Xiao Yuanjin was looking forward to today's trip out of the palace. Because he was too excited, he rarely fell asleep until three o'clock in the morning due to emotional reasons rather than physical discomfort.
Because he had been cooped up in the house for a long time, his skin was unnaturally delicate and pale. Once he had dark circles, the darkness suddenly became particularly eye-catching.
Yu Zizhen was shocked when she saw him like this. She took two steps at a time and approached Xiao Yuanjin. "What are you doing?"
"I didn't sleep well." Xiao Yuanjin blushed slightly, and explained in a low voice, very embarrassed, "It's my first time out of the palace, and I'm a little excited."
Although he actually lived outside the palace before his father became emperor, he was still a little kid at that time, and even if his parents took him out to play, he would not remember the details.
Something that he had no memory of at all was almost the same as if it had never happened, so in Xiao Yuanjin's mind, this was his first time going out to play.
"Then let's go back early at noon. Your Highness can take a nap at my place after lunch."
Xiao Yuanjin nodded slightly, "So what are we going to do now?"
"Go shopping, eat snacks, and when you're tired, go sit in a teahouse and listen to storytelling or clapper talk." She pulled out a large purse filled with copper coins and small change from her sleeve pocket, like a treasure bag. "Here, I've got the funds ready."
Seeing this, Xiao Yuanjin immediately took out a small purse from his sleeve pocket and said, "I brought some silver notes with me."
He had no experience and didn't know that it was difficult to spend silver notes from vendors. For the sake of convenience, he simply didn't bring any gold or silver with him.
Yu Zizhen was a little curious, "You didn't take out all the banknotes from your private money, did you?"
Xiao Yuanjin nodded and said, "I didn't know how much money I would need, so I just brought a little more."
This poor child had never paid for anything by himself and had no idea about prices. He finally had the chance to go out, and he wanted to buy some gifts for his father to bring back.
Since he bought one for his father, the emperor, he had to buy one for his nominal grandmother, Da Lu.
As for Xiao Lu, as the emperor's second wife, she has always expressed her hostility towards Xiao Yuanjin openly. Even if Xiao Yuanjin does not buy her share, except for a few weird people, basically no one will criticize him for being rude.
He wanted to be prepared for any eventuality, but Yu Zizhen developed an inexplicable worry about his property because of his nod.
She said to Xiao Yuanjin, "Why don't you give me the purse for safekeeping."
Upon hearing this, the head guard who was responsible for protecting Xiao Yuanjin suddenly opened his eyes as wide as possible. However, before he could criticize what Yu Zizhen was saying, Xiao Yuanjin had already handed the purse to Yu Zizhen.
He didn't even ask why, as if it was not strange at all that Yu Zizhen made this request.
It feels good to be trusted. Yu Zizhen took the purse with a smile, and then sent it into the system warehouse under the cover of his wide sleeves.
If she put it there, she wouldn't believe that any other thief could steal Xiao Yuanjin's private money.
She did not take over Xiao Yuanjin's wheelchair as she did before in the palace. Instead, she walked on his left side with a smile, talking to him while protecting his personal safety unnoticeably.
She also repeatedly reminded the little baby voice system this morning. Yu Zizhen asked it to be extremely alert and help Yu Zizhen monitor the entire capital city during the time when Xiao Yuanjin was out of the palace.
Although the baby-voice system was very disdainful of this and said that it had been helping Yu Zizhen monitor the entire capital, otherwise she might have been secretly killed at any time if she jumped around like that, but Yu Zizhen still reminded her again and again like an old mother.
The two of them got on the carriage brought by Yu Zizhen, and the guards from the palace and the prince's mansion rode their horses to surround the carriage.
For safety reasons, Yu Zizhen took Xiao Yuanjin directly to one of the most prosperous main streets in the capital. There were basically no civilians here. Those who came here to shop and have fun were at least officials of the fifth rank or above and their relatives.
The servant of the Zhenbei Palace who was driving the carriage stopped the carriage at one end of the long street as requested by Yu Zizhen.
After the carriage stopped, Xiao Yuanjin's accompanying guards first moved the wheelchair off the carriage, and then carefully placed Xiao Yuanjin on the wheelchair.
This scene attracted the attention of many pedestrians on the street, but after seeing the tall men dressed in palace guards' uniforms around the carriage, everyone immediately looked away tacitly.
Everyone could basically guess who the person was, as he was unable to walk and was being protected by palace guards. Although they were shocked by why the eldest prince suddenly left the palace, no one dared to cast a curious, inquiring, and scrutinizing look at him.
The officials and their families, who had already imagined several exciting dramas in a short period of time, bowed from a distance and left impatiently.
The way they avoided him as much as possible, as if they were about to write "Don't bother me" on their foreheads with a brush, was exactly what Xiao Yuanjin had expected.
As a disabled prince with no chance of becoming emperor, he had long been accustomed to those who had no ill will towards him treating him as if they were afraid of getting even the slightest bit of damage done to him.
Because he was used to it and had expected it, he was not upset at all and even felt like laughing.
Yu Zizhen also noticed the strangeness of the people around her. She patted the eldest prince's arm and did not waste any words to comfort or console him.
She thought that since he chose to continue pretending that he was disabled, he must have been mentally prepared to continue being treated as useless.
"Let's go shopping first. Mid-Autumn Festival is almost here, and I need to pick out some things and have Mr. Jiang send them back to the North."
Xiao Yuanjin immediately took it seriously when he heard it. He said, "Then you should choose carefully, and it would be best if you can cater to his preferences."
Yu Zizhen is a hostage, and her value to the Lu family depends on how much the King of Zhenbei values her, so Xiao Yuanjin feels it is very necessary for her to build a good relationship with the King of Zhenbei and others.
Yu Zizhen didn't want to talk about the strange things in his family in public, so he just smiled and nodded at him.
Xiao Yuanjin didn't know that Yu Zizhen relied entirely on her mouth to "build relationships" and to "catere to people's preferences" with public funds, so she helped her choose very carefully and gave her a lot of pertinent suggestions.
As for Yu Zizhen, this girl agreed mindlessly the whole time.
"That makes sense." "That's right." "You're right." "......"
Most importantly, she not only expressed her agreement verbally, but also had each gift recommended by the eldest prince packed up and sent to the Zhenbei Palace.
Xiao Yuanjin gradually realized that something was wrong: ...
The little friend's behavior is too strange. Should he stop shopping and take him to the clinic to see a doctor immediately?
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