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

Minister Luo was in a sorry state. The shoe on his right foot was one he had just picked up from the ground. It was someone else's shoe, and it didn't fit him well.

He was terrified when the Western Xia empress summoned a swarm of snakes.

Looking at the pristine Miss Su, Minister Luo felt particularly resentful.

The men, the backbone of the Great Qi, were all terrified. How could a young girl remain so calm and composed? It made them want to shatter her composure!

"Your Majesty, the Empress of Western Xia must have held back because she wanted Miss Su to help heal her face. Otherwise, things might not have ended smoothly today. Miss Su disobeyed your orders and acted on her own initiative to retaliate against Western Xia. This is a contempt for imperial authority and she must be severely punished."

Emperor Jing of Qi was a hardworking but weak emperor, so he was quite conflicted at this moment.

Miss Su did indeed disobey the emperor's orders. As the emperor, he disliked it most when others disobeyed his orders.

But without Miss Su, the ministers would have been severely punished by the Western Xia Empress today.

Although Miss Su's actions completely offended Western Xia, they also saved some face for Great Qi, so there were both losses and gains.

Lord Xue considered himself to be Miss Su's man, so naturally he had to speak up for her.

"Your Majesty, you must not punish Miss Su. The Empress of Western Xia has come to Miss Su to have her face treated. If you punish Miss Su, she may become unhappy and refuse to have her face treated by the Empress, which would be troublesome."

Emperor Qi Jing thought that what Lord Xue said made a lot of sense. It would be a good thing to heal the face of the Western Xia Empress as soon as possible and send away this great Buddha of Western Xia as soon as possible.

Minister Luo gritted his teeth and said, "Under the whole heaven, all land belongs to the king; on the shores of the land, all people are subjects of the king. Miss Su was born in the Great Qi, so she must obey the orders of the Great Qi. His Majesty ordered her to treat the Empress's face, so she must do it. Not doing so would be disobeying the imperial order, and disobeying the imperial order is a capital offense."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Qi Jing felt that what Minister Luo said made a lot of sense.

He was about to say something when An Guogong spoke up.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that you once bestowed upon Miss Su a pardon from death?"

Yes, Emperor Qi Jing suddenly regretted it. He shouldn't have granted Miss Su a pardon in the first place. Now, it would be a bit difficult to control that young girl.

It was almost lunchtime, and Emperor Qi Jing had specially ordered the imperial chefs to prepare a sumptuous feast to welcome the Empress of Western Xia. He had to hurry back and eat.

"Minister Luo, go and invite the Empress of Western Xia into the city to enjoy a banquet in the palace."

Minister Luo had no snake-repelling powder, so he dared not approach the Western Xia people.

He clutched his chest, feigning a heart ache, and said, "Your Majesty, my angina is still not better."

Duke Anguo thought to himself: Pretend, Minister Luo, keep pretending. You spoke with such vigor just now, you didn't seem sick at all. You can only fool His Majesty for a moment.

Lord Xue volunteered, "Your Majesty, I will go and convey the message."

He belongs to Miss Su, and he absolutely cannot be as cowardly and shameful as Vice Minister Luo.

On the Western Xia Empress's side, General Gongsun was very angry, feeling that the Great Qi had offended their Western Xia Empress's face, and he started speaking in the Western Xia language.

"Your Majesty, how about I go and experience Miss Su's skills?"

Empress Ji Wu stopped her, "No need. We still need that little girl to heal her face. It's not too late to deal with her after her face is healed."

Ji Wu gave an order to all the Western Xia soldiers: "Remember my order, you must be respectful to Miss Su."

Otherwise, the girl will be unhappy, and it wouldn't be good if we didn't treat her face.

We'll talk about everything after my face is healed.

The ministers all went to attend the palace banquet.

Vice Minister Luo did not go. He was still frightened when he recalled the scene of being surrounded by snakes, so he used angina as an excuse to go home.

