"Heh, it looks pretty good..."
The queen, who was already fifty-six years old, smiled faintly, then pointed to the distance and asked: "What is the queue over there for?"
"This... I don't know, I'm going to ask."
After a while, the old woman came back, "I asked about it and heard that it is a trade passage! Their goods are too heavy and damage the road, so they have to pay tolls."
"Oh? How much does the toll cost?"
"Pay according to the quantity of the goods. A full load of goods will cost you five cents. If the goods are less than a full load, there will be no charge."
"What about us ordinary passers-by?"
"No charge!"
"Ha!" The queen laughed, her daughter! As kind as ever, but this kindness has a certain degree.
"Let's go into Jingcheng, which is called the Little Southern Tang Kingdom, and see how it can be mentioned by the people as a city with the same name as the Southern Tang Dynasty."
"Here."
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It was April, the season when peach blossoms were in full bloom, and the pink flowers on both sides of the asphalt avenue were blooming side by side.
When the wind blows, the small pink petals fall to the ground and stick to the soles of pedestrians or the hooves of cattle and horses.
What is surprising is that in addition to women in a hurry on the road, there are also men without veils...
The way they looked at the women was open and casual! No shyness, no fear.
"I heard that Miss Qi has planted fruit trees on the roadside to enjoy the flowers during the flower season. The fruit season can quench the thirst of passers-by! You can't be greedy. Each person is limited to three fruits. You have to leave some for more people to taste...
But now, after the rise of various workshops and the flow of business, people in Jingcheng are basically living a prosperous life.
We are not greedy for these fruits. Everyone only picks one to taste the sweetness. "
Before coming, grandma had already inquired about the general information in Jingcheng, but some details were unclear.
At the end of the clean asphalt avenue is the towering city wall!
The elite soldiers at the gate, wearing fine armor and carrying swords at their waists, were sternly inspecting every citizen who entered the city.
Soon it was their turn...
"It's a bit unfamiliar! Let's take a look at the household registration. Where do you come from? What do you do?"
Grandma handed over His Majesty's special user ID for private visits incognito, and replied cheerfully: "I'm from the capital. I heard about the grand occasion in Jingcheng, so I came here to have a look."
After the inspecting officers and soldiers confirmed that it was correct, they returned the household registration to her and explained specifically, "Recently, there have been many spies from other countries trying to sneak into Jingcheng, so it is inevitable that we will be more strict recently.
Please bear with me! Come into town! "
The Queen opened the curtain and asked with a smile, "What is this spy doing in Jingcheng? Could it be that he wants to attack Jingcheng?"
"That's impossible. With our military strength in Jingcheng, you can rest assured that they won't dare to invade!
Just because they couldn't attack our Jingcheng, they tried all kinds of insidious tricks to sneak into the city and steal all kinds of strange prescriptions from our Jingcheng. "
The two parties just gossiped for a few words and then hurriedly passed through so as not to delay those who were entering the city later.
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It was almost evening.
All major streets and residential areas in the city have been illuminated...
After entering the city gate, the noisy street market was brightly lit and even more lively than the capital city during the day.
The aroma wafting in the wind made the stomachs of the group growl.
"Go and see what smells so good, give it to me... cough, bring me some back."
"Here!"
There were two nannies accompanying me. After all, the crowd was crowded, and I was afraid that one person would be too slow to find the place, which would keep the master waiting for a long time.
The Queen, who was waiting in the carriage, was fascinated by the scene she had never seen outside the carriage window.
The people are rich and their homes are open at night...
The relaxed smile on people's faces is ordinary...but rare.
Even so, she still doesn't agree with that kind daughter, she just takes it for granted!
If it were to manage such a huge country, that ridiculous tenderness would have been pounced on by the wolves below...
Over the years, seven of her seventeen princesses died in the struggle, and now only six are left in the capital and four in the fiefdom.
All the daughters are thinking about her death...
Only these seven daughters didn't care about anything. They sent letters, gifts and care during the New Year, but they had never set foot in the capital again for fifteen years.
In total, the eldest son of the seventh daughter is about 17 years old this year, right? There was no mention of his marriage in the letter. I don’t know which girl he married to...
As her daughter kept fighting like a poison, she looked forward to the trivial letters home more and more over the years.
The Seventeenth Princess is not bad either. Her youngest daughter is well-behaved, sensible and clingy. However, she is the daughter of Prince He of Dongxia Kingdom and is destined not to reach a high position.
In the past two years, her spirit has become increasingly weak, and she has continued to take nourishing medicines, but she is still gradually deteriorating.
She once didn't care about what happened after death...
Now she has scruples. If she dies, no matter which daughter takes the throne, her benevolent seventh daughter and the younger seventeenth daughter will all die.
This is a prosperous time in the corner of the Southern Tang Dynasty! It made her want to keep it.
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Suddenly, she saw a familiar face in the crowd.
Her face looked like hers when she was young, but her body was thinner.
The difference is that she is full of edges and corners, while that woman is full of tenderness...
Next to the woman was a man in a warbler-yellow robe, who fed her a bunch of half-eaten candied haws in a lively manner.
The man's facial features are also somewhat familiar. He must be one of the men who knelt in the imperial study room back then!
"Oh, feeding in the street, frivolous and dissolute, shameless!" The Queen was so angry that she lowered the curtain.
After thinking for a while, she opened it again. She wanted to see how unbecoming the princess was when she left the capital! !
As a result, she saw her noble princess again, squatting down in the street and picking up the man on her back, and the two of them walked through the long night street together...
snort! Wife-charming stuff! Mud that cannot be helped! ! !
At this time, the grandma who went shopping had already returned with a big bag of barbecue skewers. "Master, this is the fragrant snack. I have bought it for you."
Another nanny also came back with a bamboo tube filled with spicy hot skewers.
"I'm so angry that I won't eat anymore!" the Queen said angrily in the carriage.
The two nuns didn't understand why. For just a moment, who dared to anger their majesty even if they risked their lives?
"But, I heard that this is the stall in the seventh lady's house! The people in Jingcheng must buy food every night when they go out to play."
silence……
"Send it over! Let me see how poor our seventh lady is, and how much we have to compete with traders for business."
The old grandma curled her lips and offered the food.
Their Majesty... He used to be tough-talking when he was a child, but when he became the queen, he became indifferent to emotions and anger. In recent years, his behavior has become more and more like his childhood temperament...
(End of chapter)
