Chapter 51 - 45 Hesitation
Zhao Hanzhang returned to the Qingyi Pavilion, and finally, Uncle Cheng, who had been missing, came to find her. Upon seeing Zhao Hanzhang, he knelt to listen to her orders.
Zhao Hanzhang noticed his weary complexion, as if he had aged ten years overnight. She swiftly reached out to help him up and pointed to the wooden couch opposite the low table, saying, "Uncle Cheng, sit down and talk, and have something to warm your stomach."
She turned her head and instructed Ting He, "Go and bring another bowl of white porridge."
"Yes."
Uncle Cheng, seeing she was eating only a bowl of white porridge without even a dish of small side dishes, couldn’t help but sigh, "Third Lady, please mourn but don’t grieve excessively. Second Lady and Second Son still rely on you."
"I don’t have much appetite either," Zhao Hanzhang asked, "The personnel arrangement for our house..."
"Everything follows the lady’s previous arrangement. Qingyi Pavilion and Song’an Courtyard are now staffed with our people. They are all on the dowry list and are loyal and devoted, while others have been transferred to the front under the guise of organizing the funeral."
Song’an Courtyard is where Mrs. Wang resides, and Zhao Erlang still lives in Zhao Hanzhang’s side room. As long as they hold these two courtyards, the safety of the three of them, the mother and children, is not a problem.
Zhao Hanzhang nodded slightly, "The West Corner Gate can’t be neglected either. The routes must be filled with our people."
"Yes, I know. That’s the gate that Third Lady uses to connect with the outside." Uncle Cheng paused and said, "Second Uncle’s intention is that the main focus now is to properly organize the master’s funeral, and the rest can wait until after the funeral."