Peasant Woman’s Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 1616: Chapter 1613 Shopping

"What’s urgent now is to find out why Chu Heng took the Beirong Prince to his own ready-made clothing shop. Once we figure this out, it’ll be easier to take the next steps."

"You’re right, my lord."

Meanwhile, similar situations were occurring at the same time in the capital.

The Princess’ Mansion, the Lin family, several Ministries, and Zhong Ling, an old scholar who had just entered the cabinet and was appointed as Grand Secretary by Emperor Xuanming, formerly the Imperial Tutor to the Crown Prince.

An hour later.

Chu Heng and the other two came out of the Yonghe Clothing Shop.

The official robes on Chu Heng were exchanged for a red casual outfit, while the Beirong Prince took a package with him, the contents of which were unknown.

Li Chongjin was still in the same outfit, unchanged.

The news of the three coming out was immediately relayed to various residences.

Chu Heng sent the people back to the post station. The Beirong Prince cupped his hands towards him, then turned around and went straight into the post station.

The personnel that Beirong brought with them all stayed at the post station. In addition, there was also a group of guards dispatched by the imperial court.

Chu Heng dismounted.

A trusted aide came over to lead his horse away.

The elder from the Ministry of Rites walked to Chu Heng’s side, "Lord Chu, today’s matters have been exhausting. This old man is tired from riding for so long and will head back first."

"Take care, my lord."

After sending off the elder from the Ministry of Personnel, Chu Heng looked at Li Chongjin, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, I have some matters to attend to and will take my leave."

"Take care, Lord Chu." Li Chongjin, still with a stern demeanor, watched silently as Chu Heng left, not a word more spoken, even the spies hidden in the crowd wishing to eavesdrop were surprised at the sparse exchanges between the two.

"Your Highness, should we return to the residence now or...?"

"To the restaurant," Li Chongjin finally replied after a long while, disappearing with his guards in the streets in front of the Yonghe Clothing Shop.

Ye Muyu was found by Chu Heng while she was chatting with several ladies, the topic being their matching family outfits.

Perhaps because the news of Chu Heng escorting the Beirong Prince had spread, many ladies were out shopping and greeted Ye Muyu enthusiastically upon meeting her, and the topic naturally shifted to matching family outfits.

In fact, the price of such outfits was not low, even quite expensive, unaffordable for ordinary people, only officials’ families and wealthy merchants could afford them.

However, some colors and patterns were not usable by merchants, thus there was still a distinction between the two. Although the social hierarchy was clearly delineated, no one questioned it; this is the norm of society.

Ye Muyu could only try to ensure the clothes were well-made; changing this social nature was an impossible task, and she naturally would not bother herself unnecessarily, only aiming for a clear conscience.

Opening the door, and waiting for Chu Heng to walk over, Ye Muyu belatedly reacted, quickly standing up, instinctively asking, "Why are you here?"

"Weren’t we going shopping?" Chu Heng replied naturally, extending his arm to protectively embrace her.

The ladies sitting inside hadn’t expected to meet Chu Heng and hurried to greet him, making the atmosphere very lively.

Praise after praise flowed smoothly, especially upon seeing the matching family outfit Chu Heng wore, earning even more compliments.

Chu Heng responded casually to a few, while Ye Muyu explained and also spoke a couple of words to the two ladies from the Young Master Xie’s family, before taking Nuanbao and Chu Ziluo out of the teahouse, truly starting to walk and shop in the streets.

Chu Ziluo held a rabbit lantern in her hand, which she cherished dearly, and soon wore an adorable mask on her face.

Nuanbao was also very curious about the bustling street.