Chapter XXXVIII
Ye Sultan just nodded, and did not answer Zhou Minghui's words, but walked up the stairs of the corridor, "Sister, I want to look around, can you wait for me in the pavilion?" ”
The view in the verandah was very limited, and she could not fully see the layout of the courtyard, and besides, she needed to know every corner of the courtyard carefully and memorize it, and she would go back to draw the design drawings. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhou Minghui readily agreed.
Ye Sultan stepped on the cobblestone path, walked to the left from the courtyard gate, and then went around to the right, carefully looked at every place, where there were bends, where there were gaps, she wrote them down, and designed a general appearance in her mind.
But that's not enough, you have to rely on detailed numbers to produce the map. The row spacing of each flower planting is exquisite, how wide and long the yard is, where it is indented and where it is prominent, these must have accurate numbers to produce renderings.
He borrowed paper and pen and ink from Zhou Minghui, and spent more than an hour to write down the construction area of the yard in detail.
"Is it finally alright? Look at you this busy afternoon, come and sit down with a cup of tea to moisten your throat, and eat some snacks to cushion your stomach. Seeing Ye Sultan holding a pen and paper in his hand and walking towards the pavilion, Zhou Minghui got up to greet him, with a smile on his face, and his tone was both affectionate and concerned.
After speaking, he instructed the red bean behind him, "Go, make a basin of water for Ye Cairen to clean his face and hands." ”
Ye Sultan walked to the steps of the gazebo, paused, put down the pen and paper, and began to pat the clothes on his body. After tossing for almost two hours, she was covered in mud and dust, so she cleaned up before sitting with Zhou Minghui.
After standing at the entrance of the gazebo for a while, Hongdou came with water, so she went up the ladder of the gazebo, twisted a towel to wipe her face, washed her hands, and then walked to Zhou Minghui and sat down.
Zhou Minghui really likes Ye Sultan more and more he likes it. Capable, polite, sensible.
This afternoon, Ye Sultan was busy with work, and she looked at her while drinking tea in the gazebo.
Listening to the situation heard by Hongdou, although Ye Sultan is the daughter of a six-grade official, she is a young lady of the official family, the lady in the family is beautiful, and there are people who serve her when she is young, and she does not need to worry about family affairs, she only needs to learn poetry, qin, calligraphy and painting, and she really learns a good piano, a good hand in painting, and poetry and calligraphy are also good, because of this, she was forcibly recruited into the inner palace by the emperor, and later because someone did something from it, she has never had the opportunity to let the emperor meet, and now it is suppressed to this 'cold palace'.
In the past, she had never paid attention to her, firstly, because she had never known that there was such a person, as if she had been deliberately hidden, and secondly, even if she knew later, she also understood that there was no one behind her, and it was not easy to turn over, coupled with her timid temperament, it really made her lose her appetite when she saw it, even if she had a stunning face, it was useless to be able to play the piano and paint.
But now, look at the person in front of you. Where are the cowardices? can be calm and calm at any time, behave appropriately, and when she quarrels with Xiao Jingmei, you can still see her overflowing domineering and coercion. Xiao Jingmei's jumping appearance compared to her, it is simply a world of difference.
Look at her behavior this afternoon, measuring and writing records, squatting in and out of this muddy field, groping around, sometimes bowing her head and thinking about it. Although her movements are not neat and skillful, she is also orderly, and even a layman like her can see how professional Ye Sultan is.
It turns out that no one has ever known that she can carry a yard of good flowers!
The most important thing is that all her movements and demeanor are not pretentious at all, and she is not afraid of hard work or dirty.
It's completely different from before!!
Was it really because of that flooding that she changed her personality?
Or, in the past, she has always been forbearing, waiting for an opportunity. After almost being killed, decided to take action and didn't want to be bullied again?
If it is really the latter, then there will be a big change in the backyard of this deep palace, and this 'cold palace' may fly out of the phoenix. Even if it's not a phoenix, it's a canary!
And what should she Zhou Minghui do?
She should carefully protect her, not let her be stifled on the road to achievement, and help her if necessary, when she achieves, Ye Sultan will definitely be grateful to her, then she will be able to get what she wants.
But now, she can't startle the snake yet, she has to think carefully, and she can't let Ye Sultan see what she is thinking. Just under the pretext of letting her take care of the yard, slowly approached her.
Ye Sultan drank two cups of tea happily to quench his thirst for the afternoon.
"Sister, your tea is good, whether you taste it carefully or swallow it in a big gulp, you can drink it sweetly." Ye Sultan was in a good mood. This afternoon is the end of the busy season, she also finished it with hard support, this body is too weak, although there is no pain, but it is also easy to get tired, even after more than a month of exercise, it is still a little unbearable. I'll be able to sleep with my pillow tonight.
"My sister has worked hard, look at this sweaty body, how can I drink two cups of this, red beans, go and bring the prepared chilled watermelon." Zhou Minghui smiled as she spoke, reminding Ye Sultan to wipe his sweat.
As soon as Ye Sultan heard the words 'chilled watermelon', two rays of light shot out of his eyes, and his throat kept swallowing. He also pouted and looked at Zhou Minghui, with a look of envy and jealousy, "My sister's life is good, and I can still have chilled watermelon to eat." ”
Chilled watermelon is a good thing, especially for her who has been busy all afternoon on such a hot day, and it is heaven to be able to eat a piece of chilled watermelon.
"Isn't this specially prepared to comfort my sister?" Zhou Minghui saw Ye Sultan's reckless appearance, and it was rare for him to wink mischievously at Ye Sultan and discharge.
Sultan Ye also blinked, there is such a lovely woman in this ancient deep palace?
Just as he was thinking, Red Bean came in with a large plate of cut watermelon. Suddenly, Ye Sultan's eyes lit up again, and then he looked at Zhou Minghui eagerly, and after getting the approval, she got up and took a piece and put it in her mouth without waiting for the red bean to put down the tray.
The cold melon pulp flowed through her throat and swallowed into her stomach, and suddenly the pores of the whole person opened, extremely comfortable, Ye Sultan squinted, with a satisfied look, at this moment she felt in one word: cool!
Zhou Minghui watched Ye Sultan eating there with a smile on his face, enjoying the chilled watermelon in his hand with a happy face. Looking at it, she suddenly wanted to eat it too. Usually she doesn't like to eat this cold thing very much, it's not good for the stomach. Usually it is given to the next person to eat.
"If my sister likes to eat, you can bring some back, and I'll ask you to prepare some ice for the red beans to bring back with you."
Ye Sultan swallowed the watermelon in his mouth and blinked again.
Wouldn't it be too obvious to show favor like this?
Zhou Minghui also felt that she had behaved a little too much, and hurriedly remedied it quietly, "Sister can't eat cold, if you don't bring it back, you will also reward them with red beans." ”
"Oh," Ye Sultan nodded knowingly, "Then I'll take a few pieces back, thank my sister, and thank you for the red beans." She brought some back and gave Kapok a taste.
Hongdou was embarrassed by her thanks again.
Ye Sultan ate watermelon, chatted with Zhou Minghui for a while, and then left. It's getting dark, too.