Chapter 32: "Peaceful Garden"
The shape of "Anjuyuan" is a standard attic model of a one-story annex building on both sides and a three-storey main building in the middle, which is similar to the "Chenmuzhai" building of the eldest prince. But the appearance is very different, the overall tone of "Chenmuzhai" is low-key and atmospheric, but this "Anju Garden" looks high-end luxury from the outside, the entire courtyard is glittering, and the glazed blue tiles are extremely luxurious.
Walking along the red carpet, as we get closer, there are wide staircases paving the way, and the red carpet continues to extend, stepping up the stairs, and the wide courtyard comes into view.
There are ten maids standing side by side outside the door, holding trays in their hands, each tray is displayed with ten small glass cups, there is a small maid behind the maidservants, holding a teapot in their hands, every little maid brings a guest, they are led here, and the little maid immediately goes up to the glass cup to pour herbal tea, and invites guests to taste tea.
Of course, I'm not one of them. That scene is simply not too formal.
I felt like I was visiting a huge banquet in ancient times, where all the guests were courteous, and the women and ladies of each family had a delicate and dignified taste, which made me feel out of place for a pseudo-boudoir.
Bihong saluted me: "The slave can only send the young lady here, and we little maidservants can't enter the main hall without the princess jade." Miss please. ”
So, only me and Little Peach stepped into the threshold. Entering the inner hall, there are still some women saluting, the view of the hall is extremely wide, two light-colored apricot chairs, with a table of Qi, four groups on each side, each group behind a top beam, I took advantage of a few people to block, pull the small peach around the left pillar and move forward, I have to take a look first......
When I got closer, I saw a beautiful woman in a big red Luo skirt sitting on the gilt soft collapse in the middle of the hall, standing cross-legged, a gilt finch-finch screen in the middle of the bun was unfolded, there was a small pendant extending to the middle of the forehead, and the hairpin and golden phoenix tassels on both sides were shaking, and the face was beautiful, and it was the main one at a glance.
On the gilded chair on the right seat sat Mrs. An, who was slightly inferior to the princess of the palace, but also stood out in this group of women, today Mrs. An was wearing a rose-red long gown, lined with milk, and a nude pink full-breasted skirt on the lower body, her appearance was indeed somewhat similar to that of the princess of the palace, she was talking to the princess of the palace, and neither of them noticed the small me in the crowd.
A young woman stepped forward and saluted: "The concubine is the Li family of the Zuo Cheng family, and I wish the princess of the palace a good birthday." ”
I hid behind the small pillar on the side, observing, only to see the princess of the palace looking back and smiling, her face was wonderful, she was really a big beauty, she didn't get up, just raised her hand and said, "Sister Li, get up." ”
Then he greeted the little maid with the young woman, "You go and take Sister Li into the backyard." ”
The little maid saluted, "yes," and led the young woman into the cloister on the left.
Then a little maid brought the fat woman she met on the road just now, and she also stepped forward to salute: "The right attendant of the concubine and the right servant of the Lang family, the Qin family, congratulates the princess of the palace on her birthday." ”
The princess of the palace glanced at the woman, and then waved her hand to let the little maid take it away, "Go, invite Mrs. Qin to Yixuanju." ”
So the little maid also bowed and retired, and took her to the corridor on the right.
Later, some congratulations and blessings came, and they should have been sent to different courtyards according to their status.
Just thinking about where is the high-end venue, I saw that the beautiful woman in the simple green robe also came, and before the beautiful woman could ask for blessings, the princess of the palace came down from the throne and greeted each other with her hands: "Sister Fan is here, hurry up, Xiaoqu, do you remember whose family this is?" ”
Ditty? I saw that the eldest lady of my family quickly got up and greeted her with a smile: "I know, isn't this Sister Fan of Prime Minister Min's family?" ”
The beautiful woman bowed with a smile, neither humble nor arrogant: "The two sisters laughed." Today is the happy birthday of the princess's sister, and I wish the princess's sister a good birthday. This is Sister An of Prime Minister Nai's family, right? My sister is late, and I look at my two sisters, Haihan. ”
"Sister Fan is such a wonderful person, my sister can come to celebrate my sister's birthday, and my sister is very happy." The princess of that palace could smile on her face.
The eldest lady of our family did not show weakness, and flattered: "This sister is becoming more and more pleasant, come on, sister, you come with me, I will take my sister to the yard." ”
Said to set off towards the left corridor, and I was so immortal standing behind the pillar behind the beautiful woman, there was a beautiful woman, a maid double block, now who would have thought that people actually met my eyes from the crack, fortunately my brain reacted quickly, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and greet An: "The little girl Nai Yi congratulates the princess on her birthday, Wanfu Jin'an, I wish my mother a blessing, and Fan Da Niang's happiness." ”
The princess of the palace should have seen me before, but I only heard her say: "It's a girl, go ahead, Xi girl was still yelling at me just now, why hasn't her first sister come yet, come on, Chunju, you take a girl to play with Xi girl." ”
I broke out in a cold sweat in my heart, it seems that the princess of this palace is not as tricky as I imagined, but my mother has never spoken, I thought she was not going to speak, and was about to leave the luggage, so I heard her say: "Sister princess, forgive me, this sister is spoiled by my master, there is no rule." ”
"It's okay, it's okay for the little girl to come so early, eh? Chamomile come soon. ”
The princess of the palace smiled, and then saw a maid in green clothes walk out from the side, and let me and the little peach who had been saluting and never got up go to the left corridor with her.
