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

In the private room on the second floor of Gu's Tea House, everyone else had left, leaving only Su Qianqian and Ji Wu.

Since her disfigurement, Ji Wu's least favorite thing has been letting others see her face.

Removing one's veil in front of others and revealing an ugly and hideous face is a very humiliating thing.

The golden veil was slowly removed, revealing a face crisscrossed with scars.

"Miss Su, you must be shocked to see my face?"

Ji Wu discovered that Miss Su remained expressionless, the first person to see her face without showing the slightest disgust, or even the slightest shock.

For the first time, she felt that her dignity had been protected.

Putting aside matters of national importance, she quite admired Miss Su.

"Miss Ji, your face is alright, but to completely remove the scars, you'll probably need at least ten treatments."

Previously, when Su Qianqian was leading troops in battle in Qinghe County, one of her female soldiers had her face disfigured, to a similar degree to Ji Wu's.

Therefore, Su Qianqian has experience in treating this type of scar.

Use the spring water to prepare a beauty-enhancing herbal powder; it will be effective in five applications.

But she decided to drag it out a bit.

I reckon that once she heals Ji Wu's face, Ji Wu might immediately start making things difficult for her.

Ji Wu's eyes lit up. "Ten treatments really will cure it?"

"Yes, but each treatment will cost an additional 5,000 taels, for a total of 50,000 taels for ten treatments."

I heard that yesterday Emperor Qi Jing gave the Empress of Western Xia a priceless luminous pearl. Gong Yu told her that the egg-sized luminous pearl was worth about 50,000 taels of silver.

So she also got the money back for the luminous pearl.

Ji Wu didn't think it was expensive; she was the Empress of Western Xia, and her face was priceless.

"Miss Su, as long as you can cure my face, I'll pay any price. If this first treatment is effective, I'll send someone to deliver 50,000 taels of silver tonight."

Su Qianqian pulled back the curtain embroidered with green bamboo on the east side of the private room, revealing a small bamboo couch.

"Miss Ji, close your eyes, lie still and don't move."

Ji Wu lay on the bed, closed her eyes, but her heart was filled with unease.

Because she was the Empress of Western Xia, her life was extremely valuable, and she never dared to close her eyes in front of strangers without guards.

But for the sake of her reputation, she endured it.

Soon, Ji Wu felt the cream applied to her face, which felt cool and refreshing, and had a pleasant herbal fragrance.

She fell asleep without even realizing it.

Ji Wu was surprised when she woke up; she had actually fallen asleep in front of Miss Su.

As the Empress of the Western Xia Kingdom, she would never dare to entrust her life to a stranger so easily.

I can't believe I just fell asleep.

When did she start to trust Miss Su so much?

Or perhaps it's due to the effects of the medicinal herbs used in the face mask?

Su Qianqian was sitting at the round wooden table drinking tea when she saw Ji Wu wake up. She said, "There is a bronze mirror on the table. Miss Ji, take a look at yourself in the mirror."

Ji Wu opened her eyes and looked eagerly into the mirror.

Looking at myself in the mirror, the scars have indeed faded significantly and even turned whiter.

Ji Wu was extremely excited. Now she could finally be certain that Miss Su could definitely cure her face.

This Miss Su is indeed very capable.

Su Qianqian reminded her, "Miss Ji, this is the first time you've used the medicine, so the effect looks very obvious. But it might not be so obvious later on, and you'll need to use the medicine at least ten times before your face looks like a normal person's."

"Miss Su, how often do you need treatment?"

"We've just started treatment, and we need to apply the medicated mud once a week."

Upon hearing this, Ji Wu knew that the treatment period would be very long.

A country cannot be without a ruler for a day, therefore she cannot stay in Daqi for long.

Ji Wu thought that inviting Miss Su to Western Xia was a good choice.

"Why don't you come to Western Xia with me, Miss Su? Western Xia is in dire need of someone as talented as you."

He was capable of governing the country, defending against foreign enemies, and possessed unparalleled medical skills. It was a waste of his talents to only be a businessman.

The emperor of the Great Qi was truly foolish, bound by ancestral rules, ignoring such a talented person simply because she was a woman.

"Miss Su, if the Emperor of Daqi won't grant you an official position, I will. I'll grant you whatever position you want. Our Western Xia is not a male-dominated country like Daqi."

Su Qianqian refused, "Maybe I will go to Xixia in the future, but right now I have a lot of things to do in the capital."

After putting on her veil, Ji Wu's attention was drawn to the dark brown porcelain plate on the table.

The porcelain plate contained the green ointment she had just used to apply to her face.

If we could take these ointments with us and give them to a skilled doctor, they might be able to analyze what medicinal ingredients were used.

In this way, Miss Su would no longer be needed, and they could immediately set off to return to Western Xia.

But then Su Qianqian called someone in and instructed, "Xiangming, take the contents of the plate and bury them under the peach tree in the backyard."

"Yes, young lady."

Xiangming immediately picked up the plate and left.

After burying the food in the plate, she looked up at the peach tree. The fruit on it was huge, twice the size of a normal peach. She had never seen such big peaches before.

At noon, Madam Xue, holding a rice bowl, sat under the peach tree, chatting with the Prime Minister's wife as she ate.

"See this peach tree in the backyard? I've lived for decades and never seen such a big peach. It's all because Miss Su brings good fortune. The peach tree has grown so big thanks to Miss Su."

The Prime Minister's wife nodded. She felt that Miss Su was indeed a very fortunate person. Since she came to work for Miss Su, many of the ailments that one would expect from someone of her age had disappeared, and she felt much more comfortable.

The world is truly vast and full of wonders.

It's just a pity that I don't know when her husband will be able to look at Miss Su without prejudice, and when he will stop opposing her.

On the peach trees, some of the peaches facing south, receiving plenty of sunlight, are already ripe, and you can smell the rich aroma of peaches while sitting under the trees.

Fang said with drooling, "There's a peach on the table in the main hall. The guests all say it's a fairy peach grown by the Queen Mother of the West, hahaha."

The Prime Minister's wife also knew about this.

I've heard rumors that the peaches Miss Su grows can bring the dead back to life; the rumors are incredibly exaggerated.

Therefore, someone offered three thousand taels of silver to buy a peach, but Miss Su refused to sell it.

In the afternoon, at the Sifangguan, where the Empress of Western Xia was staying.

General Gongsun, an impatient man, asked Ji Wu through the screen, "Has Her Majesty the Empress's face been healed?"

His Majesty the Empress had previously promised him that he could only make a move on Miss Su once his face was healed, and he couldn't wait any longer.

The Empress sat on the other side of the screen, looking in the mirror with a satisfied smile on her face.

It's truly gratifying to see such results after just one treatment.

"General Gongsun, don't be anxious. It won't be that fast. We've only used the medicine once. Miss Su said it should be once a week, at least ten times."

General Gongsun: It's going to take that long, seventy days, isn't that more than two months?

On her first visit to have her face treated, Her Majesty brought gifts worth over five thousand taels of silver. If she goes ten times, wouldn't she have to give away even more valuable gifts?

Moreover, Her Majesty the Empress just sent another 50,000 taels of silver to Miss Su.

Miss Su is so ruthless! She's so good at making money.