Chapter 514: Ridiculous ministerial positions
The old master and the the rest of the men in the family escorted the royal butler to the car and bade him farewell. Chi Lian and the rest of the women stayed inside the house, looking at the brown envelope in her hands.
"Are you going to open it?" The old madam asked her.
"Not right now grandmother." She replied, "I have not exercised for three days now I am going to swim. I have never used the swimming pool in the house, it should be fun."
"Okay, I will ask the maids to bring you some refreshments and food. Don’t worry about these things," she pointed at the dresses and crowns which were being organized carefully under He Weili’s supervision. "I will take care of them until you need them."
"Alright, thank you grandmother." She hugged the old madam abruptly and started going upstairs to have a quick bath before going to swim. She could hear the old madam still speaking and giving out orders.
"Take the children for their bath, Rose come and help me in the kitchen. I will teach you how to prepare your grandfather’s favorite rice pudding. But why do you want to learn anyway?"
Cherry hurried to follow Chi Lian," Younger sister-in-law do you need company? I too enjoy swimming."
"Sure, let’s meet in ten minutes." Chi Lian told her. And then she continued on her way to the bedroom where she showered and grabbed a towel and a swimming costume. She would change from there, just because the swimming pool was in the house did not mean she could parade around the house in a swimming costume. On the way to the pool, she bumped into Muyang who said he was coming to join her. With a smile on her face, Chi Lian hummed until she reached the swimming pool in a separate part of the house. It was actually more like a pool house because it was attached to the house since you went through a long corridor to get to it but it was also a bit outside of the house. In a way the corridor was like a bridge connecting the pool house to the main house. Cherry was already there, sitting on the edge of the pool with her legs dipped in the water.
"You are here finally." Cherry said, "You didn’t change from the bedroom?" She said in a voice that told Chi Lian that Cherry was curious.
"I didn’t want to walk around the house with my long legs exposed." Chi Lian replied.
"Ho," Cherry laughed, " Did you have to mention the length of your legs?"