Chapter seven hundred and sixty fifth family reunion
More than a dozen painted boats sailed slowly into the Dragon Pond of Xingqing Palace. In addition to Guo Song's wife and daughter, there were also domestic servants who had been with them for many years. The old housekeeper and his wife and some servants disembarked in Qujiang to go to the garden house. A dozen others
The personal maid followed Xue Tao to the palace.
In addition, more than a hundred eunuchs and maids from Xingqing Palace also came with them. This was Xue Tao's decision. She couldn't bear to leave these eunuchs and maids in Jinyang Palace. If they were allowed to go home, they would have nowhere to go.
When they left, Xue Tao brought them all to Chang'an.
Guo Song stood in front of the long embankment. His eldest sister Guo Ping and niece Zhou Mingzhu were also standing beside him. Guo Ping had changed a lot in the past two months. The previous abjection was no longer visible on her face. She had tidied herself up.
, her hair is also neatly combed, and there is a kind of competence in her bones. This is also the temperament she has developed from selling tofu for many years. In the past, she was just covered up by poverty. Once she got a good environment, her shrewdness and ability gradually came out.
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Guo Ping was a little nervous. Her sister-in-law was a princess, a phoenix among women. It was not something a commoner woman like her could associate with.
The boat slowly docked, a boatman got on the board, and two female guards came down first to help them get off the boat.
"Daddy!"
The first one to run out was Guo Song's precious daughter Guo Weiwei. She was eleven years old. She ran over like a deer and jumped into her father's arms.
Guo Song smiled and rubbed his daughter's hair, "Silly boy, call me aunt!"
Guo Weiwei called out sweetly, "Auntie!"
"Hey! What a good boy."
Guo Ping happily pulled her over. She knew from Guo Song's soldiers that her younger brother loved this daughter the most and she was the eldest princess of their family.
"Weiwei looks a lot like daddy, and her eyebrows are like a god."
Guo Ping was right. Guo Weiwei looked very much like her father. At this time, Xue Tao got off the boat. Guo Song came forward, said a few words to his wife, and introduced her eldest sister to her. Guo Ping was a little hurriedly saluting, and Xue Tao
He supported her and said with a smile: "We are all one family. Too much etiquette will only cause division."
"My brothers and sisters are right, we are all one family." Guo Ping marveled in her heart, her brothers and sisters are simply like gods.
Xue Tao glanced at Zhou Mingzhu and said with a smile, "That must be Mingzhu!"
Zhou Mingzhu was entangled by Guo Weiwei. Guo Weiwei was the eldest, with only younger siblings. She had long hoped that she would also have a brother and sister. Although Zhang Yu was also a sister, she was not related by blood after all, and Zhou Mingzhu was her cousin. Let her
I was so happy that I pulled Zhou Mingzhu and chatted non-stop.
Guo Ping quickly turned around and waved to her daughter, "Come and see my aunt!"
Zhou Mingzhu stepped forward and gave Xue Tao a blessing ceremony, "Mingzhu wishes my aunt!"
"What a pretty little lady."
Xue Tao wiped off a white jade bracelet from his wrist, put it on her, and said with a smile: "This is a meeting gift from my aunt."
At this time, Guo Song took his second daughter, Guo Yan'er, who was also five years old and pretty. Although she was not as favored by her father as her eldest sister, her father liked her just as much. Guo Song picked her up and held her in his arms.
A heavy kiss on the little cheek, "Yan'er, do you miss daddy?"
Guo Yan'er hugged her father's neck and said coquettishly: "Yan'er dreams about dad every night."
"Daddy will spend more time with Yan'er from now on."
Dugu Youlan hugged her daughter over and said with a smile: "Daddy still wants to hug the little brother, let's go see aunt!"
Guo Song introduced Dugu Youlan to his eldest sister Guo Ping. At this time, Zhang Minqiu also came down with his son. This is Guo Song's youngest son, named Guo Jinrui, nicknamed Chuyi. He is less than one year old. He was born prematurely.
His body was very weak, so he was not given to the wet nurse and was taken care of by his mother. The imperial doctor also said that he was fortunate to receive careful care from his mother. If the wet nurse had taken care of him, he would probably have died.
Guo Song took over his sleeping son. Seeing that he was fatter than last time and his little face became rosier, Guo Song smiled at Qiuniang and said, "It's been really hard on you to take care of him these past few months."
Zhang Minqiu felt warm in her heart when she received her husband's praise. She pursed her lips and smiled and said, "I am his mother. If I don't do my best, no one will."
"That's right, it's very windy outside, take your children in quickly!"
The last person to come up was Jincheng, the eldest son, and Xue Qing was with his parents, who were on a boat behind.
