After leaving the market, Yin led the children back to the streets. The two different feelings left Yiken'e somewhat bewildered.

"Mother, is this place also for buying things?" Yiken asked Qingyan, puzzled.

She nodded slightly and said, "This street sells food, this street sells household goods. They are two different streets."

Yin paid little attention to her teachings to his son. After all, Yiken'e was often away on official business, and his status as a prince could not provide him with everything.

"Is it different?" Yiken tilted her head, unsure how to ask.

Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen was attracted by the small toys on the stall, including bamboo dragonflies made of wood and rattles, some toys that children like.

Recently, imported goods have just arrived, and even matryoshka dolls have appeared on the stalls.

She leaned on Yin's shoulder, looking at some small toys on the stall. She had these at home, and some of them were even more exquisitely made.

"Mother, I want a bamboo dragonfly!" Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen didn't bring any of his toys; they were left in Yangzhou.

The main reason Yin agreed to go out was to coax his daughter into buying him toys!

"Okay! What do you want?" Qingyan held her son and let him choose a toy first.

Among the pile of toys, she saw a Rubik's Cube. How could this thing have appeared?

"Mother, I want this square one," Yiken said, pointing to it.

"Shopkeeper, how much is this?" Yin looked at the Rubik's Cube and felt it looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

"This? It's an imported item, 3 taels of silver." The shopkeeper didn't know what the toy was. Imported items could only be sold to boiler merchants here, but this family of four actually took a liking to it.

Yin frowned slightly. Why is such a small imported item so expensive?

"Two taels!" Qingyan looked at the Rubik's Cube and felt relieved; she could now solve it directly.

"Madam, imported goods are not negotiable!" The stall owner saw how much the two children liked it, and then, after thinking for a moment, noticed that the little girl also wanted a bamboo dragonfly. "Three taels of silver for this and a bamboo dragonfly."

As soon as he finished speaking, Erlu paid the money at Yin's instruction. He realized that the stall owner probably didn't know what the square block he was selling was either. He remembered that there was such a block in Qingyan's dowry, but that one was custom-made and had a small portrait of Qingyan on it.

"Go back and put yours away, play with this!" Yin remembered that she really liked that Rubik's Cube, and would even put it in her purse as a toy when the royal family held banquets.

Many princes asked Yin what Qingyan was holding in his hand.

He said it was specially commissioned by Fiyangu and was merely a toy.

Emperor Kangxi was also very interested and wanted to take a look, but Fei Yanggu's face immediately fell upon hearing this.

"I'll buy another one for my father. He couldn't take mine with him back then!" Qingyan noticed that after the stall owner finished packing up his things, he took out another Rubik's Cube. "Stadium owner, how many of these Rubik's Cubes do you have?"

Judging from their clothes, the stall owner must be from a wealthy family. Upon hearing the word "father," he quickly put on a smiling face.

"Madam, I have two more!" The stall owner realized that he was extremely lucky this time. He had only been setting up his stall for a short time when he encountered two such big customers.

"Five taels of silver, give me both of them!" Qingyan immediately cut off one tael. She let the people from Linglong Pavilion bring in the Rubik's Cubes, but they were all relatively large; there were none as small as these.

"Sure!" The stall owner looked pained, but was secretly overjoyed; he could earn three or four taels of silver from the three.

These small Rubik's Cubes are the ones that big stores don't want.

After buying their items, the four continued walking. There were some attractive items on both sides. Less than 3 meters ahead, a man with a Western appearance stood in front of a stall, hawking rouge from the Qilian Mountains.

Upon hearing this, Qingyan's eyes lit up, and she quickly went over.

Upon arriving at the stall, several women stopped to look. Inside the red lacquer box was a bright red rouge. With a gentle swipe, the rouge spread across their hands, much faster than regular rouge.

"Madam, would you like some rouge? This is a recipe from the Western Regions," the stall owner asked.

The rouge from the Western Regions is excellent; it's easy to apply and doesn't smudge. It's rarely sold outside the region. The manager of Linglong Pavilion personally went several times, but still couldn't buy the authentic kind.

When Su Lan saw that her master was going to try on the rouge, she quickly took Hu Tuli Fengsheng Zha Lafen away.

Qingyan touched some rouge with her right index finger, then smeared it on the back of her left hand. It felt moist and smooth, quite different from the rouge from the Central Plains.

"How much is this?" Qingyan asked quickly after discovering such a high-quality item.

"Five taels of silver for a box of this top-quality rouge from the Western Regions. The purple box on the left contains 3 taels of rouge, a blend of Western Regions and Central Plains rouge." This person is very honest in business. Rouge is an essential item for every woman, so she must buy it often.

He probably hoped to attract repeat customers.

"Ten boxes of five-ounce ones and ten boxes of three-ounce ones, all individually packaged. I'm giving them away as holiday gifts." This was the first time Qingyan had bought something without haggling.

She sensed the rouge from the Western Regions. If it were transported directly from the Western Regions, its value would definitely double. She sized up the stall owner; he was only around thirty years old, with more defined features, quite different from people from the Central Plains.

The stall owner quickly wrapped the items in silk pouches; the five-ounce pouches were made of high-quality silk, while the three-ounce pouches were made of batik cloth.

Each pouch features unique embroidery from the Western Regions, and Shu Yun found this exotic packaging very attractive.

"Eighty taels in total!" The stall owner has always sold his goods here. After fleeing from the Northwest, he was glad that the skills he learned back then took root in Shandong.

After leaving the stall, Yin asked with some confusion, "Was that research really correct?"

Yin learned from his subordinates that the manager of Linglong Pavilion had been fooled. It must be said that those suppliers were quite cunning, managing to produce such similar goods.

"It should be pretty close to the truth. This kind of product is very moisturizing, so I applied some directly and it felt different from others!" Linglong Pavilion's rouge is extracted from flower petals and is extremely expensive, only available to noblewomen.

Today's purchases are different; the rouge from the Western Regions can also be blended with flower petals. One type is inexpensive, while the other type has added flower petals. Both types can satisfy many of Linglong Pavilion's customers.

Qingyan had a good plan in mind: take both kinds of rouge and wait until the shopkeepers actually made a discovery before discussing other options.

"Sisi, I think it looks very similar, there shouldn't be any problem!" Qingyan was very happy to have discovered a new product. She would have the makeup artist identify it when she got back.