Afterwards, Nan Wusi was escorted back to the general's mansion, so he was unaware of what happened next in the palace.

However, it is said that Emperor Xiao Teng had a long private conversation with Xiao Yi and Xiao Heng on that day, and Xiao Teng died the next day, after which a new emperor ascended the throne.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites have been extremely busy lately, preparing for both the old emperor's burial and the new emperor's enthronement ceremony.

Now, Xiao Heng is in charge of the court affairs, and a large number of former officials, led by Prime Minister Ouyang, have voluntarily retired to their hometowns. This can be considered Xiao Heng's final act of respect for these ministers.

However, most of the concubines in the harem were not so lucky. Many of them, who used to follow the empress's lead, were all ordered to commit suicide and be buried with her.

Ouyang Jiangli, being the former crown prince's only concubine, was also ordered to commit suicide.

Nan Wusi only heard about these things later, and when she found out, she was quite saddened. Because of her intervention, the world's trajectory had completely shifted to two extremes.

However, the court removed some old officials and gave many young talents the opportunity to show their talents. To Nan Wusi’s surprise, the current prime minister was Sun Ren. It seems that recommending him to Xiao Yi was indeed the right decision. His talents were brought into play at the right time.

During this time, Nan Tianba sent another letter to the border, instructing Nan Wufeng to bring Jiang Zhirou and Ouyang Xinxi back to the capital. Now that the crisis at the border had subsided, Nan Tianba was no longer needed to guard it year-round. Therefore, after attending court, Xiao Heng specifically informed Nan Tianba that he could bring his family back to the capital to enjoy his retirement.

A month later was the new emperor's coronation ceremony. During this time, Nan Wusi focused all his attention on the stores and launched the whitening face cream that Jiang Zhirou had tried at the border into the market.

Now that there are no petty people causing trouble behind his back, Nan Wusi's business is going very smoothly, and almost all of his new products sell out quickly.

Following its whitening face cream, Nanwusi also launched perfumes, lipsticks, and other products, all of which were highly sought after by the nobles in the capital.

Nan Wusi continued to offer her makeup classes to these nobles. However, while teaching them makeup techniques, she also instilled in them her understanding of beauty. She hoped that the world's aesthetics could become more diverse, rather than always being so singular, using fixed features such as whiteness, thinness, and oval faces as the standard of beauty.

However, Nan Wusi also knew that this was not easy. Changing people's deeply ingrained aesthetic views was really difficult, but she still wanted to contribute her own strength.

She has now adjusted her appearance to the highest level, so she no longer has such a strong need for beauty points.

Gradually, she also lowered the prices of her products so that more ordinary people could afford them.

Just like the most popular lipstick among all women, it now only costs a dozen or so taels of silver. Sometimes, Nan Wusi will even offer special prices on those less popular colors, which can be purchased for just a few taels of silver. Even women from less affluent families can save up enough money throughout the year to buy one.

As demand grew and people from surrounding towns flocked to the capital to buy his products, Nan Wusi launched his Beautiful Life franchise program.

After discussing this plan with Zhu Baichuan at the border, a preliminary model was basically developed, so it can be used directly now.

After Nan Wusi launched this Beautiful Life franchise program, the number of people who came to sign up almost wore down her doorstep.

However, Nan Wusi doesn't accept just anyone who signs up. She also needs to investigate and verify the person's business philosophy and the owner's character, so the process is actually quite slow.

Nan Wusi currently only plans to open one store in each city to avoid lowering the quality. Moreover, if anyone is found to be cheating, she will immediately disqualify that person and prevent them from purchasing other products from Beautiful Life in the future.

During this period, Nan Wusi and Xiao Yi met very few times. Nan Wusi didn't know what Xiao Yi was busy with all day. They would only chat in their minds at night.

Nan Tianba is currently in the General's Mansion, so Xiao Yi doesn't dare to act recklessly. Although he is quite confident in his martial arts skills, a top expert like Nan Tianba can still sense his arrival.

Xiao Yi didn't want to leave any bad impression on his father-in-law.

A month passed quickly, and Jiang Zhirou and her group returned to the capital. However, He Lanwenyue also came with them.

He Lanwenyue has now returned to his male form, so when Nan Wufeng encountered him on the road, he didn't recognize him at first.

Helan Wenyue came on behalf of the Northern Huan to congratulate the new emperor on his ascension to the throne, and also brought many congratulatory gifts in order to seek good relations between the two countries.

Nan Wusi only learned of this matter because Helan Wenyue had visited the General's Mansion.

According to Helan Wenyue, under the rule of Helan Wenjin, the people of Beihuan are living well and do not want to start another war that would cause widespread suffering. Therefore, in addition to offering their congratulations, they also want to sign a peace treaty with the new emperor to ensure good relations between the two countries.

At the same time, Helan Wenyue reiterated his hope that Nan Wusi could open his shop in Beihuan, and that the people of Beihuan could accept a more diverse range of beauty.

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