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The two chatted a little with the Madame Chen before they sent him back to his room to rest.

After Su Zongwen came out of the main courtyard, he went straight to the big study room to look for Su Zhizhong. He stood at the entrance of the study room and knocked on the door.

Su Zongwen heard the echo and walked in.

"You're back?" Su Zhizhong was sitting at the table playing chess with his brother. He raised his head and saw Su Zongwen coming in.

The two of them stood up.

Su Zhizhong asked worriedly, "Your injuries have not recovered yet, what discomfort do you have? Now that the emperor has allowed you to stay in court, you should rest well in the courtyard for the next few days."

"Dad, my injuries aren't too serious. I've already applied the medicine." Su Zongwen, "Today, I came to find you to ask you about the matters concerning Lai County."

Although they had committed some acts of house robbing, it was not as serious as what was mentioned in the imperial report. They had only stolen some of the farmers' food without harming anyone. Furthermore, they had previously committed many acts of robbing from the rich to help the poor.

Compared to those greedy officials who oppressed the common people, they, these so-called bandits, were more like good people.

As the Minister of the Department of Public Relations, Su Zhizhong was in charge of matters such as the appointment, removal, examination, promotion, transfer, and conferment of officials of the entire nation.

"Why are you asking about this?" Su Zhizhong's tone loosened and looked at Su Zhiyan beside him. The three of them found a place to sit and only then did he speak, "You are the same as Prince Su, you want to give justice to those bandits of Black Peak Stronghold?"

Su Zongwen nodded, "Father, they are good people."

After Su Zongwen finished speaking, he immediately told her everything he had heard in the Black Summit Stronghold. After these people had been brought back to the capital, most of them came from the Lai County.

Lixian County had a total of ten villages and towns. The county magistrate's name was Li Chu. He had been working in Lixian County for many years, and he had been exploiting the people unrestrainedly over the years, causing them to complain incessantly.

"Take these files back and read them."

Su Zhizhong was quiet for a moment, then stood up and took out a few rolls of bamboo slips from the bookshelf behind the table, and handed them over to Su Zongwen.

Coincidentally, in the past two days, he had brought some matters back from the yamen.

"Thank you, father."

Su Zongwen took the scroll and returned to the World Peace Garden.

The file that Su Zhizhong gave him recorded the appointments, departures, and transfers of all sorts of officials of various sizes, and it was clearly remembered all of them. Su Zongwen looked through the file of Li Chu heavily, and realized that he had been working in Li County for over ten years.

The person who recommended Li Chu was the Minister of Industry, Lin Ning. This person was not only the crown prince's right-hand man, he was also one of his most trusted aides.

Just as Su Zongwen finished looking through the documents, Ming Jiling came over.

"Master, the Prince Su Palace is down."

The attendant reported from the entrance of the study.

"Please wait in the front hall for a moment. I'll be there."

Su Zongwen nodded his head, he casually cleaned up the table and went to the hall.

"This subject greets Your Highness, Prince Su." Su Zongwen entered the hall and bowed when he saw Ming Jiling.

"Cousin, no need to be so polite." Ming Jiling reached out to support you, and explained: "When Consort Mother heard that you were injured, he was very concerned about you, so he made me specially send you some medicine."

In the morning, Noble Consort Su had someone send nourishment to the Minister Mansion, but he was still worried, so he decided to have someone send some medicine over. Coincidentally, Ming Jiling also wanted to look for Su Zhizhong, so he brought them along.

"Thank you Imperial Concubine Noble Consort for your concern. My injuries are already fine, I hope you don't mind." Su Zongwen immediately said.

"Your injuries are not light. You need to rest well for the next few days. I still have some matters to attend to with Master Su, so I won't disturb you."

Ming Jiling drank some tea, then chatted with Su Zongwen for a while before following the servant to the main courtyard.

In less than the time it took to make a cup of tea, he had once again returned to the World's Peace Garden.

The reason was none other than because the scroll which he wanted to search for was taken by Su Zongwen first and he found out that Su Zongwen was also very talented.

Shen Zhu went to the embroidery room to look at the embroidery of Ruanruan, Su Qingyi and Su Yunyan.

Seeing the two of them busy in the study, she went to the kitchenette to make some tea.

Although she rarely cooked in the mansion anymore, her cooking skills were not unfamiliar to her. Each and every one of the green balls were so vivid and adorable that it was hard to bear to eat them.

"Madam, what are you doing? It looks really unique. "

Chun Cao, who was helping Shen Zhu in the kitchen, asked curiously when he saw that she was agilely kneading green balls of various shapes.

Shen Zhu used to make green balls often, but ever since she arrived at the capital, she did not make much of these pastries. This was the first time she made green balls with shapes, so Chun Cao was unavoidably surprised.

"This is called green ball, it is made of wormwood and glutinous rice. This herb can suppress liver fire, clear away heat and detoxify blood, but this glutinous rice can also nourish the stomach and strengthen the spleen. Occasionally eating it has great benefits for the body, however, glutinous rice is not easy to digest, so you can't eat too much."

Shen Zhu quickly picked up the green ball that he had made and gave one to Chun Cao with his chopsticks.

"Come, Chun Cao, how about you taste it?"

Chun Cao received the item flustered. He looked at the cute ball and couldn't help but find it hard to swallow.

"Madam, you're really good at cooking. This green ball is the most beautiful pastries I've ever seen. The key is that it's especially delicious." Chun Cao couldn't help but praise it right after he ate it.

Shen Zhu laughed, "As long as your skills do not regress, it will be fine."

In the small study room, Ming Jiling and Su Zongwen were flipping through a scroll. After checking, they discovered that the backer of these officials was the crown prince.

The reason they dared to act so recklessly was because they were relying on the crown prince's backing.

"These local officials can be said to be covering the sky with one hand, bullying the common people. They can even rule the place like smoke and miasma." Su Zongwen closed the last scroll, his expression gloomy to the point of being terrifying.

"They are under the protection of the officials. It won't be that easy to gather enough evidence."

Ming Jiling casually took out the scroll that Su Zongwen had finished reading and looked through it once.

While the two of them were talking, Shen Zhu walked over with the food box.

Your Highness, Brother Wen, you guys have been chatting for a long time.

Shen Zhu entered the small study room, smiling as he brought out the pastries from the food box, "I made some snacks for you guys, come over and try it."

"Eldest Sis is going to cook personally. I'm so blessed today." laughed, put down the scroll in his hands and walked to the side of the table with Su Zongwen.

"Yue Niang, it's been hard on you." Su Zongwen walked to the side of the table, and then helped Shen Zhu to sit down. He sat down beside her and said, "Have some."

The three of them ate and chatted for a while. When they had finished eating, Shen Zhu picked up the things on the table and brought them out. He left the space for the two to discuss things.