The eldest sister was reborn and the younger sister traveled through time. I just want to survive.

"Distribute it?" Mao was still a little confused.

Yan Muxi explained in a gentle voice: "It means selling in bulk to merchants from other places. For example, if a set of gold skin care products is sold in retail, it costs 888 taels of silver. If it is distributed to merchants, the price per set can be 30% lower, which is just over 600 taels. The middleman can make nearly 300 taels of silver for each set sold. If it sells well, it is also a considerable amount of profit for the middleman."

Hearing this, Mao's mind instantly became active.

Xianzitang only shared 10% of the profits with the Princess of Jin and Princess Nishang when they cooperated. When it was distributed to the middlemen, the price was reduced by 30%, which is equivalent to giving up 50% to 60% of the profits. The middlemen definitely made a lot of money.

Although Mao had no way to sell her skin care products to other places, her in-laws had ready-made sales channels. She only needed to take a small half of the profit, which would be enough to fill her private treasury.

Mao acted quickly and introduced her maternal uncle to Yan Muxi on the third day.

Mao's maternal grandfather's surname was Huang. The Huang family had been merchants for generations, and made their fortune by reselling cloth. Today, they also do other businesses, among which the cosmetics business is extremely large, and their cosmetics shops are almost spread across every city in North Vietnam.

Real businessmen are much more slippery than Mao and others. Uncle Huang had three in-depth talks with Yan Muxi and managed to lower the price by another half a percent.

Yan Muxi was willing to be forced to lower her price, but she also had her own conditions. The Huang family had to order at least 1,000 sets of goods each time. She would not be responsible for the transportation, and the other party had to go to Bingcheng to pick up the goods in person. Moreover, the Huang family’s goods could not be sold to Bingcheng and Shengjing, which would disrupt the original selling price.

After signing the agreement, Huang's uncle took the initiative to mention Xiangmancheng Hotpot.

It has to be said that a businessman's sense of smell is more sensitive than that of a cat or a dog. After Yan Muxi finalized the big deal at hand, he was no longer stingy with small things. He sold the recipe of beef hot pot to the Huang family at a reasonable price, and earned a considerable sum of money.

When Yan Muxi finished his business, it was already the end of winter. They had been away from Huadao for half a year and it was time to return.

Unexpectedly, the day before departure, the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion sent an invitation.

The second day of the twelfth lunar month was Princess Nishang's birthday banquet, and Yan Muxi was invited to the princess's residence to enjoy the flowers and attend the banquet. The servant who delivered the invitation also specifically instructed that Princess Nishang wanted Yan Muxi to attend the banquet.

Seeing Yan Muxi staring at the invitation in a daze, Dong Yu said in embarrassment: "What should we do? Why don't you go to the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion in person and explain it to Princess Nishang! If you explain the reason clearly, I'm sure the princess won't feel resentful."

Dongyu finally waited until the day to return to the island and didn't want to delay for even a single day.

Yan Muxi closed the invitation, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Forget it, let's wait until we finish attending Princess Nishang's birthday banquet before leaving Shengjing City!"

"Miss~"

Seeing Dongyu stamping his feet with a big beard, Yan Muxi was amused, "It will only delay us for four or five days. We will have enough time to return to Huadao for the New Year."

Dong Yu was unhappy in her heart, but she puffed her cheeks and said nothing, for fear of upsetting Yan Muxi.

She was not worried about whether she could make it in time for the Chinese New Year. She had finally waited for her return trip, but now she had to endure several more days. For her, who was eager to go home, the next few days would be more difficult than several years.

Princess Nishang’s birthday banquet is not held at her husband’s house, the Duke of Weiguo’s Mansion, but at Princess Nishang’s Mansion in the suburbs of Beijing.

The Princess of North Vietnam is the only surviving blood of the Empress Dowager, and Nishang is the only daughter of the Princess. Her status is even more noble than that of the Prince of North Vietnam.

The Princess Mansion on the outskirts of Beijing was originally a royal palace. Because Nichang liked the red plum forest in the palace, the Empress Dowager gave it to her as a Princess Mansion.

