Chapter 1073: In the Yu Clan
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He said calmly, “Let’s set the table!”
Xia Tao quickly left.
Thinking of Yu Zongzheng, who had followed him and wanted to accompany him just now, Yin Huaixi’s gaze darkened. “What do you plan to do with Yu Zongzheng?”
“A person without virtue is not worthy of taking power because their virtue is not worthy of their status,” said Yu Youyao calmly. “How else should we arrange it?”
Yin Huaixi pinched the tip of her nose lightly. “You’re right. It’s just that he’s your father after all. If I don’t treat him well, others will inevitably think that I’ve treated you lightly, but I don’t want to invite such gossip.”
A married daughter was still connected to her maiden family.
Yu Youyao sighed softly. “Tomorrow, appoint an imperial physician with brilliant medical skills and a reputation to treat him in the Yu Residence. Then, tell outsiders that he has a chest disease.”
As a patient, of course he had to stay at home obediently to recuperate.
Yin Huaixi smiled. “You’re a little mischievous.”
His chest disease could be severe or minor. As his heart veins were blocked, he had chest pain, tightness in his chest, shortness of breath, and other symptoms. He had to avoid fatigue and worry, and needed to recuperate.
The two of them went to the front courtyard hand in hand, and the servants along the way knelt on the ground.
After a while, they arrived at the front hall.
Yu Zongzheng brought the people from the east and west residences and quickly knelt down to welcome them.
Everyone in the capital knew that when the new emperor was young, he had once used the name of his cousin, Zhou Linghuai, to live in the Yu Residence. He was hidden in the abyss and was taken care of by the Yu Residence. Therefore, he had formed a good relationship with the Yu Residence and the Eldest Miss of the residence.
Therefore, after the new emperor ascended the throne, he treated the Yu Clan well. Almost all the Yu Clan members who had been officials in the court in the past had a good future.
Meanwhile, the Yu Clan valued agriculture and industry. Ever since Duke Zhonglie stepped up, they had always been diligent and pragmatic. They were also quite practical. They played an important role in pushing the new emperor to implement the new policy.
The emperor personally visited the Yu Residence in his white dragon uniform, causing a huge commotion in the east and west residences.
The emperor had repeatedly emphasized that he was just visiting his old place and was just here to take a look. Thus, there was no need to trouble everyone. However, everyone in the residence was really in a mess.
Madam Jiang quickly searched for the family banquet menu that the Eldest Miss had prepared when “Young Master Zhou” was still in the residence. She ordered someone to make the dishes.
No matter what, according to the Eldest Miss’s previous family banquet menu, there was definitely no mistake.
There must be some of “Young Master Zhou’s” favorite dishes.
Yin Huaixi said calmly, “Rise. I’m just wearing my white dragon uniform and revisiting my old place. I’ll avoid some superficial etiquette if I can.”
Yu Zongzheng stood up trembling. Madam Yao and Madam Jiang followed closely behind, followed by the juniors in the family.
Yin Huaixi pulled Yu Youyao to sit at the head of the table. “You guys sit too. Since it’s a family banquet, there’s no need to hold back. We’ll do as we did in the past today.”
These words were just for show. No one in the Yu Residence would take them seriously.
Everyone sat down trembling.
Yu Youyao was a little upset that such a good meal had become like this. She couldn’t help but glare at Yin Huaixi.
Although she did not have much attachment to the Yu Residence, she had always had a good relationship with her brothers and sisters in the family. She also wanted to get together with them smoothly.
Yin Huaixi knew that he was in the wrong. He quickly picked up some sea cuc.u.mber with his chopsticks. “It’s your favorite sea cuc.u.mber. Try it quickly and see if it suits your taste.”
Yu Youyao and her “cousin” had a good relationship. She was used to this scene in the past, but now that her “cousin” had changed his ident.i.ty, it looked extremely shocking.
Yu Youyao also knew about Yin Huaixi. He had always politely declined sea cuc.u.mbers. As if playing a prank, she picked up a few pieces of sea cuc.u.mber and placed them on the plate in front of him.
