Chapter 917: Chapter 917: Lingshan Street!
Chapter 917: Chapter 917: Lingshan Street!
The third Prince's expression immediately brightened when he saw Tang Li Xue who was wearing a gorgeous purple Hanfu dress.
Even though her stunning face was still covered by [Moon Covering Veil], but her slender figure clad in a gorgeous purple Hanfu dress along with her pair of mesmerizing topaz blue eyes were more than enough to charm everyone who saw it.
"Good morning, Miss Tang You look very beautiful in that dress." The Third Prince honestly praised Tang Li Xue.
If Xiao Hei or Silly Fox who said it, Tang Li Xue might have acted smugly in front of them, but she did not dare to think too much when the Third Prince said it.
Well, all officials or royal family like the Third Prince might say this praise to every female they met even to their own mother, right?
"I am sorry for making Your Highness Third Prince wait." Tang Li Xue politely apologized to the Third Prince.
The Third Prince shook his head and replied: "It is all right, I just came out from my room too."
While chatting casually with each other, the Third Prince led Tang Li Xue out of his courtyard and headed together to the Imperial Palace's front gate.
The Imperial Family's luxurious carriage had already waited for them in front of the front gate escorted by so many guards riding the horses.
After the Third Prince and Tang Li Xue got on the luxurious carriage, the carriage's driver immediately drove the carriage toward the east of the Imperial City.
"There are many interesting places in this Imperial City, so we may not be able to visit them all in one day. I will take you out again in a few days if I am not busy anymore, okay?" The Third Prince informed while smiling kindly at Tang Li Xue.
"Really? Thank you very much, Your Highness Third Prince~!" Tang Li Xue thanked the Third Prince in a happy tone while putting on an excited expression.
It would be great if the Third Prince could bring her out of the Imperial Palace more often since she would have a chance to familiarize herself with the Imperial City which means her chance to get away from this place safely would be greatly increased.
However, Tang Li Xue did not dare to expect too much about it because she knew that the situation in the Imperial Palace would only get more tense as time passed, so the Third Prince might probably not be able to accompany her out like today anymore later.
Anyway, she had already told Xi'er to help her secretly buy a detailed map of the entire Imperial City today since it was one of the most crucial items needed for her escape plan. It did not take long for their luxurious carriage to reach the crowded market.
When the Third Prince got out of the carriage with Tang Li Xue, he also introduced the crowded market to Tang Li Xue: "This Lingshan Street is the most popular market in the Imperial City. You can buy almost everything you need here. From all kinds of food, clothes, wines, pills, spiritual treasures, and so on, you can even buy slaves and beasts as your pets." Tang Li Xue was quite impressed by this Lingshan Street market.
There was also a market and auction house in Myriad Foxes Academy, but this Lingshan Street market was completely different.
This Lingshan Street Market was actually divided into three different areas.
The first area was the substandard area for poor cultivators where so many peddlers and stalls sell their goods. Their goods were certainly very cheap, but they were not guaranteed.
You must have good eyes if you want to buy something here, or you might get scammed.
Many people sell something random like antique items, fragments of unknown things, some fragment pieces of treasure maps, and so on.
In the Third Prince's eyes, what they sell was trash used to scam people, but Tang Li Xue was very interested in the items they sell because this looks like the place where the protagonist in the novel would accidentally pick up a treasure.
However, Tang Li Xue soon sighed in great disappointment...
It was truly unfortunate that she still could not use her basic [All Knowing Eyes] yet in her current condition, so even if there were a precious treasure among them, she would not be able to appraise it.
Despite that, Tang Li Xue deliberately took her time to look around, and when the guards were too busy blocking the surrounding people from getting close to her and the Third Prince, Tang Li Xue secretly took this chance to throw away her space pouch.
One of the people there realized it and assumed that Tang Li Xue accidentally dropped her purse.
He hastily squatted down and took the space pouch, then ran away as fast as he could from there.
