Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"Keep it light, don't be too fancy. Wife, would you like to try some lotus seeds? His family has a dish of pork belly wrapped in lotus seeds, which is quite delicious."

"Okay, order an egg custard for Zhanji, but no chopped green onions."

"it is good."

Zhu Gaochi quickly ordered a table full of dishes. After the boss left the room, the maids and servants turned around and began to draw the curtains of the private room. Only then did Zhang Xin ask Wanxiu to help take down the curtain.

I haven't been out for a long time, so I'm a little uncomfortable wearing Mu Li.

"This thing sticks to my face when the wind blows. I'd better not wear it next time."

Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhang Xin taking a deep breath and suggested.

"Not so good."

Zhang Xin was a little hesitant.

“Not everyone on the street has them.”

Zhu Gaochi didn't care.

"Forget it, let's just go with the big stream. I'll be glad to be able to get out."

Zhang Xin felt that she was already very satisfied at this moment.

"I told you that you're stupid, but you refuse to admit it. You actually thought you couldn't leave the palace, hahahaha—"

The more Zhu Gaochi thought about it, the funnier it became.

Sometimes I don’t know where this young wife gets her pedantic spirit from.

She actually thought that after getting married, especially marrying into the palace, she could not go out. So she stayed in the palace for three years without leaving the house, let alone asking him.

"But mother hasn't left the house either!"

Zhang Xin protested with a red face.

"My mother is just lazy. When she was young, she went to the border with my father to ride horses. You don't know that my mother is an invincible polo player. My mother is also very good at playing Cuju!"

Zhu Gaochi also took the opportunity to tell his wife about his mother's heroic deeds.

"Then why don't the sisters know how to do it? They never go out, right?"

"My sisters are of marriageable age, and my mother wants them to settle down."

"Why haven't I ever heard anyone mention it?"

Zhang Xin was very surprised by this.

It has been like this since the previous life. Everyone stayed very contentedly in the mansion, and no one ever suggested going out for a walk or anything like that.

It wouldn’t be like this even in Yongcheng.

During various festivals, mothers would take the girls in their families out for a stroll, to shop, meet friends, and chat.

When her father has free time occasionally, he takes the whole family to go hiking, spring outings, and autumn outings.

Although there is a distinction between men and women, it is not that strict for a small family like theirs.

It was not until she was canonized as the Crown Prince's Consort that an extra curtain separated the study room between her and her two brothers.

She always thought that the rules in the palace were different from those outside.

It's just a difference of two lifetimes!

"They all think it's not fun. My mother mentioned it before. She is the princess and she is the most powerful person in this area. When she goes out, there are too many people flattering her. Our family's status is not suitable for making friends with the families of officials in this vassal area. When we sit together, all we talk about is empty talk and it's boring. My two younger sisters are probably the same. My eldest sister used to be happy to go out and play."

Zhu Gaochi also felt that there was nothing fun to do outside.

Food, drinks and daily necessities were all delivered to the palace. The Yanwang Palace even had a garden with flowers to appreciate in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

So he never thought of taking Zhang Xin out for a walk.

"But I don't know either! It's all your fault!!!"

Zhang Xin glared at Zhu Gaochi fiercely.

Zhang Xin was very crazy.

Really.

Didn’t her elder brother Zhang Chang come to Peking? Together with Zhao, she was able to take good care of all her affairs outside.

Prince Ning's ship returned, bringing back a lot of things, and he made a lot of money by reselling them.

Zhang Chang bought a three-story house in the city of Beiping.

She really wanted to go and see it.

Just two days ago, when she asked Xu hesitantly if she could leave the house, Xu agreed without hesitation.

He also let her arrange her own carriage and guards.

If you are going out several times a month, please inform the stable in advance so that you don’t leave without sufficient preparation.

If Zhang Xin is willing to go out, then in the future, any invitation sent to the palace will allow Zhang Xin to go whenever she wants.

Zhang Xin looked at Xu's excitement and felt that this matter was extremely mysterious.

It turns out that my mother-in-law believed in doing unto others what you do not want others to do unto you.

I am a typical copycat, but I still haven’t done it right!!!

So sad and angry!!!

She never thought that it wasn't that they were not allowed to go out, but that everyone thought going out was not fun!

After returning to Yande Palace and telling Zhu Gaochi about it, this idiot volunteered to accompany him.

Also lost was a son who clung to Zhu Gaochi and refused to let go.

It was something I never dared to imagine in my previous life, but it just happened.

Until now, sitting in this restaurant, she still didn't have much sense of reality.

Just now they had gone to their eldest brother Zhang Chang's new house, to Zhao's grain store, and also took a tour of the compound where orphans were adopted.

Finally, Zhu Gaochi suggested going to a restaurant for dinner.

In her two lifetimes combined, she had eaten out only a handful of times.

It turns out that I have trapped myself.

Really!

I can make myself laugh!!!

Soon, the food and wine were served. As someone who had been there before, Zhu Gaochi introduced them to Zhang Xin one by one.

There is nothing special about the main dishes and side dishes, and the ingredients are ordinary chicken, duck, goose, pork and mutton.

When it was time to pay the bill, Zhang Xin noticed that the restaurant owner didn't want to collect the money, so Qian Er took out a few banknotes and left them in the private room.

Zhu Gaochi understood what Zhang Xin meant when he saw him staring at the treasure notes, and gestured for him to count.

"Princess, it's sixteen strings of cash. The private rooms in this restaurant usually cost five coins per person. In Beiping City now, eight strings of cash can be used as one tael of silver."

"Two taels of silver for a meal, it's not cheap."

Zhang Xin calculated with her fingers and realized that she had lost money.

"Originally, there was a young lady singing songs and drinking with guests in the private room."

Zhu Gaochi laughed.

"Humph, you should have told me earlier. I want to listen to some ditty too!"

Zhang Xin really wants to see it.

"I don't admire anyone else, I only admire my Crown Prince's Consort!"

Zhu Gaochi widened his eyes and praised Zhang Xin's uprightness.

"Oh, I forgot to bring one back for Mom."

When the word "concubine" was mentioned, Zhang Xin thought of her mother-in-law in the palace. She would eat and drink well when she went out, and would always bring something back.

"I got tired of this restaurant a long time ago. Let me take you to the entrance of Wuping Alley. I love the lamb ribs there."

"it is good."

The entrance to Wuping Alley was a bit far from the central street where they were at the moment, so the group got back on the carriage and followed the crowd slowly forward.

The sounds of hawking along the street were heard one after another, and even though it was already lunch time, few people actually took a break.

Zhang Xin looked out through the gap in the curtains and saw that among the crowd of people doing various kinds of business, many were paying with banknotes.

Only a very small number of people use small change.

Most people had smiles on their faces and looked calm and peaceful.

The turbulent undercurrents outside the city of Peking did not affect the normal lives of ordinary people at all.

As Zhanji said later, the common people actually didn't care whether the emperor was dead or alive.

As long as the place where they live is stable and comfortable, then for them, the court is a good court and the emperor is a good emperor.

Now it seems that this is indeed the case.