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

The Empress was also in the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace.

She had been looking forward to seeing Miss Su for a long time.

All the good things she received from her family before were made by Miss Su.

Thanks to Miss Su, she was able to regain Emperor Qi Jing's favor and become the first woman in the harem to conceive an imperial child. She was extremely grateful to Miss Su.

The gift the Empress gave to Su Qianqian was a set of imperial ruby ​​jewelry, which matched the color of Su Qianqian's clothes quite well.

"My gift is somewhat inferior to what Miss Su is wearing."

The Empress felt she couldn't take it all in; Miss Su was so beautiful that she made one want to look again and again, and her clothes and accessories were also very lovely.

If the other concubines in the harem saw Miss Su's jewelry, they would all want to wear this new style of jewelry in a few days.

The Empress is four months pregnant and her pregnancy is already showing.

She heard from Princess Zhaohua that everyone outside was saying that Miss Su was a lucky star, so she wanted to get some auspicious words from Miss Su.

"Miss Su, do you think I'm having a baby boy?"

Su Qianqian didn't want to kill the conversation, so since the Empress wanted to have a son, she offered her blessings, "May the Empress's wish come true."

The Empress was overjoyed, her lips curving upwards in uncontrollable smiles. She believed that Miss Su was a person of great fortune, and since Miss Su had already offered her blessings, the child she would give birth to would surely be a prince.

The Empress took a sip of the flower tea and smiled at the Empress Dowager, saying, "Empress Dowager, you probably don't know, but this flower tea was personally made by Miss Su."

The Empress Dowager was indeed surprised. After drinking it for so long, she realized that the tea was actually made by Miss Su. "So this flower tea was made by Miss Su. She is truly skillful."

She used to have severe insomnia, but her insomnia has improved a lot since she started drinking herbal tea.

I used to think it was a real shame that after each cup of herbal tea, I had to wait a long time for Princess Zhaohua to send me new tea leaves.

Now that Miss Su has become my niece-in-law, will we still have to worry about flower tea? We definitely won't be able to finish it all.

This marriage is absolutely perfect.

When Su Qianqian heard the Empress mention flower tea, she knew that the Empress was also thinking about flower tea.

"Perfect timing, I brought a lot of herbal tea as a gift."

Good things come in pairs. Su Qianqian sent two boxes of flower tea to the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and the Lady of the Marquis, and also gave each of them a set of the latest gold and silver filigree jewelry from the National Beauty and Fragrance collection.

The empress received a gourd-shaped ornament.

The Empress was delighted to receive the jewelry. She had been immediately struck by the gold and silver gourd she wore when she first saw it, and she loved it at first sight. She never imagined she would own one so soon.

The gourd is a homophone for "good fortune and prosperity," so it carries a very auspicious meaning.

Miss Su is so creative; she never imagined that gold and silver threads intertwined could look so beautiful.

As for the Emperor, the banquet was held in the Imperial Garden. Because Miss Su was still with the Empress Dowager, the banquet had not yet officially started.

The colorful palace lanterns illuminated the Imperial Garden brightly.

The dancers of the Jiaosifang were dancing, and the music was melodious and heavenly.

It's springtime now, and there aren't many mosquitoes at night, so it's very comfortable to sit here.

Prime Minister Feng and the ministers of the six ministries were all ordered to come and entertain the guests.

Minister Qin, because Military Advisor Zhang and Clan Chief Zhang were brought by Su Qianqian, spent a lot of time talking with them.

"How is my good-for-nothing grandson, Changfeng, doing?"

"Minister Qin, rest assured, Changfeng is very capable and often receives praise from Miss Su."

Prime Minister Feng sat to the side, curling his lip in disdain.

This Minister Qin is truly unambitious; he's even trying to curry favor with an obscure little family from a small county town.

Flattery is useless; it's just a waste of effort.

Prime Minister Feng glanced around from time to time. Although he had been targeting Miss Su, he was just as curious as everyone else about what she looked like.

Unfortunately, after waiting for so long, the person still hasn't come out of the Empress Dowager's palace.

The emperor was in a bad mood. It was already dark, and of the five great families he had invited, only three had come: the Mu family, the Sikong family, and the Meng family.

Moreover, the person who came from the Meng family was not the head of the family, but Fifth Master Meng. He only came because of the Lady of Guiping Marquis, since Fifth Master Meng's wife and Lady of Guiping Marquis are sisters.

