The peasant girl has a private space, and her husband is handsome.

Fan Dajiang painstakingly brought the letter of severance of kinship back to the Luo residence and placed it in front of Vice Minister Luo, only to hear Vice Minister Luo say something insignificant.

"The letter severing ties is no longer important."

Fan Dajiang was dumbfounded. He had been beaten to a pulp in exchange for a letter severing ties with his family, but the Vice Minister said it didn't matter anymore.

Did he get beaten up for nothing?

Ah, the master's thoughts are truly too difficult to fathom.

Moreover, the master has aged so much in the past few months. His hair, beard, and eyebrows have all turned white. It seems that the master has not been having a good time lately!

Vice Minister Luo waved his hand, indicating that Fan Dajiang could leave.

He had already thought it through. Su Bing was just a minor commander; if he wanted to go further, he needed to find a powerful backer.

He was a vice minister who had been in the capital for many years and had extensive connections.

If he simply beckons and extends an olive branch, Su Bing will definitely rush to curry favor with him.

Luo Shilang recalled Su Bing's honest and simple appearance and thought he would be easy to manipulate.

He sat at his desk, picked up his pen, and began to write a letter to his granddaughter who lived far away in Qinghe County.

【Greetings, young lady. I hope this letter finds you well.】

I only learned today that your grandmother had sent someone to Qinghe County to sever ties with your family without authorization. She has already been punished, but since she is your grandmother, please forgive her.

The signature on the severance letter was forged by someone your grandmother had arranged, so don't worry, the severance letter is invalid...

This old fox had a clever plan. The signature was indeed done by Fan Dajiang on his behalf, just in case that his granddaughter in Qinghe County did not pledge allegiance to the Prince of Huainan, so that the Luo family would still be tied to that girl.

There will be no loss whatsoever, and in the future, we will even become in-laws with the Marquis of Guiping's family. How enviable!

Marquis Guiping is the current emperor's maternal uncle. With this relationship, even Prime Minister Feng will have to avoid his brilliance in the future.

It sounds wonderful. Next time I see Prime Minister Feng, I must make sure I can project a powerful presence.

Granny Yang stayed in Qinghe County for an extra night, returning later than Granny Fan. Traveling day and night, she also returned to the Guiping Marquis's residence.

She had all the return gifts from Miss Su carried to the Madam's courtyard and displayed them.

"Madam, these are all gifts from the future young mistress. There is tea, as well as the latest style of clothing from Guose Tianxiang, all of which are suitable for you."

Cui was so excited that she completely lost her composure, bending over and starting to rummage through the boxes.

"This dress is so beautiful!"

Cui picked up the dark red silk skirt adorned with pearls and held it up against herself.

"This daughter-in-law is like a mind reader; she even knows I like clothes adorned with pearls."

This is so much prettier than her usual clothes. The pearls are surrounded by many small black reflective gemstones, understated yet luxurious, much better than what the royal sewing room makes!

Granny Yang said with a smile, "Miss Su also gave us some homemade pastries."

Mrs. Cui was even happier, never expecting her future daughter-in-law to send her homemade pastries.

"Quickly, bring up the snacks so I can have a taste."

Even if her daughter-in-law is ugly, she will accept it.

Seeing the lady smiling with childlike contentment, Granny Yang felt very gratified.

The lady hadn't been this happy in a long time. Ever since the Marquis brought new concubines into the manor one by one, she had focused all her attention on the young master.

Everyone assumed that as His Majesty's maternal aunt, the lady must be living a very prestigious life.

But in reality, every family has its own troubles. The Marquis is of noble status, but he has few children. Currently, he only has his heir, so even the Empress Dowager sent two beautiful and fertile concubines to the Marquis.

Mrs. Cui took a deep breath. "It smells so good, it must taste delicious."

She opened the food box that the maid had brought over, and what appeared before her eyes were delicate pink lotus-shaped pastries, with layers of flaky pastry, exquisitely made.

As a wealthy family like the Marquis of Guiping's mansion, Lady Cui, as the Marquis's wife, had attended many banquets in the palace and had seen all sorts of fine things, but she was still amazed by the lotus flower pastry in front of her.

She picked up a lotus-shaped pastry and put it in her mouth.

Crispy and soft, sweet but not cloying, with a faint lotus fragrance lingering in the mouth, this is definitely the best pastry she has ever eaten.

Granny Yang exclaimed, "Madam, that Miss Su is not only an excellent cook, but also incredibly beautiful. Moreover, she is straightforward and very capable. She and our young master are a match made in heaven."

