Wen Wan sat on the carriage, feeling a little excited. From the time she received this reward to now, she has never had time to see the mirror garden. I have always only heard of its name but not seen its scenery. This is the best courtyard in the world. Let me live in it for the rest of my life!
According to the information obtained by Wen Wan, there are even records. This is not an unofficial record. Rather, the serious sutras were recorded by pen officials. It is said that the feng shui in Prince Heshuo's Mansion is the best in the capital, except in the imperial palace.
The ancients paid great attention to Feng Shui when building houses and gardens, and the records are very detailed. When King Heshuo chose the site to build his mansion, he asked the most famous Feng Shui master at the time to find a treasure land to build his mansion. The Feng Shui master searched all over the capital and finally chose the current location. According to rumors, this is the best location in the capital besides the imperial palace.
According to records, Prince Heshuo's Mansion is divided into two parts: the mansion and the garden. The mansion is in the front and the garden is in the back. Later, after reconstruction, only some buildings in front of the mansion remained. The vacant lot was converted into a garden. The total area of ??the mansion and gardens is more than 300 acres, which according to current methods is more than 200,000 square meters (10,000 square meters = 15 acres). Nowadays, any top-notch mansion becomes a small shrimp in front of it. The former mansion now covers an area of ??about twenty acres (not too extraordinary), with the main focus being the garden.
The yard of Wenwan¡¯s five houses, including the garden, is only about ten acres. At that time, I heard that the Mirror Garden covers an area of ??more than 300 acres. She was so frightened that she told the emperor that she didn't want it on the spot because it was too big. This is too big, the palace is only over 2,000 acres. She lives in a palace that is one-tenth the size of the palace, which is so spectacular. The emperor laughed at that time, but did not take it back.
Wen Wan later thought about it for herself and thought that the emperor's uncle had given her the back garden of his house to live in. When she gets older, this mansion will still have to be taken back. She treated it as if she was borrowing it. So I didn't take it to heart.
Arrived at the door. The first thing that catches Wen Wan's eyes are the two big beasts that control the house, one on the left and one on the left. Wen Wan was shocked when she saw it. Because this is not what people usually do, lion. Instead, it is a unicorn beast that combines dragon head, antlers, lion eyes, tiger back, bear waist, snake scales, and unicorn.
Most people use lions. However, a few people use Qilin. Kirin is a ferocious and auspicious animal, and has a particularly strong desire to protect its master. It has the function of attracting wealth and blessings, and protecting the house from evil spirits. Wenwan looks good too. She's not called the God of Wealth Doll, that's right.
?Looking again, we see the vermilion main entrance. Can cast a shadow of a person. Wenwan looked at her door. Not to mention going in. This door is also engraved with the giant beast Qilin, which looks majestic and majestic.
Mother Gu had already received the news and led everyone in the princess's mansion to the gate to greet her. It's been a year since they moved in, and the princess hasn't even come in to see it.
Wen Wan abandoned the sedan chair and walked in. There are five front rooms in the mansion, seven rooms in the main hall, and five rooms in the back hall. There are seven sleeping rooms at the back, with side halls on the left and right. These are the prince's configurations. Wen Wan was made a distinguished princess by the emperor, and her rank was higher than that of a prince. What you enjoy is the prince's salary.
The architecture of the mansion is magnificent, and the roof of the palace is made of green glazed tiles. It shows the majesty of the center and is also a reflection of the noble status.
Wen Wan looked at the mansion in front of her and asked her to clean it up. But Wenwan didn't plan to live there. She planned to live in the garden.
As soon as you enter, you will see a small lake. The water in the mirror garden is imported from the nearest lake, and it is also living water. It has the same effect as the back garden of Wen Wanna's mansion. Of course, the previous one was to recruit talents locally. Here, a huge amount of money was spent to dig holes to divert water. It can be said that there is water everywhere in the back garden, and it is all running water.
Wen Wan walked all the way, and in the garden there were towering ancient trees, strange rocks, pavilions, pavilions, and winding corridors. The mountains, rivers, forests and rocks everywhere complement each other. Whether it is a loft or a small pavilion, they are all carved with carved railings and jade. The carvings are exquisite, and the dragons, phoenixes and trees are lifelike. It's three points more exquisite than the imperial palace.
Wenwan looked at the scenery and shook her head. She felt like she was a country person entering the city for the first time, like entering a maze. The layout here is several levels higher than that of Pingguo's garden. It is even said that it has a higher qualification than the emperor's back garden (in other words: this house was originally the emperor's back garden).
Wen Wan sighed, it was too extravagant, how much money had to be spent. At the same time, I was muttering in my heart, wondering if Prince Heshuo was out of his mind. He actually built a mansion that was more gorgeous and exquisite than the emperor. It would be strange if you didn't die young. This is the royal family. The most noble but also the most ruthless family.
Wenwan has suffered a physical loss recently and has not fully recovered yet. After walking for less than half an hour, I got tired and didn't want to walk anymore. Mother Gu smiled and said that she was worried that she would not have time to visit every one of her own homes.
Wen Wan finally chose the main courtyard on the middle road as her residence. The main courtyard is solemn and solemn, and it also brings together the essence of Jiangnan gardens, with pavilions, pavilions, waterside pavilions, winding paths, and winding verandahs and paths. Two in one, very good.
Wen Wan chose to live in the main courtyard as her main courtyard for another reason that is different from what others think. The main reason Wen Wan chose this courtyard was because there was a tall and vigorous pomegranate growing in this courtyard. Pomegranate symbolizes fertility and prosperity. Wen Wan's wish is to have many descendants in the future. When her hair turns white, she plays with her grandson sweetly and tells her own stories to her grandson in her spare time. It¡¯s quite beautiful when you think about it.
