Xiangli Mingzhu looked at Yuan Qi, feeling that she knew something: "Do you think there's something wrong with those Three Pure Ones?"

Since Yuan Qi wants money, he should at least tell people about the good things he's done, otherwise people will think he's just trying to scam money.

“Mother doesn’t know that the statue was set with an evil formation that makes worshippers obsessed with it. The statue can absorb the power of your faith to help certain people improve their cultivation. That day I heard that you didn’t care about my elder brother’s marriage, so I secretly sneaked in and destroyed the formation, which cost me a lot of my magic power. I won’t ask Mother for money for this.”

Xiangli Mingzhu couldn't believe it and immediately asked the maid beside her to bring the statue. She looked at it again and again and finally found a clue: "Look at the smile of the Buddha statue. It's not quite the same as the statue in the Sanqing Hall of Wuji Palace. I always feel that the smile of this little statue is a bit strange. Is this a proper statue of the Sanqing?"

“Mother, that’s a good question. This is not a genuine statue of the Three Pure Ones. They set up an evil formation on the statue, and they were afraid of offending the gods, so they slightly modified it. Fortunately, Mother discovered it in time, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.” Yuan Qi looked at Xiangli Mingzhu indifferently, hoping that she would be sensible and give him more money.

Xiangli Mingzhu felt a chill run down her spine when she thought about it. She asked with a trembling heart, "Then take a look at me too. Will I be alright?"

Yuan Qi smiled and said, "Mother's complexion is rosy and her voice is strong, she's fine. The problem is with Sixth Sister. Once she's sober, do you think she'll realize she's done something stupid and want to commit suicide? Mother should have someone keep an eye on her."

As she spoke, she roughly fed Jiang Songlu the medicine.

Xiangli Mingzhu's face turned sinister: "If I find out who plotted against my two daughters and wanted to make my Jiang family lose face in the capital, I will never let them off the hook."

"Is there any need to ask? It's the Fifth Prince! Mother can't let this perverted beast get away with it. He must be taught a lesson. It would be best if Father knew about this. I think Father has plenty of ways to deal with the Fifth Prince."

"There's nothing more for me here. Sixth Sister will wake up before she even reaches halfway through the market. I'm leaving now." Yuan Qi didn't mention the money either; she believed that Xiangli Mingzhu would bring it over.

Xiangli Mingzhu suddenly remembered that she went to Wuji Palace to ask them to help her deal with Yuan Qi. She didn't expect that Yuan Qi would not be dealt with, and she would be used and played by them. She was furious when she thought about it.

The Taoist priests of Wuji Palace are no good either.

Xiangli Mingzhu was filled with hatred. This was something that a woman like her could not do alone. She had to let Jiang Zhengqing know so that he could help her get revenge.

Yuan Qi doesn't care about revenge; with Consort Li and Prime Minister Mingzhu there, she doesn't need to get involved.

Having verified the effectiveness of the deworming medicine, Yuan Qi decided to discuss with Tu Shanli whether to try selling her deworming medicine.

The number of people blocking the entrance to Yaoguang Pavilion has decreased significantly. Since they can no longer see Tushanli, they have given up and stopped blocking the entrance.

However, there were a few infatuated men and women still waiting at the entrance of Yaoguang Pavilion, and one particularly greasy-haired man shouted upstairs, "Tushanli, I love you!"

Yuan Qi got goosebumps all over. Looking at the man who was confessing his love so passionately, he saw that his face was covered in makeup, a flower was stuck in his hair, and his body was so thin that it looked like a gust of wind could blow him away.

She thought of a word that suited him perfectly: "mother".

The effeminate man noticed her disdainful look and rolled his eyes at her, then scolded her in a coquettish tone, "What are you looking at!"

Yuan Qi felt a chill run through him. He quickly ran inside.

Upon seeing Tu Shanli, she asked, "Why don't you chase away that disgusting person downstairs? Doesn't his presence affect your business?"

Tu Shanli sighed helplessly, "Don't even mention it. Business has been booming these days. Many people come to buy medicine even if they're not sick, just to see me. And those who are sick come to buy medicine after hearing about my situation. Business is incredibly good."

Yuan Qi took out a box from his cloth bag and placed it on the table: "Last time I refined medicine, I tried to make some insect repellent medicine, specifically for repelling various kinds of Gu worms. I tried it on Jiang Jiulu and Jiang Songlu, and the effect was quite good. After one bowel movement, the Gu worms came out. Find a suitable place to test the effect. Try it on more people."

After chatting for a few minutes, Yuan Qi left Yaoguang Pavilion and went to set up a stall under the big locust tree.

Tianshui Street is bustling with traffic and is lively every day.

Yuan Qi rested her chin on her hand and watched the people coming and going on the street. She waited for an hour before an elderly couple came by.

An old woman sat on a wheelbarrow carrying a bundle, while an old man pushed the wheelbarrow. The two seemed to be quite agile, around seventy years old, with weathered faces and dressed in coarse cloth shorts, clearly from out of town.

"Little girl, do you really know how to tell fortunes?" Although he was skeptical, the old man still sat down opposite Yuan Qi. The two had been in the capital for some time and had almost run out of money, but they still hadn't found their son. They came to Yuan Qi for fortune telling with a glimmer of hope.

The old woman stood beside her husband, looking at Yuan Qi with a kind expression, and said with a smile, "Little girl, you look about the same age as my great-granddaughter."

Yuan Qi smiled, his eyes crinkling: "You are blessed."

The old woman sighed, "What good fortune I have? My eldest son has been gone for forty years and I haven't heard from him since."

After saying this, the old woman wiped away her tears.

The two had inquired about her and found that although the girl was young, her fortune-telling was quite accurate.

The elderly couple came specifically to see Yuan Qi today.

"Is the old man here to see someone?" Yuan Qi could tell at a glance that the old man had two sons and a daughter, one of whom had already passed away.

The elderly couple wept with joy. The young Taoist priest immediately recognized why they had come to the capital and suggested that he might be able to help them find their son.

The old man began to explain his situation: "I have two sons and a daughter. My second son passed away two years ago, but my grandchildren are all married and have established their own careers. They haven't left any mess behind, and they are all filial to us. We are only worried about our eldest son who ran away from home. Young lady, my eldest son has been with the Li family for thirty years. Is it possible to find him again?"

The old woman choked up again: "So many years have passed, I don't know if she's alive or dead, alas..."

Seeing that the elderly couple were kind people, Yuan Qi comforted them, saying, "Don't be so sad. Your eldest son is still alive. Why don't you give me his birth date and time, and I'll calculate it?"

The old man was overjoyed, and the old woman wept with joy. She readily told Yuan Qi about her eldest son's birth date and time: "My son's name is Li Dafu. He was born on the morning of the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the twentieth year of Heshun. He learned carpentry from his father from a young age. He married when he was twenty, but unexpectedly, that woman was restless. She ran away with someone a few days after the wedding. My son was unwilling to accept this, so he went out to look for her. He has been gone for thirty years. We both thought he was long dead."

Yuan Qi calculated with his fingers and then took out six copper coins to begin divination.