Back and forth: I brought supplies to help the impoverished prince

"Let's see something else?" Mu Qingchen looked at Qiao Shinian with some uncertainty in his eyes. He didn't know Qiao Shinian's true thoughts, so he looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Bring your best jewelry here and go to the palace to settle the bill."

"Okay." The shopkeeper quickly told the people behind him to pack the jewelry.

Qiao Shinian frowned and shook his head, "Really, this is enough."

"If I say I'm giving you a gift, then of course it has to satisfy you. Since you can't choose, just take all the finished ones away. There will always be one or two that you like." Mu Qingchen guessed that Qiao Shinian refused because she was shy or didn't dare to choose, so she only chose this seemingly inconspicuous little thing.

The shopkeeper smiled and agreed, "You'll never see a prince accompany a girl out shopping in the entire capital. Young lady, please don't let the prince down. The prince wants to treat you well and value you, and he's afraid that you won't be able to choose jewelry that you like. Please don't ignore his sincerity."

The skill of speaking differently to different people has long been a mastered skill among merchants. Seeing Mu Qingchen's attitude towards Qiao Shinian, he must have had a lot of guesses in his mind, and his attitude towards Qiao Shinian became more respectful.

"Okay..." Qiao Shinian wanted to explain, but looking at the shopkeeper's expression he knew that he had misunderstood. He must not let this misunderstanding spread. Riding a horse with him to eat before was enough to spread a lot of rumors.

"I am just a palace maid. If I bring such a good thing back, I will definitely be envied. Your Highness, you are so kind to me for the sake of my prince. I am really flattered.

How about I put the jewelry in your palace first and ask you to keep it for me temporarily, and then I will contact you when I need it?"

After she finished speaking, she stared at Mu Qingchen eagerly, hoping that he would nod quickly. The main reason was that those things looked very expensive, and she couldn't repay the favor!

She even thought about bringing back some modern luxury goods when she came to ancient times next time. Now she could send them off to Mu Qingchen, and she could bring them back in batches. The only things that Mu Qingchen had not seen before would be watches.

After all, modern handicrafts are all handed down from ancient times, and their current features are electronic machinery, as well as extremely pure gold and silver.

However, her money didn't seem to be enough to buy a good watch, so she had to use all of Tiantian and Xiaobai's pocket money to buy a nice watch.

Here comes the point, she is not capable of handling modern electronic products, and has not yet tried mechanical technology.

But this is not the point. The point is that she does not want to waste the limited space she had when traveling through time to bring goods to give this person a return gift. She should bring something more useful that can help Wen Jiu in the future.

They are not short of money now, so these jewelry can only be evidence of Mu Qingchen's good relationship with them, but Mu Qingchen is only a part of her and Wen Jiu's respective missions and is not indispensable.

In this ancient society with low planting capacity, in this world where many crops are not available, the crops of the modern world are absolute resources that are worth a fortune to this world.

She wants to use these to fight back to Chuwen Kingdom together with Wen Jiu, and use them to gain a firm foothold in Chuwen Kingdom.

Otherwise, when Wen Jiu returns, he will only have the identity of Proton, which makes everyone feel humiliated.

If Wen Jiu can ensure that all the citizens of Chu Wen Kingdom have enough food by then, that will be Wen Jiu's most powerful trump card.

As Qiao Shinian thought so, she never raised her head, but kept it lowered, thinking all the time.

She seemed to have never thought about how close she should be with Mu Qingchen. She didn't want Mu Qingchen to be too nice to her, otherwise her guilt would be even greater, and that was not acceptable.

If she continued like this, she would make irrational decisions out of guilt towards Mu Qingchen, and she absolutely could not do that.

So, what should she do? The other party is a prince, she can't leave him alone. He is too good to her. If she keeps refusing to accept it, he will feel awkward, and then... it will make her and Wen Jiu's plan not go so smoothly.

She is so stupid! Why can't she think of other ways? Why can't she be as smart and responsive as the time-traveling heroines in novels?

Feeling the low pressure emanating from Qiao Shinian, Mu Qingchen frowned. How did it become like this?

"You don't like it?" He became even more uncertain and asked, "I made the decision without your permission, and you are unhappy about it?"

Qiao Shinian quickly raised her head, her face a little red, her eyes slightly moist, and she asked herself again what to do in this situation.

How stupid! Why didn't she think of this outcome before setting out? She had no idea how to deal with it.

So, how about playing the emotional card first?

"No, it's just that I feel a little guilty for honoring the prince with such a great gift. I can't think of anything I can do for you, which makes me even sadder."

This was half true and half false. For a moment, Mu Qingchen just thought that Qiao Shinian was a man of noble character and could not stand such an unwarranted gift that seemed like a reward.

He frowned and reflected on what he had just said, wondering if there was any misunderstanding.

Seeing Mu Qingchen frowning, Qiao Shinian's palms were already wet, and she felt that she had messed up.

Finished!

She was about to say something to try to save the situation when she felt the ground shaking. Before she could react, the huge shaking made her run to the corner while holding Mu Qingchen with one hand and protecting her head with the other.

Mu Qingchen was dragged by Qiao Shinian to the corner. When passing by the window, he simply raised his hand to pick her up and jumped out in two or three steps.

As soon as they landed, Qiao Shinian was stunned for less than a second before he dragged him to the lower part of the next building.

"Where is the empty space without buildings? Where there are no houses."

The entire ground was shaking violently. Mu Qingchen listened to her words, looked at Qingyu who was about to protect him and said, "Qinglin Lake!"

The whole process took only a few minutes. Before the three of them arrived there, the shaking disappeared and the earthquake seemed to have stopped.

The loud noises behind her just now made her realize that a house must have collapsed.

This commercial street is mostly made of wood, and many of the shops look very old. Due to aging wood, it was not surprising that they closed down.

She panted and turned to look at Mu Qingchen: "Don't be careless, the earthquake may not be over, there may be aftershocks, we have to be careful."

After she finished speaking, she realized that she had been holding Mu Qingchen's hand, and she let go of it with some embarrassment: "Well, I can't spend your birthday with you. And you must not stay in the house. We don't know when there will be aftershocks. We need to wait two days to confirm that there are no aftershocks before entering the house. Try to live in a place that is not easily crushed these days, such as a thatched hut.

Okay, I have said everything I need to say. Now I am going back to the palace to find Wen Jiu and make sure he is safe."

"Wait, I'll send someone to the palace to inquire." Mu Qingchen held Qiao Shinian and said, "You stay with me for now. I'll send you back to the palace when I'm sure it's safe."

"No! I can't leave Wen Jiu alone in the palace. We agreed that if anything happens, we will be by each other's side at the first opportunity and never leave each other.

This is a natural disaster, and I'm not sure if Wen Jiu has the experience to deal with it, so I have to be by his side and spend it with him! I have to make sure the earthquake doesn't cause any harm to him!"

Qiao Shinian became anxious. She pushed Mu Qingchen away and ran towards the palace gate.