Currently, Guilin Restaurant's profits still had to cover Countess Jing 'an's medical expenses. Moreover, the Matriarch had already given Guilin Restaurant's title deed to Chu Lian.

If Guilin Restaurant were to really be returned to the public domain now, it would probably be inappropriate.

The Matriarch thought about how Chu Lian was still in the north and sighed. "Xiangyun, what do you think I should do?"

Senior Nurse Liu furrowed her brows. After a moment, she said, "Why don't we confiscate Guilin Restaurant's profits for the past two months? When Third Young Mistress returns from the north, the Matriarch will return Guilin Restaurant. What do you think?"

Matriarch He's eyes brightened. She immediately nodded. "Let's do that for now."

The Matriarch's private property wasn't inexhaustible. None of the families in the estate were good at business. She had to subsidize this and that, and she also had to prepare for He Erlang's wedding. In reality, there wasn't much left.

Now that Sister Ying was about to return, although her daughter was a good-for-nothing when she was young, she was the one who carried her for ten months. Now that she had left her husband's family, she was all alone and had a daughter who had just reached marriageable age. How could she not be considerate?

Children were debts owed by their parents. No matter how clear-headed the Matriarch was usually, she might not be able to deal with her children's matters with a clear head.

"Mu Xiang, come with me to Guilin Restaurant in a while," Senior Nurse Liu instructed.

Mu Xiang, who was sewing at the side, was stunned. She seemed to be in a daze.

Senior Nurse Liu glanced at her. Seeing that she was uneasy, she asked curiously, "Mu Xiang, what's wrong?

Are you not feeling well? "

Mu Xiang finally snapped out of her daze. She hurriedly shook her head and answered respectfully, "Matriarch, Senior Nurse, this servant is fine."

Nanny Liu laughed and jokingly said, "Don't think about your marriage because you're getting old!

Don't worry, you're the Matriarch's most capable maidservant. When you get married in the future, the Matriarch will definitely treat you well. "

Mu Xiang timidly said, "Senior Nurse, that's not true. This servant wants to serve the Matriarch for the rest of my life."

Old Matriarch He smiled and tapped her forehead, "Alright, look at you. In the afternoon, go with Xiangyun to Guilin Ju and explain things to the steward there. Take ten taels of silver from this old one and buy some clothes and jewelry for the two of you."

Senior Servant Liu smiled and bowed to Old Matriarch with Mu Xiang.

On the night of Little New Year's Eve.

It was rare for all of Duke Jing 'an's estate's masters to return from the capital. They gathered together in the reception pavilion in the front courtyard for a meal.

However, the entire table couldn't be filled to the brim. Countess Jing 'an was still bedridden because she was angry earlier.

Only Dalang's family and the Matriarch were seated at a huge round table.

The pregnant Miaozhen was kept by Countess Jing 'an's side to nurture the fetus.

This meal was really depressing.

Matriarch He let out a long sigh, "Dalang, is there any news of Erlang and Sanlang?"

He Changqi knew that his grandmother was worried. The He family didn't have many masters to begin with, and most of the men were working outside. How could he say anything in front of his grandmother? Of course, he would only tell her the good news.

"Grandmother, don't worry. Erlang is investigating the case with Prince Jin in Zhangzhou and has made some progress. If nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely come back for the New Year.

Third Sister-in-law is in the north, so Sanlang will be taken care of! "

Old Matriarch let out a long sigh and instantly lost her appetite. She put down her chopsticks and reached out for Mu Xiang, who was behind her, to help her stand up. "It's getting late, and this old one is tired. You two young ones eat slowly. This old one will go back and rest first.

Don't forget to visit your mother after the meal. "

"Grandson understands. Grandmother, take care."

"Alright, there's no need to send me off. Spend more time with your wife and two daughters."

Not long after the Matriarch left, He Changqi lifted his robe and stood up. He didn't even look at Madam Zou and strode away.

Madam Zou glared at He Changqi's retreating figure, her nails digging into her palms.

In Songtao Yuan, Gui Momo and Zhong Momo were celebrating the Little New Year with the maidservants in the courtyard.

Since the mistress wasn't around and there were only servants in the house, the two Nannies in charge didn't dare to make a big deal out of it, so the servants gathered together to have a meal.

After the meal, the two Nannies brought a few senior maidservants to manage the affairs in the warm room.

Xiyan seriously recorded the account books and placed the account books that Guilin Restaurant sent over this morning on the table.

Gui Momo and Zhong Momo were making new clothes for Chu Lian and asked with a smile, "How much profit did our Third Young Mistress' Guilin Restaurant make last month?"

Xiyan was stunned at the mention of this. She took a deep breath to suppress the anger in her heart.

"Momo, don't mention it. No matter how much profit we made last month, it has nothing to do with our Grandmother."

Gui Momo and Zhong Momo looked at each other strangely and asked, "Why?

Guilin Restaurant is run by Third Young Mistress.

Although we borrowed the old restaurant that Matriarch gave us, the title deed is still under Third Young Mistress' name! "

Xiyan was clearly infuriated. Her usual magnanimity and composure were nowhere to be seen. She snorted coldly and said, "So what if it's our grandmother's? Our grandmother is a junior after all. How can she suppress her elders? Look, with just a word from the Matriarch, our grandmother's Guilin Restaurant's monthly profits will be confiscated.

She didn't even keep ten percent of it! "

Gui Momo and Zhong Momo were shocked. They clearly hadn't expected Matriarch to do this.

