Chapter 22: The Manor of the Four Seas (I)

Early the next morning, Zhu Youzhen heard from the palace people about the emperor's edict, but he didn't take it to heart. After breakfast, I saw Zhao Quan leading a little eunuch over with five skateboards.

"Fifth Master, His Royal Highness ordered to make a few skateboards yesterday, and the minions worked overtime to rush out, and they were specially sent to the Fifth Master today, because the time is a little tight, there are only so many today, and the minions have already instructed them to do more, and the Fifth Master can send someone to pick it up at any time if he needs it in the future." Zhao Quan said respectfully.

Zhu Youzhen didn't expect the skateboard to be done so quickly, he thought it would take a few days, thinking that he would go out of the palace to Sihai Manor at that time, and bring the skateboard to Zhang Zhiji by the way, but since the things arrived, he simply passed it today.

Zhu Youzhen asked someone to pick up the skateboard and asked, "Master is going to Sihai Manor today, go back and ask your uncle if you want to go there together?" ”

"Back to the fifth master's words, I'm afraid it won't be done today, the draft decided earlier has been almost prepared, the Internal Affairs Office sent someone to invite His Highness to come over early in the morning, there are some things that need His Highness to come forward, I'm afraid His Highness will not be able to get away today." Zhao Quan replied.

Just as Zhao Quan was about to leave, two female officials came to the Internal Affairs Office, among which the older one was a steward under the Internal Affairs Office, surnamed He, this person Zhao Quan knew.

"Aunt He is here today for the draft of His Royal Highness?" Zhao Quan greeted with a smile.

"Yes." In the palace, Aunt He is also an old man, and she usually does not pretend to some little eunuchs when she achieves this position, but she still has to give some face to this personal eunuch of His Royal Highness.

Seeing Zhu Youzhen, Aunt He saluted with the palace maid who came with her and said, "Fifth Highness, Gong Cui sent a slave maid to invite Miss Jinxiu to go to the Internal Affairs Mansion. ”

Zhu Youzhen frowned and asked, "Jinxiu has nothing to do with the Internal Affairs Office, why did Cui Wensheng call Jinxiu in the past?" ”

"The specific reason for the slave is not clear, these days the Ministry of Internal Affairs is preparing for the draft of His Royal Highness, and this time I invited the splendid girl to the past must also be for the draft of His Highness." Aunt He replied.

Splendid has always been ingenious, and the ability of double-sided embroidery with one hand is admired even by the embroidery lady of the Shangyi Bureau, Zhu Youzhen thought that the reason for calling Jinxiu in the past should be to ask for embroidery, and it is related to the draft of the imperial brother.

After Jinxiu and the two left, Zhu Youzhen also called Gao Sheng and Gao Han to take the skateboard out of the palace and go to the north of the city.

In the north of the city, the courtyard of the three princes and nobles gathers together, and the streets and alleys are scattered, except for some princes and nobles' mansions gathered here, the private houses are also interspersed, but compared with other places, the households here are also relatively wealthy.

For the north of the city, Zhu Youzhen, Gao Sheng, and Gao Han are not familiar with it, if it weren't for the coachman, several people are afraid that it will take a lot of trouble to find Happy Horse Lane.

Because of the fact that the street is adjacent to the North Town Fusi, the road surface is much wider than other streets and alleys in the north of the city, but because some places of fun and recreation in the north of the city are gathered on the Happy Horse Lane, it is very prosperous here, although the street is spacious enough, but the carriage is still a little crowded when it is outdated.

Soon the carriage of Zhu Youzhen and his entourage stopped at the gate of Sihai Manor, the three-storey archway of Sihai Manor is extraordinary, and the high walls on both sides occupy a long part of the Horse Race Lane.

The three of them walked into the gate of Sihai Manor, it seemed a little deserted, the people who can come here are basically either rich or expensive, and this kind of people are mostly reluctant to get up early, so at this time, a few runners are also sitting and dozing off early in the morning, and a person who looks like a steward in gorgeous clothes is also sitting leisurely and drinking tea unhurriedly.

