The people of Beijing are most impressed by Prince Xuan's "big wedding" and the sending of the princess's makeup. After many years, when it comes to the scene of flowers and brocade at that time, the people who bow to it are especially fond of it.

The princess made up her money, came out of the Forbidden City, and traveled eastward, and the destination was Efu Mansion.

This Efu Mansion is not in the wicker alley, but in the north street of Chaoyangmen, where there is a palace officially built by the imperial court.

After the blue-backed gilt "Prince Xuan's Mansion" sign was hung out, although Guan Zhuofan had not officially moved in, the government and the opposition had begun to use "Xuan Di" to refer to Guan Zhuofan, and "Chao Nei North Street" to refer to Xuan Wangfu.

Just like using "Gong Di" and "Alcohol Di" to refer to King Gong and King Alcohol, and using "Fengxiang Hutong" and "Taiping Lake" to refer to King Gong's Mansion and King Alcohol's Mansion.

The "Mansion of the Prince of Xuan" in the North Street of Chaoyangmen was originally the residence of the twenty-third son of the Holy Ancestor, Dorobelle Yunqi, and later, Yunqi moved to the Yangherd Hutong in Dongzhimen, which has been vacant, and after being repaired and whitewashed by the Internal Affairs Office, it was officially decreed by the imperial court and given to Guan Zhuofan.

This mansion, although it is many times larger than Guan Zhuofan's mansion in wicker alley, with pavilions, pavilions, gardens, pools, rockeries, and all the palaces should have, but after all, the bottom is Dorobelle's mansion, and the regulations are still two levels lower than the prince's mansion, but Guan Zhuofan refuses to accept the mansion with higher regulations no matter what.

From the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces to the Minister of Internal Affairs, they all advised Guan Zhuofan that the imperial court system is critical, and no matter how much you "retreat and be humble", you don't have to retreat to this part. Let's pick a bigger place.

Guan Zhuofan said. I'm not pretending. This "Chaonei North Street", away from the princess's mansion of my two wives, the location and distance are the most "moderate", for the long-term stability of my family life, my Prince Xuan's Mansion is still set in this "Chaonei North Street".

If you look at the map, you see, that's what it's all about.

Princess Rong'an's mansion. In the southeast corner of the Imperial City, the "Alley behind the Imperial Palace", this alley, separated from the Courtyard by only a high wall, is named after it. This mansion was originally the palace of Prince Xiang of Bomu Bogol, the eleventh son of Taizong, but Bomu Bogol did not have time to move in during his lifetime, and after his death, the "Prince Xiang's Mansion" was transferred to the fifth son of Prince Haoge of Su, King Meng'e of Wenjun.

Meng'e is more unlucky, and the descendants have committed crimes one after another. was taken away again and again, and it was in the Yongzheng period. was very unlucky to get involved with Yun Xi, but he was pushed to the end and abolished as a concubine.

Since then, the palace of Wenjun has become an "empty mansion". After the chaos of Hong Yang, the imperial court took stock of the family and found that many houses in the palace of Lao Wen County had almost collapsed. This time for the princess to surrender, the Ministry of Internal Affairs spent a lot of effort to repair and whitewash, which is almost equivalent to rebuilding half of this palace, and the "empty mansion" finally has a new look.

The residence of Princess Dunrou is in the "Little Suzhou Hutong" in the northeast corner of the imperial city. The reason why "Little Suzhou Hutong" got its name is said to be because when the Ming Dynasty built the palace city, many Suzhou craftsmen were used.

The predecessor of the Dunrou Princess's Mansion was the Prince's Mansion of the Twenty-fourth Son of the Holy Ancestor Yinji, which was passed down to the fourth generation of Mianxun, and the title was reduced to Beizi, according to the imperial court system, he could no longer live in the mansion regulated by the prince, so he moved out and returned the original mansion to the imperial court. It was already a matter of the Dao and Xian years, so this "old prince's mansion" was well preserved, slightly repaired and whitewashed, and the princess could move in.

