He couldn't really help with treating patients, since he had already taken on the case and it was a matter of life and death; he couldn't just abandon the patient.
Back at Xishuiyuan, Xu Dashan stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Third Master, Third Madam, a few families just came to deliver invitations, wanting to pay a visit."
There is no dedicated gatekeeper at the mansion now. Under normal circumstances, Xu Dashan and a few others take turns guarding it. Today, Xu Dashan guarded it for two hours, and three families have already sent visiting cards to the door.
He Jiuniang wasn't particularly interested at first, but she took it and looked at it anyway, only to find that there was an invitation from the prefect's wife inside.
This isn't a visit; it's just that the prefect's wife is hosting a banquet in a few days and invited her to come and join in the fun.
Now that Lu Baichuan has an official position, these social obligations at home are unavoidable.
That makes her even busier.
Most importantly, the lives of these noble ladies were rather dull and boring for He Jiuniang.
"If you don't want to go, then don't go. I'm working for Prince Chen, there's no need for me to wrong myself."
Seeing her deep in thought, her face full of struggle, Lu Baichuan immediately spoke up to express his opinion.
My wife has to go to the clinic to see patients and take care of long-term patients. She's already so busy that she barely has time to breathe. If she also has to deal with these interpersonal relationships, how busy will she be?
He would naturally handle matters in officialdom, without needing his wife at home to worry about them, which was not his original intention.
He Jiuniang said, "This is normal social interaction. Otherwise, people will only think that we come from a bad background and don't know these rules. No matter how high an official you are, they will look down on our family."
If no one in her family had ever held an official position, she naturally wouldn't have to worry about these things. But now that she's in the vortex of power, she has to be prepared to integrate into this circle.
It's not that she doesn't understand many things, it's just a matter of whether she's willing to or not.
They say it's better to stand up for yourself than to steam buns, so she'll definitely be able to handle these things perfectly.
She took the post and walked inside, intending to write a reply.
Apart from the prefect's wife, who had invited her to be a guest, the other two families wanted to visit her, and she had already thought of a way to deal with them.
“When I have some free time in a few days, let’s hold a banquet at home. It’s a way of letting the officials in Jingzhou City know that the Lu family has settled here. If they want to cause trouble again, they’ll have to think twice.”
Lu Baichuan nodded and said, "Sure, just tell me or the servants at home if you need anything. You don't need to worry too much."
He Jiuniang then said, "If that's the case, then we'll need to buy some maids for our household. Why didn't you ask Lou Chong to buy a few young maids before?"
Lu Baichuan touched his nose, momentarily at a loss for words.
He was worried that his wife would be unhappy if he bought a young maid, so he simply bought some honest and hardworking women. This way, they could manage the household affairs well and not upset his wife, which was perfect.
But I certainly can't say that now, so I can only say, "It was my oversight, I'll have Lou Chong take care of it tomorrow."
"It's alright, there's no need to trouble Lou Chong with everything. If I'm free tomorrow afternoon, I'll take Sister Xu with me to take a look."
He Jiuniang waved her hand, saying that Lou Chong was just Lu Baichuan's subordinate, not his servant. It was fine to ask him for help occasionally, but it would be wrong of her to keep asking him for help whenever she needed it.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Baichuan immediately said, "I'm free tomorrow afternoon, let's go together."
He Jiuniang's smile never faded. This man was busy every day, not only dealing with the Taoists in the prison, but also reorganizing the Fire Cloud Division. And now he came to tell her that there was nothing to do.
However, she didn't expose him, pretending not to know, and happily nodded, saying, "Okay, let's go pick them out together then."
When Lu Baichuan saw his wife smile, he was also happy. As the storybook says, no matter how busy a man is, he must make time to be with his woman, otherwise the relationship between husband and wife will definitely become distant over time.
They had been separated for four years and were now completely estranged. He was determined to make up for the lost time and move into the master bedroom as soon as possible!
He Jiuniang hadn't really thought that far ahead; she focused on writing her reply.
She would definitely attend the prefect's wife's banquet, but she declined the invitations to the other two. It wasn't that she looked down on them, but rather that she felt it was too troublesome to visit each one individually. Her schedule was unpredictable, so it would be better to find a specific time to meet them all at once.
So she explained to them that it wasn't necessary to go through all that trouble; she would be hosting a banquet in a few days and invited all the ladies and young women to come and join in the fun, so there was no need for them to come alone.
With this reply, everyone wouldn't need to rush to visit, and it would also give her time to get to know all these ladies and young women, so as to avoid any mistakes.
"Sister-in-law Xu!"
As she wrote, she called out to the outside, and Aunt Xu came in, respectfully asking, "What are your orders, Third Madam?"
"You've been in Jingzhou City for many years, haven't you? Do you know the ladies and young women of those wealthy families?"
Sister-in-law Xu nodded cautiously and said, "I know some of it in general."
"Alright, take some people to find out what these ladies and young ladies like and what they avoid. Make me a roster of noblewomen in Jingzhou, as detailed as possible. It would be even better if there were portraits. I'm planning to hold a banquet in a few days, so I need to find out more first."
Aunt Xu originally thought it was something serious, but it turned out to be just a roster. She immediately said, "Third Madam, that's easy. There are places where people sell them. Just go and buy some."
"Are there places that sell these things?"
He Jiuniang was stunned.
"Yes!" Sister Xu said with a smile. "Many sons and daughters from noble families will go to these places to send a portrait of themselves to be copied when they reach a certain age, and they will also include their preferences and taboos, so that the other party can make a judgment."
"It's developed quite well in the past few years. We even have information on the wives of each family, and it's clear who had conflicts with whom and who had a good personal relationship with whom!"
This is similar to a simple archives management office that only collects information on important people and sells it only to people of status, helping these important people get to know each other and solving a lot of trouble.
He Jiuniang beamed with joy: "Good, good, good, go and buy it quickly. This really saves me a lot of trouble! I don't know who is so talented to come up with this kind of business. They are really amazing!"
Indeed, human wisdom is boundless.
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