The Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City covers an area of more than 12,000 square meters. There are so many pavilions, pavilions, and rockery gardens in such a large area. If Zai Chun were to hide and seek in it, it would be really difficult to chase these dozen people!
But today Zai Chun was not in the mood to play childish games. He knew that Er Mao and the others were following him from a distance, but he did not disperse them because he knew that Er Mao would never disturb his thinking!
Zai Chun, who was confused, walked around in the imperial garden, sometimes circling the rockery several times, and sometimes he would stop in a daze while looking at a wild flower!
Sitting on the rocks in a daze, lying on the stone bench and looking up at the floating clouds, time passed by little by little!
Sishen Temple, Qianqiu Pavilion, Chengrui Pavilion, Duixiu Mountain, Wanchun Pavilion, Jiangxue Pavilion... I even sat on the stone steps in front of Qin'an Hall for a long time!
As the smell of alcohol dissipated little by little, Zai Chun's mind gradually became clearer, and the depression in his chest slowly faded away before he breathed in the fresh air!
Er Mao and the others never dared to disturb the little emperor, so Zai Chun simply pretended that they didn't exist and quietly enjoyed their afternoon thinking time!
Duixiu Mountain is an 18-meter-high rockery in the northeast corner of the Imperial Garden made entirely of Taihu stones. There is a beautiful pavilion on top of it. This is where Zaichun often played when he was a child!
Why do you like it here? Because you can see the scenery outside the palace from the top of Duixiu Mountain. Although it is only a corner of Beiyuan and Jingshan, and the prosperity of the city cannot be seen, in the heart of Zaichun in his childhood, being able to see the free sky outside is already a luxury. !
Walking up the stone steps, there was no one in Yujing Pavilion. Zai Chun took out his pocket watch and took a look, "Oh, it's already five forty-five... Let's take a break and go back to review the papers..."
While talking to himself, he also glanced at a group of eunuchs sneaking far away under Duixiu Mountain. It was a bit funny to see them like that!
As soon as Zai Chun's buttocks sat on the wooden stool in the pavilion, the evil wind that shocked the queen mothers of the two palaces hung up. Zai Chun was blinded by the dust and gravel coming towards her, and she was so sore that she kept crying!
"Bah...bah...bah...it's really hard to drink cold water. I'm squinting when I climb the mountain and look at the scenery. Let's go...Da Sixi! Xiao Sixi...he's driving back to the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart!"
The evil wind came and dissipated very quickly. After wiping his eyes for a while, Zai Chun opened his eyes again and the wind had stopped. The dull Zai Chun walked down the mountain and shouted, "Big Four is happy... Xiao Si Hi...where did you die? Can't you hear my voice?"
"Hey? Where are you... Ermao, are you hiding with me too?"
Walking down Duixiu Mountain, Zai Chun was surprised to find that the dozen or so eunuchs following him suddenly disappeared. He looked around and couldn't see their shadow!
Zai Chun scratched his head, "Where did these dog slaves go? If it wasn't for the bright sun, I would have thought it was haunted?"
It’s six o’clock in autumn, the sun has not set in the west yet, and the sunshine is still warm!
Zai Chun walked around the imperial garden for a while, but still couldn't find Er Mao and the others. Feeling depressed, he turned around and walked towards the southwest corner of the garden. He planned to pass through the right gate of Changkang and then go to Chuxiu Palace to pay his respects to his mother, and then Go back to Yangxin Hall to approve the papers!
Zai Chun was in a trance, but found that the road to the West First Street suddenly became longer. Usually, this long street was always filled with eunuchs and maids walking back and forth. This was a very busy main road in the harem, but at this moment, something strange No one!
But Zai Chun acted as if he had discovered nothing, and just walked southward from the right gate of Changkang, ten steps, twenty steps...a hundred steps!
Zai Chun couldn't say that he was 100% familiar with the Forbidden City. At least he was absolutely familiar with the harem and the main buildings!
He was in a hurry and knew very well that he entered from the right gate of Changkang and walked south. The left hand side is the east, and he has to pass through Duanze Gate and Zengrui Gate, two small gates, to Kunning Palace!
This is a portal prepared for the queen to travel, making it convenient for the queen of Kunning Palace to travel to the east and west palaces!
Going further south is a large gate called Longfu Gate. This gate is opposite the Jiaotai Hall!
Further south is a small style gate, behind which is the Hongde Hall, which is the west side hall of the Qianqing Palace building. According to the rules, this is where the emperor studied in the morning!
Continuing along the palace wall to the south is the Yuehua Gate. The west side of this gate is opposite the Yangxin Hall, and the east side is the spacious square in front of the Qianqing Palace!
Zaichun was very familiar with these gates. He knew very well that if he wanted to enter Chuxiu Palace through the right gate of Dacheng, he only needed to pass through the two small gates of Duanze Gate and Zengrui Gate, which were very close!
After passing these two small gates, turn right and you will find Chuxiu Palace, but today there is a strange gate. There are two gates dozens of steps apart, but he still hasn't finished it after walking a hundred steps!
What’s even more bizarre is that no one has appeared on this spacious West First Street for such a long time, not a single one!
Walking around, Zai Chun suddenly felt very thirsty. No wonder he was thirsty and walked in the Royal Garden for more than an hour after drinking at noon. During this period, he didn't use a sip of tea. Being thirsty after drinking is unbearable!
"Is there anyone? Are there any people like these dog slaves? How can they serve you!" Zai Chun cursed angrily, but the more he cursed, the thirstier he became, and the more he cursed, the less people there were!
How far south did you go from the right gate of Changkang? Zai Chun himself couldn't remember it. Anyway, he had already passed Duanze Gate and Zengrui Gate, but he never arrived at Longfu Gate in front!
Moreover, Zai Chun felt as if he would never reach Longfumen. Looking at it, this West Long Street gradually had no end in sight!
Just when he was so hungry and thirsty, a small door without a plaque suddenly appeared on his left, on the east palace wall!
"Huh? When... when did a new door be built here? Was it built in the two years since I left the capital?"
"Greetings to Your Majesty...Your Majesty guessed it right. This is the newly built courtyard when you left the palace. It is convenient for the Queen Mother and the Emperor to travel!"
Zai Chun was startled. Suddenly, an old eunuch appeared very close to his right!
This old man with goose-skinned hair and black hair is wearing what looks like a eunuch uniform from the Qianming Dynasty. The clothes are so big that you can't see his feet on the ground, and his sleeves are so long that you can't see his hands!
Are the hands and feet invisible, or does the eunuch have no hands and feet at all? A trace of doubt flashed in Zai Chun's heart, but the doubt passed in just a flash and was forgotten!
Instead, Zai Chun asked, "Which palace are you from? Why do you look so unfamiliar to me?"
"Your Majesty is so forgetful. This slave has been making tea in the imperial tea house of Kunning Palace. Your Majesty loved drinking the tea made by this slave when he was a child. Everyone in the palace calls this slave his tea slave!"
"Your Majesty, please come this way, the spring water is already hot!"
Zai Chun stared at the old eunuch and followed the old eunuch into the small door without a plaque. He didn't realize that as the old eunuch walked forward, what was exposed was not shoes and socks at all, but white bones that looked like ancient bones. Same!
Zai Chun stepped into the door, and the palace door closed quietly with a creak!
