Mrs. Yuan asked again, "Has Wanwan gone out now?" The maid behind her, Fu Yinan, replied, "She hasn’t gone out yet. There’s word from the courtyard that Lady Lin has gone back to bed." Mrs. Yuan was surprised, "Wasn’t she supposed to go to Ge Xian Temple today to deliver the medical book to Immortal Sun? How come she’s gone back to sleep?" Everyone in the room exchanged glances. Who could guess? That young lady Lin always has her antics. Compared to the one in Bamboo Garden, she’s not far behind. However, it’s not that they don’t like her. After all, she’s very generous, and no one dislikes having a lavish spender around. Lin Wanwan woke up from her sleep to find it already late morning with the sun high in the sky. She wasn’t in a hurry to go to the modern world to fetch the medical book scrolls but instead continued making activated charcoal. The charcoal powder mixed with calcium chloride solution had been standing from the previous day till now for twenty-four hours and was ready for the final step of heating and activation, a process that would take an hour and a half. Lin Wanwan only needed to explain how it should be done; the rest would be handled by Kun Lun and Hua Nong. Lin Wanwan then took the opportunity to return to the modern world to continue her unfinished medical book transcriptions. "Phew, finally done!" Two hours later, Lin Wanwan blew on the ink on the paper, put down the pen, and sighed with relief. She then began to check other people’s scrolls and packed them all into a large cotton bag to take back to the Great Tang later. At this time, it was noon in the Great Tang and ten o’clock in the evening in the modern world; Lin Wanwan took a moment to stretch her arms while reading messages on her phone. Lu Shouyue sent a message saying he was in Yu City and asked where she was and if she was available to go boating on the lake together. Lin Wanwan replied, "Sorry, I’ve been busy brewing a novel recently, staying in seclusion." Lu Shouyue responded, "What is the title of the book by the great writer? I would like to read it." Lin Wanwan replied, "Haha, it’s still in the brewing stage, and my pen name is a secret." After chatting with Lu Shouyue for a few more lines and replying to some scattered messages, she watched a few videos sent by Chen Jinyu about his time as a trainee and encouraged him with some words. Her social interactions in the modern world were thus completed. After putting the last scroll into the cloth bag, she opened the Space-Time Gate and returned to the Great Tang, where the activated charcoal was also nearly completed. In the water tank that Lin Wanwan had cleaned and dried the previous day, she laid a layer of clean sand and gravel, followed by a layer of activated charcoal, thus completing a simple filter. She poured well water into it and left the rest to time. "Let’s go, pay respects to Aunt Yuan and pick up little Qingyu." Lin Wanwan left Hong Yan to watch the house and took Hua Nong and Kun Lun to the main house. Little Qingyu was happily playing with several cousins. This new miniaturized villa toy, complete with a full set of miniature furniture and dolls, was something the children of the Xiao Family had never seen before, and they instantly fell in love with it. Lin Wanwan asked little Qingyu if she wanted to leave with her. Little Qingyu thought for a few seconds, clapped her hands, and stood up, saying to her cousins, "Let’s play again when I come back. I need to go to the mountain with my mom." "Ah, little Qingyu, don’t go, stay for a little longer," the little cousin tried to persuade her to stay. In reality, it was not little Qingyu she couldn’t part with but rather the entire set of toy villas. Little Qingyu was a very generous child; seeing others enjoying playing with it, she generously said, "You can play with my toy first, just return it to me when I come back." The little ones did not have a clear concept of "giving" and "borrowing." At Lin Family Manor, it was the same; she often "gave" her toys to Dayu and Little Crab one day and took them back the next. "Oh, okay, okay!" The Xiao children immediately agreed, afraid that little Qingyu might change her mind. After little Qingyu handled her children’s circle social affairs, Lin Wanwan took her to pay respects to Aunt Yuan. The latter didn’t delay them and promptly sent a carriage to take them to Ge Xian Temple. Lin Wanwan still rode Xiao Chong’s Crimson Horse, while little Qingyu and Hua Nong sat in the carriage driven by Kun Lun; Yun Shang and Rongrong were left to mind the house today. Just after Lin Wanwan and the others left, the two daughters-in-law who had been chatting leisurely with Mrs. Yuan over tea withdrew, leaving only the concubine, Madam Pan, and Fu Yinan behind to serve. Soon after, a cleaning maid from Lin Wanwan’s courtyard quietly approached the main house, peeking inside the main hall from the entrance, and was spotted by Fu Yinan, who was coming out with some water. She asked, "What’s the news from the courtyard?" The maid smiled fawningly, "Back to Madam Fu, they made something new over there. They were busy with the charcoal powder all day yesterday and today roasted it into charcoal blocks and tossed them into the water tank. I’m not sure what it’s for, so I thought to report to the lady so she knows." Fu Yinan slightly lifted her chin and said, "Got it, you may go now. Don’t come running here without a reason. It’s not good if their people see you. The lady specially left a personal maid today, so watch yourself. There will be consequences." "Yes, yes, I understand, thanks to Madam Fu for the advice," the maid responded with a fawning smile. Fu Yinan gave her two copper coins as a reward, and the maid, profusely thanking her, withdrew. As Mrs. Yuan’s dowry maid, Fu Yinan was already taken in by Xiao Yan and should have been a concubine, considering her status and closeness. Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⚫𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦⚫𝘯𝘦𝘵 But luck was not on Fu Yinan’s side. Over the years, Madam Pan next door had given birth to one son (who died young) and two daughters, while Fu Yinan had not borne any children for over a decade, leaving her with no recognized status beyond the bedroom maid role. Nevertheless, because she was at least Mrs. Yuan’s dowry maid and also in the room of Xiao Yan, she naturally held the highest rank among the other servants in the main house. Thus, she enjoyed showing her superiority in front of other servants, who, due to hierarchy, were willing to flatter her. "Who was that outside just now?" Mrs. Yuan lounged on the Imperial Concubine’s Couch, taking a nap. Fu Yinan laughed, "Just some small matters in the courtyard, nothing to trouble the lady with. I brought the hot water. Madam Pan, please help the lady with her foot bath." Madam Pan quickly got up to fetch the wooden bucket, smiling, "Thank you, sister." "Ah, sitting for a long time is tiring; soaking my feet would be nice too. Go, summon Jingfeng’s wife to come and read scripture for me." Mrs. Yuan’s life could be considered complete, having already accomplished the task of having children, with both the eldest and second sons married with families. Now her main concern was her only daughter Xiao Xianghua’s marriage. The incident at the polo field yesterday, where her daughter was slighted, still lingered in Mrs. Yuan’s mind. Although her maternal niece and daughter-in-law, little Mrs. Yuan, had handled the situation delicately, she was evidently more satisfied with Lin Wanwan standing up for her daughter. Even knowing her daughter-in-law considered the bigger picture, her own daughter was the one who endured humiliation, and she couldn’t possibly be impartial, could she?