Reborn ten times, she is the real daughter of the Marquis Mansion and she doesn't pretend anymo

Yong'an Hou thought for a moment and said, "Tang'er should not be short of money. She must have her own reasons for doing this."

He spoke so implicitly that Prince Chengyang and Prince Chenghe did not dare to ask any further questions.

Of course, the reason didn't matter anymore, as they had already realized that Tang'er's purpose in hosting the banquet was to receive gifts.

And they also have to prepare a good birthday gift for Tang'er.

This is also the first birthday gift that they, as uncles, have given to their niece. It is difficult to make up for the lost opportunities in the past, so they can only make up for it in value and quantity.

The three of them walked through the entire mansion and realized that except for the front yard, the back was merged with the next door. So why were there two separate gates?

This was also the doubt in their hearts. They tried to ask the housekeeper the reason, but the housekeeper shook his head and said he didn't know, so they didn't ask any more.

But they have to pay attention to this issue when holding the banquet. Finally, Marquis Yong'an decided to go to Qingfeng Palace after drawing up the invitation list. The emperor must know about this.

It cannot be hidden once the banquet day comes. The Emperor should make arrangements in advance, right?

They came to the front yard and listened to the housekeeper talk about the current placement of servants in the mansion, daily affairs and the kitchen situation. After all, the focus of hosting a banquet is on the kitchen, followed by servants and safety.

It was learned that the Princess Protectorate's Mansion was equipped with five hundred imperial guards, who replaced the palace guards or palace soldiers and were responsible for the security of the Princess Protectorate's Mansion.

There are also 160 guards who are responsible for the daily security of the entire mansion and travel safety.

There were also quite a number of servants, laborers, grooms, gardeners, sweepers, maids, old women, and housekeepers.

The head chef in the kitchen was arranged by the imperial kitchen, and several deputy chefs and cooks were recruited from various places, plus kitchen assistants, handymen, warehouse staff, purchasing staff and various managers.

In addition there are the steward, accountant, doorman, night patrolman, etc in the front yard.

With all the various positions including the chief steward and the standard chief secretary of the princess's mansion who has not yet officially taken up his post, the total number of people is nearly a thousand.

The regulations for the prince's palace were that it should not exceed a thousand people, and the palace soldiers were replaced by palace guards.

Generally, the size of a princess's or a prince's palace is similar, not exceeding 800 people. The size of other powerful and noble families is even smaller.

However, many families will make a fuss about the number of secret guards, which is difficult to supervise, both overtly and covertly.

However, the imperial court had regulations to prevent powerful people from maintaining private armies and endangering the stability of the country.

As the Princess Protector of the Nation, Yuntang has a staff of 1,000 people in her mansion. Currently, there are more than 900 people, ranging from 800 to 1,000, and there are no secret guards.

Of course, all these people started working before the New Year.

In the past, there were only a few Taoists living here as servants, along with a housekeeper and a few servants responsible for cleaning. There was no kitchen, so everyone went directly next door to eat.

Yun Xuanmo's side next door has a kitchen and a few servants, and the rest are Qinglong Guards.

In other words, Qinglongwei, Yunxuanmo and Yuntang are three houses standing side by side. They are interconnected from the inside, but look like three large houses from the outside.

Who would have thought that the Qinglongwei Yamen was in a big house?

Even though Marquis Yong'an now believes he knows a lot of the inside story, he still only thinks that the unused courtyard next door was used as the barracks of the Qinglong Guards.

Even though they now knew that there was a hidden world inside the mansion, they could not find the way to the next house. They noticed this problem when they looked around.

I thought that only the area of ​​the middle garden was merged, and the small Taoist temple occupied a part of the area next door, and the rest were still their own territories.

Little do people know that there are formations in both palaces, and you can only see them when you walk there.

After arranging the place and manpower, the next step is to arrange the banquet, wine, tea, cakes and various snacks for the guests, and how much quantity and money will be needed.

There are also arrangements for the carriages and servants of each family, who is responsible for welcoming guests at the door, who is responsible for greeting guests in the house, who is responsible for the gift book, who is responsible for storing, who is responsible for seeing off guests, and who is responsible for sending back gifts...

The tasks and responsibilities of the servants in the mansion, and the sharing of tasks among the masters.

Of course, Marquis Yong'an had hosted many banquets before and was more experienced in dealing with the human relations and worldly affairs than the two princes.

But this time he was helping to host the banquet for his daughter, so he would be even more cautious, fearing that anything might go wrong and affect something that the child valued so much.

Prince Chengyang has lived in the southwest for many years, and his wife has taken care of all the household affairs, so he never bothers about it.

Although there were not many suggestions that could be made at this time, he could see that Marquis Yong'an was nervous.

Thinking of his two confused sisters, Prince Chengyang felt helpless, and he could also understand the cautious mood of Marquis Yong'an at this time.

After being busy until the afternoon, the housekeeper brought people to deliver lunch and placed it in the small hall in the front yard.

After the three of them had finished their meal, they discussed the purchase and use of money with the housekeeper and the accountant, and finalized the scope of the invitations before leaving.

The three of them came in only one carriage, so naturally they had to return to Prince Cheng's Palace first, but Marquis Yong'an did not go in.

He stood under the carriage and said with a smile, "I will go back and draw up a detailed list first, and then come back the day after tomorrow to show it to you and to let my father-in-law and mother-in-law take a look."

He did not go into Prince Cheng's mansion today because he was afraid that Princess Cheng was still busy educating her daughter, and it would not be appropriate for him to go and talk about this matter.

Prince Chengyang smiled and said, "Then I won't send you off."

"I'm also going to the jade shop tomorrow to see if there are any good stuff." Prince Chenghe suddenly remembered something and smiled excitedly.

It doesn’t matter what you give Tang’er as a gift, she will definitely like jade and shiny beads.

Prince Chengyang glanced at him and suddenly gave a reminder.

"Tang'er should like gold and silver now. I'm afraid it's too late to make something now. Please help me check it out on the way tomorrow and buy some if you find something suitable."

"You're not going yourself? Then you can let your sister-in-law go for a walk." Seeing that his elder brother started to order him around, Prince Chenghe stared at him speechlessly and suddenly thought of a good idea.

"There are still many items made of gold. Just prepare more of the most common gold necklaces. Tang'er should be happy too. There are also gold headpieces and so on..."

Prince Chenghe felt that apart from jade, gold items were easy to find. He smiled and said, "Didn't my sister-in-law say that she would prepare more of these for Rou'er during the New Year?"

Which daughter of a wealthy family would not have these gold ornaments and other items as a treasure in her dowry?

Just like gold head ornaments, they do not have to be worn on the body. They are the family assets and private possessions of a married woman. If necessary, they can be sold for money, or directly given to others as valuables.

Some silver items will also be prepared, which can be used to reward servants.

Their words also reminded Marquis Yong'an that he had already drawn up a dowry list for Yuntang, but he had not thought about how many gold items to include, so he had to go back and add them quickly.

It was almost evening when Marquis Yong'an returned to his mansion.

Butler Hu reported to him that the clan leader's wife and several clan elders had come in the afternoon and brought...