When Guan Zhiyue and her group returned, the city lights were already on.
"Prince Yuan, how was that girl today?" Guan Zhiyue teased.
Yuan Ningsu looked at Guan Zhiyue sitting to his right with a sly grin and said in an ambiguous tone, "She can't compare to Yue'er!"
Guan Zhiyue rolled her eyes at the sky. "Compare to your sister!"
I disagree. Let's just pretend she didn't say anything!
Good intentions gone unappreciated, ugh!
Seeing Yuan Ningsu bullying his wife again, Li Qiji pouted and said, "Yue'er, let me tell you, some people... just now they were peeking at that girl countless times!"
"They're still pretending here. They're all big bad wolves, why are they pretending to be innocent lambs?"
Yuan Ningsu was internally grumbling. He had tried to be as natural and discreet as possible, so how did this guy still manage to find out?
This is absolutely incomprehensible!
"Brother Li, please don't slander me. I am completely innocent. What did I see?"
"I think Xiao Yue'er is more like it."
Li Qiji rolled his eyes at him, letting him figure it out himself! It was too annoying to watch him to be tormenting himself like this.
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Guan Zhiyue and her group wandered around Ningjian Kingdom for another two months, but they also felt there wasn't much fun to be had.
Then they turned back and headed to other countries, since the point of traveling was to have fun.
Therefore, I went to all the places I wanted to go.
The Golden Phoenix Kingdom is the wealthiest country on the Mingluo Continent. Don't let its small size fool you.
But they couldn't compete with the fact that it was rich in gold; you could practically dig up gold with just one stroke of a shovel!
Their wealth is something that other countries envy!
They could toss gold anywhere; it's like they'd just throw it on the ground and nobody would pick it up.
However, if you throw a bundle of them on the road, everyone will swarm around them, and a fight might even break out.
They're all rolling in money; all this food was bought from outside.
They finally dug out the gold, only to find that the land was completely unusable for planting. Wouldn't that be devastating for them?
The king can only purchase from other countries, and the country with the largest purchasing power is Nanding, because their grain is cheap.
Thanks to the Empress's efforts in producing various high-yield grains, the people of Nanding were able to eat their fill.
When households have surplus grain, prices naturally fall; nobody needs it.
Therefore, they could only be sold to foreign countries. Of course, this was done in the name of the state, and the money naturally went into the national treasury.
Privately, it's not allowed for merchants to sell grain to other countries, regardless of their motives.
Everyone knows perfectly well that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and those roads must be accessible to the national treasury.
Merchants and ordinary people aren't unintelligent; they naturally understand that with roads extending in all directions...
They will only get better and better, so there aren't any people who don't understand.
We're going to go against the emperor's wishes. Let the country sell grain if it wants; anyway, it'll all be used for construction in the end.
They're the ones taking the bribes anyway, so why not?
Guan Zhiyue and Li Qiji were on the road, wandering around every day, looking at the magnificent landscape of their motherland, which gave them a different feeling.
"Your Majesty, thank goodness we made it out! The outside world is truly incomparably beautiful!"
Bilian smiled and brought Guan Zhiyue some food, looking very pleased.
Guan Zhiyue looked at the world outside the car window, smiled, and nodded. "Yes! The scenery outside is so much better! That little world..."
She didn't continue speaking, but instead saw Li Qiji not far away, who was spreading his arms wide, appreciating the wonders of nature.
Bilian understood perfectly; her mistress wanted freedom and didn't want to be confined to that small world.
She longed to roam freely in this vast world, but she... "Your Majesty..."
"What's wrong?"
"Are you still thinking about...?"
Guan Zhiyue glanced in the direction where Li Qiji was, a slight smile playing on her lips, and said softly, "Now I'm quite content with what I have!"
Bilian glanced in the direction Guan Zhiyue was looking and immediately understood what Guan Zhiyue meant.
A smile involuntarily crept onto her lips. Her mistress had already taken the Emperor to heart, and was therefore willing to accompany him in that vast world.
"Are the three little ones awake yet?" Guan Zhiyue asked.
Bilian respectfully replied, "Your Majesty, she has already woken up. The princess is playing inside with the two princes!"
Guan Zhiyue nodded knowingly, then said nothing more, picked up her bowl, and began to drink while admiring the scenery outside...
In the capital city.
"Miss, are you alright?"
"How can the weather change so suddenly? It was fine just a moment ago!"
A maidservant was seen complaining anxiously, as her young mistress had rarely gone out today.
Unexpectedly, it started raining heavily halfway through their shopping trip, and they didn't have any umbrellas. What were they going to do?
Fan Qingqing smiled and straightened her skirt, saying gently, "It's alright, rain in winter is normal, why worry?"
"Let's take shelter here for a while, and once the rain stops, we can go home."
Chunlian is a bit impatient, but she has a kind heart; she just gets easily flustered when things happen.
Chunlian looked at her young mistress's dress, which was now half-soaked, a very serious matter.
Although her young lady is in good health, no one can withstand the winter rain!
Fan Qingqing turned her head to look at Chunlian, whose anxious eyes were red, and almost laughed.
Then he spoke up to comfort her, saying, "You little rascal, look at you, you've become such a crybaby, why are you crying now?"
Chunlian said worriedly, "Although you are in good health, Miss, it's cold in winter..."
"Your clothes are all worn out... How can I not be anxious? I shouldn't have walked out of the manor today."
Fan Qingqing comforted her calmly, "Your young lady is as strong as an ox; this little rain is nothing to me."
"It's just a wet hem, don't worry!" As soon as she finished speaking, the sneeze made her realize her mistake.
"Ah Qiu~~"
A soft sneeze sounded, and before Chunlian could speak, a light laugh came from behind the shed.
Hehe~~
The two were startled and slowly turned to look. The man seemed a little embarrassed by the laughter earlier, so he coughed lightly.
"Cough~~"
He emerged from behind the shed, wearing an Alice-Lan bleached French cloak that had been half-soaked and half-dried.
She wore a wide, ruby-red belt with a fairy flower pattern around her waist, and had long, jet-black hair.
Beneath her brows were bright eyes, and her body was slender; she was truly as beautiful as jade.
"Excuse me, miss, just now..." the man said, bowing with his hands clasped.
"Greetings, sir..." Fan Qianqian quickly returned the greeting, and the two looked up at each other.
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