The beautiful Huaijing has mountains and waters. Apart from the world-famous Qinhuai River, there is also the Yangtze River outside the city, which flows eastward into the sea.
The imperial palace was built in the north of Huaijing, unlike Chang'an, where a large area of the north is. Huaijing's imperial palace is slightly smaller in size, but it looks exquisite and exquisite. On the contrary, Huaijing outside the imperial palace is relatively large. Moreover, the entire area of Huaijing, except the west of the city, was planned neatly and beautifully. The two markets in the south and east were also very large, and there was no curfew.
The south of the city is a civilian area, and the east of the city is an official residence. The west of the city is like a complete bustling city, with criss-crossed streets and alleys, and all the residents are merchants. And there are shop stalls everywhere, and there is no special market.
Residential and commercial streets blend together, looking thriving. If you go to the outer city, you will find that the west of the city is still leaning on the Yangtze River, and there are several large wharves, and there are even maritime merchants from the East China Sea.
It can be seen from this that Huaijing became the most prosperous city in Dayan not only because of the title of "capital".
Nanshi only sells some daily necessities such as oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar. Dongshi is a gold-selling cave for dignitaries. The things in it only seek the most expensive, not the best. Only the west of the city is worth visiting. There are all kinds of interesting things and all kinds of small and large shops.
Concubine Shen Gui, who had dressed up in disguise, was now wearing clothes of medium fabric, looking like a person from the capital with a little spare money. Don't pay attention, as long as you don't go to a shop that costs a lot of money, you won't be looked down upon. People of her class are the most numerous in Chengxi.
After changing her appearance, she changed into a passer-by face that was not beautiful but attractive, making her look even more inconspicuous. The disguise technique was learned from Sister Pao's friend, but in the end she was better than Lan, and Sister Pao was so angry that she almost broke up with her.
Sitting in front of the wonton stall, Concubine Shen was drinking wontons while remembering her friends, thinking that she could take the money and leave after finishing her work, whether she wanted to build a tomb for those friends.
The kitten in his arms flopped twice and got a small head out of the neckline, meowing at the imperial concubine.
I can smell the umami of fish wontons! Don't hurry to present it to me!
Concubine Shen immediately had no time to worry about the spring and autumn, she asked the stall owner to order a small plate, and shared a few wontons that the adult had blown cold.
"Meow." The snow-white cat licked its mouth, eating contentedly.
It's just that the amount is too small and you can't eat enough. It holds its head high and its small paws point to the southwest. There is a lot of fishy smell there, and there must be a lot of delicious seafood!
It's more powerful than a dog's nose.
The cat slave surnamed Shen didn't dare to object, and hurriedly waited on the adults to go to the fish market in the southwest.
There is a medium-sized wharf where fishermen dock. In addition to the fish caught in the Yangtze River, there are also special large boats here to send seafood from the coast for sale. From Huaijing to the seaside, it takes less than 12 hours to arrive. The seawater is loaded on the boat, and these sea fish are still fresh when they arrive in Huaijing.
The adults obviously like this fish market very much, and they want to eat any seafood they see. Many of them are not bought by the palace, and the adults are very greedy looking at them.
It's useless to be greedy, it's impossible for the imperial concubine to buy a bunch of seafood to bring back to the palace. After thinking about it, she decided to take the adults to a restaurant on the river bank to have a good meal.
There are ready-made seafood and seafood in the restaurant, which is so convenient.
So Concubine Shen Gui, who originally came out to pick out gifts for her daughter-in-law, wasted the whole morning on the adults.
In the afternoon, I went to the teahouse and listened to the storytelling for a while, and then went shopping after the sun was low.
Many craftsmen made gadgets to sell, but Concubine Shen looked left and right, but felt that they were not good enough. After a long while, she couldn't find a suitable one, but she was not in a hurry.
"Meow meow." The adult stood on top of her head, with his little tail swinging back and forth, very leisurely.
Shen Guifei raised her hand to touch her, and suddenly had an idea.
Adults are national cuties, what else is more suitable as a gift than peripheral products for adults
Concubine Shen thought for a while, and entered a jade shop.
Find someone to carve an adult with jade. It doesn't need to be too big, but a small one should be able to carve it quickly. Order first, pick it up in two days.
This jade shop looks very grand, but the items inside are not outrageously expensive. Compared with the price-pursuing stores in the east of the city, this store looks much better and cheaper.
Xiao Er is very professional, and she doesn't dislike Shen Yuqing's poor attire at all.
"Girl, I wonder what you want to buy?" He greeted with a smile.
Shen Yuqing succinctly stated her request, Xiao Er quickly asked another person in front of the counter to write it down, and then said: "It doesn't take long for such a small item, when will you come to get it?"
"In two days."
Shen Yuqing dropped the deposit, took the sign that Xiao Er handed over, and was about to leave, but heard a clerk in the distance introducing the finished product in the glass cabinet to another girl.
"Your shop is rich and powerful, and you actually use glass as a cabinet." Shen Yuqing raised her eyebrows and sighed.
