At the beginning, I was a rich female prisoner

Wen Yin stood up immediately after hearing this. The Queen Mother asked Piao Yang to hand one of the two babies to the Queen Mother and the other to Concubine Li. The maternal instinct of a mother was immediately aroused by the two babies. Concubine Li held the baby and showed it to Yu Yunxin and said, "When will you and Lin add another child to the royal family?"

When Yu Yunxin heard that although she and Nangong Lin had already done that, she used her internal energy to force it out after they were done, and she didn't want a baby yet, she gave up the idea immediately when she saw the twin babies who were born not long ago and had dry skin that didn't look good at all.

Concubine Li seemed to see through Yu Yunxin's thoughts and said, "Most of the newborn babies are like this. They will grow out of it in a few days." After saying this, Concubine Li shook the baby again.

Yu Yunxin looked at the baby in her arms and found that the baby in her arms had begun to slowly open her eyes. It was a girl. The big eyes were blinking, so cute. She handed the baby in her hands to Yu Yunxin.

As soon as Yu Yunxin took the baby girl, the baby smiled at her.

"Look how cute she is when she smiles!" Princess Li was instantly melted by the cuteness of the baby girl when she saw her smile.

Yu Yunxin felt the same when she saw this scene.

The baby in the Queen Mother's arms was also like this. The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Wen Yin, you have already given birth to the baby. What are your plans?"

Wen Yin knelt down immediately after hearing this and said, "Queen Mother, I don't want to go back to Prince Rui's mansion. Prince Rui has too many women. I don't want to be jealous in the backyard. Once those women know that I am still alive, they will not be kind to the three of us, mother and daughter. No matter if they are men or women, Concubine Bai is an example. Not to mention me, I was kidnapped by bad guys when I was five months pregnant and they wanted to eat the baby in my belly. At that time, Prince Rui didn't spend much time looking for me, which shows that I am just a dispensable plaything in Prince Rui's heart."

"But these two children are the blood of the royal family after all. There is no way I will let them be raised by your only son." said the Queen Mother while holding the babies.

"Empress Dowager..." Wen Yin said with tears in her eyes.

"That's enough!" The Queen Mother interrupted her and said, "Wen Yin, I feel sorry for you, so I allow you to make a decision after giving birth, but I can't hand over the royal bloodline to others. If you want to keep the child, you must let the child recognize his ancestors and let him live or let me raise him myself."

"Empress Dowager" Wen Yin widened her eyes and looked at the child with horror. She was reluctant to leave the child. She wanted to raise the child and didn't want to separate mother and daughter.

The Queen Mother looked at Concubine Wen's hesitant eyes and shouted angrily, "Do you still want to take the children and run away?"

Wen Yin was startled and quickly knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Queen Mother, please calm down. I dare not. It's just that I am really scared. I am afraid of leaving my child."

The Queen Mother sighed and said earnestly, "I understand your concerns, but don't worry, I will protect you and the children. Besides, you already have two children, and they need a stable environment to grow up."

Wen Yin was silent for a moment, but finally nodded and said with tears streaming down her face: "In this case, please, Queen Mother, have mercy on me and the children and give us a place to stay."

The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction, gently stroked the baby in her arms, a trace of kindness flashing in her eyes.

Seeing this, Wen Yin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said with tears of gratitude: "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your great kindness. I will definitely take good care of the children."

The Queen Mother smiled and said gently, "Okay, you can get up first. If you have any problems in the future, just tell me and I will do my best to help you."

Wen Yin thanked the Queen Mother, stood up, and wiped the tears from her face. She knew she couldn't escape the reality that the child was of royal blood.

After Emperor Cheng arrived at the Cining Palace, he was taken directly to the backyard by Madam Hu. When he saw Yu Yunxin and Concubine Li holding a pair of twins in their arms, Emperor Cheng couldn't help but smile. He turned to look at Concubine Wen standing beside them and asked, "Concubine Wen didn't expect you to be here."

When Wen Yin heard this, her heart tightened, but she immediately knelt down and replied respectfully: "Father, I have no choice but to do this."

Emperor Cheng frowned slightly. He certainly knew the situation in the backyard of Prince Rui's mansion, so he looked away from Wen Yin and turned to look at the two lovely baby girls with love in his eyes. He did not blame Wen Yin, but waved his hand to signal her to stand up.

"This is my first granddaughter princess! It's a double happiness!" Emperor Cheng said with a smile, his voice full of joy. He took a step forward and stretched out his hands, wanting to hug the baby girl in Concubine Li's arms. Concubine Li immediately handed it over.

