The expenses he mentioned, of course, include the cost of purchasing summer grain, reclaiming wasteland in the southwest to plant grain and fruit trees, as well as the capital for opening shops and buying farms.

The two talked for a while before parting.

Yun Xuanmo continued to go to the front yard. Yun Tang asked him to find Yong'an Hou to confirm the number of guests who had arrived. At this time, most of the guests who were supposed to come had arrived.

But according to the voices Yuntang heard on the registration book, he estimated that the actual number of guests who came was more than what was estimated on the invitation list.

The original estimate was that there would be no less than 600 people.

What they actually prepared was a hundred large tables, which meant they could accommodate one thousand two hundred guests.

In addition, food for twenty tables has been reserved for relatives to have dinner at night. If there are not enough ingredients for dinner, Yuntang will continue to arrange barbecue.

If the 100 large tables for lunch are not enough, the 20 reserved tables will be used to fill the space.

As for the servants brought by the guests?

The Lan Mansion's large kitchen was used, and the usual specifications of eight dishes and one soup were arranged. The dishes were delivered directly to the servants' courtyard and the table was set up in several batches.

The servants, palace guards and secret guards in his own mansion were arranged to eat after the third hour.

Before that, I made a lot of buns, steamed buns and millet porridge in the morning so that anyone could eat them whenever they were hungry.

By the afternoon, the guests had been seen off one after another, and everyone's burden could be lightened.

Yuntang thought that it was a good thing that there were reserved seats, otherwise the number of guests would have exceeded expectations and it would have been difficult to arrange.

She owns such a huge Princess Protectorate Mansion. If something goes wrong at the first banquet, it will inevitably be embarrassing and cause gossip.

She didn't care about the gossip, but she was afraid that her father would lose face. After all, everything was left to her father to handle.

Yuntang was walking slowly in the garden when suddenly screams came from afar.

"Someone come! Someone fell into the water!"

Yuntang's eyes darkened. Why was it a man shouting? The long lake in her garden was not deep.

Soon there was another burst of noise heading towards the lake, and the sound gathered near Zhufengzhai.

Yuntang's body flashed, and she took a few steps in the air. In a flash, in front of the eyes of many people in the garden, she was above the place where she fell into the water. She was suddenly speechless.

Zheng Xingyu struggled in the water, shouting incoherently: "Brother Mingyu, save me..."

However, Qin Mingyu, who was being rescued by her, stood on the shore unmoved, but just continued to shout: "Someone fell into the water!"

The cry for help that Yuntang just heard was from Qin Mingyu.

There were a few more people standing not far from the shore. They were all male guests who had been strolling around nearby. Some of them looked familiar.

But Yuntang had no time to identify the guests. She just stood in the air above the water, looking at Zheng Xingyu angrily.

The people on the shore also saw her and were shocked and excited and started talking about her.

The little Taoist is really amazing. He can actually fly over here and stand in mid-air without fear of falling into the water...

Hearing the sound coming from the shore, Yuntang came back to her senses. She reached into her sleeve and found a cotton cloak that she had used a while ago.

Then she pointed her finger at Zheng Xingyu, who was struggling and getting more and more angry in the lake, and then pulled her finger upwards. Suddenly, Zheng Xingyu was dragged out of the water by a force.

Amid Zheng Xingyu's scream, Yuntang threw the cloak in his hand and wrapped it around Zheng Xingyu.

Zheng Xingyu also wore a red skirt embroidered with pomegranates today, and the little girl, who has reached the age of marriage, showed off her figure for the first time.

But what others saw was just a pink and blue embroidered cloak tightly wrapping the person who had just emerged from the water.

A bright light flashed in Qin Mingyu's eyes, and then it became dim.

The little girl whom he had been unwilling to accept as a marriage exchange turned out to be a little Taoist priest who was out of his reach.

He doesn't even have the chance to dream about it now.

On the street on the night of the Lantern Festival, he saw with his own eyes the little girl holding a man's hand, and they looked very intimate.

He knew that was her senior brother.

He came to the banquet today on behalf of the Duke Ping's Mansion. He saw that the man was also entertaining guests. His identity was the current Duke Ding.

He came to the garden because he was in a bad mood. He found the Changhu Lake quiet so he walked along it. Unexpectedly he met Zheng Xingyu.

When he went out of town to race horses in late January, he accidentally saved Zheng Xingyu, who was also racing but nearly fell off his horse due to fright. He didn't think much about it at the time, but he also knew to avoid suspicion.

However, he did not expect that Zheng Xingyu would find out his identity. She sent him several letters to ask him to leave the house, thanking him and asking him to go out of the city to ride horses together...

Zheng Xingyu's boldness and transgression made him avoid her.

I didn't expect to meet him in the young Taoist's house today. He was careless and shouldn't have entered the garden.

When Zheng Xingyu saw him turning around to leave, she suddenly screamed. When he turned around, he saw Zheng Xingyu already floundering in the lake.

She was struggling and still shouting for help.

At that moment, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but he also knew that such a bold and scheming woman could not be saved!

But he was indeed at the scene and had to help, so he started shouting, "Help! Someone fell into the water!"

He felt that almost at the moment he spoke, several figures passed by nearby, but did not come closer.

He could only shout louder, but a few more male guests came and didn't dare to come near.

At this time, Yuntang came from the sky, like a fairy riding the wind, and in the blink of an eye she was above Zheng Xingyu where she fell into the water.

She...is definitely out of my reach.

Just relying on this skill... no, this profound Taoist skill, it is not something he can dream of.

Qin Mingyu felt even more depressed and annoyed.

Yuntang had already pulled Zheng Xingyu out of the water and wrapped her in a cloak. He walked forward, grabbed the front of the cloak, and carried her directly to Tangfengyuan as if she were an object.

She did not walk on the ground, but continued to ride the wind, ignoring everyone's gazes and soon arrived at Tangfeng Courtyard, where she carried the person into the warm room.

Princess Cheng, Princess Kangyi, the old wife of Duke Chen, and two old princesses and princesses who had no intention of going to the garden to watch the talents of the noble ladies, all gathered here to talk.

In other words, there should be no guests in the main house in the second courtyard. Those who were strolling around the garden and watching the fun had all left, and the few remaining ones went to the warm room.

Of course, there were also those who went to the neighboring courtyard to be with the women from the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion and the Duke of Jingguo's Mansion.

Yuntang knew that his grandmother and aunt were here, so he brought them directly here.

Zheng Xingyu was wrapped in the cloak upside down, so she was facing downwards. Yuntang was holding the front of the cloak behind her. She had fainted from the fright, so it was quiet along the way.

"Yu'er!" Princess Kang Yi was startled when she saw Zheng Xingyu like this, and stood up from the brocade couch.

"What happened?" Princess Cheng was also surprised. She tried to stand up but her feet went weak and she fell back onto the couch.

"I don't know why she was in the water. Prince Qin on the shore was calling for help. I heard her in the garden and rushed over. I pulled her out of the water, wrapped her up, and sent her here."

Yuntang briefly explained the situation.

She didn't dare say a word about Zheng Xingyu and Qin Mingyu, for fear of incurring everyone's resentment in the end.

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