After everything is cleaned up, the Ministry of Internal Affairs asks for an order, how should the two princess mansions be distributed? - Where does Princess Rong'an live? Where does Princess Dun Yew live?

Ci'an had nothing to do, and asked Cixi what she meant, and Cixi said: "The old Wenjun Wangfu is bigger, so give it to Li Niu'er - Sister Li lives with her daughter, and the place should be bigger." ”

Since Cixi was generous, Ci'an naturally did not object, so it was decided: the "Old Wenjun Palace" in the southeast corner of the imperial city was Princess Rong'an's Mansion; The "Old Prince's Mansion" in the northeast corner of the imperial city is the palace of Princess Dunrou.

In fact, although the "Lao Wenjun Palace" is slightly larger than the "Lao Yu Prince's Mansion", it is built in accordance with the standard rules of the Prince's Mansion, and there is no substantial difference in area. The reason why Cixi chose this way was to gamble on the date of "surrender", Rong An first and Dunrou later, Rong An faintly snatched Dunrou's head, and it was impossible to say that the Queen Mother lost a move first; I can't swallow this breath, it's uncomfortable, in the choice of the princess's mansion, I must pull it back for a while, and Dun Niuer must press Liniuer's head-

The emperor sits north and faces south; When the decree is delivered, the Qin cha stands facing the south, and the person who receives the decree kneels facing the north, so in terms of direction, it is natural that the "north" is more noble than the "south". "The Mansion of the Prince of Lao Yan" is in the north, the "Mansion of the King of Lao Wenjun" is in the south, and the mansion of Dun Niuer must be in the north!

Cixi's thoughts, except for herself, no one can guess, including Guan Zhuofan. Therefore, no one thinks that Princess Dunrou's Mansion in the north overpowers Princess Rong'an's Mansion in the south.

Regardless of Cixi's careful thinking, let's go back and see how the "Chaonei North Street" chosen by Guan Zhuofan is "moderate", and how does it affect the long-term peace and tranquility of his family life?

The mansions of the two princesses are pasted on the "Imperial City Roots". Princess Rong'an's mansion, in the southeast corner of the imperial city; The residence of Princess Dunrou is located in the northeast corner of the Imperial City, while the North Street is located due east of the Imperial City. That is to say, the palace of Prince Xuan selected by Guan Zhuofan is located between the two princesses' mansions, and in terms of distance, the mansions of the husband and wife are almost at the three vertices of an equilateral triangle.

It's really "moderate".

After Prince Xuan was on duty, he naturally went out of the Forbidden City from Donghua Gate, and then out of the Imperial City from Dong'an Gate, if you go to Princess Rong'an's Mansion, turn right; Go to Princess Dunrou's Mansion and turn left; Go back to your own prince's mansion and go straight.

Sure enough, it was very smooth, and there would be no such embarrassing situation: to go to Princess A's mansion, you have to pass through Princess B's mansion first; Or, when you go back to the Prince's Mansion and the Prince's Mansion, you have to pass through a princess's mansion first.

Everyone expressed their understanding of Prince Xuan's painstaking efforts, so the old Baylor Mansion in the "North Street of Chaonei" became the "Mansion of Prince Xuan of Xuan".

Guan Zhuofan's reason on the table is not fake, he really wants to settle his two wives. However, he has a deeper layer of consideration, which must not be put on the table: Chaoyangmen Inner Street, not far from Chaonei North Street, has his "General Grain Station Office of the Songjiang Army of the Xuanxuan Army in the Beijing".

There, in addition to the Military Dispatch Office, there was also a Xuan Army Guards Regiment stationed in the inner city under the name of "Prince Xuan's Soldier Squad", with 500 people; Chaoyang Gate inner street is a stone's throw away from Chaoyang Gate, east out of Chaoyang Gate three miles of Sanlitun, stationed the main force of the Xuan Army Guards Regiment, 3,000 people.

*(To be continued......)