Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

The East Palace is not big, it is a rectangular courtyard with five front and back entrances.Seen from the air, in the vast Forbidden City, among the palaces covered with yellow glazed tiles, there are also palaces with white bluestone bases and wooden structures.Except that it looks newer and a bit narrow and long, what is different from other palaces is that the windows of the prince's study are inlaid with glass, and there are no other special features.

This five-entry courtyard, along with the layout of the palaces in the Forbidden City, is still the structure of the front hall and the back bedroom.The main entrance is the former star gate, and the inside of the gate is the first courtyard. There are three value rooms and one guest room.After passing the Xiangxu Gate on the north side of the courtyard, there is the main hall Dun, with three auxiliary halls in the east and west. This is the place where the prince and the officials of the East Palace discuss matters.

The third entrance courtyard is equivalent to the inner courtyard of ordinary people.The entrance to the courtyard is the private space of the prince, and the officials of the East Palace are not allowed to enter, and the prince's women are not allowed to enter.There are 20 enclosures on the east and west sides, forming two courtyards. The main buildings are all symmetrical large three-room wide-ranging structures.The prince's study is in the east yard, and the library and so on are also here.The west courtyard is used as the Prince's treasury, which contains the dowry of the Prince's biological mother, Empress Xiaohui, and the Prince's private storage for the past 20 years.

Pass through the corridor left between the left and right courtyards and enter the fourth courtyard, which is the main hall of the East Palace, with three auxiliary halls on the left and right.The front hall is five rooms wide and three rooms deep. The front eaves open to the door, the second and tip rooms are sill windows, and the back eaves are directly connected to the apse through a corridor.The corridor is 1 room wide and 3 rooms deep, with sill windows on the east and west sides.

The front hall is equivalent to the main courtyard, which is reserved for the princess to meet the female relatives and hold some banquets.

The back hall is 5 rooms wide and 3 rooms deep.

The apse is now newly decorated, and this is the residence for the princess.There are three supporting halls on the left and right, which are also vacant and reserved for the use of the crown princess.

The last room with a back cover when entering the courtyard is also five rooms wide and three rooms deep. connect.In the main room on the left lived the prince's concubine Liang Di, and the two sons lived in the east wing.On the right lived Prince Liangyuan, the prince's dead daughter, who once lived in the West Wing.

Now the people from the Needlework Bureau are quietly waiting for the prince to try on the dress in the side hall of the side hall on the left side of the main hall.Four years ago, when the sage appointed the crown prince, he began to prepare for it. It was only now that the crown prince's wedding date was confirmed.

The prince tried it on smoothly, and said "reward".Immediately, a servant came forward and acted according to His Highness the Prince's order.The aunt in charge of the needlework bureau wanted to say a few more words in front of the prince, but was stopped by the servant of the East Palace with a wink, and regretfully watched the prince go back to the study.

"San Dezi, you?" The manager of the Needlework Bureau was a little annoyed.The servants of the East Palace are changed frequently, every three months, at most no more than half a year, they will change a group of people. "Could it be that you will be in the East Palace from now on?"

"My good aunt," San De hurriedly saluted. "How do you know that His Highness has only said one sentence this morning. He asked you to wait in the side hall. If you don't believe me, you can ask anyone in the East Palace. I, San Dezi, dare to say half a lie , punish me to flush the toilet in the future.”

The people in the Needlework Bureau all laughed, thanked San Dezi, took the reward and left the East Palace.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the sage moved his stiff neck and asked Liang Jiu who stood aside.

"How are you preparing for the prince's wedding?"

Liang Jiu lowered his head to exchange a cup of hot tea for the saint, and stepped back three and a half steps before speaking.

"Back to the saint, His Royal Highness just tried on the dress in the morning, and it was very good. I even gave a reward to the needlework bureau. The prince has been studying in the East Palace all day."

Today, the official is taking a rest, and there are not many things for the saint.The only legitimate son is about to get married, the saint is both gratified and a little sad: the son will have a good life with his wife in the future, alas!

While drinking tea, the sage was thinking wildly to himself.Suddenly there was a voice outside the hall.Liang Jiu got the sage's wink and hurried out to have a look.Come back soon to report.

"The sage is Zhen Guiren from the Changchun Palace. He made some soup and sent someone to deliver it."

"Pass it in."

Liang Jiu presented the soup to the saint, and then took it aside.The little servant who was testing the poison carefully scooped out a few mouthfuls and drank it.

When he brought it back again, the sage suddenly didn't want to drink anymore, waved his hand and said, "You guys are rewarded." He continued to read the scriptures at his desk.

After the emperor tried on the dress, he went back to the study.This time, the prince read seriously.Just watch him pick out more than a dozen military books from the bookcase, read them quickly, and then change them again and again until the lights are ten.

The little servant in the study, which was getting dark, came in quietly and lit up all the lights in the study.

The prince was awakened from his hard study by the sudden light in front of him, looked at the sky outside, and dropped the book in his hand.

"San Dezi, what time is it?"

"You time is right."

"Prince, do you want a meal?"

"Swing, swing to the east side of the side hall."

The prince got up, stretched his body, got up and went to the east side hall of the main hall to have dinner.Almost into the side hall, the prince stopped.

"San Dezi, you call someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and open a door in the northeast corner of this side hall."

San Dezi Kaba's eyes said, "Prince? This, this opens the door?"

