Phoenix Terrace is not so much a garden house as it is a slightly reduced manor.
It was designed by French designer Pierre.
Entering from the gate, there is a wide concrete road 30 meters long. There are oak forests on both sides. Then there is an oval fountain, surrounded by a white marble fence. In the middle is a stone sculpture of a phoenix seeking a phoenix, with water flowing from the phoenix's mouth.
It sprays into the sky without beginning or end.
On the central axis is a three-step platform with three floors and three meters each, which connects the first entrance to the courtyard and is also the gate of the entire courtyard.
There are pedestrian corridors on both sides leading up.
Connected to the fountain is the first platform that is six meters away and connected by three steps.
At this time, Mu Tian and Hu Ti walked to the first platform and stood on the edge without going down the three steps.
Geng Yibiao wanted to step forward to speak, but was blocked by Qiao Shikuan.
Qiao Shikuan nodded slightly and called out: "Inspector Mu."
Mu Tian didn't speak, only nodded. When he heard the small and chaotic footsteps coming from behind, he bowed and stepped aside.
A group of female relatives came slowly on the platform.
Su Xiaoxiao stood at the entrance of the platform, looked around, and then looked up at Qiao Shikuan at the bottom of the steps.
Qiao Shikuan stared at Su Xiaoxiao, who was dressed in civilian clothes but could not hide her enchanting look. Tears welled up in his eyes, his lips trembled violently, his Adam's apple twisted, and he was speechless for a long time.
Look at Su Xiaoxiao smiling slightly and looking down at Qiao Shikuan.
Qiao Shikuan shouted in his heart: "Xiao Xiao!" He threw off his hat, put aside his civilized stick, lifted up his gown, took a step forward, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists in both hands, "I am the sinner, please forgive me, Madam!"
His voice was hoarse, and his clasped hands were shaking violently.
Geng Yibiao glanced at Qiao Shikuan, knelt down with a bang, clasped his hands in his fists and called out, "Madam."
Su Xiaoxiao's body trembled slightly, and she slowly walked down the steps, passed the kneeling Qiao Shikuan, and walked to the front of the car.
Qiao Shikuan suddenly woke up, jumped up, and opened the car door for Su Xiaoxiao.
Xia Ruhua smiled at Mutian and walked down the steps to the car.
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The Qiao Mansion was built on land bought by Qiao Shikuan, and was designed by a foreign designer. It can't be said to have any style, but it's just for indoor use. It also has a three-entry courtyard.
The first courtyard is where the handymen doing rough work live and the fine goods of Hengchang and Hengxiang Department Stores. The west wing of the second courtyard is the warehouse of Guangde Pharmaceutical, which contains high-end medicinal materials that are not suitable for storage in ordinary warehouses.
, and the two buildings connecting the first, second and third entrances to the courtyard are the library, which contains all the original account books and receipts from the department store and pharmaceutical industry over the years.
The east wing in the second courtyard belongs to Qiao Shiyou. It has a reception room, bedroom and study room.
As soon as you enter the courtyard, it is open and paved with blue bricks, probably for the convenience of entering and exiting goods.
There are only a few trees in the yard upon entering.
In the third courtyard, there are rockeries and gardens, and some precious flowers are planted.
This is an overall more practical design concept.
Work, socializing, life.
The levels and functions are clear.
The main room of Qiao Mansion is very interesting, with seven rooms. In the middle is the dining room and living room, with two small reception rooms on both sides. The three rooms on the east side are connected, which is the master's study, used for meetings and important guests.
The place.
The center of the upstairs is also the reception room, or more appropriately the living room for the family. The three rooms on the west side are the bedrooms of the eldest wife, the second wife and the third wife.
The east room is the master's small study, where he spends time alone and meets with close guests. The next room has not been used since it was built, and the easternmost room was previously cleared out and used as a boudoir for Yingzi.
Hao Mingzhen didn't sleep well last night, always feeling that something bad was going to happen. She was woken up early in the morning by the sounds of clumsy footsteps, the ping-pong of moving things, and the deliberately suppressed life.
She lay on the bed and listened quietly for a while. She felt something was wrong, so she got up and went out to check.
A group of handymen, servants, old ladies and maids were going back and forth, up and down, sorting and cleaning the room at the east end that had never been opened.
She squeezed over to check, completely no longer caring about her identity as the third wife. The servants were also concentrating on their work and seemed to turn a blind eye to her.
At one glance, Hao Mingzhen's heart suddenly felt cold, from head to heel: That woman was about to enter this house. She had blocked it for twenty years and used extreme means, but she still couldn't stop her.
She moved in anyway. And Qiao Shikuan, a shameless old man, actually prepared a room for her that was bigger and better than her own.
After all, I am still the daughter of a wealthy businessman from Nanyang. What is she, Su Xiaoxiao, hmm, a dancing girl!
She cursed Su Xiaoxiao in her heart, this damn dancer, who had ruined everything about her. She thought of Qiao Shiyou from Su Xiaoxiao, you are a useless man, how come you are missing after being stabbed a thousand times? He was caught at the scene
Roaring wildly and wildly.
Since the servants knew that the second master had moved out of Qiao Mansion, they had no place to ask for the occasional "hush money". After hearing that Hao Mingzhen had a big quarrel with the master, they seemed to treat her even less favorably, and looked like she was transparent when they saw her.
Like a human being, especially after Mu Tian told Geng Yibiao that he didn't want to meet her again in Qiao's house.
Everything has changed. She, Hao Mingzhen, has really become a decoration in this mansion, and she is an invisible decoration.
Already desperate, Hao Mingzhen ran back to her bedroom, got into bed, covered her head and cried.