Daoist Wumo was escorted to jail on Xia Siheng's orders.
The emperor also had the Eldest Princess and Commandery Princess Yan'er shown out.
As Commandery Princess Yan'er passed Xia Siheng, she smiled faintly at him. "Thank you, Ninth Prince!"
Xia Siheng turned to glance at her. "Idiot!"
She had handed ten jade mines over to the Great Xia Dynasty, yet she was actually thanking him!
What was she, if not an idiot?
He had been the one to suggest demanding jade mines, all so he could build up his daughter's dowry!
Commandery Princess Yan'er's expression stiffened. Still smiling, she explained, "If you hadn't intervened just now, Wumo would have escaped. There are still so many things I haven't asked him..."
"So, thank you."
"If you have time to talk to me, why aren't you questioning him?"
Xia Siheng gave her an indifferent glance, then waved for someone to show her out.
Commandery Princess Yan'er looked displeased, but the Eldest Princess pulled her along. "Come on. Do you want your head chopped off?"
She could only stamp her foot and follow her aunt out.
Inside the hall, they waited until an attendant returned to report that the Eldest Princess and her niece had left the palace.
Only then did Xia Siheng smile faintly and look toward the emperor on his elevated seat. The emperor was positively delighted, chuckling as he said,
"I originally wanted to avenge Wanwan. If you hadn't suggested we could squeeze a few jade mines out of them, I would never have imagined we could get ten!"
"Hehe, the Great Xia Dynasty is richer again, and the people have more resources to earn money from! Oh, with these ten mines, at least the people in a dozen or so border cities won't have to worry about going hungry!"