Jintai East House faces south. When you walk in the door, you will see the screen wall. On the screen wall, there is an exquisite picture of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea engraved in fine relief.

After passing through the screen door on the left, you will find the outer courtyard. To the south of the outer courtyard is an inverted room for servants to live. Behind another screen door at the west end is a small courtyard and a small warehouse for storing sundries. On the right side of the north side is a small courtyard.

It is the second door leading to the inner courtyard.

The second gate is also called the Hanging Flower Gate, which is named after its two front eaves hanging in mid-air and decorated with patterns of lotus petals. In the old days, ladies of the house once said, "If you don't go out through the main door, you won't be able to step forward through the second gate."

She never leaves the hanging flower gate before getting married. Behind the hanging flower gate is the second entrance courtyard, also called the inner courtyard. The east and west sides of the inner courtyard are the east and west wing rooms, which are usually used for visitors or people with lower status in the family. To the north is the second entrance main house.

, for the residence of the person whose status in the courtyard is second only to the head of the family (such as the eldest brother or eldest son of the head of the family).

There are east and west wing rooms to the left and right of the second main room, which can be used to store items and furniture that cannot be placed in the main room, and can also be used for concubines or domestic servants to live in, making it easier to enter the main room to serve.

The hanging flower gate, the second main room and the east and west wing rooms are connected by a "hui"-shaped hand-chaoshou veranda. In case of rain or snow, after entering the hanging flower gate from the outer courtyard, you do not need to pass through the inner courtyard, but instead go around the chao-shou veranda to the courtyard.

All the houses in it.

Bypassing the east and west wing rooms of the second courtyard, behind the main house is the third courtyard of the house. The area of ​​the third courtyard and the second courtyard are about the same size. There are also rooms on both sides of the main house for the owner of the house.

There are east and west wing rooms, but there are no east and west wing rooms. There is only a clear pond in the east of the courtyard. A bamboo forest is planted in the west of the courtyard, and a rockery is piled up with strange rocks in the middle. The hand verandah extends from the left and right of the second entrance to the courtyard.

The small stone bridge over the clear pond and the small stone path in the bamboo forest are also elegant and unique.

There are two moon gates on the left and right sides of the third courtyard, which are as round as the full moon. Walking through the moon gate is the fourth courtyard, which is also called the backyard. The fourth courtyard is smaller than the second and third courtyards, and is not included.

The configuration of the east and west wing rooms and the east and west wing rooms only has a long back room located on the northernmost side of the entire yard, which is used for the residence of the elders of the family and the servants responsible for taking care of the elders.

As for the Jin Tai West Courtyard assigned to Hua Yuxi, it is almost a complete mirror image of the Jin Tai East Courtyard, except that the bamboo forest and clear pond in the third entrance courtyard are gone, and a few green pines and cypresses are planted instead.

Lan Feng, who arrived early, had already assigned rooms for everyone. Lan Qiao and Feng Yeling and his wife wanted to stay in the main room of the third courtyard. Xia Shuang, the maid who had followed Feng Yeling for the longest time, stayed in the east wing of the third courtyard.

Miaoer and the little sparrow live in the west wing.

The main room at the second entrance to the courtyard is occupied by Lan Feng, who does not need maids to serve him. The east and west wing rooms are idle. The east wing room is for Ben Yali, who has returned to Beijing with him, to stay temporarily, and the west wing room is reserved for Chen Yuheng.

"This boy Yu Heng was originally asked to go to Xiaogu to find his junior sister and..." Lan Qiao glanced at Hua Yuxi and said to Feng Yeling: "Now that they are all here, Yu Heng is still nowhere to be seen."

Feng Yeling counted the time and said: "Logically speaking, I should have come back long ago. Maybe something happened on the way and delayed me. Don't worry, Yu Heng is not the young boy he used to be? He will have a way to deal with it."

Traveling with Bai Xueyin was her second junior sister Zhao Xueying. They originally planned to follow Zhu Gaoxu to the inn to rest, but they bumped into the Blue Bridge by mistake? The streets left and right were crowded with people celebrating, so they also got off.

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In addition to Xia Shuang and three other maids, there are eight maids, including Chuntao, Chunxing, Chunmei, Chuntang and Chunying. There are also four male servants, Dajiang, Dahe, Dahu and Dahai? They are all accompanied by Zhu Di.

Bonus? To serve Lan Qiao and others in their daily life.

After listening to Lan Feng's arrangements for the residences of the maids, Hua Yuxi wondered: "They have arranged everything, but what about me? Where should I live?"

