lcionline Chapter 206 Entering Beijing
Chapter 206 Entering Beijing
The downstairs was deserted. Shen Yichen protected his benefactor behind him, holding up the knives dropped by those people with both hands. "Benefactor, I will protect you!"
He walked downstairs in two steps, looked left and right, and felt uneasy, so he went into the back kitchen to check. He checked inside and out, and only felt relieved after confirming that no one was there.
"Benefactor, there is no one here." Shen Yichen shouted to the people upstairs.
"it is good."
Lin Xuxi didn't reject his good intentions. She came downstairs when she heard the sound and asked, "Is everyone gone?"
"Well, I looked around and found no one." Shen Yichen threw away the knife in his hand, clapped his hands and asked: "Let's go now, otherwise if they come back, we will be finished. There is no time to lose, we should leave quickly!"
"it is good."
The two of them left as quickly as possible and rode all the way to the imperial capital.
After five or six days, they finally arrived at the imperial capital. The imperial capital, after all, was the home of the emperor, and it was incredibly prosperous. As soon as they entered the city, someone came to check their identities.
If Lin Xuxi can do it, Shen Yichen can do it too.
"Is this the imperial capital?" Shen Yichen followed his benefactor, his horse in hand, astounded by the prosperity he saw. He looked left and right, feeling that two eyes were not enough, and wished he could see it all.
After entering the city, Lin Xuxi also found that the imperial capital was much more prosperous than when she left. Perhaps the new emperor was governing well.
"My benefactor, the imperial capital is such a prosperous place." Shen Yichen looked like a person who had never seen the world and was suddenly thrown into a bustling place with bright lights and was dazzled.
Lin Xuxi asked with a smile: "Haven't you been here before?"
"No, this is the first time." Shen Yichen, unable to conceal his excitement, found everything interesting. He leaned over to look at the place selling hairpins on the road and glanced at his benefactor.
Lin Xuxi was walking in front. When she didn't hear the sound of horse hooves, she looked back and saw Shen Yichen standing in front of a stall, not knowing what he was doing. She turned back.
Just as Shen Yichen had paid back the money, he turned around and saw his benefactor beside him.
"I bought this for my wife," the stall owner joked. After all, he had seen so many loving couples in this business that he thought this was the same.
Shen Yichen's face flushed instantly, and he shook his head desperately, saying, "I, I am not worthy of my benefactor." Then he lowered his head in inferiority.
The stall owner knew he had said the wrong thing and quickly turned to greet the next couple. He just pretended he had never said anything, letting the cold wind blow away the awkwardness.
"What are you buying?" Lin Xuxi glanced at the item in Shen Yichen's hand. However, he was holding it so tightly that she couldn't tell what it was.
Shen Yichen blushed, spread out his hands, and whispered, "Yes, it's a Twin Lotus hairpin." A Twin Lotus hairpin lay in his palm. He held it in front of his benefactor with care and whispered, "Benefactor, do you like it?"
Lin Xuxi could guess it was a hairpin, but she hadn't expected Shen Yichen to know she liked lotus flowers. He had chosen a double lotus hairpin specifically, and it looked pretty good.
"Do you know I like lotus?" Lin Xuxi took the hairpin and looked at it carefully to confirm that it was just an ordinary lotus, not a red lotus.
"That handkerchief is embroidered with a lotus. My mother once said that a woman would only embroider the flowers she likes on her handkerchief." Shen Yichen blushed and whispered, "I saw that there was a lotus on the handkerchief."
"I see." Lin Xuxi inserted the Twin Lotus Hairpin into her bun in front of Shen Yichen and asked with a smile, "Does it look good?"
It seems that only couples can do such intimate things.
For example, the couple next to us, the wife asked the husband the same question. The husband smiled and nodded and said it looked good, and they were both happy.
Shen Yichen did the same, blushing and nodding, saying it looked good.
The two of them wasted a quarter of an hour in the East Market before leaving.
In just a quarter of an hour, they were targeted.
"That's a really good horse. Even I have never seen such a good horse." The people on the second floor of the teahouse had their eyes shining when they saw the black horse.
"Even in the palace there's nothing like this!" The man in formal attire beside them nodded in agreement, "But that woman is truly a rare beauty!"
The dark horse is good, but so is the woman.
"No, I want that horse!" The man with narrow sleeves slapped the window sill. He didn't care about all these. All he had in his eyes was the rare and precious horse.
"You, wait for me!"
But after the two men went down, the horses and the people had disappeared.
"No matter what, we must find him." The short-sleeved man slapped his thigh, gritting his teeth in anger. Those two were quite conspicuous in the imperial capital, so they would definitely be found.
"If you find it, tell me about it. I want to ask the woman."
Well, one person likes the horse and the other person likes the person.
Lin Xuxi found a nice restaurant to stay in, the best room number one. The lavishness and beauty of the room naturally attracted people's attention.
"Who is this?"
"She must be from out of town, but she has a very impressive appearance. She looks like a princess or princess of the royal family. She is indeed extraordinary."
"No, His Majesty the Emperor's second princess is only four years old and doesn't have a younger sister. Don't talk nonsense."
The restaurant lobby was filled with people dining, and naturally, they were curious about this person. However, they only dared to discuss quietly, not making any loud noises.
"My benefactor, why don't I just wait outside and not move in? Can we stay in the same room?" Shen Yichen didn't dare to go in at all. He had just seen that a room cost one silver coin per night. He couldn't even imagine how much one silver coin could buy.
He didn't dare to go in.
"Why are you thinking about all this?" Lin Xuxi urged, "Go back and have a good rest. I need to take a bath too. If you're hungry, just ask the waiter to bring me some food. I'm very sleepy. I'll take a rest after I take a bath."
"But!" Shen Yichen held the blue cloth bundle and looked around. After making sure no one was paying attention to them, he whispered in his benefactor's ear, "Things here are so expensive. I, I don't dare."
Shen Yichen didn't even dare to order a bowl of noodles. He didn't even dare to look at those things.
"What's there to be afraid of? Just order, it's all included in the meal bill." Lin Xuxi said and went in.
Shen Yichen didn't dare, so he waited outside. When the waiter came to bring water, he also helped out. After filling the tub, he said through the screen: "Benefactor, the water is ready, you can take a bath."
This place is truly extraordinary, with spacious rooms. Within each room, the inner room is a resting area, while a screen separates the outer room, which is used for guests to bathe and eat.
No wonder it costs a tiny bit of silver.
"Okay, go ahead." Lin Xuxi put away her things and stood up.
Everyone outside was gone. Lin Xuxi walked out, looked at the half-full bathtub, and then looked towards the door.
Shen Yichen didn't dare to order anything, so he just ordered a bowl of the cheapest plain noodles to eat in the room.
"Alas, if I hadn't met a benefactor here, I'm afraid I would never have come here in my lifetime."