His preference
Seeing his sad look, it was most likely that Demon Lord Li Wan again. She really couldn't understand why Li Wan didn't want A Cha, such a good man.
"Don't worry about me. Didn't Ah Li say back in the sea of red spider lilies that my young master would definitely come back? Perhaps, in her next life, she will one day look back and see how good I am. Even if she can't, I can wait for the next life, the next world. I am immortal and can always wait for her."
"Well, with A-Cha here, she will definitely come back."
Ah Cha stood up and conjured up another red spider lily out of thin air. He held the bottom of the flower and handed the tail stem to her.
"It's getting late. I'll take you to the human world."
Perhaps because it was afraid of causing trouble for her, the red spider lily did not stay. Instead, the moment it landed on the ground, it turned into specks of silver light and disappeared along with him.
Waking up late at night, Yuanli was exceptionally alert. She looked at the stars in the night sky through the carved window. The person next to her was still dreaming. Yuanli put her arms around his chest, and the slight wetness of her palms caught her attention.
I stood up slightly and looked over in the moonlight. Wen Yici had a frown on his face and was sweating a little. Perhaps it was a nightmare.
Suddenly, Wen Yici muttered, "Don't, don't leave me."
Yuanli placed her fingertips on his belly to warm it, then gently stroked his forehead to smooth out his frown, covered him with the quilt before falling asleep peacefully.
The next morning, Yuanli asked him about this tentatively, and he told her that he had been having nightmares recently, and the dreams were too real, which made him anxious and worried.
Only then did she roughly understand why he hugged her and asked her not to leave under the peach tree that day.
For several days in a row, Wen Yici had trouble sleeping at night and was often troubled by nightmares. She would sleep lightly at night for fear that he would wake up from the nightmare.
At the end of the month, flowers bloomed in the capital, Yuanli shop opened for business, red silk was hung, and Changxiangsi Pearl Hairpin Shop was deserted, which made Xiaotao feel a little anxious.
Ordinary people would not easily set foot on this street. The rents of the shops here were high, and the goods they sold were much more expensive, which put a heavy burden on their wallets. Noble ladies were very concerned about their reputation, and they not only looked at the material and style of the pearl hairpins, but also the reputation of the shop.
Fortunately, she set up a private room on the second floor, so she had a place to rest during the half hour she stayed in Chang Xiangsi.
Ziyun said, "Princess, the pearl hairpins in our shop are so exquisite, why is it that no one knows their value and is even unwilling to come in and take a look?"
"Don't worry, there will always be a beginning. Be optimistic."
Yuanli was comforting Ziyun when she caught a glimpse of a carriage approaching in the distance. Yuanli put down the pastry, patted the pastry crumbs on her hands and the corners of her mouth, and went downstairs excitedly.
The carriage stopped at Chang Xiangsi's door. The accompanying servant brought a pearwood horse stool. A pair of slender hands stretched out from behind the curtain, opened the curtain, and two maids helped her down.
The woman stopped at the door, pointed at the sign, and smiled faintly. The accompanying guards then stood guard outside the door.
"I didn't expect Princess Wen to be here too."
"You've given me so much face by putting on such a grand ceremony today. Thank you so much."
Yuanli looked at her with gratitude. She was a low-key woman who did not like to show off. Although she was married by the emperor and enjoyed great glory, she never showed off by taking advantage of the favor.
Now, because of her long-lasting love, she even took out the carriage and ceremonial guards awarded by the emperor, just to let everyone see her, Yun Zhaowan, entering this shop today.
Yuanli and Yunzhao sat arm in arm on the first floor for a while before Madam He, the wife of the Minister of Revenue, entered the shop and bowed, saying, "Your Highness greets Princess Wen. Eh? Miss Yun, what a coincidence! Meeting you two here is truly fate."
"It's really a coincidence. I also met the princess here by chance. Madam He, you go ahead and do your work. The princess and I have ordered a pearl hairpin and bait. Let me go and take a look first." After saying that, she and Yuan Liwan went upstairs on their own.
Until evening, the afterglow of the setting sun lightly cast a layer of crimson gauze, shrouding the prosperity of Kyoto in a bright and brilliant light. The surface of the moat shimmered, emitting golden light.
On the streets of Kyoto, two black horses with shiny coats pulled a carriage. Halfway through, the huge carriage stopped in front of a stall selling painted sugar figures.
There are various styles of sugar figures on the stall. Next to the vendor are nine bowls filled with dried fruits and red, white, green and yellow powders. The vendor said that it is powdered sugar, a fine powder ground with a small stone mill. The color is obtained because vegetable juice is added to the sugar, and it can be sprinkled on the sugar figures to color them.
After taking a look, he pointed to the style on the far right and said, "I want this one, the white one."
He held the sugar man all the way, and the carriage stopped steadily outside Chang Xiangsi's door. He pulled the curtain open completely and protected the sugar man as he got off the carriage.
Seeing this, Xiao Tao hurried forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, the princess has fallen asleep in the box. I will go and call her."
“No need.”
When they got to the second floor, she was sleeping soundly on the table. He moved a round stool and sat next to her. He couldn't help but smile at her and held the sugar figure in his hand until she woke up, fearing that putting it down would ruin the shape.
As night fell and tiny stars crept into the sky, Yuanli sat up bleary-eyed. She had been lying there for over two hours, and her arms were numb. She was squinting and pounding her wrists in complaint when someone beside her suddenly said, "Go back home and sleep."
