The capital division of Dachu basically continued the original appearance of the capital of Yuan, and the palace was never destroyed, so it took a lot less effort to rebuild it later. The founding heroes were allowed to choose the best land in the capital city with the permission of Taizu, and then the Ministry of Industry built a mansion. As a result, Shichahai, which was once called Haizi by the Yuan people, became the favorite place of the lords and nobles. Around the West Sea, Houhai, and Qianhai, I don't know how many gardens and mansions have been built.

For more than 100 years, many of these prosperous mansions in the past have changed hands to others, among them, the Jin Wangfu sandwiched between Xinkaidao Street and Deshengmen Street used to be the old residence of the founding hero Chu Guogong - the person who can be named the Duke of Chu with the name of the country has naturally been famous for a while, but now, the former prestige has long been turned into dust, except for the occasional mention in the history books and small talk books, ordinary people have long forgotten the Duke of Chu, and the former mansion has become today's palace.

Because of the marriage of the literati, the Jin Palace, has always been a city, only on the day of the Lantern Festival, the scene is different from the past. Since the early hours of the morning, there have been one after another delicately decorated carriages coming here, stopping in front of the West Corner Gate and entering the door, which has been in an endless stream for more than an hour. At the same time, from time to time, a group of sons of the family on horseback arrived, but they were welcomed in through the east corner gate on the other side. The habit of going from the west to the east in the past was naturally left behind on this day.

When Chen Lan, Chen Xi and Su Wan'er arrived, it was already three o'clock in the morning, and it was neither early nor too late. The three sisters took two mule carts, Chen Lan took Su Wan'er to sit in one, Chen Xi took two girls to sit alone, the car entered the Jin Wangfu from the West Corner Gate, turned around for a while, and then stopped in front of a hanging flower gate. The three of them got off the car with the girl one after another, and immediately more than a dozen sturdy servants carried the three-ride green mantle sedan chair forward.

Where had Su Wan'er ever seen such a rich and noble style, she was already a little flustered, and made up her mind to learn from the Chen family sisters in the future. Chen Lan took the lead in getting on the first sedan chair, and when the four servants lifted the sedan chair and walked forward, she noticed the difference between sitting in a sedan chair and riding in a car. The ride was just a bump, but the sedan chair had a sense of suspension with her feet off the ground, and she used it for a while before she could barely suppress the nausea that reached her throat, and looked at the warm sedan chair that should be used to entertain guests.

The sedan warmer is not very luxurious, but it is thoughtful. The mattress and cushions are about to be used for too long, and the edges have been sharpened, but it can still be seen that the big red Shu brocade is used, and the curtains on both sides are made of stone blue double-sided sheared velvet, and the bottom is buckled together with the pendant button and the sirf in the warm car, which is impermeable in the cold weather, and is extremely warm. There is a foot stove under the seat to warm the feet, but it is fixed, and the feet on it are warm. In addition, Chen Lan had already brought the octagonal copper hand stove with magpies around the plum, so he naturally didn't notice the cold wind howling outside. It's just that when she thought that Hongluo and Yun'er were walking with the sedan chair outside, she still remembered it quite a lot, but the curtain next to her couldn't move at all, so she could only wait patiently.

After walking for a full quarter of an hour, Chen Lan felt that the warm sedan car stopped, and then someone opened a thick curtain. She lowered her head and walked out of it, and after only a glance, she saw that Hongluo and Yun'er were so cold that their faces were pale, so she quietly handed over the hand stove in her hand for them to hold, and then walked forward with Chen Xi and Su Wan'er, who got off the sedan chair behind.

The sedan chair stopped in front of the gate of a hard mountaintop, and there was already an elderly girl with a few people waiting, seeing Chen Lan and others coming forward, she hurriedly led people to curtsy, and then said with a smile: "The princess just said that there is no one yet, and this is finally here." Many ladies and ladies from all the provinces have already come, and they are laughing inside. ”

Chen Lan vaguely remembered that this girl had followed Princess Jin to the mansion, and her name seemed to be Xiuzhu, so he responded with a smile and followed her to the door. After passing through the hall, there is a hard hilltop hall of nine rooms and eleven frames, and the top is covered with cyan glazed tiles, and the roof ridges and beams are extremely rich. Although she had seen the wealth of the Hou Mansion, she was still slightly surprised when she saw this real royal style. At the entrance of the main hall stood two rows of eight girls, all of whom were in the same color as pine flowers and long jackets and dark green armor.

