The East Garden is located in the northeast corner of the palace, separated from the inner courtyard of the palace, and a spacious and magnificent four-entry courtyard is opened out alone, with a garden courtyard in front and back, dozens of houses are stacked and scattered, and there are many high-level attics.

Lord Su is the first scholar family, the palace is afraid of being lazy, according to the Jiangnan garden borrowed objects to set up the scenery, in the East Garden to lay pavilions, rockery landscape pavilions. It took a lot of effort to set up a finch platform for feasting and watching the dance, and compared with the wealthy families of the scholars, there are many warblers and swallows dancing here.

After resting for a long time, after lunch, a mother-in-law came to report that the maid in the palace had arrived in Dongyuan. The two ladies hurriedly brought their own bags and bags, led by their mothers-in-law, and went from the inner courtyard to the East Garden.

Along the way, they met the maids and mothers of the palace, and they all rushed to see them, discussed a lot, and commented on them.

"Those girls in the Tang Mansion are beautiful, and their clothes and jewelry are also good-looking!" said a rough short and fat maid enviously. She also wanted to be Lord Su's daughter-in-law, but she didn't have such a chance, so she could only be aggrieved in her heart, "Look at the ones selected in our house, they look lazy, how can Lord Su take a fancy to them?"

Another rough maid with a mole on her face said: "Don't be unconvinced, their clothes are not good-looking, but they look better than those in the Tang Mansion." I'm afraid we can't choose such a posture. ”

An elderly mother-in-law came over and reprimanded sharply: "All of them are going to work, and you can talk about the daughter-in-law?" This is a congratulatory gift for Master Su, all of them have signed a death contract, if you are envious, go with it, Niang Laozi will never see you for the rest of your life, you are satisfied!"

The short and fat maid pursed her lips, reluctantly picked up the broom in her hand, and muttered: "Who doesn't want to be the concubine of the Su family, the first scholar clan of the Great Jin, such a good thing, how many times can I meet it in my life......?"

The mother-in-law knocked on her head with a stick in her hand, and scolded: "This ignorant girl, is it a good errand to be a girl, you want to go, I will wake you up with a stick!"

This scene was seen by Zining and a few people, Xianggui lowered her eyebrows, and sighed heavily: "Even the mother-in-law knows that being a maid is not a good errand." We've driven the little lamb into the East Garden, and we're going to be slaughtered there?"

Luhuan hurriedly pulled her sleeve, and said quietly: "Sister, don't say it, I'm very scared in my heart, if you say this, that Dongyuan is even more terrible than a prison cell." ”

The mother-in-law who led the way in front turned around and urged: "A few girls are faster, cross this bridge, walk two gardens, and it will be the East Garden." ”

The ladies lined up neatly, dressed in different colors. The people from the Tang Mansion were reprimanded by Ligu, they were a little timid, and their momentum was not as strong as when they first entered the mansion.

Meandering all the way to the easternmost side of the palace, a colorful weeping flower door looms between the two rows of weeping willows. An old lady wearing a brocade robe greeted her at the door, and when she saw the girls coming, she said, "The ten girls in the palace have been waiting for a long time. ”

Ligu's slender eyes narrowed, and she stepped forward with a smile, and said, "I wish Mama, you have been busy for most of the day, but you have worked hard." There is a warm place in the garden, so I will tell the girls to prepare warm wine, and you will rest your feet, and the girls in the palace will hand it over to me, and it will be properly arranged. ”

Then he turned his head, glanced at the two little maids behind him, and said, "Why don't you go and hold Mama Zhu and help her to the warm couch in the east hall house to rest." The little maid went over to help her and said with a smile: "Mama will go with us, the wine and food will be prepared, let's go to the warm couch, and I will beat Mama's legs." ”

The corners of Zhu Mama's eyes twitched, and she said, "I sat in the carriage at noon, and my old legs were sore. I haven't been out of the palace for a long time, so it's easy to come to the palace, and I don't want to take a look at the excitement. Aunt Li, don't care about my old wife, hurry up and arrange the maid into the garden, and now I will get things done, and I will go back to the palace early tomorrow morning to report to the queen. ”

Seeing that Mama Zhu insisted on this, Aunt Li didn't dare to say anything more, the flesh on her face shook unnaturally twice, and she said with a smile: "Even if this is the case, I have to worry about Mama being tired." So she stretched out her hand to ask Mama Zhu to go first, and she followed closely into the weeping flower door.

Zhu Mama is the old slave and maid beside the queen, and the old man is also fine, so she put her hand on the arm of the maid beside her, turned her head and said: "The queen has ordered, the maid who is given to Lord Su must not be sloppy at all." The girls in the palace have seen them one by one, and when these twenty people have also entered the garden, the old body has to take a closer look. ”

Aunt Li's eyes were stunned for a moment, and then she hurriedly smiled and said: "It is appropriate to be cautious, Mama was sent by the queen's mother, and we should obey it." There was a silver cicada standing next to her, Ligu turned her head to look at her, and quietly squeezed her hand, the silver cicada's face was a little pale, and she bit her lip and lowered her head.

A group of people walked to the door, Zi Ning came to the Hanging Flower Gate, looked up, the wooden carved inlaid glass, the black lacquer gold horizontal plaque said "Qingshuang Yuan", a single painted Hanging Flower Gate is already beautiful.

I can't help but marvel that this East Garden is called "Qingshuang Garden", and it is built so gorgeously.

The girl didn't know how to read, couldn't understand what was written on the plaque, and didn't care much, but only felt that the carved glass hanging flower door was good-looking, and chattered. Manzhu suddenly looked up at the horizontal plaque and said, "Qingshuang Garden, it's really a good name with elegant and profound meanings. ”

Zi Ning felt the same way, nodded and said: "Qingshuang, Qingshuang, Qingye is like frost, if the people who live in the garden are like Qingshuang's name, how good it would be!" Green Ring followed them, although he couldn't read the handwriting, he also looked up. Seeing the three words on the horizontal plaque, with an indescribable ambition, I can't help but think about it.

