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

Magistrate Li accompanied her with trepidation, and finally waited until Miss Su said she wanted to return to the capital.

Ah, finally we can get rid of this living devil!

This time he finally got the order right, "This humble official respectfully sees off Miss Su and Prince Gong, and respectfully sees off Lord Qin and Lord Xue..."

Magistrate Li watched them eagerly as they boarded the carriage.

Lord Xue was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Seeing that Miss Su was about to climb into the carriage, he decided to go all out.

If we don't try harder this time, we won't get what we want. Even if we get beaten by the Crown Prince, we have to grit our teeth and keep going.

Because if the food that Miss Su had touched could not be given to her seriously ill father, his illness would not get better.

When his father passes away, he, as the son, will have to resign from his official post to observe mourning, thus ruining his career.

Moreover, he was a filial son and deeply missed his father.

So all we can do is rush forward regardless of everything.

Although he couldn't be sure if the food that Miss Su had touched could really save his father, his father was on his deathbed and there was no better option at the moment, so he had no choice but to try anything.

Lord Xue did not dare to approach Miss Su to stop her. Instead, he shouted loudly to Miss Su, who was getting into the carriage, "Miss Su, I am willing to donate ten thousand taels of silver to you to help the poor."

I've heard that Miss Su never owes anyone favors, so if he donates ten thousand taels of silver to her, he's sure to get something in return.

Upon hearing this, Miss Su indeed turned around and looked at Lord Xue.

She remembered the information she had gleaned from Gu's Tea House, which said that Lord Xue's father was terminally ill.

In fact, Lord Xue is a rare example of an upright official. Since Lord Xue has extended an olive branch, she is willing to offer her some assistance.

"Lord Xue, please speak plainly."

Lord Xue, not wanting to miss this opportunity, quickly seized the limited time and begged, "Miss Su, my father is very ill. I only ask to have the food that Miss Su has touched."

Magistrate Li was completely bewildered.

This Lord Xue is a high-ranking official of the third rank, yet he speaks in a completely incoherent manner.

What connection whatsoever is there between your father's serious illness and the food that Miss Su touched?

Xiangming knew that Lord Xue must have inquired about the recovery of the fourth lady of the Luo family, which was why he was so obsessed with the food that Miss Su had touched.

She had been by the girl's side for a long time, so she knew that the girl had many amazing abilities.

Many people felt that the girl was marrying up to the young master, but Xiangming knew that it was her young master who was marrying up to Miss Su.

Under the stern gaze of the Crown Prince, Lord Xue approached the carriage step by step, holding the silver notes.

"Miss Su, please accept this official's 10,000 taels of silver."

The weather wasn't hot at all in spring, but Lord Xue was sweating profusely from nervousness.

"I believe that Miss Su is the one who can truly do practical things for the people. I have just seen that Miss Su has a lot of opinions on the renovation of Rongyang Hall and does not casually hand over the money to people like Magistrate Li. Therefore, I believe that if this 10,000 taels of silver is given to Miss Su, it will definitely find a perfect place."

Magistrate Li was a little angry. "You, Lord Xue, like to flatter others, why are you dragging me into this?"

The silver I embezzled over the past two years will all be distributed to the common people in the next few days. There is no county magistrate in the entire Great Qi who is more upright than me.

However, Magistrate Li also felt that he should really learn from Lord Xue.

Look at Lord Xue, he's clearly offering a bribe, yet he praises the person who accepted it as incredibly noble, complimenting Miss Su on how clever she is with money.

This level of flattery is simply divine! No wonder he was able to become an official in the capital.

Su Qianqian took the silver note and casually said, "If Lord Xue's father is ill, he should see a doctor. It's no use coming to me."

After saying that, he drew the dark blue curtains.

To make it easier for her to store and retrieve things from her spatial storage, she put the silver notes into her space and then took out the small ginseng that had been soaked in the spiritual spring water.

She has more than a dozen ginseng roots in her space, of varying sizes, some very old, some not so old.

The reason for preparing these in advance is so that they can be readily available should a relative or friend urgently need medical treatment.

Lord Xue thought all hope was lost, but then Miss Su lifted the carriage curtain and handed out a small box.

"Take it, there's a return gift of ten thousand taels in the box."

Lord Xue opened the small box made of boxwood and saw a small ginseng inside. It was very small and probably not very old, but it was valuable because it was a gift from Miss Su.

