Chapter 21: First Contact

She rubbed the teacup thoughtfully, this year is the twenty-seventh year of the Apocalypse, and there are not many women in King Jia's backyard, except for Mrs. Shen, the rest can be said to be real old people.

The number of people plus the number of times they have been bedded can be seen that Qin Zhiyan is not a person who is heavy on desire.

This may be good news for Yip.

She handed the tea she had made in her hand to Xian Jing and said, "Try it." ”

"Thank you for the reward."

Xian Jing first saluted meticulously, and then took the teacup from Ye Gantang's hand, took a sip, and gave an evaluation, "Slightly astringent and sweet, the flower flavor is getting stronger, and the side concubine is good at craftsmanship." ”

Ye Gantang smiled, raised his head to meet his quiet eyes, and asked curiously, "Where did you serve before?" ”

"Back to the side concubine, the slave maid was waiting in the study in the front yard before." Xian Jing bowed, his face calm.

Ye Gantang knew that this Xianjing should be King Jia's person, and he had nothing to do with the women in the backyard, but what happened to him still depended on him.

Ye Gantang took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "You are a careful and calm person, and the same is true for Shi Fu's girl, but she is a newcomer, so you can teach her and let her adapt to the rules of the palace as soon as possible." When she gets acquainted, in the future, you will be in charge of the yard, and she will be in charge of my house. ”

"No."

Time flies, and in a flash, it is evening dusk.

Qin Zhiyan went straight to Yutang Courtyard, and did not stay in the study to deal with affairs, those staff members also knew that today was the big day of the concubine, and when they saw the waiter reminding them of the time, they packed up their things and dispersed.

The palace usually eats at the time of unitary, but now it is the time of Shen, and it is not the point of meal.

When Qin Zhiyan went, Ye Gantang was grinding calligraphy and painting in the study.

There is a clever waiter, and when Qin Zhiyan entered the courtyard, he sang loudly: "The prince has arrived~"

Ye Gantang glanced at most of the content that had already been written, put down the brush in his hand, straightened his clothes, bypassed the screen, and walked outside, just in time to meet Qin Zhiyan, who had already entered the door.

"Lord Wang."

Ye Gantang was dragged up by Qin Zhiyan halfway through the salute, "No need to be polite." ”

He looked at Ye Gantang, who had changed into a carmine-colored full-breasted skirt after changing into a wedding dress, with a green silk hair simply coiled on the top of his head, without any hairpins, only a simple pink peony on the side.

The lips are red without dotting, delicate and pure.

The eye waves flowed, with a little desire to speak shyly.

It is the beauty that is completely different from the style that is gorgeous in the daytime.

Even Qin Zhiyan, who is used to seeing beauties in the palace, has to say that Ye Gantang's control of beauty has become superb, and she herself is the embodiment of beauty.

"What are you doing?" Qin Zhiyan retracted his gaze and followed Ye Gantang into the study, which was different from when he came in the morning.

There are more cushions and vases, and the table is not very regular with basic books.

Qin Zhiyan opened it casually and found that this was not a serious book, but a book.

After only turning two pages, Qin Zhiyan put down the two books and looked at the rice paper in the middle of the bookcase, which was meticulously pressed by the paperweight.

It's not a painting, but it's not just text either, there are pictures and words on it.

When Qin Zhiyan saw it, he raised his hand and was about to pick up the rice paper, but was grabbed by a hand that suddenly stretched out.

Ye Gantang, who grabbed him, winked at him and smiled, "Lord Wang, don't worry~ This is a gift from me, but I haven't finished writing it yet, I'll give it to you in the evening." ”

Qin Zhiyan withdrew his hand, glanced at the rice paper blocked by Ye Gantang again, and said calmly: "Okay, you write first, I'll wait for you in the tea room, and I'll write the meal." ”

The smile on the corner of Ye Gantang's mouth remained unchanged, but his heart was uncomfortable with being choked by Qin Zhiyan.

She only said that she would give the drawings to Qin Zhiyan in the evening, when did she say that she could eat after writing? If she can't finish writing at night, Qin Zhiyan really won't let her eat?

