Zhou Lan's Arrangements

"Your mother and Chengmao are here too. Go see them first! We'll eat together tonight, and tomorrow, you'll roll back to Fuzhou City and wait for orders!" Yang Zhengshan said, annoyed.

He had sent messages to all the assistant regional commanders, telling them to prepare for campaign, not telling them to come to Chongshan Pass.

None of the other assistant regional commanders had come. Only Yang Mingzhi had run over alone. This fellow was being a little unruly.

"Yes!" Yang Mingzhi answered, then obediently withdrew from the room.

Yang Zhengshan stayed busy at the Regional Commander's Mansion until dusk, then returned to the rear courtyard of the Regional Commander's Mansion that night to reunite with his family.

The rear courtyard of the Regional Commander's Mansion still belonged to Zhou Lan. The Yang Family were temporarily staying in the side courtyard.

In any case, Zhou Lan was only one person. With the Yang Family staying in the side courtyard, it could hardly be called a dove occupying a magpie's nest.

It was rare to hold a family banquet in Chongshan Town, so Yu Qingyi invited over the family members from each household.

The men still had matters to attend to and had no time to come to the banquet, but most of the womenfolk had nothing to do and had time to come over for a small gathering.

Now was not a time for celebration, and Yu Qingyi did not make a grand affair of it either. She simply had the servants prepare a few tables of food, and everyone gathered together to chat for a while.

When the night was deep and all was quiet, the crowd dispersed. Yang Zhengshan called Song Dashan, Yang Mingzhi, and Yang Minghao into the tea room.

The four sat together, and Yang Minghao brewed