Chapter 192 Hot Spring Manor

"Sure enough, Madam Li sent me an invitation today." Su Jinshi told Shen Shilang the whole story, as well as what they talked about in Li's house.

"I think there will inevitably be a time in the future when you need to deliberately spread the news." Su Jinshi said, "The inner house is a very effective way to spread news without appearing to be deliberate. Maybe it can even confuse the other party and make them think that he has all the information and knows it himself."

"You deal with the court officials in the front, and I will deal with the inner court in the back, and we will cooperate with each other." Su Jinshi said, "And combined with the information I sorted out before, the Li Mansion is a safe choice. So I chose the Li Mansion as my first target to make friends with."

Shen Shilang lowered his head and looked at Su Jinshi as she spoke. Her eyelashes trembled slightly. Listening to her words and looking at her, he felt indescribably warm in his heart.

He held Su Jinshi tightly in his arms, wanting to hold her even tighter.

I was afraid that if I let go, I would lose her.

"The Fifth Prince has just acquired a hot spring resort not far from the capital." Shen Shilang said, "It's not convenient for him to go there, so he told me I can go anytime if I like."

"I guess, although he told me, he actually wanted to give it to you." Shen Shilang said.

He is busy on weekdays and has no time to go to the farm to soak in the hot springs.

"Hot springs!" Su Jinshi listened and really looked forward to it. "When are you free?"

Although Shen Shilang had a day off these days, he still had to discuss matters related to the Crown Prince with the Fifth Prince.

"Tomorrow will be fine." Shen Shilang asked with a smile, "Do you want to go?"

"Go!" Su Jinshi nodded. Isn't this a top-notch private hot spring?

In modern times, there are more people going to hot springs, which is rather unhygienic.

A private hot spring like this one can be used at any time without having to worry about being with strangers or having any infectious diseases.

Shen Shilang put his arm around Su Jinshi's waist and smiled, "Then let's set off tomorrow morning. We can stay there for two days."

Su Jinshi thought, this is exactly the life that many people dream of.

Living in a place without pollution and with fresh air, the house is big and beautiful.

Take some time every day to work and write.

Then I would stroll around the garden, admire the flowers and plants, and go out to socialize.

Nothing to do with hot springs.

What a healthy and nourishing way!

On the second day, Su Jinshi took Shuangyun and Shen Shilang to go to the hot springs.

The hot spring villa is built halfway up the mountain. The mountain road leading to the villa is relatively flat and you can take a horse carriage all the way up.

The mountains are quiet and secluded because they are part of the royal estate and the common people avoid them.

Along the way, apart from the sound of the wheels rolling, the only sounds were the chirping of insects and birds in the mountains.

Ever since he got to the top of the mountain, Su Jinshi lifted the curtain to look at the scenery along the road.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the villa, and the villa's housekeeper hurried out to greet them.

There were only a housekeeper and cleaning servants in the village.

Hearing that Shen Shilang and Su Jinshi were coming, she cleaned their courtyard early.

"My lord, my lady." The butler bowed to the two of them, "The yard has been cleaned up for you two."

He then hurriedly took the two of them to the yard where they were.

The two people's yards are next to each other.

But the villa is already large, and the housekeeper arranged two of the best courtyards for it.

The yard is big, so even if the two people are sitting next to each other, they are still quite far apart.

"Miss, this place is on the mountainside, so you can hunt a lot of game." Shuangyun said, "Just now the housekeeper sent someone to ask if you want to eat the pheasant that was just hunted this morning?"

"Okay, okay." Su Jinshi asked curiously, "What are you going to do with the kitchen?"

"The housekeeper didn't say, young lady, what do you want to eat? I'll go and tell her." Shuangyun and Su Jinshi have now developed a lot of tacit understanding.

"Can it be roasted?" Su Jinshi was a little craving for roast chicken. Modern ones are mostly roasted in an oven, which always lacks flavor.

"It's the kind that's grilled over firewood and charcoal." Su Jinshi said, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He had already imagined the scene of the chicken fat being roasted and dripping into the firewood, making crackling sounds.

"I'll go tell the housekeeper." Shuangyun left with a smile.

Not long after, Shuangyun came back and said, "The housekeeper said that he also sent someone to the market to buy a sheep. Do you want to roast it and eat it together?"

"Okay, okay!" Su Jinshi nodded repeatedly.

After a while, the housekeeper came by himself to save Shuangyun from asking questions all the time.

"Miss, do you want to roast the chicken and sheep in the kitchen and send them to you, or find an open space, build a fire, and eat while roasting?" asked the housekeeper.

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Su Jinshi thought that this housekeeper was really smart. He guessed which one she liked just by listening to Shuangyun's retelling of her words.

Su Jinshi said expectantly, "Let's roast it outside and eat it while roasting. It's cold, and we can also roast it by the fire to keep warm."

"Yes." The housekeeper continued, "Since you and the girl will stay here for two days, I ordered someone to buy two sheep and some vegetables."

"Would you like to eat hotpot tomorrow?" the housekeeper asked earnestly, bending his waist. "I see that you like wild things. I dare to guess that you like to eat hotpot?"

"We also lit a fire outside, put a big iron pot on top, and cooked meat while roasting the fire."

"That's a good idea!" Su Jinshi nodded, "Let's do it."

"Yes." The butler left happily.

He ordered people to collect firewood and charcoal in the garden and start a fire, and then called Shen Shilang and Su Jinshi over.

Although the barbecue was being held outdoors, the housekeeper ordered people to place low tables and stools around the firewood.

After the chicken was roasted, the servants took it down, cut it into pieces aside, and then put it on the plates of Shen Shilang and Su Jinshi.

Su Jinshi sighed, she was almost corrupted by this place.

From being uncomfortable at first to now calmly accepting being served by others.

With this kind of treatment, if it were in modern times, there would have to be a high-end restaurant that specializes in this kind of return to nature, with waiters providing meticulous service and some precious ingredients, and the average price per person would be one or two thousand! Su Jinshi thought again, wouldn’t the pheasant nowadays be a precious ingredient in modern times? Purely wild, it’s different from the specially raised pheasants.

With the fire warming me, I don’t feel cold at all.

The freshly roasted chicken and lamb were cooled down by the cold wind and were not hot at all.

After they finished their meal and rested, the hot spring bath was ready.

Su Jinshi and Shen Shilang naturally had to be soaked separately.

There is a rockery nearly two people tall in the middle of the outdoor soup.

Su Jinshi and Shen Shilang were on each side, unable to see each other but able to hear each other's voices.

However, there were servants from the farm nearby, so Su Jinshi didn't dare to talk to Shen Shilang about anything too outrageous.

Because he had eaten too much meat at noon, Su Jinshi had no appetite at night and only ordered vegetables and some refreshing side dishes.