On the second day of the twelfth lunar month, Yan Muxi's carriage had just left the city when it met the carriage of the Duke of Qin's mansion.

When Mao saw Yan Muxi, she happily ran to the back of the carriage to ride with her.

Along the way, the two chatted about their daily business and the gossips of Shengjing City. As they talked, they started talking about the royal family. "Sister Qian, have you heard of the Concubine He who came from Dafeng to marry?"

"Of course I have heard of it. I heard that this Concubine He is the most honorable princess of Dafeng and is favored by the Emperor of Dafeng."

"Bullshit honor!" Madam Mao lowered her voice, "Sister Qian only knows the surface, not the inner heart. This Concubine He is very fickle. Your Majesty has been away for two years, and she got pregnant with someone unknown. If it weren't for her status as a princess married to a foreign country, she would have been killed by a cup of poisoned wine."

Yan Muxi suppressed the shock in her heart and pretended to be indifferent and surprised, "No way! In the inner palace, there are only palace maids and eunuchs. Who can Concubine He have sex with?"

"Who knows? After all, the child was not blown into her belly by the strong wind." Mao opened the curtain of the carriage and made sure that there was no one outside before she continued to gossip in a low voice, "I heard that Concubine He had a childhood sweetheart when she was in Dafeng. That lover chased her to Beiyue. The child might be from that lover... The Emperor of Dafeng is not a human being. He knew that his daughter was not clean and sent her to our Beiyue. Isn't it disgusting!"

Yan Muxi clicked his tongue twice in agreement, "The Emperor of Dafeng is indeed not a human being. He is a beast worse than pigs and dogs."

Emperor Yuanjing deserves to be scolded, but the eldest princess should not bear the stigma and be pointed at by others.

Yan Muxi will always remember what the eldest princess said when she got married. She said that as Princess Dafeng, she had already enjoyed the glory and it was time for her to take on the responsibility of relieving the country's worries, even if it meant paying a price.

Yan Muxi didn't believe that the eldest princess would have an affair with such a smart and righteous woman. As for the idea that she was in love with her childhood sweetheart, that was even more ridiculous.

If you don’t like men at all, how can you have a childhood sweetheart?

If he was right, the eldest princess' misfortune was also the result of a hidden plan that Yan Yongchen had laid in advance. As the eldest princess was the flesh and blood of Emperor Yuanjing, how could Yan Yongchen allow her to live a comfortable life?

I just don't know if Yan Yongchen has any other intentions for this move? Is it related to Yu Wantai who appeared in North Vietnam?

Princess Nishang's birthday banquet attracted almost all the powerful and wealthy women in Shengjing City.

Yan Muxi was of humble status, and after presenting the gift, she retreated to the outside of the circle of noble ladies.

All the women in the hall were talking about Concubine He's affair with someone else, and their words were so filthy that they were unbearable to hear.

Near noon, the eldest princess and the Empress Dowager, mother and daughter, appeared at the birthday banquet together.

Women in North Vietnam had a low status, and the Queen Mother of North Vietnam was able to hold imperial power for several years. She was a legendary figure in both Dai Phong and North Vietnam.

Today, the Empress Dowager is nearly 70 years old, but her aura as a ruler is no less impressive than that of the emperor.

Yan Muxi only glanced at the Empress Dowager, then moved her gaze to the handsome man behind her.

Before she saw his face clearly, she could still deceive herself that Yu An, the deputy leader of the Neiji Pavilion, was not Yu Wantai, the two of them just had some similarities.

Now that she could see his face clearly from a close distance, the last glimmer of hope was gone. The upstart who was famous in Shengjing City was no one else but Yan Muxi's ex-husband, Yu Wantai.

Yu Wantai was much thinner than before, and his face no longer had the previous rebelliousness. His whole body exuded a cold and murderous aura that kept strangers away. Apart from his appearance, he no longer had any resemblance to the previous sloppy and troubled playboy.

As if sensing something, Yu Wantai suddenly stopped and looked over here.