After the group descended the mountain, Sun Ding parted ways with them.
Only Tian Bu'er remained with the couple.
Originally, Lin Zao planned to go straight back to Ganzhou City, but she suddenly remembered that she hadn't yet seen the land deed that King Cheng had bestowed upon her.
Since she was already there, she figured she might as well go and take a look.
Otherwise, if we wait until next time, we don't know when the opportunity will come again.
So, Tian Bu'er drove the carriage towards the address on the land deed.
Fortunately, it wasn't far; we arrived in half an hour.
This appears to be a mountain resort called 'Yusen-in', which, as the name suggests, is a hot spring resort.
Lin Zao's eyes lit up; she hadn't expected to find a hot spring here!
I've heard that winters are very cold in Ganzhou. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a hot spring here?
King Cheng is truly a good leader!
It's just a bit far.
But it would be great if we could have it.
Tian Bu'er went up and knocked on the door. After a long while, the door was opened and an old man was seen.
He looked at Lin Zao and the others, somewhat confused, but when he saw Tang Jian, he thought for a while before suddenly realizing what was going on.
"This old servant greets the general. This old servant is the caretaker of this hot spring. Please come in, general!"
The old man quickly ushered the group inside.
Lin Zao and Tang Jian looked at each other and stepped through the door without hesitation.
After the door closed again, Tang Jian and Lin Zao sat on a stone chair in the courtyard.
Tang Jian: "Are you the only one guarding this place? How do you know this general?"
"In recent months, only this old servant has been guarding this place. This old servant was originally a servant of Prince Cheng's mansion and had the honor of seeing the general a few times."
"Ever since the prince gave this hot spring estate to the general's mansion, all the servants on the estate have been reassigned to other estates."
The old man explained to Tang Jian that these servants were all born into the Prince's household, and unless the Prince bestowed them all upon the General's Mansion, they could not stay here.
As for why he's still here, it's simply because no one from the General's Mansion has come to take over, so he can only stay here and help guard the place.
Fortunately, the local people all knew that this courtyard belonged to Prince Cheng, so no one dared to come here. There was no safety hazard for him to guard it alone.
Lin Zao then realized something and looked at the old man somewhat embarrassed.
Because it's quite far away, she hasn't had time to come over and hadn't thought about arranging for someone to take over. She never expected that an old man would be here helping to guard the place for so long.
Lin Zao stood up and bowed. "I'm sorry, please forgive me, sir. I will send someone to replace you as soon as I get back."
Seeing Lin Zao's demeanor, the old man guessed that she must be the legendary general's wife who came from the countryside.
Seeing that she was so polite to him, a mere servant, he was flattered and quickly avoided her bow.
"Madam General, you flatter me. These are all my duties. You may come to the General's residence whenever you have time."
The old man sighed inwardly, thinking how kind and polite the general's wife was. Although he was a servant in the royal palace, he was, after all, just a slave.
She, a person of such noble status, was so humble towards him, unlike the legends that described the general's wife as vulgar and ignorant of etiquette, who became arrogant and domineering once she gained power.
Now that he has met the person, he realizes how unreasonable the rumors are; they are utter nonsense, deliberately designed to ruin someone's reputation.
It must be those women and young ladies who are jealous of this beautiful and kind-hearted general's wife!
Lin Zao nodded and asked the old man, "Sir, could you show us around this hot spring courtyard?"
The old man replied, "Of course! General's wife, you don't know, but this hot spring resort is quite extraordinary!"
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