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

The next morning, Marquis Yong'an arrived at the Princess Huguo's mansion early, and the servant at the door respectfully welcomed him into the mansion.

The gatekeeper had already received instructions to let Marquis Yong'an go directly to the main courtyard.

Yun Tang and Yun Xuanmo had come from next door and were having breakfast in the open pavilion in the main courtyard. When they saw Yong'an Hou coming alone, Yun Tang stood up and took a few steps to greet him.

"Thank you for coming here so early in the morning, father. I should have gone back to the Marquis' Mansion." Yun Tang said with a smile, "But I just came back the day before yesterday, and I was busy entertaining the disciples yesterday, so I really didn't have time."

Yong'an Hou smiled and said, "I know. I asked your fifth brother when he went back. It was very lively yesterday. Even you know that your father sincerely wanted to thank your master."

"Your master is a hermit and a great man. I don't know how to express my gratitude, so I picked out some old landscape paintings and jade ornaments from the storeroom."

"I went to your master's Tianji Pavilion and bought twelve boxes of the best cinnabar, as well as some spoils of war that my father had seized in the northern border. I packed them into several boxes."

As soon as Marquis Yong'an arrived, he told everyone about the thank-you gifts he had prepared. Since he couldn't meet Taoist Yun, no one knew what he was thinking.

Now he is talking to his daughter, hoping that she can feel his sincerity and at least give him a chance to meet her master.

He did not have the ability to collect Taoist magic tools, nor could he directly give gold and silver to a Taoist practitioner. With the current financial resources of the Marquis' Mansion, he could not afford to give large amounts of gold and silver.

He didn't even have a few pieces of good jade in stock, and even if he had a few pieces before, he gave them all to Yuntang.

The Marquis's Mansion is not rich, but he cannot tell Yuntang this, for fear that his daughter will misunderstand him as stingy.

Originally, the Marquis' Mansion shouldn't have been so tight on finances.

It's just that the relationship between him and Princess Kangning was too strained. Princess Kangning would never buy a dowry for her own daughter Yuntang. Even after her family power was taken away, it was impossible for her to give a single cent to the Marquis' Mansion.

With only the public funds of the Marquis' Mansion, it is necessary to maintain various expenses of the whole mansion and prepare a dowry for Yuntang.

Jiang Yanyu and Jiang Yanchong below have also reached the age for marriage. One of them must get married this year, and the betrothal gift cannot be too shabby, and it cannot be too much different from when Jiang Yanxuan got married.

These are large sums of money that will be used in the next two years. The Marquis's Mansion does not have much cash, so Marquis Yong'an has been counting the accounts of his family's warehouses and shops and farms these days.

The thank-you gifts prepared for Master Yuntang were not many, but some of them were spoils of war from that year, and some were antiques passed down from ancestors. This was all that was left.

Yuntang didn't even need to see his face to understand something from Marquis Yong'an's expression.

She welcomed the guest into the open pavilion and asked him to sit down, and asked the maid to quickly add another set of bowls and chopsticks.

Yong'an Hou was not polite. He exchanged a few words with Yun Xuanmo and sat down. He smiled and said, "I rushed here so early in the morning that I really didn't have time to eat breakfast. I'm starving."

When the dishes and chopsticks were brought up, Marquis Yong'an looked at Yun Xuanmo with a smile. They were eating together early in the morning. How was it different from the days of a young couple in the family?

"I called you Lord Si before, but I didn't know you were the child who was lost that year." Marquis Yong'an said with a smile.

"Now that the emperor has given you the title, you haven't taken up any real position other than the Azure Dragon Guard, and you haven't been around the capital. I wonder if you're still acting as Yun Xuanmo, or Sima Feng?"

Yun Tang didn't understand why his father asked this, and didn't want him to embarrass Senior Brother Nine, so he said directly: "Of course it's Duke Dingguo."

Just address him by his title, who needs to call him by his name?

Not many people dare to call him by his name.

Marquis Yong'an looked at his daughter helplessly and could only explain it more clearly.

"Isn't that what outsiders call him? Considering the relationship between you and your ninth senior brother, it would be inappropriate for your father to call him Duke Dingguo in front of your ninth senior brother."

Yuntang was stunned.

Yun Xuanmo smiled shyly and said, "Your Majesty, you can just call me Xuanmo. Fifth Senior Brother has been using the name Xuanyuan to address external people for so many years in the Imperial Guard."

"The only ones who go by their real names in the sect are Brother Four, Brother Eight, Brother Eleven, and Brother Twelve. The rest of us use Daoist names."

"Okay, then I'll call you Xuanmo." When Marquis Yong'an heard Yun Xuanmo say this, he had no choice but to accept it.

But in my heart I was thinking that it would be good to have a more intimate name. In case he really becomes my son-in-law in the future, it would not be good to keep calling him Lord Si.

But seeing that Yuntang didn't understand his father's painstaking efforts, he didn't dare to ask whether their marriage was settled. After all, the emperor hadn't revealed any news.

After dinner, Yun Xuanmo went to Qinglongwei first, and Yun Tang accompanied Yong'an Hou to take a walk in the garden. Then they walked to the waterside pavilion and sat down. Yun Tang took out hot tea and made two cups.

It's easier to talk since only the father and daughter are here.

Yun Tang took out a banquet invitation list and handed it to Yong'an Hou: "Father, please check if any relatives have been left out?"

Marquis Yong'an looked at the paper and saw only a few simple families: maternal grandfather, eldest uncle, second uncle, uncle-in-law, and clan members.

Marquis Yong'an was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He took out a stack of invitations he had brought with him and placed them in front of Yuntang.

"There are no omissions. The clan has written everything for you."

In addition to the patriarch's family, there are the families of six clan elders, as well as several relatives in the capital, including some who are minor officials, some who run private schools, and some who run shops.

Of course, there are also clan members who work as managers or accountants in the marquis's properties, and it would take several tables to invite them over.

"Originally, we shouldn't let the clan members attend the banquet with the palace. After all, the gap between their social status is too big. We were afraid that the palace would feel neglected, and we were also afraid that the clan members would feel restrained."

"This isn't a big banquet. If there aren't that many guests, it's inevitable that they'll run into each other. You're busy, so hosting them separately will only be more tiring."

"But if we hold separate banquets, we can avoid a lot of trouble. I am in favor of separate banquets." After analyzing, Marquis Yong'an proposed.

"On the ninth day of the first lunar month, we will only invite your maternal grandfather's family, your eldest uncle's family, your second uncle's family, your uncle's family, your second aunt's family, your third aunt's family, your eldest sister-in-law and your second sister-in-law's family."

"These are all high-ranking families in the capital. The Lin family is a general's mansion, the Chang family is a baron's mansion, the Wei family is a minister's mansion, and the Zhou family is a vice minister's mansion. They all hold official positions and titles in the capital."

"These families also want to make friends with you and rely on you to help their families move forward. They have approached me several times and sent you invitations, but you have been busy, so I declined them all."

"I don't want you to be trapped by these family relationships, but you have such a large princess's mansion in the capital, so these interactions are inevitable. You have to move around a lot."

"Go around and see first. If it's not suitable, you can make a choice later. If you really wait until the day of the banquet, there will be too many people coming and you won't have time to carefully look around to see if there is anyone you can make friends with."

Yong'an Hou's proposal was of course well thought out, and he had discussed the pros and cons with his second and third brothers, with the most important thing being to not harm Yuntang's interests.

"As for the Jiang family's relatives, we will invite them once to show our respect for the family. We will only invite the clan leader and elders, as well as some elders in the capital. We will invite them according to the list of people we have invited to banquets at home in the past."