Chun Prefecture.
Every trace of the Ma Family had been completely eradicated from Shen Prefecture.
There was no more fighting in the Northeast. Following Little White Tiger's earlier arrangements, False Eye stayed to guard Shen Prefecture, while Third Uncle went to Ice Prefecture.
Xiao Yuan brought everyone back to Chun Prefecture, and everything returned to peace.
For Chun Prefecture, rebuilding was now the top priority.
Strangely, with the two kings imprisoned, Chun Prefecture had not fallen into chaos. Instead, it flourished under Xiao Yuan's leadership.
Inside the study.
Xiao Yuan was meeting with the contractors for the Expansion Project.
Most of Chun Prefecture's expansion projects had been taken by the Ji Family, the Pao Ge Society, and local merchants from Chun Prefecture.
One person stood out in the crowd.
Ding Ya.
She was back.
Dressed in business attire and black-rimmed glasses, she looked every bit the Business Queen.
Compared to their first meeting, Xiao Yuan was noticeably warmer toward her this time.
Among all the contractors, she sat in the front row.
"For this expansion, some of East City Construction's projects will be contracted to Miss Ding Ya's company."
Xiao Yuan gave Ding Ya a polite smile.
The latter's pretty face flushed, and she nodded in response.
"Wait... Sister Yuan, we agreed that our company would build the east city wall. Why has that suddenly changed?"
"Exactly. We're responsible for road construction in the east city district. We'd already negotiated the contract. Why has it changed again?"
Several builders originally responsible for the east city projects stood up unhappily to question her.
Just as they were about to divide the pie, Xiao Yuan had suddenly changed her mind.
"Our building materials are already on-site."
"That's right. Our workers have already started."
Everyone grew more agitated as they spoke.
Ding Ya