Chapter 66 Stronger than Thirst Stronger than Thirst...
There are few people in the front hall and the breeze is cool.
Sophora flowers fall on the stone steps, filling the yard with fragrance.
The doorman, Old Man Zhang, felt as if the falling locust flowers had hit him hard on the heart.
It doesn't hurt, but it's kind of scary.
Seeing the old man's embarrassment, Ye Jindian took the initiative and said, "I've been here before, and I still remember how to get to his office. If you need to go, I can walk there myself. The office is in the front yard, and there are palace soldiers guarding the way. I won't wander around, so I'm sure nothing will happen."
Old man Zhang wanted to stop him.
But the last time the other party came, he was not on such high alert.
If it is too abnormal, it will easily arouse suspicion.
He could only call a lively and eye-catching palace soldier to lead the way for her, while he himself retreated carefully, turned to the corridor behind the front hall, and ran back hurriedly with his clothes lifted up.
Oh my god.
If the Prime Minister doesn't come, I might be alone again in the future.
In order to protect the love of their prime minister, the old man ran with the style of a thirty-year-old in his sixty-year-old body and ran headfirst into the broad bosom of their prime minister.
The broad-minded prime minister was frightened by his fierceness.
"Uncle Zhang," he said, supporting the old man, "don't worry, my wife, please wait for me in the front hall. I'll change my clothes first so she doesn't get irritated."
Old Man Zhang grabbed his arm and waved his hands repeatedly: "It's too late."
Zhang Min: “???”
How could it be too late?
Given his wife's personality, she would never do something rude like barging in unless someone was being rude.
Even so, he still glanced outside with a guilty conscience.
There was no one at the gate.
He breathed a sigh of relief without leaving a trace.
"Mrs. Ye..." Old Man Zhang took a breath and said something that shocked him. "She has gone to the clerk's office to look for you in person."
Zhang Min: “!!”
Luo Ying, who was following closely behind them, was sweating profusely for their Prime Minister.
Xie Zhaoming raised his eyes from the sea of books and asked, "Do you want me to stop them for you?"
"No need." Zhang Min refused. "My wife is much smarter than you think. Your frequent appearances around me will only make her more suspicious."
What's more, she has become suspicious.
He quickly went inside to change his clothes, and casually told the three of them to hide somewhere else and watch.
Li Wuji, holding the book "My Husband is a Killing Demon without Blinking an Eye," leaned against the pillar beside the screen and said to the people in the inner room, "You're only halfway through this act of catching the thief. Don't you want to continue?"
While buttoning his round collar, Zhang Min replied, "Luoying, stay here. You go and keep an eye on the people leaving the martial arts arena. We don't have to catch them red-handed, as long as we can identify those with hidden agendas. Remember not to alert the enemy. I'll come back to discuss this with you later."
After buttoning his shirt, he grabbed his belt and climbed over the wall.
Li Wuji happily threw the book into Luoying's arms and ran towards the martial arts field at lightning speed.
The other side of the inner wall.
The palace soldiers were caught off guard and almost made a hole in their prime minister's life.
Zhang Min ducked, swiveled his shoulders, and met the spear, then spun along the pole like a fish, avoiding the piercing blow. He lifted his long legs, gathered the red-tasseled spear together, and stepped on it. He said, "It's me," and quickly moved away, scrambling to climb over the second inner courtyard wall.
“…”
They finally understood where Wu Hou had learned this bad habit of climbing over the wall instead of going through the door.
After climbing over the sixth inner wall, Zhang Min could already hear Ye Jindian's footsteps on the gravel road.
as well as--
A certain palace soldier said with full of energy and jokingly: "Brother Bai Shi is quite favored by the Prime Minister. He is very busy with official duties, otherwise he would definitely go out to greet my sister-in-law in person."
Zhang Min supported himself on the wall with his hands, and before landing, he made eye contact with the palace soldiers walking outside the corridor.
The palace guards were stunned.
Why hasn’t the Prime Minister entered the yard yet?
They only need two more steps to reach the gate of the courtyard!!
He sucked in a breath of cold air, and almost chewed his tongue as he uttered the last three words "sister-in-law".
Ye Jindian turned around and glanced at him.
As soon as the palace soldier withdrew his gaze, he met a pair of clear and calm eyes.
His heart skipped a beat.
