However, since everything here is made of wood, Su Wanyan wondered if it would be durable.
I'll talk to Master Niu about this later.
Yu Nanqing was completely stunned when a gentle breeze brushed against her face.
It wasn't the stuffy smell of the room, nor the smell of water after washing; it was the fresh, lingering scent of autumn wind carrying the fragrance of trees.
It is the scent of life that comes from the sunlight shining on the land.
Yu Nanqing slowly raised her eyes. The sky was clear today, with white clouds floating by. It wasn't the kind of blue sky that would make your heart flutter, but it was so clear that it seemed to be able to soothe the wounds in Yu Nanqing's heart.
He had originally given up on life, but now he felt that living could be so wonderful.
"How is it?" Su Wanyan bent down from behind to look at his face, her white teeth showing unrestrainedly: "Do you feel like you've come back to life?"
Yu Nanqing closed his slightly parted thin lips, looked at the pretty girl in front of him, and said nothing.
Su Wanyan didn't mind and pushed him out of the main courtyard.
When I first entered the main courtyard, it was overgrown with weeds and overgrown with weeds. Now, after being tended to, the front yard is quite spacious, with a small bridge over a stream and a pleasant pavilion.
There was a small vegetable garden in one corner of the front yard, which Su Wanyan and Su Chien tended together. Su Wanyan would take a look every time she passed by, and pull out any weeds she found.
The autumn weather is cool, which is not a good time for sowing. After so many days, the vegetable seeds have only sprouted a few small buds.
Seeing Yu Nanqing's gaze fall on the small vegetable garden, Su Wanyan smiled and said, "When I have some free time in a few days, I'll build a fence to enclose the vegetable garden and let a few chickens in. Then we can cook whatever we want in the small kitchen in the yard. What do you think?"
There are differences between ancient and modern vegetable varieties. Su Wanyan suddenly remembered that modern farmers would build a warm shed when planting vegetables in winter.
She'll give it a try later.
Yu Nanqing suppressed her feelings and pursed her lips, giving a soft "Mmm".
Su Wanyan continued to push him forward. The main courtyard alone was divided into three parts, not to mention the entire palace. Su Wanyan hadn't seen the whole thing even after being here for so long.
The only route I knew best was to the Prince's Palace kitchen.
Taking this opportunity, Su Wanyan could take a stroll around the mansion.
However, she overestimated herself a bit. The Prince's mansion was very large, extremely large.
There is the Xiexiang Pavilion, which is used to appreciate lotus flowers in summer. The lotus pond under the Xiexiang Pavilion looks like it's at the edge of the sky. The long corridor leading to the pavilion, to exaggerate a bit, is like a road to heaven.
There is also a red bamboo forest for enjoying the snow in winter, with red pavilions and secluded paths and courtyards.
Because the courtyard looked somewhat dilapidated from outside the gate, Su Wanyan did not push Yu Nanqing inside.
Besides these, there is the peach blossom garden in spring, the ginkgo courtyard in autumn, and many other buildings in the mansion, such as the library, which has three floors and, according to Yu Nanqing, stores books inside.
However, due to lack of maintenance, the library has developed a musty smell.
There are also Buddhist halls and temples used for festivals. In addition to the main courtyard, the Prince's Mansion has many other courtyards, which are the Prince's Mansion's back residence. In the future, when Yu Nanqing marries and takes concubines, those wives and concubines will be arranged to live in these courtyards.
Besides these countless backyards, there was also a separate courtyard. Su Wanyan looked at the three large characters "Zhengyang Courtyard" carved on the gate of the courtyard.
These are usually for the elders of the household to stay temporarily, or for people like Yu Nanqing's mother.
Although concubines usually reside in the palace, if Yu Nanqing's father died, his mother could be brought out of the palace to live with her son, but such cases are rare.
They usually spent their later years in the palace of the Dowager Consort.
So, Su Wanyan hasn't met Yu Nanqing's mother yet. But given how badly Yu Nanqing has been bullied by Emperor Yuanhe, perhaps his mother has already...
Thinking of this, she kept quiet and didn't ask.
Su Wanyan and Yu Nanqing spent the entire morning sightseeing, only returning to the main courtyard around lunchtime. By the time they got back, Su Wanyan was exhausted.
However, she was also a little too excited. She didn't expect that a single palace could encompass so many sights. What attracted her even more were the magnificent and exquisite buildings. So she got a little carried away while strolling around and kept talking to Yu Nanqing about it.
"Are you tired?" Su Wanyan carried Yu Nanqing to the bed. After walking around for so long, her forehead was covered in sweat.
So caught up in their own joy, they forgot that Yu Nanqing was still a patient, and this trip had taken far too long.
Yu Nanqing was gently helped to lie down by Su Wanyan. The slight upturn of his lips showed his good mood. He said leisurely, "I thought you were angry."
Su Wanyan was stunned: "Angry? Why?"
"These past few days, you haven't looked too well," Yu Nanqing said in a gentle and pleasant voice. "You've also been speaking less."
Upon hearing this, Su Wanyan suddenly realized, "Oh, that's right, I was thinking about something."
When she's thinking about serious things, she doesn't really want to talk, sometimes without even realizing it herself.
Yu Nanqing's eyes flickered slightly; it turned out he wasn't just sulking.
"What are you thinking about?" Yu Nanqing asked.
"Sigh." Su Wanyan sighed, "I'm thinking about the Ksitigarbha Festival."
He was indeed thinking about the Ksitigarbha Festival, but he was more disgusted by the guards inside and outside the palace, especially by what those maids had done. He wondered what Xu Si was up to lately.
All of these factors combined are why she was a little depressed.
Of course, as frustrated as she was, she had been thinking about how to get out of this predicament. After all, she couldn't leave anytime soon. She could study, but these things were really beyond her ability to think.
Moreover, she was not very familiar with the rules of this era.
With these thoughts in mind, she started to want to go inside. Once she entered into thinking, she easily became immersed in it, and once immersed, she easily became sullen and her senses became closed off.
Unexpectedly, this also affected Yu Nanqing.
She smiled and said, "Actually, it's not a big deal. I've been studying your laws and etiquette these past few days. As long as I don't make any mistakes once I'm in the palace, I'll be fine."
On our side?
Yu Nanqing narrowed her eyes slightly, assuming that she thought the rules of the Marquis's mansion were different from those of the imperial palace.
He said, "This is not something you should be considering."
Su Wanyan laughed: "If I don't want to consider it, will you?"
Yu Nanqing looked at Su Wanyan, whose smile faltered for a moment before she reacted: "You have an idea?"
"No."
"Then why are you looking at me like that?"
Yu Nanqing smiled and reached out to touch Su Wanyan's head with his large hand. Su Wanyan dodged warily and said, "What are you doing? Just talk, don't touch me."
"..." Yu Nanqing had no choice but to give up and said gently, "Since you are going to take me there, I should naturally take responsibility for what happens during the Ksitigarbha Festival."
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