Rebirth of a wishful life

Chapter 84

But Shen Ruyi and Shen Yunrou are not interested in such lively fireworks, which does not mean that Princess Mingzhu and the sixth princess are not interested.One is in the deep palace, and the other is in the Dachang Princess' mansion. In the past, they just watched the fireworks, but they just watched them on the palace wall or in their own yard.

It's gorgeous and beautiful, but it's just that lively, but it's still not as good as the outside.So listening to the cheers in the distance and looking at the crowd around them, the two wanted to go very much.On the surface, Shen Ruyi is a little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, but inside she is already in her 20s. Under normal circumstances, the children are already several years old.

Therefore, when Liu Mingzhu blinked her big eyes and made a pitiful expression of cupping her hands, she was a little shaken.Shen Yunrou still hesitated, but Ms. Liu immediately changed sides: "Then let's go watch the fireworks. There are so many people around us, we will be protected in a circle, and nothing will happen."

The sixth princess also nodded. In the end, it was three to two. As a man, the sixth prince had no right or qualification to express his opinions. No matter how tough Shen Ruyi was, she could not be stronger than the sixth princess and Princess Mingzhu, so she could only nod along.

"There are more fabric sellers here, and the most famous one is Caojia Cloth Shop. Their fabric is still the first choice for the palace to buy."

"There are more food sellers here, and there are also many snack shops. I think the food is not as exquisite as the ones in restaurants, but the taste is not bad."

"There are more rouge and gouache here, and I just glanced at them."

As soon as the sixth prince said this, Ms. Liu answered the words: "I know that rouge and gouache are sold very well here. There is a shop called Tianshenglizhi, and their rouge is the most expensive. A box of peach blossoms Rouge costs three taels of silver, and most people may not be able to afford a box in their lifetime. However, his family’s rouge is very easy to use, it is not dry or greasy, and it moisturizes the skin after a long time."

Shen Ruyi was fascinated by this. Her rouge shop was about to open a branch in the capital, so she had to find out the situation first.This naturally beautiful rouge shop, one can tell that it is taking a high-profile and luxurious route, and its own rouge gouache is almost on the same route, maybe the two will match up.

"Who opened this shop?" Shen Ruyi pretended to be curious and asked, Miss Liu nodded with a smile: "You are right to ask me, I just know that this shop is also opened by the Cao family, and the Cao family is an imperial merchant. Their family is not only a supplier of fabrics for the palace, such as rouge and gouache, palace flower jewelry, most of them are chosen by the palace."

The Sixth Prince had heard Shen Ruyi talk about opening a shop in the restaurant before, and smiled at Shen Ruyi, but didn't make a sound.Shen Ruyi glanced sideways at the street, and made up her mind to come and have a look next time.

"It's next to the academy, so there are more shops selling pens, inks, papers and inkstones." Seeing places he was more familiar with, the sixth prince introduced with a smile: "There are also a few antique shops, but it's hard to say about such things. If you don’t have eyesight, it’s just a waste of money to come in. If you have eyesight, you may not be able to buy real things.”

Shen Ruyi is not very interested in antiques, so she just nodded perfunctorily: "Is there a bookstore?"

The sixth prince raised his eyebrows with a smile: "Of course there are, and there are quite a few. The books sold by each company are also different. There are some that sell story books, some that sell travel notes, and some that sell gossip. Didn’t I say that this place is next to the academy? The scholars in the academy will find some work to copy books when they have free time, so here and there you can occasionally find a lot of copybooks. In addition, there are many talented people who can write There are various scripts and other things, and many of them are well written."

There are not many ways for scholars to make money, either by writing their own scripts and selling them, or by copying a few books.But even if the printing technique is relatively backward, ordinary books are also very common. Therefore, in order to sell money, some rare and Tibetan books are still hand-copied.

After listening to the sixth prince's introduction, Shen Ruyi became a little interested: "Really? Are there any jokes or something?"

"Of course there is. The peach blossom fan, have you heard of it? It was written by a scholar in the academy." The sixth prince said with a smile. The peach blossom fan is a play that just came out recently. It took less than a month to become popular in the capital. No matter who's family is in the back house of the theater, nine out of ten will order this peach blossom fan whenever they hold a banquet.

"Then I have to find a chance to take a look." Shen Ruyi said hurriedly, and the sixth prince shook his head: "Even if you come, you may not be able to buy books."

Shen Ruyi was immediately surprised: "Why? Isn't it something you can buy with money?"

"No, you also know that many of the books written by this scholar are that..." The sixth prince coughed lightly, and vaguely skipped those words: "So, the book on this street In bookstores, you can only buy good things when you go in, and girls can't go in."