Yuanli forced her heavy eyelids open, and Wen Yici was holding a candy man and smiling at her foolishly.
"This is for you. Do you like this phoenix?"
Taking the candy figure, Yuanli held it in his hand and looked at it curiously. He bought a phoenix candy figure covered with white sugar powder. The phoenix was painted a little carelessly.
"I like it, but why is it white?"
"Because in the entire Six Realms and Eight Wastelands, there is only this one white phoenix, and it will only belong to you."
Yuanli looked at the exquisite sugar figure, not knowing where to start. She bit off a bit of the tail and tasted it. It was very sweet. Yuanli moved closer to him, kissed the corner of his mouth quickly, and said, "Is it sweet, husband?"
"sweet."
She sipped the candy in her mouth, becoming increasingly sleepy and shaky. She simply leaned against his chest and nibbled on the candy. Wen Yici saw that she was about to fall asleep and quickly picked her up. Yuanli slept on his shoulder, holding the bamboo stick tightly in her hands, with her legs wrapped around his waist.
When she was carried down from the second floor, there were several ladies on the first floor who were choosing pearl hairpins. Seeing her wake up, the ladies from wealthy families who were choosing pearl hairpins were extremely envious.
The carriage he took out today was small. He originally thought that the smaller the carriage, the smaller the distance between him and her. However, she was sleepy and there was no room for her to lie down, so he had to take off his cloak and hold her in his arms to cover her.
Wen Yici said softly, "Lin Jian, go back to the mansion, and keep the carriage steady."
In just one night, the love story of Prince Wen and his wife spread throughout the circle of noble ladies in Kyoto, and coincidentally, the name Chang Xiangsi also became popular.
The next day, at noon, the sun was already high in the sky, and Yuanli was still snoozing in her dreams. Ziyun came briskly to wake her up, but Yuanli, snoring with her head buried in her chest, ignored him until Ziyun crouched beside her bed and whispered in her ear, "Princess, all the hairpins in the shop are sold out! The pre-orders are already up to 163."
Yuanli was instantly no longer sleepy. She threw off the quilt and sat up. She pinched her thigh in disbelief. It hurt a lot, so she wasn't dreaming.
"really?"
"It's more real than pearls, Princess. We've made a lot of money. Xiao Tao sent a message saying that most of the people who come to buy our pearl hairpins are ladies from wealthy families, and they are all very generous. Miss Li and Miss Zhao almost got into a fight over the last hairpin in stock."
Besides being pleasantly surprised, Yuanli was a little surprised. She hadn't started promoting the advantages of Chang Xiangsi's shop yet. When she went there yesterday, the shop was deserted, but such an effect was achieved overnight.
"Ziyun, get ready, let's go take a look."
After saying that, Yuanli skipped off to pick out clothes. Ziyun quickly chased after her, holding up her shoes, saying, "Princess, please slow down. Shoes!"
When dressing up today, Yuanli specially wore the Chang Xiangsi pearl hairpin and also specially inserted the plum blossom hairpin made by Dakechi.
Yuanli rode in a very ordinary carriage, not to be too ostentatious. She usually did not use the luxurious carriage she rode in on the day of the dowry robbery. She would only ride in it when she wanted people to know her identity.
The Sauvignon Blanc shop is located at the center of two commercial streets. No matter where you are, you can see the wing corners and roof of the Sauvignon Blanc shop by looking up.
When they were almost there, Yuanli lifted the corner of the carriage curtain and looked out the window. There was a long queue in front of Chang Xiangsi's carved wooden building.
"Princess, these are all for reservations."
"Enter through the back door."
As soon as she entered the box on the second floor, she called Xiaotao over. After explaining everything in detail, Xiaotao showed her the account book. In just one morning, the net profit was 5,000 taels of silver.
Yuanli was naturally happy to earn a lot of money, but the business was so popular right now that she was vaguely worried. If something went wrong at this critical juncture, Chang Xiangsi's reputation would be greatly affected.
Ziyun came back after finding out the news and looked at her with pride on his face, with a hint of gossip on his face.
"Princess, I brought a few humble maids from the mansion to mingle among the maids from the aristocratic families to listen. The love story between the prince and princess yesterday is now known throughout the city. Those ladies are also here to buy in order to get some good luck and a happy marriage."
Marriage is destined by heaven, there is no such thing as relying on other people's good luck. Ordinary people just like to believe in some beautiful rumors to give themselves hope.
Yuanli vaguely recalled yesterday, probably from Madam He. At that time, Wen Yici was carrying her home. Wen Yici's face was lingering in her mind, repeating the tenderness of yesterday.
Suddenly, his words kept appearing in Yuanli's mind: Because in the entire six realms and eight wildernesses, there is only this one white phoenix, and it will only belong to you.
Emperor Hengjin's true form was a phoenix, the only white phoenix in the world, and even in the six realms. She didn't dare to desire the white phoenix in heaven, as it didn't belong to her, but the white phoenix in the human world was her only husband.
"Princess, you are smiling so naively, are you missing your husband?" Yun Zhaowan jokingly sat down next to her and casually picked up the fruit on the table and started eating.
Yuanli's cheeks flushed red as someone guessed her true feelings.
"Yesterday your husband was so considerate. He personally carried you to the carriage and let you sleep soundly in his arms. He even bought you a candy figurine. I heard he picked it out himself. You won't find another husband like him in all of Kyoto."
"In the future, the prince will definitely not treat you worse than this. All the men in our family are good."
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