Tianyou Street was the busiest street in the capital. Both sides of the street were crowded with shops and stalls.
On the seventh day of the new year, there were no guards patrolling the streets. The streets returned to their usual bustle.
However, if one looked carefully, there was a strange atmosphere in the streets.
At noon, behind the big curtain of a wine shop.
"Hey, do you think the Emperor wanted to go back on his words yesterday? He didn't want the third princess to throw the embroidered ball to find the prince consort. But he was too embarrassed to tell the truth, so …"
"Shh — you don't want your head anymore!
How dare the Emperor talk about it! "
"Could it be that he said something wrong?
The Emperor is also a human. How can he go back on his words like this! "
"Didn't he put up a notice to apologize?
He said that he had to cancel yesterday's street patrol and groom search because there were some urgent matters to discuss. "
"Put up a notice to apologize?
Tsk, you believe that to fool a three-year-old!
I think the Emperor doesn't want to marry the third princess to us commoners. "
"I heard that the Emperor wants to hold another open competition.
Whoever wins the competition can marry the third princess. "
"Really?
Where did you get the news? "
"It just came out of the palace this morning.
You know, my wife's brother's brother-in-law is a servant in the palace. "
"So, it's most likely true?"
"So what if it's true!
It's a fair competition. Who knows if there's anything fishy about it … "
"Just treat it as a warm-up.
Who knows, maybe we'll be lucky! "
"Tsk, if you go, I guess you'll be eliminated in the first round …"
"What?
You're looking down on me! "
"It's not that I'm looking down on you. It's just that you're too ugly. The prince consort of the princess will often enter the palace courtyard in the future. Look at your honorable appearance … tsk tsk …"
"Tsk, you only know how to insult others. If you have the ability, go and try it yourself.
You're just a coward! "
"You!
Let's try it!
We have both civil and military skills. What's there to be afraid of? "
"Keep bragging!"
"Don't doubt it …"
…
"It's indeed much livelier than Fanluo City," Su Shuiche, who was sitting by the window on the second floor of the teahouse, sighed with a faint smile.
"There are a lot of people in Feng City. The number of residents here is seven or eight times more than that of Fanluo City, and that's not counting the foreigners who come in every day.
However, it was only five times the size of Fanluo City.
Half of them were the mansions of various nobles and ministers.
Naturally, it's crowded. "Liang Enzai, who was sitting at the other end of the table, explained in detail.
Today, he was ordered by his father to bring his sister and brother-in-law to the busiest street in the capital, Tianyou Street.
What happened yesterday made everyone depressed for the whole day. They didn't have the chance to properly greet them who had come from afar.
"Fortunately, I didn't bring Xiao 'er and Long' er out. It's too noisy here." Su Shuiche shook her head and laughed.
The hustle and bustle of the Imperial Capital was not suitable for the twins who were less than five months old to observe.
Unfortunately, Situ Yun had been left behind by Lin Siyao to guard the twins.
"Eldest Brother, we'll leave for Blossom Town the day after tomorrow," Su Shuiche said to Liang Enzai after tasting a cup of fragrant tea unique to Feng City.
"The day after tomorrow?
Why don't you stay longer?
Auntie has been waiting for you for a long time.
Could it be that some blind person in the manor has offended you? "Liang Enzai frowned slightly.
Two years ago, when they didn't know she was the princess's biological daughter, many unkind concubines and concubines had made things difficult for her.
Although her true identity had been announced to everyone in the mansion, it didn't mean that there wouldn't be people gossiping in front of her.
The infighting in the back of the mansion was never peaceful.
"That's not it.
There are a lot of trivial matters at home. I can't stay here forever. "Su Shuiche smiled faintly and declined Liang Enzai's invitation to stay.
To be honest, she didn't have a deep entanglement with the Palace.
The only thing she was involved with was the body occupied by Su Shuiche's soul, who happened to be a legitimate daughter of the Palace.
However, the complex environment in the mansion made it impossible for her to take good care of the twins.
It was either this concubine who came to visit her and her children, or that younger sister who came to chat with her …
As the saying goes, if you don't agree, half a sentence is too much. It didn't have much effect on those concubines and concubines.
Even if there was nothing to talk about, they could still talk about a lot of irrelevant things to pass the time.
This kind of day made her more and more irritable.
She couldn't remember how she used to deal with this kind of situation in the Su Family's courtyard.
However, in the past, she only had one concubine and one concubine sister. Now, she had seven concubines and eight concubine sisters.
This didn't even include the fifth sister who was already married.
"How many things can there be in Blossom Town? Besides, isn't there Xiao Heng and his wife taking care of it now? What is there to worry about?" If she left, where would he find someone as outstanding as Lin Siyao to practice with?
Before going to bed yesterday, he had nothing to do, so he had dragged Lin Siyao to the training room to practice a few moves. His martial arts, which had stagnated for a long time, had suddenly been enlightened and broken through to the seventh level. He was pleasantly surprised.
Originally, he wanted to take advantage of the time he was here to practice properly, but he didn't think that he would be leaving so soon.
"Big Brother, I am already married. The Palace … is only my mother's home. How can I live there for a long time?" Su Shuiche looked at Liang Enzai's displeased face and explained with a smile.
