Li Zian led Shen Tianshu through the back garden and into the waterside pavilion.
The water pavilion is built against the wall of the back garden. The first floor is not very spacious, while the second floor is more open. The front extends above the pool and is supported by several thick pillars.
It was winter at this time, so it was obviously a bit chilly in the waterside pavilion, but one could imagine that it would be quite cool here in the summer.
However, Li Zian did not lead anyone upstairs. Instead, he walked to Jintou on the first floor and reached out to pull open a wooden decoration on the wall.
Only then did Shen Tianshu realize that there was another cave behind this.
The wood carving decoration is almost as big as a door. Not to mention Shen Tianshu, even Li Zian didn't have to bend down when walking through it.
Li Zian, the secret door here, had made suggestions when he first came here, and they had already been revised at this time.
After getting in through the secret door behind the wood carving decoration, you did not directly enter another courtyard, but had to pass through a secret passage with another partition in the secret passage.
Li Zian introduced: "In case of any unexpected situation, you can lower this partition and the two sides will be cut off immediately. Ordinary people cannot open it."
After passing through the dark passage and turning a corner, I saw the exit at the end.
The exit was open at this time. When Shen Tianshu walked out, he found that it was a bedroom-like place. The secret door was opened on the side of the bed. After closing, the door gap was directly hidden in the carvings of the bed. , even if you know there is a door here, you have to look carefully to find out the clues.
"The courtyard here is not big, but you are just changing the decoration here. It doesn't need a big space." Li Zian explained, "There are still some things here that are not completely completed. Someone will continue to clean them up later, so you can Don’t worry about it.”
This house was originally just a house with two entrances and a backyard. There were two small rooms against the backyard wall, which were used to store some sundries.
These two rooms were cleaned up by his men and made into secret doors, but Li Zian was not satisfied after seeing them and asked for them to be modified as soon as possible.
After his subordinates saw that Li Zian attached great importance to this area, they worked hard enough and simply expanded the two houses at the back into five rooms and planned to change the backyard into a third courtyard.
However, as a result, there are too many new parts that need to be built, and there is not enough time at all, so we can only rely on adding more manpower to rush the work. At this time, only the main house has been built, and the yard has not had time to be renovated.
Even with such a rush, everything in the main room was ready. Except for the smell of fresh construction in the room, it looked like it was ready to move in at any time.
Li Zian took the opportunity to ask: "Look at this courtyard, should it be made into wing rooms on both sides, or should it be made into a corridor like the first one?"
"This is already very good." Shen Tianshu didn't know what to say, "It's not very good, it's great. Even if I buy it myself, I can't do it to this extent."
Li Zian said: "Where are you going? Come with me and take a look."
He said and walked towards the west room.
Shen Tianshu followed him confused. Could there be any other surprises?
The west room was arranged like a study. Li Zian walked over and pushed open the bookshelf placed against the wall. A secret door was revealed behind it.
Under Shen Tianshu's surprised gaze, he opened the secret door, made an invitation gesture and said, "Miss Shen, please go in and have a look."
Shen Tianshu stepped into the secret door, climbed a few steps, opened a small wooden door, and a Zen room came into view.
"This is..." Shen Tianshu was confused for a moment.
Li Zian also followed in, raised his hand to open the window a crack, and motioned for Shen Tianshu to look outside.
Only then did Shen Tianshu realize that this was not a small space separated from the house, but actually connected to a new place.
Li Zian lowered the window sash and said: "This is a famous nunnery in Wuchang Mansion. Many ladies and ladies from aristocratic and official families like to come here to worship Buddha. This is the Zen room I asked someone to set aside for you. You can also follow the doctor It is connected to the other side of the nunnery, and I have specially arranged manpower here, so that if you want to go out in the future, you only need to say that you are coming to the nunnery to worship Buddha.
"Usually, the doors and windows in the Zen room are locked, and there are special personnel watching. No one will enter without authorization."
Shen Tianshu never expected that Li Zian had thought so carefully for him and had prepared everything early. He only felt that the root of his nose was sore and his eyes couldn't help but become moist.
"I really don't know how to thank the prince for making such thoughtful preparations for me. I..."
Li Zian heard that Shen Tianshu's voice had a nasal sound, and quickly looked back, only to see that the circles under her eyes were actually a little red.
"I, I just gave some instructions with my lips. The servants did it. I didn't expect them to do a pretty good job. Miss Shen, don't worry too much..."
After blurting out these words, Li Zian felt a little regretful.
But how could Shen Tianshu not understand that Li Zian was so familiar with everything from the moment he entered the door to this place, how could it be possible that he had never been here before.
Before Li Zian could figure out what he was thinking, Shen Tianshu said: "The servants do the work, but the prince spends his time.
"Compared to these hard work, thoughts are naturally more valuable.
"Now that the house is ready and everything is arranged for my convenience, my little girl will no longer be pretentious and polite to you.
"But I will keep your thoughts in mind. If the Master needs anything from now on, as long as I can help, I will do my best."
Li Zian felt happy at Shen Tianshu's words.
In particular, Shen Tianshu accepted all of this without hesitation and pretended to refuse, which made him feel happy.
However, he didn't think too much about it. He just felt that anyone who puts effort into doing something naturally hopes to be recognized and praised by others.
The fact that Shen Tianshu could be so grateful and say such words proved that his thoughts were not in vain, how could he be unhappy.
"Miss Shen is so polite. My father's condition has improved, which is the greatest help to me.
"Now you are more popular than me in the palace. A while ago, you couldn't spare the time to come to Wuchang Mansion. Grandma, mother and Zihan all talked about you every day.
"Before, you made an impromptu decision to go to your father for a follow-up visit. Zihan went out and didn't meet you. When he came home and found out, he lost his temper with me.
"If it weren't for the fact that you have Xiao now, she would have made a fuss to find you to play with."
When Li Zihan was mentioned, Shen Tianshu couldn't help but smile a little.
The little girl was beautiful and lovable. Although she didn't have much contact with her, Shen Tianshu felt close to her from the beginning.
