Chapter 1224: Chapter 1224
This place is the largest flower and bird market in the Capital City.
It doesn’t look eye-catching, but it’s a favorite spot for those noble family prodigals to visit regularly.
Antiques, jade, pearls, gemstones, famous paintings, green plants, bonsai, flowers and bird songs, cats and dogs, cockfighting and dog barking.
Everything for entertainment and leisure is here, all exquisite.
Except for Xia Chengze, it’s everyone’s first time here.
No need to mention Yue Er, her eyes were already fixed, she liked this and was fond of that.
The little girl looked amazed.
"Cousin, why have I never seen these things before?"
Xia Chengze couldn’t help but laugh quietly.
"Imperial Palace Forbidden Area, and you’re a girl, how could you see these things?"
"Look around, which family’s young lady comes to places like this?"
Yue Er looked up and indeed saw all men coming and going nonstop around her.
Either they were pot-bellied merchants, noble family prodigals surrounded by crowds, or polite scholars, but no women.
She immediately frowned.
"It’s really unfair. Who says girls from the boudoir can’t play with these things!"
"I’ll buy them all!"
"Someone! Buy this bonsai for me, and that singing Oriole bird, and those stupid turtles over there!"
Xia Chengze twitched his mouth.
"Why are you buying so many things?"
Yue Er raised her eyebrows.
"I’m not just playing by myself, I’ll send some to the eldest sister, second sister, and third sister, and also to Yilan, she’ll definitely like them!"
Yue Er knew her little girlfriends inside out.
Xia Chengze was helpless, surrendering with a hand gesture.
"Then I’m in big trouble!"
In the blink of an eye, Yue Er dragged the Little Eunuch to another place.
"That! And these, I want them all!"
Xia Chengze could see the Little Eunuch’s miserable expression from afar.
Turning, he looked at others.
He saw Zhao Qiheng staring intently at a brightly colored and delicate-feathered parrot.
Zhao Qiye was not far away, holding a Little Hidden Knife inlaid with Ruby and fondling it admiringly.
Even Zhao Qichen, who usually never smiled and only focused on his work.
At this moment, he was holding a thumb-thick Wolf Hair Brush, unwilling to let go.
Xia Chengze smiled as he approached.
"If Your Highness likes it, just buy it!"
"There are plenty of good things here, there’s more inside!"
Zhao Qichen didn’t say anything.
Unexpectedly, Yue Er heard it from afar, her eyes lit up and she immediately ran over.
"What’s inside?"
"Cousin, let’s go inside and have a look!"
Xia Chengze: "..."
Zhao Qichen: "..."
Without hesitation, Zhao Qichen put down the Wolf Hair Brush and pulled Yue Er to move forward.
"I’ll go with you!"
Yue Er looked back at Xia Chengze reluctantly.
"Cousin, cousin, hurry up!"
Xia Chengze smiled and followed.
He couldn’t help but laugh internally: The Crown Prince is indeed like the rumors, a protector of his sister to the extreme.
Even the cousin himself couldn’t get close to his cousin, let alone others?!
But this is not something he can casually comment on.
Xia Chengze smiled, waved his sleeve, and strode forward.
The group continued along the narrow street.
After about half a stick of incense time, they suddenly discovered.
The street, which was previously quiet, suddenly became lively.
Faint shouts could be heard coming from the shops on both sides of the street.
If the things outside were considered tasteful, then the inside...
"What’s inside?"
Yue Er suddenly became curious.
Xia Chengze said, "Inside are some rustic, crude things. Do you still want to look?"
Zhao Qichen glared at Xia Chengze: ’You know they’re crude yet let my sister see them?’
Xia Chengze was not afraid of him.
When Yue Er firmly expressed her desire to see.
He confidently took her inside.
’Although the things inside are somewhat crude, they’re not anything outrageous or vulgar.’
’Naturally, they can be seen!’
’True nobles should be like this, appreciating both high elegance and common folk art.’
’He does not want Yue Er to become a fool who only knows one thing and is laughed at by the world in the future.’
Zhao Qiheng and Zhao Qiye couldn’t help but follow Yue Er inside.
Leaving only Zhao Qichen.
He touched his nose, a bit embarrassed, thinking: Actually, he was curious too?
After hesitating for a while, he put aside his doubts and followed them.
In fact, there was really nothing scandalous inside.
Just slightly more lively than outside.
Some were shouting and playing dominoes, others were rattling dice.
Cockfighting, dog fighting, cricket fighting, bird walking, dog walking, whistling.
This place had all the toys men love the most.
Not only Yue Er, but even Xia Chengze was amazed.
"There are so many people today!"
Zhao Qiheng frowned, showing no interest, Zhao Qichen agreed, both disappointedly left.
Only Zhao Qiye and Yue Er were left, following Xia Chengze.
Both full of curiosity, one excited.
"Not bad! I have something to do when I leave the palace in the future."
"Fourth brother, when you go out to play in the future, you must take me!"
Zhao Qiye glanced.
"You won’t steal my clothes anymore?"
"I won’t, I won’t!"
"Hey, wait!" Yue Er’s eyes twitched.
"Fourth brother, I didn’t steal them, you agreed!"
Zhao Qiye: "..."
The two quipped a few words and moved past the topic.
The three wandered around the pavilion.
Yue Er seemed a bit disinterested.
"There’s really nothing interesting!"
Zhao Qiye nodded in agreement.
"Why not go riding and archery happily!"
"Exactly! Fourth brother, cousin, let’s go out!"
Xia Chengze nodded with a smile, and the trio was about to step out the door.
Suddenly, they heard a noise from inside and couldn’t help but turn to look.
Two people suddenly started fighting for some unknown reason.
One was a young man with black clothes and hair, a jade crown, the other a middle-aged man with fatty cheeks.
Although the young man was skinny, his skills were excellent.
Without much effort, he beat the fatty-faced old man to a pulp.
"Ah!"
"Master, spare me! Master, spare me! I’ll never dare again!"
The old man begged for mercy most pathetically on the ground.
The black-clad young man lightly jumped, stomped his foot on the man’s face, and sneered disdainfully.
"Will you still accuse me of cheating?"
The old man quickly flattered.
"I won’t, I won’t!"
"Master’s luck and skills are superb; there’s no question of cheating!"
"It’s just me talking nonsense!"
The young man was satisfied with this, letting the old man go.
"Now that’s more like it!"
He flicked the folds on his clothes, his peach blossom eyes squinted slightly, cast a disdainful glance, then swaggered away.
Immediately, chaos erupted in the pavilion, and a group of boys rushed to help the old man.
The others whispered and discussed.
"Who is he, so arrogant!"
"Yes, never seen him before!"