The beautiful woman and the eldest lady of my family were walking in front of me, and I didn't dare to go too fast, so I took small steps step by step until I opened up a distance from them.
The pattern of this left corridor is similar to that of the eldest prince, all of them are a row of houses on the left, and a neat garden on the right, with phoenix lanterns on both sides, and there is one at an interval of a distance. The scenery here is similar to the symmetrical layout along the road, which is formed by square flower fields, several large pieces, which can be seen at a glance.
Walking forward, there was a large apricot tree, so abrupt, that I wondered a little if it was stolen from the apricot orchard of the eldest prince, and then there was a small stream along the flower field, and there were rare living creatures in the stream, and the little goldfish were swimming in the water, and as expected, there were still some beautiful red candle river lamps floating on it, and the red candles were lit by the same lights as outside, and they were not afraid of the wind at all.
On the other side of the stream is a whole field of greenery, where many women are talking and laughing, and there are wooden chairs, wooden stools, and several tables, which can be lined up for 100 meters, one on each side, on which are arranged all kinds of snacks, fruits, tea, wine, and picked flowers interspersed on each table, and there are some festive red table candle displays.
This face, like a modern birthday paty, is really a self-help mode.
There are swings and ancient pavilions on the outside, and there are piano cases in the corridor, which is not elegant.
In the middle of the venue, there is a 10-meter-long table, around which there are many wooden benches. There is also a wide and wide circling deep groove on the side of the table, the groove is filled with water, the water level reaches the table about five centimeters, and there are some fish swimming in it, and the inside of the long table is full of beautiful flowers and red candles, which is a festive place.
Such a large green meadow, this is to be put in modern times, this scene is absolutely envious of many couples, this scene is too suitable for weddings.
The maid named Chunju walked through this field, taking me and the peach all the way forward, passing through this field, and it was a flower garden like a field, and every piece of the ground was full of flowers and shade that I had never seen before, but they were all pruned to the same height.
The corridor turns 90 degrees again, there is a stream crossing, the steps connecting the corridor make the remaining corridor a few steps higher than just now, the left side is no longer a house, but replaced by another landscape, the wide green meadow, but it is three or four times larger than just now, as far as the eye can see, except for the children who are running and flying kites, and a few little maids standing by the corridor, there is nothing else.
For me, it's definitely comparable to a high-end football stadium.
The people I could see were Xi'er dressed in crimson, Sister Yan in peach, and then the little prince Xuan I had just met in the morning, he was the same as in the morning, wearing a scarlet robe. The fifth prince of Yue was also there, wearing a green shirt, and was standing on the periphery watching the two little girls fly kites. In addition to them, there was a crimson boy named my little half-brother, Naihan, who was running after his sister.
Xi'er seemed to see me coming, handed the kite to little Nahan behind her, and ran towards me.
The chrysanthemum settled down and said to me, "The local slave has been brought, please retire first." ”
After saying that, he looked back at me and went back the way he came.
This little girl is quite arrogant, no wonder people say that servants follow the master, it's strange that people can afford my status.
Little Peach also looked aggrieved: "Miss......"
I smiled and said to her, "It's fine." You wait here, I'll go to meet Xiao Xi'er. ”
Going around to the stairs of the lower venue, Xiao Xi'er was not far from me, and it was estimated that I was running towards her, and the little girl shouted very happily: "One sister, one sister ......"
That enthusiasm, like the red sun, makes me feel warm in my heart.
"Slow down, be careful of falling."
Hearing my concern, the little girl raised the speed of running even more, and when she came to me, she was already panting and covered with small beads of sweat, I took out a handkerchief from my arms and wiped her sweat: "Tell you to slow down, and don't listen, you can see the sweat?" ”
The little girl smiled so much that her eyes finished the crescent moon: "Sister Yi, come on, let's put paper kites together." ”
It's rare that there is a light breeze that can blow this kite in this big summer. Anyway, it seems to be really cool here, and it is estimated that it is related to the heavy rain in the past few days, and at the other end of the field are rows of tall trees, and I am quite surprised to see plants higher than one meter here.
"First sister, hurry up, otherwise Han'er will fall." Xiao Xi'er took my hand and told me to go faster, for fear that the little guy in the distance would waste his achievements.
And I can only see that the little prince Xuan, who has been standing there with the fifth prince of Yue, is sweeping me intently at this time. I can't help but be depressed, this little kid shouldn't want to make things difficult for me again, right?