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Although Zhuang Li felt that her days had been tough, but after spending ten days in the palace, her wounds were already better. Being taken care of by a few imperial physicians who treated her like a national treasure, it was hard to slow her down.

This was probably the best and most cozy time Zhuang Li had had in the past few years. Although it wasn't her original intention, it was probably because of Eunuch Li's orders that all of the palace's servants treated her like a treasure, as if she had become the temporary master of this place.

Before Zhuang Li came to live in this place, sshe had not seen anything about a single person for over ten years. The Emperor may not be able to remember them even on New Year's Day. Now that he was living with a master whose status and position was unclear, he could be considered a master after all.

However, Zhuang Li did not feel too happy about it. What she wanted to see more was Wang Su, even if she was just a small palace maid serving tea to him, she would feel that it was extremely good.

"Qing You, let's go play in the city."

Zhuang Li suddenly said, as if she was talking about an extremely ordinary matter. But Qing You was completely stunned by Zhuang Li's actions.

"Miss, are you crazy …" "The emperor intentionally left you here to wait for the rumors to die down …"

She raised her hand and smacked Qing You's head.

"I said that we should go to the city, but I also didn't say that we should go to the palace. Why are you so nervous? Even if I were to go to the palace, I would not want to! "

"The emperor didn't say anything about letting us out …" "Even if we go out, this palace is still quite a distance away from the city, we won't be able to find the way …"

"Isn't this easy? "Every day, there are people who go to the city to buy some things. Why don't we just follow them and walk a few rounds around the city before coming back and meeting up with them at the city gates? Isn't that perfect …"

"What is perfection …"

"Perfect is really an excellent idea …"

No matter how worried Qing You was, she was still the one who was about to have problems with nothing, so early in the morning the next day, there were two new people in the crowd who had left the palace to purchase things.

"Look, this mountain is so green. It's much better looking than the mountain in the palace, right?" Zhuang Li naturally continued to build platforms for herself, to prove her decision was exceptionally wise …

"Miss, it's clearly the same …"

Zhuang Li automatically ignored Qing You's answer, as if she didn't hear it. Continue to encourage:

"Look, look. How green is the water …" Ouch … "There are still mandarin ducks on top …" She pointed to a small river, forcing Qing You, whose heart was filled with complaints, to take a look.

"Miss, I know that's a duck... Don't make me happy... I was just worried that the emperor would find out … "

"We're here, we're here …" "Look, the city gate is so high …"

All his worries vanished after he entered the city. With so many small accidents and so many different kinds of shops, how could he not be interested in these two young girls? After agreeing with the leader that they would meet each other at the city gate when the sun went down, the two of them happily rushed into a shop decorated with colorful clay men. They picked up this shop and looked at it before looking at the other one. For a moment, he was overjoyed.

Although the objects in the palace were exquisite, they did not have the aura of life. They came out of the clay shop, and in the blink of an eye, they entered the clothing store. She didn't even know what kind of flowers and styles were popular among the Phoenix Dynasty ladies this year …

It was a rare occasion to be able to enter the city, so Zhuang Li's wish was naturally to give herself and Qing You a new set of clothes. Wearing new clothes was like a magic spell worn everywhere to celebrate the new year. Buying two new clothes would cause one to feel like celebrating the new year. And now that Zhuang Li had survived a disaster, how could she possibly miss the chance to buy clothes?

When Zhuang Li left the palace, she was already about to lose her life. How could she still have money?

Fortunately, Qing You still had some silver notes on her body when she left the palace. Although Eunuch Li had only asked her to bring two pieces of clothes that were changed, and said that the palace was especially full of items, you just need to take care of her properly. But Qing You, who had followed Zhuang Li and drifted around the palace all these years, still knew how to be tactful, and came out with some silver notes. She only wanted to bring some silver taels with him no matter where she went. After all, no one in the palace was familiar with the situation and she didn't know what it was like. If there was an emergency, she would have to spend some silver taels to reward the palace maids and eunuchs.

Who would have thought that it would actually be used in a little girl's dream.

It was almost the end of summer, but the weather was still hot and humid. It was still a picture of a particularly popular flower. The woman's wide robes were embroidered with a few bright flowers, making it seem especially fresh. This was because the patterns of those flowers, although far from being as exquisite and gorgeous as the imperial palace's, were particularly moving. They were all styles and appearances that could not be seen normally in the palace.

He tried on most of the clothes in that shop, but none of them felt tired. Zhuang Li sighed in her heart. Beauty was a woman's natural instinct after all, and it was always the same no matter where one went.

