After negotiations between Dugu Jing and Xie Xun concluded, the High Priest and the Cabinet accelerated their discussions, and most of the terms were agreed upon. Dugu Jing and the two princesses remained in the Capital City, while Xie Xun dispatched Nuanyang and Feiying along with the High Priest to Ningzhou, carrying Xie Xun's royal decree. Preparations began at the Twelve States and Ningzhou border for the resettlement of the Beiman people.
The matter of whether the two princesses would enter the palace was conspicuously absent from the agenda. Both Dugu Jing and Xie Xun deferred the decision, opting to revisit it either after the Beiman King arrived in the Capital City or once all Beiman civilians had been properly resettled. After all, the princesses entering the palace symbolized a bridge between Beiman and Beining, but whether this bridge was still necessary remained to be determined.