When Cui heard what Yang Mama said, she felt extremely fortunate. This daughter-in-law was simply a blessing from God.

The fact that she can make such delicious pastries shows that she is a very skillful girl. On top of that, she is also very beautiful. It's just perfect. I believe Yu'er will like it at first sight.

"Granny Yang, tomorrow you will accompany me to the White Horse Temple outside the city to burn incense and pray to the Bodhisattva to bless Yu'er so that he will fall in love with Miss Su at first sight, fall in love at second sight, and be committed to her at third sight. It would be best if we could marry Miss Su back to the Marquis's mansion as soon as possible."

My son is already 22 years old. If we keep dragging this on, he'll be an old bachelor. Men his age already have kids big enough to run errands.

Suddenly, Granny Yang remembered Xiangming: "Madam, we haven't seen Xiangming for quite some time. Guess where she went?"

"This old servant saw with his own eyes that Xiangming was serving the future young mistress, which shows that the young master has long been interested in that Miss Su."

Madam Cui finally understood. A few months ago, her son suddenly said that he had someone he liked, which must have been Miss Su.

She was terrified at the time, thinking that the person her son was talking about was a man.

That rascal, without making a sound, actually picked out an excellent daughter-in-law for her.

Sure enough, the reason why the son had been unwilling to get married all these years was because a perfect match was waiting for him here.

When Granny Yang thought about meeting the Luo family in Qinghe County, she felt very uncomfortable. He was just a minor official, yet he dared to bully the future young mistress of the Marquis's mansion.

"Miss Su is truly wonderful in every way, except that the Luo family is a bit clueless, actually sending someone to Qinghe County to sign a letter of severance of marriage."

When Cui thought back to when she met Luo Shilang's wife, she really couldn't stand the petty attitude of the Luo family. She only made a few perfunctory remarks for the sake of her future daughter-in-law.

Anyone who dares to bully her future daughter-in-law will face consequences when she sees Madam Luo again.

"Tell the gatekeeper that if anyone from Vice Minister Luo's residence dares to come here in the future, they should be chased out by me with sticks."

Madam Cui found the flower tea to be very delicious and instructed, "Brew a pot of flower tea made by my future daughter-in-law and send it to the Chrysanthemum Garden for the Marquis to taste, so that he may know how good my future daughter-in-law's tea-making skills are."

Granny Yang quickly added, "Madam, this kind of flower tea is extremely popular at Gu's Restaurant. Many merchants from the capital want to buy it at high prices, but Miss Su won't sell it to them. It's simply unavailable on the market."

Upon hearing this, Cui felt even more that the flower tea was precious, and quickly instructed Yang Mama to organize the flower tea and lock it all in the cabinet.

The Marquis has recently taken a young and beautiful concubine.

This is very common in wealthy families; no matter how old the men are, they always only like eighteen-year-old girls.

Moreover, Marquis Guiping is the current emperor's maternal uncle, and many officials try to curry favor with him, with many sending him beautiful women.

Therefore, the Marquis has not rested in Cui's room for half a year.

Unexpectedly, Marquis Guiping came to the main house that evening, and he had a fawning smile on his face.

"Madam, who delivered today's flower tea?"

Cui Shi rolled her eyes at Gui Pinghou, knowing that this man wouldn't come to the temple without a reason; it turned out he had come for the flower tea.

This flower tea is even more attractive than a beautiful woman! Indeed, the flower tea made by my future daughter-in-law is absolutely delicious.

Good timing, she just happened to have something to say to Marquis Guiping.

"It was given to me by your future daughter-in-law. She said she made it herself. In my opinion, this flower tea is a hundred times better than the tribute tea. Moreover, I have already asked Granny Yang to go to Qinghe County to see her. Our future daughter-in-law is exceptionally beautiful, not at all as ugly as everyone says."

"My lord, you must understand that when others slander our future daughter-in-law, it's all out of jealousy—jealousy that she's too good and too outstanding."

Marquis Guiping was overjoyed. Originally, many people had spoken ill of his future daughter-in-law to him.

He had initially looked down on the marriage, but he never expected his daughter-in-law to be so capable, able to brew such excellent tea that he couldn't stop drinking it.

Having a daughter-in-law like this is such a source of pride.

"My lord, although Minister Luo is related to our future daughter-in-law by blood, he bullies her at every turn and even sent someone to Qinghe County to sever the relationship. If you see Minister Luo, please don't be polite to him."

Marquis Guiping was furious. Bullying his future daughter-in-law meant that no one respected him as a marquis. "Don't worry, from now on, anyone who dares to slander my daughter-in-law in front of me will be punished."