Su Qianqian and Gong Yu didn't go either, and went straight back to Gu's Tea House.

As soon as they returned to the backyard of the teahouse, Gong Yu began to massage Su Qianqian's shoulders.

He specifically consulted with the imperial physicians in the palace, and it finally came in handy.

The world is vast, but the future daughter-in-law is the most important!

"Don't be angry, little girl. If your cousin dares to do something foolish again, we'll support him to the throne once the Empress gives birth to the Crown Prince."

When Vice Minister Luo returned to the Luo residence, he found that the Luo family had already finished lunch and hadn't waited for him to come back to eat together.

"Dajiang, go to the main kitchen and ask the cook to prepare two good dishes to go with the drinks."

I was really scared by those horrible mollusks today, so I'm going to have a drink to calm my nerves.

In addition, he has a lot of worries.

Because he failed to bring snake repellent powder out of the city as promised, Prime Minister Feng was bitten by a venomous snake.

Although Prime Minister Feng has taken the antidote given by the Empress of Western Xia and is no longer in danger, he will definitely be angry if he sees him.

He had to bring some gifts to the Prime Minister's residence to apologize, but he had no money.

So I guess I should have a drink; a good drink can wash away all my worries.

Fan Dajiang received the order but stood still.

"Master, the cooks in the manor haven't received their monthly wages for several months. If we make them work overtime to prepare food, we should definitely reward them with some money."

Luo, the Vice Minister, was annoyed by this. He took out a small piece of silver and said to Fan Dajiang, "Cut it up with scissors and give just a little to the cook. Send the rest to Mingfang."

Fan Dajiang caught the small piece of silver, about the size of a fingernail, and mentally complained – this tiny piece of silver actually needs to be cut with scissors; you could easily cut yourself if you're not careful.

You probably can't find another third-rank official in such dire straits in the entire capital.

Unfortunately, he was a servant born into the Luo family, and his indenture was with the old lady, so he could only swallow his anger and continue to stay in the Luo family.

When he walked into the main kitchen, he heard the cooks talking animatedly.

"Master tried to borrow snake repellent powder from Miss Mingfang, but he couldn't."

"Our Luo family is still too poor. Now the whole capital is talking about it. They say that the waiters at Gu's Tea House all have a packet of snake repellent powder. That's a privilege only the ladies in the palace have."

Fan Dajiang felt particularly envious of those who worked for Miss Su.

Following Miss Su is something to be truly envious of.

If Minister Luo had recognized Miss Su as his granddaughter back then, the servants in the Luo household would surely have a packet of snake repellent powder each, making the servants of other mansions green with envy.

After the meal is cooked and served,

Luo Mingfang has arrived.

She bowed gracefully upon entering the house, showing great courtesy.

"Greetings to my grandfather."

When Minister Luo remembered the snake repellent powder, he felt that his granddaughter must have had her reasons. "Mingfang, we agreed that I would use the snake repellent powder today."

Upon hearing this, Luo Mingfang immediately burst into tears, feeling wronged.

"Grandfather, I got up early this morning and heard that you had already left the manor, so I quickly took some snake repellent powder and went after you, but unfortunately I couldn't find you."

Vice Minister Luo felt heartbroken; he really shouldn't have doubted such a filial child.

His pampered granddaughter must have suffered a great deal to have left the mansion to look for him today.

"Dajiang, have the kitchen prepare a bowl of bird's nest soup for Mingfang to nourish her."

"Yes, sir."

Li, the cook, was standing in front of the rotten wooden door of the kitchen, cracking sunflower seeds. When she heard Fan Dajiang's message, she couldn't help but purse her lips.

I felt extremely uncomfortable.

There was only a little bit of bird's nest residue left in the kitchen. In other mansions, it would definitely be used to feed the servants, but now it could only be cooked for Miss Mingfang.

Other mansions have plenty of meat and fish every day, but the Luo family is very stingy. There's no way to make any money as a cook here.