Chapter 49: Qin Wanwan: Curious, I Want To See
Turned her head and saw the gosling eating the flower.
She pinched the gosling’s flat little mouth and admonished, “Don’t eat randomly.”
“Amu, is this flower poisonous?”
Amu said, “No, this phoenix flower smells quite good. My mother has steamed it to eat before.”
Qin Wanwan’s big eyes lit up, and before everyone could react, her hand was very quick to stuff a flower into her mouth.
Yin Yuanli: “!!!”
You were just admonishing the gosling a second ago!
He pinched Qin Wanwan’s little face and lifted it, his finger reaching into her mouth to pull the flower out.
Qin Wanwan looked innocent.
Yin Yuanli took a deep breath and, with a stern face, intended to lecture her.
Qin Wanwan smacked her lips, “I just wanted to taste it.”
Yin Yuanli: “You can’t eat everything, and this hasn’t even been washed.”
“It fell from the tree, and Wanwan caught it.”
“That’s still not allowed.”
Wang Dequan: “My little ancestor, if you want to eat something, I’ll have someone make it for you first.”
“Alright then.”
The group returned after admiring the phoenix flowers.
Qin Wanwan wanted to eat pastries made from phoenix flowers.
Wang Dequan made arrangements and asked the cook from Drunken Cloud Tower to make them and deliver them.
A plate of light pink pastries was brought over.
“The color has changed.”
But the fragrance was indeed that of phoenix flowers.
Qin Wanwan propped herself on the table, poked one, and stuffed a little pastry into her mouth.
After eating just two pieces, a horn suddenly sounded from outside.
Qin Wanwan: Curious, wanted to see.
She ran to the window.
Amu exclaimed excitedly, “Our City Lord is back!”
Qin Wanwan’s reaction was a little slow, and she was bewildered for two seconds before her eyes widened.
It’s Shang Wuyang, whom Daddy said was super dangerous!
“Dong dong dong…”
Something large in size was slowly entering the city. The ground emitted a faint vibration. Perhaps because it was a bit far, it wasn’t obvious.
Qin Wanwan moved away from the window, holding Little Fatty Goose, and grabbed Keke, intending to crawl under the table.
Everyone looked at her in bewilderment.
“What are you doing?”
Qin Wanwan squatted under the table and tugged at Yin Yuanli’s clothes.
Her voice was small, “Brother Yuanli, hurry and tell them to hide! Daddy said the City Lord is very dangerous.”
The little girl remembered her daddy’s words and was very obedient.
If a fight broke out, she was too small to be of any help to the adults, and so was Brother Yuanli.
“If the adults punch us, we’ll faint. If we hide, we won’t be a burden.”
Yin Yuanli: “… We won’t be in danger in our room.”
However, this City Lord of Shangyang City was too ostentatious.
Making such a big commotion upon returning to the city was like clearly telling those who wanted him dead his location.
Amu was still by the bed, cheering, “The City Lord’s elephant is here, coming towards our street!”
The ground vibration grew louder.
Yin Yuanli: “No wonder I felt a vibration, it’s actually an elephant.”
Elephants were rare creatures to people of the Central Plains, but Yin Yuanli had seen them before.
At this moment, Amu held a flower, looking restless.
Qin Wanwan, squatting under the table, twitched her ears. An elephant?
Her little face immediately became conflicted. She wanted to see the elephant, but she also had to listen to Daddy.
The tiny figure squatted under the table, and she began to count on her fingers.
“Go, don’t go…”
She used up all five little fingers, so it was a go!
Qin Wanwan aggressively crawled out from under the table again.
“Elephant, where is the elephant? Let me see.”
In the blink of an eye, Qin Wanwan had rushed to the window, stretching her neck to look outside.
She loved watching all sorts of animals.
Yin Yuanli:…………
Do you still remember what you just said about not being a burden?
A trumpet call sounded, its loud noise attracting everyone’s attention.
On the wide street, people stood on both sides, and the windows on the upper floors were also filled with people.
Walking at the very front was a tall male elephant with long tusks. A young mixed-blood man sat on its back.
Behind the elephant was a very luxurious and eye-catching chariot.
The elephant was pulling the chariot.
The luxury of the chariot was comparable to the Emperor of Tianqi’s imperial carriage.
If this were in Tianqi, it would be illegal and punishable by imprisonment.
But this was in Shangyang City.
Shang Wuyang did not belong to any country. Although this was a city, it was essentially a small country.
The only difference was that Shang Wuyang had not proclaimed himself king or emperor.
The Tianqi Guard Army, who had come along to gain experience, were dumbfounded.
“This Shang Wuyang is truly ostentatious.” More ostentatious than the emperor.
Of course, he didn’t dare to say the latter part aloud.
“To actually use such a giant beast to pull a chariot.”
And not just one.
Behind the chariot, there were at least ten more elephants following in a line.
The elephants slowly walked down the street. People on the street and from the windows above cheered and threw the flowers they held.
This was a gesture of welcome.
The curtains of the huge, luxurious chariot fluttered gently, and a figure could be vaguely seen through the light red fabric.
Besides one person, there seemed to be a colossus lying down as well.
At this moment, Qin Wanwan had completely forgotten her daddy’s words from earlier.
As the elephants approached, Amu excitedly threw the flowers in his hand and screamed with excitement.
“City Lord!!!” his voice was hoarse from shouting.
It was comparable to a large fan gathering.
Qin Wanwan didn’t care about the City Lord; she grabbed the elephant’s trunk.
The elephant was exceptionally tall, almost as tall as a two-story wooden building.
Qin Wanwan leaned out the window, extended her small hand, and the elephant, which had now come closer, happily offered its trunk, then stopped moving.
The person riding the elephant:…………
Qin Wanwan took out a piece of soybean dreg pasture flatbread from her snack bag.
This was food prepared for the gosling, which it particularly liked.
Horses liked it too.
“Here you go.”
The elephant’s trunk was very dexterous. It gently curled around the flatbread, scooped it up, and stuffed it into its mouth, eating it.
It then let out a happy trumpeting sound.
The guard controlling the elephant was on the verge of breaking out in a cold sweat.
“Kanta, move!”
The elephant was reluctant and slowly took two steps.
Qin Wanwan leaned out the window, her beautiful little face showing a hint of eagerness.
She wanted to ride an elephant.
The guard glanced at Qin Wanwan and urged the elephant to move on.
Inside the chariot, the beast that had been dozing beside Shang Wuyang opened its eyes and looked towards Qin Wanwan’s direction through the curtain.
It suddenly stood up.
But in the next second, a hand pressed it down.
Slender fingers with distinct joints pressed on the head of the huge lion, not with much force, but it whimpered and obediently lay back down.
“Big Goldy, are you trying to rebel?”
The gemstone tassels woven into his hair looked expensive and luxurious, but also exceptionally good-looking.
The man had fair skin, a slender build, and was wearing a magnificent red robe.
Red is a color that tests a person severely; those who cannot carry it can easily appear old-fashioned.
If one cannot manage the color, all attention will be drawn to the clothing, making the person seem ordinary.
But on Shang Wuyang, it appeared exceptionally natural; this striking red merely served to set off his appearance.