"Concubine Wen, why are you still kneeling? If you don't want to go back to Prince Rui's Palace, you can..." Emperor Cheng signaled Wen Yin to stand up.

"Your Majesty, I have a temporary palace in Canglan City. The scenery there is beautiful and I think it is most suitable for Wen Yin and her mother and daughter to live here. For one thing, Concubine Wang and Prince Rui will not know about this, and we will not let these three mother and daughter down." The Queen Mother said after thinking for a moment.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Cheng asked Wen Yin again, "Concubine Wen, are you willing?"

Wen Yin nodded immediately upon hearing this and said, "I am willing."

"Okay! Concubine Wen, you should have a good rest." After Emperor Cheng finished speaking, he looked at the little princess for a while and then asked, "By the way, have you given them names?"

"Please give me a name, father." Wen Yin said immediately upon hearing it.

"Among so many concubines in the backyard of Prince Rui's Mansion, not one was able to give birth safely. Only you, Concubine Wen, and your twins were able to land safely under the protection of Prince Yu's Concubine and the Queen Mother. So let's name them Ping'an. May they have a safe and smooth life, and may my future grandchildren be born safely." Emperor Cheng said, looking at the two girls.

"Nangong Ping, Nangong Anhao!" The Queen Mother liked this name very much. It was simple and meaningful. She looked at Yu Yunxin and said, "Princess Yu, go to the treasury and ask the jade craftsman to make a pair of peace jade buckles for the two princesses, and engrave their names on them."

"Yes, Queen Mother. I'll do it right away." Yu Yunxin replied immediately after hearing it.

After the name was given, Emperor Cheng returned to the front hall of the Cining Palace, looked at Yu Yunxin and asked, "Princess Yu, when will you give birth to a little grandson for the royal family?"

When Yu Yunxin heard this, she wondered if she could decide whether to have a boy or a girl? Besides, she had no plans to have a baby yet, so this was just forcing the birth of a child. She looked at Emperor Cheng with a cold sweat on her face.

Seeing Yu Yunxin in trouble, Concubine Li immediately helped her. Yu Yunxin said, "Your Majesty, Lin and Xin'er just got married not long ago. Besides, you gave Xin'er a concubine, so I think it's better to let them take their own course."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Cheng said, "That's right, how is Princess Yu's treasury doing now?"

Yu Yunxin asked about the treasury again, so she told him how to turn the harem into the national treasury. Emperor Cheng agreed with her. She also knew that except for Concubine Li, the other concubines in the harem did not use the money obtained from the palace to reward their relatives and friends. This way, the accounts are clear and it is a very good idea not to use the national treasury to subsidize the harem.

"What you said is feasible!" Emperor Cheng agreed.

After getting the approval of Emperor Cheng, Yu Yunxin came to the treasury room and saw that the palace maids were busy either counting things or rearranging things after sorting them. When she came to the workshop and saw the jade craftsmen carving jade ornaments, a palace maid happened to be sweeping the broken materials on the ground. Yu Yunxin asked, "Where did you take all these broken jade materials?"

"Princess, these are of no use. Just throw them in the backyard. If there are too many, the people from the Xinzheku will clean them up and throw them in the back mountain." The maid replied.

Yu Yun looked at these, some of which were powdery and some were small particles. She twisted a finger-sized bead in her hand and thought about it. There was a kind of resin glue on the space trading platform that could fuse broken jade, especially jade powder, and it could also be made into ornaments of various shapes. So she said, "Keep these first and don't throw them away. You should keep all the ones you throw away. This princess still has some use for them."

"We'll pick it up right away." the maid said in panic.

"Don't worry, put a piece of coarse cloth under the craftsman's workbench and sort the broken jade and powder of each color by color and put them away." Yu Yunxin looked at the little palace maid and said, "You will be responsible for these from now on. If you don't have time, let other palace maids help you, and do the rest of the work last."

"My lady, I am in charge of cleaning the treasury." The maid replied timidly.

"Okay, Guixiang, Princess Yu is also the Minister of Justice here, so just follow her arrangements." said Madam Hu who was beside the empress dowager.

Yu Yunxin walked over to a craftsman, picked up an unfinished jade pendant, and looked at it carefully. She praised the craftsman's skills and made some suggestions for improvement.

She then observed the work of other craftsmen and found that although they were skilled, they lacked innovation.

It seems that we need to find a way to improve their samples, Yu Yunxin was thinking.

"Yun Xin, these are so small and have broken powder. What are they for?" Concubine Li interrupted Yu Yunxin's deep thoughts out of curiosity.

