A crown princess who doesn't do infrastructure construction isn't a good doctor.

After standing there stunned and watching the two walk quite a distance, Helian Qianli finally came to her senses.

"Two rude brats, how dare they insult me!"

Although she didn't know what Beitang Xinyue meant earlier, she could tell from Helian Qianli's words that it wasn't a good thing, and she was filled with anger again, not knowing where to vent it.

Helian Qianli kicked a nearby pillar and cursed, "How dare you say I'm not as good as that pretty boy, and even call a man 'sister-in-law,' it's utterly disgusting!"

"You want to marry Prince Yan, right?"

Just as Helian Qianli was about to kick the pillar again to vent his anger, a person suddenly walked out from the other side.

Looking at the smiling Mu Shuyan in front of him, Helian Qianli snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "What's it to you?"

Mu Shuyan was not annoyed by Helian Qianli's rude attitude and words, and still smiled gently.

"Of course it's my business, I can help you."

……

Qin Suiyou and Beitang Yan on the other side were also blocked from their way by Tuoba Yue.

Seeing that Beitang Yan looked at him with no trace of familiarity in his eyes, Tuoba Yue narrowed his eyes.

"You don't recognize me at all?"

Looking at Tuoba Yue, Beitang Yan thought of the inexplicable Helian Qianli from earlier and assumed that the two were in cahoots. Beitang Yan didn't give Tuoba Yue a friendly look, since there was no one else around at the moment.

Why should I have an impression of you?

Tuoba Yue was somewhat surprised. After all, they had fought against each other many times, and he had a certain understanding of Beitang Yan. The person on the battlefield was very different from the one in front of him. According to his understanding, Beitang Yan would not speak to people in the same tone he had just used.

Turning to Qin Suiyou, Tuoba Yue asked, "Does amnesia have such a significant impact?"

Qin Suiyou said, "Perhaps losing his past memories is like losing the shackles of the past, thus unleashing his true nature."

After looking Beitang Yan up and down, and seeing the rather unfriendly look in his eyes, Tuoba Yue raised his hand to his lips and smiled.

"It's really unbelievable, it feels like he's been switched out."

Qin Suiyou said, "I don't have that ability yet."

As the three of them were talking, they walked to a nearby pavilion and sat down.

"Qianli was a bit rude just now, but I'm not here to plead for her. If she does anything wrong later, you can teach her a lesson."

Hearing Tuoba Yue say this, Qin Suiyou asked, "You and she don't have a good relationship?"

Tuoba Yue nodded.

“That’s right. If my godfather hadn’t entrusted her to my care before he died, I wouldn’t have wanted to take care of her at all. Many of my godfather’s old subordinates in the Northern Region indulge her. But if she wants to cause trouble, there’s nothing I can do. She has to be beaten up before she’ll behave.”

Upon hearing Tuoba Yue's words, Beitang Yan asked, "So you're not with her?"

Tuoba Yue paused for a moment, then said, "From a personal standpoint, she and I are indeed not on the same path."

"Never mind then, I don't dislike you anymore."

Upon hearing this, Tuoba Yue couldn't help but frown.

"So... the way you looked at me just now was because you thought I was in cahoots with Helian Qianli?"

Beitang Yan nodded and said matter-of-factly, "That's right."

Tuoba Yue: "...You're quite honest."

"Of course I was honest. My wife said that honesty is a person's greatest weapon when it's not necessary."

As Beitang Yan spoke sincerely, Tuoba Yue looked at Qin Suiyou with admiration in his eyes. He was very curious about how Qin Suiyou had managed to turn Beitang Yan into the person he was today.

Putting his questions aside for the time being, and making sure no one was nearby, Tuoba Yue said, "The Emperor of Beiqian just summoned me and told me that he would make me a vassal king, but I have to pay 40% of the taxes from the northern region every year."

Qin Suiyou was not surprised at all by this result.

"Did you agree?"

"No, I told him we need to discuss it. What do you think I can do to talk to him about it?"

Qin Suiyou said softly, "Forty percent of the taxes, when does he want you to start paying them?"

"The first one will be at the end of this year."

Qin Suiyou raised his eyes and said, "When he comes to you again, delay once more. The third time, you say you'll take 20%, but you will personally mobilize the people of the Northern Region to build the closest official road connecting the Northern Region and Beiqian."

"Why?"

"To get rich, build roads first. And now they want to better manage the Northern Region, so roads are very important. He will definitely agree. When you go back, just take a few people and make a show of it."

Tuoba Yue pondered for a long time.

"What if he sends people to watch over our construction?"

Qin Suiyou said, "Building roads is no easy task, especially since the land conditions in the Northern Region are different from those in the Northern Qian. You can just fool them a little."

"Is the road really not going to be repaired?"

Although Tuoba Yue was not very experienced, he had been a leader for a long time. He understood very well that if there were a convenient official road between the Northern Region and the Northern Qian, it would be of great benefit to the resource-scarce snowy region of the Northern Region.

"Of course not, it just means you don't need to waste your energy. I have more professional people and equipment that I can send to the Northern Region to assist you."

After considering Qin Suiyou's words, Tuoba Yue had a guess.

"Are you really that ambitious?"

Qin Suiyou gestured for Beitang Yan to sit up straight. Although no one nearby knew what they were saying, there were still people watching their actions from a distance.

"It's not that I'm ambitious, it's just that he really won't live to see that day."

"You want to fight for power?"

"There's no other way; I can't put myself in danger, can I?"

Tuoba Yue smiled.

"As expected, she is indeed the one chosen by the sacred object."

Qin Suiyou was also quite curious when Tuoba Yue mentioned the sacred object again.

"Your sacred object..."

After glancing back and forth between Qin Suiyou and Beitang Yan, Tuoba Yue said, "Actually, I said 'sacred object' because I got used to talking about it with my father when I was a child. To be precise, the sacred object is not an object, but a divine beast that can predict major events in the world."

"Mythical beast?"

"Well, I can't really say for sure what it looks like. I've never actually seen what a mythical beast looks like."

Qin Suiyou lowered his eyes for a moment, and after saying what he needed to say, they sat for a while longer before returning to Linde Hall.

Back in his seat, Qin Suiyou looked at Beitang Xinyue, who was glaring at Helian Qianli, and asked, "What's wrong? Did she offend you?"

Upon seeing her sister-in-law and brother arrive, Beitang Xinyue withdrew her gaze and told Qin Suiyou about what had happened with Jiang Peier earlier.

Qin Suiyou couldn't help but smile after hearing what had happened.

"Why are you arguing with her? Or do you not have confidence in me?"

"Of course not, but she's really annoying. She doesn't know anything and yet she belittles her sister-in-law. She's just being nonsensical."