Taking advantage of the fact that Eldest Princess was running away faster than Fu Ninghui, Xu Mingwei turned his head and shot Wan Rong a look, making a mouth like that of a palace. After a while, she turned his head back and saw that Wan Rong was no longer in the room. Xu Mingwei prayed in her heart, hoping that she would understand her meaning and would really go to the palace to report. At the moment, they could only stabilize the Eldest Princess, at least they still had him at their home, so nothing could happen to them.
However, Fu Ninghui and Yang Jinxi were both worried, how could they have the mood to play. Eldest Princess had only fought two rounds before she got tired of it, and after throwing the cards, she would have to compete with Xu Mingwei and the others again.
Before even finishing one game, Eldest Princess was already in a bad mood as she threw out the arrows in her hands and shouted, "You guys are all so boring. I was lucky enough to come out of the palace to play with you guys, but every single one of your faces looked like they were all dead parents, not fun at all! I don't want to play with you guys anymore, I'll go to the south side of the city to drink my beans and mutton soup s! "
Xu Mingwei was shocked, and when she looked at Fu Ninghui and Yang Jinxi, he saw that they had the same expression.
Fu Ninghui anxiously advised, "Eldest Princess must not, the fish and dragons are mixed outside, if something happens, how are we going to explain it to the Empress?"
However, Yang Jinxi said, "Beans are only sold in the morning market, the Hu Family does have a mutton soup today, but if we were to go by this time, we would have definitely sold out already."
If the situation was not urgent, Xu Mingwei would have definitely laughed at Yang Jinxi's serious expression.
The Eldest Princess had obviously thought about it for a long time, how could they be moved so easily. She stood up from the felt cloth, stroked the wrinkles on her skirt, and was about to walk outside.
Xu Minglan wanted to rush forward and pull her, but she was immediately pulled back in fear when she saw the Eldest Princess turn her head around to glance at him.
Seeing that she really wanted to leave, Xu Mingwei and Fu Ninghui quickly got up and chased after her. Yang Jinxi turned around to look at the remaining girls, and said with a frown, "All of you should go home early, we should take care of the rest of the matters. Minglan Sis, I'll have to trouble you to send more people to the entrance of the palace to see if Seventh Sister's lass has delivered the message. Go to the outer courtyard to look for two reliable ones and follow behind us, we must not lose them. "
Everyone was confused, but hearing Yang Jinxi's orders, they started to react automatically. Xu Minglan was still a little dazed. Xu Mingmei had pulled her hand and ran over to the outer courtyard to find a butler. She then called the reliable little girl and a servant to follow them towards the south side of the city.
Eldest Princess was initially impatient to be followed, but when she saw that it was Xu Mingwei, Fu Ninghui, and Yang Jinxi following him, she calmed herself down. She turned around to look at the Xu family courtyard and smiled, "Is the person who reported to the palace already on his way over? It's rare that I came out for a trip, so at least I was standing by the side of the road and drank a mouthful of mutton soup before returning to the palace. "
Xu Mingwei could not bear it. As a princess of a nation, she was born with the noblest status, so what she hoped for was only a small thing. She turned to look at Fu Ninghui and Yang Jinxi, pulling at Eldest Princess's hands and laughed, "Since that's the case, then we should hurry over. Although Sister Jin Xi said that the mutton soup are almost sold out by this point, maybe we can hurry over and buy the last bowl? "
Fu Ninghui and Yang Jinxi were surprised, but when they saw Eldest Princess's bright eyes, they suppressed the urge to say something, and replied, "Seventh Sister is right, the south side of the city is still quite far from here, why not hire a sedan chair?"
Eldest Princess had originally wanted to walk and take a good look at the scenery outside of the palace, but hearing them speak like that, she thought that it was indeed reasonable. If shshereally was walking, perhaps halfway through, she would be chased back by the palace, so he nodded and agreed to hire a palanquin.
Amongst the four of them, only Fu Ninghui was a little older, and had seen how the family's brothers employed palanquins, so she came out to discuss the price, and the other three felt that it was a little fresh, so they followed behind Fu Ninghui to listen, surprising the palanquin bearers. She had seen her wife come to hire a sedan chair, but she had never seen four young girls to hire a sedan chair.
The leader of the group laughed and teased them, "Which family are you children from? Why haven't the adults come out with you?"
Eldest Princess saw that his jacket was torn and patched up, and for a moment, she was a little scared. She could not help but be curious as she blinked her eyes and looked at the sedan bearer carefully.
"Why don't you get dressed and go out? These clothes are weird, it's so ugly. " The Eldest Princess asked the man innocently.
Hearing this, the other sedan bearer laughed and teased, "No wonder you can't marry your wife, it turns out that your wife doesn't like you when she's young!"