The emperor¡¯s grandfather gave her this house as a reward, probably because she likes to paint and look at the beautiful scenery. After all, there is no more beautiful and exquisite house than this one in the capital. If her uncle hadn't been the emperor, she would never have dared to live in such a rich and exquisite place. Grandpa rewarded himself with this palace. Could it be that he didn't think about it. You are not afraid of causing trouble for yourself in the future. However, with a gentle smile, he probably already decided on the position of crown prince when he was given this house. Wen Wan felt sad as she thought of the emperor's grandfather's loving heart towards her.
Wenwan had lunch, took a nap, and resumed shopping with interest. This meeting will make sufficient preparations, and you will sit in a small sedan chair to avoid being stuck and unable to walk.
Wenwan sat in a small sedan chair and began to view the garden. There are ten large courtyards in the entire back garden. After all, this used to be the backyard of Prince Heshuo's palace, and the female family members of Prince Heshuo lived here. Although it was later converted into a garden by the emperor, the buildings in the palace were not demolished and the original specifications were kept intact (later Wen Wan learned that the reason why they were not moved was because they had no money).
The first yard Wen Wan met. Just started laughing. Or a clear hall and thatched cottage, or piles of stones to make stems, or weaving flowers to make tablets, or long corridors and winding caves, or square buildings and round pavilions How much money does this cost!
After reading it, Wen Wan named them all according to the flowers planted in the courtyard. The first courtyard I saw was named Luotang Courtyard because of the crabapples planted in it.
Decorate a place fresh and beautiful, with twining wisteria and purple flowers in full bloom. In the yard, it feels like watching a play under a wisteria trellis. Named Wisteria Garden.
There are lush green trees and a large area of ??bamboo planted there. The one who directly pirated Dream of Red Mansions was named Xiaoxiang Pavilion.
The courtyard where plum blossoms were planted was named Meiling;
The garden where chrysanthemums are planted is called Luoju Garden.
Others are also good. But the flowers and plants that were planted all withered. And the scenery is not as good as these places. simply. Don't move it. Let it be temporarily closed, and you can just clean it every other month as usual (it is too high-end for the servants to live in).
The small courtyard has already been named, and the courtyard where Wen Wan lives should be renamed. Originally she wanted to call her Hengfangyuan, but then she thought Ping Xiangxi would use her name. I simply changed the name from Zhengyuan to Ronghetang. Glory. Steaming means upward. Well, the courtyard in the front yard has the character "ºÍ", so she chose the character "ºÍ". Not too lazy.
Wenwan asked people to tidy up the courtyard. Decided to wait until she got bored. Just take turns living in these five courtyards, otherwise. It would be a shame not to stay in such an exquisite place.
Xia Yao pursed her lips and smiled as she listened. Princess, she really still has a childlike innocence. However, the gardens here do have their own characteristics, which makes her, who is used to the world and is not easily attracted by the outside world, unable to help but feel a little moved.
Seeing Wen Wan, Xia Yao seemed to have regained her vitality as soon as she left the palace. I couldn't help but laugh. In the past, the princess used to be cautious all day long in the palace, as if she was afraid of losing her life at any time. It's finally normal now. It seems that I saw Wen Wan in Prince Chun's palace again.
Wen Wan began to take over things in the mansion the next day. Wen Wan looked at the roster. Among the servants in her name: some were purchased by herself, those given by her grandfather, and those given by her uncle. Including the guards, there were one hundred and ten people. This is still the result of Wenwan trying not to have too much. Otherwise, it is very likely to exceed 200. But Wen Wan also thinks it's a good deal. There are more than fifty servants, and more than forty are guards. There are only about sixty maids and women waiting. Considering the size of the princess's mansion, there are fewer people, so the work is a bit tiring.
Wenwan is prepared. In the past days, these guards not only had to patrol, but also had to do other tasks. Of course, there is a salary.
Wen Wan thought about it for a while, and decided that she would not do this for the time being. Guard, let¡¯s get some more in! Safe and secure. In such a big house, there are many good things in her warehouse. Something worth tens of thousands of dollars would easily attract thieves (Xia Yao looked at the sky speechlessly, unless he was a flying thief, whoever dared to enter the noble princess's mansion to steal things would be guilty of robbing the family and exterminating the clan).
Wenwan moves into a new home, which is a first-class event. According to others, it would definitely be a banquet. It's a pity that Wenwan is not one of them. Not preparing for a banquet. And she also planned not to attend any banquets in the future. She must keep a low profile and do things in a high profile (because what she will do in the future will be impossible without a high profile).
The meritorious nobles and other families in the capital, as well as the families who are related to Wen Wan, all gave gifts. In Wen Wan's current status, only others are fawning over her, where can I go to please others? Even gifts given by others must be accepted. Those that cannot be accepted will be returned intact.
In the end, the only people who accepted gifts from others were those from the Su family, Hai family, and the Heing family's first, second, and fourth houses. The rest were basically from the royal family (the only relatives who were gentle and gentle were from the royal family, and the Heing family would not have given gifts back. (I have not left the clan, I am worried about the influence, and Wen Wan does not want to accept it). Of course, the gifts from several friends in the boudoir were given in their own names and accepted. They were given in the name of the mansion where they lived, and all were returned intact. For example, Meier accepted the gift sent in her own name with grace. But Wen Wan refused to return the gift from the Luo family.
Even the gifts sent by the Guo family to the queen's natal family, Wen Wan, returned intact. However, the queen's gift was accepted gently.
Wen Wan¡¯s behavior has caused many people to wonder what Princess Wen Wan¡¯s behavior entails. (To be continued)