Chapter 139: What? Are you not confident in yourself?
Walking in front of the two men, he reached out and inspected the wooden stakes they were carrying. There were lilies embossed on the fine golden nanmu.
When the two young novices saw that it was me, they quickly placed wooden stakes on the ground and performed a Buddhist salute to me. One of them was the young novice who led me to the wing today. When he saw that it was me, he hesitated to answer.
"Ms. Jia Bin, this... these were originally pillars for building a sacrificial platform. The same wave of craftsmen from previous years happened to go to Jiangnan this year. The new craftsmen were ignorant and actually used golden nanmu, which is specially used to make coffins, to build the platform.
Fortunately, it was discovered early and it was all dismantled and rebuilt.”
"Oh? Is it still too late to set up a stage?"
"It was a bit late, so the novice monk from the temple also went to help."
"Then you go and get busy. The weather is hot. I'll ask Tianya to cook you some plum soup to cool down later."
The little novice monk thanked me with joy and moved away from my sight while carrying the wooden stake. However, an idea in my mind became clearer and clearer with their blurred backs.
Inspiration - comes from life, who says it isn't.
Tianya was asked to cook a large pot of plum soup, and when it was delivered to the table, it was almost dusk, and the workers were packing their tools back into their toolboxes one after another.
As soon as he saw me appearing, he hurriedly dropped what he was doing, knelt on the ground, and performed an irregular salute.
He stepped forward and helped the person in front.
"There is no need to be too polite. You are all working hard for the royal family. It is too late for the emperor and I to thank you.
The travel is simple, so I can only let my maid come. I'll cook some plum soup for you all to relieve the heat. Let's go to Tianya's place to get it."
The workers and the novice novices happily thanked them, lined up in an orderly queue in front of Tianya, took the plum soup that Tianya served to them, and squatted down in a corner to join them, with expressions of gratitude on their faces.
In this world, there are people like them who demand simplicity, work hard, and have food and clothing. Compared to the days of harem women fighting and fighting, perhaps they live a more free and enjoyable life.
While the workers were queuing up to receive the sour plum soup, I walked around the prayer stage. Today they had basically dismantled the nanmu pillars and moved them to be burned.
It's a pity that this fine nanmu can only be used as coffin wood in Qi Yunguo. It's a waste of money, but I have to thank this time for giving me such a good opportunity.
"I heard that you went to deliver sour plum juice to those workers? Don't forget, you only have three days to be a good person. Wait until you can sit down!"
As soon as he returned to the side room, he saw Yan Li sitting on the couch, his thick eyebrows slightly raised rebelliously.
Under the long and slightly curled eyelashes, there is a pair of angry eyes, which makes this originally delicate face slightly distorted and lose its beauty.
"I didn't know Miss Yanli was here. It's really a long way to go."
"Don't fight with me, haha. I asked Siyi to come here specifically to remind you, but you just said a few perfunctory words? Let me tell you, if I don't become the queen, you can't expect to sit in this position of concubine and get a hot butt."
"What do Miss Yan Li mean by this? Isn't it already a foregone conclusion that she will become the queen? All she needs to do is add fuel to the flames, so why can't she do it?"
Seeing me deliberately pretending to be crazy and acting stupid, Yan Li was furious.