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

The reason Su Qianqian asked the Prime Minister's wife to assist her was because the Prime Minister's wife was very talented in making pastries and would definitely be able to learn how to decorate cakes well.

Su Qianqian planned to sell cakes in her restaurant in the future.

Gu Ji has too many customers, so we need to train more cake decorating assistants, otherwise we definitely won't be able to keep up.

She instructed the Prime Minister's wife to remove all the leftover cake base and cream, and then, when no one was in the room, she stored the cake in her spatial storage.

I'm sure that bringing this out at my coming-of-age ceremony will amaze everyone.

Everyone will definitely enjoy the meal.

At the Luo residence, the old woman in charge of purchasing vegetables placed two baskets of produce in the main kitchen and couldn't help but tell the cooks about the exciting events of the past two days.

"Recently, all the good things on the market have been snatched up by the servants of the Marquis of Guiping's mansion. I heard it's because they're going to hold a coming-of-age ceremony for Miss Su."

"The Guiping Marquis's family really spoils their future daughter-in-law. They buy her cartloads of things as if they're free. No girl in the capital has ever enjoyed such treatment. I believe this coming-of-age ceremony will be unprecedentedly lively."

"I also heard that Prince Gong went to the desert to find treasures for Miss Su. I wonder what gift he will bring back for her."

"Normally, after a woman gets married, she can only stay in the inner quarters to be a wife and mother. But the Crown Prince of Gong resigned from his position as an inspector and was willing to play a supporting role to highlight Miss Su. Miss Su is the happiest woman in the entire capital."

After the old woman finished speaking excitedly, she turned to leave, but accidentally stepped on Luo Mingfang's shoes, leaving a black footprint on the lotus-colored embroidered shoes.

Thinking to myself, this Miss Mingfang is really something. She came without even saying a word. She's probably been standing here for a long time.

Miss Mingfang is notoriously ruthless towards her servants. If someone stepped on Miss Mingfang's shoe today, they're sure to get a beating.

"Miss Mingfang, I'm so sorry, it's all my fault for being blind. Please forgive me this time."

As a result, Luo Mingfang acted as if she couldn't hear her and completely ignored the old woman.

Luo Mingfang was deep in thought, feeling particularly bitter after hearing the old woman talk about Su Qianqian's coming-of-age ceremony.

Because the Luo family was short of money, her coming-of-age ceremony was just a family dinner with no guests invited.

Why should that girl's coming-of-age ceremony be so grand!

It took Luo Mingfang quite a while to come to her senses. She asked the cook for a bowl of lotus seed porridge, which was Luo Shilang's favorite dish, and took it to the study.

In this mansion, the only person she could rely on was Vice Minister Luo.

Minister Luo would do his best to fulfill any of her requests.

Luo Mingfang placed the lotus seed soup in front of Minister Luo. "Grandfather, I specially cooked your favorite lotus seed porridge for you. Please try it."

Luo Shilang scooped a spoonful and put it in his mouth. He felt that the lotus seeds were stewed very soft and glutinous, which must have been stewed for a long time.

"Mingfang, you're so thoughtful."

He noticed that Mingfang was walking with a limp, and knew that she hadn't fully recovered from being flogged by Marquis Guiping earlier, but he still went to the kitchen to cook porridge for her.

Luo felt particularly comforted, for Mingfang was the most considerate girl.

It was he, as the grandfather, who wronged Mingfang.

"Grandfather, I heard that Miss Su's coming-of-age ceremony is in two days, and it will be a very grand event. I wonder if we will be invited."

"Although Miss Su doesn't like the Luo family, I sincerely want to congratulate her in person, after all, I'm the one who stole her identity."

When Luo Shilang heard Mingfang say this, he felt even more heartbroken. It wasn't that Mingfang had stolen the girl's identity; it was that girl who had stolen what originally belonged to Mingfang. Everything that girl had now should have originally belonged to Mingfang.

It's all fate's fault that the child was switched.

"Grandfather, you go ahead with your business. I'll head back now."

As Vice Minister Luo watched his granddaughter leave dejectedly, his heart ached terribly.

Mingfang is so pitiful. Her coming-of-age ceremony was so shabby.

Vice Minister Luo decided that he had to give Mingfang money as compensation, so as not to let her feel disheartened.

After dark, Fan Dajiang came to the study to report: "Master, Lord Qian has arrived with gifts. Shall we see him?"

"Let him in."

Fan Dajiang looked suspicious. In the past, when Lord Qian came to deliver gifts, the master would always avoid seeing him. Why did he change his mind today?

Lord Qian left the study in the Luo residence after less than half an hour.

After he left, Vice Minister Luo put the five thousand taels of silver notes that Lord Qian had bribed him into an envelope, sealed the envelope with wax, and handed it to Fan Dajiang.

"Dajiang, give this to Mingfang."

Fan Dajiang was very curious about what was in the envelope. He had been waiting outside and heard something about five thousand taels of silver. He guessed that the envelope might contain five thousand taels of silver as a bribe from Lord Qian.

However, he couldn't be sure because the envelope was sealed with wax, making it impossible to see what was inside.

Fan Dajiang handed the envelope to Luo Mingfang.

"Miss Mingfang, this is a gift from the master to you."

Before Fan Dajiang could leave, Luo Mingfang tore open the envelope and found a silver note inside, which turned out to be a huge sum of five thousand taels.

Luo Mingfang was very happy; the lotus seed porridge she gave in the afternoon hadn't been wasted.

"Manager Fan, please thank my grandfather for me."

"Yes, Miss Mingfang."

Fan Dajiang walked out of the small courtyard where Luo Mingfang lived and surveyed the scenery of the mansion.

The Luo family is now running out of money, and the gardener has long since run away. The flowers and plants in the mansion have not been trimmed and are growing in a mess, so the plants are quite unsightly.

His mood is as chaotic as these flowers and plants.

It is obvious that the five thousand taels given to Miss Mingfang was a bribe from Master Qian to the master.

The master risked his life to accept bribes, all so that he could give them to Miss Mingfang as flowers.

The old man is really crazy.

If the truth comes out later, he, as a servant of the Luo family, will definitely suffer the consequences.

Unfortunately, Vice Minister Luo did not allow him to redeem himself.

In his study, Vice Minister Luo received a letter sent by Lord Xue.

In order to help Mingfang obtain snake repellent powder, Vice Minister Luo had previously mortgaged the deed of his residence to Lord Xue.

Lord Xue's letter was a demand for payment; if the money wasn't used to exchange for the house deed, he would sell the Luo family's house.

After reading the letter, Vice Minister Luo became extremely anxious.

The Luo family's house must be redeemed; it cannot be lost.

He thought of first investing the money in the Murong family's shipping business, wondering how much profit it would generate.

Luo, the Vice Minister, personally went to the Murong family, only to be told that the ship they had set sail for had been hijacked by pirates, and they had lost everything.

Luo Shilang collapsed on the spot in front of the Murong family's gate.

I can't believe it, this is the result.

Everyone said that the shipping business was extremely profitable, which is why he invested in it. He always thought he could use the money he made from the shipping business to redeem the house, but he never expected to lose everything.

It's over, the Luo family's house is doomed.

Seeing that Vice Minister Luo didn't seem able to walk, Fan Dajiang sighed, carried Vice Minister Luo into the carriage, and took him home.