These words were said very imposingly, Fu Ninghui's eyes were immediately filled with anger, Yang Jinxi also glared at the sedan bearer. On the other hand, Eldest Princess didn't understand what the man meant at all, and impatiently urged, "We are rushing to the south side of the city, why don't you guys go?"
The two sedan bearers thought to themselves that although these children were small, their tempers were not small. When he looked at the clothes they were wearing, he stopped looking down on them and quickly lifted up the curtains to let the four sit inside.
Not to mention the Eldest Princess, it was even the first time Xu Mingwei and Yang Jinxi sat in a hired sedan chair. The three of them looked around curiously. The interior of the palanquin was not spacious, so only four or five people could sit on either side. She hadn't noticed when she first came in. The cushions were worn out and the color had long since faded. Fortunately, there weren't any messy stains on them, so she was able to endure it.
Very quickly, the Eldest Princess lost interest in the palanquin. She pulled up the curtain and looked outside, only to see a row of green tiled walls. There were very few people walking on the road, it was even colder than the palace.
Fu Ninghui understood her thoughts, and explained while smiling, "This is a residential area, we are not allowed to set up shop here. If we want to watch the show, we have to go to the south side of the city. "
The Eldest Princess nodded her head, but she could not resist looking outside. Even looking at the palanquin made him feel like she had earned a lot, causing Xu Mingwei and the others to feel sorry for him.
After a while, the sedan stopped on the southern side of the city. Fu Ninghui gave them enough money to hire the palanquin, the four of them walked along the shop path towards the front. This area was indeed much more lively than the ones on the east. There were various rice noodle shops, makeup shops, silk shops, and even gold, silver, jade, and antiques shops. Eldest Princess went to two houses consecutively, but seeing that the items placed there were not as good as the ones used in the palace, she lost interest and dragged Xu Mingwei and the others to a stand specially for snacks.
What cold powder cold cake glutinous rice ball soup dumplings... Those that saw it, bought all of them to eat, and those that were not tasty would be thrown away, while those that were tasty would only be tasty, and the rest would be shared among Fu Ninghui and the rest. Just like that, they ate all the way to the Hu Family's mutton soup store, and by the time they arrived, the shop was already closing. Eldest Princess was somewhat disappointed, standing by the side of the street, watching the Hu Family father and son neatly clean up the table and chairs. She suddenly regained her senses and smiled towards Xu Mingwei and the others, "Imperial Mother has sent someone to pick me up. If I leave, I'm afraid that I won't be able to see all of you again in a few days. If you get punished later, don't hold me back too hard. "
After he finished speaking, Eldest Princess left the three of them and walked in the direction of Yu Lin Wei. Xu Mingwei would rather see her cry and go back than to force herself to laugh. At the age of five, he already understood the price of freedom.
The commoners on the south side of the city would probably never forget that afternoon for the rest of their lives. Five hundred guards, silver armor, and iron shields stood still. Even the sunlight seemed to be frozen by the coldness emitted from their bodies. The peddlers on the road were all avoiding them as they walked, and the one that was moving upstream towards Yu Lin Wei was a little girl with a double bun.
Just as they were about to pull her away, the sound of weapons hitting the ground suddenly came from behind them. When they turned around, they found that all five hundred of the guards had already knelt down and lowered their heads as they shouted loudly, "Welcome back, Eldest Princess!"
The packman almost peed his pants as he looked at the indifferent little girl in disbelief, this was the Eldest Princess?!
Just like the silence when they arrived, only the merchants and passersby on the street to the south of the city remained. They looked at each other in dismay, and almost had the illusion that nothing had happened just now.
The Xu family's servant pushed through the crowd and rushed to Xu Mingwei and the others' side. She still had a lingering fear in her heart, but after calming down, she said to her, "Miss, the carriage is already waiting for you there, please follow me."
Xu Mingwei nodded, and pulled Yang Jinxi and to follow him. The one driving the carriage was none other than Tie Tou who she met before, and upon seeing her, Tie Tou bowed to her.
No one spoke along the way. They all knew that after this trip home, the orders from the palace would almost be passed down. This was the first time since Xu Mingwei had teleported to this world that she was deeply afraid. She was afraid that the Xu Family would suffer some sort of criticism because of him, afraid that the two brothers, and Lady Helan, would be implicated and shamed by her … This was also the first time she had ever felt this way. In this world, not a single step could go wrong.
After returning to the Xu family, Fu Ninghui and Yang Jinxi seemed to be very worried. They quickly said their goodbyes to Xu Mingwei and followed the carriage back home.
When Xu Mingwei entered the moon-nesting, Wan Rong and the others looked at her worriedly, as if they wanted to say something but hesitated. Xu Mingwei suddenly felt tired, and lazily waved them off, "All of you may leave, without my permission, no one is allowed to enter!"