In truth, even if Matriarch had personally said this, it wouldn't make sense.

That Guilin Restaurant now completely belonged to Chu Lian!

The three of them had a bad premonition in their hearts.

Zhong Momo pondered for a moment before saying, "What do you think Matriarch means?

Could it be that she wants Guilin Restaurant back? "

Gui Momo and Xiyan fell silent.

After a while, Xiyan clenched her teeth and finally said, "Forget it. Third Young Mistress was really thoughtful before she left. Back then, I thought our Grandmother was overthinking things. It turns out that something like this really could happen. It looks like we can't just sit here and do nothing."

Gui Momo and Zhong Momo looked at Xiyan in surprise. Did Third Young Mistress leave Xiyan with other instructions before she left?

Now that things had come to this, Xiyan didn't need to hide it anymore. Moreover, Gui Momo and Zhong Momo were both people Chu Lian trusted.

It turned out that Chu Lian had already considered this situation before she left for the Northern Region. She wrote down a plan and gave it to Xiyan, telling her not to use it unless it was absolutely necessary. Xiyan originally didn't plan on opening the letter, but now she had no choice.

"Alright, Momo, do you really think our Third Young Mistress is easy to bully?"

After hearing Xiyan's words, Gui Momo and Zhong Momo finally smiled.

They were talking in the warm room when a servant girl announced that Miss Jin Xiu, who served Princess Duanjia of the Wei household, had arrived.

Xiyan's face lit up. "Invite her in."

The three of them personally went to the courtyard to welcome her.

Not long after, Jin Xiu was invited into the warm room.

The servant girl served tea. Jin Xiu looked at the three people's expressions and her expression changed slightly. She asked, "I see that the three of you don't look too good. Is there any difficulty with the matters in the courtyard?"

When Chu Lian was in Shengjing, her best friend was Princess Duanjia. She had even saved Princess Duanjia's life. When Chu Lian went to the Northern Region, Princess Wei had specially sent guards from the Wei household to follow her.

Xiyan and the others were the closest people to Chu Lian. She didn't hide anything from Jin Xiu and told her everything that had happened in Guilin Restaurant.

Jin Xiu frowned. Although she was a member of the Wei household, from the perspective of a bystander, Matriarch He's actions weren't right.

"Do you need our princess' help?"

Xiyan hurriedly shook her head. "How could we trouble the princess? Our grandmother isn't someone who can be bullied easily. Third Young Mistress left us a plan. We can deal with it."

Jin Xiu nodded. "Alright, then you should be careful. After all, we are all servants. Our identities are different from our masters."

Xiyan brought the dried fruits and other snacks in front of Jin Xiu for her to taste.

"I wonder if Sister Jin Xiu has anything important to do this time."

Jin Xiu hurriedly put down the snacks in her hand and dusted her hands. She turned around and took a small bundle from the hands of a servant girl standing behind her.

"I was so focused on chatting that I almost forgot the important matter that Princess Wei and Princess Wei told me to do."

As she spoke, Jin Xiu opened the small bundle in front of Xiyan, Gui Momo, and Zhong Momo.

There were a few exquisite long boxes and a set of luxurious clothes in the bundle.

Jin Xiu carefully took out the clothes and explained, "This is a set of clothes made from Silkworm Shu brocade that our Princess Wei obtained from Mianzhou. She made two sets in total. One is light yellow and the other is cherry blossom colored. Xiangjun is of the same size as our princess, so Princess Wei specially asked me to bring one set for Xiangjun."

Xiyan and the others hurriedly took the clothes and thanked Princess Wei on Chu Lian's behalf.

Even when Chu Lian wasn't in the capital, Princess Wei still thought of her when making clothes for the princess. It could be seen how much Princess Wei liked Chu Lian.

Xiyan, Gui Momo, and the others were also happy for Chu Lian from the bottom of their hearts.

The Duke of Ying's Mansion couldn't be counted on. If Princess Wei could be Chu Lian's backing, then even if Chu Lian became estranged from her maiden family in the future, the noble ladies in the capital still wouldn't dare to underestimate her.

Jin Xiu then opened a few exquisite pear wood boxes.

"This box contains Xiangjun's dividends from the jewelry shop this month. Since Xiangjun isn't in the mansion, you should help Xiangjun keep it first. The box next to it contains jewelry made by the shop's master. Our princess personally chose them to give to Xiangjun."

Before leaving Shengjing, Chu Lian and Princess Duanjia jointly opened a jewelry shop. At that time, the two agreed that the manpower and shop space of the shop would be handed over to Princess Duanjia. Chu Lian would be responsible for drawing those novel jewelry patterns.

When Chu Lian left, she sent the jewelry patterns to Princess Duanjia, but the shop hadn't opened yet.

It wasn't until the beginning of November that the jewelry shop "Treasure House" opened.

The banknotes sent by Jin Xiu were also Chu Lian's first dividends from the jewelry shop.

Xiyan, Nanny Zhong, and Nanny Gui looked at the thick stack of banknotes in the wooden box and were a little stunned. Was this a month's dividend?

Jin Xiu seemed to know what they were thinking. She smiled slightly, "Nanny and Younger Sister Xiyan, don't be surprised. If you go to Treasure House and take a look for yourself, you will know that this is still a small amount. It's almost the New Year. All the aristocratic families in the capital come to the shop to order jewelry and head ornaments. At the end of the year, the dividends for this month will at least double than the previous month!"