Gu Di smiled and nodded, then turned and left to rescue those two girls.
Although the Ningyuan General Residence is just a three-courtyard house, it’s quite spacious. It has all the pavilions, towers, rockeries, and water flows. Besides the servant quarters, there are six courtyards for the masters, and in the back, there’s a sizable Lotus Pond.
Gu Qingheng held Yang Ruxin’s hand and took her around each courtyard: "Although the courtyard is a bit small, fortunately, the scenery is quite nice. Whichever courtyard you like, we will stay there. Yesterday, the transport team delivered the furniture, and now it’s all stored in the warehouse. Once we set it up, we can use it... In the future, I’ll earn enough to buy you a big mansion..."
"Let’s choose that pavilion." Yang Ruxin pointed to the central courtyard of the three. The main building was a two-story pavilion, surrounded by a row of side rooms, with the largest kitchen among the six courtyards. Of course, what Yang Ruxin liked the most was the over hundred-year-old camphor tree in the courtyard’s garden behind the pavilion. It looked about twenty ters tall, and it would take two adults to embrace its trunk. "With this tree, there won’t be mosquitoes in the courtyard, and its scent is also pleasant." Plus, camphor trees have dicinal properties.
"Okay." Gu Qingheng nodded, "What about the na?"
"Your knowledge is better than mine, you decide."
"Xinyuan." Gu Qingheng knew that in the Fang Family, there was a courtyard nad after her.
"No." Yang Ruxin shook her head, "The Fang Family is essentially my natal family, so Xinyuan is like my boudoir. But this place is for the two of us, how can it be perfect with just and not you?"
"Then let’s call it Hengxin Pavilion." Gu Qingheng’s eyes lit up.
Yang Ruxin nodded: "Not bad, let’s go with that."
Hence, Gu Qingheng personally wrote the na, had Gu Di fra it, and instructed moving all the furniture from the warehouse to set up.
"How long a leave did the Emperor give you?" Yang Ruxin asked Gu Qingheng during lunch.
"One day." Gu Qingheng was quite proud, "After lunch, you rest for a bit, and in the evening, I’ll take you out for a stroll."
But as soon as he finished speaking, soone ca from outside to report that the Duke’s people ca looking for him.
The Emperor temporarily placed him in charge of the Xiudao Guards, to coordinate with the Central Army Camp during the Imperial Concubine’s birthday for the inner city defense. The Duke was the one leading the Central Army Camp.
Gu Qingheng frowned.
"Haha, you go on quickly." Yang Ruxin laughed, "Anyway, I’ll be here for many days. We have plenty of ti to go out, your official business is more important."
"Alright then." Gu Qingheng could only nod, then kissed Yang Ruxin before turning to leave.
After a busy afternoon, Hengxin Pavilion was completely revamped, but manpower was an issue.
When Yang Ruxin ca, she only brought along Du Juan and Du Yunpeng. Du Yunpeng couldn’t serve in the inner courtyard, so Du Juan alone was obviously insufficient. Therefore, they could only promote from the existing servants.
But the maids serving inside must be trustworthy, even the rough servants in the courtyard must be clean, otherwise, it could be troubleso.
However, there were probably not many clean ones among these people.
It was too late to buy people now.
Thus, Yang Ruxin had to interview them one by one and naturally had to use the Soul-absorbing Technique. It’s the simplest and most effective thod, not only to find clean ones, but it might also reveal their true masters. The only downside is that it’s quite ntally exhausting.
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