Plane Trading: A Peasant Girl Escapes from Famine and Becomes Rich Enough of a Nation

However, she couldn't interfere too much. The most she could do was to secretly rescue the poisoned Twelfth Prince.

Concubine Yan started out as a merchant woman and climbed her way up to her current position as a concubine step by step. She is already a controversial figure, but she also enjoys the treatment of a favored concubine.

Concubine Yan got the accurate answer and felt relieved, so she let Su Qiuyi leave.

Su Qiuyi was thinking about something and made mental preparations. Then, as soon as he walked out of Yan Fei's palace, he saw Chu Mingxiao standing not far away waiting for him.

All the anxieties in my heart disappeared. I still have Axiao, who treats me like his life, by my side. I am not afraid of anything.

Even if the enemies behind Concubine Yan knew that I was close to Concubine Yan, so what? I am no longer afraid.

She is a little worried now. If that person is the queen, it will be a bit tricky.

No matter what, the Queen and the Duke Dingguo's Mansion are inseparable. No matter how lawless she is, she cannot stand against the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.

"Axiao, the twelfth prince has been poisoned!" Su Qiuyi thought about this and whispered to Chu Mingxiao.

Chu Mingxiao nodded slightly, "I know."

Su Qiuyi was shocked.

"Empress Yan detained all the imperial doctors and didn't tell anyone. How did you know? Could it be true..."

"Don't worry, it's not my aunt!"

Chu Mingxiao knew what the little girl was thinking, and didn't want to make her worry too much, so he told her everything.

"Don't worry, it was Concubine Li who did this, not my aunt. The Crown Prince won't be hard on a one-year-old child. After all, if he were to make a fuss, the twelfth prince wouldn't have had a chance to be born. Besides, the Yan family and the Chu family are on the same line, so you won't be embarrassed!"

Chu Mingxiao had intended to bring up this matter before, but the little girl didn't take it seriously. He brought it up again now just to comfort the little girl.

Now, Su Qiuyi felt much more at ease.

The two of them chatted in whispers and soon arrived at the Queen's Kunning Palace.

Su Qiuyi took a few deep breaths before following Chu Mingxiao in.

He followed Chu Mingxiao and bowed politely.

Everyone knew about the marriage proposal from Duke Dingguo's Mansion the day before. The Queen Mother was polite in front of Chu Mingxiao and had no intention of making things difficult for Su Qiuyi, so she asked someone to stand up.

Soon, all the girls attending the banquet came over to pay their respects, and the Queen Mother had no time to praise her any more.

At the banquet, Su Qiuyi was still surrounded by those women who wanted to please her and get close to Su Yunsheng, but there were always a few pairs of malicious eyes staring at her fiercely.

But when I looked over there, I couldn't catch those gazes.

"Miss Su, I heard that you are a genius in the business world. I wonder if you have any interest in poetry and songs."

Su Qiuyi turned around in surprise when she heard that, and saw a group of young girls coming towards her, surrounding a little girl who looked about fourteen or fifteen years old.

"Yiyi, that is the Eighth Princess, and the ones next to her are her study partners."

Liu Jinse, the concubine of the Minister of Justice, who was standing next to Su Qiuyi, introduced her to Su Qiuyi in a low voice.

Su Qiuyi nodded, "I know."

This was not her first time entering the palace. Although she had no contact with the Queen's people before, she still knew about the Eighth Princess.

She stepped forward and as a subject she still had to bow.

I politely bowed and didn't want to bother with it anymore.

"I heard that you are very capable and even got my eldest cousin to propose to you. How about it? Are you interested in playing with us?"

When the princess said this, her face was full of disdain, almost to the point of disgust.

Su Qiuyi was very unhappy. At this time, the boys and girls were seated separately, so there was no way for Chu Mingxiao to take his unruly cousin away. She replied in a neither humble nor arrogant manner:

"I am just a peasant girl, and I am not very good at poetry and songs, so I won't disturb the Eighth Princess's interest!"

"Oh, Miss Su, you are the fiancée of the Prince of Dingguo, but you can't even write a poem. If you tell others, it will embarrass the Prince of Dingguo."

A girl with single eyelids next to the princess covered her mouth with one hand and chuckled, making sarcastic remarks.

"Oh, really? Not being able to compose poetry is embarrassing? You're right. I really embarrassed Chu Mingxiao. I just don't know what level I can reach to not embarrass him. I really want to see it."

Su Qiuyi looked extremely guilty, and kept looking at those beautiful girls while speaking.

Little did she know that her words touched the hearts of those girls.

There are a lot of girls who want to marry Chu Mingxiao, but they can't face him. They also know that Chu Mingxiao has a girl he loves very much, but no one thought that this girl would be a rude peasant girl.

I don't know whose eyes are so sharp that they can see Su Qiuyi's rudeness.

But none of this matters. What matters is that Su Qiuyi is quite bored right now and needs these people to entertain him.

"Yiyi, how can you say that? Whether they are suitable for each other depends on whether Prince Chu likes it or not, not on poetry and songs. Besides, Prince Chu is a great general, he doesn't like those weak girls who recite poetry and songs, right?"

Liu Jinse stood up for Su Qiuyi.

The two of them have known each other for a long time. Liu Jinse is also very aware of Su Qiuyi's situation, and knows more about what's going on between her and Chu Mingxiao. She knows that Chu Mingxiao loves Su Qiuyi terribly, so in front of so many people, Yiyi doesn't need to be timid.

After all, with the man's preference and sincerity, Su Qiuyi has already won.

"Liu Jinse, as a concubine's daughter, how can you have the right to speak here? Don't you look at yourself? Although Su Qiuyi is just the daughter of a minor official and a peasant, she is also a legitimate daughter. Don't you know your own weight? I will go back and tell mother and let her put you under house arrest!"

As soon as Liu Jinse spoke, Liu Jinrong, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Justice, could no longer bear it. She quickly gave her a lecture and reminded her of her status as a concubine's daughter in public.

Liu Jinse couldn't help but lower her head.

Su Qiuyi laughed even more happily, as if she didn't hear Liu Jinrong's sarcasm, and spoke to Liu Jinse.

"Yes, you are right. As a general, Ah Xiao must like girls with great skills. But I am indeed not that good. How can I deserve his love..."

There were a few girls from the official families behind her. After hearing what she said, they quickly spoke to comfort her, "Yiyi, don't say that. You are very good. You are good-looking and capable."

"Yes, you are beautiful, you can make money, and you can grow fruit trees. That's really great."

Several little girls tried desperately to list her merits, but after all, not knowing how to compose poetry or songs was a shortcoming.

Amid the noise, the Eighth Princess suddenly spoke, addressing Su Qiuyi.

"Miss Su, now that we are here, and everyone is quite bored, why don't we do something to kill time? It's still early before the banquet, so we're just going to stay anyway."

Su Qiuyi said noncommittally, "Eighth Princess, are you inviting me to watch you write poems or listen to you talented ladies sing? You know I don't know these things. I know nothing about them."