In the days leading up to the opening of Shijinfang, Xiao Yunying would go there every day to check on things.

After the three-day event, the number of visitors gradually stabilized, and she became a hands-off manager at home.

That afternoon, when she returned from the vegetable garden, she saw Wei Xun eating in the living room.

Upon seeing her enter, he coughed a few times, stood up, and was about to bow.

Xiao Yunying waved her hand: "Sit down and eat. You don't need to bow to me anymore. I don't care about such things."

Wei Xun swallowed the food in his mouth, bowed, and said, "Your subordinate understands."

Xiao Yunying: "...Alright, take your time eating."

Luo Sheng pushed the long, bright yellow brocade box on the table: "The imperial edict has arrived."

Xiao Yunying was shocked: "How come I haven't heard of any important figures coming to the village to deliver an imperial decree?"

Donglin City is quite far from the capital. Even if there was no eunuch to deliver the imperial decree, there would be an official like a county magistrate to deliver it on his behalf. How did it arrive so quietly?

Luo Sheng said, "I had Wei Xun bring it back directly."

"I see," Xiao Yunying thought to herself, "How casual."

She thought for a moment and asked, "Then do I have to kowtow in the direction of the imperial city?"

That's how it's always portrayed on TV.

Luo Yong looked at her and said, "No need, the Emperor won't see it even if you kowtow."

Xiao Yunying sat down without any hesitation: "Then I won't kowtow."

She opened the box and looked at the imperial edict; if this were in modern times, it would definitely be considered an antique.

Ever since Xiao Yunying returned, Wei Xun had felt uneasy. He finished his food in a few bites and quickly cleared away the dishes: "Master, I'll go now."

Luo Sheng instructed, "Rest tonight, then go pick up Wan Jun tomorrow and return as soon as possible."

Wei Xun bowed in response and left the reception room. After reading the imperial edict, Xiao Yunying put it back in the box and asked, "This thing must not be damaged and must be kept safe?"

Luo Sheng said, "Give it to me for safekeeping."

Xiao Yunying was relieved and pushed the brocade box away, saying, "Here you go."

Then came a period of silence.

The imperial decree meant that the two of them were really going to get married, and the thought of this made Xiao Yunying feel a little uneasy.

Luo Sheng broke the silence first: "My mother is packing her things. She and your mother have agreed to go to the temple to pray for blessings tomorrow and stay there for a day."

Xiao Yunying wasn't interested in praying to gods and Buddhas, so she just said "oh" and had nothing more to say.

After sitting quietly for a while, she stood up and said, "I'm going back to my room. Make yourself at home."

During dinner that evening, Madam Luo brought up the matter again: "Yunying, would you like to go to the temple with me to pray for blessings?"

Luo Chen, who had been eating quietly, suddenly looked up: "No, Mother can't go to the temple!"

The sound was so loud that Luo Xin shuddered in fright.

Madam Luo asked, puzzled, "Why?"

Luo Chen then realized that he had been too excited, but his thoughts were in a mess and he couldn't find a good reason.

Luo Yang said, "Mother promised to go to West Mountain tomorrow to pick snow fungus for us to eat."

As he spoke, he gently pinched Luo Li beside him with his hand under the table.

Although Luo Li didn't know why her second brother said that, her mother clearly hadn't said anything about it.

But then she felt that her second brother must have his reasons for saying that, so she chimed in, "That's right. Mother said she would give us snow fungus to eat tomorrow as a reward for helping with farm work. We can't break our promise."

Xiao Yunying glanced at the expressions of the Luo brothers, Luo Chen and Luo Yang, and instantly understood. Did these two kids still think they were demons and couldn't go to places like temples?

Forcibly suppressing the urge to roll her eyes, she sighed inwardly, "I won't go. I can't go back on my promise to the children."

Madam Luo said, "Want to eat snow fungus? We can buy some in the city when we get back. How can we let a woman like you go into the deep mountains to pick snow fungus? It's too dangerous."

Luo Yang's cheeks flushed. He realized that the excuse he made up in a moment of panic was indeed inappropriate.

Normally, he would never send his mother into the deep mountains just for his own appetite, but now he had no choice but to bite the bullet and admit it.

Xiao Yunying came to the brothers' rescue: "I discovered a snow fungus burrow last year, it's in the West Mountain, not too far away."

Fewer people go there, and the snow fungus there is of excellent quality. It would be a real shame not to pick it. Anyway, I'm not really a believer in gods or Buddhas, so I won't go. I'd rather use this time to pick some snow fungus for Madam Luo to try.”

When Madam Luo heard that she did not believe in gods or Buddhas, she did not force her: "Since you don't want to go, then you don't have to go. Since Sheng'er is not going either, it's good that he stays at home and accompanies you up the mountain. I can feel more at ease."

Xiao Yunying smiled politely, saying she didn't need Luo Sheng to accompany her.

Madam Luo turned to her brothers and said, "As for you, when we were in trouble and came here to live, we passed by that ancient temple and stayed there for one night. I prayed to Buddha to protect you. Now that our family has been exonerated, you, as descendants of the Luo family, should go and fulfill your vow together."

Luo Chen calmed down now, as long as his mother didn't go: "Grandson understands."

Luo Xin asked Xiao Yunying in a low voice, "Mother, is Xin'er going too?"

She didn't want to go either, but since her brothers were all going, it wouldn't be right for her not to go.

Upon hearing this, Madam Luo smiled kindly at Xin'er: "You are also a descendant of the Luo family, so naturally you should go together."

Luo Xin looked reluctant: "But I want to stay with Mother and Aunt Yunwan."

Zheng Yunwan was taken aback when she was called out.

Xiao Yunying asked Zheng Yunwan for her opinion: "Why don't you go with Xin'er? I heard the scenery on the mountain is nice. It would be good to go on a trip. I'll feel at ease if you go with Xin'er."

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