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Consort Shu immediately sent someone to the Yun residence to summon Yun Xiu to the palace for an audience.

Yunxiu obediently stayed at the manor today, and even got up early this morning for the first time to pay her respects to Chu Wanqing, demonstrating her obedience and compliance.

After paying her respects, she lingered in Qingshuiyuan and didn't leave.

Today, Chu Wanqing arranged for the servants in the manor to build heated brick beds and walls in the courtyards of Yunxiu, Yunheting, and Zhilan. The courtyards were covered in dust, but Chu Wanqing let it be.

When Yunxiu received the imperial decree, she was talking with Chu Wanqing.

Hearing that Consort Shu wanted to see her, she was so excited that she didn't know what to do.

While talking to the palace messenger, Chu Wanqing had Yunxiu change her clothes and then went into the palace with the palace carriage.

Yunxiu's heart pounded like a drum the whole way, and she only calmed down when she arrived at Yongning Palace.

When Consort Shu saw Yunxiu, she was very enthusiastic, smiling and waving to her: "Miss Yun is here? Come and sit down."

Yunxiu stepped forward and respectfully performed a deep bow: "Your subject Yunxiu greets Consort Shu."

Before she could even finish the curtsy, Consort Shu smiled and beckoned her to rise. She pulled her hand and sat her down on the couch, looking her up and down with a loving gaze and a very kind tone: "Miss Yun, I like you very much. If you have time in the future, please come and chat with me more often."

Yunxiu was overjoyed and quickly nodded obediently, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. If I have the opportunity, I will definitely come to pay my respects to Your Highness."

Consort Shu pulled her aside and talked for a while, asking her what she usually did at home, what books she read, and what music she played.

Yunxiu answered each question, and Consort Shu listened, nodding from time to time.

Consort Shu talked with her for a long time. Before leaving, she had someone bring her a pair of jade ruyi, a piece of Shu brocade, and a set of red gold headdress, saying they were gifts for her.

Yunxiu was flattered and immediately knelt down to express her gratitude.

Consort Shu helped her up, patted her hand, and said with a smile, "Go on, come and talk to me another day."

After leaving Yongning Palace, Yunxiu felt somewhat uneasy.

She had thought that Consort Shu would bring up her marriage to the Fifth Prince, but Consort Shu said nothing.

After leaving the palace and sitting in the carriage, Yunxiu looked at the rewards and felt uneasy.

She pondered this all the way, but couldn't figure it out. She wanted to ask Meixiang, but remembering that Meixiang was the Fifth Prince's woman, she swallowed the words back.

After returning to her residence, Yunxiu first went to Qingshui Garden to see Chu Wanqing.

Chu Wanqing was leaning against the kang (a heated brick bed) looking at the account book when she saw her come in. She put down the book in her hand and asked her what Consort Shu had told her.

After thinking for a moment, Yunxiu told Chu Wanqing everything about her meeting with Consort Shu.

She felt that Chu Wanqing was genuinely planning for her now, and she wanted to hear Chu Wanqing's thoughts.

After listening to her, Chu Wanqing reached out and gently brushed a stray hair from her temple, her tone extremely gentle: "Her Majesty likes you, Xiu'er, your good fortune is yet to come."

Yunxiu hesitated for a moment, then said with a bitter face, "But Mother, Her Majesty didn't mention my marriage to the Fifth Prince..."

Chu Wanqing playfully flicked her nose and scolded, "You silly child, marriage is a matter of parental arrangement and matchmaker's word. How could Her Majesty discuss such matters with you? But her attitude has already shown that she supports it. Otherwise, why would she have met with you? And why would she have bestowed so many gifts upon you?"

Yunxiu's eyes lit up, and she finally felt relieved. She immediately cheered and took Chu Wanqing's arm, saying sweetly, "Mother, I understand. Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Mother."

Chu Wanqing patted her hand, smiled faintly, and said nothing.

