Seven-Day Mission Plan

"Um, Master, the Jia Clan isn't under our control right now," Ao Yulie reminded him.

Train martial arts just because they said so? Not happening.

"It'll be under my control soon. I'll handle Ningguo Mansion; you handle Rongguo Mansion." Tang Luo spoke as he rose to his feet.

No time like the present. Elder Tang acted with remarkable efficiency, immediately getting up, leaving the courtyard, and finding an old maid to lead him to Jia Zhen's courtyard.

Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion stood side by side, both enormous estates.

Outsiders could not make heads or tails of who lived where.

The old maid found it a little strange, but she said nothing and obediently led Tang Luo there.

When they reached Jia Zhen's courtyard, it was somewhat chaotic. Maids and old servants stood around, along with Ningguo Mansion's chief steward, Lai Sheng.

In the original Dream of the Red Chamber, the stewards of the Ning and Rong estates were variously called Lai Da, Lai Er, and Lai Sheng, making things rather unclear.

Things were much simpler here.

The chief stewards of both estates came from the Lai Clan. The elder brother, Lai Da, managed Rongguo Mansion, while the younger brother, Lai Sheng, managed Ningguo Mansion.

The Lai Clan had served the Jia Clan for generations and was deeply trusted.

Yet Lai Sheng standing in the courtyard at this moment seemed somewhat inappropriate.

It had nothing to do with whether an unrelated man could enter the inner residence.

This was a world of martial artists, where martial culture flourished, so restrictions between men and women were naturally not as severe.

Young ladies of great families were not confined indoors, forbidden even from being seen by unrelated men.

Emperor Kaiyuan even strongly encouraged women to practice martial arts and had specially established