Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife Ch 76

Chapter 76 To borrow and use a garden (unedited)

    Yue Wang turned over the paper in his hands, looked a bit overcast: "Mu Yunyao still stayed at Niyunfang?"

    "Yes, since Niyunfang closed its doors and rushed to work, Mu girl and her mother moved in."

    Yue Wang no longer made a sound. Unnoticeably, the air surrounding his whole body was slightly colder.

    Suddenly, Qin Guan burst in: "My Lord, a rabbit raised by the old slave went to the Su house next door. This rabbit is not easy to raise. It was hard to raise the rabbit. If it could not be found back, would it not kill the old slave? So the slave without authority had sent someone to go to Niyunfang and invite Mu girl back. I hope she can open the door and help find the rabbit."

    Yu Heng gawked at Qin Guan, his eyes were full of admiration: He commented how busy was Qin Guan, he should not be idle but insisted to buy a live rabbit; it was actually to be used here!

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    In the afternoon, Mu Yunyao took a short nap. Just waking up and saw Jin Lan walked in: "Miss, there’s a person at the door, saying that there’s a person next door in Jinxiu Garden who take care of a rabbit but it runs to Miss's house. They want you to go back to open the door and help find it."

    Mu Yunyao was stunned and her lips flashed with a hint of a smile: "You go and tell your mother to let her continue to teach those little girls. I'll let Liu Liang go back with her later."

    "Miss, the slave will go back with you."

    "No, you’re staying to look over Niyunfang. Also, there should not be a mistake on the set of Tà Xuě Xún Méi [To walk in the snow to view the flowering plum] clothes.”

     "Yes."

    When Mu Yunyao returned home, she saw that a ladder had been set up on the wall, could not help but chuckle. She sorted out the skirt and followed the ladder to Jinxiu Park.

    The last time she came was late at night and she was taken directly to the study room of Yue Wang so she did not have a good look at the courtyard. Now she could see the surrounding scenery and involuntarily sighed to herself. Just one look at this place and one would be refreshed.

    Qin Guan still had a smile on his face: "Troubled the girl to specially come back. The old slave felt so apologetic hence have prepared the tea in the master’s study room. Hope young miss can go there and is willing to have a taste."

(TN: Actually, Qin Guan addressed Yue Wang as Wang Ye - His Royal Highness. Isn’t that suicidal though? Hmm…. Idk what to say about these people easily admitting their own ‘secret’ identity haha. Also, Qin Guan really has a good trick up his sleeves to lure Mu Yunyao here lol)

    Mu Yunyao felt that something was wrong. If this Qin Guan really wanted to thank her, he should just bring her the tea directly. Why did he have to serve the tea in the study room of the prince?

    Before she thought about it, Yue Wang strode forward, sweeping his cold eyes, and let Mu Yunyao silently recalled that night, and the two cold lights in her dream, she involuntarily shivered: "Greetings to Ning Siye."

    "En."

    Yue Wang turned and coldly spat out two words: "Follow!"

    Mu Yunyao apologetically smiled at Qin Guan and turned to follow the footsteps of Yue Wang.

    Qin Guan sighed and shook his head. It seemed that some things still have to be discussed with Old Cheng.

    Arriving at the study room, the air around Yue Wang’s body became colder and colder: "When do you want to take the people away?"

    Mu Yunyao looked through the window of the study room and watched the scenery outside. She asked: "It’s such a fine day today. I don't know if I can wander around Siye’s garden?”

    Yue Wang frowned, and his eyes flashed with impatient: “It’s an ordinary garden, what’s there to look at?”

    “If Siye doesn’t have time, then let Qin Guan Shi to show me around.” Mu Yunyao hasn’t finished talking yet, and she saw Yue Wang stood up.

Shi - mister

    “Come!"

    Mu Yunyao was stunned, this meant that Yue Wang wanted to take her to see the garden, could not help but her heart was moved. This stern-looking prince did not seem as cold-blooded and ruthless as the rumours outside: "Thank you, Siye."