Immediately, an eunuch stepped forward with cold sweat on his forehead to try the dishes.
He knew that this was a little inappropriate.
However, the emperor’s safety was the most important.
Yin Huaixi frowned. “Leave. I’m having dinner with the Eldest Princess. There’s no need to serve me.”
The eunuch hesitated.
At the side, Eunuch Zhu gave him a look. “The emperor is having dinner with the Eldest Princess. There’s no need to be particular about this. Leave. Don’t disturb the emperor’s mood.”
After the Eldest Princess entered the capital, the emperor had been staying in her residence. He took care of everything.
In the end, the eunuchs had served the emperor too little and almost offended him.
This small episode pa.s.sed just like that, but the hearts of the people from the Yu Residence were in turmoil.
On the 26th of December, Yu Youyao went to the Tongzhou clan.
The clansmen were extremely excited and welcomed them.
Yu Youyao had gone all the way from the County Head, Princess, and the Eldest Princess to the Empress. Her reputation for virtue had caused the Yu Clan’s reputation to reach its peak after Duke Zhonglie. No matter where the clansmen went, they had to be valued. Even those who were related to the Yu Clan received a good reputation for virtue from the Eldest Princess.
The young misses in the clan all used the Eldest Princess as a model. They read and became literate, learned incense medicine, made incense tea, learned pharmacology, and cooked medicinal cuisine. When they were in their rooms, they had already learned a lot.
The Eldest Princess was dressed in informal clothes, and she exuded a dignified aura. For some reason, the Clan Chief recalled that when the clan aunt in the capital pa.s.sed away, the Daoist priest of the Clear Void Temple had come over to perform a ritual and said, “This woman is indescribably n.o.ble.”
At that time, he did not understand what the priest meant.
She only thought that Yu Youyao had been conferred the t.i.tle of County Head and was valued by the Empress Dowager. In the future, she would definitely marry into the imperial family and gain power. Naturally, she would be extremely n.o.ble.
Unexpectedly, the word “n.o.ble” was secondary, and the main point was “indescribable”.
What kind of n.o.bility was needed to reach an indescribable level?
Didn’t her current level of n.o.bility reach an indescribable level?!
After the new emperor ascended the throne, a large number of people from the Yu Clan were employed. The Yu Clan had been conscientious for many years and did not forget their ancestral virtue. The Heavenly Dao finally rewarded them. The Yu Clan had already begun to show its prosperity in the past.
The Clan Chief personally opened the ancestral hall and welcomed Yu Youyao into the ancestral hall to pay respects to her ancestor. She paid her respects to the two stone monuments in the clan. Then, the Clan Chief gathered his clansmen to greet her.
This was probably the last time Yu Youyao, Eldest Princess Shaoyi, would return to the clan to pay respects to her ancestors and meet her clansmen.
After the post-coronation wedding, there would be a difference between the emperor and his subjects.
After that, the Clan Chief brought Yu Youyao around the clan and first went to the clan school.
All the descendants of the Yu Clan who had turned five years old had to enter the clan school to learn the history of the clan.
They could only return home after three months of studying.
First, it was to nurture the clansmen’s affiliation to the clan from a young age. Second, it was to prevent their descendants from forgetting their ancestral contributions, ancestral virtue, and ancestral career. Only by remembering the history of the clan would they know when to advance and when to retreat.
After so many years, Yu Youyao’s memory of the clan school was already very vague. She only vaguely remembered the mottled walls and some old tables and chairs.
Now that she had come to the clan school again, she realized that it had been expanded and renovated a lot. The tables and chairs were neatly arranged. The elders were in cla.s.s, and the children were holding books and shaking their heads as they memorized the history of the clan.
Yu Youyao couldn’t help but smile.
It was quite good. People had to learn history. The family history and history were all learned. As the saying went, with copper as a mirror, one could change their clothes. With history as a mirror, one could understand historical trends.
This was probably the reason why the Yu Clan’s inheritance could continue.