Vice Minister Luo then said, "Your Excellency, you may not know, but His Majesty has sent a message to Miss Su, wishing her to return to Qinghe County."

"But Miss Su actually disagreed. She even acted arrogantly. What right does she have to act arrogantly? His Majesty's willingness to reinstate her is a sign of respect..."

As Vice Minister Luo was speaking through gritted teeth, Feng Yuanxi entered.

"Why should you get to decide everything? Miss Su has been wronged! You bandits, you just rob other people's troops whenever you want. Now you've suffered a great loss at the hands of the Prince of Huainan, and you want Miss Su to clean up your mess!"

Feng Yuanxi kicked Minister Luo to the ground. "You are shameless! Why do you get to call all the shots? Our General Su will not be at your beck and call."

Prime Minister Feng picked up the porcelain pillow from the bed and threw it at his youngest son, but missed.

With a crash, the porcelain pillow shattered on the floor.

Luo, the Vice Minister, was kicked by Feng Yuanxi and fell to the corner of the room without putting up any resistance. He knew that no matter how bad Feng Yuanxi was, he was still Prime Minister Feng's precious son.

He also knew that Prime Minister Feng had deliberately thrown the object off-target.

The servants in the house are having a real headache; they've been causing me a lot of trouble lately.

The Prime Minister has already smashed five porcelain pillows; he's gotten addicted to it.

Plum Garden.

Gong Yu stood outside and talked to Su Qianqian.

"Girl, whatever decision you make, I will support you."

Although the emperor was his cousin, he still felt indignant on behalf of his daughter.

They can seize military power whenever they want, and hand it over to anyone they please. What gives them the right? This is outrageous!

This time, the court should be taught a lesson and made to realize the importance of his maid. Next time, they will not dare to underestimate her.

"Girl, just be happy, don't worry about anyone else."

Just as she finished speaking, a mosquito buzzed and landed on Su Qianqian's hand.

Quickly help get rid of the mosquitoes.

"Girl, there are more and more mosquitoes lately, you should go back inside."

After Gong Yu finished speaking, he left, leading Ying Shiyi and the others out of the city at full speed.

The soldiers guarding the city saw that the Crown Prince was leading more than a dozen people out of the city at a very fast pace.

I thought something terrible had happened.

Little did they know that Gong Yu had gone out of the city to fetch mugwort and mint.

These two things can repel mosquitoes.

Gong Yu led a group of people to pick three large baskets of mint and mugwort, which they brought back to the Guiping Marquis's residence, where they asked Granny Li to help make mosquito repellent.

Every year, the mosquito repellent for the Marquis of Guiping's residence is made by Granny Li.

When Granny Li saw the three large baskets of mint and mugwort, she smiled helplessly.

The young master is so good to Miss Su. He went out late at night to find mosquito repellent and didn't return until midnight.

There is probably no other man in this world as perfect as him.

May the young master and Miss Su have a long and happy marriage and have a son soon.

Gong Yu stayed up until dawn, and after the mosquito repellent was ready, she eagerly carried it to the plum garden.

Seeing that the lights in Su Qianqian's room were already off, he didn't go in. He handed the mosquito repellent to Xiangming and asked her to pass it on tomorrow.

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Prime Minister Feng was carried into the Xuanwu Hall. He saw that the officials in the hall were more orderly than ever before, and he thought that something big had happened in the court. His heart was pounding with fear.

But then they saw Emperor Qi Jing happily sitting on the dragon throne, it seemed that something good had happened.

Emperor Qi Jing happily announced, "My beloved ministers, the Western Xia Kingdom has taken the initiative to send tribute, and the Western Xia envoys will arrive in the capital within three days."

Emperor Jing of Qi was genuinely happy about this.

Previously, the Western Xia Kingdom had been delaying its tribute payments, which greatly troubled him, as he believed that the Western Xia Kingdom looked down on him as a useless emperor.

He also had several sharply worded letters written and sent to Western Xia, but received no reply.

Unexpectedly, the Western Xia Kingdom suddenly changed its mind.

It is said that the Queen of Western Xia will come in person and wants to see Miss Su.

Emperor Qi Jing wondered if the Western Xia Kingdom's resumption of annual tribute was because of Miss Su.

Miss Su really made Da Qi look good.

Prime Minister Feng was very pleased. "Congratulations to Your Majesty on restoring the glory of Great Qi. Our Great Qi is a land of etiquette, and we must use the full strength of the nation to entertain the distinguished guests from Western Xia and demonstrate the grandeur of Great Qi."

Then Prime Minister Feng's supporters also stepped forward and put forward their own ideas.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the beggars in the capital are greatly disgracing the Great Qi Dynasty. They should all be imprisoned."

"Your Majesty, I believe we should adorn all the trees in the capital with precious colored silks, so that the Western Xia Kingdom can see our strength."

Minister Lin of the Ministry of Revenue suggested, "Your Majesty, I have heard that the Queen of Western Xia is fond of men. We should select hundreds of handsome men to entertain our distinguished guests and show our hospitality."

Upon hearing this, Minister Xue of the Ministry of Rites, a father of three sons, was furious. "Minister Lin, if you're so eager to curry favor with the Queen of Western Xia, why don't you offer your two biological sons to her?"

Minister Sun of the Ministry of Revenue suggested, "Your Majesty, the Great Qi is a land of etiquette. The Imperial Household Department must prepare expensive return gifts, the value of which must be higher than the annual tribute from the Western Xia, in order to reflect the wealth of the Great Qi."

Duke Anguo couldn't stand it anymore. The matter of returning gifts was the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites, and had nothing to do with the Ministry of Revenue!

"Everyone, have you all forgotten why the Western Xia had to pay tribute to the Great Qi? It was because the Western Xia invaded the territory of our Great Qi and killed countless people of Great Qi. General Xin, the God of War, defeated them. Therefore, the tribute was actually their compensation to Great Qi."

Duke Anguo's voice was strong and clear. He was very angry. These ministers were so forgetful. They had forgotten so quickly about the Western Xia's invasion and the killing of the people of Qi.

When the Western Xia suffered a natural disaster, the Great Qi donated a large amount of grain and agricultural tools to the Western Xia, and also sent many weapons to the Western Xia for self-defense.

As a result, the Western Xia used all the iron from those farm tools to make weapons, ate the grain provided by the Great Qi, used the weapons provided by the Great Qi, and killed hundreds of thousands of Great Qi people.

They also buried tens of thousands of women and children alive, using extremely cruel methods.

Thanks to General Xin's bravery, he led his men all the way to the Western Xia royal court.

At that time, Prime Minister Feng said that Qi was a country of etiquette and should not invade the territory of other countries. Emperor Jing of Qi agreed with Prime Minister Feng, so he ordered General Xin to withdraw. Otherwise, the territory of Western Xia would have belonged to Qi long ago.

After that, Prime Minister Feng framed General Xin in various ways, and the national hero was persecuted to the point of dying young.

It's truly a pity!

In the year that Western Xia was defeated, even though the Great Qi was short of money and food, it still gave Western Xia 50,000 catties of grain for free.

Recalling these past events, Duke Anguo felt a pain in his chest from anger.

He pounded his chest twice and shouted, "The Western Xia is the enemy of the Great Qi. To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to oneself."

Minister Qin of the Ministry of War came from a commoner background and was most able to sympathize with the suffering of ordinary people.

He suggested, "Your Majesty, I believe there is no need for so much superficiality. Face is not important at all. What is most important is ensuring that every person in our Great Qi can have enough to eat."

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