At that time, Mrs. You and Sister Feng had arranged everything in the garden and came to invite them for a Yuan Chun outing.
Jia Lian was about to retire, but Yuan Chun called him to stop him and said, "I just heard from my grandmother and mother that when we first planned to build this garden, it was Brother Lian who was solely responsible. I think Brother Lian must have put a lot of effort into this, and he is more responsible than anyone else."
I am more familiar with the profound meaning of the construction of various places in the garden. Therefore, I would like to ask brothers Lian and Baoyu to enter the garden with me as a guide. I wonder if brother Lian will agree?"
When Jia Lian heard this, he smiled and said: "Elder sister has a destiny, but I dare not follow it."
It was indeed Jia Lian who had full authority to supervise the construction of the Grand View Garden from the time when Shan Ziye designed the drawings. However, later on, Jia Lian sent Princess Zhaoyang out of the customs first, and then was ordered to go south to the south of the Yangtze River to work, which delayed the construction and layout of the garden.
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The reason why Yuanchun proposed this was not because she really wanted Jia Lian to be her guide, but more simply to show everyone that she cared equally for Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu, and there was no distinction between them. Jia Lian would naturally not see this.
It didn't come out, so I responded in one mouthful.
So Jia Mu, Jia Lian and others supported Yuanchun as he got up and walked into the garden together.
Early in the morning I saw lights and lights in the garden, and among the trees, there were all sorts of things arranged.
The group first started from places such as "Feng Lai Yi", "Red Fragrant Green Jade", "Apricot Curtain in the View", "Hongzhi Qingfen" and other places, climbed the tower and pavilion, waded along the mountains and rivers, and wandered around in various ways. The layout was different from place to place.
Yuan Chun was very impressed by the novel decoration of the piles. However, he couldn't help but advise him not to be so extravagant in the future.
Entering the palace from the west gate, when you come in, you see a huge water wheel, lying across the pond and weir. Yuanchun looked sideways.
Waterwheels are not a rare thing, either for farmers to facilitate irrigation, or for manors to divert water to high places, but they all require rapid water flow as power to be effective.
The pond weir here was obviously dug manually, and the water flow was slow. The water wheel was placed in it, almost motionless, but I don’t know what its purpose was? Not to mention Yuanchun, even Jia Baoyu, Jia Mu and others were a little confused for a while.
Surprised, they looked at each other a few times, and realized that they were not the only ones who were confused, and felt even more strange, so they all glanced at Jia Lian.
It turns out that from the day when the garden was about to be completed, in order to show respect for the imperial concubine, Jia Zheng had already sent a special person to guard every plant and tree inside and outside the palace to prevent idlers from visiting.
Therefore, although Jia Baoyu and others visited various places in the garden every day, they knew very little about the layout of the palace.
In addition, the fortifications here were temporarily added after Jia Lian returned from Jiangnan and after discussing with Jia Zheng, so even Jia's mother and others did not know about it.
Jia Lian bowed to Yuan Chun, and then pointed to a bright side corridor next to him: "This is a place for nobles to bathe and change clothes in their free time. As for this thing and the nearby balcony, they are used for collecting water."
If Yuanchun realized something, "Since it is used to collect water, how can it be driven away by still water?"
"It can be driven by human power."
Yuanchun seemed to understand on the surface, but in fact he was even more confused. Since it was driven by manpower and wooden barrels were used, why build such a large-scale fortification? Is it just for aesthetics?
Seeing Yuanchun's thoughts, Jia Lian smiled and said: "This waterwheel is slightly different from ordinary waterwheels. Because it uses the mechanism of turning the axis, even with only one person, the clear water in the pool can be easily taken up to this high platform.
Then pour it into the turret.
There are several boilers in the turret that can heat the water, and then use bamboo pipes and ditches to inject the hot water into the large bathing pool in the middle of the building to achieve the effect of a human-made hot spring. In this way, even if it is cold, you can take a bath here.
Emotional joy."
Looking at the construction in front of them and Jia Lian's simple explanation, who among them doesn't understand the principle?
After thinking about the affairs of Jia Baoyu and others, he became very interested.
It’s not that people didn’t think of bathing in pools at that time, but it was just too laborious, expensive, and space-consuming. Therefore, people who weren’t first-class hedonists dared to build a place for bathing in pools? Just look at Huaqing Pool in the Tang Dynasty, which attracted many literati to praise it.
To be known.
However, considering that this place was specially built for the bathing of my own imperial concubine and sister, I probably would not have the chance to go in and try it out.
Seeing new things, not only Jia Baoyu and others suddenly became daydreaming, but even Yuanchun suddenly gathered his energy.
You should know that even her Fengzao Palace did not have a bathing place. In the entire palace, it seems that only the Chonghua Palace of the Supreme Emperor had a bathing place. According to rumors, the Emperor took several baths every time he took a bath in the pond.
