"All of you get up, I'm not a demon, I won't eat you all."
Hearing Yi Zhixie's teasing words, everyone also laughed.
Finally, everyone was asked to stand up from the ground, and Shen Xiaoyan and others then walked towards the gate of the courtyard.
When the residence was lowered just now, Yi Zhixie adjusted the direction of the courtyard gate so that it was consistent with the main gate of the residence.
After all, when everything is stable in the future, they will have to use the main gate.
There is another reason.
The main gate of the residence faces north-south.
If it is not aligned with this direction, the lighting will not be very good.
Shen Xiaoyan and a few others walked ahead, and the servants drove the carriages behind. In a short while, they entered the courtyard.
From the moment they stepped onto the main gate, the ground was paved with bluestone slabs.
Shen Xiaoyan deliberately lowered her head to look at the muddy shoes on her feet, hesitating whether to change them.
Seeing this, Yi Zhixie said, "This road is meant to be walked on. No matter how clean it is, it's useless if no one walks on it."
Hearing this, Shen Xiaoyan felt a bit self-deprecating. She was a person from the 21st century, yet she wasn't as clear-sighted as Yi Zhixie.
In fact, it couldn't be said that she didn't understand. The main reason was that she had a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder and liked everything to be neat and tidy.
Entering the courtyard, the first thing that met the eye was a stone path.
Before stepping onto the bluestone path, Yi Zhixie stopped.
He turned around and said to the servants following behind, "On both sides of the first courtyard are two larger side courtyards. The east side courtyard will be for the housekeepers, and the west side courtyard will be for families like Uncle Huo and Uncle Fan. As for the maids, they will follow us inside later."
After speaking, Yi Zhixie first asked the housekeepers and Huo Si and others to wait here for a while. He then led Shen Xiaoyan and the maids inside.
After walking along the bluestone path, they saw a moon gate ahead.
After passing through the moon gate, they truly entered the first courtyard.
This was the outer courtyard, used for receiving guests. The side courtyards on the east and west were guest rooms, in case guests came and had nowhere to stay.
Yi Zhixie did not take everyone to visit, but directly led them to the second gate.
After entering the second gate, it was the back courtyard.
Upon entering the back courtyard, the first thing they saw was a clear blue lake. The lake water was clear and emerald green, and golden fish could be seen swimming in it.
A wooden bridge was built around the lake, and there was a pavilion in the center of the lake, which looked very elegant.
To the west of the lake was a garden, planted with trees, most of which Shen Xiaoyan could not name, as well as various flowers. However, there were no flowers blooming at the moment.
This was probably because the season outside was winter.
However, there was no need to worry. When spring came next year, it would definitely be a riot of colors and exceptionally beautiful.
After passing through the garden, the path ahead was no longer a single one, but extended in different directions with winding small paths.
"Each of these paths leads to a courtyard. Of course, it's not that there is only one courtyard on each path. You can choose where you want to live. Mu Zhong can lead you. I'll go back first and arrange those people."
After speaking, Yi Zhixie quickly walked back.
Indeed, it was already getting dark, and if they weren't arranged properly, it would be completely dark.
After such a long journey, everyone should have eaten and slept early.
After Yi Zhixie returned, he first took the housekeepers and others to the east side courtyard, quickly assigned them rooms, gave them the gifts they had entrusted to him, told them where the kitchen and bathroom were located in this courtyard, left them some food, and asked them to make something to eat and rest early, then he left quickly.
After coming out, he led Huo Si and others to the west side courtyard, repeating the same process.
The only difference was the layout of the west side courtyard. Inside the west side courtyard, it was divided into small courtyards. A courtyard plus a small yard was only about 200 square meters, but for the servants, it was more than enough.
Both the east and west side courtyards had their own doors, which could be locked from the outside or bolted from the inside, ensuring good security, so they didn't need to worry about anything.
After completing all this, Yi Zhixie quickly returned to the back.
Entering the back courtyard again, just as he was wondering where to find Shen Xiaoyan and the others, he saw Zheng Wei walking towards him.
"We are all in Chun Jin Yuan. It's late today, so we won't choose courtyards separately. After resting tonight, we'll choose them properly tomorrow."
Walking side by side, Zheng Wei said to Yi Zhixie.
Yi Zhixie nodded upon hearing this. He could also guess the reason.
It was those four little ones. It was already time for them to sleep. If they didn't sleep soon, they would probably cause chaos.
As they talked, their pace did not slow down at all.
In a short while, they arrived at Chun Jin Yuan.
Before entering the main gate, they saw that the lights were bright inside, and voices could be heard from time to time.
Upon entering the courtyard, they saw maids rushing back and forth.
When Yi Zhixie saw this scene, he thought something had happened and quickly stopped a young girl who was passing by and asked, "What's wrong?"
The maid saw that it was the Grand Tutor who stopped her and was about to kneel and bow, but Yi Zhixie stopped her, signaling her to speak quickly.
The maid glanced at the other maids with some distress, then said, "Nothing is wrong. It's Madam Shen who said that everyone is tired today, so let's quickly make something to eat and rest well tonight. There will be many things to do tomorrow."
Yi Zhixie was relieved to hear this, and then said with some annoyance, "Then you don't need to be so rushed. If someone who doesn't know sees this, they'll think something bad has happened."
The maid smiled wryly, "Madam Shen said that life lies in exercise, so hurry up and get moving."
Yi Zhixie: ...
Alright, he admitted that this sentence sounded somewhat reasonable, but...
Zheng Wei waved his hand and dismissed the girl, "Why are you standing there hesitating? Hurry inside. Eat and go to sleep. Aren't you tired? If you're not tired, we are."
After speaking, Zheng Wei ignored Yi Zhixie and strode towards the main house.
Entering the room, he saw Shen Xiaoyan and the others all sitting on wooden chairs.
Shen Xiaoyan looked at Yi Zhixie and said, "Your residence is quite beautiful, and the carved bed is also very beautiful, but..."
"But what?"
"Why is there no heated brick bed? The weather in the imperial capital is also very cold."
Yi Zhixie smiled upon hearing this. "For cultivators, once their cultivation level is high, they naturally won't be afraid of the cold."
Seeing that Yi Zhixie said it as a matter of course, Shen Xiaoyan also understood.
Things like this were definitely not possessed by ordinary cultivators. Even if they were possessed, the chance of being robbed was very high.
Therefore, people who possessed such things were definitely high-level individuals, and such individuals, as Yi Zhixie said, were no longer afraid of the cold.
"It's nothing. Tomorrow, we'll go out and buy some charcoal basins, and then buy some smokeless charcoal to burn, and it will be warm," Zheng Wei said as he walked to Shen Xiaoyan's side and sat down.
Shen Xiaoyan nodded. It could only be this way.
As for tonight, as long as they covered themselves with more quilts, they could get through it.
While the few of them were talking, the sisters Huo Fen and Huo Ying brought the meal in with people.
Shen Xiaoyan and the others stopped talking and quickly sat down, gathering around the table to eat.
After quickly finishing dinner, they returned to their respective rooms, washed themselves with hot water, and then blew out the lights to sleep.
This night, the imperial capital was as peaceful as ever, without any changes.