Thinking that Qin Zhiyan didn't go back and leave, for fear of disturbing her appearance of completing the drawings, Ye Gantang actually felt that this was really something that Qin Zhiyan did.

Is he doing this only to her, or is it to the women in his backyard?

Ye Gantang stared at the drawing paper, and there was a rare silence.

After a while, she picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and resigned herself to writing.

At three o'clock, Ye Gantang put down the pen, picked up the drawing and carefully checked it, and compared it with the drawing in memory to confirm that it was correct.

Putting down the drawings, Ye Gantang raised his hand and rubbed his somewhat sore wrist, and when he touched it, he accidentally touched a pair of gold wire enamel bracelets placed in front of the dresser by Qin Zhiyan, which she liked very much and wore on her wrist.

Looking at the gorgeous bracelets on his wrists, it was just a return gift for these jewels sent by Qin Zhiyan.

Thinking like this, Ye Gantang was also a little happier in his heart.

The steps out of the study were brisk.

She walked to the main hall, guarded Shi Fu at the door, and said, "Go and call for dinner." ”

Shi Fu whispered: "The prince has already called a quarter of an hour ago, and he is waiting for the master in the dining room." ”

Ye Gantang's footsteps turned and walked towards the side dining room.

Qin Zhiyan was indeed already waiting there, but the round table was not as full of food as she expected.

Qin Zhiyan was looking at it with a few letter-like things in his hand, and when he saw her coming in from the door, he handed the letter to the attendant who was guarding the side, and said, "Bushan." ”

The chamberlain went out with the letter, and when Ye Gantang sat down, an attendant rushed in, holding all kinds of delicacies in his hands, and placed them in front of the two of them one by one.

Nine meat and nine vegetables, delicacies from the mountains and seas, dazzling.

Ye Gantang looked at it, and there were several dishes that he couldn't name and couldn't recognize the ingredients.

However, although she hadn't seen it, she didn't show a childish anger on her face, and when Qin Zhiyan moved her chopsticks, she naturally stretched out her chopsticks and picked up those dishes that looked delicious.

The two of them had a quiet meal.

Qin Zhiyan found another difference between Ye Gantang and the women in the backyard, he didn't often eat with women, but he didn't eat with women, those women in the backyard always looked like they were going to die if they ate more than one bite of food.

I can't wait to count every grain of rice in my stomach, not even one more.

Qin Zhiyan never commented on the practices of these women, but he didn't agree with it, not to mention anything else, eating with them affected his appetite.

Ye Gantang didn't have this situation, she didn't eat much, but it was just compared with those women who needed to work, and compared with the amount of food eaten by the group of women in the backyard, Ye Gantang ate not less.

Ye Gantang could feel Qin Zhiyan's gaze, and she also knew why Qin Zhiyan was looking.

She actually ate more today than before, after all, these new things tasted really good.

Eating less and eating fine is the norm for noblewomen in the capital, but Ye Gantang has never been like this.

She didn't let Ye Suxin do this.

She eats a lot, but her body is also good, and she will move according to the old doctor's instructions every day, and over the years, her figure will get better, neither plump nor slender, and she is a normal and healthy beauty.

Qin Zhiyan is quite satisfied, at least he won't lose his appetite when he eats with Ye Gantang in the future.

Later, Qin Zhiyan was still eating, Ye Gantang pinched the time to slow down her eating speed, and when Qin Zhiyan put down her chopsticks, she also put down her chopsticks.

In the end, there are more meat and nine vegetables, even if Qin Zhiyan can't eat four bowls of one meal.

He looked at the leftovers on the table and said to Ye Gantang: "Today is the day you get started, I will make the kitchen more sumptuous, and I will follow the rules of the palace in the future." However, you have a small kitchen in your yard, and if you want to eat something, you can command the kitchen or make your own. ”

Knowing that he had a small kitchen, the smile on Ye Gantang's face became even brighter.

She stood up, looked at the somewhat dim scenery outside the window, and looked back at Qin Zhiyan, who also stood up.

"Lord Wang, I have eaten a little, can I accompany my concubine to go around the palace?"