Although it is Xiao Yiran's Yiran residence, since the day of breaking ground on February 26, Xiao Yiran has been to the outside once, and has been staying in the sun and moon boat on the Qinhuai River, like an outsider, Mr. Chu Tian has never sent anyone to disturb him.

Xiao Yiran is not good at this, and he can't ask for it if he can be idle. Hide in the still closed painting boat, read, write, either play the piano, or set up a drawing board on the deck to draw a picture of the scenery on the Qinhuai River. In the middle of March, after the beginning of summer, there are more tourists on the Qinhuai River. The small sampan squeaking and swaying in the middle of the river has also become the scenery in Xiao Yiran's painting.

During the period, in the rainy weather, Chutian came to the Sun and Moon Boat twice. However, I didn't come for the construction of Yiranju, just to listen to Xiao Yiran play the piano, or to talk to Xiao Yiran for two games. The chess skills of two people can be said to be half a catty, and it is almost impossible to tell who wins and who loses.

"Miss Yiran's chess skills must have been guided by a master, I wonder if I am lucky enough to meet this master?"

In the face of Chu Tian's request, Xiao Yiran was really embarrassed. It's good to have the guidance of a master, but that is a figure in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, how can he be introduced to Chutian?

"Don't hide it from Mr. Chu, the teacher has passed away a long time ago."

"Then Miss Yiran's teacher's high surname?"

"Old gentleman, the teacher is in Japan, but he is just an unknown person in the world, who wanders among the peddlers and pawns all day long, and sells vegetables for a living, even if he says it, the old gentleman must not have heard of it."

I have to make it up like this, otherwise it will be difficult to perfunctory the past. Sure enough, hearing Xiao Yiran say this, Chu Tian sighed:

"Alas, the world is full of living beings, I don't know how many hermits are buried in it, and my generation is ashamed of itself."

Every time Chu Tian came, Xiao Yiran never asked about the construction progress of Yiran Residence, but Chu Tian would take the initiative to report every time. What materials are used, where to buy them, and what price they are will be described in detail, and every time they come, they will bring Xiao Yiran an account book. Xiao Yiran only looked through it once, and saw that all of it was under construction in Yiranju, the number of materials purchased, the price, etc., since it had been handed over to Chutian, Xiao Yiran said:

"The old gentleman doesn't need to show Yiran this kind of thing, and he doesn't have to bring it again in the future"

"Hehe, you can allow the young lady not to look at it, but the old man can't help it."

When Yiranju was almost halfway through the construction process, Xiao Yiran remembered that he had never told Chu Tian how his remuneration should be calculated. Calculate your savings, after building Yiran Residence, there are only three or four out of ten left, and I don't know if it is enough to pay Chutian's remuneration. Cui Jian, who had the heart to ask the key to Yanwang's Mansion, always felt that it was not good to ask in person, so when he was waiting for Julian to come again in the painting boat, he asked Julian to ask for himself when he returned to the house.

One day at the end of May, Julian came to the Sun Moon Boat from the construction site, and without waiting for Xiao Yiran to speak, he only heard Julian say:

"Miss, my lord is back."

"What?"

"Lord Yan has returned home."

When Zhu Di left at the beginning, he once said that he would return in the spring and summer of this year. Counting the days, isn't it the height of summer?

"When did the prince come back?"

"Those who arrived after dark yesterday entered the palace early this morning. The prince asked the little one to tell Miss Sù, and if there was nothing else, the little one retired. ”

Xiao Yiran wanted to ask him to ask Chu Tian's remuneration for him, but when he saw that Zhu Di was back, he didn't speak again, looking at Julian's back as he gradually moved away, Xiao Yiran's heart began to mess up again.

"Why did you let the little guy sue me as soon as you came back, what does this mean?"

Sending jade pendants, writing plaques, saving himself in times of crisis, giving land deeds, practicing wine in the ten-mile long pavilion outside the city gate, New Year's rituals, recommending Chutian, the garden master, etc., etc., for a while, all the things that Zhu Di did to himself came to mind at the same time. Xiao Yiran sat in the living room in a daze, startled.

"How should I deal with my relationship with Zhu Di? If it is allowed to develop, sooner or later it will be difficult to get out. ”

When Xiao Yiran was in a daze in the painting boat, Zhu Di had already returned to the Yanwang Mansion from the palace. Because he came back last night, the car and horses were bumpy all the way, Zhu Di rested early, and entered the palace early in the morning for most of the day, and now he has time to find the key Cui Jian and ask about Yiranju.

"How's it going?"

"Back to the prince, Mr. Chu Tian eats and lives on the construction site, from February 26 to the start of construction in the three months, most of the project has been completed, according to Mr. Chu's words, if the sky is beautiful, less than two months, in mid-July can be completed."

"Do you have enough money?"

"Miss Xiao Yiran paid Mr. Chu 1,500 taels of silver at a time, and I haven't heard the old gentleman say that the money is insufficient."

"That's good. Has Chu Tian's remuneration been negotiated? ”

"At the beginning, Chu Tian said that he would wait for the blueprint to come out before talking about the remuneration. After the blueprint came out, the villain mentioned the matter again, and the old gentleman smiled and said that having the opportunity to build a project like Yiranju was something that they gardeners dreamed of, so they didn't need to be paid. It's just that he has a small request. ”

"What?"

"I hope that in the future, there will be a place for him, and he wants to retire in it."

"Oh? This should be discussed with Miss Yiran. ”

"The villain has also built it like this, and the old gentleman just said that he is not in a hurry."

"Is Yiranju really as good as Chu Tian said?"

"Listening to the old gentleman's meaning, it is Miss Xiao Yiran's idea that is good, and he just implements Miss Xiao's idea."

Zhu Di, who was already looking at Xiao Yiran who was only a teenager, heard the housekeeper say that the blueprint of Yiranju turned out to be Xiao Yiran's idea, so he couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart anymore.

"Do you still have blueprints?"

"Yes, the prince will stay away, and the villain will go and get it."

After a while, the housekeeper Cui Jian took the blueprint of Yiranju and unfolded it on the table in front of Zhu Di. Zhu Di stared at the blueprint, and this look was half an hour. I couldn't help but admire Xiao Yiran in my heart. Such an ingenious concept, such a rigorous layout, if there is no gap in the chest, it is impossible to think of it in any way. It is no wonder that even the famous garden master Chu Tian will devote himself to it regardless of remuneration.

"Is it really Xiao Yiran's idea?"

"That's what Mr. Chu said."

Although Zhu Di asked like this, it was just out of habit. In fact, he had long believed in his heart that it was from Xiao Yiran's hand. After all, the garden that Chu Tian participated in the construction, he had seen more than one or two places, and compared with Yiranju, it was obviously a bad move.

"Tomorrow, this king will come to the scene to see it in person."

After the housekeeper promised to leave, Zhu Di stared at the blueprint again.

"Is there really such a smart woman in the world, and only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl?"

Zhu Di muttered to himself, and then shook his head and nodded.

"If you were a boy, wouldn't you be your right-hand man in the future?"

Thinking of this, Xiao Yiran's beautiful and dusty posture and elegant eyebrows and eyes came to mind, and Zhu Di would inevitably compare Xiao Yiran with his princess, and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.

"Alas, why don't you know you early?"