Yun Tang smiled and bowed to Jiang Yanxuan and Zhou Siyue, saying, "Thank you for your hard work, second brother and second sister-in-law."

"It's not hard, it's not hard. You have to learn to do these chores." Zhou Siyue smiled and waved her hand.

Jiang Yanxuan also smiled and whispered, "It's not as hard as my sister's."

Yuntang rolled his eyes at Jiang Yanxuan. How could they be compared?

The three of them chatted and laughed as they walked towards Nuanxiang Pavilion. Zhou Siyue took the initiative to talk about how they divided the tasks and some of the actual situations in the mansion.

Yuntang could see that everyone in the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion was actually very united.

After Princess Kangning was deprived of her family rights and was confined to her residence, the mansion is no longer under the control of a person of noble status, and some affairs can be distributed reasonably. It is not a bad idea for Marquis Yong'an to be in charge of the household himself.

The Second Madam is no worse than Princess Kangning in managing general affairs, but as the New Year is approaching, there is more work to do, so many things have been assigned to the Third Madam. Recently, Wei Yulan has also been assigned the task of checking the accounts.

After all, she is the daughter of the Minister of War, so she has to learn household affairs and be a mistress of the house before getting married. She is not a novice in checking accounts, but it is not her turn to help when Princess Kangning is in charge of the household.

Later, when I had a child, I focused on taking care of the child and would never consider leaving anything to her.

However, due to the busy annual affairs, the Second Lady asked for permission from the Marquis of Yong'an and then gave her the task of checking the public accounts. This also showed the Marquis' trust in her as the eldest daughter-in-law.

Jiang Yanxuan and Zhou Siyue were originally responsible for purchasing New Year's goods and delivering New Year's gifts to some relatives and elders. Later, more social engagements were also given to them.

So, apart from the viciousness of Princess Kangning and Jiang Yingxue, the Yong'an Marquis Mansion actually has the atmosphere of human life and family traditions. Is that why the master allowed her to come back to experience worldly practice?

When they arrived at Nuanxiang Pavilion, they saw four little girls looking out the door. When they saw them coming, they immediately shouted "Big Sister" happily and ran over.

He ran up and hurriedly bowed to his second brother and his wife, then started chattering around Yuntang.

"Big sister, you're back!"

"Big sister, we can't see you even when we go to Yunshang Temple!"

"Big sister, Yunshang Temple is so big, there are so many people!"

"Big sister, we heard your voice, but we don't know where you are..."

"..." As soon as the four of them started talking, the topic immediately turned to the rituals at Yunshang Temple.

There was no purpose or intention. Seeing Yuntang reminded them of the rituals that had taken place over the past few days. They had all been there and seen many scenes that they had never seen before. Naturally, they had a lot to say.

Yuntang looked at them with a smile. From their words, he could tell that they had indeed gained a lot of knowledge in those days, and were able to recite the "Tao Te Ching" and "The Book of Purity and Tranquility" fluently.

Good progress.

I heard that they had copied several volumes of scriptures and sent them to Yunshang Temple for worship. Yuntang praised them at the right time, which made them very happy.

At Jiang Yanxuan's reminder, the sisters walked into Nuanxiang Pavilion while talking. As expected, they were the first to arrive, and the others had not come yet.

Seeing this familiar scene, Yuntang couldn't help but smile as he thought of the few family dinners he had last month.

Every time she comes back, the whole family has to have a family dinner together, which means she really comes back too rarely.

Normally, each courtyard eats on its own and they don't often get together like this. This also shows that everyone in the family knows that she rarely comes back, so if they want to get together, they can only have a family dinner.

In addition to the floor heating, there were still several charcoal stoves burning in the Nuanxiang Pavilion. Without the help of the maids, the sisters moved their chairs to the charcoal stoves and shouted, "Big sister, sit here. It's warm."

Yuntang reached into her sleeve, and in the blink of an eye a briefcase appeared in her hand. The four sisters' eyes lit up and they immediately ran over, staring at the briefcase in her hand curiously.

Jiang Yanxuan and Zhou Siyue's eyes twitched when they saw this, and they thought of the first time they went to Xiu Yulou to accompany their sisters.

It was the end of the year when we saw each other again, and the fact that my elder sister had not been home for a long time became very real.

"Wow! It's pastries! They smell so good!" Little foodie Jiang Yingxin immediately exclaimed with shining eyes, but she was not too excited.

She remembered that time at Xiuyulou, her elder sister had given her some cakes. That time, her elder sister didn't get to have the family dinner, so she went to the north of Huaiqing County overnight and brought them a lot of local specialties and snacks.

She is happy whenever she sees her elder sister reaching into her sleeves!

"This is what the palace chef made today. I brought a lot of it out. Let's eat it first." Yun Tang explained with a smile, "We won't cook tomorrow for the Kitchen God Festival. The palace has prepared a lot of pastries and snacks."

Of course there were some hot foods, but they were left for her to use as dry food when she went out, so they were not taken out.

The four sisters happily took the box and put the cakes on the table. The box had four drawers, each containing two different cakes. So there were eight cakes in the box, which was quite a lot.

Moreover, it was made by the imperial chef in the palace, and it was rare for them to taste it even in the Yong'an Marquis Mansion. Even if the Chengwang Mansion sent them cakes or snacks, Princess Kangning would not give them any.

Therefore, the four sisters were very surprised when eating, and they cherished the food very much. There was light in their eyes when they looked at their eldest sister. The eldest sister was so good to them!

"There will be an annual banquet in the palace in a few years. You don't have to worry about anything when you go there. I will ask Mingxi and the others to take care of you when I go back tomorrow."

"If someone bullies you, you can complain to any guard or eunuch. Just say that she is my sister and someone will take care of the matter."

Yuntang thought of what his father had mentioned before about the palace banquet.

She remembered that her sisters had said before that as the legitimate and illegitimate daughters of the second and third rooms, they would not have the opportunity to attend the annual banquet because the mistress of the family was Princess Kangning and would not take them with her.

Although the second wife came from a military family, Jiang Mingli was only the deputy general of the Southern Camp and was not qualified to enter the palace. Needless to say, Jiang Mingli from the third wife was just a sixth-rank official in the Ministry of Rites.

Princess Kangning always brought Jiang Yingxue with her to banquets and the same was true when she entered the palace.

After all, as the princess's legitimate daughter, with the Prince Cheng's Mansion behind her, no one in the capital dared to look down on them. Jiang Yingxue also developed a vicious personality hidden under her well-behaved appearance, doing whatever she wanted.

At this year's palace annual banquet, the head of the Marquis' Mansion was replaced by the Second Lady. Although she was still not qualified to enter the palace, the Marquis' Mansion was qualified.

Therefore, Marquis Yong'an wanted Yuntang to take them.

Yuntang will not participate, but looking at these little girls, he will still make arrangements.

Among the four sisters, except for the two younger ones who were paying attention to the delicious pastries and didn't think much about it, the two older ones understood the meaning.

Jiang Yingrou looked at Yuntang in surprise: "Big sister, don't you have time to take us?"

Jiang Yinghe also showed worry in her eyes, and asked hesitantly: "Big sister, can a concubine's daughter also enter the palace?"

"Of course our concubine's daughter can." Yuntang nodded, dispelling Jiang Yinghe's doubts, and looked at Jiang Yanxuan and Zhou Siyue.

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