Chapter 150 Bathing Together
The walls are painted with brightly colored fire-avoidance pictures, with the figures in various poses, looking very vivid and touching.
The color of the paint is dark and doesn't look like it was newly painted.
Shen Qingtan blushed and her heart was beating fast. She was so frightened that she took a few steps back and bumped into someone with her back.
She was startled and turned her head suddenly. After seeing that it was Zhao Yi, she subconsciously pushed him out of the bathroom.
Zhao Yi saw the panicked Shen Qingtan. Her face was like a ripe peach, her eyes were misty, and she seemed extremely ashamed.
He glanced at the bathroom behind her, and thinking of the fire escape diagram he had just seen, he said with a deep look in his eyes, "No one has used the bathroom before. Let Liu Yue and Ting Xue go in and clean it up first?"
Shen Qingtan nodded randomly: "There is only a bathtub inside, no tub." She lowered her head and stared at the tip of her shoes: "I'll call Liu Yue to fetch water."
The ambiguous atmosphere returned, Zhao Yi's Adam's apple slid slightly, and he silently stepped back and sat on the Arhat couch.
Shen Qingtan breathed a sigh of relief and called out to Liu Yue.
Liu Yue entered the inner room and saw that her cheeks were flushed, her eyes were wandering, she frowned, and then straightened her lips, looking very distressed.
She asked, "Second Grandma, what's wrong with you?"
Shen Qingtan was thinking about the painting on the bathroom wall. She could take a bath with her back to the wall.
What about Zhao Yi?
If he used the bathroom, he would definitely see it.
She was struggling over whether to arrange for someone to cover the wall or to let Zhao Yi take a shower in another room.
But I'm afraid that if I move to another place, there will still be such strange things.
"There's no water in the bathhouse. Go get some."
Shen Qingtan decided to ask Liu Yue and Ting Xue to bring a screen to cover the mural.
"Second Madam, I've found out that the bathroom at West Hill is divided into two rooms, front and back. There's an iron pot in the back room, and a hole is drilled in the wall to bring water into the bathtub, so there's no need to fetch water."
At this point, Liu Yue paused for a moment and vaguely reminded, "The manager of Xishan said that the bathhouse is quite large, which consumes both water and firewood. They only boil one boiler of water every day."
Shen Qingtan was confused: "Isn't a boiler of water only enough for one person?"
Liu Yue hesitantly replied, "I asked the steward the same question, and he said that if you come to West Mountain to have fun alone, it's enough. If you are a couple, you can bathe together. Otherwise, you can each have a room, which will solve the water problem."
Shen Qingtan: “…”
They have been married for a long time, but have not yet consummated their marriage.
It's really embarrassing to suddenly jump to taking a bath together.
She looked at the man sitting on the Arhat couch with a vague look. The man happened to look up from the book, and their eyes met.
A subtle and indescribable feeling quietly grows in my heart.
"Go take a bath." Zhao Yi's eyes were deep and his voice was low. "I'll send Jiang Mu to find a bathtub later, and then ask the steward to bring firewood and boil another pot of water."
"Hmm." Shen Qingtan responded, turned and went into the bathroom, with his back to the wall.
Liu Yue followed in and saw the painting on the wall. She was so shocked that her eyes widened and her little face turned red.
"Second... Second Madam, this..." Liu Yue said in astonishment, "I heard earlier that each courtyard in Xishan has a unique style, and each guest can choose a courtyard according to their preferences."
Shen Qingtan's eyelids twitched, implying that this was the Wangyou Tower that Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt specially chose?
How could this couple dislike each other?
It's obvious that they are inseparable and have a lot in common.
It turns out that rumors cannot be fully trusted.
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The bathroom was built with white stone, and the pool was filled with jasmine petals prepared by Xishan, and the hot water was fumigating the area with a fragrant aroma.
Shen Qingtan sat in the pool, the hot water reached his chest, and all the pores on his body opened up.
Her mind gradually calmed down. According to Zhao Yi's personality, once he realized the "extraordinary" nature of this house, he would definitely start to change it for a small courtyard.
But he didn't change and still lived in this house.
She hadn't considered that he was planning to consummate the marriage. Given his physical condition, if he did, he would probably suffer even greater losses.
I'm afraid there are other plans.
After soaking for a quarter of an hour, Shen Qingtan got up and changed into an apricot-colored undershirt.
She warned Liu Yue: "When you clean the bath later, remember to cover the mural."
Liu Yue nodded.
When Shen Qingtan walked out of the bathroom, she saw the man holding a letter in his hand.
She inquired, "Do you have any official business to attend to?"
"No." Zhao Yi finished reading the letter, placed it in the small copper incense burner beside him, and picked up the tinder on the small table to light it. He glanced at Shen Qingtan, only to see that her skin was white and rosy from the heat, and she looked completely refreshed. "Grandmother wrote to me. She's worried about my health and arranged for the court doctor to come to Xishan."
Before Shen Qingtan married Zhao Yi, she had heard that if he went on a long journey, the court doctor would have to accompany him.
She sat on the stool and took off the towel that covered her wet hair. "Shall we sleep separately these few days?"
Zhao Yi washed his hands and said without raising his eyelids, "No need to sleep separately."
Shen Qingtan frowned: "I'm afraid Prince Yu has known the news. It will be very dangerous for you to be with me."
"Before coming to Xishan, do you remember what you promised me?" Zhao Yi fetched a clean towel, came up behind her, and held her wet hair. "Tan'er, I have no other requests of you. I just hope you will treat me as you say and do."
Shen Qingtan understood what he said, and he hoped that she would do what she said.
Before coming to Xishan, she promised him that she would listen to him in everything and would not act rashly.
Seeing that she stopped talking and meekly let him wring her hair dry, Zhao Yi knew that she tacitly agreed that they should sleep together.
In the evening, after the couple finished their dinner, they walked around the bamboo forest behind the courtyard and then went back to the house to sleep.
There was only one quilt on the bed, and Zhao Yi changed his usual behavior and insisted on sleeping on the outside.
Shen Qingtan couldn't resist him, so she lay down on the inside. After a while, the man lay down beside her, and the cold fragrance on his body invaded her. She was so nervous that she didn't dare to move.
The next moment, the man turned sideways and hugged her in his arms, one arm through the back of her neck and the other around her waist.
In an instant, her heart was beating like a drum and she didn't know what to do with her hands and feet.
On weekdays at home, the two of them each covered themselves with a quilt, and they had never been so close.
They were so close that his breath fell on her forehead, and it seemed that as long as she raised her head, she would touch his thin lips.
While Shen Qingtan was thinking about something, the man held her waist and pressed her against his hard chest.
She suddenly thought of the fire escape diagram in the bathroom. Zhao Yi's closeness made her subconsciously put her hand against his chest: "Second Master, don't..."
Zhao Yi looked at her puzzledly.
Shen Qingtan blurted out: "You can't."
As soon as she said that, she suddenly came to her senses and almost bit her tongue. What kind of nonsense did she just say?
She explained in frustration: "I mean, you're not in good health..."
At this point, her voice stopped abruptly.
The more you explain, the worse it gets.
All in all, it sounds like he's not good enough.
Zhao Yi realized that she had misunderstood his intentions, and he became nervous for a moment.
The man's dignity, which he had never cared about, suddenly emerged.
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