Shui Yixuan looked at him deeply, and then strode away from Prince Yi’s Mansion. As Beiming Yi watched his departing figure, he felt inexplicably uneasy.

"Do you think we’re being a bit excessive? That... Murong Xue, she probably isn’t one to hold grudges, right?"

Beitang Qing wore a self-deceiving expression: "Brother, you said it yourself, do you believe it?"

The corners of Beiming Yi’s mouth twitched slightly, as if believing in a ghost; if he truly believed it, would he need to ask you for psychological comfort?

"Brother, instead of worrying about this and that, I actually think you should prepare for your marriage as soon as possible. Although this Seventh Princess is not a legitimate princess, we have gained such a huge advantage, we shouldn’t lose face, right? Besides, with this cooperation, I’m confident you’ll have a stronger foundation."

After all, in the entire Holy Dynasty, only Beiming Yi has married a princess from another country. With the support of Lanyue Country, he will definitely gain an edge in the battle for the throne.

Beiming Yi sighed: "Alright, I’ll trouble you to prepare for this matter. Just follow the standards for regulations, anyway, there’s only a few months left."

Since he hasn’t found a woman worth giving his all for, who he marries doesn’t matter, so he has a perfunctory attitude toward the wedding, unlike Shui Yixuan, who began collecting good things from all over for Murong Xue as soon as they had a marriage agreement, preparing a generous betrothal gift—this is true affection.

As for Jiang Xue, ever since that marriage agreement came out, she no longer acknowledges her surname as Murong. She won’t even respond to Murong Yi’s summons to the palace. If it weren’t for her business, she probably wouldn’t even step into the territories of Lanyue.

On her fief in Liuyang, she currently has opened three shops: a place purely for dining—Yiyuan Restaurant, a Clothes Shop capable of completing independent designs—Mumu Pavilion, and a place that can both treat illnesses and dispense medicine—Changchun Hall. These three shops were previously opened in the Holy Dynasty but after the earth dragon turned, and after experiencing so much, she finally chose to settle them in her own fief.

Of course, her aim is far beyond these three shops. Nowadays, the Princess Mansion has been completed, and since she dislikes seeing Murong Yi, she simply returned to her fief to focus on her career. After all, it feels pointless to let Shui Yixuan skin himself, she’s got to find a way to make more money as her dowry, through a generous dowry, she won’t feel inferior in front of the wealthiest person in the Holy Dynasty.

Currently, she and Shui Yixuan already have a marriage agreement, the wedding date set for February 16 next year, during which she has at least half a year of free time.

Murong Han currently is also on his fief, while Hanyang is only about forty to fifty miles from her Liuyang. They are each usually busy with their own matters and seldom meet. The main reason is he has the Shura Sect, unlike her, who’s a solitary figure that no one can control.

Xi Yue and Feng Xibai have now become a real couple, which makes the siblings outsiders. Although they are her son and daughter, how could their affection compare to Feng Xibai with whom they stayed day and night?

Thankfully, both of them are open-minded. As long as she is happy and blessed, that outweighs everything. After all, soon they will also pursue their own love.

As for Xiran Island, not even those two, but even the siblings Xi Yan and Xi Yue are too busy to be found, so perhaps they will visit even less in the future.

Liuyang is a plain area, a beautiful place with distinct seasonal changes. It isn’t as affluent as Jiangnan but isn’t as tough as the mountains either. Generally, areas with more mountains make road construction hard; difficult roads make it hard for people to venture out. Some might never leave the mountains throughout their lives.

Yiyuan Restaurant has stabilized after two or three months of fuss, but initially, it doesn’t have much traffic. After all, it’s a newly opened restaurant with its background kept secret. Therefore, people believe it’s opened by ordinary businessmen, not associating it with her.

The other two shops are the same; dealing in business, if entangled with the government, changes its nature.

So Jiang Xue plans to control everything from behind the scenes from now on, leaving public appearances to others.

Currently, the Shui Clan has found her a dozen smart runners and servants. They are all kept at the farm in the suburbs, which is her private property because she hasn’t found a suitable place for them, so they stay at the farm with the long-term and short-term workers, managing her farm’s ten acres.

Since she’s running a restaurant, she wants to create a self-sufficient production line, like raising chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs, growing wheat, corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, rice, soybeans, sesame, buckwheat, sorghum, peanuts...

Ten acres are surely insufficient for her endeavors, but she doesn’t want to stretch herself too thin, so she plans to proceed slowly and step by step. She has plenty of money and wants to use money to make more money; this isn’t just theoretical, it must be applied in practical action.