Chapter 210 The arrangement of Jiuzhou Qingyan and Yinzhen
Ji Ling returned to the West Wing Hall and saw that everyone was still chatting and laughing. After resting for a while, someone from the palace around Uranala came to report and asked all the concubines to go to their respective residences one by one according to the arrangement.
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When everyone heard this, they were full of expectation and anxiety.
When it was Ji Ling's turn, she stood up and, led by the escort, walked out of the west side hall, passed the west side door of Zhengda Guangming Hall, and continued walking into the garden.
Ji Ling knew very well that the Old Summer Palace was much bigger than the small area he saw in front of him!
After all, this is a well-built royal palace.
This form of "living the palace" can be seen in all dynasties - the Liang Palace of Qin Shihuang, the Jianzhang Palace and Ganquan Palace of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Huaqing Palace of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty... they are all the palaces of the emperor leaving the palace.
Generally speaking, the main architectural form of the palace is modeled on the basic system of the emperor's palace, including the emperor's residence, the concubine's harem, and the official offices.
So, think about it carefully - there are so many institutions, and the palace has to be accommodated, can the area of the palace be small?
The Forbidden City covers an area of more than 700,000 square meters, while the Old Summer Palace - it is said that during the Qianlong period, the area of the Old Summer Palace in its heyday was more than 3 million square meters.
Now during the Yongzheng period, the Old Summer Palace also covers an area of 2 million square meters.
All in all, one Old Summer Palace is equal to nearly three Forbidden City!
If the Old Summer Palace is compared to a beautiful picture scroll, she has just walked so far, which means she has just opened a corner of the picture scroll, and she has not even seen this corner!
In Ji Ling's heart, she felt inexplicably happy that Grandma Liu was about to enter the Grand View Garden.
Sure enough, after exiting the west gate of Zhengda Guangming Hall and walking more than a hundred steps along a path lined with fragrant flowers and trees, a large lake suddenly appeared in front of us.
The water surface is sparkling, like a wrinkled green sea. The sun hits the lake surface, just like a mirror reflection, flashing out a star-like light that makes people unable to open their eyes!
Ji Ling stretched out her hand to block her eyes - she had just come out of the deep Zhengdaguangming Hall, and she was still a little unaccustomed to it.
Different from the solemnity of the Zhengda Guangming Hall, this lake is filled with light reaching the sky and rippling blue waves. It is like a slightly dyed ink painting.
He saw too much of the tall red walls and yellow tiles in the Forbidden City, and too much of the square sky above the Forbidden City. Suddenly his sight widened, and facing such a large lake, Ji Ling felt happy.
There are lush trees along the river, and from a distance you can see a large island directly opposite the other side of the lake.
The island is shaded by green pines and has a large complex of buildings, which is much larger than the Zhengda Guangming Hall just now.
"Where is that?" She asked the two eunuchs who were leading the way while pointing.
The two eunuchs raised their smiling faces and rushed to answer her: "The noble Huiji is 'Jiuzhou Qingyan'!"
Why is this name so familiar?
Ji Ling squinted his eyes and thought carefully - I figured it out. Isn't that the palace area of the Yongzheng Emperor in history in the Old Summer Palace?
Jiuzhou Qingyan - means the land of Jiuzhou, the rivers are clear and the sea is clear, the world is peaceful, and the country is eternal.
Listening to this majestic name, you know that it is the most important palace group in the Old Summer Palace, besides the Zhengda Guangming Hall.
Ji Ling still vaguely remembered that the books he had read before said that there was a "Qianhu" between Emperor Yongzheng's Zhengda Guangming Hall and Jiuzhou Qingyan.
Ji Ling was agitated and looked at the sparkling lake around him, then looked back at the Zhengda Guangming Hall.
He looked up again and looked at Jiuzhou Qingyan...
Now it’s all on point!
The Old Summer Palace, this dreamy royal garden that was submerged in the clouds of history, is slowly being restored to life before her eyes.
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The two eunuchs looked at each other when they saw Jigui looking for directions in the southeast, northwest and northwest.
One of them, who was slightly older, simply took out a blueprint from his sleeve, held it up with both hands, presented it to Ji Ling, smiled and asked tentatively: "I have a blueprint here, I wonder if the noble man can use it?"
Ji Ling nodded, and Qixi immediately took it and gave it to her.
On the drawing, I saw mountains, rivers, palaces, rooms, trees, streets and alleys, towers and pavilions, all of them densely packed.
It's much clearer now.
Ji Ling read it several times and finally figured it out: when they came from the Forbidden City early in the morning, the carriage stopped in front of the Grand Palace Gate, changed into a sedan chair and entered the Second Palace Gate (Xianliang Gate), and then walked along,
Arrive at Zhengda Guangming Hall.
Behind Zhengda Guangming is Qianhu.
Across the front lake, facing the Zhengda Guangming Hall is Jiuzhou Qingyan.
In other words, the Grand Palace Gate, the Second Palace Gate, the Zhengda Guangming Hall, and Jiuzhou Qingyan are all on a central axis coming in from the main entrance.