Nearly a thousand eunuchs and maids served at the same time...
This is evident from this.
It’s not that the royal people don’t know how to enjoy themselves, it’s just that the palace has strict rules, and every plant, tree, and brick is more noble than anywhere else. Without the emperor’s will, who would dare to touch it?
But within the royal estate, there is no such concern. There are even many estates with hot springs under the royal family's name.
It's just the concubines in the harem, how can they get out of the palace and enjoy themselves easily?
Therefore, Yuanchun has never experienced a pool bath until today, but he does not want to set up a pool bath in his own home, in the palace built by his family for himself.
Although I haven't gone in to take a look yet, I can guess what's going on inside just by Jia Lian's few words.
"It just so happens that eldest sister is going home today. She must be tired from traveling and traveling, so why not go to this building to take a bath first. We have prepared a banquet and several viewing programs for eldest sister. After eldest sister takes a bath and changes clothes, we will come and watch.
Not too late." Jia Lian suddenly bent down and asked for instructions.
"this……"
Yuanchun looked hesitant, glanced at Jia Mu and others, and said, "That's it for tonight. Let's talk about it later when we have a chance."
It was a rare trip home for her, and she wanted to stay with her relatives for a while, and didn't want to waste time taking a bath.
Jia Lian gave Sister Feng a look. Sister Feng, who had been unable to hold back her words for a long time, saw this and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. I have already arranged the building well and the hot water has been poured into the pool.
If the empress enters the palace to take a bath, it will not waste much time."
Jia Mu and others also noticed Yuanchun Mingming's intention, and they knelt down and said, "Please come to the palace to take a rest."
Yuanchun had already supported her mother, and when she saw everyone was so sincere, she nodded and sighed: "In that case, I will follow your wishes."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Everyone in the Jia family almost didn't sleep last night in order to welcome the Yuanchun family visit. How could it not be the same for Yuanchun?
However, there were many rules and nobles in the palace, and today was the Mid-Autumn Festival. Therefore, after she got up early in the morning, she first went to the Queen, Queen Mother, Dowager Princess, etc. to say hello, and then went to Baoling Palace to worship Buddha, and then to Daming Dynasty.
A banquet is held in the palace, and only after the banquet is over can one ask for an order to leave the palace.
She was eager to return home, so she didn't rest for a day. She was so tired all day long. Especially when she was accompanied by Jia Mu and others, she visited various places in the garden for more than an hour, which made her feel a little sweaty.
Feel.
On the contrary, although she changed her clothes several times, she only changed her outer clothes.
Seeing Yuanchun's promise, Zhaorong and others behind her immediately ordered the attendants to file into the palace to make arrangements for bathing.
Yuan Chun also nodded with Jia Mu and others, looked at Jia Lian specifically, then turned around and stepped into the hall with gentle steps.
After Yuanchun left, Jia Mu and other female relatives immediately relaxed a little, and finally dared to talk to each other and express some opinions.
"This place was your idea again, right?"
Daiyu walked up to Jia Lian at some point and whispered.
Jia Lian turned his head and glanced at her. Seeing how smart and cute she looked, he wanted to touch her head. Then he remembered that this was not the case at this time, so he held back and just looked at her with a smile.
Daiyu felt a little embarrassed, glanced at him, and wanted to leave.
Jia Lian suddenly saw half of the jade beads slightly exposed on her wrist, so he picked up her little hand and asked, "This string of beads is very beautiful, where did you get it?"
As soon as Jia Lian finished speaking, Li Wan, who had been watching them from the side, laughed: "This is what the imperial concubine gave to her just now in the old lady's house. What does it mean... The empress said that this is a meeting gift given to her in advance.
…”
Li Wan spoke with a smile, but Daiyu had already blushed with embarrassment.
She snatched her little hand back and hid behind Baochai beside her.
Jia Lian smiled, even if Li Wan didn't explain it clearly, Jia Lian understood. Come on, it's a meeting gift from the future eldest aunt to the future sister-in-law.
Seeing Daiyu's attitude of wearing it on her hand, Jia Lian was very happy.
She remembered that Daiyu was the one who truly looked down upon the powerful. Jia Baoyu regarded the string of beads given to Jia Baoyu by King Beijing as a treasure and kept it specially to offer it to Daiyu, but Daiyu threw it away like garbage.
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Unexpectedly, she did not dislike the gift given to her by Yuanchun. In Jia Lian's heart, he attributed all the internal reasons to himself, feeling that Daiyu cared too much about him, so she accepted Yuanchun's blessing.
Daiyu escaped, and Jia Lian did not pursue any further questions. Instead, he opened his eyes and looked at Li Wan. But seeing Li Wan's beautiful face and clear eyebrows, he suddenly felt that he was very different from the previous "dead wood and gray" image.
