More than a dozen painting boats slowly sailed into the dragon pond of Xingqing Palace, in addition to Guo Song's wife and daughter, there were also domestic servants who had followed them for many years, the old housekeeper couple and some servants got off the boat in Qujiang and went to the garden house, and the other dozen personal maids followed Xue Tao to the palace.

In addition, more than 100 eunuchs and palace maids from Xingqing Palace also came with them, but this was Xue Tao's decision, she couldn't bear to leave these eunuchs and palace maids in Jinyang Palace, let them go home, and they had nowhere to go, so Xue Tao brought them to Chang'an.

Guo Song stood in front of the long embankment, the eldest sister Guo Ping and her niece Zhou Mingzhu also stood beside her, Guo Ping has changed a lot in the past two months, the former depression can not be seen on her face, she is neatly tied, her hair is combed neatly, and her bones reveal a kind of ability, which is also the temperament she has cultivated by 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 showed.

Guo Ping was a little nervous, her brother-in-law was a princess, a phoenix among women, not a woman like her who could interact.

The boat slowly approached the shore, a boatman boarded the boat, and two female guards came down first and helped them out of the boat.

"Daddy!"

The first to run out was Guo Song's baby daughter Guo Weiwei, who was eleven years old, ran over like a deer and threw herself into her father's arms.

Guo Song smiled and rubbed his daughter's hair, "Silly child, call aunt!" ”

Guo Weiwei called sweetly, "Auntie! ”

"Hey! What a good boy. ”

Guo Ping happily pulled her over, she knew from Guo Song's personal soldiers that the little brother loved this daughter the most, and she was the eldest princess of their family.

"Vivi looks like her father, and her eyebrows and eyes look like gods."

Guo Ping is right, Guo Weiwei looks very similar to her father, at this time, Xue Tao got off the boat, Guo Song stepped forward, said a few words to his wife, and introduced the eldest sister to her, Guo Ping was a little in a hurry to salute, Xue Tao held her and smiled: "It's all a family, too many etiquette will give birth." ”

"My brother and sister are right, they are all family." Guo Ping exclaimed in her heart, her younger brother and sister are simply immortals.

Xue Tao glanced at Zhou Mingzhu and said with a smile, "That's Mingzhu!" ”

Zhou Mingzhu was entangled by Guo Weiwei, Guo Weiwei is the boss, there are only younger siblings below, she has long hoped that she also has a brother and sister, although Zhang Yu is also a sister, but after all, there is no blood relationship, and Zhou Mingzhu is her aunt and cousin, which makes her happy, and she pulls Zhou Mingzhu and chatters non-stop.

Guo Ping hurriedly turned around and beckoned to her daughter, "Come and see your aunt!" ”

Zhou Mingzhu stepped forward to give Xue Tao a blessing salute, "Mingzhu greets my uncle!" ”

"What a delicate little lady."

Xue Tao wiped a white jade bracelet from his wrist, put it on for her, and said with a smile: "This is a gift from your aunt to you." ”

Zhou Mingzhu obediently made a curtsy, "Thank you, aunt!" ”

At this time, Guo Song took the second daughter Guo Yan'er, she is also five years old, she looks pink, although she is not as favored by her father as the eldest sister, but her father likes her as much, Guo Song picked her up and kissed her on her little face, "Does Yan'er miss her father?" ”

Guo Yan'er hugged her father's neck and said coquettishly: "Yan'er dreams of her father at night. ”

"In the future, Daddy will accompany Yan'er more."

Dugu Youlan hugged her daughter over and said with a smile: "Daddy still wants to hug the little brother, let's go see my aunt!" ”

Guo Song introduced Dugu Youlan to the eldest sister Guo Ping, at this time, Zhang Minqiu also hugged his son down, this is Guo Song's youngest son, named Guo Jinrui, nicknamed Chuyi, less than a year old, because of premature birth, he was very weak, did not hand over to the nurse, and was taken care of by his mother, the imperial doctor also said that fortunately he was carefully cared for by his mother, if he was taken care of by the nurse, he was likely to die.

Guo Song took over his sleeping son, seeing that he was a little fatter than last time, and his little face became ruddy, Guo Song smiled at Qiu Niang: "It's really hard for you to take care of him in the past few months." ”

Receiving her husband's praise, Zhang Minqiu's heart was warm, she pursed her lips and smiled: "I am his mother, if I don't do my best, no one will do my best." ”

"That's right, it's windy outside, let's take the child in quickly!"

