Chapter 134: One Leads Four
They wanted to go out and play, so Rong Zhi sent some people to follow them, and he didn’t pay much attention to the rest.
Since the child was brought by Yin Yuanli, he naturally had the obligation to protect his younger brothers.
The children swaggered out, and Qin Wanwan, standing among them, was the most eye-catching.
“That little bear is so cute.”
“What kind of bear is that?”
Qin Wanwan:…………
Can’t they tell from my face that I’m a person?!
Keke landed on Qin Wanwan’s shoulder.
“Where are you cubs going to play?”
All the children except Yin Yuanli stared at Keke.
The Tenth Prince: “What a powerful bird, it speaks more fluently than my Twelfth Brother.”
The Twelfth Prince:…………
Although he looks a bit silly now, he’s not truly stupid!
Qin Wanwan: “I don’t know, Brother Yuanli, where are you going to play?”
The gazes of the others also fell on Yin Yuanli.
Yin Yuanli seemed to be the most reliable person among this group of children.
Yin Yuanli: …He didn’t know either.
He was the Crown Prince and familiar with the palace, but he was truly unfamiliar with the streets of Shangjing.
After all, even the Crown Prince couldn’t leave the palace often, and in fact, because of his identity, he couldn’t leave the palace easily.
“Let’s wander around and see. I heard we can go boating, let’s look for it.”
The three little princes were very excited now, especially Little Twelve, as this was his first time going out of the palace with his brothers.
Instantly, they were mesmerized by the colorful world outside the palace.
“So much food!”
“So many people!”
There were also many people in the palace, but they were all well-behaved and the hierarchy was too distinct.
The liveliness and sense of life outside the palace were something the palace couldn’t have.
And now, these princes were clearly more interested in the excitement outside the palace.
Then they let go and disappeared.
Yin Yuanli caught Little Twelve and Qin Wanwan, who had stopped at the candied haws, and turned to see that his tenth and eleventh brothers were also gone.
Those two had run off to watch acrobatics.
Qin Wanwan and Little Twelve were about the same age, both holding candied haws, and followed him obediently like tails.
Then Yin Yuanli pulled out his two brothers, who were watching acrobatics and foolishly preparing to tip with a jade token.
He asked the guards protecting them to give a small gold melon seed as a tip.
Some people who had been eyeing them because they were showing off their wealth immediately became well-behaved after seeing the guards brought by Yin Yuanli.
Even dark rats need to have some discernment; they can tell who they can provoke and who they cannot.
Foolish people were long ago captured or beaten to death.
“What did I tell you, don’t flaunt your wealth, and don’t go out without guards. Do you know how many people were staring at you when you took out your jade pendant just now!”
As princes, even the least valuable jade pendant they wore was considered very good jade to many people.
The four little ones stood in a line, two hugging their arms and shrinking their necks, and the other two holding candied haws and looking at him eagerly.
Yin Yuanli scolded them with a stern little face.
Finally, he patted Qin Wanwan’s head.
“Tell me what you want to eat, and don’t fall behind.”
One leading four, it was really tiring.
If he had known, he wouldn’t have brought those three ‘baggage’.
Qin Wanwan obediently said okay, and her little chubby paws actively took his hand.
“If Brother Yuanli holds me, I won’t get lost.”
Yin Yuanli nodded with reserve.
Little Twelve: “Brother, I want to hold hands too.”
Yin Yuanli: “You can’t.”
Little Twelve was unconvinced: “Why!”
Yin Yuanli’s expression was calm: “You are a boy, boys need to learn to be independent, don’t always cling to your older brother.”
Little Twelve:…………
Qin Wanwan: Hehe~
Yin Yuanli, afraid that his three younger brothers would get lost again, asked the guards to keep a special eye on them.
Qin Wanwan became well-behaved while eating candied haws and even had the mood to share with Yin Yuanli.
Yin Yuanli glanced at the sticky candied haws that had been licked and resolutely refused.
Even if his own sister came, he would refuse.
Qin Wanwan: “Then I’ll eat it myself.”
After finding the three runaway princes for the fifth time, they finally found a place for boating.
There were also merchants renting boats here.
Everything was expensive in Shangjing.
For example, this boat, an ordinary one cost ten taels of silver; it was a really small boat that could only accommodate two or three people.
A larger passenger boat, accommodating less than ten people, cost fifty taels of silver.
A twenty-person one cost one hundred and fifty taels.
A large, exquisite, luxurious passenger boat that could accommodate thirty to forty people cost three hundred taels of silver.
And it was only for one day’s rent.
The Tenth Prince: “It seems we didn’t bring any money with us.”
Yin Yuanli pursed his lips. He had come out to find Qin Wanwan and didn’t expect to go out to play, so he didn’t bring much silver with him.
Then he could only use something as collateral.
Yin Yuanli looked at the jade pendant on his body.
He had many jade pendants, so…
“Here you go, we want the biggest and most beautiful boat!”
Qin Wanwan took out something.
It wasn’t silver or a silver note.
But after the shopkeeper looked at it, his expression immediately changed. He took the item and examined it repeatedly, confirming it was genuine. He gave Qin Wanwan a deep look and then nodded: “Please wait a moment, I will arrange it right away.”
After speaking, he returned the item to Qin Wanwan.
The princes curiously crowded around.
“What is this?”
Yin Yuanli: “This should be proof of identity. This is your Daddy’s business, right?”
Qin Wanwan nodded with a smile.
“Yes, it’s a shop opened by my Father Shang.”
She hung the blackish-looking jade stone around her neck again.
This was given to her by Shang Wuyang. The stone that seemed ordinary was actually top-grade ink jade.
Its exterior was black with an oily sheen, but when aimed at the sun, the whole thing would show a lustrous emerald green with no impurities.
It was carved with some invisible patterns, and this carving technique was difficult to imitate.
There were only three such ink tablets in the world, and they were all in Shang Wuyang’s hands.
And now, one of the three ink tablets had fallen into Qin Wanwan’s hands.
Qin Wanwan didn’t know what the ink tablet represented. When Shang Wuyang gave it to her, he only told her that no matter where she went, as long as she went to a shop with the symbol of a phoenix flower representing Shangyang, all her needs would be unconditionally met by those shops.
The reason Qin Wanwan came to this shop was that she saw a phoenix flower on the lower left corner of the shop’s plaque.
This was the symbol of Shangyang City.
The shopkeeper quickly arranged a suitable boat for the children. The boat was exquisitely decorated and had dedicated attendants.
The attendants were all beautiful young ladies.
“What a big boat!”
After entering the boat, the princes immediately ran excitedly from the bow to the stern.
There was a large lake in Shangjing, where lotus flowers were planted, and there were also many fish. Willows lined the riverbanks, and many migratory birds flew here every year.
Talented scholars and beauties loved to go boating on the lake, enjoying music and fragrance on the boat.
The merchants who rented out boats also saw this business opportunity and built inns and marketplaces by the lake.
This lake has supported the lives of countless people.
Keke flew to the ship’s railing and stood there: “Fortunately, there was no non-biodegradable garbage in this era, otherwise this lake wouldn’t be so beautiful.”
