As the crown prince and the eldest brother, it was difficult for the prince to refuse the request for staying to preside over the affairs of the capital. Just as the Minister of Agriculture requested a meeting, the prince asked them to go with him to see the situation.

As a prince, this is actually a very good experience.

Where is Sinong Temple?

Sinong Temple is in charge of matters such as grain storage, farmland irrigation, etc. In this place, you can learn about people's livelihood and farming, learn new accounting methods, and learn and grow in a gentle way.

And because you are well-informed about the world, you will often encounter some interesting things and fun things. Nothing major will happen, and you won't be bored either.

It is really a very thoughtful and brotherly arrangement.

However, for Qiba, there was no money to be made and no reason to run around. The things they talked about were tedious and boring and really very uninteresting.

The Seventh Prince said angrily, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is clearly perfunctory to us! He just found a random place to send us away! In comparison, Sister Fu Yan is much better. Although she likes to curse, she is very generous and straightforward!"

Seeing that there was no one around, the Eighth Prince whispered, "Don't blame His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Perhaps he can't make the decision either."

"How can he not make the decision?" The Seventh Prince glared at him and said, "He is the Crown Prince!"

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...

The Eighth Prince said: "Anyway, everyone says that Sister Fu Yan is the Crown Princess..."

Qi Ba went there for two days and then didn't go there again, and no one paid much attention to it.

A few days later, it was heard that the Fourth Prince had returned from disaster relief and went directly to the nearby palace. He fell ill as soon as he arrived. Emperor Ming Yan was very moved and asked him to live in a side hall. A large number of imperial doctors surrounded him and even delayed his return to the palace for this.

To others this may seem like a self-torture tactic, but if you really get sick from exhaustion, it is no longer a tactic, it is a manifestation of kindness and love!

When the fifth prince returned home, he seemed to be lost in thought.

The Fourth Prince was in charge of the Ministry of Justice for a period of time, and then he was transferred to the Ministry of Revenue and also in charge of Deshanjin, but he remained in the Ministry of Rites.

He wanted to go to the Ministry of Commerce. Nowhere else would be better than the Ministry of Commerce.

As long as he can be tied to Yan Shiyue, he will be invincible, and as long as he stays in the Ministry of Commerce, he will be valuable.

It's not like now, where everyone politely calls him the Fifth Prince wherever they go, but in fact when they really talk, every sentence is like Tai Chi, like coaxing a child.

But even though he knew this, he didn't dare say anything, simply because he didn't have the confidence.

But it's not so easy to go to the Ministry of Commerce. When the fourth brother brought it up, Yan Shiyue turned it down in person. He... might not have the face to do so.

He had a sullen face all the way and others did not dare to say anything. When the Fifth Prince looked up, he realized that he had actually walked to the concubine's courtyard.

The Fifth Prince saw Xie lying by the window reading a book and writing something. Curious, he waved his hand and asked people not to inform her. He quietly went in to take a look and saw at a glance that what she was reading was "General Knowledge of the Ministry of Commerce".

The fifth prince was surprised and asked, "You are still reading this book?"

Xie was startled and his pen trembled, leaving only a dot of ink.

Xie hurriedly threw down her pen and bowed, "Fifth Master."

“No need.” The Fifth Prince went over to look at what she had written and said, “You not only read it, but you also studied it seriously?

Xie lowered her head and twisted her sleeves nervously. The Fifth Prince smiled and said, "Don't be afraid. I'm not angry. I'm just asking, are you interested in this?"

"Yes," Xie looked up at him, her eyelashes trembling, "Before... before I married you, I wanted to apply for the Ministry of Commerce."

The fifth prince smiled and said, "Are you applying for the Ministry of Commerce?"

"Yes," probably because she saw him smile, Xie became a little anxious: "His Highness said it's okay!"

What? The fifth prince was surprised: "She said yes? You asked her? What did she say?"

Xie was exactly Xie Meiwan, and she said, "Before I entered the palace for the selection, I met His Highness on the road, so I plucked up the courage to ask him a question, and he replied, 'The Ministry of Commerce's assessment has never mentioned that women are not allowed to participate.'"

The Fifth Prince pondered over this sentence carefully, and asked Xie to learn all the words, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He said seriously: "Xie."

Xie Meiwan was stunned: "Master?"

"Study hard and take the exam well. If you can pass, I will reward you handsomely!"

Xie Meiwan was stunned: "Can I really take the exam?"

He said solemnly, "Okay."

She had met Yan Shiyue before and asked her in person, so it was not abrupt for her to take the exam. If she could really pass, it would be great news.

Don’t say that women in the harem can’t show their faces in public... Compared to the Ministry of Commerce, these are all insignificant. Besides, with Yan Shiyue as a role model, who would make fun of this?

The corners of the Fifth Prince's mouth curved up involuntarily, and he sat down beside her: "I'll watch it with you."

Emperor Ming Yan returned to the capital at the end of August.

Perhaps because he felt very guilty about "I abandoned you to go to the palace just after you gave birth to a child", Emperor Ming Yan brought her several large carts of things, as if she had never been to the palace.

When he came back and saw that the four little ones had grown to be white, tender, fragrant and soft, the Emperor was very pleased and the people who followed him admired them again.

After nearly a year, Yan Shiyue finally stepped out of the mansion again.

She is now in her twenties and has given birth to a bunch of children. She has finally grown up. If she could pass herself off when she wore men's clothes before, now even if she wears men's clothes, you can tell at a glance that she is a stunning woman.

Especially when she was wearing an apricot-yellow robe and standing next to the prince, her beauty seemed even more splendid and could not be looked at directly.

As soon as Qiba saw her show up, he came up to her and hung around her, acting coquettishly and naughtily.

Xian Fei saw this and said to Shu Fei sarcastically, "It's only been a few days since we last met, how come Balang is getting smaller and smaller?"

Concubine Shu smiled and said, "Children can't hide it. Fu Yan hasn't shown up for a long time, and Balang must miss him very much."

"That's right!" Concubine Ning said with a smile, "Come to think of it, His Highness hasn't shown up in public for several months."

Concubine Shu said, "That's why it's said that being a woman is hard. It takes a year to raise a child. If this were a court official, wouldn't everything be delayed?"

The Queen said coldly: "Although Fu Yan gave birth to a child and didn't show up much, she didn't delay things. The Ministry of Commerce made a lot of money. She even wrote a very thick book while pregnant!"

Concubine Shu said awkwardly: "Yes, Fu Yan is naturally different from others."

Qiba are just kids after all, and when they start to act like spoiled brats, Yan Shiyue really can’t handle it. They follow her home!

Yan Shiyue had no choice but was unwilling to hand over the affairs of the Ministry of Commerce to them, so she suddenly had an idea and changed the name of Flying Chess to Bird Chess, drew it and taught them. From production to sales, they would not be able to bother her for a while.

The two left satisfied.

As they walked, the Seventh Prince said to the Eighth Prince happily, "You are really smart. As expected, once you acted like a child, the Imperial Sister agreed!"

The Eighth Prince said: "The weaker one is, the more he likes to show off his strength. This is common sense."

The Seventh Prince said strangely: "The Royal Sister is not weak!"

The Eighth Prince said, "As a woman, she is naturally weak and is used to showing off. So as long as we lower our attitude and beg her, she will agree even if she tries to show off."

The two were far away from each other, and there was no one around them, so no one knew what they were talking about. Only Huo Qijing, who happened to be walking by with a child in his arms, looked over coldly.