Xianggui listened to what they said, pondered for a moment, pursed her lips, and said with disdain: "It's a pity that Lord Su is a gentleman of a wealthy family, and he has tarnished this good sign in vain!"

As they spoke, the four of them had already stepped into the door of the hanging flowers, and their eyes suddenly lit up. Green Ring couldn't help but look at it, glared and exclaimed: "Here, there is such a beautiful scenery......" As far as the eye can see, there are full of flowers, trees, green willows, pavilions and ponds, reflecting the infinite and charming spring light.

Manzhu blinked his big eyes, held his hands on his chest, and said again and again: "This ...... It's so that people's eyes have nowhere to go. I couldn't help laughing, the four of them looked at each other, and their joyful emotions were stirred by the beautiful scenery of the beautiful lotus and green bamboos and rockery springs.

Zining is also the first time to see such a beautiful garden, and her eyes are curious about everything. The four of them held hands and walked all the way, looking left and right, and praised repeatedly. Xianggui laughed and laughed all the way, and saw the assorted window lattices added to the pavilion of the verandah, and the colorful carvings of Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum reflected in the water, so he turned his head and laughed loudly: "Look at it, this seems to have walked into the painting, and we have all become fairies in the painting!"

Zi Ning rolled her eyes and clapped her hands and smiled, "If you really become the fairy in the painting, you can stick it on the wall and hang it quietly, and you don't have to laugh and laugh all day long." ”

The four of them frolicked non-stop, and a mother-in-law who was walking in front turned around and said with a displeased expression: "The girls are quiet, the grandmother from the palace is here, and the people in the palace are unruly." ”

Zi Ning stuck out her tongue, and Xiang Gui quietly laughed: "Let's just laugh, don't pay attention to that annoying old thing." The four of them walked over the corridor of the water pavilion, each with their eyes wide open, lest they miss a beautiful view. I saw a mother-in-law stand still, look around the sides of the garden, and say: "Girls, listen carefully, this is the Yishen Pavilion, next to the promenade house in the front garden, in front of which is Juxiangzhai, only here there are four-sided lattice windows......"

The names of the pavilions and houses are elegant, and the scenery is different, and everyone is dazzled, but they can't remember any of them.

Suddenly, Xianggui clapped her hands and smiled: "Look at it, there is a pair of mandarin ducks there, jubilant and really happy, and the color of the hair is also good!" The girls turned their heads to look at the voice, and sure enough, they saw a pair of mandarin ducks in the pool, and there were a few colorful doves floating around, and there were lotus leaves floating in the water, and the mandarin ducks were floating around, which was very pleasing to the eye.

Zi Ning looked at it for a moment, couldn't help but feel a little sad, and said: "Mandarin ducks, doves, doves and butterflies fly together, they are all loyal partners in pairs, and the so-called difficult things in the world are only fond of love." In this way, the mandarin ducks playing in the water are put into the East Garden. ”

Xianggui picked up a small pebble, threw it into the pond with a "poof", and snorted coldly: "Yes, dozens of maids are waiting for a man, what a wonderful irony! It's a pity that these pairs of birds look good today, and when Lord Su comes, they will be dazzling." ”

Saying that, the group passed through the front garden, a huge drum stone was placed outside the front hall, and there was a wooden carved screen inside the lintel, carved with the pattern of the crane soaring. On all four sides are large open and ventilated windows, and under the carved lattice windows are red-lacquered wood sittings, which form a circle around the bottom of the windows. The women leaned on the platform in front of the window, and the beautiful scenery outside the window was like a painting, and they praised the palace for being really luxurious.

Qing Mama said: "The girls will sit in this front hall first, and Aunt Li will go to the main courtyard to make arrangements, and the girls will go over." "I left two little maids to guard, and the rest of the mother-in-law went with Ligu, and even the silver cicada went with her.

The women sat in several places, looking out the window, chatting lively. At this time, a woman in the Tang Mansion suddenly said: "I heard that Lord Su's hometown is in the south of the Yangtze River, where there are flowers everywhere, and there are many deep and secluded water platforms, which really have the charm of the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River." ”

Several ladies around her nodded in agreement, but no one else had been to Jiangnan, and they didn't know what she said about Jiangnan. Shi Tao couldn't help but ask: "Have you seen the scenery of Jiangnan, how do you know that this scenery is the same as Jiangnan?" Zi Ning listened carefully to the side, thinking: "Most of these women are maids who have sold themselves since childhood, and they have grown up without leaving the mansion one step since they were young, and since this is the capital, how could she have been to Jiangnan?"

The girl pouted and smiled, and snorted: "Two years ago, I went to the Su family in Jiangnan with my young lady, and I have not only seen the beautiful scenery, but also Lord Su!"

The women were not interested in the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, their faces were full of sorrow, and suddenly they heard her say that they had seen Master Su, and they suddenly came to their senses, and their eyes lit up. Xianggui was the first to hold back, and hurriedly squeezed in front of the girl, stared at the girl and asked, "What does Master Su look like, how old is it?"

The women of the palace also wanted to hear the news, but they were not familiar with the people of the Tang Mansion, so they were embarrassed to come forward to inquire. At this time, when Xianggui asked, he hurriedly gathered around and listened quietly, lest he miss a word about Master Su.

Seeing that everyone wanted to know, the maiden immediately stood up, shook her head and whispered: "Master Su's news, we are not allowed to discuss it in private, let my aunt know, we have to be punished." ”————