache trembled slightly, and then he knelt on the ground.

Su Xuqing sneered and said slowly: "Why, weren't you two very arrogant just now? Why are you kneeling down now?"

The governor of Gyeonggi Province's face twitched, and cold sweat oozed out of his forehead.

"Crown Princess... I just didn't examine the case carefully enough and made a revelation. I hope you can be magnanimous and not hold it against me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the prefect slapped the catfish shopkeeper on the back of his head, and then shouted: "You bastard, how could the prince's wife have the leisure to wrongly accuse you, why don't you tell the truth!"

The catfish shopkeeper was so nervous that his throat was dry. He kowtowed and admitted his mistake. "Princess, I was wrong. I was blinded by greed and wanted to fool you with the spoiled herbs! I hope you can forgive me. I am willing to compensate you three times... no! Ten times the amount of herbs!"

"I gave you a chance just now, but you didn't know the truth. It's too late to regret now." Su Xuqing looked down at the two trembling people, and then said coldly: "I will tell the prince the truth about what happened today. He is now the Minister of Justice. How he deals with you depends on his mood."

After saying that, Su Xuqing ignored the two of them, turned around and walked out.

"No no no!"

The governor of Gyeonggi Prefecture looked ashen and hurriedly chased after him, "Princess, I have worked diligently and finally got the position of governor of Gyeonggi Prefecture... If the news of this gets to the Ministry of Justice, I will probably be dismissed from my position. I have heard that you are kind-hearted and are willing to treat even ordinary people. Please forgive me this time."

Su Xuqing paused and looked at him with disdain, "I saved the people because they are miserable. And you are just a corrupt official who is just sitting in office and doing nothing. If you are dismissed, it will benefit the people!"

These words were heard by the people who were watching the excitement at the gate of Gyeonggi Prefecture, and they all cheered!

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