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Eunuch Wang led a group of eunuchs to drink tea in the open pavilion. Yuntang had someone bring a box and opened it, which was full of silver ingots.

She asked Mrs. Yang to give each eunuch a silver ingot, ten taels in total.

There are more than thirty eunuchs here, and more than three hundred taels of silver were given out as rewards.

Yuntang personally took out a purse filled with gold leaves and gave it to Eunuch Wang.

Eunuch Wang quickly stood up and bowed, not daring to accept it.

He let the children below receive the reward.

He himself was the chief eunuch beside the emperor, and he knew the young Taoist's status and position best. He usually ran errands in Qingfeng Palace and could be said to have watched the young Taoist grow up.

How dare he accept the reward from the little Taoist?

Yun Tang smiled and said, "Keep it. Today is a different day. Today is the little Taoist's birthday. How can you go back empty-handed after coming here?"

After hearing her say this, Eunuch Wang respectfully accepted the small bag of gold leaves.

The eunuch in front of the emperor certainly has no shortage of gold and silver, but the meaning given by the little Taoist master is different. Just like the jewels presented by officials as a gift, and the stones rewarded by the emperor, can they be the same?

"Then I won't be pretentious. Thank you for your reward, Master Taoist. I wish you good luck and peace every year!" Eunuch Wang expressed his congratulations again.

He came to give a housewarming gift, but now he is here to celebrate the birthday.

The eunuchs who had just received the silver ingots also hurriedly saluted and said happy birthday in unison.

When they walked around the palace, they received a lot of money and gifts from various palaces, so they were very good at speaking nice words.

Eunuch Wang asked Yuntang about the banquet. Knowing that everything went well for Yuntang, he did not delay any longer. He said he would go back to report to the Emperor and then took his leave.

Yuntang glanced at Butler Zheng who was already waiting outside the pavilion, and ordered him to escort Eunuch Wang and his party out of the mansion.

After delivering all the gifts, Yuntang hurried back to Qingfeng Courtyard. If he went to the garden again, he would inevitably be pestered by a group of female guests again.

It was too lively and she could hardly bear it.

Because Eunuch Wang came to give gifts, Princess Cheng and the wife of Duke Chen did not go directly to the garden after coming out of the east wing, but returned to the warm room.

At this time, he quickly asked someone to call Yuntang over to inquire about the gift delivery.

Each family would prepare housewarming gifts and birthday gifts when they came to visit, and they would chant the gifts and register them in the gift book in the front yard. Therefore, every person in charge of registration would have two gift books on the table in front of them.

Even if the housewarming gifts and birthday gifts are sent by the same family, they are registered in separate gift books and have different names.

When female relatives came to visit, they would go directly into the inner house, and those who had given gifts in the front yard would not be given any more.

Some who were closer or wanted to show their goodwill would prepare some jewelry or gadgets and give them to Yuntang as gifts to his wife or daughter.

These small gifts were received by the Second Madam in Changxuan at Tangfeng Courtyard, and then someone led them to the second courtyard or to the cross courtyard...

Therefore, what Yuntang received the most today were gifts, but all the gifts could not compare to the display from the palace.

The emperor sent a bunch of various things, all representing the royal family's status.

The gifts sent by the Empress were much less, probably only 40% of the Emperor's, while the four concubines each received about 20%.

The gifts from the harem didn't seem to be much, but there were quite a few valuable items.

However, they were all eclipsed by the South China Sea pearls, Dadong pearls, jade ruyi, rosewood screens, gold ingots, etc., which were sent by the emperor in boxes.

All the guests were not quite sure how many gifts Yuntang had received today, but they privately speculated that the empty warehouse was probably about to be filled up.

Yuntang showed the gift book to Princess Cheng, then sat down to drink tea and eat a piece of cake.

Princess Cheng took a quick look and was very happy. This was all Yuntang’s honor.

She did not show the gift book to anyone else, but immediately handed it back to Yun Tang, saying with a smile: "Now you have your own business, so you should run it well in the future."

"You will learn the ways of the world slowly. When you need to repay favors in the future, please discuss it with the chief secretary and the housekeeper."

Yuntang agreed to all of them. The elders' suggestions on such matters were their good intentions, and how she acted was her own business.

Yuntang sat in the warm room for a while to rest before going forward again.

After seeing off the people who came with gifts from the palace, it was time to set the table and start the feast.

At this time, the servants' courtyard was already preparing a buffet for the servants from various mansions to eat one after another, so as not to miss serving their masters.

Of course, arrangements also need to be made for the host and guest.

When Yuntang returned to the yard, he saw that housekeeper Zheng, who had just returned from seeing off the guests, was already leading people to move a large screen into the garden.

The garden is divided into east and west sides not by blankets or colored satin, but by large elegant screens of the same style but with different embroidery patterns, connecting the middle in a line.

Male guests are seated on the east side, while female guests are seated on the west side. Having the seats together also makes it easier to serve the food.

Yuntang walked over and Butler Zheng explained the banquet arrangement. The number of guests was indeed much higher than the limit, with male guests being the majority. Female guests could be seated as usual within the reserved area.

For the male guests, thirty-five large tables were set up in the front yard, and the rest were placed in the garden. In addition, small tables were arranged for the ladies and children, all placed on the side of the female guests.

This way the difference in numbers between the two sides doesn't seem that big.

Of course, the twenty reserved tables are also taken into account. The number of small tables remains unchanged, but the portions are reduced and served in smaller bowls and plates, which can free up two more tables.

Yuntang nodded to show that he understood.

Guests were invited to take their seats one after another, and every table was seated without leaving any empty seats.

Marquis Yong'an came to find Yuntang and accompanied him to the men's section to meet the guests.

The matter of drinking and socializing was handed over to Yong'an Hou, Jiang Mingli, Jiang Mingwei, as well as Jiang Yanting, Jiang Yanxuan, Jiang Yanyu and Jiang Yanchong.

But Yuntang is the protagonist today. All the guests come here for her. She has been staying in the inner house, and it would be bad for her not to show up when the banquet is set.

As soon as Yuntang arrived, many guests became excited and rushed to greet him.

Apart from those who had met her at the family recognition banquet and witnessed her arrogance in the court, many people had heard of her name but had never seen her true face.

Even though I attended the Yunshangguan rituals so many times, I never saw Yuntang himself.

The banquet started first in the front yard, and after the more than 30 tables were finished, the banquet started in the garden as well.

Attending dozens of social events was very time-consuming and exhausting, but Yuntang acted as if nothing had happened.

Seeing that his father and brother had become the main targets of toasts from the guests and were getting drunk, Yuntang found an opportunity to feed all of them a hangover pill.

As soon as the hangover pill entered his stomach, he felt warm and comfortable all over. The smell of alcohol was still there, but the effects of the alcohol were gone. Jiang Yanxuan couldn't help but laugh.

"Tang'er is still the most powerful!"

The front yard was filled with male guests of lower social status, while those entering the garden were all from powerful and noble families, with young men and princes everywhere.

Crown Prince Xiao Che, Prince of Qi Xiao Fei, their study companions Chen Jun'en and Lin Shen'de, the new son-in-law Lin Shen'an, Prince Qin Mingyu of the Duke of Ping, cousin Xiao Yue, and several princes' sons of similar age.

They were all sitting at the same table, and when they saw Yuntang coming, they all stood up and looked at her with a smile.