plumnovel Chapter 373
Chapter 373
Chapter 373
Outside the city gate, there was a convoy of seven or eight carriages preparing to enter the city. A two-horse brocade-tented carriage at the front was very flamboyant, and beside the carriage was a blue-robed gentleman riding a white horse, leisurely fanning a folding fan with a noble air.
At least twenty tall and powerful guards were accompanying the convoy, rudely driving the surrounding people who were originally queuing up to enter the city.
“Out of the way, all of you!”
“Can’t you see our young master is entering the city? Hurry up and get out of the way!”
“....”
The guards flickered their whips to drive the people away.
Those ordinary people watched these travelers dressed in unfamiliar clothes, looking arrogant, and immediately deduced that the master they were serving must be from a noble family, so they dare not to speak nor get angry or they might offend them. Instead, they all avoided them and retreated on both sides in fear, letting this envoy enter the city first.
Qin Jiu and Yun Jiao listened to those peddlers and passers-by who just arrived at the city gate, pointing their fingers at the group in front of them.
“Just who is that person acting all arrogant?”
“Hell knows! But look at the city gate guards, they don’t dare stop them, then it must be some kind of a prince or lord.”
“Are there still a few princes and lords in the capital? I haven’t seen anything like this before!”
“....”
The passersby whispered among each other, speculating about the identity of the blue-robe young man.
Soon, the guards cleared a lane. The square-faced head guard then spurred his horse to the blue-robed gentleman and the first carriage, cupped his fist and reported, “Third Master, County Princess, we can now enter the city.”
In the next moment, a fair plain hand slightly lifted the corner of the carriage curtain. From where Qin Jiu and Yun Jiao were standing, they couldn’t see the owner of the fair plain hand at all, and only saw that its fingernails were dyed with bright red cardamom, looking particularly gorgeous.
Qin Jiu blinked, “Are there going to be many people watching?”
Yun Jiao looked at Qin Jiu with a “you are naïve” look. “Don’t you know how lively it was last time when the top three of the first grade of the imperial examinations paraded through the streets? All the restaurants and teahouses on the streets they passed through were booked up and filled to capacity! Even some stores temporarily set up some tables and chairs, as a teahouse as there are still many people who couldn’t book a seat.”
Qin Jiu: “....”
Qin Jiu wasn’t aware of this, so she didn’t make any reservations at all. But according to Yun Jiao, the restaurants, and teahouses near the South City Gate might have been booked out long ago.
Yun Jiao smilingly patted her chest and said, “It’s okay, it’s okay, I’m here!”
“The Yunwei Restaurant on South Street ahead is my family’s property, my family’s restaurant always reserves a seat for me, I’ll save it for you.”
She pointed inside the city gate as she spoke.
The two of them were talking to themselves, completely unaware of the movement of a carriage in front of them.
A corner on the right side of the carriage was pulled open, and a pair of beautiful eyes that were filled with limpid autumn waters glanced in Qin Jiu and Yun Jiao’s direction before withdrawing her gaze.
“The expedition in Minzhou is victorious...” The young girl’s voice was as quiet as water with a lingering touch of few ebullient.
“Young Miss,” another voice whispered, “Could it be that the person who will be returning to the capital in triumph is Third Master Gu?”
“....”
“Young Miss, when we settle down later, this servant will go to inquire and find out the news.”
“Hmm.”
As the word fell, the curtains blocked the carriage again, followed the first few carriages into town.
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