Yes, these are the places where the emperor's front and back sleeps, and they should be on the central axis.
In addition, around the front lake, there are Lotus Pavilion, Rugu Hanjin, Peony Terrace...
Looking further back, there is another larger lake behind Qingyan in Jiuzhou, called "Houhu".
The area of the back lake is almost three times that of the front lake.
Another circle of buildings surrounding the back lake has very poetic and picturesque names: Xinghua Village, Water and Trees, Skylight Up and Down, Ciyun Protects...
The two leading eunuchs led Ji Ling to the side of Qinzheng Qinxian Hall.
There was already a sedan waiting outside the Chuihua Gate - the concubines would all get on the sedan from here and be sent to their respective residences.
Ji Ling got on the sedan and watched as the sedan walked along the lakeside and gradually reached the Ruyi Bridge.
We are very close to Jiuzhou Qingyan here, and we can see it much more clearly than before. Jiuzhou Qingyan is majestic and has flowing eaves. It is indeed the residence of the emperor.
After reaching Ruyi Bridge, the terrain gradually becomes higher.
Looking out from the car window, the water and sky are so beautiful, and there are waterfowl, flapping their wings and flying across the water. It reminds people of the beautiful poem "The flowers are blooming, the mangroves are singing, the grass is growing, the egrets are flying across the lake"
Come.
Because of the uphill slope, the eunuch serving the sedan was very strenuous and slowed down.
Ji Ling took advantage of this moment, holding the drawing, looking at it upside down, and then asked the eunuch who was leading the way carefully.
Although the eunuch was a man assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Old Summer Palace, Jigui was a popular figure in the Forbidden City, and the slaves each had their own well-informed information, so they naturally had clear eyes and ears.
At this time, when he saw Mr. Ji and inquired about him, how could he not take the opportunity to please him?
At first, he didn't dare to say much, for fear that the noble lady would find him verbose. Later, seeing that the noble lady was very kind and asked questions carefully and thoughtfully, he explained everything to her one by one, and gradually he became more interesting in talking.
When Ji Ling asked him, he could talk about ten sentences and point to Ji Ling from east to west, north and south.
Ji Ling:...You are more professional than the tour guide...
After a while, she figured it out.
In the harem, a simple and crude truth is - wherever the emperor's palace is, there will be food.
Just like the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart in the Forbidden City - whoever is closer to the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart will have more chances of getting close to the emperor.
Therefore, from this point of view, the concubines in the West Sixth Palace are more advantageous than those in the East Sixth Palace - because the Yangxin Palace is to the west of the Qianqing Palace, and behind it are the Yongshou Palace, Yikun Palace, Changchun Palace and other palaces in the West Sixth Palace.
The East Sixth Palace is too far away from the Yangxin Palace. If it weren't for the favored concubine, the emperor would not be willing to go all the way there.
Now when we come to Yuanmingyuan, the same principle applies.
With the emperor's palace area - Jiuzhou Qingyan as the center, a circle of buildings closely surrounding it were all stared closely by the eyes of the concubines!
But the place is so big and there are only so many palaces and gardens.
People are pouring in continuously.
There are too many monks and too little gruel - how to distribute it depends on the emperor's will.
The ones closest to Jiuzhou Qingyan mainly include Qinzheng Qinxian, Lotus Pavilion, Peony Terrace, Ciyun Puhu, etc.
Let’s look at the exclusions one by one: the Qinzheng Qinxian Hall—this is where the emperor summoned ministers and reviewed memorials, so it was naturally impossible for concubines to live there.
The Lotus Pavilion, which is said to be arranged for my elder brother to live in, is also not under consideration.
Ciyun Puhu: That is a temple garden...
Shangxia Tianguang: The name is very beautiful. It comes from the words in "Yueyang Tower", "As if spring and the scenery are bright, the waves are calm, the skylight above and below is a vast expanse of blue." However, it is only a two-story pavilion built next to Houhu Lake. It is mainly used to enjoy the scenery behind the lake. The scenery of the lake and the Mid-Autumn moon viewing, the water and sky above and below are the same color.
If it were to be lived in, I'm afraid it would have to be repaired.
Looking at it this way, the only one left closest to Jiuzhou Qingyan is the Peony Terrace.
But it is said that if nothing unexpected happens, Peony Terrace will be arranged for Concubine Cheng - this is a good land, located to the east of "Jiuzhou Qingyan", facing the back lake. It is surrounded by water, and there is a small bridge connecting Jiuzhou Qingyan to the west. Yan Xiangtong.
It is estimated that many concubines are eyeing this excellent terrain, and never thought that a concubine would emerge halfway through...
Passing along the Peony Terrace, there is another extremely long bridge. After getting off the bridge and walking a few dozen steps to the north, the sedan stopped.
The two leading eunuchs smiled and said to Ji Ling: "This is the residence of the noble man!", and then signaled the eunuch serving the sedan chair to put the sedan down, and sang loudly: "Please noble man, please get off the sedan chair!"
Ji Ling helped Qixi's men step off the sedan, and her eyes lit up instantly!
What a quiet courtyard!
