The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

Ye Xiaohan asked again: "How is the grain sales going?"

As soon as Wei Bai heard it, he knew that the prince was asking about the grain business of Mu Shi Jiuyou Pavilion, not the grain store business of Ye Wang Mansion.

He replied, "I have done it. In the past few months, I have gradually collected a small amount of grain and sold it all to the three countries of Beihan, Xiyi and Nantai. They are vying for it, but unfortunately there is not much for them."

As early as the beginning of summer, the Night King had predicted in advance the crisis that the drought in some areas would bring to the people of Zhongyue. He specially collected a batch of food and grass in advance, and kept some of it for future emergency needs, to prevent Zhongyue from experiencing a serious food shortage crisis and thus causing riots.

Another part of the grain was sold to the three countries of Beihan, Xiyi and Nantai through the platform of Mushi Jiuyou Pavilion.

Zhongyue has rich resources. Every year, the three countries of Beihan, Xiyi and Nantai will purchase some grain from Zhongyue. Among them, Xiyi is the most important, as it is not easy to grow grain, but the countries are unwilling to take the trouble to study agriculture, and instead want to rely on the grazing industry that depends on the weather for their livelihood.

As for the Dongyang Empire, Zhongyue had to sell some of the country's abundant grains to it at a low price every year.

Of course, Zhongyue would not have so much grain to sell to the outside world, so he only provided a part of the grain to the outside world every year. The Western Yi, who were always short of food, were like hungry wolves. As soon as they felt that they were not living well, they wanted to attack Zhongyue immediately in order to gain benefits.

The Night King had foresight to stock up some food and sell it regularly. This would help calm the restless wolves outside Zhongyue and provide some time for Zhongyue to recuperate.

Secondly, it also suppressed other assassin organizations and even the Dongyang Empire. After all, the food sold by the organization and Dongyang was very expensive. Monopolizing the sale of food would harm others and benefit oneself. The Night King's move was also to destroy their prestige and increase the power of Mushi. At the same time, it was also a new beginning for Mushi Jiuyou Pavilion to break the constraints and interrupt the transnational food and grass trade monopolized by major assassin organizations.

As for those other killer organizations that sell food at high prices, Mushi Jiuyou Pavilion is unwilling to go along with them. Instead, it has its own firm and noble principles.

As the order to further arrange the sale of grain and grass was issued, Ye Xiaohan finally said: "Sell less, not more; sell high, not low."

This principle also ensures that the three countries will not suffer any harm from Zhongyue.

Ye Xiaohan tapped the table again, his tone slightly lowered, and moved on to the next topic - "Begin preparing a batch of food and fodder."

"Your Highness?" Wei Bai's tone became a little serious, with a hint of worry.

Ye Xiaohan said calmly: "It's not too early to prepare now. It's better to be prepared than to be caught unprepared."

If you calculate carefully, it won't be long before he goes back to the battlefield. Before the troops move, the food and fodder must be sent first.

He had to prepare as much food and fodder as possible, not for anything else but just for the Jinxiang Guard.

At noon, all the guards that Ying Yi and Ye Xiaohan had taken away from the Ye Palace rushed back.

Ying Yi, as the boss of the Hanying Guards and Ye Xiaohan's right-hand man, has a status and responsibilities that are far more than just that of a secret guard.

He did not even have time to rest, but rushed to the study to report to the prince he had been thinking about about their journey back home.

On the way, there were also imperial troops checking passers-by on the official road, but fortunately they avoided the checkpoints all the way and no one noticed their whereabouts.

The seriously injured assassin Wanyan Sen barely managed to survive and is now being held by several guards in a house on the outskirts of the capital.

After Yingyi finished his report, he carefully took out some items from his arms.

Ye Xiaohan took it. These were the letters that Yun Mujiu and Wei Bai had written to him some time ago. Unfortunately, he had already returned from Yanggu Prefecture in advance by then, and had missed the path of the secret guard who delivered the letters.

Ye Xiaohan raised his hand and threw the letter written by Wei Bai back to himself, and kept the letter written by Yun Mujiu.

Wei Bai asked carefully, "Your Majesty, what should I do with my subordinate's letter?"

Ye Xiaohan said without hesitation: "Throw it away."

"My Lord, why are you throwing it away?"

"I returned to the capital ahead of time and know all the contents. There is no need to read it."

Wei Bo said in a teasing tone, "Your Highness, you know the contents of the report letter written by the princess..." Why did the prince collect the princess's letters, while his letters were treated like garbage? Woo woo woo, it's not fair!

Ye Xiaohan didn't even bother to look at Wei Bai, "How can you compare with the princess?"

Wei Bo shouted exaggeratedly, and then pretended to be discouraged. Yes, when the prince came back that night, he still had the princess's letter in his arms. How could the dry official letter he wrote be compared with the gentle letter written by the princess?

Du Ziheng couldn't help laughing, "Then give it to me! I want to see if you mentioned me in the letter?"

"Get lost." Wei Bo replied.

Ye Xiaohan opened the letters written by Yun Mujiu, took a quick look, and when he put the letters back into the drawer, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

This strong-willed woman also expressed in the letter that she was fine and asked him not to worry about the situation in the palace in the capital.

Ye Xiaohan shook his head slightly and thought: She was obviously sick at that time, but she still hid it from him and acted like she was strong. How stubborn.

That woman was strong-willed and stubborn. Even if someone asked her about something, she would never say a word if she didn't want to.

And if he had noticed, there seemed to be something special about Mu Jiu...

As Ye Xiaohan thought about it, he stood up and stood by the carved window, looking at the tall trees in the courtyard. The treetops were emerald green, with occasional dry and yellow luster in them.

Autumn is coming soon. As time goes by, the big trees in the yard will eventually shed their green leaves, leaving only the original appearance of the trunks.

The surface disguise will fade away and the true body will float to the surface.

And when will that person take off his "pretense" towards him...

Du Ziheng saw the prince put down the letter and suddenly stood by the window again. He thought about it and took a few steps forward and asked carefully: "Is the prince thinking about the princess?"

Ye Xiaohan remained silent, but did not stop Du Ziheng from speaking.

Du Ziheng suggested: "Pavilion Master Qian is investigating why the princess purchased supplies for the purpose of spreading rumors in Japan. Should we send someone to the Soul Stealing Counter to ask?"

He didn't say what he was asking specifically.

Ying Yi, who had been silent the whole time, raised his eyebrows. Everyone knew that what Du Ziheng wanted to ask was, "Should I ask the princess how she purchased those surgical instruments from Soul Stealer Yuanxi? Are the Soul Stealers really selling some rare items from the Eastern Empire as the princess said?"

Ye Xiaohan suddenly said: "No need."

Previously, Yun Mujiu told the people in the Night Palace that many of her medicines and surgical instruments were bought from Soul Stealer Yuanxi, and many of the raw materials for the surgical instruments were from the Eastern Empire, which were rare in the world and difficult to find in excess. She was afraid of being questioned about the source of the materials in her hands, so she used the banner of the Eastern Empire to make it impossible for people to ask questions and have no reason to doubt, after all, the Eastern Empire has all good things.

Yun Mujiu gave everyone the source of the supplies, but in fact she didn't know whether the people from the Night Palace had gone to the Soul-stealing Yuanxi to investigate.

It was quiet in the study.

Ye Xiaohan paced and walked to the bookshelf, saying calmly: "If you didn't check it before, why bother to check it again now."

Yes, that's right. By the way, the Night King never sent anyone to seize the soul of Yuanxi to ask about Yun Mujiu.

After a brief thought, he snapped his fingers and said, "Come here, go and take the soul..."