After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

In mid-July, it was again sent to Kyoto via an express delivery service of 800 miles.

This time, everyone in the imperial capital knew that the envoys from the Northern Barbarians were coming.

The most talked about topic among the neighbors near Qin Yao's home now is the envoys' visit to the capital.

Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is under house arrest, there is nothing new to talk about in the fight between the Princess and the Crown Prince. The people in the imperial capital are just finding it boring. The arrival of the Northern Barbarian envoy is just in time, and everyone can finally change the topic to talk about.

Therefore, when the news that the envoys from the northern barbarians were about to arrive in Beijing came from Beilou Pass, everyone in Kyoto was very excited.

Qin Yao just stood among the sisters chatting at the door of her house and could hear everyone talking about this matter.

The Qiu family to the west, all the members of the family work in the West Market Mutual Trade Supervisory Office, which is in charge of foreign trade. They may not be the first-hand information about news in Sheng State, but no one in the entire Kuanzhengfang knows more about things outside Sheng State than them.

While sewing the soles of shoes, Old Lady Qiu said, "You may not know this, but the leader of the envoys from the Northern Barbarians to our Sheng Kingdom is the uncle of the Barbarian King, the famous Northern Barbarian Regent King Huyan Chan."

As soon as the title of the Regent King came out, the purchasing woman of Wang Jin's family immediately revealed a look of resentment, "How many people in Dasheng have been killed by this King Chan? How dare he come here?"

Others knew that all the men of the Wang family died on the battlefield, and they did not die in the fragmented civil war, but died in the northern border troops when Sheng Kingdom was about to unify the world and the northern barbarians took the opportunity to invade.

Aunt Yu patted the Wang family's shopping woman on the shoulder and comforted her, "We can't forget our national hatred and family feuds, but now the two countries have a truce. For the sake of future generations, we should still put the overall situation first."

The shopping woman sighed, probably thinking of the young master at home, so she suppressed her anger.

But he turned his head and spat on the ground, wishing he could spit on King Chan's face!

Seeing this, everyone came to comfort her. After she was comforted, everyone continued to ask Mrs. Qiu if there was any more news.

"Didn't they say that the Northern Barbarians delegation also brought a princess this time? Which princess is it?" Zhang Guizhi asked curiously.

The Barbarian King not only had many aunts, but also many sisters. Even when Princess Huiyang married into the royal family, he already had two daughters.

It’s just that they don’t have a son yet, otherwise their princess would suffer even more.

Old Madam Qiu said, "It's the Barbarian King's half-sister. His name is something like Ti Xiang."

It was really difficult for an old woman like her to remember this barbarian's name. It took her a long time to remember it. She slapped her thigh and said, "Hu He Ti Xiang!"

Everyone shook their heads. They didn't know and didn't recognize her, but since she could follow the diplomatic delegation into the capital, this Princess Huhetixiang must have a high status in the Northern Barbarians.

"How old are you? You brought the princess here. Are you trying to recruit a prince consort from our Sheng Kingdom to strengthen the relationship?"

Speaking of this, Qin Yao's gossipy spirit was also ignited. She handed the pumpkin seeds in her hand over, sharing them with everyone while listening attentively.

Old Madam Qiu shook her head. "I don't know about that, but the princess is very young, only sixteen years old. According to the rules of the Northern Barbarians, royal girls can only get married at the age of eighteen. She should not be married yet."

Aunt Yu clapped her hands, "That's for sure! The Northern Barbarian Princess wants to come here to choose a consort!"

As soon as she opened her loud voice, everyone in Kuanzhengfang knew that a princess from the Northern Barbarians had arrived and was choosing a prince consort in the capital.

This spread like wildfire, and somehow it reached the ears of the unmarried young men from noble families in Kyoto, who were so scared that they wanted to hide.

Everyone knows that life in that crappy place in the north is miserable and extremely cold. I heard that they live in tents, which are not even as good as the stables in their mansions.

Let alone food, every meal was either goat milk or goat meat, not even vegetables. There was no fruit to eat, and even pooping was difficult.

In this kind of environment, can Hu Hetixiang grow up beautiful?
I'm afraid he's dark and strong, with a mouth full of yellow teeth when he smiles. Just imagining it makes the hair on these young masters of the aristocratic families stand up.

However, such a "good thing" is not available to ordinary families. Instead, those princes, dukes and marquises should be more careful.

Of course, there are also some dandy young men who think they can endure hardships, are not afraid of their wives' disgrace, and cannot make it in the imperial capital. They think they may be able to rise to the top through this opportunity, and have been secretly planning how to create an encounter with Princess Huhe Tixiang that they will fall in love with at first sight.

Qin Yao stood at the door of her house for the whole afternoon and had eaten her fill of melons. When she saw Awang and Yin Le coming back with a bunch of fresh fruits and vegetables, she went home contentedly.

Seeing Qin Yao coming in, Yin Le immediately said excitedly: "Master, it turns out there are melon fields in Kyoto!"

"Today when we went to Taipei City, we saw many people selling cucumbers. I thought they were something new, but when I got closer, I realized they were the watermelons from our village!"

Qin Yao was pleasantly surprised and walked quickly into the hall. There were two round green melons on the table. She laughed out loud, "Finally, there are melons to eat!"

She said that she always felt something was missing this summer. When she saw these two watermelons today, she understood. How could a summer be complete without watermelons?

Qin Yao first poured herself a glass of cold water to calm her appetite, asked Awang to put down the food in his hand, and carried the two big watermelons they had bought to the backyard.

Put it in the well to chill first, and then eat it after everyone in the family is gathered. It’s so icy cold, I can’t wait to eat it.

Awang agreed, picked up two big watermelons and went to the backyard.

Yin Le quickly put the purchased things in order, took the ingredients to the kitchen, and put the snacks into the food boxes according to categories.

The freshly bought peach cakes are still hot and crispy. I’ll give them to Master to try first.

He also bought a bag of glutinous rice and a bag of mung beans today. Awang said he planned to use them to make cold rice cakes with mung bean paste to eat to relieve the heat.

Yin Le poured the rice and mung beans into the corresponding pottery jars, then wiped the sweat off his face with a clean towel and walked back to the hall and said excitedly to Qin Yao:

"Master, have you heard about the Northern Barbarian envoy's arrival?"

Qin Yao was eating peach cakes, her mouth couldn't open, she nodded, and her eyes asked her if there was any new news.

Yin Le sat down on the chair beside her and asked mysteriously, "Who do you think the emperor sent to pick up the envoy?"

Qin Yao shook her head to indicate that she didn't know, but seeing Yin Le's excitement, she tentatively guessed, "Could it be the Imperial Master?"

Yin Le, who had been planning to keep the secret, suddenly felt frustrated. He took off the handkerchief that was applied to his forehead to absorb the sweat and nodded in boredom. "Yes, it's the Imperial Master. I just heard about it from someone on the street."

Qin Yao was a little surprised. Logically speaking, the prince was under house arrest because of the Wusheng incident. As the man behind the prince, Sikong Jian should have stayed in the mansion obediently to avoid suspicion.

As a result, only one month after the crown prince was confined to his house, Si Kong Jian was the one who received the envoys.

Could it be that the Emperor doesn't want to delve further into the matter of Prince Feng?

"Hiss~" Qin Yao took a breath of cold air, and she suddenly thought of a question. (End of this chapter)