The building in front of you is decorated in elegant and elegant colors. The roof is covered with gray tiles and rolled roofs. There is no color painting, which is fresh and dusty. Next to it is a lush forest of bamboos, as green as jade.
The four big characters on the plaque come into view - natural pictures.
The water gurgled under the steps.
This is actually a small island, connected to the front of Peony Terrace through a long bridge, and then to Jiuzhou Qingyan through the bridge in front of Peony Terrace.
Because it is very close to Jiuzhou Qingyan, only a little farther than Mudan Terrace, you can also go directly to Jiuzhou Qingyan by boat.
This place is not as close to Jiuzhou Qingyan as Peony Terrace. It is under the focus of everyone's attention, but it has its own secret. You only need to walk across two bridges, one long and one short, to reach Jiuzhou Qingyan.
The distance is very close, and the scenery is so quiet, it's like a fairyland.
No wonder Fourth Master said, "Lingling will definitely be satisfied with what he chose!"
Very satisfied, Ji Ling really likes it!
A bunch of minions were waiting at the door.
At the front were Xiao Fenzi, Xiao Dazi, and Xiao Yangzi, and next to them stood Xiao Chenzi from the Yangxin Palace. Behind them were four unfamiliar palace maids, all standing with bowed heads.
There are neatly stacked luggage at the door - they have been arranged and delivered long ago.
When Xiaofenzi and the others saw their master finally coming, they all grinned with joy. Their sleeves fluttered loudly, and they kneeled down with Qian'er, saying in unison: "Slaves, please give me to the master."
Please say hello!"
The four palace maids behind also knelt down: "I would like to pay my respects to Lord Ji!"
Xiao Chenzi beat Qian'er to the ground. After hearing Ji Ling's call, he stood up, waved his hand and asked the maids to come over. He pointed with a smile and said: "I will tell you this, this is the emperor's wish -
- The emperor thought that the noble man had just arrived. There were many places to clean up and there were not enough manpower. Eunuch Su went to carefully select the children. They were done properly and carefully and the people were clean. The emperor also said: If the noble man is easy to use, he can keep it.
"If you feel that there are too many people and it's not clean, just wait until the place is tidied up, and then the servant will come and take them all away!"
The corners of Ji Ling's mouth turned up.
Yinzhen knew that she didn't like that there were too many slaves in the courtyard, but he was also worried that the number of people she brought from the Forbidden City was not enough - that's all she said.
There is a sense of ironing everywhere.
Xiao Chenzi said with a smile: "To congratulate you, the emperor also said - today is the first day that the emperor will stay in the Old Summer Palace, and he will have a banquet at Jiuzhou Qingyan Palace in the evening, but later, he will go to the natural paintings.
Come here and see the noble man!"
Ji Ling was caught off guard and opened her eyes slightly.
Ah? Fourth master will come over tonight?
There are so many suitcases piled up in a mess here, and they haven’t been tidied up yet!
Qixi and Bixue both looked happy.
Bixue lowered her head and had already begun to roll up her sleeves vigorously - looking as if she was going to pack all the luggage and furnishings immediately, and she was very motivated.
Xiao Chenzi is very aware of eyes. At this time, he only glanced at Ji Ling's expression, then smiled and whispered: "No need to worry, noble man. It is still early. Even if you have lunch, it will be enough for the emperor to come over in the evening."
More than three hours are enough for you, noble man, to prepare."
He paused, then smiled and said: "In the Old Summer Palace, the residences of the concubines and concubines have been cleaned every day since they were completed in early April this year. Your noble man's 'natural picture' is also spotless, and the beds are furnished."
, everything is available.”
Ji Ling:...Do you want to check in with your bags...
Xiao Chenzi smiled and said: "The nobles are tired of traveling and traveling, so the servants will not disturb the nobles."
After saying that, he turned around and gave some detailed instructions to the palace maids. Ji Ling faintly heard, "It is a great blessing for you to be able to serve Ji Guiji" and so on.
Seeing Xiao Chenzi retiring and leaving, there were two young eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were responsible for transporting the concubines' luggage next to the luggage. At this time, they nodded and bowed, with smiles on their faces, and came forward to greet Ji Ling.
After Ji Ling called out, the two people held the registration book, one sang and clicked, and after confirming with Qixi one by one, they "teared" and "teared" the boxes on the box in front of Ji Ling.
Seal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Ji Ling stood there, waiting until the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs walked away, then he looked around at Qixi, Bixue, Xiaofenzi, Xiaodazi, and Xiaoyangzi, and said: "What are you doing standing there stupidly? Come on, go in and take a look.
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Everyone responded with a roar, then happily surrounded Ji Ling and walked inside.
Xiao Fenzi walked halfway, raised his hand and knocked on his forehead, grabbed Xiao Yoko, and the two of them turned around and carried the suitcases and boxes one by one to the courtyard.
Qixi helped Ji Ling cross the threshold.
Ji Ling let out a long breath and looked inside with bright eyes.
She can finally start her own business.
Natural picture - this is a palace that belongs entirely to her in the true sense.
She no longer has to be the side position of the mistress of another palace.