One hundred and fifty-nine, leave the palace at night

In the dark, cars pass through the streets and alleys, and the river of cars, colored lights, pedestrians and shop signs give Lanxi a feeling of being in a different world, if it were not for the lack of high-rise buildings, the streets and alleys are almost no different from the previous life.

Among the pedestrians who came and went, there were very few women, and even if there were, they could not see their clothes clearly under the lights.

Xiao Yu was also puzzled: "Brother Huang, why are there so few women on the street?" Even how many of them are older, why is that? Lan Xi and I also want to see what the woman outside the palace looks like. ”

Emperor Wanghe smiled: "It's too late now, how can an unmarried woman in an ordinary family easily go to the street?" Even during the day, there are not many of them, and even more so at night, even if you go to the street, you also sit in the car and go directly to the destination, and there are a lot of nǎi niang slaves and maids, and a lot of them, if you see a young woman one hundred and fifty-nine and go out of the palace at night, it is generally a married woman from an ordinary family or a woman from a poor family who works and sets up a stall to buy things. ”

Lan Xi was a little disappointed, it seems that the status of women here is really low, so low that it is incompatible with modern civilization.

Emperor Wang, seeing that they were greedy for curiosity, ordered the car to drive slower, and the two of them barely had enough eyes along the way. Lan Xi was looking at it while comparing it with her previous life, her mood was extremely excited, she suddenly felt that living in a splendid harem for the rest of her life was simply a kind of human suffering, but she didn't know if Emperor Wang often came out of the palace alone or brought other concubines to play?

What is puzzling is what neon signs are there along the way, why are there no high-rise buildings? Occasionally, you can see two-story buildings, with the tallest building being three-storey. Lan Xi felt that she preferred such cities and streets, where there were no apartment buildings like pigeon cages, and houses with courtyards and gardens everywhere.

After thinking about it, the car had already driven to a building with colorful lights, and when I got out of the car, I saw that this was actually a hot pot city! Although it is night, but people come and go lively, there are two floors, the lights are brilliant, the voices are noisy, the air exudes the fragrance of food and spices, it is very tempting in the cold winter night, Lanxi smells the fragrance of the long-lost mandarin duck hot pot, and sighs with satisfaction when she goes out of the palace at night, she and Xiaoyu have not had lunch, and they feel hungry.

Emperor Wangdi explained to them in a low voice: "In fact, there are more upscale places, the environment and service are excellent, but the atmosphere is far behind, and the taste is similar to that in the palace, so it's not interesting for us to go." This is a civilian meal, and everywhere is different from the palace, you can feel it! ”

Xiaoyu rolled his eyes: "It turns out that the imperial brother lives such a colorful life, why did he never tell me?" It seems that if it weren't for Lan Cairen, you would never take me out of the palace for the rest of your life! ”

Lan Xi smiled and comforted her: "If he has never taken anyone out of the palace, he can forgive, maybe there is really an inconvenience, if he only takes someone else without you, he can't forgive, it means that there is no you in his heart!" ”

Soon a guy came over and asked them to get off the car, and walked into the hall on the first floor, which was full, steaming, noisy, there were really not many women, and the smell of spicy and fragrant came to the nostrils, because they deliberately dressed up very common, so it didn't attract everyone's attention.

They went up to the second floor and sat in a private room with a lakeside view, as if everything had been arranged in advance.

The private room is specially prepared for people like them, who are accompanied by masters and slaves, divided into two rooms, the inside is close to the window, the facilities are high-end, and they are specially prepared for the master, and the outside is much simpler, and the two guards and the coachman of the Shanggong Palace all sit outside to eat hot pot, so as to protect the safety of the master at any time and wait with him.

Shang Gong, who came with them, was an extremely intelligent and capable person, and she neatly ordered the bottom of the pot, the vegetarian dishes, and the colorful dishes and drinks, and prepared the dipping sauce according to her personal requirements, and then went out.

The fragrant bottom of the pot and the various dishes were quickly served, and Lan Xi and Xiaoyu sniffed vigorously, almost intoxicated. Especially Xiaoyu, who has never seen many dishes eaten by ordinary people, asked many very idiotic and ridiculous questions, and Emperor Wangdi patiently answered them one by one.

Emperor Wangdi looked at them dotingly, and said with a smile: "Two little gluttonous cats, eat quickly, many of these things are taboo in the palace, and they can't be eaten in the palace." I have been here twice under the leadership of the Prime Minister, and I have fallen in love with this place, it is very common and full of life, hot and full of flavor, you like it here! ”

Those of them, who were accustomed to being served, were very interested in this do-it-yourself way of cooking, and in order to be alone and had their own use, they ordered their attendants to go out for their own use, and not to come in to serve. Lan Xi pretended not to understand very quickly, and feasted under the guidance of Emperor Wang, she was already hungry, as if she had returned to her previous life to reward herself with a little income, and the poor little fish was the first time to see such an environment, tasting such a meal, and had fallen in love with this place deeply, and asked while eating: "Brother Huang, can you often bring Xiaoyu here in the future?" Little fish loves it here, and of course, I like the food here even more. ”

Emperor Wang's eyes were a little cháo, in fact, what they asked for was ordinary for a commoner woman, but for a royal woman, it seemed to be a very luxurious thing, and he must compensate them well.

Xiao Yu'er looked at it and had never seen any of this, and was very curious about everything. Lan Xi pretended not to understand at first, but after eating for a while, he added dishes that they had never heard of, adding soup and remixing the sauce. Xiao Yu asked puzzledly: "Has Lan Cairen eaten hot pot before, why is it only I don't understand?" ”

Lan Xi said in disguise: "Isn't this just learned? I'm a delicious person, and I'm particularly interested in this, so I can't forget it, and I ate it a few times before entering the palace, Xiaoyu remembered to be good to your imperial brother, so that he would often take us out of the palace in the future for a long time. ”

When Xiao Yu heard this, he immediately let out a pitiful look like a puppy, and his big watery eyes stared at Emperor Wang, and he was almost a "Wang".

Emperor Wanghe smiled: "Don't worry, I'm just eating hot pot today, and if I have a chance in the future, I will take you to other interesting places!" ”

In the palace, even when they are alone, they always have such and such concerns, and today they really let go, and they are no longer burdened by their status.

The group was full of wine and food, Xiaoyu and Lanxi still walked out of the hot pot restaurant, looking at the streets and alleys in the night, they longed for it, and they wanted to play and shop again, and Emperor Wangdi was afraid that it would be easy to have problems for too long, so he persuaded them to go back the same way. Stepping into the silent palace in the night, the cold wind blew in their faces, and the three of them sighed at the same time, how heavy it was to return to the palace, and what a beautiful thing it was to go outside!!