Yu Shu had a good sleep at home. When she woke up early in the morning, she first went to the stables to add some fodder for Xiao Hong and exchanged some feelings.
After breakfast, Yu Shu had the gatekeeper bring over the visiting cards that had been sent over the past few days and started to count them.
It had only been six or seven days since the end of the Hibiscus Gentlemen Banquet, but there were no less than a hundred gifts. In total, there were more than ten people every day.
Among them, there was no lack of invitations from the nobility and there were also many from the Great Yi Sect. Just the Celestial Commissioner and the officials of the Six Ministries took up a third of the invitations.
Yu Shu spent the entire morning copying and organizing these invitations, dividing them into three categories:
The first category was those that she kept a respectful distance from, such as Prince Jing Liu Tan, Count Zhongyong's fu, Ning Wang fu, Celestial Commissioner Zuo Ling Cao fu, etc. She wouldn't take the initiative to look for trouble with this kind of person, but she had to be respectful and proper in replying to them.
The first category was those that she wanted to interact with, such as the Supreme Court Official Guo Huai'an fu, the Ministry of Justice Assistant Minister Li fu, the State Great General Feng fu, etc. She would arrange a time to pay a visit to this kind of person.
The next category was those that she didn't need to care about, such as the small officials, rich merchants, etc. She didn't even bother to reply to these kinds of people.
Yu Shu first wrote down all the invitations that she needed to reply to. After a while, she took a stack of gift lists and went next door to see what she had harvested in the past few days.
She didn't think much of it on paper, but when she saw with her own eyes that the room was filled with gifts, Yu Shu couldn't help but smile.
The things that could be used as gifts were definitely good things. There were the four treasures of the study, ancient books, cloth rulers, herbs and spices everywhere in this room. Although there weren't many of them, they were all presentable.
There were also merchants who were straightforward. In order to make themselves known to her, they sent expensive antiques and gold and silver utensils.
This didn't even include the food that was stored in the kitchen in the cellar.
Just the things in this room were probably worth no less than ten thousand taels. It was truly a windfall.
The only thing that made Yu Shu feel bad was that none of the gifts could be spent directly.
"Miss, Madam asked me to ask. The things in this room were not suitable to be left outside. They might be stolen. Since you've seen it, do you want to memorize it and place it in the ground? "Yun Dou followed behind Yu Shu and asked.
He Fangzhi bought this house through Pei Jing. There was a warehouse under the main house, which was the rest of Zhao Hui's dowry. Also, the things that he didn't need for the time being were stored there.
Yu Shu was fiddling with a silver-chiseled wine cup when she heard the question.
"There's no need. We'll move to a bigger house in a few days. It'll be troublesome to move around. Just leave it like this for now. "
Yun Dou and Yu Shu had been to the mansion on Baochang Street. Zhao Hui and her husband also knew about it, but it was about moving. It wasn't on her agenda yet.
"Then this servant will go and tell Madam?" The young maidservant's face was filled with excitement.
"Go."
Yu Shu waved her hand, and Yun Dou ran out of the house.
Yu Shu and Zhao Hui discussed the matter of moving. Zhao Hui didn't have any objections. Yu Shu had already told them about this matter. Moreover, the couple had officially accepted this pair of children. Who would still treat each other as an outsider?
Moreover, since He Xiaochuan was born. The house wasn't big enough for everyone to live in. Zhao Hui was also very willing to move to a spacious place.
However, Old Madam He was a little reluctant.
"I'm already old. Why should I bother with you? If you want to live there, then go. I'm fine here."
The old lady had always been benevolent. Today, she was stubborn. After all, Yu Shu wasn't her biological grandson. Their relationship was a level higher. Her son and daughter-in-law were willing to live with her goddaughter, so she couldn't bring herself to do it.
Zhao Hui gave Yu Shu a look, asking her to go out first.
Later, no one knew what she said to Old Madam He. After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Yu Shu went in again, and the old lady finally nodded.
With this, the matter of moving was settled. They just had to wait for the completion of the house on Baochang Street. They would choose an auspicious day and move the whole family there.
***
Yu Shu hid in the backyard that day. There were guests in front as usual. In the morning, the gatekeeper received another five or six visiting cards.
Because Yu Shu had warned them last night, when the invitation from Duke Jing's Mansion arrived, someone quietly sent it to the backyard.
It was the fourth day since Zhu Qingjue asked Yu Shu for help.
When Yu Shu received the invitation from Duke Jing's Mansion, she wasn't the least bit surprised. This was her plan for Zhu Qingjue.
Through Zhu Qingjue's explanation, she could guess that the matriarch of Duke Jing's Mansion was a stubborn old woman. Previously, Zhu Qingjue had opposed giving Young Master Yao medicinal pills and was disrespectful to Chengyun. She had already violated the old lady's taboo. If Zhu Qingjue directly pulled her to the Duke Jing's Mansion and opened her mouth to kill Young Master Yao, the matriarch would definitely be suspicious and wouldn't listen to persuasion.
But if she took the initiative to come knocking, it would be a different story.
Yu Shu explained this to Zhu Qingjue. Second Young Master Zhu deeply agreed, so the two of them 'cooperated' to scheme against the old lady.
It wasn't difficult for the Old Lady Yao to hear of Yu Shu's abilities. Putting aside the fact that Duchess Jing had personally seen her skills at the Gentlemen's Hibiscus Banquet, her second daughter-in-law, who was Young Master Yao's mother, often visited Zhu Qingjue's mother. If Zhu Furen mentioned it to this Second Mistress, she would naturally go back and talk to her mother-in-law.
The Old Lady Yao doted on her great-grandson, so how could Duchess Jing not dote on her grandson?
Duchess Jing had seen Yu Shu's abilities, so it would be strange if she didn't have any thoughts.
But she wouldn't go beyond the Old Lady Yao and invite Yu Shu to come back to ask her grandson about her fortune. As for how to make the Old Lady Yao believe in Yu Shu's abilities, Zhu Qingjue didn't need to worry about it.
The fact that Yu Shu had received this invitation was the result of this.
But this wasn't the end.
She wouldn't go if she invited her the first time.
Back to the matter, the steward of the duke's fu made a trip to the south of the city before returning to the fu to report. When he arrived in front of Duchess Jing, the Old Lady Yao was also there.
"How is it? Did you see her?" Duchess Jing asked.
"Reporting to Furen, that family said that the female fortune teller went out to visit a friend and wasn't at home." The steward truthfully said, "But when this one left, I heard the servants whispering outside the door. The master seemed to be at home."
The Old Lady Yao furrowed her brows. Her two hands held onto her walking stick as she unhappily said, "Our family went to invite her, but she dared to avoid meeting us."
Duchess Jing said, "Mother doesn't know, but because this female fortune teller's abilities have grown, her temper has also grown. At the banquet earlier, in front of the two niangniang, she dared to oppose Princess Xi Wen tit for tat and didn't give way in the slightest. She also said that this strange art of hers can only be used once every thirty days, otherwise it will harm the body. Think about it, this art of determining life and death is peering into the heavens' will. It will definitely harm people. Didn't Taoist Priest Cheng Yun often say that heaven's secrets cannot be revealed? I think it's not that she didn't come on purpose, but that she didn't want to be implicated. "
"Thirty days? How can I wait that long for her? "The Old Lady Yao shook her head again and again. After thinking about it, she became even more stubborn.
"That won't do. Send someone again. No matter what, we must invite her over."
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