Then Yun Shang went to the courtyard. San Niang paused and followed Yun Shang out. She walked around the lotus pool, picked a blooming lotus and asked San Niang to find a vase, put it into the room and put water in it. San Niang did what she asked, found a glass bottle, put lotus flowers in it and put it on the table.
Yun Shang didn't look like a prisoner at all. She excitedly asked San Niang to move the soft couch under the tree shade on the side of the pond. With a cup of tea beside her hand, Yun Shang fell asleep soon.
Fortunately, it was quite cool today. The sun was not very vicious, and there was also a breeze. Seeing that Yun Shang was asleep, San Niang went back to her room, took a thin quilt and covered her with it.
When Yun Shang woke up, it was time for lunch. She had only eaten for a short time in the morning, so she didn't feel hungry. After eating a little, she rubbed her stomach and lied on the bench, feeling a little full. After lying down for a while, she stood up and went for a walk around the yard, as if she was trying to digest the food.
San Niang stood under the roof and watched Yun Shang for a while, and then let her go. There were secret guards everywhere in the courtyard, and she had nothing on her now. She believed that Yun Shang wouldn't make any trouble for them right now.
Yun Shang didn't think too much. She turned three or four circles around the yard and then lay down on the bench to sleep just as San Niang expected.
After a day's sleep, Yun Shang got up early the
en she walked to the couch under a tree and lay on it for a while. Because of the sultry weather, her face turned red a little.
That night, there was no cicadas, frogs or even crickets seemed to have stopped. Yun Shang had a good night's sleep.
The next day, Yun Shang took a walk in the yard and asked San Niang to find several books for her to read. Then the day passed quickly.
In the next few days, Yun Shang was safe and sound, but her face became paler and paler as time went by. San Niang looked at Yun Shang and hesitated for a long time before asking, "do you feel uncomfortable, Miss?"
Yun Shang smiled and shook her head, "I've been in poor health ever since I was a child. But my face looks a little pale before my period."
Yun Shang didn't walk into the yard that often. The lotus in the pond began to wither and even the leaves turned yellow. She felt boring.
San Niang frowned and murmured to herself, looking at the lotus pool in the yard, "why does the lotus wither so soon this year?"