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

Emperor Qi Jing hosted a banquet for Ji Wu, the Empress of Western Xia.

Ji Wu requested to dine alone and not be disturbed.

The reason is that the veil needs to be removed when eating, which would expose the scars on the face.

Minister Lin of the Ministry of Revenue believed that the Great Qi must have offended the Empress. How could guests be entertained with a separate table or room? If it was inconvenient for male guests, female guests could have accompanied them.

"Your Majesty, when we were outside the city, Miss Su's powder offended the Western Xia people's faces. The Empress may have been angered by this, which is why she requested to dine alone."

"In order to promote friendship between the two countries, to demonstrate the wealth of the Great Qi, and to show Your Majesty's magnanimity, I suggest that Your Majesty present the Empress of Western Xia with a sum of silver as an apology."

Emperor Qi Jing readily agreed, and immediately offered another 50,000 taels of silver.

The news quickly reached Su Qianqian's ears, and she felt a tightness in her chest.

The Great Qi is full of people who can't get enough to eat. Instead of helping them, it squanders its wealth on other countries, including enemy countries!

Gu's Tea House remains closed to the public.

That evening, Su Qianqian was sitting in the lobby on the first floor writing a letter to the patriarch of the Zhang family, who lived far away in Qinghe County, when a guest arrived.

Xu Ruofeng: "Master, the Grand Preceptor of Western Xia requests an audience."

Su Qianqian put away the letter and handed it to Xiangming, "Ruofeng, let him in."

After the gate opened, the extremely thin Grand Preceptor of Western Xia entered.

The Grand Preceptor of Western Xia entered wearing a loose black Taoist robe. It was as if he hadn't walked in on his own two feet, but rather as if he had been blown in by the wind, his body swaying unsteadily.

Seeing this scene at night was quite frightening.

It's obvious at a glance that this Grand Preceptor of Western Xia is a capable person.

The Imperial Advisor looked at Hu Pingfan, Lord Xue, and Xiangming standing to the side, "Miss Su, I would like to have a few words with you privately."

Su Qianqian said to Hu Pingfan and the others, "You guys go to the second floor."

Although Hu Pingfan and the others wanted to protect Miss Su, they could not disobey orders and obediently went upstairs.

Su Qianqian looked at the strange gray eyes of the Grand Preceptor and knew that this Grand Preceptor of Western Xia was no ordinary person.

Gong Yu had already told Su Qianqian about the skinny national advisor's background.

This national teacher, surnamed Duan, was once the senior brother of Master Tianyuan. He was very talented in Buddhism, but he fled after committing murder. Later, he abandoned Buddhism and studied Taoism, where he still showed amazing talent.

Master Tianyuan is very powerful, but this Imperial Preceptor is no ordinary person either.

The Imperial Advisor dropped a bombshell: "Miss Su, you shouldn't have been born into this world."

Su Qianqian: Huh, we've been found out.

"I don't think the Grand Preceptor should be in this world either. You and Master Tianyuan are both people who know the secrets of heaven. People who know the secrets of heaven should protect the people of their region, but you are helping the wicked and helping the Western Xia kill hundreds of thousands of Qi civilians."

Su Qianqian looked at the Imperial Advisor's body, which was as thin as a sheet of paper, and said, "Your body is so sick now, you must be suffering the consequences of the heavens. This is the price of doing evil. You really shouldn't have been born into this world."

The Imperial Advisor showed no sign of regret, but could not hide his excitement; his whole body was trembling.

"None of you understand me. All I want is to love one person properly. What's wrong with that?"

At the age of twenty, as Master Tianyuan's senior brother, he was exceptionally talented and should have achieved even greater success than Master Tianyuan.

But it was ruined by a woman.

As a monk, he fell in love with a woman who frequently came to the temple to burn incense.

Later, he discovered that the woman was having an affair with another monk. Enraged, he killed the monk but couldn't bring himself to kill the woman.

He escaped and received the Taoist teachings at Maoshan, where he was highly regarded by the Taoist master. However, he was only interested in pursuing love.

Later, he wandered around and encountered the previous Empress of Western Xia.

He was a man who valued emotions above all else. Although the former Empress of Western Xia was ugly and her face was covered with scars, he still fell in love with her irrevocably.

From then on, he willingly became a knife in the Empress's hand.

After the previous empress died, he could have laid down his sword, slowly atone for his sins, and allowed his body to recover, but he agreed to help assist the next empress.

Driven by a promise of love, he continued to commit murder despite his broken body.

In conclusion, this imperial advisor was completely obsessed with love; he was born for love and would do anything for it, even risk his life.

When he was a monk, he gave up a promising future for a woman.

He became a Taoist priest, willing to commit countless acts of murder for the sake of women.

"Miss Su, I have come on Her Majesty's orders to discuss with you the matter of healing Her Majesty's face."

Fearing that Su Qianqian would refuse, the Imperial Advisor planned to demonstrate his ability to control objects remotely in order to intimidate her.

The Imperial Preceptor, his voice hoarse, shouted "Rise!" and the teapot on the table flew up, pouring water into the teacup in front of Miss Su. It filled the cup to eight-tenths full before stopping and landing steadily on the round wooden table, just right.

"It's just a trivial skill; I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Miss Su."

A blatant provocation.

Su Qianqian simply made the water in the cup disappear and put it into her spatial storage. "Likewise, please don't laugh at me, Imperial Advisor."

The Imperial Advisor looked rather displeased.

He had long sensed that this otherworldly soul possessed a great opportunity, but he was still quite shocked to see the water disappear from the cup with his own eyes.

I'm very curious about how far this girl can control people and objects. If the distance is very large, she can make him and the Western Xia soldiers disappear instantly.

What a terrifying power that would be!

He originally thought that with his skills, he had a great chance of defeating this girl, but now he was not so sure.

"Your Excellency, there's no such thing as a free lunch. I can treat your face, but I'll charge you for it."

The Imperial Advisor breathed a sigh of relief, relieved that she had agreed. "How much money does Miss Su intend to charge?"

"One hundred thousand taels of silver."

The Imperial Advisor was stunned by Su Qianqian's outrageous demands.

This girl is really daring to ask for a price.

"Is the Grand Preceptor remaining silent because he believes the Empress's face isn't worth the price?"

Imperial Advisor: Of course it's worth it. Her Majesty the Empress is so precious that even if it costs a million taels, we must treat her.

But the Imperial Advisor felt very uncomfortable, because he felt like he was being manipulated by this young girl.

"Very well, I will convey Miss Su's request to Her Majesty. Farewell."

Su Qianqian picked up the scissors and trimmed the wick, making the oil lamp on the table even brighter.

She called out to the Imperial Preceptor's retreating figure, "I hope you don't think I've gotten a good deal, Imperial Preceptor. The medicinal herbs for treating the face are extremely precious, and one of them is ambergris. Please send the ambergris over as early as possible tomorrow."

"Don't worry, Miss Su, I will relay your message to Her Majesty the Empress."

The Imperial Advisor was a little angry; Miss Su was trying to take back everything the Emperor of Qi had given her.

He floated out of the Gu's Teahouse and suddenly bent over, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

The attempt to forcibly calculate Miss Su's fate has backfired.

He tried hard to suppress it while inside the lobby, but now that he's outside and relaxed, he can't control himself anymore.