"Mother, I have a use for this jade powder, and these small scraps can be used to recruit more apprentice craftsmen in the palace to practice their skills. They can start by carving some simple small flowers and small jade beads. These can be made into earrings or decorations on clothes." Yu Yunxin replied while thinking.

Upon hearing this, Concubine Li nodded and said, "Yes! I only knew how to treat people before and didn't know these things."

"Mother, everyone has different values!"

After saying this, she looked at the palace maids standing next to the craftsmen and instructed them, "Quickly bring the grinding stones and pick out some small pieces to grind into small jade beads. You can't learn by just standing there and watching. You need more practice to do these delicate jobs. You can also use your ingenuity to carve these small pieces into small flowers, stars in the sky, or water drops, etc."

"Come find a carving knife and a drill needle and start working." After saying that, she took out several finished jade artifacts, including jade buckles and jade bracelets, and also designed a few peace buckles to give to the two little granddaughters.

The Queen Mother took a look and said, "Look, these are all made by the craftsmen. They all look good to me, so I'll make a few more!"

"Queen Mother, the method I'm talking about is to divide by grade. For example, the Queen has a Phoenix Coronet, so each grade has a different Huasheng made, using old ornaments or exchanging them with silver. After the exchange, we can give them corresponding points, which can be exchanged for essential oils, lip balms, skin care products and the like in the treasury. And the points can also be purchased with silver." Yu Yunxin explained, and also explained that a certain amount of points will be given every month according to the grade, and the number of points obtained by different grades is also different. Yu Yunxin patiently explained beside the Queen Mother, worried that the Queen Mother did not understand, so she found a piece of paper and drew out the relevant matters of the points in detail so that the Queen Mother could better understand.

However, Yu Yunxin became more and more excited as she spoke, and she didn't notice Cheng Di and Nangong Lin approaching behind her.

It was not until she suddenly turned around that she realized that Emperor Cheng was standing behind her. She quickly knelt down and saluted, saying, "Greetings, Father!"

"Get up. What Princess Yu said just now seemed a little vague to me. Can you tell me your thoughts in detail?" Emperor Cheng said this and then paid his respects to the Empress Dowager, then sat down next to her.

"I have been worried about these jewelry, jade and silver these days. Please tell me about the method you used just now." Emperor Cheng looked at Yu Yunxin and asked.

Yu Yunxin glanced at Nangong Lin standing aside, then looked at Emperor Cheng and said, "This method is what I said this morning."

"What Yunxin said just now is right. This will not only reduce the expenses of the harem, but also sell these jewels for a good price inside and outside the palace." The Queen Mother looked at Yu Yunxin with appreciation and nodded with satisfaction. "I didn't understand it this morning, but now I understand it after coming to the Siku Room."

When Emperor Cheng heard what the Queen Mother said, he immediately became interested and said to Yun Xin, "Oh? Then Princess Yu, please tell us in detail."

Yu Yunxin then began to explain to Emperor Cheng and the Queen Mother, "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, I think we can classify these jewels and set different price ranges. At the same time, we can sell these jewels by holding auctions or cooperating with Pinyuxuan outside the palace. This will increase both revenue and the value of the jewels. In addition, we can also consider launching some special activities, such as Pinyuxuan's blind box draws and auctions."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Cheng's eyes lit up and he applauded, "Princess Yu, these ideas are really good! You can also ask the harem to add a blind box plan. You only need two silver coins each time to participate in the blind box. The auction plan is also good. Let Prince Yu prepare an attic in the palace today to do this."

"Your son obeys your command." Nangong Lin replied respectfully.

Emperor Cheng continued, "Also, regarding the Ministry of Revenue, I think we should investigate it thoroughly. Where does the tax money from Qizhou go every year? We must find out."

"The Ministry of Revenue should let Yu Tinghai investigate..." Before Nangong Lin could finish his words, Concubine Li suddenly interrupted him.

Concubine Li smiled tenderly and said to Emperor Cheng: "Your Majesty, it's getting late, so let's not talk about government affairs in the harem. Why don't we go to the Cining Palace for dinner together? It's a good opportunity for us to get together and enjoy the happiness of family."

After listening to Concubine Li's words, Emperor Cheng looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late. I want to eat the fish tofu and crispy shrimp rolls."

"Your Majesty, I will immediately order the imperial kitchen to prepare it. However, I have not summoned the Queen and the Imperial Concubine in the past few days, otherwise you could invite them over as well." said the Queen Mother.

"The harem is under the control of Queen Mother and the Empress, so let's invite them both over!" Emperor Cheng nodded upon hearing this.

But Concubine Li said, "Oh, Your Majesty, I have something for Yun Xin. It's about the usage of the jade powder. I don't know if it can help Yun Xin."