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

In the evening, after Prince Duan finished his dinner, he returned to his study. Just as he sat down, a servant came to report that Prime Minister Zou had arrived.

"Please invite him to the study!"

After a while, Prime Minister Zou entered Prince Duan's study.

"Uncle's here, please have a seat!"

"Thank you, Prince Duan!" Zou Cheng still bowed to his nephew.

“This is my own home, Uncle, please don’t stand on ceremony! Please sit down.” Prince Duan said, handing over a cup of brewed tea.

"Your Highness, thank you for your hard work in receiving the Cangbei delegation today!" Prime Minister Zou said, taking a sip of tea.

"Hmph! It's been hard work, but the spotlight has been stolen by the War King and his wife!" Prince Duan was truly frustrated today.

Prime Minister Zou looked at Prince Duan and said, "You were mainly in charge of receiving guests, how come they stole your thunder? What kind of trouble has Princess Zhan caused this time?"

"Sigh! I never thought there was anything good on West Street before, but today I took the delegation to visit the shops on West Street and I found that Princess Zhan's shop has so many novel items."

"Today, Wanyan Junhao's eyes almost popped out of his head when he saw that lantern. He ordered a lot of goods from her shop. What an ignorant fool."

Prime Minister Zou raised an eyebrow. "Your father-in-law mentioned this matter when he was interrogating Jing Zhiyuan last time. The goods that Princess Zhan owned were of dubious origin, but I don't think His Majesty had any objections."

Speaking of the Emperor, Prince Duan thought of Consort Li: "Uncle, Consort Li has gone mad. Why don't you beg the Emperor to send an imperial physician to treat her? When Jing Zhiyuan was imprisoned, the Emperor even sent an imperial physician to regularly check on his wife's pulse!"

Prime Minister Zou sighed deeply. "Consort Li is ruined. Perhaps she's gone mad, which will make her life less painful. Otherwise, how will she, so young, endure the days to come?"

"Let's not talk about that, Your Highness. Have you noticed lately that the Prince of War holds military power, the Prince of Rui is in charge of the Ministry of Justice, and you are only in charge of the insignificant Ministry of Rites? Does His Majesty have some opinion about you?"

"Huh? I don't see anything wrong with it." Prince Duan felt that every government office needed someone to manage it, it was just that the division of labor was different.

Prime Minister Zou said anxiously, "How can there be no problem with this? Those two others hold real power, but what about you?"

“Me? I…” Prince Duan wanted to say that he also held real power, but it seemed that he had nothing at all.

“Sigh! Uncle, if all else fails, I’ll just go back to being a carefree prince. I have everything I need and I don’t offend anyone. I went to the disaster area for relief, and all I got was the title of Prince Duan. It was all so boring!” Prince Duan said indifferently, feeling exhausted every day.

Prime Minister Zou was utterly speechless looking at his good-for-nothing nephew. Before he could even do anything, the nephew had already given up.

"Mu Sen! You can't go on like this! If you don't fight for power, you'll be trampled underfoot. Besides, you have the heir apparent and other children. Don't you think about them?"

After saying those words, Ye Musen seemed to feel relieved, realizing that such a peaceful and undisturbed life was truly wonderful.

So he waved his hand and said, "They have royal blood, so they'll definitely have plenty to eat and wear. I've already done them a favor by giving them life! The rest is up to them to work hard!"

Prime Minister Zou: "..."

This good-for-nothing son of a bitch! He came for nothing this time, and he probably won't need to come again.

The next day, right after breakfast, Wulintuya and Princess Jingyi arrived at Yichun Palace.

Jingxue: The princess consort of Cangbei is visiting people's homes so early in the morning!

But since they've arrived, and it was agreed upon last night, we can only give them a warm welcome!

After exchanging greetings, Ulintuya had gifts presented to her.

There was a box of mink furs and a lot of medicinal herbs. Jingxue glanced at it and saw that there was Cistanche deserticola, astragalus, and licorice.

"Your Highness is too kind! Please have some tea!" Jingxue said with a smile.

“Of course! When you visit someone in Beiye, you always bring a gift, right?” Wulintuya said with a smile.

Jingxue: I'm not a pure Beiye person either, I really don't know.

"Princess Consort is truly adaptable to local customs; it seems she has studied them. Thank you very much then."

"Today all the men went to discuss border trade, so I asked Princess Jingyi to take me to visit you. By the way, can I get that beauty treatment you mentioned yesterday done today?" Wulintuya didn't mince words and went straight to the point.

"Of course, but Yichun Palace doesn't have a professional beauty bed, so please make do with what you have!"

After Jingxue finished speaking, Princess Jingyi was stunned. She hadn't expected Jingxue to give her so much face.

Jingxue thought to herself that since they were all members of the Northern Night royal family, any problems should be resolved privately, and they shouldn't be made a laughing stock by outsiders.

So she called Xiaoman and Liqiu in to give Wulintuya and Princess Jingyi beauty treatments, and she accompanied them.

More than half an hour later, when Ulintuya looked at herself in the mirror, she was overjoyed.

"This beauty treatment is wonderful, it's so comfortable, and this mirror reflects me so clearly!" Ulintuya exclaimed.

Although Princess Jingyi next to her didn't say anything, she was just as surprised when Liqiu brought her a mirror.

When they went into the general store yesterday, there were too many items to look at carefully. Mirrors are no longer a novelty in the capital.

“If the princess consort likes them, I can give you two,” Jingxue said with a smile.

"Thank you!"

The negotiations on the other side were not going very smoothly either. The goods brought out by Cangbei included furs, grains, cattle and sheep, and even hay.

What they wanted from Bei Ye was grain seeds, fine salt, cotton, and a small amount of silk from Jing Xue's shop.

Aside from grain seeds, we can provide the rest. The tea and porcelain prepared by the Ministry of Revenue are not of much interest to them. Of course, there are also samples of silk and cotton to choose from.

After a whole morning, not many things were finalized. They will have to discuss them separately when they get back and then decide. The date for the next meeting has not yet been set.

Ye Muchen did not participate in the negotiations today. He went to the military village early in the morning because the batch of oxen that Cangbei sent that day was about to arrive.

The Emperor said that the cattle would be temporarily kept in the military village. Cattle are relatively rare in Beiye, and things are valued for their scarcity!

It was precisely because it was so precious that he made the trip himself.

When Ye Chen brought Gao Chi and Li Guangxing back to the Prince's Mansion, the gatekeeper said that guests had arrived and the steward had already arranged for them to stay at Lingyun Pavilion.

Upon entering the main hall of Lingyunxuan, Ye Muchen saw two people: his master, the divine physician Baili Zhan, and a little girl.

"Master, why have you returned to the capital?" Ye Muchen bowed respectfully.

Baili Zhan put down his teacup and said, "We should have arrived in the capital long ago, but something came up on the way. Did you come and see if you know this girl?"

Ye Muchen handed the cloak to Gao Chi, looked at the girl standing beside him, and shook his head, saying, "Disciple doesn't know her!"

“She said her name was Feng Cuier, and she was Feng Yi’s younger sister,” Baili Zhan said.