At the beginning, I was a rich female prisoner

"Enough! Yu Yunxuan, stop going crazy! You must remember that you are my daughter, and stop daydreaming about being the Crown Princess! I probably shouldn't have listened to you and married Yu Yunxin to that stupid prince. Now that this bitter fruit has come to fruition, it's all a foregone conclusion!"

Wang Yuanxiang was so angry that she was shaking all over. After she finished speaking, she turned around abruptly, her eyes full of resentment, and she said, "Calm down and think about what to do next!" There was a hint of helplessness and disappointment in her voice, as if she had completely lost patience with Yu Yunxuan. But she could do nothing about it.

When Yu Yunxuan saw Wang Yuanxiang talking to her like this, she couldn't help but sneer and said, "I will destroy everything Yu Yunxin has! Why would the prince like her? And she has such a strong maternal family to support her! And what about me? Why don't I have such a strong maternal family?"

After Yu Yunxuan finished speaking, she stared at Wang Yuanxiang, her heart filled with resentment towards Yuanxiang. She hated Wang Yuanxiang, hated why she was not the principal wife, hated why her maternal grandfather's family was not the general's mansion, and she secretly swore that she must make Yu Yunxin pay the price.

Wang Yuanxiang looked at her daughter, her lips slightly raised, revealing a sly smile. She said softly: "Good Xuan'er, since she makes us unhappy, let's work together to destroy Yu Yunxin who is taller than you."

Yu Yunxuan widened her eyes and asked in surprise, "Mom? Do you have any ideas? Tell me quickly!" Her eyes flashed with curiosity and excitement.

Wang Yuanxiang leaned close to Yu Yunxuan's ear and said in a low voice, "Xuan'er, the Crown Prince and the Queen hate us now. We might as well go directly to Concubine Wang. Now we can only destroy the Lin family first so that we can slowly step on Yu Yunxin. This matter needs to be considered carefully."

Yu Yunxuan listened attentively and nodded continuously, indicating that she understood what her mother meant. She clenched her fists and secretly made up her mind to punish Yu Yunxin. The mother and daughter began to secretly plan an elaborate conspiracy. After careful consideration, Wang Yuanxiang and Yu Yunxuan finally came up with a sinister and cunning plan.

In the palace, when Yu Yunxin and Queen Mother Li Fei stepped into the treasury room, the scene before them was amazing: many palace servants were busy carrying huge boxes and carefully registering the items in them. They walked closer with curiosity and found that the boxes were filled with all kinds of treasures, including exquisite jade, ivory products, round and smooth pearls, etc.

"These are all tributes from the Southern Dian Kingdom," the housekeeper nearby introduced enthusiastically, "and the pile over there is the gold, silver, and dazzling gems from the Northern Rong."

Concubine Li gazed at these jade artifacts and couldn't help but sigh: "I heard that there are still several jade mines in southern Yunnan!"

"Not only that, the Northern Rong are even more extraordinary. According to the captured Northern Khan, they actually have a gold vein hidden there!" Another eunuch in charge came over and interrupted.

The Queen Mother was delighted to hear this and turned to Concubine Li and said, "Since Concubine Li likes it, please choose a few pieces of it and take them back to the Jade Palace. I think your Jade Palace is a little bit monotonous." After that, the Queen Mother personally picked up a few pieces of top-grade red jade and handed them to Nanny Sun for safekeeping.

Yu Yunxin looked at the jewelry boxes piled up in front of her and couldn't help but frown, grumbling in her heart: "With so many things, how long will it take to register them!" She felt her scalp tingling as she looked at the piles of boxes.

When the Queen Mother heard her words, she smiled slightly and said softly, "Xin'er, you are now Sizhen Shangyi, don't you have things to do?"

She had a lot of things to do. Yu Yunxin looked at the boxes helplessly, and suddenly an idea came to her mind: "Aren't there many skilled craftsmen in the palace? There are some raw materials in these jades that can be made into accessories such as hairpins, hair forks and hairpins. As for these gold and silver items, they are also indispensable and important materials."

"Princess Yu is right. You are worthy of being the owner of Pinyuxuan." The maid of the Treasures Department beside her quickly echoed, "The Queen Mother has already ordered that all fifty jade craftsmen in the palace will obey your orders."