    Yue Wang’s stride was very wide, Mu Yunyao had to trot to keep up with him. Before long, she was panting. She stopped and stared at his back angrily. She just thought he was not totally cold and ruthless. Now it seems that she was totally delusional.

    Yue Wang always paid attention to the soft footsteps behind him. When he heard the footsteps stopped, he walked two more steps before he turned back: "Don't you want to see the garden, why aren’t you moving?"

    Mu Yunyao’s heart was still pumping unevenly, and the tone was inevitably a bit scornful: “I want to see the garden, but I don’t want to run around it!”

    “So troublesome.” Yue Wang looked more and more impatient, but the next journey, his pace had slowed down a lot.

    After about a quarter of an hour of strolling, Yue Wang adapted himself to such an irritatingly slow way of walking, and could not help observing Mu Yunyao with the corner of his eyes.

    She looked around very carefully, and stopped to observe carefully. Once she found herself was far away behind, she would purse her lips and raised her skirt slightly to catch up. If she could not catch up, she would frown and become unhappy.

    The corner of his lips slightly bent upwards, and the curvature of the upturn was almost impossible to distinguish. The cat he raised also likes to follow his footsteps.  Unfortunately, the cat’s legs were shorter and always had to jump to catch up. Regrettably, the cat’s curiosity was greater, and in a moment of distraction, it would fall down. Every time it could not keep up with him, the cat would shamelessly sit on the ground and ceaselessly meowed to call for his attention, and he had to go back and carried it in his arms.

    While thinking, Yue Wang could not help but walked a few steps quickly then stood at the edge of the front pavilion to look back at Mu Yunyao.

    Mu Yunyao was earnestly looking around. Before that, she just had a vague idea in her heart. Now when she saw the beautiful scenery of Jinxiu Garden, this idea had gradually become clearer.

    The flowing water (TN: basically a small, running river) of the courtyard she bought was completely constricted compared to the convenience of the Jinxiu Garden.

Example of a classic Chinese garden from Wiki

    The garden was built with great meticulousness. It was built according to both sides of the river's water of the East and the West, and the two sides echoed each other, yet the scenery was different. It was connected by a nine-curve bridge, the scenery could be said to be different with each step.

    Unknown how much the original builder had spent to build it. This garden was not worse than the royal palaces of the ruler’s descendants in the capital.

    When her mind was fixed, she wanted to consult with Yue Wang and looked up, only to find that Yue Wang was standing at the edge of the pavilion a little farther away and staring at her.

    Mu Yunyao felt it was a little odd, how did this person suddenly go so far? But now there was a need to ask something from that person, naturally put on a good attitude, quickly lifted up the skirt to catch up: "Siye, your garden is really wonderful, everywhere is good scenery, but Siye, how many people were needed to build it?"

    Yue Wang’s eyes hung down and looked at Mu Yunyao standing in front of him. The eyes flashed a little pity. This person and the cat were still somewhat different: “Speak frankly.”

    Mu Yunyao's face cannot help but brought out a brilliant smile, her bright eyes dazzling: "Siye, these days, I have been looking for a place suitable for opening the tea house but I couldn’t find it. I always feel that those places lacked some elegance. Today, seeing the garden of Siye, suddenly had an epiphany that how can those places and Siye’s garden be compared to?"

    Yue Wang looked at her and his eyes flashed with a faint smile: "Tell me what you want to say clearly!"

    Mu Yunyao openly laughed, her curved eyes shining brilliantly: "Siye, lend me this garden to start a teahouse! Other teahouses were too small, only this teahouse can be worthy of the identity of Siye!!"

    Yue Wang’s cold face could hardly be maintained: "Let you lend this garden for a teahouse?"

    "Yes, I can't borrow it for nothing. How about dividing our share into 50-50 each?"

 

   "Oh," Yue Wang sneered, "I lent you the men, and now I have to lend you the garden. You want to make up 50% of it without doing anything, how can there be such a good deal in the world?"

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