"Yes, otherwise, in the future, the officials of the East Palace will discuss matters in the front yard, and the crown princess will not be allowed to leave the East Palace in the back yard, or she will not be able to return after going out. Open a door here to connect it with the garden. In the future, the crown princess will go to the back palace and leave. This door."

San Dezi understood it, and felt that what his prince said made sense.But this time is a little tight.

When the crown prince ate, he set up a table with dozens of dishes.The whole chicken is put on the table, which is to watch.There are eight such dishes, and then the whole dish is placed and then removed.It's not for nothing, it's the waste of the East Palace.

Lin Xi snorted, and the waiter who was scooping up the soup was so frightened that he almost lost the spoon.

Lin Xi put down his chopsticks when he was [-]% full.

"San Dezi, come here. Tell the dining room that the display of dishes will be canceled in the future."

"Yes." San Dezi's heart was like a turbulent sea. The prince canceled the arrangement of the dishes, and those greasy rats in the dining room might cry like dogs.

"Your Highness, the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs are here."

"Xuan."

When the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Repairs Department were called by San Dezi, they were a little puzzled, thinking that the house was being repaired for the princess, and the prince was not satisfied, so he invited the prince to question him.After hearing San Dezi's words, the official from the Ministry of Construction and Repairs thought, yes, that's the way it is.But I felt that the prince didn't mention it when he was repairing the palace, but now he brought it up again, frowning and said: "This is not a small matter, it can only be done with the permission of the saint."

"Master Qin, Grandpa Qin, Ancestor Qin, you and the crown prince should report back."

Qin Ye quickly took out a purse, "Grandpa De, ancestor De, please, old man, please help me get out of office."

Everyone knows that rejecting the prince's proposal is smearing the prince's face. If it is light, he will be reprimanded, and if it is severe, he will be whipped.Don't look at the prince's politeness to the officials of the East Palace and the courtiers, but to them, the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he treated them like domestic slaves.

Qin Ye tremblingly followed San Dezi to meet the prince.

"Qin Ye, the head of the Department of Construction and Repairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, greets the crown prince."

"Get up. San Dezi made it clear to you?"

"Back to the prince, San Dezi made it clear. But let the saint know first."

"No need, you make a budget for opening the door tonight, how many people are needed to tear down the walls, how many people are needed to make the door, and work for a few days. Don't tell Gu that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has no ready-made wood, so you have to plant trees first."

Well, the crown prince is still as sharp as ever.

"San Dezi, take Qin Ye to calculate."

After a while, San Dezi brought a piece of paper.The prince took a look and was very happy.

"Call Qin Ye over here."

"Qin Ye, you need ten people to tear down this wall for three days? Are you going to tear down the entire wall of the East Palace? Or ten people, each of whom only needs to tear down three bricks a day?"

Qin Ye's sweat came down.

"After the court meeting tomorrow, I will see that you have demolished the wall. I will give you two days to make the door, and the door will be installed the night after tomorrow."

"Prince, the time is too tight. I am an official, I am an official..."

"Is it not enough time to tear down the wall? Or can't finish the door?"

Qin Ye leaned over, "It's not enough to ask the prince to forgive me."

"San Dezi, you go out of the palace now, and go to Cheng'en Gong's mansion to borrow ten capable and powerful servants, and demolish the wall according to the size tomorrow morning. Let them bring two masons to fix the door and wall."

"Yes."

"Qin Ye, do you have a suitable wooden board for the door in your house of internal affairs? Do you want to go to your warehouse to check?"

"Back to the prince, yes, there are wooden boards for the door."

"After tomorrow morning, bring the wooden planks and bring four carpenters. It will take ten days to make a door in the yard of this side hall."

"My lord, that door needs to be painted."

"Install first, paint later."

Qin Ye simply knelt down, "Please forgive me, the Crown Prince, I will definitely demolish the wall tomorrow morning. Install the door the night after tomorrow."

"Okay, you go."

After the sage went to court early, he discussed major issues with the cabinet.As an auditor, the prince accompanied the whole process.Before lunch, the sage was free. Liang Jiu looked at the crown prince who was inseparable from the sage, hesitated for a while, and did not dare to step forward.When the crown prince finished his lunch with the sage, he wanted to speak, but the crown prince spoke first.

"Father, my son tried on the dress yesterday, and found that the people from the Sewing Bureau all came in from the front through the Xiangxu Gate. It's okay for me to live in the East Palace by myself. I think it will be inconvenient for the Crown Princess and the House of Internal Affairs to come and go. My son Let the House of Internal Affairs open a side door in the direction of the garden at the side hall corner of the main hall, so that the House of Internal Affairs will not have to go through the front hall if it needs to find the Crown Princess.”

This matter, the sage thought about it, so he nodded.It's not a big deal, it's over as soon as the two of you talk about it.

After the prince finished speaking, he stood up and brought a cup of tea to the saint, who was so surprised that the saint could hardly hold the teacup

"Chengxian?"

"Father, what's the matter?"

"No. You go rest."

"Yes, Erchen retire."

The saint looked at the tall and handsome son in front of him, and saluted himself respectfully.The movement of saluting is so pleasing to the eye, as smooth as flowing clouds and flowing water, and there is no flaw in it.After saluting, he took three steps back steadily and smiled at himself before turning around and leaving.Every time I see my son smiling like this, I can't help but think of my wife, Empress Xiaohui, Chengxian and Xiaohui are five points alike.

Alas, if the wife is alive, she will be so happy to see her son marrying a wife.

If he can raise his son tall and strong, teach him both civil and military skills, he will be able to meet her calmly in the future.