It's not that the shopkeeper of the bookstore has a conscience, but once, a girl bought a book, but didn't look carefully at what it was. When she went back, she was discovered by the elders in her family. It turned out to be some kind of love, and that family also had some power Yes, my daughter was reluctant to be punished too much, so she vented her anger on the bookstore, and almost closed the bookstore.

Since then, the shopkeepers on this street have become more careful, but all the scriptures written by scholars are sold there.What girls can buy when they go in are the ones that are placed in front for anyone to see.

"Those lonely books and Tibetan books are also put in there?" Shen Ruyi understood, but also a little puzzled: "It's just a small part that can't be seen by others, so you have to hide all the words and sell them? Isn't this... ..."

"Not all shopkeepers have the time to read all the books." The sixth prince explained: "But don't worry, if there are good books, I will remember to keep them for you."

Shen Ruyi felt a little regretful: "I just wanted to go and have a look in person, in case I could find two books that suit my heart..." After finishing speaking, she looked up and suddenly found that the sixth princess and Liu Mingzhu who were walking in front of her were gone. Then I panicked: "Where is the sixth princess and Mingzhu?"

Turning around again, Miss Liu and Shen Yunrou were gone!
"Scattered? Let's see if the guards you called are still there?" Shen Ruyi said hastily, turning left and right, her heart sank even more, even the maidservants are gone!

When Shen Ruyi looked around, the sixth prince quickly called his guards over, but the guards simply said: "The princess and the princess are accompanied by people, they didn't get separated, they just walked faster, Right in front, Second Miss Shen and Miss Liu are also following Princess Six."

Shen Ruyi's eyes widened: "Did you see it? Why didn't you tell us earlier?"

The guard was expressionless: "Princess Six and Princess Mingzhu have guards, and the duty of the subordinates is to protect the safety of His Royal Highness Six."

The sixth prince coughed lightly, waved his hand to signal the guards to back down, and then turned to talk to Shen Ruyi: "These guards are a bit rigid, seeing that Sixth Sister and the others are not in danger, they won't make a sound to remind them."

The corner of Shen Ruyi's mouth twitched, is that okay?But if you think about it carefully, it is actually understandable.During the holidays, everyone goes out to have fun, and when they are having fun, they naturally don’t care about the people around them.Since these guards have made it clear who they want to protect, they must be only staring at their master.The other masters are protected by other guards, so it's fine as long as your master doesn't leave your sight.

"What about my maids?" Shen Ruyi asked with wide eyes, this time the sixth prince reacted more quickly, pointing to the back, Shen Ruyi saw it as soon as she turned her head, it was because the two maids were there just now. Behind the corner, she didn't see it, but now that she came out, she naturally saw it.

The two servant girls were also very excited to see her, and hurriedly squeezed over: "There are too many people around, the servant girl originally called the girl a few times, but it's too close to the place where the fireworks are set off, and there happened to be a few The fireworks exploded so loudly that the girl didn't hear it."

Shen Ruyi was a little embarrassed, and at that moment she was concentrating on listening to the sixth prince, so she didn't hear it, right?
"It's good if you don't get separated. Do you see that the second girl is leaving with the sixth princess?" Shen Ruyi asked again, and Xia Bing nodded hurriedly: "Well, the second girl is holding the Pearl Lord, and the Pearl Princess is in a hurry to move forward. Let's go, and the second girl will follow."

Shen Ruyi nodded to show her understanding, and the sixth prince coughed lightly to draw Shen Ruyi's attention back: "I just looked at you and didn't really want to watch the fireworks, and I just came here, why don't we go to the bookstore? "

Shen Ruyi looked surprised: "Is the bookstore still open at this moment?"

"Have you forgotten, is the Lantern Festival different from the past? There is no curfew tonight." The sixth prince said with a smile. Since the Sixth Princess and the others are right ahead, let's hurry up, maybe we can catch up."

"There are too many people at the moment, we will definitely not be able to hurry up, but there are few people here." The sixth prince reached out and nodded, and squeezed the people who watched the fireworks over there. There are almost no gaps.As for the street leading to the bookstore, even if there are people, there are not many people.

Shen Ruyi was not willing to squeeze into the crowd, so the sixth prince hurriedly said: "If you are really worried, I will send someone to tell them."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Shen Ruyi to nod her head, she hurriedly called the guard from just now: "Go and tell the sixth princess, there are too many people, we can't squeeze through, so we won't go to watch the fireworks, let's go over there to buy books, one by one After hours, we will meet at Xianghe Restaurant."

Shen Ruyi watched the guards squeeze into the crowd in a few moments, then turned to look at the sixth prince: "How many guards are around you?"

"I have four by my side, Sixth Sister has four by my side, and Mingzhu has two more." The sixth prince replied honestly, and then asked, "Now you don't have to worry, do you? Let's go, let's go read? "

(End of this chapter)