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

"Sister, there are food on the boat, why are you selling so much?" Wen Jiu looked at Qiao Shinian putting down the large and small bags of snacks and asked, "We don't have money now, so we can't spend money on the boat. You don't know that the food on a boat like this will be very expensive. Besides, the wise king has already paid to rent the boat, we can't always eat his food, right?"

After Qiao Shinian finished speaking, he looked at the fruit plate on the table and said, "The most important point is that according to your habits, the food on the ship may be fruits and cakes."

Mu Qingchen looked at Qiao Shinian curiously and said, "It's time to row the boat."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Qiao Shinian leaned out to look at the four guards rowing the boat and a cold-faced guard who looked cool, and asked, "Is their monthly salary high? Is this guard who looks very powerful your personal guard, the kind you can trust with anything?"

"Yeah." Mu Qingchen was not in a good mood.

As they sat at the bow of the boat and watched the dancers dancing and the courtesan playing the pipa, Qiao Shinian held his face with his hands and looked very happy.

"Your Highness, why don't you look at it?" Qiao Shinian asked curiously.

Mu Qingchen looked at Qiao Shinian with a somewhat straight gaze and asked, "Is this beautiful?"

"Yes! Dance and song are expressions of emotions. They work so hard to perform for us, how can we turn a blind eye to it? You may be used to it, or think they are still lacking. But, when you listen to the pipa and watch the dance, they are all symbols of their efforts to live."

Qiao Shinian looked at the pink dancer's movements and said softly, "If you can't feel other people's emotions, if you are indifferent to the world, how can you expect yourself to be happy? You have automatically blocked out all the emotions released by the world to you. No one wants to live in the past forever. The road of life cannot go backwards, so I am forced to move forward all the time."

When the sound of the pipa stopped and the dancer stood aside, sweating profusely, waiting for Mu Qingchen's instructions, Qiao Shinian stood up and stuffed a pear into the two of them, "Thank you for your hard work!"

"Has she always been like this?" Mu Qingchen couldn't help but ask as he looked at Qiao Shinian lying on the bow of the boat.

Wen Jiu didn't say anything, but just lay down on the bow of the boat and looked at the river below.

"Sister, what are you looking at?"

"I'm checking the depth of the water. Wen Jiu, I just suddenly remembered that this situation is very dangerous." Qiao Shinian stood up and walked into the cabin. "Usually in this situation, there are either assassins or disputes, and then someone falls into the water. We are outnumbered, and if something happens, I can still pull you back to shore."

Mu Qingchen had a strange look on his face. He really felt that Qiao Shinian and Wen Jiu were a little weird.

"Still watching? Let them continue?"

"Wait a moment. The sun is so strong. Let them take a break and don't let them get a heat stroke." Qiao Shinian originally wanted to ask them to come in and sit for a while, but when he saw Mu Qingchen's expressionless face, he restrained his attitude.

"But if you feel bored, I can sing a nursery rhyme for you first." Qiao Shinian stuffed a candied haws into his mouth and said with emotion, "They are all sweet. Next time I go out, I must bring some fried potato chips or wolf-tooth potatoes."

Just when Qiao Shinian was singing the fourth song, the guard outside walked up to Mu Qingchen and whispered something.

Mu Qingchen nodded and looked at Qiao Shinian: "Miss Qiao, shall we go back?"

"Okay." Qiao Shinian nodded and answered without any hesitation.

"It sounds very nice." Mu Qingchen seemed to suddenly remember something and praised.

Wen Jiu quickly handed Qiao Shinian some water and asked in a low voice, "The virtuous king is treating us today. Do you want to go somewhere else to play? It's still early, and we can still play for a long time."

Qiao Shinian felt that it was a bit too much for them to take over the reins, so he looked up at Mu Qingchen, who nodded to indicate that it was okay.

"Can we go watch the acrobatics first, then go to the teahouse and finally the brothel?" Qiao Shinian thought for a moment, turned to look at Mu Qingchen, with a little more pleading in his eyes.

Mu Qingchen thought the previous parts were fine, but the last location made him turn to look at Qiao Shinian in surprise again.

"Miss Qiao, are you in need of clothes, jewelry or something like that? We can go look for some clothes and jewelry." Mu Qingchen tried to guide Qiao Shinian to where normal women go.

"You two boys can't go to a brothel. It will ruin your reputation. So going to a brothel is safe for your reputation." Qiao Shinian was a little embarrassed. "I don't care about clothes and jewelry. As long as I can wear them, it's fine."

Outside, the dancers were dancing and the courtesans were playing the pipa, and time suddenly became quiet.

"This dancer is amazing!" Qiao Shinian turned his head to look at the dancing girl and exclaimed, "She has very solid dancing skills."

"Your Highness the Wise King! What a coincidence! You are here to cruise the lake today as well." A loud male voice sounded outside the boat. Qiao Shinian and Wen Jiu were very familiar with this voice.

They didn't need to go out to know that it was Lan Sheng standing at the bow greeting them.

Hearing Lan Sheng's voice, Qiao Shinian remembered that Lan Sheng seemed to have not appeared in front of them for some time. This should be after the hunting was over.

"Here, the plot is coming. Wen Jiu and I should get closer." Qiao Shinian muttered, "I will teach you how to swim when we get home today."

Mu Qingchen sat still and said, "Continue."

The stopped sound of the pipa continued.

"Your Highness, why don't you go out and take a look?" Qiao Shinian asked.

"No, there are people I don't want to see." Mu Qingchen raised his head and looked at Qiao Shinian, "Why don't you go out and take a look? Maybe the prince will call you later."

Shut up you!

Qiao Shinian smiled and shook his head: "It hasn't been called yet."

"Who are the people on the boat outside?" Wen Jiu asked.

"People from the Mu family, and some people from other families." Mu Qingchen said.

When Qiao Shinian heard this, his eyes widened and he looked at Mu Qingchen curiously.

At this moment, Mu Qingchen felt a familiar gaze. He put down the teacup and saw Qiao Shinian's curious big eyes falling on him.

"Your Highness the Wise King, it is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone!" Lan Sheng's voice sounded again. It seemed that he would not give up until Mu Qingchen showed up.

Qiao Shinian suddenly remembered what everyone in Zhou Kingdom said about Mu Qingchen: a person with a very good temper.

Mu Qingchen sat firmly, without any intention of going out to take a look.

"Your Highness, we haven't seen you out of the house for a long time. Why don't you come and go boating with us?" A soft female voice sounded after the song ended, and that voice was filled with so much expectation.

Mu Qingchen sighed and said to the outside of the boat: "Qingyu, tell them that the king is going back."

"Yes, Your Highness."

After hearing a response from outside, an emotionless voice sounded: "Thank you all for inviting me. My prince is going back now. We will go boating together another day."

"Thirteenth Prince, why don't you come over and play for a while?" Lan Sheng's voice was full of teasing.

When Wen Jiu heard Lan Sheng calling him, he stood up unhappily and said, "Sister, remember to pick me up."