Yu Yunxin nodded, looked around again, and carefully observed every item in the storeroom. Then, she sat in front of the stage and began to seriously think about how to manage this treasurer. She came up with a good idea. If a concubine came to collect jewelry, in addition to the normal registration, she could also exchange old jewelry for new ones. In addition, she also prepared some lipsticks, soaps, and perfumes, which could also be exchanged for old jewelry. She could exchange the old jewelry with the silver earned from her various businesses, which not only diversified the variety of items needed by the harem, but also enriched the national treasury.

In this way, the idle old jewelry can be fully utilized, and the concubines can get the items they like, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone. The more Yu Yunxin thought about it, the better she thought the palace's idea was, so she picked up a pen and wrote down her plan in detail. She believed that as long as she followed this method, she would be able to manage the treasury in an orderly manner.

Yu Yunxin looked at the piles of account books in the treasury and was surprised to find that the treasury had such a rule - allowing concubines in the harem to use silver to buy some jewelry without grade. These silvers went directly into the national treasury, but she herself preferred to go shopping in modern jewelry stores. If she could design more styles, wouldn't it make the national treasury more abundant?

So she picked up a piece of paper and began to draw her ideal jewelry style. After all, she also had her own jewelry store, Pin Yu Xuan, and the knowledge of these exotic styles would be very useful to her.

Soon, fifty skilled craftsmen filed in. Yu Yunxin observed these people carefully. Most of them were palace maids around 30 years old, and there were also a few eunuchs who were slightly older. Yu Yunxin looked at them and said with a smile: "I am now the Sizhen Shangyi. You can call me Princess, and you don't have to call me Sizhen Shanggong anymore."

"Yes, Princess!" Fifty people answered in unison.

Yu Yunxin continued, "Everyone, our treasury may be quite busy in the next few days. We need to clean up all the things in the warehouse and sort out the damaged and old items. This is a difficult task that will take several days, but I believe that with everyone's ingenuity, we will be able to complete it successfully."

Her voice was firm and gentle, making everyone present feel her determination and confidence. The fifty craftsmen nodded one after another, expressing their willingness to devote themselves to this work with all their strength.

Yu Yunxin sorted and hung up the signs in the warehouse while talking, and it was not until noon that all the signs were hung up. Nangong Lin came to the warehouse to find her and saw that she was busy, so he sat aside waiting for Yu Yunxin. Looking at Yu Yunxin's busy appearance, a woman is charming when she is busy, without heavy makeup, she is like a jasmine flower emitting this fragrance, and it is intoxicating to look at her for a while.

Yu Yunxin didn't pay attention to her surroundings, and was only focused on climbing up the shelf. However, the shelf had not been cleaned for a long time and was covered with thick dust. She accidentally inhaled a lot of dust and sneezed repeatedly. The ladder also lost balance and shook continuously, eventually causing her to slide down from the shelf.

Seeing that Yu Yunxin was about to fall to the ground, several palace maids present hurriedly wanted to step forward to support her, but at this moment, an agile figure rushed to the sliding ladder like lightning and caught Yu Yunxin steadily.

Seeing this, everyone felt relieved. Fortunately, Prince Yu showed up in time, otherwise if Princess Yu fell and got injured, they, the palace maids, would be blamed.

"The shelves in the treasury are so dirty, why don't you clean them up quickly!" Nangong Lin frowned, looked down at the dust and messy items on the ground, and shouted sternly. His voice was majestic, and people couldn't help but feel awe.

Before he finished speaking, he bent down without hesitation, stretched out his arms and hugged Yu Yunxin tightly, then wiped the dust on Yu Yunxin's face with his hands, stood up quickly, hugged Yu Yunxin tightly, and strode out of the room.

"Nangong Lin, put me down!" Yu Yunxin was frightened by this sudden action. She struggled and shouted loudly. However, Nangong Lin seemed not to hear her words and continued to walk forward firmly.

"Princess, you have been busy all morning. You should go back home and rest for a while. Besides, Mr. Yang has arrived in the capital today and has important matters to discuss with us." Nangong Lin said softly, with a hint of concern in his tone.

Yu Yunxin couldn't help but be moved when she heard his words. She had been busy with the affairs of the palace these days and was indeed a little exhausted. Moreover, she almost forgot about the Fengyu Rice Shop. Just when she was about to say something, she suddenly raised her head and saw Nangong Sheng walking over.

Nangong Sheng's eyes met Yu Yunxin's, and a hint of jealousy flashed in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure. He nodded slightly, then continued to walk towards them.