In the end, Zhuang Li chose a piece of cotton clothing with a few balls of silk on it. She didn't want the shop owner to wrap it up, so she quickly changed her new clothes instead.

Qing You chose a set of clothes with lotus flowers engraved on it, and the two of them walked out of the shop in new clothes.

Then the two of them came out of the same shop like two prodigal women and went straight into the next, without the slightest sign of tiredness. The last time they roamed the streets of the capital like this was many years ago. That was the first time they walked out of the Zhao manor and stood pitifully on the street. They looked at this and touched it, but there was no money to buy it.

The two of them strung together on the street without knowing what was going on. They were holding large and small bags in their hands, as if they were not in Phoenix Dynasty.

Zhuang Li felt that this was the only way to truly live a real life, and experience all the joys of life.

The Wang Su she loved was not the current emperor who stood on the pyramid of power, but was just an ordinary little merchant. The two of them would cook together and earn enough money to support his children, which was enough for her to buy a few beautiful new clothes every year.

However, after thinking about it carefully, she knew that she was overthinking it. She wanted to live a life that was simply a dream. The ice face should be able to freeze the freshly baked sesame seed cake. The guests probably never ate anything that was too hot.

And then, take a look at all the women on the streets, other than children, who else was as crazy as she was? It was as if they had never seen the world, or perhaps these two women had just been released from a madhouse.

In the end, the women of this society still valued virtue and virtue. If she were to marry someone, she would have to try her best to dress in a simple and proper manner, and walk with a proper and upright manner. She would have to become a calm and dignified daughter-in-law before she could be worthy of her husband …

Now that he thought about it, this era's men had three or four concubines, so it made sense for them to be rich. They both had a large family, just like in the palace. Men were responsible for national affairs. After that, all the mess in the palace was dealt with by the empress.

It was the same for the families of the commoners. Naturally, there were quite a few women in the families. There were his mother-in-law, his downstream sister-in-law, the maidservants, and the servants that served him. There were around forty to fifty servants in total. Furthermore, the affairs of these people, including the silver moon as an example, were all handled by the First Madame, the eldest son of the family. If these First Madame were crazy, laughing when they saw the situation and crying when they were unhappy, how could they manage so many trivial matters in the clan in a neat and orderly manner?

As long as one had a daughter, they would naturally hope to marry into a rich family and become their First Madame, thus becoming a unified education system. From childhood, they allowed her to read books on morality, to educate others without saying a word, to not panic in the face of trouble, to remain calm and composed, and to be a dignified woman.

However, even in the First Madame, who would be willing to see their husbands have three wives and four concubines? The first person that came to Zhuang Li's mind was the Empress. Although she was already one with the dignity of the world, but did she not do anything because of love and hatred?

She was jealous of Zhuang Li. She was more afraid that the emperor would fall in love with her one day …

But the Emperor has fallen in love...

With a bright future ahead of him, Zhuang Li couldn't think of a way to continue …

He wandered along. When he was hungry, he would buy two meat buns and gnaw on them. He continued to stroll around after eating his fill. Both of them knew that this was a rare opportunity. Naturally, it could not be wasted. How could he bear to stop if he didn't go for a walk?

At first, Zhuang Li did not notice anything. However, when she saw the hairpin in the hand of a young noble on the counter, she took a closer look and realized that this was the most famous jewelry store in the capital, the Yao Fang.

Women naturally had a natural attraction towards jewelry. Although Zhuang Li didn't have a special cold, it was obvious that she had to stroll around before she could leave.

After scrutinizing the items on the counter twice, Zhuang Li already realised that the items in this shop were not simple, ordinary people could not afford to use them, the materials and gems were all top quality goods, although they were still incomparable to the things offered by the palace, they were already considered top quality items among the commoners. Perhaps there were some things that came from the martial arts world, and their quality and appearance were even higher than that of the palace.

In addition, the craftsmanship was also extremely particular. Different from the palace's most sought after and luxurious style, the things here were more sought after by personality. Although a piece of raw material made from it was not as precious as the one made in the palace, it still made people feel that it was more useful.

He didn't know where the craftsman had found him, but there was nothing to say about his craftsmanship …

Zhuang Li stared at a jade earring while appreciating it, when she suddenly heard an extremely pleasant voice sound out from behind him.

"Do you like it?"

That voice wasn't unfamiliar. It was just that it seemed like she hadn't heard it for a long time. She hurriedly turned her head around, and as expected, it was as she had expected …

"Prince Bi …"