Because they got up so early, everyone had plenty of time. After finishing breakfast, they had some time to argue over the sauce, but Zhou Lijun couldn't wait. She had already taken a big box of bottles and got on the carriage early.
Seeing that they were not leaving, she couldn't help but urge them.
Only then did the three of them pack up the sauce, put it in a basket, and then mounted their horses and went out together.
It was just barely dawn, and the market had just opened not long ago, so there were few people on the street. As they rode, the three expressed disappointment, "It's too early. Can we even enter the palace?"
They didn't know if the palace gates were open, but the gates of the royal city were.
The gate guards glanced at them curiously, but at the Vermilion Bird Gate, there wasn't any detailed inspection. They usually just checked to make sure no unfamiliar persons or weapons were being brought in.