Xiao Er smiled, seeing Shen Yuqing's extraordinary bearing, he was willing to say a few more words: "Miss, you are joking, these are all obtained from overseas by the sea merchants sent by our shopkeeper, to tell you the truth, although they are expensive , but the price that comes in is very cheap.”
So it doesn't hurt to use it, and putting it in the store is also a display of financial resources.
Shen Yuqing glanced at several corners of the hall, even the beams and other places, where there were guards squatting. I'm afraid that the owner is not only rich, but also powerful.
Without further words, Shen Yuqing turned and went out.
As soon as he walked around the gate, a customer next to him suddenly took two steps back and almost bumped into Shen Yuqing. Shen Yuqing quickly avoided, frowning slightly.
"What's the matter with you! Can't see the road without eyes?!" Only a young male voice could be heard cursing.
Shen Yuqing paused, looked over, and saw a young master at the door surrounded by domestic slaves, and in front of him was a down-and-out scholar who fell down.
The scholar probably couldn't survive the jade products handed down by the seller. The robe he was wearing was washed white, although it was very old, it was very clean, and he was a particular person.
Shen Yuqing casually looked at her twice, and the woman who happened to bump into Shen Yuqing just apologetically turned her head to apologize to her, and she withdrew her gaze. The woman saw a lot of people over there just now, so she subconsciously avoided it, but she didn't find anyone diagonally behind, she was very annoyed at the moment.
Shen Yuqing didn't care, so she shook her head. The woman breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, and walked around the troubled place.
The down-and-out scholar struggled to get up, and looked at the young master in panic: "I, I didn't mean to..."
"Bah, my young master cared if you did it intentionally or not? You are all dirty and stained the young master's clothes, can you afford it!" The young master raised his foot and was about to kick.
Suddenly a cat jumped out and scratched the paw.
"Ow—"
The cat cub's claws were very sharp, and the young master was wearing thin clothes on a hot day, so his pants were cut directly, and there were three red marks on his legs, almost bleeding.
"Where did the cat come from!" The house slave hurried up to grab the cat and squeeze it to death.
The kitten nimbly grabbed the scholar's clothes and crawled up, stepped on the other's forehead and swung its paws.
Concubine Shen Gui's eyes turned cold, and she shot several house slaves away in an instant. How dare you hurt her family members? Tired of life!
The young master was taken aback, and looked at Shen Yuqing tremblingly: "You, what kind of monster are you!"
It's so fast, I'm afraid it's not a monster!
Thinking about it this way, the dandy young master immediately froze in fright, crawled and ran away.
Shen Yuqing turned around and took the cat back, only then did she smell the cool smell on the scholar's body, which was the smell of catnip. No wonder the adults would take the initiative to meddle in their own business. It turns out that this person has the smell of catnip that cats like.
Catnip is Nepeta nepeta, which is sometimes used medicinally, but is not commonly used.
After comforting the kitten, Shen Yuqing looked at the person who kept thanking him: "You're welcome, it's easy to do."
After speaking, she turned and left.
After the gift was settled, Shen Yuqing went to the nearby stall to buy some interesting gadgets, planning to give one to the queen every now and then, and after carrying it into the system backpack, she went to dinner contentedly with the cat.
The Chengxi Night Market is also very interesting, but at night the riverside is very windy, and she doesn't plan to let the kitten accompany her to blow the wind at night, so she will go back to the palace after dinner. After buying a few packs of snacks that adults like, Shen Yuqing quietly sneaked into the palace and returned to Jianjia Palace.
"Mi woo!"
The kitten came out first, shook the cat majestically, squatted on the table and looked down on Manchen and Miss Biran Bige who came in to serve when they heard the noise.
Biran hurried forward and handed over a small cushion and a ball of wool.
The adults were very satisfied, and gave the little maid a paw pad, lay down on the soft pad, and started to scratch the ball of wool leisurely.
The imperial concubine threw two packs of snacks to Bi Ran: "This is an adult's snack."
"Yes." Biran quickly opened it and began to feed the cat.
"Your Majesty came back early today." Bi Ge pursed her lips and smiled, and waited for the imperial concubine to change her clothes.
Man Chen talked about the business: "Mrs. Shen handed over the post and wants to come to the palace to visit the empress."
Concubines from the second rank can be allowed to visit the palace every month, concubines from the second rank are allowed to visit twice a month, and concubines from the first rank to the fourth concubine are allowed to visit three times a month. There are no restrictions on imperial concubines and empresses. As long as the natal family submits a post and gets permission, they can enter the palace the next day.
However, the post is for the queen. Although there are no accidents, they are generally allowed to enter the palace, but if they offend the queen, the queen will not allow it, and the concubines can't say anything, they can only admit that they are unlucky.
The frequency of Mrs. Shen entering the palace is not high, but it does happen once a month. She is the only Shen family member who knows Shen Yuqing's identity. Originally, she was unwilling to enter the palace, but for the sake of the imperial concubine's face, she had to come. Other high-ranking concubines see their natal family once a month, but the noble concubine does not see. People who don't know think that the noble concubine is not favored.
Shen Yuqing didn't care much about Mrs. Shen, she nodded: "Got it."
She and Mrs. Shen have nothing in common, they just look at each other silently for a while, and then send people out when the time is almost up.
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