Chapter 66: Plea

When Bai Mucheng came out of the Tian residence, he realized that the place was surrounded. Upon inquiry, he found out it was the Lotus Society. What kind of organization is this? He hadn’t heard of it the last time he came.

In fact, it wasn’t just the Lotus Society; his grandmother’s family, Uncle Xu Er, and Uncle Cui had all come. Seeing Bai Mucheng leaving with people, they hurried inside to ask what was going on.

The members of the Lotus Society, hearing that something had happened to the president’s family, were incredulous. How could such a good president, the executive president, have an incident? They didn’t believe it and wanted to come and appeal for the president.

Zhou Yaozu and Xu Yunpeng urged the members of the Lotus Society not to act impulsively and went in with Uncle Xu Er to check the situation.

The group arrived at the princess’s residence and breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that Tian Dabiao and Tian Mi were unharmed.

His grandmother, still frightened, asked, “Dabiao, Mi’er, are you all right? What happened?”

Tian Mi didn’t want everyone to worry and pointed at Yanzu with a chuckle, saying, “Oh! It’s nothing! Prince Ding wants Yanzu, whom I raised, and since I wouldn’t let him have him, he came to scare me.”

Everyone was a bit incredulous; it was surprising that Prince Ding would be so petty.

Xu Feiyan angrily said, “How could he be so—”

Before she could finish, Aunt Bai covered her mouth, fearing she might say something rebellious.

Uncle Xu Er liked Yanzu too and exclaimed, “He borrowed him during the fight, and now that it’s over, he still wants him? This is too…”

After all, he was a prince, so he couldn’t say anything too harsh.

His grandmother sighed and said, “As long as they’re all fine, that’s good. If he really wants him, just let him have him! People are what matter.”

Seeing that everyone was fine and tired, they all began to leave, letting them rest properly. Aunt Feng also went home with Uncle Cui.

Those who were unaware could still move on, but Minghui saw everything clearly, especially now that she compared the two treasures with Bai Mucheng’s appearance. She looked at Tian Mi, then at Tian Dabiao, wanting an answer.

Tian Mi trusted her a lot, and she had taken care of the two treasures more, basically only returning them to Tian Mi’s courtyard at night for sleep.

Tian Mi awkwardly smiled and said, “We encountered a bandit den while fleeing from disaster, saved his life, and then invited him to be our son-in-law. Later, he got lost. Haha! Everyone thought he was dead, but he turned out to be quite lucky.”

This was the first time Tian Dabiao heard someone say it like this.

He quickly added, “Yes! There are so many people getting lost on the road; it’s chaotic.”

Bai Mucheng returned to the county office, secretly lamenting how this fat guy was truly unexpected. After such a long time, he had transformed from a big black bear into a little fairy, and from a bandit into the president. The princess, what kind of incense had she burned to achieve this?

How could a royal prince not intimidate her?

Thinking about how she had been a bandit, had resisted Bai Dongyuan, had fought on the battlefield with him, and even dared to tease men—hmph! It indeed wasn’t easy to scare her.

Recalling that last time when she was still a fat guy, she had said she loved him and wanted to spend a wonderful night with him, but after becoming beautiful, she rejected him and was already planning to open a bookstore and recruit a son-in-law.

Hmph! Still choosing handsome young men! Shameless! After seeing all of Qinghe County, there was no one better looking than him.

Huang Yuanying and Zuo Zhengfeng came to plead. Huang Yuanying said, “Your Highness, all the potatoes in the valley have been dug out. My subordinates saw that the people in the valley plowed the land in just a few days. The plows they used are different from those of the common folks outside; they said they were designed by Princess Changfeng and are especially effective. In less than half a month, the new farm of Princess Changfeng covering over three thousand acres has been fully planted, using the same kind of plow. These are all things that can benefit the people! My subordinate doesn’t know what’s wrong with the princess, but I ask Your Highness to think carefully!”

Zuo Zhengfeng quickly added, “Yes! Your Highness, Princess Changfeng has contributed to the court.”

This fat guy truly has the people’s support! Bai Mucheng had never planned to do anything to her.

Bai Mucheng asked, “How is the road construction going?”

Huang Yuanying replied, “The terrain isn’t too steep, but there are many trees. It will probably take some time. I have arranged for many people to work simultaneously to speed things up.”

Bai Mucheng said, “Also arrange for stone collection to proceed at the same time. With so many potatoes, a dirt road might not be sufficient.”

Huang Yuanying responded, “Yes, Your Highness!”

Bai Mucheng was somewhat puzzled. Why was Tian Mi still having the valley plowed at this time? It was almost August, and winter would be here before long.

Tian Mi naturally planned to plant winter wheat. Planting winter wheat in the lunar month of August was just right. She still didn’t know how Bai Mucheng discovered her; she thought he had just happened to run into Tian Dabiao. She was inwardly cursing her bad luck.

But since he didn’t take drastic action in his anger, this matter should be considered settled.

This brother’s temper was still quite reasonable; most people would find it hard to swallow such a grievance.

Especially since Tian Dabiao had just become the head and was looking for someone to establish his authority, he was quite tough on him.

Wang Yuying had told Tian Mi that she needed to go to the capital to express her gratitude, but now she had to arrange things here before she could go.

The land in the valley had already been plowed, and Tian Mi instructed them to use manure to enrich the soil before she sent over seeds.

Currently, everyone was buying their food. The river in Qinghe County led to the rich lands of the south, where they could grow rice in two seasons a year, and in some places even three seasons, so rice wasn’t particularly expensive. Tian Mi’s products could instead earn some silver.

Her first batch of several soaps was nearly ready, but the products were somewhat limited: three types of soap, two types of foundation, one made with white flower powder and rice flour, another with pink flower powder, and a lip balm made with deep red flower powder and beeswax.

Tian Mi felt that something was still missing.

Her eyes lit up; she realized she was missing an eyebrow pencil! This was easy to make with bamboo charcoal powder and beeswax.

She would make it tomorrow. Her workshop was indeed busy; tomorrow she had to make medicine, eyebrow pencils, cookies, and candy. The wealthy lady had quite a lot on her plate, and she could manage the cookie and candy making herself.

Minghui could manage and guide the medicine-making!

She just needed to bring people to make the eyebrow pencils.

Jin Wenwen had been keeping an eye on Bai Mucheng’s movements. This time when he went to Nanjun City, her brother didn’t accompany him. She couldn’t go either, but when Bai Mucheng returned, her maid immediately came to inform her. She quickly dressed up and brought some snacks to send to her brother, only to see Bai Mucheng storming out of the princess’s residence with a furious expression.

She had never seen Bai Mucheng so angry before and was startled, thinking that the princess must be in trouble.

However, not long after, Bai Mucheng came out calmly with people, and it seemed nothing had happened to the princess!

She didn’t know what was going on, but she had indeed looked into this princess seriously and checked her background.

In Qinghe County, she was quite formidable; she could only act tough, not vicious. However, this princess was indeed someone who wouldn’t take action lightly, but she had a friend who was quite simple-minded.

The next day, Tian Mi and Xu Feiyan rode horses up the mountain to cut bamboo for bamboo charcoal, needing bamboo that was at least three years old.

While riding, Xu Feiyan said, “Sister Tian Mi, my brother went with me to look at the bookstore’s location and size, and he said it’s fine. He can’t help with the design and decoration, but he wrote some things for selling at the bookstore, so we need to prepare. The court has opened a special examination for the students of the Duke of Yu and the Duke of Liang, and they are working hard on their studies every day!”

The court not only opened special examinations for the students in these two areas but for the entire country; it was just that the students from these two places had missed out before, and now they were catching up.