Royal Little Fortune

Chapter 8 Returning to the Garden
"This is our mansion." Ya Ruo, looking around, couldn't help but widen her eyes.

The mansion in front of me is indeed very big, and the plaque on the gate is written with two characters flying and dancing - Returning to the Garden.

The vermilion lacquered gate, together with the two Datong lions standing at the gate, looked very majestic, but apart from their mansion, the surroundings looked a bit dilapidated and not lively at all, but Ya Ruo still liked quietness very much.

"That's right, this is the residence of our Horqin royal family in the capital—Guiyuan. This name was bestowed by your queen mother and aunt." Manzhu Xili said with a smile.

"Er Qige, didn't my mother say before that our mansion is next to the royal garden, why do I look around, it's a bit desolate and dilapidated." Ya Ruo asked with a puzzled expression.

Manzhu Xili laughed after hearing the words: "The garden behind our mansion is only separated from the royal garden "Tsinghua Garden". This Tsinghua Garden was the private garden of the grandfather of an emperor in the previous Ming Dynasty. , but later it became dilapidated, and now the garden belongs to the Qing imperial family, just because the empress dowager and the emperor don’t like to come here, and the garden has been abandoned for many years, and it needs a lot of money to repair it.”

Ya Ruo laughed when she heard the words: "I understand, I can't afford to repair it, right?"

"Yes, it costs a lot of money to repair the garden. I heard from your queen mother that because of years of wars, the treasury is empty, and there is no money to repair the garden, so this matter has been put on hold. However, the land nearby I heard that they were all sold. Our mansion is the earliest and most grand built in the surrounding area. You usually stay in the mansion, don’t walk around. Er Qige is afraid that it’s not safe outside. After all, it’s a bit desolate outside. There are few people." Manzhu Xili looked at her daughter and said seriously.

After hearing this, Ya Ruo suddenly realized that it was because the imperial court had no money to repair the royal garden, no wonder the surroundings looked so desolate, probably those who bought the land hadn’t come to build the mansion yet, but... desolation also has the benefits of desolation , From the perspective of future people, this is called the original ecology.

Although Eqige forbade her to go out of the house casually, but as long as she seized the opportunity, she would definitely take Baolan and Yingge to walk around the neighborhood.

"Come in, don't stand at the door, Beijing city is not much warmer than ours in Horqin, and it's icy and snowy everywhere, look at you girl, your face is turning red from the cold." said distressed.

"Okay, okay, let's go in quickly. On the way, I heard from my mother that the mansion is burning earth dragons. The house is as warm as spring and very comfortable. It is warmer and more comfortable than our yurt in Horqin. My daughter can't wait to enjoy it." It's over." Ya Ruo said excitedly.

For a person like her who is afraid of the cold, finding a warm place to sleep in this icy and snowy place is simply a great thing in life.

"The earth dragon in our mansion is indeed warm. Compared to those inns and post stations on the road, it is many times stronger. Your girl's house has already been tidied up." Su Shi said with a smile on the side.

"Let's go, let's go in." Ya Ruo quickly took her mother's hand and said with a smile.

My mother told her before that this Guiyuan is the residence of the Horqin royal family in the capital, and all four rooms live together. Except for the garden at the back near the Royal Tsinghua Garden, the rest of the place is divided into four parts, each room occupying a place .

The eldest uncle Wu Keshan lives in the south, the second uncle Chahan lives in the east, the third uncle Suo Nuomu lives in the west, and their fourth house lives in the south near the garden.

My mother said that the uncles who grew up on the grassland did not like the back garden with the style of Jiangnan Water Village, so there was no candidate for the South Courtyard at the beginning, but my mother was born in the Han Army Banner, and she liked these flowers and plants, pavilions, and rockery. bonsai.

Er Qige naturally listened to his mother on these matters, and besides...Er Qige was the youngest among his brothers, but he was very supportive of his brothers, so he chose the south side.

Living in the south, backed by the garden, standing in the pavilion on the rockery, you can still see some scenery of the royal garden Tsinghua Garden. Although it has not been repaired there, it is also taken care of by people. There are many precious flowers and trees, and many of them are The old ones, my mother especially likes them.

Ya Ruo heard her mother talk about the beautiful scenery along the way, and she was very moved. If it wasn't getting dark now, she would have to go and see it.

Seeing her daughter's eagerness to try, Mrs. Su knew what she was thinking. She couldn't help laughing and said, "This is a world of ice and snow. The garden is full of thick snow. What's there to see? Wait until the Chinese New Year. The winter plums are blooming, and the scenery is worth seeing!"

"Oh." Ya Ruo nodded when she heard the words, but it's only the beginning of October, and there are still two months before the Chinese New Year, and...by that time, it's not certain whether she will stay in Guiyuan or not.

I hope that her cousin of the emperor who hates the girls on the Horqin grassland will not choose her, so that she will not have to stay in that boxy and boring place in the palace.

But... according to Er Qige, it seems that her aunt is the queen mother who decides these things. Ya Ruo is already considering whether to do a few things that make that empress hate, so that she will definitely not be wanted.

In the south courtyard of Guiyuan, the servants who were waiting inside had known for a long time that the masters had arrived, and they were standing at the door to welcome them.

The four courtyards in Guiyuan have their own gates, and even those who enter and exit the mansion can leave the mansion without going to the main entrance in front.

"Slaves pay respects to the prince and Fujin, six characters are auspicious!" Steward Feng saw the masters approaching from a distance, and immediately led his twenty or so slaves to meet him and knelt down to pay respects.

"Get up, this king hasn't been to Beijing for two years, and this yard is still the same as before, not bad... Steward Feng, please go ahead and order the people in the yard to do their jobs properly, and each person will reward two taels of silver." Manzhu Xili He said with a smile, seeming to be in a good mood.

"Thank you, my lord, for the reward." Everyone hurriedly thanked them, surrounded the masters and entered the house.

"It's so warm!" Ya Ruo felt warm all over her body as soon as she entered the room, and she was indescribably comfortable. The room should still be incensed, and there was a faint sweet smell. She looked around and couldn't help being speechless. The main hall is decorated in a simple and elegant way, and the things on the shelves are worth a lot of money at first glance, and some of them are so delicate that she is reluctant to touch them for fear of breaking them!
Forgive her, a little bumpkin from the future, because I have never seen these things in my previous life, they are so exquisite and beautiful!
(End of this chapter)