"This is just a place within the Qiankun Bag. Things I took from the estate before, like the kitchen items, I've placed them elsewhere," Huangfu Yue explained. "This is a place I specially made for people to rest."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Jiayi and the others revealed looks of realization and nodded.
"Fourth sister-in-law, are you satisfied with this place?" Huangfu Yue suddenly looked at Yang Wanqian.
Yang Wanqian nodded. There was nothing to fault here; how could she not be satisfied?
"Then you stay here. We'll go out first. When we reach the mountaintop, I'll invite you out," Huangfu Yue said.
Since someone had already been sent in, there was no need for Yang Wanqian to return to the carriage. Bringing the carriage inside the house and letting Yang Wanqian stay in the room directly was the way to go.
Yang Wanqian did not refuse, nodding again.
This place was much more spacious than the carriage and would be much more comfortable than the carriage. It was indeed much better than the carriage, and not hot at all. Anyone with a normal mind would choose to stay here rather than go back to the carriage.
"Could you please send my amah and maids in to accompany me?" Yang Wanqian asked.
"If you hadn't said it, I would have sent them in to be with you as soon as I went out. I wouldn't be at ease if you were here alone without company or care," Huangfu Yue nodded with a smile, her expression gentle and considerate.
Looking at Huangfu Yue, Yang Wanqian's heart suddenly felt warm, a warm current flowing through her.
Catching a glimpse of the food and drinks on the table, Yang Wanqian remembered that Huangfu Yue had said they were specially prepared for her, suitable for pregnant women to eat and drink, and that the children should not have them. Her heart felt even warmer.
Her sister-in-law was truly meticulous and thoughtful towards her. Although she could kill without batting an eye and was very ruthless, she was very good to her. Moreover, she could feel that her kindness was genuine!
Having such a sister-in-law was her good fortune.
"Yue'er, thank you!" Yang Wanqian said this thank you from the bottom of her heart.
"No need to thank me. We are family. You are my fourth sister-in-law, half my sister, and an important relative to me. We don't need to say 'thank you' between us," Huangfu Yue smiled even more gently and considerately at Yang Wanqian.
Hearing her sister-in-law's words, Yang Wanqian felt a surge of emotion and thought even more highly of her.
"Grandmother, Eldest sister-in-law, Second sister-in-law, Third sister-in-law, let's take the little ones out," Huangfu Yue looked at Consort Dowager Zheng and the other sisters-in-law.
Consort Dowager Zheng and Zhu Jiayi nodded. Zhong Liangshu and Yang Wanqian hesitated for a few seconds before nodding.
Both Zhong Liangshu and Yang Wanqian's eyes revealed a hint of reluctance, as if they wanted to stay.
Both of them indeed wanted to stay, but they knew that if they voiced it to Huangfu Yue, she would refuse without hesitation and would not agree. It was better not to be rebuffed, so they hesitated before finally nodding.
Huangfu Yue, with her always keen eyesight, naturally noticed the reluctance in her second and third sisters-in-law's eyes and immediately knew they wanted to stay. She felt a bit helpless.
Why did these people seem a bit lazy?
Seeing how nice it was here, they wanted to stay and rest, not go outside to climb the mountain. She had told them earlier that climbing the mountain was for their own good, to help them exercise.
Huangfu Yue did not know that Xu Yuqing wanted to stay to avoid climbing the mountain and rest, but Zhong Liangshu had other thoughts.
Huangfu Yue had the space send Consort Dowager Zheng and Zhu Jiayi, as well as Xu Yuqing, Zhong Liangshu, and the children out of the space. She followed closely behind. The small house was suddenly left with only Yang Yuqing.
Yang Yuqing immediately felt a bit lonely, but she wasn't lonely for long, as she saw her attendant amah and maids appear before her within a minute.
As soon as Huangfu Yue exited the space, without a word, she immediately sent the servants from Yang Wanqian's room into the space to accompany Yang Wanqian.
"I've sent the servants from my fourth sister-in-law's room into the Qiankun Bag to accompany my fourth sister-in-law. When we reach the mountaintop, I'll have my fourth sister-in-law and the others come out. Let's go up the mountain now."
Huangfu Yue said this to the surprised estate servants and Feng Maoyuan and his subordinates who were looking at the sudden disappearance of all the servants from Yang Wanqian's room.
"What about these carriages, Eldest Miss?" A servant pointed to the long line of carriages and asked Huangfu Yue.
"I will put them into the Qiankun Bag and take them out when needed. You don't need to worry," Huangfu Yue said, then collected all the carriages into the space and walked towards the mountain path.
Consort Dowager Zheng, supported by Yun Niang, followed her granddaughter towards the mountain path.
Seeing this, Zhu Jiayi immediately followed, simultaneously instructing her servants to hold her children and follow behind her.
Zhong Liangshu held her daughter's hand and followed behind Zhu Jiayi's group with her own servants.
Watching her two sisters-in-law lead their children and servants up the mountain, Xu Yuqing knew she should lead her children and servants to follow them, but she hesitated for a long time because she really did not want to climb the mountain.
Looking at the majestic mountain, her feet already ached.
"Second Young Madam, let's go up the mountain too," Jiang Shangyun's voice suddenly came from behind.
Xu Yuqing looked at Jiang Shangyun, a hint of displeasure in her eyes. What was he doing? Did he want to force her up the mountain too?
Seeing Xu Yuqing's displeased gaze, Jiang Shangyun gave her a look, signaling her to look at Huangfu Yue. Huangfu Yue was looking back at her.
Xu Yuqing frowned, pouted, and could only say to Amah Song, Fen'er, and Fang'er, "Let's go. Fang'er, pull Miss Ying... Jiang Shangyun, what are you doing?"
She suddenly saw Jiang Shangyun walk to a large tree by the roadside, jump up, and with his saber, cut down a branch about the thickness of a child's arm and about two meters long. She looked confused.
Others also looked at Jiang Shangyun with confusion, not knowing what he was doing cutting a branch.
Jiang Shangyun did not answer Xu Yuqing immediately. Instead, he quickly used his saber to shave off the side branches and leaves of the branch in his hand, smoothed out the rough parts, and then cut it into two sections. He handed the longer section to Xu Yuqing.
"Second Young Madam, this is for you. It will make climbing the mountain much easier if you lean on it," Jiang Shangyun said, then handed the shorter section of the branch still in his hand to Huangfu Ying.
"Miss Ying, you use this shorter branch. You won't be as tired if you lean on it while climbing," Jiang Shangyun smiled gently at Huangfu Ying with a benevolent expression.
"Thank you, Uncle Jiang," Huangfu Ying looked grateful and smiled sweetly at Jiang Shangyun.
Xu Yuqing also looked grateful at Jiang Shangyun and curved her lips into a smile.
This Jiang Shangyun was truly good, very meticulous and thoughtful.
Huangfu Yue saw everything, her eyes twinkling. Was this Jiang Shangyun too good to Xu Yuqing and her daughter... How did it feel...
Huangfu Yue looked at Consort Dowager Zheng, but found that Consort Dowager Zheng was looking at the mountain, not looking back. Clearly, she had not seen Xu Yuqing and the others just now.
"Yue'er, why are you looking at me?" Consort Dowager Zheng, seeing her granddaughter look at her, asked gently and kindly.