The style of the large garden of Sheng Guo Gong's Mansion continues the overall style of Guo Gong's Mansion, but it is somewhat different. The spacious layout reveals a simple charm.

The garden occupies a huge area, and it is said that the top half of the garden is occupied by the Duke's Mansion.

In the meantime, more than a dozen corridors divide the courtyard into different but connected spaces.

Although there are many cloisters, they are all different, and there are many rooms hidden in them.

In these places, bluestone is used as tiles, and colored glaze is used as windows; white jade is paved on the floor, and fine porcelain is used on the walls.

There is a finely polished copper palace lantern every few feet beside the eave bottom wall.

The interior of the palace lantern is polished and bright on three sides, and only the front side has a movable glass window door. It is said that when candle grease is lit at night, the light can reach several feet away.

"This is the main road of the garden. At the end is the library of the Duke's Mansion. The trees and flowers on both sides are carefully arranged. There are flowers and trees to see in all seasons, and the scenery is different." Sheng Xiangxun saw the girl in his arms.

The little girl turned her head and looked back curiously, then introduced her.

Sheng Yuan felt like her eyes were not enough.

This garden road is paved with bluestones, with centuries-old trees planted on both sides.

These old branches are lush with leaves, the crown is huge like an umbrella canopy, the trunk is straight and towering into the clouds, and the thinnest one seems to be surrounded by three or five people.

There are all kinds of rare treasures dotted around the ancient trees.

Those verdant green branches and leaves, those fresh and tender petals, seem to be responding to each other under the gentle swaying of the wind.

"Sister Yuan, if you want to come here to play, you must bring enough maids and wives. You must not sneak here by yourself. If you enter a certain corridor, you might get lost." Sheng Xiangxun thought about it when he saw his little daughter looking at her seriously.

Thinking about it, I couldn't help but give a warning.

In this regard, Sister An'er, who has been lost in the past, has a strong say: "There are also many scenery here, and everything is strange. The last time I got lost, I got into the lake scenery and couldn't find the way!"

When Ms. Zheng heard her mention the bad things she had done before, she said to her angrily: "You still have the nerve to mention it?"

Sister Anhui quickly shrank her neck and became silent.

Although the entire Duke's palace was upset because of the quarrel with his daughter, it was all in the past, and her daughter was doing well now. Sheng Xiangxun naturally didn't mind, and kindly helped his second daughter out, suggesting: "A few dozen steps ahead."

There is a path on one side, and from there we will find the steps leading to the viewing platform. You can see the entire garden scenery by going up there. Let's go there."

Mrs. Zheng sighed.

I thought to myself, with such a father, it would be nice if the children were not spoiled.

Sheng Xiangxun smiled flatteringly at his wife, held her hand and walked towards the path. Soon he saw the stone steps with a good slope.

"This was originally an earth and rock slope with a height of about ten feet. It looked like this after reconstruction." Sheng Xiangxun patted the fence made of white jade, smiled and said to Sheng Yuan in his arms, "Sister Yuan, look

Come on, go up from here, there are 495 steps in total. When you can practice boxing and kicking, dad will take you here for morning exercises."

"Where's my sister?" Sheng Yuan wanted to ask if her sister had practiced now, but because she was lazy and said it simply, her father thought she was asking her sister if she would follow.

"Your sister is not suitable for practicing boxing and kicking at such a young age. She has just started squatting, and it is not easy to follow the morning exercises." Sheng Xiangxun weighed the little daughter in his arms, and then looked at the somewhat frail eldest daughter, sighing.

The Duke's government was founded in martial arts at the earliest, so all the children in the family practice martial arts. Whenever a child is ready to learn martial arts, he or she must ask the imperial doctor or medical woman to come over and check the child's pulse and bones until the imperial doctor or female doctor deems it suitable to practice.

, will you become enlightened.

His sister, An An, was delayed from entering elementary school because her bones were not strong enough. She still practices jujitsu with the wife of the family's martial arts master.

But the little daughter in his arms was different. When the fifth-floor son Sheng Ming started to learn martial arts, he was so excited that he invited the imperial doctor of the future government to Yongfan Garden to show his sister Yuan.

