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After washing his face and rinsing his mouth, Xia Yue took out a set of light yellow colored clothes and put them on for Mu Qian Xue. He said: "Princess, today is May Shi Wu, Xu Li told this servant that every month's Shi Wu, Jinling will be very lively, selling everything. Also, there are jugglers and jugglers, do you want to go out and take a look?"

Mu Qian Xue reached her hand into her sleeve, "It was you who wanted to go out and take a look, right?"

Seeing that Mu Qian Xue was able to see through her thoughts, Xia Yue giggled, "saw through it, this servant has always heard people talking about how the Jinling is flourishing, it is much better than the Ying Tian City. Now that I am at the Jinling, I really want to go out and take a look."

"You!" Mu Qian Xue laughed lightly, then patted her forehead and said, "You're in a good mood today, it's good to go out for a walk, and it'll be good for you to enter the palace in a few days to congratulate the empress dowager on your birthday. Go and see if there's any suitable birthday present for the empress dowager. As for Dong Fang Su, he should still be in the imperial court and has not yet returned.

"Yes, yes." Seeing that Mu Qian Xue had agreed, Xia Yue was overjoyed, and took the chance while Mu Qian Xue was eating, to quickly report this matter to Tsai. After confirming that it was Mu Qian Xue's intention, Tsai was straightforward, he immediately arranged for a carriage, and sent two other guards to follow.

The day before, they had been in a hurry to return to the Prince Rui's Palace. In addition to the fact that it was still early in the morning and the streets were still deserted, he could not see anything; but today, it was different. Before they even reached the main street, they had already started to clamor with people side by side.

The horse carriage stopped at the corner of the main street, and the driver said with difficulty: "Princess, the road ahead is blocked, we can't drive through it."

"Let's stop here." With that, Mu Qian Xue helped Xia Yue out of the carriage, while Xu Li and the two guards stood by the side respectfully.

Xia Yue took the bamboo hat that was placed in the carriage and put it on Mu Qian Xue's head. The snow-white muslin fell down from the brim of the hat, covering up that stunning face.

After telling the carriage driver to wait outside the street, the group of five followed the crowd and entered the main street of Jinling. It was extremely lively there, other than the endless road full of vendors, there were also shops close to each other, filled with antiques and treasures, as well as four treasures, such as zither, chess, painting, swords, weapons, and so on.

Xia Yue's face flushed red as she watched, and said excitedly: Princess, this place is truly lively, and this servant had just seen someone selling monkeys, that monkeys are so small, it's as big as our palm, and I have never seen it before, no wonder someone said that this Jinling is the number one city in the world, it's really more lively than the Ying Tian. She held a stick of candied fruits she had just bought.

"I forgot to tell you so quickly?" A soft and pleasant voice came from behind the white gauze.

Xia Yue spat out the tip of her pink tongue, and quickly changed her words, "This servant was wrong, please forgive me." The two words "Princess" attracted too much attention, so once they left the Prince Rui's Palace, Mu Qian Xue had to address everyone outside as "Miss", in the end, Xia Yue had forgotten about it when she was happy.

Xu Li pointed to a shop on the left and said: "Miss, didn't you say you would give it to too … "Old madam, would you like to buy a birthday present? This little one knows that the Agarwood sold in that shop is not bad. Why don't you go in and take a look?"

There were a lot of things in the shop, including a bracelet, wood carvings, and all kinds of other things. The smallest was a fan pendant, and the biggest was a relief box of eight-treasure cloud bats, about three feet wide and a foot and a half tall. In addition, there were also some fragrant powders, mostly emanating their fragrance.

Seeing the marked prices, Xia Yue was surprised. She came to Mu Qian Xue's side and whispered: "Princess, the things here are so expensive. A small bracelet costs a whole fifty silver taels.

"Lady, you are wrong." The sudden voice gave Xia Yue a fright. Unknowingly, the shopkeeper had arrived at her side, and said while beaming: "Everything I have here is genuine goods, and there is nothing wrong with it."

Hearing this, Xia Yue immediately wrinkled her nose, and said unhappily: "How come I can't tell at all? That bracelet is only worth a few beads, it costs 50 taels of silver, how could it be so expensive?"

"How do you know?"

The shopkeeper straightened his clothes, unable to conceal the complacency on his face. "If a person has lived in the Jinling for a long time, they would definitely know my name."

Xia Yue said in a disapproving tone: "What big words, it's just a wooden shop, what's so special about that."

The shopkeeper laughed but did not say anything. Xu Li tugged on Xia Yue's sleeve and said softly: "This Sunken Water Residence has existed for thirty years in the Jinling, and is only selling high quality Agarwood. As long as the price is set by the Sunken Water Residence, the item must be worth this price."

Mu Qian Xue took the bracelet that Xia Yue was talking about, stroked it for a while, and said slowly: "The wood markings are fine and clear, the fragrance is quiet and calming;

The head storekeeper's eyes lit up. "It seems this lady is someone who knows what's good for her."

"I know a bit." Mu Qian Xue had grown up in the palace and had naturally seen many things.

The shopkeeper was also a sentimental man, and said while clenching his teeth: "If young lady likes this bracelet, then four Shi Wu will take it." Even though it was just a mere five liang, it was almost all of his profits.

Mu Qian Xue put down the bracelet and said: "Wood is indeed not bad, but there is almost no carving technique to speak of, as a birthday present, it is still lacking a little, I wonder if shopkeeper has anything better?"

The manager muttered to himself for a moment before saying, "Please wait a moment Miss."

He went back to the counter and took out a small box. Inside was another bracelet, but it was much more exquisite than what he had seen just now. Each smooth and smooth bead was polished to a point where it was embedded with extremely fine golden threads to make a character for life.

"This is a bracelet with gold beads embedded inside it. Be it the workmanship or the material of this Agarwood, it is of the best quality in the year. Miss, each bead has the word 'Longevity' embedded in it, so it would be the best gift for your birthday. Truthfully, if you didn't know how to use it, I wouldn't even be willing to take it out."

Xia Yue curled her lips and said: "One moment you're talking about some Agarwood, and another moment you're talking about some Agarwood. It's not the same front and back, are you trying to lie to me?"