A sudden uneasiness rose in my chest, as if I had been seen through.
He avoided the sight out of guilt, but caught a glimpse of their prime minister's shadow just falling in the courtyard.
The pupils trembled disobediently.
Ye Jindian turned around warily and looked behind her.
The red silk hanging quietly behind the head drags the pearls at the end of the headband, drawing a half arc with a residual shadow.
"Sister-in-law!" The palace soldier pounced like a tiger and blocked the way.
He originally thought that, adhering to the secular principle that men and women should not touch each other, the other party would definitely step back.
Unexpectedly, Ye Jindian bent down, slipped through his arms along the corner of the wall, and stood in front of the moon gate.
Palace soldiers: “!!”
It’s over.
Now we're going to be caught red-handed by the other party.
He slapped the wall, turned around and stood behind her, not caring to steady himself, and tiptoed to look inside -
I saw their prime minister with his hands on the windowsill, looking tired as if he had been working at his desk for a long time and was pushing the window to get some fresh air.
Zhang Min leaned on the windowsill and quietly moved his feet to steady his staggering body. With a little surprise on his face, he looked at the two people outside the yard.
His eyes fixed on Ye Jindian, he happily called out "Wife", and hurried out. While the wall was blocking his figure, he brushed off the wall dust and grass leaves that had rubbed against his clothes.
Rub your frightened face at the same time.
Seeing that their prime minister had safely passed this test, the palace guards breathed a sigh of relief and supported themselves on the corridor pillars with their weak legs.
It's so scary.
He patted his chest silently.
Ye Jindian turned to look at him with a gentle smile on her face: "My husband seems a little nervous, I wonder why?" She glanced at Zhang Min who hurried out, then stared at him, "My husband has always been kind and gentle, he wouldn't bully you."
"hehe……"
The palace soldier grinned foolishly and scratched his head.
He couldn't say this against his conscience.
"My lady." Zhang Min saw that the atmosphere was not right and was afraid that his men would reveal their true intentions, so he hurried to save the situation. "Why didn't you tell me in advance that you were coming? If I had known you were coming, I would have gone out to pick you up."
Ye Jindian slowly withdrew her gaze and looked at her husband.
The guard made up an excuse: "I just saw a snake slithering along the corner of the wall. Luckily it didn't bite my sister-in-law. I quickly looked for it, looked for it..."
He lowered his head to look at the corner and left with a "thump thump".
Zhang Min: “…”
Others are here, why should you feel guilty?
Ye Jindian followed his gaze and turned her head, wanting to look back.
Zhang Min quickly stopped her, "The sun is slanting into the corridor, and the residual heat is still hot. My lady, why don't you come with me inside to cool down?"
Ye Jindian turned her head sideways and then turned back.
Zhang Min coughed lightly and stretched out his arm: "Madam, please move?"
Ye Jindian said "hmm", but did not reach out to hold his arm, and went straight in.
Zhang Min pursed his lips, feeling uneasy.
He turned around and followed, feeling a little irritated.
Ye Jindian stepped over the small bridge, looked at the flowing water under the bridge reflecting the shimmering light, and casually touched the leaves that stretched out from the thin bamboo.
She said casually, "Although this yard is small, it is secluded and cool enough. It's a good place to go in the summer."
Zhang Min stopped as well.
Ye Jindian turned around and saw beads of sweat on his forehead. She lowered her head and took out a handkerchief from her bag: "What did my husband do just now? Why are you so anxious and sweating?"
As soon as he finished speaking, sweat broke out on Zhang Min's spine.
"Nothing." He felt the cloth falling softly on his forehead and then sliding gently towards his neck. He couldn't help but swallow his saliva. "Just moving some paperwork."
He reached out and grabbed Ye Jindian's hand, his neck flushed: "Madam, this is the Prime Minister's residence..."
Although this place is remote enough, it's not that no one comes here.
"I'm just wiping my sweat," Ye Jindian said nonchalantly, "We're a proper couple, not having an affair here. Why are you so nervous?"
Zhang Min was shocked by the words "affair and wild sex"; his eyes were unfocused and his pupils were trembling.
"What's wrong?" Ye Jindian stood on a high place, leaning over to look at him, and said with a smile, "Could it be that you are not my husband Zhang Baishi, but an imposter?"
