The abandoned concubine who transmigrated woke up shouting "Long live the widow!"

Prince Duan's Mansion

Ye Musen felt unwell today and returned to the manor early. He had just arrived at his bedroom and was about to send someone to call the manor doctor to take a look at him, as he felt that he might have caught a cold.

The servant then said that the steward was requesting an audience.

"Let him in!" he said, leaning back against the bed.

The steward entered, bowed, and said, “Your Highness, today someone from the Dali Temple came looking for our maid Xiangguo. They said she instigated Miss Feng from the Zhan Prince’s Mansion to poison the Zhan Prince and even provided her with the medicine. However, Miss Xiangguo redeemed herself and left a few days ago. So I went to the Dali Temple court with the yamen runners and told them the truth.”

"No way? The War King attended court as usual today. Is he framing us? Was that girl the one I rescued on my way back to the capital?" Ye Musen said, rubbing his head.

"Yes, it was that Feng Cuier. She insisted that Xiangguo gave her the medicine, saying it was to bewitch the War King, but the War King was poisoned instead. It was the War King's wife who saved him. The coroner from the Dali Temple also confirmed that the medicine found on Feng Cuier was a slow-acting poison called 'Demon Cloud.' But we bought Xiangguo from the servants many years ago, and we don't know where she went. In the end, no one could do anything about it."

"Alright, now that we've figured it out, it has nothing to do with us, so we don't need to worry about her anymore. The Dali Temple will handle the arrest. You can leave now!"

"Yes, Your Highness, this servant takes his leave."

Seeing that the steward had left, Ye Musen called over a servant and told him to go find Mr. Ning.

Mr. Ning, the masked man, arrived quickly. As soon as he entered, he saw that Prince Duan looked unhappy. In fact, he already knew about the people from the Dali Temple who came today.

"My lord, you are back!"

"Mr. Ning, what's wrong with you? We discussed letting Feng Cuier stay in the Prince Zhan's mansion long-term. Why did you have to be so ruthless? It's a good thing Xiangguo left. If she had been caught, wouldn't that have implicated me?" Ye Musen said angrily, his head aching more and more as he got angrier.

"Your Highness, rest assured! Xiangguo will never be found by them, because she is already dead."

Ye Musen breathed a sigh of relief. "Mr. Ning, I know you have a grudge against the Third Prince, but what you've done has ruined my plans."

The masked man cupped his hands and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness. I was wrong. I am willing to accept punishment."

"This is a one-time exception! Go back and reflect on your actions!"

"Yes, Your Highness, I shall take my leave." The masked man bowed and withdrew. He truly hated that Princess Consort Zhan. If it weren't for her, the Prince Zhan would have surely died. That Demon Cloud was a poison that even the imperial physicians couldn't cure, yet she was able to. Heaven was truly blind!

Jingxue and the others worked for half the afternoon, making a total of ten dishes.

During dinner, Jingxue briefly introduced the names of the dishes to Ye Muchen and the other two. Because the quantity was limited and some had to be left for the children, Jingxue only made two okra dishes: one was cold okra salad, and the other was okra stir-fried with eggs.

Green peppers and chili peppers don't exist in this era, but Jingxue brought them out before, so only Ye Muchen has never eaten chili peppers.

After introducing the dishes, the group began to eat. Naturally, the conversation turned to the upcoming visit of the Cangbei delegation. Upon hearing that they were there to discuss trade, Qin Jing immediately became enthusiastic, even showing some eagerness to participate.

"Cousin, this is great news! This way, your army can handle a lot of transportation business, and self-sufficiency for the army will be a piece of cake, hehe."

"Yes! I've thought of that too, and I've discussed it with the generals below me today."

Jingxue wasn't very interested in this matter, so she didn't say anything.

After Qin Jing finished speaking with Ye Muchen, he said to Jingxue, "Sister-in-law, we can expand our business to Jizhou."

