Chapter 37: Li San Enters Chang’an
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Tn: Sorry for just getting back to translating this novel. I was busy for the past four days catching up on my thesis deadline.
“Li San, are you coming into the city with me, or are you going to pay your respects to Consort Zhen first?” Qin Mu asked, his eyes still heavy with sleep. The long journey had been monotonous, and he had spent most of his days dozing.
Li San replied, “Before I left, His Highness mentioned that he had sent a letter to Her Ladyship. Someone will be waiting for me at the dock, so I won’t trouble you, Master Qin.”
Qin Mu chuckled, “That’s fine. You’re unfamiliar with Chang’an, so having someone to meet you will save you from getting lost. If you were to go missing, I wouldn’t know how His Highness would reprimand me.”
Li San smiled in agreement. After spending fifteen days together on the ship, Qin Mu had been quite courteous to him. Li San knew this courtesy was directed more at Prince Qi and Consort Zhen than at him personally.
According to Qin Mu, the Qin family had shops in Chang’an as well. Though Qingzhou was thousands of miles away, Prince Qi couldn’t oversee everything, so sometimes the Qin family had to invoke Consort Zhen’s name for protection.
As they were talking, a young maid in a pink palace dress approached them and asked, “Is this the merchant ship from the Qin family of Qingzhou?”
“Yes, it is,” Qin Mu replied respectfully. The maid’s attire clearly indicated she was from the palace, so he didn’t dare be careless.
The maid glanced at Qin Mu and then at Li San, who was dressed as a servant. After Consort Zhen received Prince Qi’s letter, she had instructed the maid to wait at the dock every day. When she saw a ship bearing the Qin family’s flag docking, she immediately came over to inquire.
“Are you Li San?” the maid asked, now certain it was the Qin family’s ship.
Li San bowed and said, “Yes, that’s me.”