"Boy, meet daddy!"
Guo Song touched his son's head lovingly. The child was only nine years old, but he was already a bit old-fashioned.
"Where is your master?"
"Master is participating in the examination of the imperial examination papers and will be here a few days later."
Guo Song remembered it and appointed Li Mi as the chief examiner of the imperial examination. Since he was not in Taiyuan, he asked Li Mi to help him check the examination.
When Guo Song saw his wife waving to him, he took his son's hand and smiled and said, "Let's go see aunt."
After all, Guo Ping was an ordinary civilian woman, and she still favored boys over girls. She held Guo Jincheng's hand and refused to let go. She loved him so much that she was the blood heir of their Guo family.
Guo Song smiled and said: "Let's go! Everyone's rooms have been arranged."
Everyone walked towards the palace in great force. An old eunuch walked at the front and kept introducing the distribution of Xingqing Palace to everyone, which attracted everyone's surprise.
"Husband, Xingqing Palace is bigger than I thought!" Xue Tao looked around and was truly amazed.
Guo Song held his eldest son in one hand and his youngest daughter Guo Yan'er in the other. He smiled and said: "I told you in a letter that Xingqing Palace here covers an area of 2100 acres, which is three times that of Jinyang Palace.
Half of it is the imperial palace and the other half is the inner palace. However, the water surface in the inner palace is wide. The Longchi covers an area of 500 acres. It is a real lake. In the center of the lake, there is an island in the middle of the lake with an area of 30 acres. It is said that it is very beautiful.
Not bad, but I haven’t been there yet.”
Guo Yan'er's eyes lit up, she raised her head and said, "Auntie, I want to go to the island in the middle of the lake."
Xue Tao smiled slightly and said: "We will go together in two days."
The characteristic of the inner palace of Xingqing Palace is that all the buildings are built around the Dragon Pond. They are all lake view rooms. The various buildings are well-proportioned. Compared with the gloomy and solemn Jinyang Palace, Xingqing Palace is like a huge
It is no wonder that the garden itself is the palace that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty carefully expanded for Li Longji and Yang Guifei to make a living. During the entire Tianbao period, Li Longji and Yang Guifei lived here.
Therefore, among the three major palaces in Chang'an, Xingqing Palace has the strongest atmosphere of life. The scenery along the way is picturesque and the vision is broad, making everyone relaxed and happy. Even Xue Tao, who was originally afraid of the palace, fell in love with it.
The residence Guo Song arranged for his family was located in Xianghui Building in Southwest China. It is also a complex of buildings covering an area of more than 30 acres. Next to it is the Baiyuan Garden covering an area of hundreds of acres.
The Huacalyxianghui Building is the main building, which is magnificently built. It is surrounded by seven exquisite auxiliary buildings, connected by air corridors.
There is another big reason why Guo Song chose Huaxianhui Building for his family to live. That is, Zhu Si does not live here. He lives in Jinhua Building on the other side of Longchi. Which kind of splendid feeling does he prefer?
I don’t like the fresh and elegant Huacalyxianghuilou.
Huaxianghui Building is three times larger than the Yuqiong Pavilion where Xue Tao and the others live. It has five floors in total, but there are more than twenty rooms on one floor, which is enough for their family to live.
Guo Song had already made arrangements. The main building was the place where the whole family usually gathered, living, eating, reading, admiring jade, etc., but their respective bedrooms were in the auxiliary building, except that the princess's bedroom was on the fourth floor of the main building.
All the furnishings in the room are complete, and the bedding and everything are new. As early as a month ago, Guo Song drew a drawing for everyone.
When we got here, everyone was familiar with the road and quickly went to their pavilions.
Xue Tao stood in front of the window on the fourth floor. He opened the window and saw the sparkling lake in front of him. In the distance was a lush island, with pavilions and pavilions faintly visible on the island.
Guo Song stood next to his wife and looked at the palaces further away, and said with a smile: "The farthest is the Daming Palace, and the tallest palace is the Hanyuan Palace."
"I've seen it."
Xue Tao smiled sweetly, "Have you forgotten that I grew up in Chang'an?"
"I really forgot."
Xue Tao asked again: "Why don't eldest sister want to live here?"
Guo Song shook his head and smiled bitterly: "She doesn't like it here. She always feels that there is no smell of fireworks here. She prefers the life in the city. I will let her go without forcing it."
"I can understand, just like I wasn't suitable for Jinyang Palace before."
Speaking of this, Xue Tao smiled sweetly, "But I like this place very much. Living by the water, it's like a huge garden. It feels like a garden house. It's my favorite type of residence."