If it were any other family, they would be overjoyed if they suddenly had so many things, not to mention that Ruan Qing's family was still living a tight life. But at this moment, Ruan Qing, looking at this pile of things, could not be happy at all. Instead, he felt a little unworthy.
Especially when she held the purse that Yin Yin gave her and opened it, she was so golden that she didn't know what to do.
"It would be impolite to return these things, but I would feel bad if I accepted them. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. I thought business would be better than usual, and I wanted to make more money tomorrow. But I think I'd better forget it. I'll go to the city early tomorrow morning to buy some ingredients, cook some food, and send it to them.
Our family is in such a condition that we cannot even ask for the same gift in return. Besides, for a family like Miss Yun's, they will have no shortage of anything I can give them. Why don't I make some of my specialty braised meat and send it to them, just as a new year's gift to give them something else to eat."
"That's fine. That's the only way."
After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed this, Ruan Qing packed up everything and went to make dinner.
On this side, Chaoge returned to the Yun Mansion and called all the servants together. After saying a few words about the New Year, he distributed new clothes and red envelopes to everyone.
Except for the accountant and the steward, each person received a red envelope of fifty taels for the New Year, and Chaoge generously gave twenty taels to each of the remaining servants and guards.
A group of servants left with new clothes and red envelopes, all in disbelief!
Servants like them only received two taels of silver per month. Even if they were given red envelopes, they never expected that their eldest daughter would be so generous as to give twenty taels to each of them?!
This is almost as much as their annual salary, not to mention that they, the servants, have only been in the mansion for a few months? And they are all death indentures bought by Chaoge.
"The eldest lady is so generous! So many things happened in the mansion before, and the master was in low spirits. Now that the New Year is coming, every household has a new look, but our Yun Mansion is the only one that is deserted. I thought we would celebrate the New Year like usual this year, but I didn't expect that the eldest lady would suddenly put together such a place!"
"Young Miss, you guys should be more diligent in your work and not be lazy! Also, although the master is a kind person, you guys should not think of taking advantage of the situation. Do your work well every day, otherwise, how can you be worthy of such a good master?"
Xiang looked at the group of little maids with joy in her eyes and eyebrows, and she did not forget to give them a few words of advice.
"Yes, we told the steward. We all remember it and will never forget it."
"Dad, Fourth Uncle, Chao Hao, these new clothes are prepared for you, as well as some hair accessories and other accessories. Time is tight and I don't have time to take you out for a walk. Tomorrow night, we will have a reunion dinner together. Although we are not in our hometown and our relatives are not around, we can't just be perfunctory during the Spring Festival."
"Okay, I know you have a lot of things to do. As for dinner, I'll ask Xiang to watch over the kitchen and make a hearty meal. Your second uncle should be resting tomorrow and should be back tomorrow."
Chaoge nodded and said, "We will eat in the front hall. The servants also need to prepare their own food, so let's do it in the front yard. It hasn't snowed much in the past few days, so it's the same if we start dinner earlier.
By the way, I saw a lot of red lanterns and window decorations hanging in the streets and alleys. Tell the servants to make the house more festive.
We have to find something for Yunchang to do, otherwise he will be too idle and start to have random thoughts.
Still thinking about Princess Bi Chen and the children in the yard, Chaoge went there.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the yard, I heard Princess Bi Chen's laughter coming from the house, as well as the laughter of several children.
Seeing Chaoge coming back, Princess Bichen happily put the child down and looked at her, "Sister Yun, you said you are married and have children, I didn't believe it, but you are too capable, right? Just now your maid told me that you gave birth to five children at once?"
"Well, if you get married in the future and want to have twins at once, I can use medicine to help you adjust. But these five children of mine are all fate. Do you want to?"
As soon as Princess Bi Chen heard the word "marriage", her good mood disappeared instantly!
"Hey, Sister Yun, why are you making things difficult for me? I was in a good mood, why did you bring up the matter of 'getting married'? I'm so annoyed when I think of that person now!"
Seeing Princess Bi Chen like this, who only knew how to escape, Chao Ge sighed, "What can you do? Are you going to abandon your mother and run away from the marriage?"
"How is that possible?"
"Since it's impossible, we should find a way to solve the problem. When will the prince of the Eastern Kingdom go back? When you are done with your work these few days, find a chance to tell me the schedule of the prince of the Eastern Kingdom. I want to go and see what annoys you about this man. If he is not a good man, you can cancel the engagement with some tricks. Why torture yourself so much?
If he is your good friend, you don’t necessarily have to resist him. It’s okay to try to get along with him first.”
Chaoge thought about the day when she went to find Xiao Zhehan. Judging from Xiao Zhehan's attitude, he was probably interested in the little princess of Dong Xiangguo. If that was the case, why should she still cling to that man? Only by opening her heart can she see more and better men.
But Princess Bi Chen only heard the three words "little trick", and automatically blocked out the rest!
"Really? Sister Yun, do you have a solution?"
"Don't get too excited too soon. Tell me about the prince's situation first."
"He is the son of Concubine Xiao of the Eastern Prime Minister. He is 23 years old this year. I don't know whether he has concubines or not, but this man is very smooth-talking and only knows how to say nice things. I can tell at a glance that he is extremely hypocritical.
But I heard that they will not set out back until after the Chinese New Year, and in mid-February. I heard that after that, envoys from Zhannan Kingdom will also come, and then the countries will hold some kind of competition or something.
Well, I don’t know, because I don’t care about that, so they’re going to be around for a while.”
"Well, then I'll have someone check on this person. What's going on in Dongxiang State?"
"Ah? Sister Yun, you are so powerful? You can also find out about the affairs of the royal family of Dongxiang Kingdom?"
"The basic information should be fine, so don't be too impatient. If there is a problem, solve it. If it can't be solved, just leave it to fate. Why bother yourself?"
At night, Chaoge gave a drop of the "panacea" to Yunchang, Yunxuan, and Princess Bichen respectively, but did not give it to Chaohao because he was still young and in good health.
Although Princess Bi Chen is not very old, she has some hidden illnesses due to being frozen in the morning. Especially as a girl, she is most afraid of the cold.
Chaoge was willing to do this to Princess Bi Chen. She would never forget that this girl scared her to death at the auction and never turned against her.
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