The guards took the order and turned back, but soon returned, reporting with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, Prince Yuan has threatened his life and refused to return to the palace. I am incompetent, please punish me, Your Majesty."
Ji Xingzhi gritted her teeth and said, "If he wants to follow, let him follow. Just keep an eye on him."
"yes."
After passing through a forest, it was getting late again. In winter, it gets dark the earliest.
Liu Yang came back and said that Xiao Moyan was moving too fast and had already reached the next city - Linyi, while Ji Xingzhi was still about ten miles away from the next city. There would be a Lantern Festival in Linyi City in a few days, and he heard that Xiao Moyan would stay in Linyi for the Lantern Festival.
Since Xiao Moyan would stay in Linyi for a few days, Ji Xingzhi naturally didn't need to rush. She found a village nearby, discussed with the villagers, gave them some money to stay, and ate something at a villager's home the next morning before leaving.
Linyi City.
Ji Xingzhi abandoned the carriage and walked into Linyi City. He found that the prosperity of the city was no less than that of the imperial city. There were teahouses, wine shops, theaters, inns, and people walked through the streets in a disorderly manner. Some were happy and some were worried.
Ji Xingzhi was walking, looking left and right, looking at this and that, and never getting tired of it.
A middle-aged woman dressed as a peasant suddenly appeared and stopped in front of Ji Xingzhi. She smiled brightly and said, "Young Master, is this your first time in Linyi? Buy some steamed buns with rice flour to try. They are a specialty of Linyi and you can't buy them anywhere else."
Ji Xingzhi paused and glanced at the steaming stall behind the young woman. There were white steamed buns on the stall. She had eaten this thing in China. It seemed to be made of rice ground into powder, kneaded with water, and then stuffed with meat, tofu, etc. Even if she was very hungry, the taste was still very good. She just didn't know what it was called. She never thought that there was also such a thing in the Dixi Continent. She couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
His eyes moved and he saw a little girl behind the stall busy adding firewood to the boiler. She was covered in dirt. Ji Xingzhi noticed the little girl's bruised hands and couldn't help but frowned.
The middle-aged woman saw Ji Xingzhi looking at her stall, so she enthusiastically tried to pull Ji Xingzhi to her stall.
Liu Yang, who was accompanying him, saw the young woman's movements and waved his hand lightly, pushing her back several steps. When he saw that the young woman had regained her footing, he said coldly, "Talk, don't touch me."
How can you touch the emperor's body without permission?
Ji Xingzhi felt that Liu Yang was a little too nervous, but being alert was a good thing, so she didn't say anything. She just smiled awkwardly and said, "It's okay. Let's buy a few to fill everyone's stomachs. We can have a good meal after everyone settles down."
The young woman was nearly knocked over by Liu Yang's swing. She was about to get angry, but after hearing Ji Xingzhi's words, she concealed her anger and asked with a playful smile, "How many do you want, young master?"
Ji Xingzhi was looking at the steamed buns in the boiler when she suddenly felt a pair of eyes falling on her. Ji Xingzhi's eyes turned and fell on the little girl.
But he saw the girl looking at him with a pair of innocent big eyes, those eyes were full of envy and hope. Looking at the girl's embarrassed appearance, Ji Xingzhi suddenly remembered his previous life, when he also looked at others with such eyes.
Ji Xingzhi's eyes flickered slightly, and she said calmly, "I want them all."
The things were sold out, and the little girl no longer had to squat on the roadside to work in the cold weather.
The little girl cast a grateful look at Ji Xingzhi, and the old woman's eyes also lit up, and she said with a smile on her face: "Okay, wait, I will install it for you."
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