For the third and fourth princes, who had spent too much time in the capital and the palace, leaving Beijing and coming to Haidian Zhaoyuan was a rare opportunity to live in the countryside. For Zhu Ying, who often came and went, this was probably just an occasional change of taste and environment. As for Zhang Shou... He felt that this was a very leisurely vacation.
Moreover, unless one is extremely wealthy, how could three or five people live in such a garden like the Grand View Garden and have so many people around them? If we add the prerequisite of living in the suburbs of Beijing or Haidian, then it is even more impossible.
On the afternoon when the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince arrived, the two brothers almost had a lot of fun in Zhao Garden. Even the Third Prince, who always appeared calm, ran around happily. The guards who followed them complained bitterly and chased them, fearing that the two little ancestors would get into trouble.
As the host, Zhu Ying had to take the third and fourth princes for a walk in her garden. When she found that the two began to let themselves go, she simply left them to the servants and royal guards who stayed in Zhao Garden, and went back to find Zhang Shou. As a result, she didn't see anyone along the way, and because the servants were all taking care of the two princes, she didn't even find anyone to ask.
After searching for a long time, she couldn't really enter every house. She was sweating and thought that Zhang Shou was playing hide-and-seek with her. She couldn't help but get angry and shouted loudly: "A Shou, where have you been!"
“Here it is!”
Zhu Ying was slightly startled, then looked in the direction of the sound, and saw that the sound came from behind a wall, and that was clearly Qiu Shuang Zhai, where she usually stayed every time she came here. She couldn't help blushing, and hurried over. But there was no one in the front yard or back yard, until she found the grape trellis at the back, and then she found Zhang Shou lying on a bamboo lounge chair, lazily flipping through the book in his hand.
At this moment, she immediately laughed and scolded: "Well, you brought those two little troubles out, but you are lazy here, how dare you! It's not summer yet, it's good to sit under the grape trellis to cool off. In this weather, you don't feel cold sitting here!"
"Isn't this just to find a place where no one else can find you and enjoy some quiet time?" Zhang Shou chuckled, still lying there leisurely, and said with a smile, "I'm curious, the three rooms in Qiu Shuang Zhai are not partitioned. You said that every time you come to Zhao Garden, you like to stay there the most. Is it because you think it's spacious and refreshing, which suits your temperament?"
"Yes!" Zhu Ying answered without hesitation, "Looking up, you can see the roof, and looking down, you can see the white walls. It's spacious and makes people feel comfortable. It's not like other houses, which are already small enough but have to be separated into rooms. It makes people feel suffocated! I also have three rooms like this at home, which are large and bright. I feel good living like this!"
Zhang Shou knew that this was probably the answer, and thought that Tanchun was just being fake and calculating, while Zhu Ying was really being straightforward. Different in mind, their true tempers were naturally very different. He raised his lips slightly, then pointed to the grape rack above his head and said, "I'm curious about one more thing. Can the grapevines on this rack really produce grapes?"
“Of course!” Zhu Ying smiled. “When I was a kid, I climbed up there and ate some secretly. I almost cried because of the sour taste! If the Third and Fourth Princes come here in the summer, they will definitely be like me back then and can’t help but climb up the grape trellis to pick grapes… I still remember my eldest brother’s nervous look as he stood below, ready to catch me at any time!”