"Everything is still uncertain. Who knows what will happen when the delegation arrives?" Jingxue didn't want to get involved in court affairs; she just wanted to quietly do her business.

“I think it should work out. After all, it’s beneficial to both sides. Why wouldn’t it work? Wouldn’t that be foolish?” Qin Jing said.

Ye Muchen and Ye Musi chuckled simultaneously. Ye Muchen said, "You have no idea how those old fogies in the court objected today."

Qin Jing scoffed, "Cousin, how could I not know their true colors? I think only the Emperor Emeritus could deal with them. In the end, didn't the Emperor agree to let the Cangbei delegation visit?"

Yemus said, "With the delegation arriving in the capital, none of us will be idle!"

"Xue'er, the Emperor has summoned the prefects of several nearby prefectures back to the capital to report on their duties, and your eldest uncle is also coming back!" Ye Muchen said, looking at Jingxue who was eating chicken wings.

"Huh? My maternal uncle? Oh!" Jingxue remembered that there was such a thing.

Ye Muchen found it rather strange that she looked a little dazed. Could it be that this girl didn't have a good relationship with her maternal uncle's family? But he didn't want to ask too much at this moment.

"Great! It'll be lively with everyone coming back. I need to hurry up and open my hot pot restaurant. More customers mean more money!" Qin Jing said, taking a bite of cucumber salad.

Jingxue added glass noodles to the cold dish, making it especially smooth and refreshing.

The Ye brothers smiled helplessly. No matter what, Qin Jing always managed to connect it to making money; it was truly something else.

Jingxue was thinking about how to deal with Prime Minister Zou. This afternoon she came up with an idea: before the delegation arrived, she would also cause trouble for the emperor.

“Speaking of the hot pot restaurant, Fourth Brother, I was originally going to give my cousin-in-law a bonus, but she said she gave you her share,” Qin Jing said.

"Give it to me? I don't want it. You've worked so hard to build this business, don't give it to me." Ye Musi hurriedly refused.

Jingxue put down her chopsticks, took a napkin to wipe her mouth, and said, "Fourth Prince, as I said before, you have taken care of my parents and younger brother all along, and I am grateful for that kindness! So, I'm giving you my share of the profits from the hot pot restaurant to express my gratitude. I know that some favors cannot be measured by money, but at the moment I have no other way to express them."

"Third sister-in-law, this is just my duty. We're family, why are you being so formal?"

Just as Jingxue was about to say something more to him, Ye Muchen spoke up, "Fourth brother, since it's your third sister-in-law's wish, just accept it!"

Qin Jing chimed in, "Yeah! Fourth brother, don't refuse, or your cousin-in-law will think you're complaining about the amount! Haha..."

Seeing this, Yemus had no choice but to accept it helplessly.

"Sister-in-law, this is a great harvest!" Qin Jing said, pointing to the small stone pot on the table.

Actually, Qin Jing didn't bring back any green beans or squash. It was Jing Xue who saw that Lian Ma had prepared dough to make steamed cakes, so she decided to make a big batch and even stuck a ring of pancakes around the edge of the pot.

Jingxue only mentioned the names of the dishes, without going into too much detail, such as "Was it alright?"

When Ye Muchen arrived at Jingning Garden, there were many things he had never seen before, but he didn't ask. Ye Musi and Qin Jing had eaten Beibei's squash.

"It's quite delicious! It's just that this dish is rather novel," Ye Mousse said.

"As long as it tastes good, Qin Jing, you can introduce this dish at Mingyue Restaurant!"

Qin Jing said, "It's not just this dish! The stir-fried potatoes, green peppers, and eggplant and the okra are also delicious. Cousin-in-law, now that the greenhouse vegetables are gradually ripening, shouldn't we update the menu at Mingyue Restaurant?"

Jingxue nodded, "Yes, I'll find some time to go in the next couple of days!"

Upon hearing Jingxue's words, Qin Jing immediately grinned from ear to ear, "Alright!"