Chapter 180 Green Tea's Scheming (3)

After dinner, Su Mingjue took Baili Xi into his courtyard. Baili Xi looked at the elegant courtyard in front of him. There were chrysanthemums and orchids everywhere, and the house was also filled with various calligraphy and paintings.

As he walked, he said: "The Wang Mansion is indeed a clean house, and the furnishings are very literati."

Su Mingjue pushed a door and went in, then said: "It's just that after seeing too much."

Baili said with a smile, "Wang Did the scholar know that you said this to him?"

Su Mingjue walked into the house and said playfully: "You can only say it when he is not around, otherwise it will be terrible if he hears it."

He pointed to the living room inside and said sarcastically to Baili: "There. There is a bathtub, and I have asked someone to fetch water. You can go and take a bath."

After that, he took a set of clothes from the boy beside him and handed them over, "Su Yang left these clothes with me. He is about the same height as you, so he can probably wear it."

Baili Xi took it, thanked him, and walked inside.

When he came out after washing, Su Mingjue was no longer in the room and disappeared.

Baili Xi looked around the room. The things placed inside were extremely neat. Compared with Mingyuan in the capital, it was less casual and more orderly.

Baili Xi secretly laughed. It turns out that no matter how clever a person is, he still has to pretend.

After wandering around for a while, he looked at a square couch in front of the window. His eyes flickered slightly, he glanced at a pot of tea on the round table, and walked over with the teapot in hand.

The room was left to Baili Xi, so Su Mingjue took her clothes and went to the study. She temporarily separated the wooden barrel with a screen to take a bath. After washing, she put on a white robe and came in.

As soon as he walked in, he saw Baili Xi sitting on the square couch, and was about to ask him what he was doing.

Suddenly I heard a crisp "click" sound. Following the sound, I saw that a white porcelain teapot with flower and bird patterns fell off the desk for some reason. The pieces of the teapot were scattered on the ground and scattered on the square couch. A few pieces, and the water in the teapot directly wet the square couch, leaving a large water stain.

Seeing this, Su Mingjue hurriedly walked over. When Baili Xi saw someone arriving, he said a little embarrassedly: "I was about to drink some water, but unexpectedly I didn't hold the teapot properly and fell from my hand."

After that, Baili Xi Xi hurriedly knelt down to clean it up. The sound of the teapot breaking also woke up the people waiting outside. Hearing the sound, the young man hurried in. "What's wrong, young master?"

Su Mingjue helped Baili Xi up and said gently to Baili Xi, "It's okay. ."

Then he ordered: "Bring a new teapot and clean up the place."

After hearing this, the servant called two maids, and soon they cleaned up the mess on the ground . A wet cushion on the square couch was also taken out.

Seeing that there was nothing on the square couch, Baili Xi had a look of satisfaction in his eyes. Su Mingjue saw him looking at a place and laughing, and wondered, "What are you looking at? You are so happy."

Baili Xi's expression calmed down slightly after hearing this, "It's nothing. I just think this square couch looks good, the carvings are very detailed, and the pattern looks very different."

Su Mingjue looked at it casually, isn't it just an ordinary square couch?

There is nothing special about it. It may be that there are some exquisite paintings carved on the square couch.

Su Mingjue said indifferently: "This pattern was probably painted by my grandfather himself, so it is rare on the market."

Baili Xi curled his lips and said nothing, then asked: "Has the second volume of "Dream of Red Mansions" been released yet? I have enough time to write tonight."

Su Mingjue was a little embarrassed when he heard this, "I have been playing recently, and I haven't had time to write yet."

Baili Xi was not surprised by this, and was just thinking of something to say to pass the time. I saw a round wooden thing with eyes on it on the shelf next to the green screen window.

He pointed and said: "What is this?"

Su Mingjue looked at it intently and smiled: "This, this is the flying chess piece I made."

Su Mingjue walked to the shelf and took it out. I asked people to make the chessboard out of boredom. The chessboard was made by asking carpenters to drill holes. If there were no glass balls, it was made of red, yellow, blue and green jade materials ground into beads.

Baili Xi looked surprised, "I've never heard of it." He picked up one and put it on the wooden eye, "Is this a chess piece?"

Su Mingjue nodded, "Do you want to play a game?

" Li Xi nodded happily.

"You pick a color and place it like this. Yes, the rule is to take out a chess piece and jump out, and then..."

After Su Mingjue explained, the two started playing chess.

At first, Su Mingjue won a few games because he knew the rules of chess, but he was overtaken by Baili Xi soon after.

Su Mingjue was surprised as he played. Bailixi's mind was spinning so fast. When he took three steps with a chess piece, his chess pieces were already on his territory.

After playing a few games, Su Mingjue started to doubt his life, but he still didn't believe that he could be so bad. Fortunately, he still won the next few games and regained his respect.

The two played back and forth for a long time. It wasn't until the sound of clappers outside the house and the lanterns outside the yard were extinguished that Su Mingjue put down the chess pieces.

"Let's stop here today!" Su Mingjue pursed her lips and said, "The rules of the palace, this is the curfew."

Baili Xi put down the chess piece and said with a smile: "Wang Daru is really self-disciplined, he even has a stipulated bedtime."

Su Mingjue Bailixi pursed his lips and said, "To put it nicely, it means self-discipline, but to put it poorly, it means having too many rules."

Bailixi looked at Su Mingjue's complaining eyes and shook his head, walked to the bed, and said naturally: "Do you prefer to sleep in or not?" "Outside."

Su Mingjue thought of sleeping with Rong Zheng that day. Her sleeping position was a bit unclear, so she refused, "No, I'm used to sleeping on the couch recently, you can just sleep on the bed."

Baili Xi paused when he heard this. His eyes fell on the somewhat empty square couch and he said, "Would it be a little hard to sleep there?"

Su Mingjue waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, I'll just ask someone to do it."

After that, he called the two maids: "Get a cushion here to put it on, and then bring a pillow and a quilt."

After hearing this, the maid left the room, and soon came in with a cushion, quilt and pillow, and spread the square couch again.

Su Mingjue frowned slightly when he saw the thin cushion. This cushion was too thin. It would be difficult for him to fall asleep later. "Why did you take this cushion? The thick one?"

The maid lowered her head. , Nana said: "This is the only one in the house, and the young master's thick cushion only has one."

Su Mingjue was stunned when he heard this, "Why is there only one? I remember my grandmother said before that I made two."

He was greedy for cold weather in summer, Sometimes when I don't want to sleep on the bed, I sleep on a square couch, so the cushions on the couch are always thick.

Last year, I couldn't sleep because the mattress was too thin. When my grandmother learned about this, she specially ordered two thick ones to be made.

The maid recalled: "It was like this, but the master said that one should be diligent, frugal and self-sufficient, and should not be greedy for enjoyment, so he only asked someone to make one."

Su Mingjue: "..."

Su Mingjue had no choice but to give up. His grandfather was indeed a man of words and deeds. He is a person who has extremely strict demands on personal matters. He pays attention to the clean style and does not covet enjoyment, so he also has the same requirements for his family.

He waved his hand and lay down on the couch. As soon as he lay down, he felt that a bone in his back was broken.

Seeing the aggrieved side of the other party, Baili Xi raised his eyebrows and said kindly: "Mingjue, why don't you come and sleep on the bed, and I'll sleep on the couch?"