The Vivacious Princess, Part IV

Hou Jingshu wandered the streets and looked at the small buildings, so different from what she was used to. The architecture was unlike anything she had seen before. They did not have the majesty of buildings found in the capital. Her brothers would have called this place dull and small, but she found the quaint buildings charming. She would have said they were rustic. The only building that held anything resembling the aesthetic of the capital was the auction house.

Perhaps it was because they were surrounded by forest, but there were a lot of trees spaced throughout the city, making her wonder if they were placed half-hazardly like this on purpose. There were trees inside the capital, too, of course. However, all of them lined the streets and parks and were evenly placed at exact intervals to be symmetrically pleasing to the eye. This was comparatively chaotic.

“Ha ha ha! Look at this pathetic creature!”

“Come on! Cry some more!”