After Yunxiu left, Chu Wanqing leaned against the kang (a heated brick bed), her smile gradually fading.

When Consort Shu saw Yunxiu, she gave her gifts but didn't mention marriage at all. This was to keep Yunxiu hanging and to observe her progress.

She was waiting for the General's Mansion's response. Everyone wanted to take a piece of the General's Mansion.

But she won't let them have their way.

……

Yun Jin was unaware of Yun Xiu's entry into the palace; she had her own matters to attend to.

The weather has been terribly cold lately, and more and more beggars are freezing to death or suffering from frostbite on the streets. Although the soup kitchen at Juxian Pavilion provides soup every day, it is not enough. Without warm clothes or shelter from the cold, those beggars will not survive the winter.

She discussed it with Lan Qi and set aside two courtyards to build a charity hall. They built heated brick beds in all the rooms in the courtyards and took in some beggars.

She suggested to Lanqi that men and women be separated, but the beggars who entered the charity hall should not be allowed to get something for nothing; they must be made to work.

She told Lan Qi about the drawbacks of getting something for nothing, saying that if people get used to asking for things, they will lose the backbone to earn them themselves.

Lan Qi agreed wholeheartedly, nodding repeatedly and saying that she had considered everything thoroughly.

So Lanqi arranged for the steward to register the people who moved into the charity hall and assign them tasks based on their skills.

Those who can cook go to the kitchen, those who can sew go to mend clothes, and those who are strong go to carry goods and chop firewood. Everyone has a job to do, and everyone has food to eat.

Today, Yun Jin made a special trip to the charity hall and found it to be well-organized, better than she had expected.

After visiting the Charity Hall, she went to look around the two shops next to the Weicao Hall. She was very satisfied to see that Shi Yong had repainted the shops and was decorating them according to his own ideas.

At this rate, her medicinal cuisine shop should be able to open before the end of the year.

She gave Shi Yong a few more instructions, and then prepared to return to the mansion with Dongxue and Chunxi.

The carriage stopped at the alley entrance, and she was about to get in when a woman's voice suddenly came from behind her: "Oh, isn't this Miss Yun the Second?"

Yun Jin turned her head and saw Ya Min and Zheng Jie walking out of the shop next door.

I never expected that Zheng Jie would end up with Ya Min.

Yun Jin glanced at them and said indifferently, "So you are a princess."

He glanced at Zheng Jie again, nodded slightly as a greeting, and turned to get into the car.

Zheng Jie suddenly stepped forward, blocking her path, her tone full of provocation: "Don't you even know to greet the Princess? Is this the Yun family's rule?"

Yun Jin looked at her coldly: "Miss Zheng is quite well-mannered. The princess hasn't even spoken yet, and you're already acting more imposing than her? Anyone who didn't know better would think the princess ordered you to do this. Do you want everyone to think Princess Yamin is petty and narrow-minded?"

Zheng Jie panicked and quickly glanced at Ya Min. Seeing that Ya Min's expression was unfriendly but she didn't speak, Zheng Jie became bolder: "Miss Yun is really sharp-tongued. I was just reminding you of the rules, and you turned around and blamed me. You really are from the countryside, no manners at all."

"Miss Zheng, there's no need to keep talking about being from the countryside. I didn't know Guangping Prefecture was the countryside. Could it be that your Zheng family are native to the capital?" Yun Jin said with a mocking smile.

As far as she knew, Zheng Jie's family had not been from Beijing before, but rather Da Ning had been transferred to Beijing.

Zheng Jie was indeed speechless. Just as she was about to say something more, Ya Min glared at her and said to Yun Jin, "Miss Yun, please do as you please. This princess is certainly not a petty person."

Yun Jin gracefully bowed and said, "Respectfully seeing off the Princess."

Zheng Jie glared at her fiercely, then turned to Ya Min and said, "Princess, she's been far too rude. Are we just going to let her off like this?"