The last to come up was the eldest son Jincheng, Xue Qing was with his parents, and they were on a boat behind.

"Daddy, kid!"

Guo Song touched his son's head lovingly, the child was only nine years old, and he was a little old-fashioned.

"Where's your master?"

"Master will come a few days late to participate in the imperial examination papers."

Guo Song remembered that he appointed Li Mi as the chief examiner of the imperial examination, and he was not in Taiyuan, so he asked Li Mi to help him check it.

Guo Song saw that his wife was waving to him, so he took his son's hand and smiled: "Let's go see my aunt." ”

After all, Guo Ping is an ordinary woman, and she is still more patriarchal in her bones, she took Guo Jincheng's hand and refused to let go, she loved it so much, this is the bloodline heir of their Guo family.

Guo Song smiled: "Let's go!" Everyone's room was arranged. ”

Everyone walked towards the palace, and an old eunuch walked in the front, constantly introducing the distribution of Xingqing Palace to everyone, attracting a burst of amazement from everyone.

"Husband, Xingqing Palace is bigger than I imagined!" Xue Tao looked around and was really 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 wrote to you and told you that Xingqing Palace here covers an area of 2,100 acres, which is three times that of Jinyang Palace, half of which is a court house, and the other half is the inner palace, but the water surface in the inner palace is open, and the dragon pond covers an area of 500 acres, which is a real lake, and there is an area of 30 acres in the center of the lake, which is said to be very good, but I have not been there." ”

Guo Yan'er's eyes lit up, and she raised her head and said, "Auntie, I want to go to the island in the middle of the lake to play." ”

Xue Tao smiled slightly: "We'll go together in two days." ”

The characteristics of the inner palace of Xingqing Palace are that all the buildings are built around the dragon pond, they are all lake-view rooms, all kinds of buildings are scattered, compared with the gloomy and solemn Jinyang Palace, Xingqing Palace is like a huge garden, it is no wonder that it itself is the palace of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji and Yang Guifei carefully expanded in order to live, and Li Longji lived here with Yang Guifei during the entire Tianbao period.

Therefore, among the three major palaces in Chang'an, Xingqing Palace has the strongest breath of life, with picturesque scenery and a wide field of vision, which makes everyone feel relaxed and happy, and even Xue Tao, who was originally very afraid of the palace, also deeply liked it.

The accommodation arranged by Guo Song for his family is located in the southwest calyx Xianghui Building, which is also a building complex, covering an area of more than 30 acres, and it is a hundred gardens covering an area of hundreds of acres.

The Calyx Blossom Building is the main building, which is magnificently built and surrounded by seven exquisite annex buildings, connected by a sky corridor.

There is a big reason why Guo Song chose Calyx Xianghui Building for his family to live in, that is, Zhu Zhu did not live here, he lived in Jinhualou on the other side of Longchi, he preferred the feeling of golden brilliance, and did not like the fresh and elegant Calyx Xianghui Building.

The Calyx Xianghui Building is three times larger than the Yuqiong Pavilion where Xue Tao and the others live, with a total of five floors, but there are more than 20 rooms on the first floor, which is enough for their family to live.

Guo Song has already arranged that the main building is a place where the whole family usually gathers, living, eating, reading, appreciating jade, etc., but their respective bedrooms are in the annex building, but the princess's bedroom is on the fourth floor of the main building.

All kinds of furnishings in the room are ready, the bedding is new, as early as a month ago, Guo Song drew drawings for everyone.

When they arrived here, everyone was even more familiar with the road, and soon went to their own pavilion.

Xue Tao stood in front of the window on the fourth floor, opened the window, and saw the sparkling lake in front of him, and in the distance was a lush island, on which pavilions and pavilions could be faintly seen.

Guo Song stood beside his wife and looked at the palaces in the distance, and said with a smile: "The farthest place is Daming Palace, and the highest hall is Hanyuan Palace." ”

"I've seen it."

Xue Tao smiled, "Husband, have you forgotten that I grew up in Chang'an?" ”

"I really forgot."

Xue Tao said again: "Why doesn't the eldest sister want to live here?" ”

Guo Song shook his head and smiled bitterly: "She doesn't like here, she always feels that there is no fireworks here, she prefers the life in the market, and I will follow her, not reluctantly." ”

"I can understand, just like I wasn't suitable for Jinyang Palace before."

Speaking of this, Xue Tao smiled, "But I like it very much here, living by the water, like a huge garden, a bit of a garden house, is my favorite type of residence." ”