Time Travel: The Noble Family
Chapter 320 - Chapter 320 Chapter 117 The Inescapable Yueying_3

Chapter 320: Chapter 117: The Inescapable Yueying_3 Chapter 320: Chapter 117: The Inescapable Yueying_3 Lady Mo glanced at Hua Lei, “Who do you plan to take to the mountain with you?”

Yueyao looked hesitant, “Nanny Hao, Hua Lei, and Qiao Lan, the three of them are enough.”

Lady Mo swept her gaze over Yueyao and knew what her hesitation was about, and immediately said, “Taking an old nanny and two maids is not too many. Although the most sincere way to go to the mountain to fast and pray is without attendants, having to cook for oneself is considered mistreatment if no one helps.”

Yueyao had originally wanted to tell Lady Mo about Nanny Deng being freed from her service, but after thinking it over, she decided it would be more effective to say it tomorrow while saying farewell to everyone.

After Yueyao left, Lady Mo rubbed her temples, “I didn’t expect the Duke Mansion to actually agree to her request, I really underestimated her.” Lady Mo had thought it was a pipe dream for a young girl like Yueyao to want to borrow a courtyard from the Duke Mansion, but to her surprise, they had agreed.

The Duke Mansion’s house was vacant all year round, which is why Ruo Lan took the initiative to suggest it. She knew that as soon as she made the request, her grandmother and aunt would definitely agree. Of course, this was mainly because Ruo Lan had significant influence. If there was no reason, they wouldn’t easily lend out the courtyard.

Granny Lau felt that what Yueyao was doing had more benefits than drawbacks for them, “Madam, if the Third Young Lady becomes close with the Duke Mansion in the future, it will be greatly advantageous for us.”

Upon hearing this, Lady Mo’s eyes lit up, “I’ve been short-sighted, indeed the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.” Being acquainted with such a prominent family would only bring advantages and no disadvantages. It was not that they didn’t want to associate with such families before, it’s just that these families were too proud to consider them. These people looked down on those who tried to ingratiate themselves, and taking the initiative to flatter them would weaken the Lian family’s standing, subjecting them to ridicule among the scholarly class, and the loss outweighed the gain. Now, this was an opportunity.

Lanxi Courtyard immediately got busy following Yueyao’s orders. They were going to stay in the mountains for more than two months and definitely needed to take a lot of necessities.

Yueyao also ordered Xi Yu to take inventory of the pens, ink, paper, inkstones, and books they needed to bring. Life would be unbearable for her on the mountain without books to read or stationery to write with. Therefore, just books and stationery filled two large chests.

Nanny Hao, looking at everything, said softly, “Miss, it’s good to bring books, but maybe take fewer sheets of paper? If you run out, we can have more sent from the mansion. We’re going to the mountain for a retreat; carrying so much doesn’t look proper.”

Yueyao felt Nanny Hao had a point, “Let’s not take the heavy clothes, and each of us will only bring a change of clothes and a set of warm garments. Pack up the rest and leave them in the room, and they can be brought over when the mansion sends supplies. But we still need to bring more books and stationery.”

Nanny Hao was both amused and frustrated, preferring to bring those useless papers and books rather than clothes. The Third Young Lady really couldn’t live a day without her books.

Lady Mo was perplexed upon hearing that Yueyao had sent a letter to the post station, “Sent to the post station? Are you sure?”

The servant replied, “We only know it was sent to the post station; we couldn’t find out anything else.”

Lady Mo pondered deeply and could not comprehend, “Go and investigate, see exactly who it was sent to.” This was unusual. During this time, this girl only sent letters to the Ma family or the Li family; this was the first time she was sending it to someone else, and not even within the Capital City.

Lanxi Courtyard was bustling until midnight; a lot of things were packed, but there were not many chests to bring. Nanny Hao and the other two each had one chest. Yueyao alone occupied seven chests – one for books, one for paper, another for pens and inkstones, two more for clothes, and yet another chest contained combs, hairpins, and other daily necessities.

Lady Mo was somewhat surprised to get a definite answer in the evening: “Sent to Wen Chengxiang in Jiangnan? It’s actually sent to him.” Wen Chengxiang’s name was very familiar to Lady Mo, the number one painter in Jiangnan, and Yueyao’s first teacher. What was the girl doing sending a letter to Wen Chengxiang all of a sudden.

Lady Mo couldn’t guess the reason, but after thinking about it, she felt Wen Chengxiang couldn’t have much influence, so she let the matter go.

At dawn the next day, Lady Mo sent someone to summon Yueyao to have breakfast in the main house. When Yueyao arrived, everyone was already there.

Before Yueyao could greet Lady Mo, Yueying eagerly stepped forward and said to Yueyao, “Third younger sister, last night, I dreamt of our grandmother. She said you’re going to the mountain alone to lead an austere life and wanted me to keep you company. Third younger sister, I cannot disobey grandmother’s words. If there’s not enough room, I won’t bring any servants or maids, just myself. What do you think?” Yueying had been thinking about it during the day, hence she dreamed about it at night. It wasn’t really the Old Madam who came to her in the dream.