"Your Highness, we arrived in the city." The same head soldier speaks, Yi Hua blinks her eyes coming out of her trance as she watches the carriage moving from where she was to the main gate which was that large which caused her to look up until her neck hurts.
She felt a sense of relief once she walked through the palace entrance, but what surprised her the most was the city inside the gate where she found most of the novel men and few commoners walking around, no wonder the city looked even more enticing because of the lights.
"This many people…I was supposed to be here from the beginning." Yi Hua mumbles, Lu Yang Yang looks at her, "What?" He replies back, leaning closer and watching through the small partition as Yi Hua.
"I was supposed to appear here instead of that forest. Ah, it would have been so nice." Yi Hua continues, "Your Highness." The man calls out, Yi Hua clears her throat, "I am coming out." She says, changing her voice into an authoritative one and chuckles enjoying it.
"You sure are living your life for now." Lu Yang Yang snickers, teasing her. Yi Hua giggles as she walks out of the carriage, "Take me to the cloth shop." Yi Hua orders, raising her head up with elegance and sparing the head soldier a glance.
"Sure, Your Highness. This way." The head soldier bows his head low and gestures to her to lead the way ahead, she nods her head and does so while the rest follow her from behind.
She walks to the cloth shop and clears her throat, "Ah, Sir. What do you wish to buy? Is it for your wife or your lover? We have great material that just got shipped in today from-"
"Okay, okay. Stop. Just show me a nice dress." Yi Hua stops the salesman from continuing as she looks around, "Yeah, sir." The man awkwardly smiles and looks around.
"Ahem, show something very expensive and of good quality. Maybe silk?" Yi Hua says, growing excited at the thought of her wearing something very rick-like which was what she always wanted to wear if she wasn't poor.
"Sure, Sir." The man nods his head, the head soldier frown, "Your Highness-"
"Here you go, Sir." The man runs back to the front with two three set of dress, her eyes sparkle as she looks at those dresses, embroidered with so much patience and wonders. She couldn't help but touch the dress and she snickers feeling the smooth robe under her skin.
"I am taking this. Where is the dressing room?" Yi Hua asks, tilting her head and smiling happily. The salesman blinks his eyes, "Eh? Dressing what sir?" The man asks, confused and surprised.
"I want to change into this dress. So, where can I change?" Yi Hua asks, irritated by the salesman's bewildered face, "Ah, change? Sir but this is for- ahem, this way." The salesman stops and goes along as he finds the soldiers glaring at him.
Yi Hua grabs the dress and nods her head following the man, "This is the storage site. No one will come here so change comfortably." The salesman says, looking at Yi Hua up and down, wondering why a man fancied a woman's dress.
"Can you leave?" Yi Hua says, raising a brow at the man, the man clears his throat, flustered, getting caught staring. He turns around and walks out leaving her alone inside to change.
Yi Hua smiles and strips herself out of the layers of clothes she had borrowed from the man before, she then tenderly grabs the silk dress as she starts putting it on, grinning from ear to ear happily.
She grabs the hem of her frilled dress as she turns around, happily, she looks at herself and caresses her hair, she picks up the clothes from the floor, "I will wash and keep this clothes. I should return it back once I find him." She says, smiling.
She then walks out and finds Lu Yang Yang standing outside, "Can you stand or walk on the ground?" She asks, surprised. Lu Yang Yang chuckles and nods his head.
"Of course I can. I am not a soul, okay? Maybe they can too." Lu Yang Yang chuckles, thinking to himself, Yi Hua smiles and looks at herself, "How am I looking?" She asks, turning back and to her side, showing herself off to him.
"You look beautiful." Lu Yang Yang mumbles, giving her thumbs up, Yi Hua grins, "I am right? Remembering that beautiful lady from before I thought I was not beautiful." Yi Hua says, sulking while Lu Yang Yang frowns.
"Who?" He questions.
"I came across a lady and she was beautiful like a goddess. Wow, I got insecure for a while." Yi Hua giggles, caressing her clothes, just then her stomach growls, she cups her stomach and chuckles awkwardly, "It's time to go and eat."
Yi Hua runs off and Lu Yang Yang floats after her, everyone looks at her and gasps, the salesman was the one to gasp out loud, "You are a woman?! What in the hell-" He snaps, shocked.
The soldiers grit their teeth and raise their sword and point towards the salesman who crunches down, screaming in fear. Yi Hua widens her eyes, "How dare you disrespect Your Highness?!" The head soldier screams, Yi Hua gasps out loud.
The people around all scream and scoot away, gaping at the scene ahead in fear, the lively surrounding suddenly turns terrific.
Yah! Pull your swords away! Don't scare the man!" Yi Hua shouts, cupping her trembling heart and standing in front of the salesman, the salesman widens his eyes and sits on his knees and grabs Yi Hua's leg startling her.
"Yah! Don't grab onto my leg!" She says, pushing the man away, "Your Highness, I apologize. Please spare me." The man says, crying as he rubs his hand together, begging Yi Hua.
"It's fine. I ain't doing anything to you. Stand up." She says, grabbing the man by his shoulder and helping him up, everyone gasping out loud at the unusual behavior of the royal family.
Moreover, it was the first time they had witnessed someone from the Royal family help a commoner and touch them, even the noblemen don't show such courtesy.