The cannon fodder just wants to survive until the end

"Xi'er, I knew you were a good-tempered girl the first time I saw you, but sometimes, you really can't be too soft. If someone outside the palace bullies you, go find Xiaoqi. If Xiaoqi can't get you justice, go to the palace to find my mother, and my mother will go to the emperor to get justice for you. We must not let outsiders bully our family."

"Yes, mother, I won't let anyone bully me."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started a format of one teaching and the other taking responsibility. Yang Xiuyuan seemed a little redundant. Oh no, not really redundant, as Concubine Shu would occasionally take him along.

Ming Huaixi and Yang Xiuyuan stayed in the palace of Concubine Shu until lunch. When they returned to the mansion, they both went straight to their rooms.

Catch up on sleep.

They were so sleepy that day. They didn't get enough sleep to begin with, and they had been sitting on the bench in the palace all day. This newlywed couple was so exhausted.

The two of them slept until the sun set. As they had just gotten married, Emperor Zhaoming specially gave Yang Xiuyuan a few days of vacation so that he could stay at home and cultivate his relationship with his wife.

"Awake?" Yang Xiuyuan had been awake for quite a while and was staring at Ming Huaixi. When he saw Ming Huaixi wake up, he asked subconsciously.

Ming Huaixi sat up, rubbed his eyes, and asked, "Well, what time is it?"

"It's time for you."

"You've slept for so long." Ming Huaixi said as he was about to get up.

When Yang Xiuyuan saw Ming Huaixi get up, he got up too.

When the maids outside heard the summons, they brought in the toiletries and helped their master change clothes.

"Your Majesty, Princess, are you ready for dinner?" It was now time for dinner. The maid saw that her master had just woken up and had not yet served the meal, so she asked.

"Serve the food. I'm a little hungry." Yang Xiuyuan asked someone to serve the meal in the main room.

After dinner, it was already late. Normally, it was time to go to bed, but they both slept a lot in the afternoon and were not sleepy at all.

"I have some things to take care of, and I can't sleep anyway, so can you come with me to the study?"

Ming Huaixi thought that the caravan would arrive soon, and there were some things in the shop that had not been dealt with. He had been busy with the wedding in recent days and had no time to deal with them, so he suggested going to the study together.

"Okay, it just so happens that I have some things in the Ministry of Works that I haven't dealt with yet." When Yang Xiuyuan heard that they were going to the study together, he immediately remembered that there were some official documents that had not been dealt with in the past few days.

On the second night after their wedding, the newlywed couple stayed up late in the study together. After finishing all the tasks at hand, they finally felt a little tired. This was totally different from other newlywed couples.

A few days of vacation passed by, and it was time for Yang Xiuyuan to go to court.

Yang Xiuyuan was afraid that he would disturb Ming Huaixi when he got up, so he let Ming Huaixi sleep inside the day before, for fear of disturbing her when he got up.

According to the regulations of the court, the time for court session is set at the hour of Mao, and the ministers have to wait outside the palace gate at the hour of Yin. As Yang Xiuyuan is a prince, his palace is naturally closer to the palace, so he does not have to go as early as the ministers.

However, it was still dark outside at this time, so it didn't seem to make much sense to go earlier or later.

Yang Xiuyuan did not like attending court, nor did he like the imperial court, but as a prince, it did not seem like a good son or a good subject should not be in the imperial court to share his father's worries.

So Yang Xiuyuan suppressed his nature, went to court every day, and helped his father deal with some things he could handle. Yang Xiuyuan was arranged by Emperor Zhaoming to the Ministry of Works. Currently, the Ministry of Works was researching new agricultural tools and had achieved some results, so Yang Xiuyuan had to go to the Ministry of Works every day to keep an eye on it.

When Ming Huaixi woke up, Yang Xiuyuan had already gone to court and had not returned yet. At this time, Caiyun came back with a letter. Ming Huaixi saw that this letter was a special letter from the old marquis. Ming Huaixi dismissed the servants and opened the letter.

The old Marquis of Xinyang explained in the letter that Emperor Shengyuan was increasingly favoring treacherous ministers and killing loyal officials, which had caused dissatisfaction among most people in the court. The eldest son of the Ji family married a member of the royal family, but it seemed that the woman was a thorn planted by Emperor Shengyuan.

The old marquis meant to observe and it is not a good idea to have contact with the Ji family at this time.

Ming Huaixi never thought that this time when he came to marry, he didn't let Ji Chen's sweetheart marry. As a result, his sweetheart turned out to be a thorn in Emperor Sheng Yuan's side. What a damn sense of fate.

Ming Huaixi could speculate that either the woman cared more about her husband and helped the Ji family hide the truth from Emperor Sheng Yuan, or the woman was discovered when she was informing on the truth, and then was killed by Ji Chen, and finally became a mole living in Ji Chen's memory.

No matter which one, the Ji family will eventually replace the Ming family and become the master of the new Jingguo dynasty, and this has nothing to do with Ming Huaixi.

"I have nothing to do today. I will go to the farm outside the city to take a look."

"Yes, I will tell someone to prepare the carriage."

Now that the weather is getting colder, the crops in the farm had been harvested long ago. What is planted here now are seeds that Ming Huaixi specially asked people to cultivate that are more frost-resistant. It is not known whether they can grow in Zhao State.

We can only wait and see whether they are still alive in the early spring of next year. If not, we can only cultivate frost-resistant seeds and hope that the caravan can find other crop varieties.

It was already afternoon when they returned from the farm. Yang Xiuyuan had just returned from the Xianwang Mansion, but he had some unfinished business, so he plunged into the study.

Ming Huaixi came back and went into the study. The two of them were each doing their own things in the study. The atmosphere in the study was very harmonious.

After some time, the caravan arrived at the capital of Zhao State, and Ming Huaixi wanted to go and see it in person that day.

Ming Huaixi took a look at what the caravan brought, said a few words of reward to the caravan members, and then arranged for them to rest. Others would take care of the arrangement of the goods.

This time, the caravan brought mainly gems produced in foreign regions, as well as rare treasures. The caravan obviously could not bring them back. Although Zhao State was rich in minerals, these minerals naturally included some gems. For some reason, the gems of Zhao State were of a single color and not as colorful as those from foreign regions.

Ming Huaixi looked at this batch of gems and picked out those with particularly good quality, leaving a few for hunger marketing. The others would be distributed. The best gems would be given to the concubines and the queen in the palace.

The rest are kept in my own private storage, as I may need them for a gift.

There are only a few gemstones of good quality in a batch of gemstones. The rest will be made into jewelry and sold in the silver shop under his name. Some will be stored for customers to customize.

There were also some other things from foreign countries that were considered precious in Zhao State and were put for sale in a treasure shop under Ming Huaixi's name.

Ming Huaixi asked those merchants to return to Jingguo soon. Those who were willing to stay in Zhao State could bring their relatives over, and those who were unwilling could stay in Jingguo. Ming Huaixi would not force them.