The White-haired Queen

Bei Mingyu thought for a moment and then replied, "Why not give the badge you carry with you to my sister? This is both practical and convenient. With this badge, my sister can freely enter and exit any place in the Beicang Kingdom."

When King Bei Cang heard this, he felt reluctant. His younger brother always tried his best to ask for something from him to please his new sister. Although he was reluctant, he had no choice but to hand the badge to the eunuch beside him to Wen Lanyue.

When Wen Lanyue saw the iron waist badge, she was speechless. She had no interest in this piece of iron. After all, even if she took it to a pawnshop and sold it, it would probably not be worth two taels of silver. However, when she inadvertently glanced at the group of ministers, she found that their eyes were like hungry wolves, full of desire and expectation. She immediately understood that the piece of iron in her hand was not an ordinary thing, but a treasure of power.

So, she hid the iron waist plate in her "Tianxia Datong" library without hesitation, and thought to herself: "Now I can finally talk about some serious things!"

Seeing this, Bei Mingyu raised his lips slightly, and continued to speak leisurely and contentedly: "Royal sister, since the royal brother has sent a generous gift, as the second brother, should I also have a gift?"

After hearing this, Wen Lanyue really wanted to knock open Bei Mingyu's head to see what was inside. He couldn't even distinguish the priorities of things. She sighed helplessly and responded: "Then second brother, tell me, what kind of gift do you want?"

Bei Mingyu stretched out his finger, first pointing to his own wrist, then to Wen Lanyue's wrist, and said, "I just want this thing."

This watch was a treasure that Wen Lanyue had exchanged for with great difficulty from the "Tianxia Datong" library last night. She had not even worn it for a full day! This Beiming Yu was really an expert at "fleecing the sheep". He took all her precious treasures for himself. Originally, I thought that recognizing these people as brothers would bring benefits, but now it seems that this is definitely a losing business!

Helplessly, Wen Lanyue could only reluctantly take off her watch, pretending to be generous and handed it to Bei Mingyu, and said with a fake smile: "Second brother, please accept it. I hope you will like this gift."

Bei Mingyu took the watch with great joy, rubbing it in his hand and playing with it repeatedly, muttering: "Thank you for your generous gift, my sister. All the silver I deposited in your commercial bank will belong to you. Just consider it as a gift from me, your second brother."

That's a full 100,000 taels of silver! This means that this watch was sold at a sky-high price of 100,000 taels of silver! In an instant, Wen Lanyue's joy surged like a tide, and a bright smile bloomed on her face again.

In the court, all the ministers were stunned, feeling both envious and jealous, and they wished they could be related to Wen Lanyue.

Bei Mingyu looked at Wen Lanyue's smiling face and knew that the thing that this imperial sister loved most was probably the white silver. The waist badge that the imperial brother had just given her was as powerful as the imperial brother in the country of Beicang, but she looked down on it. It seems that in the future, I must manage my own business carefully, earn more silver, and exchange it for the rare things in the hands of the imperial sister.

Bei Mingyu smiled slightly and said, "Forget it, Lord Ebony Wolf, do you still have any questions now? As long as the emperor recognizes her identity as the emperor's sister, what are the inappropriate points you raised?"

The Ebony Wolf Lord was speechless for a moment, and could only squeeze out a few words from between his teeth: "I don't accept it."

Bei Mingyu snorted coldly and said, "Didn't you hear the crowd shouting 'Long Live the Princess' just now? You should keep your own opinion."

Bei Mingyu slowly turned his head, his eyes fell on King Bei Cang, and said: "Royal brother, since you have acknowledged the royal sister, you should give her an appropriate title."

King Beicang frowned slightly and fell into a brief contemplation. After a moment, he said, "Her mission is for the sake of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Why not call her the 'Friendship Princess'!" After the voice fell, he paused for a moment, and then said to Wen Lanyue, "Since she is the princess of Beicang, she must naturally care about the interests of Beicang, cherish every plant and tree on this land, and care about the people of Beicang. Do you have any objection to this?"

Wen Lanyue looked solemn and responded seriously: "Don't worry, my royal brother. I will keep these words in mind."

King Bei Cang nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "If so, that's great. Next, let's discuss business together. You may wish to express your opinions on the current mineral dispute with foreigners, and who should be sent to negotiate and resolve it."

A young minister said firmly, "In my opinion, if we want to get straight to the point and solve this problem, the key issue is undoubtedly the price. In addition, as the saying goes, the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. Naturally, the best policy for this matter is for Lord Ebony Wolf to come forward and handle it personally."

"Having said that, when it comes to price, how much can we actually afford?" asked another worriedly.

"Of course, it's paid according to the breach of contract price agreed in advance." The young minister answered without hesitation.

"How can the breach of contract price they set be reasonable? This is simply handing over our country to them, or forcing our country to serve them for a hundred years!" someone retorted angrily.

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The respected old minister pondered for a moment and then slowly said, "In my opinion, we should try every means to make the other party break the agreement. Once they break the contract, we can legitimately confiscate their mining rights."

Another person responded: "This is a great idea, but I'm afraid it will take a long time to implement."

"Admittedly, if the time is delayed too long and the other party increases their mining efforts, I'm afraid it will not be worth it in the end!" someone echoed.

However, another voice rang out: "That being said, if we don't try it, how can we know what the results will be?" Everyone fell silent, thinking about the pros and cons of this proposal.

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Wen Lanyue coughed lightly, the sound was neither loud nor soft, but it was particularly clear in the quiet court. Everyone's eyes were instantly drawn to her, and they all looked at her. She looked solemn and slowly said, "Everyone, please pay attention to the signature part."

Following the direction of her finger, everyone saw the flamboyant signature at the bottom of the document. Someone asked in confusion, "This is the signature of Lord Ebony Wolf, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with the signature?" For a moment, the court was full of discussions, and everyone looked at each other, wondering what Wen Lanyue meant by this.