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Unexpectedly, after seeing it, people would say that the child looks very good and has a very healthy body. If it were not for the fact that the child is too young, it would be no problem for her to practice kung fu now.

Sheng Xiangxun was extremely happy thinking that he would be able to take his daughter for morning exercises soon.

Sheng Yuan didn't know what her father was thinking. At this moment, she looked at the three-foot-wide steps of the observation deck, and felt her heart become wider.

After a cup of tea, Sheng Xiangxun's family of four staggered up.

Sure enough, the scenery at this moment is very different.

Sheng Yuan was held in her father's arms. She approached the railing and looked far away, and the entire garden layout came into view.

"When you first entered the garden, didn't you ask where the sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra came from? Look over there!"

Sheng Xiangxun hugged Sheng Yuan and pointed in the direction to show her.

Sheng Yuan looked over and saw a plum blossom-shaped space surrounded by rooms.

"That is the place where birds and animals are raised in the mansion. There are special servants to take care of them every day, and there are special musicians to play the piano and make music for the animals there."

Sheng Yuan really didn’t expect that there would be a zoo in the mansion?!

Suddenly he was a little excited: "What's there?"

"Now there are cranes, falcons, deer, eagles, peacocks, parrots and magpies. They are not very rare. In the early years, when your great-grandfather was here, it was said that there were even elephants, tigers and leopards raised in the house!"

Sheng Yuan heard the pity in her father's words, and her eyes widened: Good guy, are all the nobles in this time and space so brave?

"If I have time in a few days, I will take you sisters to play with the peacocks and sika deer." Sheng Xiangxun originally wanted to take his little girl who had never seen the world to open her eyes, but the weight of this girl in his arms was too touching, and he thought about it.

Thinking that if he really wanted to go there again, he would be able to take sick leave, he changed his mind.

"Look over there, there is a large area of ​​bamboo forest, there is a bamboo bridge there, and across it is a place called Lake View.

Behind the lake scenery is a large grassland. If nothing happens in a few days, our family will go there to fly a kite."

Sheng Yuan's eyes lit up when she heard that she could play.

"Sister, let's go to the bamboo forest to play. Walk along the cobblestone path there and you will reach Jingtan. There is a small waterfall there. We can paddle from there to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the lake."

Sheng Ran was promised many opportunities to play, and she happily started planning.

The quiet pond she was talking about was actually in the bamboo forest. There was originally an earth-rock slope that was shorter than the observation deck. It was also modified during the construction of the Duke's Mansion.

Channels and mechanisms were built on the steeper slope, which attracted running water from the mansion to rush down, forming a miniature waterfall. The water fell to the bottom of the circular pit surrounded by bluestones, forming a not too small pool.

water.

Two water channels meandering outward were dug on the edge of the pond, one of which diverted water to the bamboo forest, forming a stream surrounding the bamboo forest.

The other one is wider, flowing like a river, and finally merges into the garden lake, where is the lake scenery that Sheng Xiangxun mentioned.

The lake surface is sparkling and the water quality is good, which is very suitable for fishing and leisure. There is also a pavilion in the middle of the lake called Huxin Pavilion, which is also a good place to enjoy the scenery.

As for the side of the earth-rock slope with a gentle slope, many pavilions were built from top to bottom.

Next to these pavilions is a complete flowing stream.

This stream winds down from the top of the slope like a ribbon, and finally merges with the stream surrounding the bamboo forest.

The moment Sheng Yuan saw this scenery, he thought of the Qu Shui Shang.

"You see, we can see clearly from above, but when we go there in person, because there are many corridors and paths, and there are rare and precious stones as intervals, it is easy for unfamiliar people to get confused." Sheng Xiangxun saw what his little girl was looking at.

In a daze, the eldest daughter seemed to be ready to make a move, so she hurriedly gave the instructions again.

"Dad, you said that there are eighteen streets in the inner city of Beijing guarding the imperial city. Each street is as big as our mansion, and the imperial city is even more magnificent. However, the history books of the previous dynasties say that their capital city is also

Today’s Kyoto, but the area of ​​Kyoto at that time does not seem to be so large.”

After Sheng An was reminded several times not to get lost, she suddenly remembered the doubts she had while reading a book some time ago and couldn't help but ask.
Chapter completed!