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

Emperor Jing of Qi believed that as long as his ministers were not terrified by the snakes and began to wail and scream on the spot, the dignity of the Great Qi would be preserved.

Prime Minister Feng coughed twice and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, our Great Qi is a land of etiquette and would never do anything to harm our distinguished guests from Western Xia."

Lord Lin proposed, "Your Majesty, in order to preserve the dignity of our distinguished guests from Western Xia, I suggest that we resolve the crisis without harming the snakes."

Su Qianqian: Others trample on your dignity, yet you still think about protecting their dignity, even protecting snakes. You're just demeaning yourselves beyond belief.

Just then, Emperor Qi Jing called on her, asking, "Miss Su, do you have a solution?"

Su Qianqian decided to pass the buck to Prime Minister Feng and Lord Lin, "Your Majesty, we have no solution. However, since you two speak with such confidence, you must already have a way to deal with the snakes."

Prime Minister Feng and Lord Lin had no way to deal with the snakes, so they immediately shrank back and pretended to be quails.

Su Qianqian knew that the emperor's question probably meant he wanted her to give each of the ministers a packet of snake-repelling powder.

She used to be able to donate large sums of silver for free, but she strongly objected to Emperor Qi Jing's extravagant use of 50,000 taels of silver to decorate the streets of the capital to welcome the Western Xia people, feeling it was too wasteful.

I don't want to donate for free anymore.

"Your Majesty, snake repellent powder is quite difficult to make."

Emperor Qi Jing also knew that it was definitely not acceptable to always make Miss Su bring out things without giving her any benefits.

"Miss Su, I will not let you suffer any losses. I promise that if you can find another silver mine, you can mine it yourself, as long as you hand over 20%."

Emperor Jing of Qi was a shrewd strategist.

Silver mines are not so easy to find.

The imperial court has a team specifically tasked with finding gold and silver mines, but there has been no news for almost a year.

How could Miss Su possibly find a silver mine so easily?

Even if Miss Su did find a silver mine, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

The imperial court couldn't find her, but Miss Su did. The imperial court could get 20% of the revenue for free.

This was the solution that Emperor Jing of Qi came up with after suffering from insomnia for several nights.

Emperor Jing of Qi thought himself to be perfect, but some short-sighted ministers jumped out to oppose him.

Vice Minister Luo was the first to stand up and object: "Your Majesty, this is unacceptable. Silver mines are the foundation of the nation and must not be allowed to be mined by private individuals."

Prime Minister Feng gave the crowd a meaningful look, and immediately more ministers stood up to object.

Emperor Qi Jing felt that his imperial power had been insulted. "I am the Son of Heaven, and my word is as good as gold. What I say cannot be taken back. If Miss Su finds a silver mine, it is up to her to mine it."

Emperor Qi Jing, his face full of anger, said to Prime Minister Feng and the others, "Those of you who have stood up to oppose this should not ask Miss Su for snake-repelling powder."

After Emperor Qi Jing finished speaking, he stormed off, and the morning court session was over.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Prime Minister Feng's men gathered outside the palace gates to discuss how to obtain the snake-repelling powder.

Prime Minister Feng: "Does anyone have snake repellent powder?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Vice Minister Luo raised his hand: "Your Excellency, I have one."

He had already given the snake repellent powder he obtained by mortgaging the house to Mingfang.

Tomorrow, the ministers will go out to welcome the guests from Western Xia. He can borrow Mingfang's services for one day first.

It's only for one day; Mingfang is so filial, she definitely won't refuse.

"I heard that snake repellent powder is effective within three meters. When I take the snake repellent powder out of the city, you all just need to stay within three meters of me."

Prime Minister Feng asked again, "Minister Luo, are you absolutely sure you'll bring the snake-repelling powder out of the city?"

"Don't worry, I'll definitely bring snake repellent powder out of town tomorrow."

Vice Minister Luo was very confident that his filial granddaughter would be fine.

He returned to the Luo residence just in time for lunch.

Vice Minister Luo looked at Luo Mingfang with affection.

"Mingfang, I'm going out of the city tomorrow to welcome distinguished guests from Western Xia. Can I borrow your snake-repelling powder? I'll return it to you when I get back tomorrow night."

When Luo Mingfang heard that the Empress of Western Xia would be arriving the next day, her legs trembled uncontrollably.

She quietly took the purse containing the snake repellent powder and threw it under the dining table.

"Grandfather, the snake repellent powder is lost."

Luo Mingfang stood up deliberately so that everyone could see her.

"As you know, I put the snake repellent powder in a lotus leaf embroidered with forsythia flowers, but now the lotus leaf is gone."

Minister Luo was in a bad mood, not expecting that the snake repellent powder had been lost.

He also promised that he would definitely bring snake-repelling powder out of the city to welcome the Western Xia people the next day.

How are we going to explain this to Prime Minister Feng?

Luo Mingxin was already angry and jealous that his grandfather gave the snake repellent powder to a fake granddaughter but not to his own grandson.

"Grandfather, if you had given me the snake repellent powder earlier, I certainly wouldn't have lost it."

Luo Shilang, who was most protective of Mingfang, threw the chopsticks in his hand at Luo Mingxin's face.

"You brat, what kind of older brother are you? How could you steal from your sister?"

The maid squatted down to pick up the chopsticks that had fallen to the ground, but inadvertently saw the purse under the table. She quickly picked up the purse and presented it to Luo Mingfang.

"Miss Mingfang, is this purse for holding snake repellent powder?"

Luo Mingxin suddenly realized: "Oh, I know, you Luo Mingfang, you must have been unwilling to lend it to Grandfather, so you deliberately threw it under the table."

Luo Mingfang's face was bruised and pale, and she said timidly, "Grandfather, it wasn't me. I don't know why the purse fell under the table."

Vice Minister Luo did not believe that Mingfang would lie.

Mingfang is a very sensible girl; she would never lie.

Now that the snake repellent powder has been found, he can take it out of the city tomorrow and fulfill his promise to Prime Minister Feng and the others.

"Mingfang, give me the snake repellent powder."

"Grandfather, you just said it's for tomorrow, so why don't I give it to you tonight?"

Vice Minister Luo nodded, "Alright."

This is such a small matter, of course I wouldn't make things difficult for my dutiful granddaughter.

When it was time for dinner, Vice Minister Luo asked about the snake-repelling powder again.

Luo Mingfang declined, saying, "Grandfather, I'll have someone send the snake repellent powder to your study later."

Luo Mingxin got angry, stood up and accused Luo Mingfang, "You girl, you're making excuses. I think you just don't want to give the snake repellent powder to Grandfather."

Luo Mingfang cried.

Waaaaah—her thin shoulders trembled, she looked so pitiful.

Luo Shilang felt particularly sorry for her, so he snatched the serving tray from his mother-in-law and threw it at Luo Mingxin.

"You unfilial brat, you actually bullied your sister until she cried, I'll beat you to death!"

Luo Mingxin was very upset after being beaten.

Grandfather is so biased, he favors Mingfang too much.

Their favoritism has reached the point of irrationality.

But this blood-related grandson was the unloved one; even if he hanged himself, his grandfather would probably think he was swinging on a swing.

No wonder the fourth and fifth wives were all heartbroken and moved out of the Luo family mansion.

"Grandfather, I'll move out of the Luo residence tonight. You can just treat Mingfang well from now on."

Minister Luo was furious. "Fine, fine, you unfilial descendants, go if you want, no one will stop you."

Before going to bed that evening, Vice Minister Luo sat in his study waiting and waiting, but the snake-repelling powder never arrived. So he sent an old woman to Luo Mingfang's courtyard to fetch it.