Zhang Min blurted out: "Who dares to pretend!"
Do you want to die?
Ye Jindian: “…”
Her husband is still so jealous and has such a loud voice.
Zhang Min realized that his voice was too loud, and quickly made up for it by clamping his throat: "My wife, I'm not mean to you, I just, just..."
He couldn't come up with a reasonable reason, so he could only look at her pitifully with a pair of innocent eyes.
"I really didn't mean to be mean to you..."
Ye Jindian ignored him and looked down at his hand holding her sleeve.
Perhaps he had really put a lot of effort into moving the documents, and his fingers pressing against the side of her hand felt a little hot.
Her eyelashes twitched and she hooked her little finger up.
When my fingertips touched the fair and delicate skin, I couldn't help but squeeze it and rub it gently.
Zhang Min was stunned, and the redness on his neck quickly spread to his earlobes.
"Madam?" He moved his fingertips slightly, wanting to retract his hand.
Ye Jindian tightened her grip, raised her eyes to look at him, her clear peach blossom eyes were full of rejection.
Zhang Min's throat slid rapidly.
He said, "Madam, at least we are in the house..."
The veins on the back of the hand are clearly visible, like the abrupt rise and fall of mountains. Even the distinct joints covered with a thin layer of white skin have two thin veins hidden, like dragons and snakes that can break through the skin at any time.
There's a subtle sense of danger and aggression.
This is in stark contrast to the pitiful look on his face now, with redness at the corners of his eyes.
Ye Jindian said "hmm" and let go of her hand.
The warmth in his hand faded away, and Zhang Min subconsciously tried to keep him.
Ye Jindian's fingers were tightly grasped. She looked back at him in confusion and met a pair of uneasy black eyes.
Zhang Min frowned unconsciously: "If we just hold hands like this, we can hold hands no matter where we are."
A gray shadow rose in his eyes, suddenly flashing under his eyebrows and eyelashes that were as thick as dark clouds, and disappeared in a moment.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Jindian saw only her reflection in the black eyes.
The shadow I just saw seemed to be just an illusion.
A cool summer breeze blows.
She tilted her head and sneezed, but instead of loosening her hand with his, she tightened it.
Zhang Min leaned over to block the cool breeze. "Are you cold?"
"I'm not cold, it's just that the orchid scent on you is too strong." Ye Jindian raised her hand to rub her nose and looked up at him. "Don't you usually use a light apricot scent? When did you switch to such a strong orchid scent?"
Zhang Min couldn't tell the truth.
He bent down and smelled the incense on his clothes: "Is the smell strong?"
In order to allow the scent of pepper and angelica to successfully cover up the smell on his body, he deliberately chose a light orchid scent that could blend in with the pepper and angelica.
The smell...is not strong.
He looked up suspiciously.
Ye Jindian only uttered one word: "Thick."
Zhang Min held her hand tightly, but moved away a little: "Since my wife doesn't like this smell, I will only use apricot fragrance from now on."
Ye Jindian responded with an "yes" and followed him to the clerk's office.
"It's not appropriate for outsiders to enter the Prime Minister's office, is it?" She paused at the door and looked at the pavilion hidden by the bamboo forest. "Why don't we go sit over there for a while?"
Zhang Min didn't care where he went.
He was only worried about—
"Is my lady cold?"
Ye Jindian shook her head, then nodded.
Zhang Min turned and went to the clerk's room: "I'll find you something thinner to wear."
"No need." Ye Jindian pulled him towards the pavilion pillar behind the bamboo forest, held him in her arms, and rested her head on his shoulder. "I'm going to talk to the Right Prime Minister about the official business of the Military Equipment Bureau in a while. I heard that he is busy and can't spare the time for the time being, so I came to find you first. I can't stay long anyway, so don't be busy. I just want to hold you quietly for a while."
Zhang Min looked down at her.
The shadows of the light green bamboo branches above her head overlapped, and faint light leaked through the branches and leaves like stars, falling on her pale cheeks, revealing a thin layer of watery gold.
His throat was rolling and he felt inexplicably thirsty.
But what is even more intense than the thirst is the heart that suddenly collapses for her.
Even though he knew she was only there to test him, he couldn't help but feel a surge of joy at these words, and he rushed towards her again.
He opened his hands helplessly and slowly took her into his arms.
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