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It was more than half an hour later when the three siblings returned to the Yong'an Marquis Mansion in a carriage.

The first snow of winter has fallen heavily in the quiet night.

Yuntang said goodbye to his eldest and second brothers and quickly returned to his own yard.

Just like last night, Mrs. Yang and the fourth maid were busy changing cotton robes, serving tea, and passing on the heater.

Cui Xiao also chattered about what Butler Hu had passed down today.

The servants in various parts of the mansion have been divided into several teams according to the number of people who have signed up. Those who don't have to get up too early during the day will do the morning classes, and those who need to get up early to work will do the evening classes.

Also, if the night watchmen or night guards were to change shifts in the morning, they would wash up a bit and go directly to the morning class...

In short, the classes are divided into two major shifts: morning classes and evening classes.

The learning of reading is divided into two shifts, morning and afternoon. Those who are not on duty or are not busy will be arranged with unified study time.

If there is a unified arrangement in the mansion and the master of the house agrees, temporary leave of absence is allowed and will not be punished by the master.

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Yuntang, holding a cup of tea in his hand, sat leisurely on the warm kang, listening to them talk about these things, but did not say anything.

Marquis Yong'an knew that following the Dao was a must, so he naturally would not neglect it.

What's more, his own daughter is a Taoist priest, so she has already taken the lead and is of course happy to perform well.

After drinking tea and washing up, Yuntang went to the porch to do evening lessons.

Mother Yang and the fourth maid also followed her nervously, wanting to read the Tao Te Ching with her.

Yuntang did not refuse, and took out five more cushions and placed them at the back so that those who were not familiar with them could read from the book.

They were made to kneel before the statue of the founder and read for two quarters of an hour before being removed, while she continued to recite other profound Taoist scriptures.

Another half hour passed before he kowtowed, stood up, and lit three incense sticks before ending the evening class.

The snow fell silently all night, and when I woke up in the morning, the outside was covered with a thick layer of glazed white snow.

While eating breakfast, Yuntang said:

"The Changxuan hasn't been decorated yet, right? You don't have to go to the West Courtyard to enjoy the plum blossoms on a snowy day. You can enjoy them in my yard."

"Yes, I will report to Butler Hu in a moment. We only brought in a few simple pieces of furniture before. If we use the open pavilion now, we have to arrange it like the warm room."

Mrs. Yang said quickly.

Yun Tang nodded and said, "Let's set it up as a study room suitable for entertaining guests. Just light a ground heating. I will play the piano there today."

The young lady can also play the piano? !

Several people subconsciously opened their eyes wide, and then their gazes became fiery and they admired him even more.

"We don't have a zither in our courtyard. I'll go find the housekeeper right away. If there's none in the mansion, we'll have to go to a zither shop outside..."

Mrs. Yang couldn't stand it anymore and turned around to leave.

Yuntang smiled and said, "I have one myself."

When Yuntang finished breakfast, the study room in Changxuan had already been decorated.

A large desk and bookshelves were added, heavy curtains and warm drapes were hung, the floor heating was turned on, and two large charcoal stoves were placed.

Butler Hu checked carefully and confirmed that there was nothing wrong before reporting to Yuntang.

"My lady, the Marquis has instructed us before he went to court that our mansion, like other mansions in the capital, will also learn Taoism from today on."

"All the servants in the old lady's courtyard have also come out in batches to do morning and evening lessons with us."

"The old lady has believed in Buddhism for decades. If she doesn't want to follow Taoism, we can't force her. You see..."

Butler Hu actually meant to ask for advice at the end.

Yuntang understood what her father meant. He wanted Butler Hu to ask her if this was feasible.

After all, the old lady is her grandmother. Will she be punished if she insists on not following the Tao?

Yuntang said:

"The emperor is promoting the worship of Taoism for the sake of a Taoist festival to be held in the spring of next year. He wants the people of the Great Xia Dynasty to gain more Taoist merits. This is a benefit."

"I know the inside story, so I recruited people in the mansion to learn it in advance."

"Those who follow the Tao will naturally gain more merits, and those who do not follow the Tao will also be able to do so as long as they do more good deeds and accumulate merits on a daily basis."

"When the time comes, God will bestow blessings upon us. How much benefit each person can obtain depends on fate. Following the Dao is not forced. If one is not sincere, it will be useless."

Yuntang didn't want to embarrass Marquis Yong'an and Butler Hu. After all, the old lady had a high status and seniority in the mansion.

Now it is difficult for her to force it, otherwise she will be blamed for being unfilial.

As for the emperor’s edict?

Can she let her third senior brother make a big fuss in the Marquis' Mansion?

Besides, why would such a person be forced to accept benefits?

She simply made it clear so that Butler Hu, who was in charge of the matter, would be aware of the situation.

Sure enough, when Butler Hu heard that there was something meritorious about it, his eyes lit up and he said, "So that's how it is!"

"Thank you, Miss, for thinking of the people in our mansion. We were prepared in advance, so we didn't have to rush when the imperial edict came down."

They started making arrangements in advance, which gave them an advantage over other mansions.

I heard that people in other mansions were still queuing up at the Tianji Pavilion early in the morning in such a cold weather, and people were sent to copy all the scriptures and Taoist scriptures.

But they were dozens of books that the eldest daughter took out, all of which were copied by the eldest daughter when she was a child, and she didn't have to go outside at all.

Yesterday afternoon he arranged for the accountant, the steward, the literate servants and the guards to start copying more volumes.

Yesterday, I found a few scholars who had passed the imperial examination. They will come to the mansion this morning to work and teach the illiterate servants to read Taoist scriptures.

The people sent from Tianji Pavilion have arrived this morning.

First, I led everyone who were doing morning classes to read Taoist scriptures, and taught them detailed knowledge and procedures of the morning and evening classes.

After two more days of tutoring, they will be able to do their morning and evening homework by themselves.

The altars for morning and evening classes are set up in the meeting hall in the front yard, which was decided by the head of the family.

Only the meeting room has the best location and is the most spacious. Servants of all ages, regardless of gender, can pass through it without being crowded or chaotic.

The statues of the Three Pure Ones were also delivered by the people from Tianji Pavilion early this morning, and the altar has been set up.

Yuntang knew about the morning classes.

Mother Yang, the fourth maid, and other maids and servants in the yard all rushed to do their morning lessons early.

After all, they are people in her courtyard. When it comes to serving the Tao, they hope to be the best in the whole mansion and also want to set a good example.

They no longer wanted to follow the eldest lady in doing morning lessons.

Because last night they quickly discovered that the eldest lady had been reading the "Tao Te Ching" with them for so long.

After they finished their evening classes, they couldn't understand a single word of the Taoist scriptures that the eldest lady read...

The eldest lady’s morning and evening classes seem to be different from their morning and evening classes.

They look up to the eldest lady, but they cannot always hold her back.

The progress of other people in the mansion was similar, so they decided to go to the meeting room with others in the mansion.

Yuntang didn't stop him after knowing it. There was still a long time to go, and they would have to find their own tracks.

After Butler Hu left, Yuntang came to the open pavilion wearing his home cotton robe after a while, and saw an antique tea table placed in front of the window where the plum blossoms were.