"Okay, I know. You only have this guy in your heart. Where is your father, mother, and big brother!" Liang Enzai gloomily spat out this sentence.
Hearing this, Su Shuiche was speechless.
Where was this the elegant, noble, and elegant Liang Enzai from before!
"Ignore him.
Let's go stroll around the streets. "Seeing that they had rested enough, Lin Siyao didn't even raise his head as he helped his little wife up and walked downstairs.
"Hey, hey, hey, I am your big brother. You don't have any respect for your elders!" He still had a good impression of heroes.
Just as this thought surfaced in his mind, it was suppressed back to the bottom of his heart by his brother-in-law who didn't even care about him.
Bam!
But then again, Long Xiyue, who often bickered with him, followed Ouyang Laozi back to the Blood Hades. His brother-in-law, who could help him improve his martial arts, also took his sister back to Blossom Town.
His future in the capital suddenly made him lose interest.
He couldn't raise any fighting spirit.
Forget it, forget it. Since the "hero" should be fine under his brother-in-law's cover, he might as well go to the Blood Hades tomorrow to bicker with that pretty girl.
So that she wouldn't forget his existence before the marriage discussion.
She was his, although he didn't want to admit it so early.
… …
"Ah Yao, there are a lot of trinkets here that Fanluo City doesn't have. Can you pick some as gifts?"
Su Shuiyin admired the various small ornaments, dolls, and ornaments on both sides of Tianyou Street … Although they were novel, they were not expensive. It would be best to pick some of them as gifts back home.
"Okay." Lin Siyao nodded with a smile.
He knew that she liked to collect this kind of delicate and cute looking trinkets.
But he couldn't see what these things could do other than to put them on the table.
But it was fine as long as she liked them.
Seeing that she had stopped in front of a small shop with a warm and unique decoration, he simply took her into the shop so that she could choose carefully.
"Hmm … This hairpin is so unique … This set of mugs is also very cute … And this pair of heart-shaped earrings …" Su Shuiyin praised as she walked around the shop. Only then did she stand in front of the counter. She was just about to ask the shopkeeper to wrap up the ten or so exquisite accessories that she had chosen earlier.
But then she heard:
"Shuiche!" A very familiar clear female voice rang in her ears.
"Xiyue —" Su Shuiche couldn't help but cover her mouth and cry out in surprise.
Long Xiyue!
The woman in casual clothes in front of her was Long Xiyue, who had disappeared from the palace yesterday!
"You … you …" Wasn't she rescued by the people of the Blood Hades?
Why was she here?
And why did she look like a shopkeeper?
"It's a long story. Let's talk inside."
Long Xiyue called her junior apprentice sister and assistant, Qing Lan. Then she smiled and pulled Su Shuiche into the inner hall.
"Young Master Lin, do you mind if I borrow your wife?
Don't worry, I'll return her safely in at most an hour. "
Long Xiyue turned around and spoke to Lin Siyao, who was about to follow Shuiche into the inner hall. In front of him, she pulled down the curtains, completely blocking her and Shuiche's figures.
Lin Siyao stared at the curtains for a long time, making sure that he could hear the soft laughter of the two people inside. Then he took a step back and stood guard outside.
His mind was focused on every movement in the inner hall.
… …
"Won't you be discovered by the patrolling guards like this?" When the two sat down, Su Shuiche couldn't help but ask with concern.
Since she had disappeared from the palace, how could she appear so openly on the streets?
"It's not important.
Long Xiyue had already gone to the Blood Hades with Doctor Ouyang. The person sitting in front of you now is the shopkeeper of the 'Zhen Ya Pavilion', Yang Jingzhi. "This was her real name in the 21st century.
Using it again after ten years, how nostalgic!
Long Xiyue, oh, no, from now on, she was the upright and upright Yang Jingzhi.
She winked mischievously at Su Shuiche, not the least bit afraid that the person in the palace might discover her at any time.
"But … you and Qing Lan appeared on Tianyou Street at the same time …" Even if she wanted to live with a different identity, she should at least change places.
She actually dared to set up a stall at the foot of the Emperor.
Tsk tsk, this Long Xiyue's courage was not ordinary.
"Don't worry.
During this time, the Emperor has no time to deal with me.
Once the matter here is over, I'll withdraw from the imperial capital. "
"What matter?
Do you need my help? "
"Not yet.
However, meeting you here shows that the two of us have a deep fate.
I've decided that after leaving the imperial capital, I'll settle down in Fanluo City.
Oh, it's best if you leave me a room in your house so that I can visit the twins whenever I want.
In any case, I was the one who helped them give birth, so why don't you just acknowledge me as your godmother? "
Yang Jingzhi's few sentences actually led to the topic of acknowledging Lin Xiao and Lin Long as her godchildren. Su Shuiche did not know whether to laugh or cry.
"There's no rush.
We'll talk about it when you really want to come to Blossom Town. "
"I'm telling the truth.
Master, that old man … sigh, I don't think he'll ever set foot in the Dahui again in this life.
I have no relatives here, and the only one who can be considered a relative is you … "
"Doctor Ouyang, he …"
"… It's a long story …"
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