Emperor Jing of Qi noticed that after the heads of the Mu and Sikong families sat down, they kept looking around, clearly not paying attention.

Sure enough, he was not important at all in the eyes of the powerful families.

The five powerful families were too great, each possessing countless private armies. They didn't take him, the emperor of the Great Qi, seriously at all. The emperors of the other countries were also looked down upon by the five powerful families.

The head of the Sikong family was eager to see Miss Su: "Your Majesty, I heard Miss Su was coming too, but I haven't seen her."

The youngest son of the Sikong family head once fell into the water and almost died, but was saved by the search and rescue dog trained by Miss Su.

Although the head of the Sikong family had already sent valuable gifts to Qinghe County, he still wanted to thank Miss Su in person.

The head of the Mu family also wanted to meet that Miss Su.

Because Miss Su helped her nephew defend the border town of Shacheng.

The head of the Mu family had no sons, only a daughter, whom he doted on.

His daughter is about the same age as Miss Su and has always admired her.

Before the head of the Mu family entered the palace, his daughter said she wanted to see Miss Su.

Therefore, the head of the Mu family planned to invite Miss Su to visit the Mu family.

The head of the Mu family was also getting impatient: "Your Majesty, is Miss Su arriving soon?"

Emperor Qi Jing finally understood: no wonder he always felt that the two heads of the family were looking around absentmindedly; it turned out that the two of them were waiting for Miss Su.

I never imagined that Miss Su would have such a great influence on Mu Ke and the Sikong family.

"Please rest assured, both of you, Miss Su is with the Empress Dowager and should be arriving soon."

It was completely dark when Emperor Qi Jing knew that the other two powerful families probably wouldn't come.

Before the banquet began, he first spoke with the Meng, Mu, and Sikong families about donating silver.

"The main reason I invited several heads of families here this time is for the northern border. As we all know, war is very expensive, and the national treasury is already empty."

The heads of the Mu and Sikong families exchanged a glance, and without hesitation, they agreed to donate 10,000 taels of silver to each family.

Master Meng, on the other hand, remained inactive, having not yet decided how much to donate.

Emperor Qi Jing sighed. Each of the two families was paying 10,000 taels, which together amounted to only 20,000 taels. With the current high price of grain, this amount of money was simply not enough.

Moreover, it's not just the soldiers on the border who need provisions; many dike projects in various places also need to be started, all of which require money.

The dike must be repaired before summer arrives, otherwise, if an accident such as a breach occurs during the heavy summer rains, the people will suffer heavy casualties.

Emperor Qi Jing was anxious for money, so he summoned Prime Minister Feng and several ministers to the pavilion next to the artificial hill.

"My beloved ministers, quickly help me think of a way to invite the heads of the other two aristocratic families over."

Minister Qin expressed his helplessness: "Your Majesty, this old minister has no choice. The five great families have never been restrained by the court. They have considerable power in all four kingdoms and have never taken the royal families of the four kingdoms seriously."

The other ministers also lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

Emperor Qi Jing was furious. "What use are you to me? If you can't invite the other two aristocratic families, each of you should donate an extra ten thousand taels of silver to help the court in its emergency."

Prime Minister Feng glanced around several times, and when he confirmed that Marquis Guiping had not come, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Now, no matter how he schemes against Miss Su, no one will rush up to hit him.

"Your Majesty, inviting all the noble families to the banquet is practically impossible. The Xuanyuan and Murong families have always ignored any royal family of the four kingdoms. I bet no one can invite either of those two families. Even that Miss Su couldn't do it."

Just then, a voice chimed in from the side, "Why don't we let our Miss Su give it a try?"

The speaker was strategist Zhang. He had drunk too much water and was looking for a latrine, but ended up at the artificial hill.

Prime Minister Feng was speechless. "You're incredibly arrogant. Coming from a small place, you're truly ignorant. You have no idea how arrogant the Xuanyuan and Murong families are. If Miss Su can't get anyone to help her, she'll be punished."

Military Advisor Zhang was actually a little regretful. He had just passed by and heard Prime Minister Feng say that Miss Su couldn't do it, and he had spoken up in a fit of anger.

But after thinking about it carefully, this task is indeed quite difficult. Even the emperor couldn't invite those two aristocratic families, so who else could do it?

However, Miss Su is the most amazing person he has ever met.

So far, he hasn't found anything that could trouble Miss Su.

In Zhang Junshi's mind, Miss Su was omnipotent.