Chapter 93 (1/2)

t.i.tle: The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter: 093 out of 513 - Setting out on a journey (2)

After being busy for two days in Marquis Moyu's residence, Ji Man finally finished sorting everything out. Ji Man was taking Gancao and Dengxin along with her on the trip. She said to Muxu, ”You have a more important task. I wouldn't feel at ease if I a.s.sign it to someone else.”

Muxu has originally been feeling somewhat dissatisfied, but those feelings were dispelled after hearing these words. Nie Sangyu told her to monitor everything that was happening in the residence and write a letter to her every so often. Muxu also felt that this was a very important task. And so, she agreed with a solemn expression.

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At the pier, everyone had arrived one by one. The crown prince had brought along the crown princess. Third prince was supporting n.o.ble Consort Nie. There was also Nie Qingyun, Ning Mingjie, and Ning Errong. Everyone was standing to the side and waiting for the emperor to arrive, then the boats would depart.

Seeing the two boats parked at the ca.n.a.l's riverbank, Ji Man finally realized that the luxuriousness of people in ancient times was sometimes unbelievable.

Those two s.h.i.+ps were each three levels high with galvanized iron sheeting for the deck and had fierce dragon flags. The court ladies and eunuchs were respectfully standing on the decks in two rows. Various treasures had been carried onto the boats for the emperor to bestow on the people during the trip.

Ji Man couldn't help worrying about this group's safety during the journey. They had said they would be wearing simple clothing in order to go about incognito, but those dragon flags were madly unfurled and fluttering. What happened to keeping a low profile? Moreover, could there possibly be a third boat that was as extravagant as these two boats in the world? Really, these two boats couldn't even be described as ”a simple boat”, she could only describe it as ”a mountain-like object shaped like a boat”.

When the emperor slowly arrived, everyone kneeled to salute. The emperor said a long string of useless words about not needing to pay attention to etiquette during this trip. Ji Man silently ridiculed him; ”Take off your imperial dragon robes first if you actually mean those words!”

Following the established standards, the emperor, n.o.ble Consort Nie, third prince, crown prince and his wife would all be in the first boat together since they were directly part of the imperial family. Marquis Moyu managed the second boat. He led Ning Mingjie, Nie Qingyun, Ning Errong, and the other members of the imperial family onto the boat and into their respective rooms.

Ning Yuxuan allowed Ji Man to choose her own room, so she selected a room on the second level. It was high enough that she could have a good view of the scenery.

Ning Qingyun and Ning Mingjie were staying at the back of the s.h.i.+p together. Ning Errong was staying at the head of the s.h.i.+p. Her room wasn't far from Ji Man. As for the rest of the imperial family, there was no need to mention them.

As the boats left the harbor, the people on both sh.o.r.es shouted if their emperor was leaving to conquer the world instead of taking a leisurely vacation.

Ji Man leaned against the railing on the second level to look at the common people on both sides of the sh.o.r.e. She couldn't resist thinking; fortunately, there wouldn't be glaciers in the ca.n.a.l. Otherwise with these boats' level of luxuriousness, it might have the same ending as the t.i.tanic. At that time, on a piece of the deck, Ning Yuxuan would push her and shout, ”Rose” and she would turn around with a feeling of deep love and call out, ”Jack!”

Enough is enough. If the boat really sank, she would definably shove Ning Yuxuan off the boat first.

She shook her head and stopped indulging in flights of fancy. Ji Man decided that she would go back to her room and continue to work on the wedding dress. She had even brought the embroidery frame with her, just in case she was bored on this trip.