After that person hid in the dark alley and excitedly tried to check what was inside Tang Li Xue's space pouch.
SWOOOOOSH~!
A pitch-black sword flew out swiftly from the space pouch!
BAAANG~!
Before that man could react, someone suddenly appeared behind him and hit his head until he passed out.
The person who hit the guy was actually the beautiful girl in the red dress.
Xi'er smiled in satisfaction as she caught the pitch-black [Sword of Disaster] and sheathed it on her back while murmuring: "Everything went well according to plan so far."
Xi'er took away Tang Li Xue's space pouch from the unconscious man.
Then she took out a black hooded cloak from the space pouch and wore it to cover her body and face.
Even though no one should recognize her here, but it would be better for her to be more careful.
Xi'er went back to the Lingshan Street Market first to buy everything they needed first.
Tang Li Xue had already put all of the Yuan Coins given by the Third Prince to her into the space pouch, so it should be no problem for Xi'er to buy what they needed such as the Imperial City's map, Azure Mist Continent's map, food, clothes, some informations, and so
on.
Oh, right... Tang Li Xue also instructed Xi'er to buy some talismans.
Previously, Tang Li Xue never needed to buy any talisman since she could make it herself, but unfortunately, she temporarily could not make it in her current condition, so she could only buy it instead.
If the Third Prince knew that Tang Li Xue used the money he gave to buy the tools for her to escape from him, he might be so angry that he would vomit a dozen liters of blood, right?
.....
Meanwhile, Tang Li Xue had followed the Third Prince to the second area at this time.
The second area was the wealthy area. There were no peddlers or stalls here, only different
kinds of shops.
Their shop buildings were also quite luxurious.
There were even beautiful fountains, colorful plants, flowers, and trees as decoration.
If the first area was like a slum filled with scammers, then this second area was truly the place where the rich people would buy their things.
The items sold here should be guaranteed, but their price was not cheap. The merchants who sold their items here were clearly profiteers.
This second area was more or less on the same level as the market at Myriad Fox Academy.
The Third Prince bought many things for Tang Li Xue here such as souvenirs, clothes, all kinds of jewelry, accessories, snacks, and so on.
Since Tang Li Xue claimed that her space treasure had been lost, the Third Prince even bought her several space treasures as a replacement for her.
'This Third Prince is truly a nice guy. We might be able to become a close friend if... Sigh, unfortunately, he is a prince... No matter how good he is, I definitely would not want to get involved in the bloody battle for the throne.' Tang Li Xue secretly lamented.
After spending a few hours shopping around in the second area, the Third Prince finally led Tang Li Xue to the third area.
The third area was the most elite area where the people from the royal family and the aristocratic families were hanging out or selling their goods.
Any of the goods here were definitely very rare and precious treasures since all ordinary treasures were no different than trash in the eyes of the people of their level.
This special third area could not be entered by just any random people. Anyone who wants to enter this third area needs a special token issued by the royal family or
aristocratic families.
If it was not for the Third Prince accompanying her here, it would have been impossible for someone without any important status like Tang Li Xue to enter this third area.
"Greetings to Your Highness Third Prince!"
"Greetings to Your Highness Third Prince!"
...
All patrolling guards and aristocratic family members who had seen their group hastily
lowered their heads and politely greeted the Third Prince.
Different from the first area where no one recognized the Third Prince, or the third area where
everyone rarely recognized the Third Prince, everyone in this third area could recognize the
Third Prince.
The Third Prince smiled kindly at everyone and said: "You all do not need to be too polite. I
am only accompanying my friend to look around. You all can just do your own business as
usual." After hearing the Third Prince's words, everyone really went back to doing their own business, but there were many of them who offered gifts to Tang Li Xue instead.
Just when Tang Li Xue was hesitating on whether she should receive their gift or not, the
Third Prince actually gave his permission: "You can take their gifts, Miss Tang. Just think of it as the introductory gifts from them."