Two days later, the emperor really sent someone into the palace and took the concubines and princesses of the harem to the imperial garden.

Su Youyi entered the Imperial Garden for the first time, and was surprised to find that the architectural decoration here was very similar to the palace, but it was more refined and more ingenious, and in some ways better than the palace.

Gao Qishou came to pick her up in person, but did not go to the residence arranged for her by the emperor, but took her directly to the emperor.

The emperor lives in the main hall located in the center of the imperial garden, the decoration here is also very similar to the Qianqing Palace, the front hall is used to deal with the government, and the apse is the emperor's bedroom.

When she entered the palace, the emperor was resting on the couch in the front hall, and the imperial case on the side was full of folds, thinking that he had piled up these days when he went to the palace in the suburbs of Beijing.

"When did the emperor arrive at the Imperial Garden?"

"Just arrived."

The emperor patted the position beside him, "Come all the way from the palace to heat it up, sit down and drink tea." ”

There are icebergs in the hall, and as soon as you come in, there is a refreshing coolness, Su Youyi is no longer hot, but she still sits down and takes a sip of the teacup.

After drinking it, I found that the tea was cold, but there was no bitter taste, and there was a chrysanthemum in the mouth. Sweet aftertaste of flowers.

Su Youyi couldn't help but be surprised, "Ice? Chrysanthemum. Tea? ”

"Nourish the liver and clear the fire, it's best to drink it in summer."

The emperor looked at her with a smile, "This is the white chrysanthemum planted in the Imperial Garden, and it is also dried by the palace people in the Imperial Garden." I thought it was good, so I asked someone to keep some ice for you. ”

The emperor himself does not drink iced tea, and he also drinks less flower tea, and has always drunk green tea.

As soon as he arrived in the Imperial Garden, he wanted to make some tea for Su Youyi, and this thought made her feel sweeter than the aftertaste of tea.

Su Youyi said with a smile: "The emperor said last time that he arranged a good place for me to live, didn't he fool me?" Why don't you let me go to my lodgings? ”

"Don't I have a place to live?"

The emperor glanced at her faintly, with a threat in his eyes.

Su Youyi hurriedly said: "Naturally not, the concubine is just curious." Is it ......?"

She looked around at the main hall, could it be the residence arranged for her by the emperor...... Is this it?

The emperor waved his hand, "Gao Qishou, you take her to see it first, and then come over to dine with me in the evening." Lest you be here, your curiosity would have flown far away. ”

It turns out that this is not the case.

Su Youyi couldn't say that she was lost or deserved, so she only made a salute and followed Gao Qishou outward, only to see Gao Qishou take her around the back hall and walk towards a small bamboo forest.

It doesn't look like a big road here.

Su Youyi was a little afraid to leave, Gao Qishou said repeatedly: "Don't worry, this is the emperor's intention, there will be no mistakes, and the slaves don't dare to take the nobles to dangerous places even if they are killed!" ”

Su Youyi naturally knew that he was loyal to the emperor, so she followed him through the edge of the small bamboo forest, and soon saw a water pavilion sitting on the edge of a vein of green water.

"Noble, here, this is your place to lean on the green pavilion."

"This is there?"

Su Youyi almost couldn't believe that this place was so close to the emperor's main hall, and it was only a little tea away from the periphery of a small bamboo forest.

No wonder the emperor said it was a good place, it turned out to be here.

Gao Qishou led Su Youyi into the Leaning Green Pavilion, only to see a quaint two-story wooden building standing by the lake, surrounded by a complete set of single-story solid wood buildings.

Interestingly, all the houses have a covered verandah with decorative thatch hanging from them.

Su Youyi ran up to the second floor and found that there was even outside the second floor!

She leaned on the edge of the guardrail and looked down, and the lake and mountains were in full view, which was really beautiful.

The distant mountains are like daisies, the lake is clear, and the women in plain clothes are as beautiful as fairies, enjoying the beautiful scenery.

- but I didn't know that there was someone who admired her behind her.

"Do nobles like to lean on the green pavilion?" Gao Qishou asked her as if he was invited.

"I like it, it's just the right view."

Su Youyi was very happy, "No wonder the emperor said it was a good place, it's just close to the main hall, but this scenery is rare." ”

Gao Qishou couldn't cry or laugh, "Only the nobles feel that the scenery is closer than being close to the emperor." ”

Gao Qishou continued: "After the emperor saw the layout plan of the Imperial Garden last year, he liked the buildings on the edge of this small lake, especially the green pavilion. It is said that this place is both quiet and elegant, and the scenery is moving, although it is not clumsy...... Anyway, he said a lot of good things. ”

Su Youyi nodded frequently, "What the emperor said is right, it is true." ”

Gao Qishou said: "But at that time, Concubine Yan was serving by the emperor's side, and the emperor casually asked if he liked to lean on the green pavilion?" Guess what Concubine Yan answered? ”

Yan Concubine......

Su Youyi thought about it, Yan Concubine said that if it sounded good, it was a big grinning temperament, and if it was ugly, it was a layman.

I'm afraid that she won't appreciate the good of leaning on the green pavilion.

She said, "Isn't it okay for her to dislike this place?" ”

Gao Qishou said: "Yes, Concubine Yan Niangniang said that this place is remote and narrow, and it is far away from the main hall, and the concubines don't like it." She only saw that the road here was very far away, but she didn't know that she actually passed through the small bamboo forest at the back, which was the closest to the emperor's bedroom! ”

Yan Concubine likes a place that is magnificent and rich, and closer to the emperor.

It is not to be close to the emperor as a person, but the power he symbolizes.

Not only is it Yan Concubine, which woman in the palace is not like this.

There is only one Su Youyi, which is precious.

Su Youyi vaguely understood what the emperor meant.

Gao Qishou said: "There is another good place that the nobles haven't seen!" ”

It turns out that behind the small building, there is a small lake beach. Because the soil of the lake beach is so soft that it cannot be built, the garden was left there when it was originally built.

The emperor saw this small piece of lake beach and had a whim, and built a stilted water pavilion next to the building.

Wooden stakes were driven deep into the mud of the lake's beach, and the foundation was built on top of these dense wooden piles, and a pavilion was built almost against the water.

When the lake overflows, people can touch the lake water at the water pavilion, as if they are in the lake.

Su Youyi really liked it very much, and she wanted to hang gauze curtains of various colors on the windy water pavilions in these four places.

The early autumn breeze blows gently, and the light yarn dances around, which is even more beautiful.

After thinking about it, he said: "It's just that it's fun to hang in the summer, and in the winter, it's windy on all sides, and it's too cold here at that time." ”

Gao Qishou couldn't help laughing and said: "Nobleman, don't talk about winter, I'm afraid that I will have to drive back to the palace before autumn arrives, where can I wait for you to winter?" ”

Su Youyi was so happy that she was confused, and then she realized that she was thinking too much, "Yes, this place is just used as a summer retreat, not a long-term residence." ”

Gao Qishou could see that she liked the Imperial Garden, and she liked this green pavilion more than the palace.

Then he said: "Maybe the emperor is in a good mood and will stay here for a long time!" If you really wait until winter, you only need to hang cotton curtains densely around it, and then put a layer of cotton on the platform, smoke the stove inside, and keep it warmer than outside. ”