Nangong Sheng asked when he saw the two of them, "Fifth brother, sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

"My princess forgets the time when she is busy. Please make way, brother." Nangong Lin said in a cold voice and hugged Yu Yunxin tighter.

"I am here to inform my royal brother that a martial arts competition will be held in the parade ground in five days, and only the winner will be able to possess the military token." Nangong Sheng said calmly.

However, when Nangong Lin heard this, he sneered and said without showing any weakness: "Once something falls into my hands, how can I let it go easily!" After that, he actually bypassed Nangong Sheng and strode out of the palace.

Nangong Sheng silently looked at Yu Yunxin who was tightly hugged by Nangong Lin, and an indescribable bitterness surged in his heart. He just stood there quietly, staring at them walking away, until Yu Yunxin's figure completely disappeared from his sight.

"We're already at the palace gate, please put me down!" Yu Yunxin tried to break free from Nangong Lin's arms, but he held her too tightly and she couldn't break free no matter what.

Nangong Lin ignored her resistance and carried her to the carriage. When the carriage arrived outside the palace, Shopkeeper Zhao had been waiting there for a long time. When he saw the carriage coming, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Princess Yu, the richest man in Jiangnan, Yang Yunsheng, is here recently. He said he wants to see the prince and princess."

"Okay! Shopkeeper Zhao, then go and tell him to come later at Weishi!" Nangong Lin waved his hand impatiently, signaling Shopkeeper Zhao.

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Shopkeeper Zhao responded, turned around and left, his steps hurried, as if he didn't want to stay any longer. He muttered to himself: "Every time I come here, I can't stand seeing these two being so intimate! I'd better flee this place as soon as possible."

"What exactly is this Yang Yunsheng here to deliver?" Yu Yunxin looked at Nangong Lin curiously, her eyes also looking at the boxes of things inside the gate.

"They are some precious medicinal herbs and jewels, all collected by him from various places. This time he has made a big splash in the capital and the northern border! During the morning court today, my father praised him highly and specially approved a full 300,000 taels of silver to build the northern border gate tower, and asked him to supervise the construction together with the Ministry of Works." Nangong Lin smiled and explained.

Yu Yunxin couldn't help but sigh after hearing this: "Wow, such a big gesture! Yang Yunsheng is really generous. But why did he do this? Is there any purpose?"

Nangong Lin shook his head and said, "Who knows? Maybe he just wants to please his father, or he wants to take this opportunity to show off his wealth and strength. In any case, this money is a good thing for the people in the North. At least it can improve their living conditions and prevent them from suffering from foreign invasions."

"The national treasury is empty now. If we can sell all the things in the treasury, we can get a considerable amount of working capital." Yu Yunxin muttered in a low voice, with a hint of worry in her eyes.

"Liquidity? What is that?" Nangong Lin, who was standing by, couldn't help but ask curiously when he heard this unfamiliar word.

Yu Yunxin turned her head to look at Nangong Lin's handsome face, blinked her eyes, and replied softly: "Let's go have lunch first, we still have to meet Mr. Yang later."

However, Yu Yunxin had just jumped off the carriage and had not yet stood firmly when she caught a glimpse of a figure hurrying towards her not far ahead. When the person came closer, Yu Yunxin could see clearly that it was Sun Dian. As soon as Sun Dian saw Yu Yunxin, he couldn't wait to ask, "Princess Yu, may I ask if you plan to meet Mr. Yang Yunsheng today?" His tone seemed a little anxious, as if he was particularly concerned about this matter.

Yu Yunxin nodded slightly to show her agreement when she heard this. She replied softly, "Sir Sun, please feel free to tell me what you want to say."

Sun Dian hesitated for a moment, then said in a serious tone: "As far as I know, this Yang Yunsheng is now a retainer of the crown prince. I suspect he may have ulterior motives and plans. So I came here to remind you to be wary of this person."

Yu Yunxin's heart tightened, but she remained calm on the surface. She nodded slightly, as if agreeing with Sun Dian's words. Then she slowly said, "Thank you Sun Dusi for your reminder."

"Okay, Princess. I have official business to attend to, so I'll leave first." Sun Dian said and left.

"This Sun Dian is quite serious about his work." Yu Yunxin muttered and entered the mansion.

In the past few days, several craftsmen were selected to make wisteria trellises in the back garden. Even the front garden was renovated. Yu Yunxin was very satisfied with the newly renovated front yard. Several peonies in the back garden were transplanted here. Seeing the peonies blooming when opening the door really has a meaning of wealth and prosperity.