Lan Feng smiled bitterly and said: "Didn't Your Majesty give the entire Jintai West House to the Hua family? You can live in such a big courtyard however you want? Even the maid can give you two, so why bother asking me again?"

"

Just as Hua Yuxi was about to say more, Zhang Fu rushed over and said: "In this battle at Juyongguan, did Hua's poisonous smoke defeat the enemy? She is as great as Huaiyuan? She is worthy of a courtyard."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled casually and said: "Do you really want to stick to your young master day and night? If it doesn't work, just make a hole in the wall next to you? You can also walk through it at will. If you didn't tell me, I almost forgot.

Yes? Back in Qingzhou, which bastard said that Hua Jiaren was the woman that His Highness liked, does his word count?"

Only then did Lan Qiao remember that when he "robbed" Hua Yuxi out of the prison car, he had lied about giving her to Zhu Gaoxu. This word later reached Zhu Gaoxu's ears, and he was ridiculed by the latter at this time.

Just when he didn't know how to smooth things over, Hua Yuxi laughed and said: "Your Highness is too flattering to the little girl. I don't know who came up with the idea in Jinan. He wanted the young master to use "half a day's free time" to ruin the servant's throat. Fortunately, the young master is soft-hearted.

I didn’t do anything, otherwise I would go to that person’s doorstep and cry every day.”

"He's not soft-hearted, he's clearly sentimental." Feng Yeling elbowed Lan Qiao and rolled her eyes at him, "When I see someone who loves someone, it's a shame that I said so many nice things to comfort him that night.

"

Zhu Gaoxu secretly told her to fight back hard, and said with a smile: "I heard that in Hexi, the time when Huaiyuan and Xueyin were trapped under the mountain was also a masterpiece of the Hua family?"

Bai Xueyin had heard the rumors coming out of Peking along the way, and knew that Hua Yuxi was "incited to rebel" by Lan Qiao. Although she was angry with her for taking away the Ice Lotus Snow Essence Pills that she brought to her mouth in Jiangpu, Hua Yuxi was at this time

Now that she was on the same side as Lan Qiao, she could not get angry easily. She just smiled calmly and said: "Actually, it's all thanks to everyone. That incident is still the most unforgettable memory in my life."

As she spoke, she glanced at Lanqiao with her wonderful eyes, and the scene of her and him living together underground emerged again.

Lan Qiao's heart was shaken by the sight of her, and he recalled the time when he and she were in adversity, and smiled and said: "Every effect has a cause, and all fates are destined."

Zhao Xueying saw that everyone was busy chatting and reminiscing, and no one was paying attention to her, so she couldn't help but interrupt: "Senior sister's fate is destined, where is my fate?"

Although she doesn't have the national beauty of Feng Yeling, Hua Yuxi or Bai Xueyin, she has the purity and grace of a girl, giving people a fresh and lovely sense of intimacy. Lan Feng laughed and said: "We are destined to meet each other, why not

We will hold a banquet in the courtyard and have a lively time, not only to celebrate the eldest brother and sister-in-law, but also to congratulate them on their move to a new house, and also to serve as the white heroine and the heroine Zhao to wash away the dust, killing three birds with one stone, isn't it wonderful?"

Zhu Qingxiao was the first to applaud. On the one hand, Zhu Gaoxu loves to be lively, and on the other hand, he got more opportunities to get along with Bai Xueyin, so he strongly supported him. Although Bai Xueyin has been in trouble all the way, she is used to wandering in the world.

, she didn’t feel tired, but seeing Lan Qiao on the first day in Peiping gave her a big surprise, and she was willing to talk to Lan Qiao more.

She couldn't say it directly, so she asked Zhao Xueying: "Junior sister, what do you think, do you want to go back to rest or stay here a little longer?"

Zhao Xueying said without hesitation: "Of course I will stay. It's rare for so many important people to be present. I have to admire their grace no matter what."

Her words gave everyone enough face. Lan Qiao, Lan Feng, Zhu Qingxiao, Zhang Fu and Zhu Gaoxu all nodded friendly towards her, and finally turned their attention to Feng Yeling.

Seeing everyone including Lan Qiao looking at her, Feng Yeling hesitated and said: "Second Young Master, this suggestion is a good one, but we have so many mouths and no preparation in advance, what should we eat?"

"That's easy to say." Hua Yuxi saw that Lan Qiao was actually quite moved by Lan Feng's proposal, but because of Feng Yeling's face, she couldn't express her position, so she smiled and said for him: "There is such a big inner courtyard here, we have the manpower

It’s enough, let the servants go out and buy some wine, meat, fruits and vegetables, and then set up a stove for barbecue, it shouldn’t be a problem.”
Chapter completed!