When I entered the door, the scene was very different. The plaque on the top of the middle hall is impressively the three big characters of the silver heart hall, the center is set up with the red lacquer gold cockroach throne, behind the throne is a large screen with sixteen butterflies wearing flowers, the lower head is the red lacquer nanmu pedal, the two sides are hung high red pin gold cockroach treasure tent, and the two sides are a chair is also not. She had just seen that grandeur outside, and she naturally understood that this hall was mostly a place for people from the family to visit, and there was no seat for anyone except the princess. Seeing that it was empty, only the corners on both sides were standing with girls, so she glanced at the embroidered bamboo next to her.

"This is the main hall of the princess, the princess does not live here on weekdays, but only opens it during the New Year's holidays, and the princess and the ladies and ladies are in the Shuimeng Pavilion at the back, and the slave maid guides the three young ladies."

Seeing the grace and solemnity of this Silver Heart Palace, no one else needs to say anything, Chen Lan is already very careful. was about to go out with the embroidered bamboo screen on the screen, but unexpectedly there was a sudden commotion outside, and immediately after, someone lifted the curtain and came in.

"Sister Xiuzhu!"

The girl who ran in looked a little younger, and she didn't care about the guests in front of her, so she ran to Xiuzhu with her skirt, and whispered a few words in her ear as soon as she bent her knees slightly.

"Yangning Hou Mansion...... Second Miss ...... Determined...... I don't know how Mrs. ......."

Chen Lan was not a few steps away from the embroidered bamboo, and his ear power was good, so he just captured a few words. It was these vaguely heard words, she couldn't help but be taken aback, and when she peeked at Chen Xi, she saw that she was still as cold as ever, as if she didn't know anything. And Su Wan'er seemed to be completely shocked by this majestic Silver Heart Palace, her eyes glanced here and there, her two hands were twisted together uneasily, and she found that when she looked over, she closed her eyes and stood up in an orderly manner.

Xiuzhu calmed down after the initial stunned, stood there and muttered for a while, then she walked over to Chen Lan, curtsey and said politely: "Third Miss, can you take a step to speak?" ”

Chen Lan didn't know how to say a word, nodded at Chen Xi and followed Xiuzhu to the side. Sure enough, seeing that everyone else was still far away, Xiuzhu said in a low voice: "Third Miss, just now the second door came to report, and the second Miss Hou Mansion has already come by car." Because she was holding the princess's post, the West Corner Gate let her in, and only at the second gate did the mother-in-law recognize her, but after all, it was not easy to stop. I don't know ...... Mrs. Tai."

"Second sister is actually here?" Chen Lan's eyes widened, his face full of astonishment, "When I came out this morning, the old lady clearly said that the second uncle had just suffered something, so she only asked me and the fifth sister to come over...... But there are so many guests in the palace today, I'm afraid someone has already seen her at this time. If you ask Sister Xiuzhu to report to the princess, please take the second sister in a sedan chair first, and find a proper place to settle it. ”

Knowing that Chen Bing really came here without permission, Xiuzhu felt her heart skip a beat, and after thinking about it, she felt that there was only such a way, so she had to nod, but she hurriedly called the girl who had just come to report the news, and sent her outside to say something. After doing this, she hurriedly took the three sisters Chen Lan out of the Silver Heart Palace, all the way to the door of the Water Dream Pavilion.

Before he could go in, Chen Lan heard a burst of loud laughter from inside.

"I heard that the princess's two cousins are also coming today? I have long heard that Mrs. Yangning Hou dotes on her granddaughter, but I don't know what kind of outstanding person she will be! ”