The steward saw someone coming in and quickly got up to greet him, the members of Sihai Manor were all registered, and the steward had already remembered it, but if he saw it, he would never forget it, although Zhu Youzhen and the three of them were well dressed, but the steward had no impression, even so, he did not dare to slack off.

"A few masters, I don't know what you want to do here?"

The steward's surname is Qiao, because he is sleek and sophisticated, he was found by Luo Yangxing to take care of the manor, although he saw a few people face to face, but he didn't come up to inquire about the identities of a few people or let them show their identity plates.

"Is Zhang Zhiji here?"

"Zhang Shao has not yet arrived, I don't know how many noble surnames? If there is an emergency, find someone to go to the next time. Steward Qiao asked cautiously.

"Don't worry, let's just wait here." Zhu Youzhen did not answer the steward's question, but walked towards the table and chairs not far away with the two of them.

"This ......," Steward Joe was a little embarrassed.

"When does Zhang Zhiji usually come over?" Zhu Youzhen asked as he walked.

"This ......," Steward Qiao didn't know the identities of several people, so he didn't dare to answer rashly.

Zhu Youzhen didn't embarrass him when he saw the appearance of the manager, and took out the gold medal given by Zhang Zhiji and threw it over.

Steward Qiao took the gold medal and glanced at it, and immediately changed his face with a happy smile and said, "If Zhang Shao comes, it will be there in about a moment." After speaking, he respectfully handed the gold medal back to Zhu Youzhen.

"Then let's wait for him here for a while, if he hasn't arrived yet, find someone to call him, and say that Zhu Wu is here."

"Childe later." Steward Qiao respectfully stepped back and beckoned someone to serve tea.

Before the cup of tea was finished, I heard Zhang Zhiji's voice at the door, as if he was discussing which girl.

There are two people beside Zhang Zhiji, Zhu Youzhen has never seen, and the steward is also following behind, thinking that he went out to report first, and when he entered the door, Zhang Zhiji saw Zhu Youzhen sitting there drinking tea and Gao Sheng and Gao Han standing next to him, Zhang Zhiji greeted from a distance, "I didn't expect the fifth brother to come so quickly, I thought I would have to wait a few more days." ”

"I'll bring you when I'm done, these two are?" Zhu Youzhen replied.

"Let me introduce you." Zhang Zhiji pointed to the slightly taller young man next to him and introduced, "This is Lao Luo Luo's cultivation, and his father is the commander of the Jinyi Guard." Then he pointed to another teenager who was about the same age as Zhu Youzhen and said, "This is Xiao Qin Qin, my father is the secretary of the Ministry of War, and these two are also the bosses of this Sihai Manor." ”

After introducing the two, Zhang Zhiji then introduced Zhu Youjian and said, "This is the Zhu brother I mentioned to you before. ”

A few people knew each other when they saw the ceremony.

"This building won't be lively until there are more people in the evening, so I'll take you to the back first." After speaking, Zhang Zhiji led a few people towards the back hall.

Along the way, Zhu Youzhen also paid attention to the interior of this archway, just this archway covers an area of nearly five acres, in addition to the main hall at the entrance, there are many areas around, there are dance floors, music platforms, wine tables, and tea houses.

Passing through the gatehouse of the back hall, walking along a corridor one zhang wide for a long time, passing a circular arch to see the front suddenly open, this is a field of nearly 20 hectares, it seems that there are horse farms, hunting grounds, shooting ranges, polo fields, juju fields and so on.

Zhu Youzhen was a little surprised in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

Zhang Zhiji wanted to show off, but after looking at Zhu Youzhen's face, there was not much change, and he thought that he might be surprised in the eyes of others, but he used the wrong place to show off with this master, and the houses where people lived were much bigger than this. "It's not me who blows, just our place, as long as you count the people who play in the Ming Dynasty, we can't find it."

"Skateboarding." Zhu Youzhen said lightly.

One sentence made Zhang Zhiji, who still wanted to continue to brag, choked and speechless.