Good heavens, there is hope for my father's illness.

Lord Xue was so excited that his face turned red. He hugged the treasure and left, thanking everyone profusely.

Magistrate Li watched the carriage drive away and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

My goodness, Miss Su is terrifying.

This teenage girl was even more cunning than someone like Prime Minister Feng, and she even knew how much disaster relief money he had embezzled.

Even though it was their first meeting, he was completely under that girl's thumb.

The feeling of being stared at so openly is extremely uncomfortable.

If he could, Magistrate Li would never want to see Miss Su a second time in his life.

Because that little girl's eyes were so sharp, it made you feel like you had nowhere to hide.

Magistrate Li had just turned to leave when he was stopped by someone.

"Lord Li, I'm here to bother you again."

The visitor was foreman Sun.

One of Sun's men was very clever. He learned that Minister Qin had raised more than 200,000 taels of silver and guessed that Minister Qin would definitely renovate several Rongyang Halls near the outskirts of the capital. So he encouraged him to bribe Magistrate Li to get this big project.

"Lord Li, you must entrust me with the task of repairing Rongyang Hall."

As he spoke, Foreman Sun slipped a thousand-tael silver note into Magistrate Li's hand.

Magistrate Li did not dare to accept the girl's money. Although she had left, she should still be in Gu'an County.

He only has one head; he wouldn't dare accept money at this time.

Moreover, he has now lost the right to accept bribes, because Miss Su never entrusted him with the task of repairing Rongyang Hall.

"Foreman Sun, it's no use. You won't get this lucrative job because I heard they're going to give it to people from Qinghe County."

Qinghe County? The new concubine that Foreman Sun took was from Qinghe County; she was Fang Cheng's younger sister, Fang Yingxue.

Fang Cheng, after escaping the capital, was nearly beaten to death by a beggar while trying to get a bite to eat.

Later, Fang Cheng secretly slipped back to the vicinity of the capital and contacted his mother and sister.

Now that his younger sister has married Foreman Sun, he works with Foreman Sun building houses. However, because his sister is Foreman Sun's concubine, the work he does is relatively easy.

But Fang Cheng never gave up his dream of becoming an official.

His goal was to earn 80,000 taels of silver to repay Vice Minister Luo and Prime Minister Feng, at which point the two would no longer stop him from taking the imperial examinations.

So when Fang Cheng learned that Minister Qin had raised a lot of money for the demobilized soldiers, he suggested to Foreman Sun that he bribe the county magistrate where Rongyangtang was located.

The result was that things went wrong.

Foreman Sun is a man with a very volatile temper.

Because he failed to land a big business deal this time, he beat up Fang Yingxue when he got home.

"Fang Yingxue, it's all your brother's fault for giving such a bad idea. He made me lose a lot of money. I listened to him and turned down a lot of business, and I was determined to take on Rongyangtang's business, but I couldn't get any at all."

Fang Yingxue was covered in bloody welts from being whipped, and the fresh camellia she wore on her head fell to the ground and was crushed to pieces.

She hated it intensely.

She hated her mother because her brother sold her to Foreman Sun.

She resented her brother for causing Foreman Sun to lose money, which is why Foreman Sun whipped her.

Fang Yingxue now fully understands that her brother can never defeat Su Qianqian.

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Qinghe County quickly received Su Qianqian's letter.

When the old patriarch of the Zhang family learned that the letter was from Miss Su, he took it very seriously. He washed his hands and burned incense before opening the envelope.

He read the letter over and over again, clutching his chest with excitement, unable to catch his breath for a long time, and almost died.

"Great, very good! Miss Su has secured a big job for the Zhang family. We're going to build a house in the outskirts of Beijing."

The Zhang family is quite large in the vicinity of Qinghe County, and their family businesses are diverse, including building houses.

They had only built houses near Qinghe County before, but they never expected to get such a big job in the suburbs of Beijing.

In the capital city, a place where all sorts of people mingle, it is said that the foremen there all have powerful backgrounds, and it is harder than climbing to heaven for outsiders to snatch work from them.

But Miss Su managed to snatch it and even entrusted such a large project to the Zhang family, which shows her trust in the Zhang family!

This was also a rare opportunity for the Zhang family to rise to prominence in the capital.

The Zhang family will soon have a place in the capital, which is really exciting!

It seems that the Zhang family is getting closer and closer to becoming the sixth most powerful family.