CHAPTER 478: CHAPTER 472: IT’S YOURS

Fu An brought two jars of wine into the carriage, "Sir, Lady, this is the most famous Hundred Days Drunk from Dashun Zhai."

Zhao Hanzhang reached out to take it, moved closer to sniff, but the seal was very tight, so she couldn’t smell anything.

However, she trusted the public’s opinion, so she placed the wine beside her, "Let’s go, to You Ran Residence."

You Ran Residence was on another street, the street was wide, there were fewer pedestrians, but many carriages and horses.

Outside You Ran Residence, many carriages were parked, Zhao Hanzhang’s carriage stopped directly at the door.

Fu An jumped out of the carriage and placed the horse stool down, assisting their young master off the carriage.

Fu Tinghan turned to help Zhao Hanzhang, they both looked up at the sign of You Ran Residence, involuntarily furrowing their brows simultaneously.

Zhao Hanzhang: "I can remember now, the characters at Zhenxiu Building seem to be Uncle Ming’s, they should be Uncle Ming’s written characters, but the characters at You Ran Residence..."

Fu Tinghan: "Like Mr. Ji’s."

Zhao Hanzhang fell silent, after a while she stepped forward.

You Ran Residence is not like other restaurants and taverns, the entrance isn’t a dining area, but a stone screen. Around the stone screen, it opens up, revealing a picturesque arrangement of pavilions and buildings, lush with flowers and trees in the center, tall rockery, and bridges built around water.

Zhao Hanzhang: "...No wonder scholars and literati like to come here, I like it too."

This is basically a restaurant opened in a Jiangnan garden, chatting while drinking and dining, really quite enjoyable.

The two paused for a moment, immediately someone came to greet them, and upon seeing Zhao Hanzhang, the person withdrew the smile, approached with a respectful and serious demeanor, and saluted, "Lady, be well."

Seeing that he only addressed her, and called her Lady, Zhao Hanzhang raised her eyebrows, "Who are you?"

"I am Cao Shu, the steward of You Ran Residence. Please, Lady, come inside."

Zhao Hanzhang exhaled and asked, "I see the sign outside seems to be Mr. Ji’s inscription."

"Yes, Mr. Ji originally intended to ask the Lady to personally inscribe, but since the Lady was in Nanyang Country at the time, coming and going would take time, so Mr. Ji wrote it himself."

Fu Tinghan understood at this point, turned his head to look at Zhao Hanzhang, "Is this You Ran Residence yours?"

Zhao Hanzhang: ...She just found out too, surprise, surprise?

Cao Shu finally turned towards Fu Tinghan, bowed and saluted, "Young Lord."

Fu Tinghan then confirmed, raised his hand, "No need for courtesy."

He turned his head to look at Zhao Hanzhang.

Zhao Hanzhang’s demeanor immediately changed, she scanned the area again, nodded with satisfaction, and praised, "This garden is well arranged."

Cao Shu showed some smile on his face, happily said, "Mr. Ji personally invited Mr. Xiao to arrange the garden. This garden was originally Inspector He’s villa, designed and built by Mr. Xiao, revised to better fit nature this time, every ten steps a different scenery, Lady would you like to see it all?"

"No need," Zhao Hanzhang came to drink and enjoy the scenery, not to inspect the property, she said, "Just choose a place for us to sit and drink."

Cao Shu agreed, personally led them into the garden.

Crossing the water bridge, Cao Shu led them through a long corridor towards the back, along the way, in the pavilions, open pavilions and buildings, many scholars were drinking wine while discussing philosophy.

Zhao Hanzhang slowed her steps, listened in on a whim, miraculously, this time they weren’t discussing Taoist Scriptures or Buddhist Scriptures, but the situation of the world, and various policies of today’s Yu State.

Zhao Hanzhang slightly lifted the corner of her mouth, and said, "Mr. Ji’s garden is quite nice."

Cao Shu showed a big smile.

Zhao Hanzhang asked, "Is it profitable?"

Cao Shu’s smile paused, softly said, "Not yet."

Zhao Hanzhang nodded, "No rush, take it slowly."

Even if not profitable, controlling public opinion through this garden and gaining a lot of information is worth it, but...

Zhao Hanzhang stopped, "Who is the owner of Dashun Zhai?"

It can’t be someone from their Zhao Family, can it?

Cao Shu said, "The owner of Dashun Zhai is surnamed Chen, said to be from Lu, came to Chen County due to war, they have some family wealth, bought a restaurant, then started Dashun Zhai. Their wine is excellent, our garden often orders wine from them."

Zhao Hanzhang sighed in relief, thankfully, if the newly opened restaurant in Chen County was really all taken over by their Zhao Family, it would be quite a scary thing.

Cao Shu led them up a building, the servants went to the other side, opened the door, outside was a long corridor built on the second floor’s corridor.

Zhao Hanzhang preferred to call it a balcony.

She walked over, only then did she see the architectural wonders of this building.

The building was already built at a high place, below was a garden built according to the mountain terrain, with rockery, ponds, and many flowers and trees planted. Here, one could view the entire You Ran Residence.

Previously they were climbing a mountain, but weren’t aware of the slope steepness, unexpected was the other side like this, a feeling of sudden enlightenment, a peach garden behind the house.

Although Zhao Hanzhang used high tables and chairs in the Inspector Mansion, outside she preferred short tables and chairs.

Zhao Hanzhang simply did not sit on the low seats, but leaned on the railing, lying on the railing looking far away, admittedly, this garden is built really intriguingly.

She waved to Fu Tinghan, "Come take a look, the scenery here is nice."

Fu Tinghan stood beside her, looked down, indeed it was nice, below lush flowers and trees, as it was spring, many flowers were blooming, quite beautifully.

Moreover, this building was interestingly built, stretching out a part blocking the corridor below, they could reach the taller flowers and trees.

A weeping forsythia grew abundantly, approximately three to four meters high, branches drooping half-arm outside the railing, yellow flowers densely covering the branches swayed softly in the breeze, slightly brushing over Zhao Hanzhang’s hand resting on the railing.

Such spring scenery, was the first time Zhao Hanzhang saw it since coming to this world, she couldn’t help but hook the branch, gently swaying it.

Fu Tinghan stood beside her, lowered his eyes to watch the smile on her face, sensed her joy, he too gently smiled.

The entire second floor quieted down, everyone quietly appreciating the spring light, feeling the spring breeze.

"That Fu Tinghan, no one knows his appearance, only heard he was reputed in Chang’an, but since accompanying Zhao Hanzhang back to Ru Nan, we’ve heard of Zhao Ming, known Ji Yuan, even those around her like Fan Ying, Zhao Kuan, Sun Linghui, and Song Zhi are known, but never heard him offering strategies to Zhao Hanzhang," the voice drew closer, seemed to walk directly below them, "His reputation might be just a false one?"

Zhao Hanzhang’s ears perked up, she could clearly hear their footsteps, knowing three people walked together, but only two were speaking.

They stopped in the corridor below them, right behind the forsythia.