Upon reaching the boundary between the inner and the outer city, the soldiers guarding the gate immediately stopped the carriage. After Gu Chen showed his waist badge, they let them pass.
Even so, the soldiers still instructed, "Please make sure to leave the city before curfew."
Gu Chen nodded, signaling his understanding. Because his aunt and sister wanted to go shopping, they got off the carriage after entering the inner city, and Gu Chen accompanied the two as they began their stroll.
Seeing the bustling traffic in the inner city, the streets laid with green bricks, and the intersections extending in all directions, Xu Qinge exclaimed, "I thought the outer city was already quite nice, but compared to the inner city, it's as simple as the countryside.
Gu Qingyan and Maid Xiao Yu, standing beside her, kept nodding their heads, obviously in full agreement with this statement.