Chapter 493: The layout of the palace

There is also the outer city of Shangjing, where most of the people live, and of course there are also shops, which are divided into two cities, east and west.

If you want to go shopping, there are also East Market and West Market in the inner city, the East Market sells high-grade goods, and the West Market is a market for the poor people to purchase, and the goods sold are also more down-to-earth goods.

Shangjing is located in the plain, but it is almost surrounded by mountains on all sides, such as the large and small Xing'an Mountains in later generations, although Xue'er has never been to Heilongjiang in later generations, but there must be a difference between Shangjing City and Heilongjiang in later generations thousands of years ago.

If nothing else, the primitive undulating mountains, the ancient official roads covered by towering ancient trees, the villages and towns with a green area of sixty or seventy percent, and the various birds and animals active in the forests, these are not comparable to later generations.

Living in ancient times, you can not only admire the oldest buildings and castles, but also breathe air without any pollution, and you can taste absolutely pollution-free food, and the most rare thing is that you can enjoy the most primitive, beautiful and profound starry sky almost anytime and anywhere.

The entire Shangjing City is also built according to local conditions, on the mountain and the river.

Of course, there is also a moat dug by hand outside the city, and Xue'er also saw it when she entered the city.

The city gate is open in four directions, south, south, and northwest, and it is no exaggeration to say that the city wall can definitely run horse-drawn carriages, which shows its width.

The buildings of the big families in the city are also exaggerated, and the surrounding courtyard walls can also run carriages, of course, no one will really run carriages on the walls, just to facilitate the courtyard to protect their own homes.

There are many horses in the north, and they are bandits, so big families will build their mansions like this.

Since Xuanyuan Che came to the Northland, the bandits in the Northland have almost wiped it out, and now it is impossible to tear down these palace walls, which is also a unique architectural style in the Northland.

Xue'er and the others were now standing on the north wall of the mansion, raising their eyes to look into the distance, surrounded by the vast group of generals going to the capital, and the towering mountains were endless.

The sky is full of white clouds, and goshawks are circling and chirping over them.

Looking down at the entire palace, Xue'er seemed to be in the Daming Palace.

Although this place can't really be compared with Daming Palace, it is majestic enough.

The first thing that catches your eye is the sparkling lake, although it is not very large, it covers an area of one or two hundred acres.

"Wow, this palace is too magnificent, it's the first time I've seen a lake in the mansion.

Behold there are swans in the lake...... What's that, it's an egret! Dong Changqiu exclaimed, his eyebrows fluttering like a child.

Shui Yunshuang pulled her mother, who was too excited, and whispered beside her: "Mother, you be quiet, don't let people see the joke." ”

Dong Changqiu stuck out his tongue, a little embarrassed.

The Dong family is such a living treasure, but Xue'er doesn't think there's anything.

Shui Yunbing on the side pouted in a place where others couldn't see, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Qin Zipei was born in a rich family since she was a child, and she has seen more, but she was still shocked by such a big stroke, but she covered it up very well and was not discovered by many people.

The others all whispered to the people around them, and their mouths were full of admiration, saying that Xue'er had fallen into the nest of blessings.

Xue'er just quietly admired the beautiful scenery in front of her, with a faint smile on her face.

Mo Shijiu didn't seem to see the scene just now, and introduced to everyone: "His Royal Highness the lake in this mansion named it Mirror Lake. ”

The north side of the lake is Luoxue Xuan, there are courtyards on the left and right sides and behind, surround it, you can enjoy the scenery on the lake at any time on the second floor of Luoxue Xuan, Luoxue Xuan is also the tallest building in the entire palace, of course, this does not include the corner towers around the palace wall.

I heard Mo Shijiu say that it was originally the dormitory where Xuanyuan Che lived.

Now Xuanyuan Che's dormitory has moved to the south of the lake, where directly behind it is his dormitory, which is called Wangxue Palace.

The same Wangxue Hall is also surrounded by many buildings, in front of which is the Qiming Hall of hospitality, on the left and right are two vacant palaces, and now the west side of the palace lives Dong Chengze and Dong Chengqing two brothers.

Mo Shijiu said that it was called Qichengxuan.

On the east and west sides of the lake are guest gardens for entertaining guests, the east side is mainly for men and distinguished guests, and the west side is mainly for women.

As for the wives and concubines in the house, they lived in the courtyard on the northwest side.

There is also a racecourse to the east, which is usually used for horse racing and martial arts, and sometimes polo matches are held there.

There is a plum garden in the northeast, where you can enjoy plum blossoms in winter, according to Moshijiu.

In addition to those ancient trees, there are also some fruit trees that were transplanted later, and there are cherry blossoms, apricot blossoms and peach blossoms to enjoy in spring, but these cherry blossoms can only be appreciated, but there is no fruit to eat.

There are begonias in summer, laurels in autumn, and naturally there are grapes that Cher likes to make wine.

As for the undefeated rose, of course, Rose Xue'er herself has already discovered it, but she didn't say it, and Mo Shijiu didn't introduce it, she knew His Highness's plans.

As for the small courtyard where the Zhao family and Xuanyuan Yu lived, Mo Shijiu only said vaguely, only that Miss Fuzhong lived there, and her name was Yuyuan.

There is also a large garden to the north of the guest garden on the west side of the house, which is already very lively at the moment.

The huge mansion has to be visited, one day is definitely not enough, and the group of people who went down the house wall first visited Xue'er's Luoxue Xuan, and everyone was a little tired, so they wanted to have some refreshments here by the way.

There is a large attic on the second floor, where you can enjoy the flowers in spring, the rain in summer, the lake and mountains in autumn, and the snow in winter.

Sitting in the attic, Dong Changqiu was still very interested, and said to Xue'er: "The garden on the west side is very large, this season is the time when spring flowers are romantic, let's go and see it together?" ”

Xue'er nodded: "Okay, we'll go after the refreshments in a while!" ”

The wind brought up the gauze covered by Cher, and in the past two years, she rarely wore a bright red color, because she was a bride, she painted a faint red makeup, and also wore red clothes, so the style of dressing up was unmatched.

They enjoyed the beautiful scenery here, didn't they know that they had also become the scenery in the eyes of the people in the house.

Along the bluestone road, passing by the verandah, while admiring the lake and mountains and birds and animals, while talking and laughing walked to the garden.

At this moment, the cherry blossoms and apricot blossoms are in full bloom, and even the peach blossoms are shy and timid, and the clusters of crowded flowers are like naughty little ladies, each with its own posture and beauty.

There are also peonies that the florists take care of with great effort, and they are worthy of being the king of flowers praised by literati of all dynasties and generations.

Xue'er said to Mo Shijiu beside her: "You might as well eat with peonies at noon, I don't know if the cook can do it?" ”