It looks particularly gorgeous.
After taking a closer look, I realized that it was probably because of the make-up. Thinking that it was normal for Li Wan to change his usual bare-face style on an occasion like today, he didn't think much about it.
The little episode here fell in Jia Baoyu's eyes. He looked lonely and turned to look to the north... To the north was the sloping building where Yuanchun bathed. The figures inside were flashing and the lights were bright. He was stunned for a moment, fearing that others would doubt his intentions, so
He lowered his head.
Mrs. Wang also saw it, but couldn't pay attention to it, so she said to Jia Mu: "Old lady, let's go to the back hall and wait for the empress."
"That's fine."
So everyone walked around this building and headed towards the main building behind the main hall.
Naturally, Jia Lian couldn't follow the crowd of women, so he turned around alone and went to the front yard to look for Jia Zheng and others.
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In the slanted building, Yuan Chun came in under the guidance of Sister Feng. As expected, he could see the scenery of this place. It was a world of difference.
The decoration and layout are not much different from other palaces, except that in the middle, there is an extra bathtub made of white jade that is three feet long and more than one foot wide.
Seeing the large pond here, Yuanchun finally understood why it was necessary to use a water truck to fetch water and to supplement it with such a project. If the water was simply fetched with wooden barrels, it would take an unknown number of people just to fill the pond with water.
Try your best.
At this time, the water mist in the pool was swirling and rising, covering the entire hall like a fairyland.
I heard the sound of gurgling water again. After a closer look, I found that several streams of steaming water flowed out from the west wall of the pool and fell into the pool. From its position and the bamboo pipes that discharged the water, we can tell that it was from Jia Lian.
It is said to be drawn from the west corner tower.
No wonder the entire hall can be filled with such a warm and fragrant fragrance even in such a cold weather. It turns out that there is a steady supply of hot water.
Seeing the satisfied look on Yuan Chun's face, Sister Feng immediately said to her, "I don't know, the empress doesn't know that when this place was first built, it was originally used as a side hall. Later, our Marquis came to take a look and said that there was still a lack of a bathing chamber for the empress in the palace."
palace, so this place was chosen for construction.
Even the construction plan was designed by him personally. Because it was not far away from the date when the Queen Mother returned to the province, in order to come up with the plan as soon as possible, he did not sleep for several nights in a row, just to complete the place before the Queen Mother's wedding ceremony.
Built..."
Sister Feng is deliberately taking credit for this. In fact, as long as you have money and people, and the site is ready, it is really simple to build such a project, and it will be completed in just more than ten days.
But when Yuanchun heard this, he felt more and more deeply. He glanced at Sister Feng and sighed: "Brother Lian is a knowledgeable and talented man. You can marry him, which shows that you are also blessed."
When Sister Feng heard this, she suddenly remembered that she had made a fool of herself in the palace. Yuan Chun was also fully aware of it. She felt weak in her heart and shrank her neck and retreated.
Speaking of which, Sister Feng is Mrs. Wang's niece, and she and Yuanchun are direct cousins.
He is only two or three years younger than Yuanchun, so he was naturally familiar with her when he was a child.
It's just that time has changed, Yuanchun is now a noble concubine, and Sister Feng respects authority the most, so she can't help being a little reserved in front of her.
However, Yuanchun had no intention of controlling Sister Feng, and just sighed from the bottom of his heart.
Seeing her like this, it was hard to say anything. He just said: "Brother Lian's feelings for me are appreciated by me. Please turn around and thank her properly for me. Okay, please step aside."
After saying that, Yuanchun came to the edge of the pool under the guidance of Baoqin, spread out his slender arms, and four maids came forward to undress Yuanchun.
The gorgeous robes are taken off from the noble and beautiful body one by one. This scene is a scene in the world.
Sister Feng has never been an honest person. Before she retreated into the outer room, she couldn't help but look back. But when she saw this, her heart skipped a beat.
I said in my heart that it was lucky that the heartless person couldn't see this scene, otherwise...
Bah, bah, bah, what are you thinking about? You are indeed getting more and more useless. Why do you think of him for all the good things?
Smiling secretly, Sister Feng sighed again. I wonder when she would be able to behave like Yuanchun, showing the ultimate grace and luxury?
Shaking her head, Sister Feng was still self-aware. Forget about Yuanchun's status, she would never be able to achieve it in her life. Let's just say that she herself was not suitable for taking the elegant route.
If you really want to force imitation, to use unscrupulous words, the general meaning is: imitate others?
Bah, even if I am not as good as her, I am not "Dong Shi". In terms of appearance and figure, I should not be inferior to her...right?
After thinking forcibly, Sister Feng retreated into the outer hall and waited quietly.