Heaven-Sent Farm Girl Builds Her Fortune And Captures His Heart-Chapter 518 - 517: Harmful to Public Morals

Seeing Duan Yunfei and the others remain unfazed as if it’s nothing new, Shen Qinglan looked puzzled.

Once they were inside, she quietly asked, "Why did that soldier’s attitude change so much?"

"Because of this!" Xuan Ying waved the Passage Order in his hand with a cheeky grin.

"Passage Order?" Shen Qinglan frowned, "Aren’t they all the same?"

She had just looked, and the others’ Passage Orders seemed almost identical to theirs in shape and color, with no apparent differences.

"They’re not the same," Xuan Ying unfolded the Passage Order, pointing to a small line of text at the bottom left, "Du Mansion’s honored guest, see?"

"Oh!" Shen Qinglan suddenly understood, realizing why the soldier’s attitude was so strange.

Duan Yunfei laughed and said, "Let’s find a place to eat something first."

Xuan Ying shouted, "Young Master, I want to eat lotus leaf chicken!"

"Alright!" Duan Yunfei nodded, "I’ll take you all to eat."

He looked at Shen Qinglan and smiled, "Hungry?"

Shen Qinglan nodded as she walked, "A bit!"

"Want me to carry you?" he asked with raised eyebrows.

"Better not!" Le Zhao said, "Though you’re a guest at the Prime Minister’s Mansion, it wouldn’t be good to trouble Prime Minister Du to personally go to the prison and get someone out?"

"Huh?" Shen Qinglan was puzzled, "What does him carrying me have to do with prison?"

Xuan Ming chuckled and reminded, "Miss Shen might not know, in Nanfeng Country, men and women shouldn’t have too much intimate behavior in public, not even couples, because they feel it harms the societal morals."

Shen Qinglan: ...

This is simply paradise for single people, not having to watch others flaunt their affections, nor to endure public displays of affection!

Le Zhao chuckled lightly, "There’s nothing much in Nanfeng Country, except for having too many rules."

Shen Qinglan hesitated and said, "Getting imprisoned just for showing affection, isn’t that a bit too harsh?"

Le Zhao said, "Though one might be imprisoned, nobody gets punished; it’s just spending a day inside without food or drink, and the next day, you’re free again."

This is somewhat similar to detentions from past lives.

Perhaps due to the prohibition against commerce, the streets had few pedestrians, but there was a heap of carts pulled by horses laden with goods.

"The shop for lotus leaf chicken is just ahead!" Xuan Ying drooled, staring at the view ahead.

When they arrived, the place was already packed with guests.

The shop owner said apologetically, "Sorry dear guests, we’re out of lotus leaf chicken."

Xuan Ying was taken aback, "Out?"

"Yes!" the shop owner chuckled and said, "Young man, if you want to eat, you must come early tomorrow."

"Ah—"

Xuan Ying sighed in defeat, "I’ve been thinking about it for so long, and the moment we come, it’s gone!"

"Aren’t there other shops?" Le Zhao said, "We can go to another one."

"But..." Xuan Ying said with a forlorn face, "I want this shop’s!" 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"But it’s gone already!" Xuan Ming said, "Let’s eat something else and come again tomorrow."

"Alright then!"

Unable to eat what he wanted, Xuan Ying felt a bit down.

Le Zhao smiled and looked at the group, "You guys go ahead, I need to use the restroom first."

Shen Qinglan glanced at him, giving a knowing smile.

Once the group entered a tavern, Le Zhao returned to the lotus leaf chicken shop from before.

He looked at the crowd and said, "Who of you has lotus leaf chicken that hasn’t been eaten yet? I’m willing to pay a high price."

"How much?" someone asked.

Le Zhao glanced at the person, seeing two lumps wrapped in lotus leaves on his table.

He stepped forward and smiled, "One lotus leaf chicken is thirty wen; I can give you one liang of silver for the two."

"Really?" the person was delighted.

Le Zhao untied his pouch, took out a piece of broken silver from it, and laid it before the person, "Can I take the lotus leaf chicken now?"

"Of course, of course!" the person laughed heartily, "Take it all!"