Concerning Parasol Tree, a gentleman does not stand beneath a perilous wall

[You frowned slightly. The Xie Manor was holding a banquet, and the Four Offices and Six Bureaus responsible for it numbered no fewer than a hundred people.]

[This was only the main courtyard's arrangement. The second courtyard had set up its own separate operation, with an entire staff that was not inferior in the slightest.]

[Of the Six Bureaus, the Bureau of Palace Affairs "handled the issuance and receipt of documents from the princely household's Six Bureaus, affixing seals to them."]

[The Bureau of Ceremonies "handled matters of rites, etiquette, and daily conduct," while the Bureau of Palace Garments "handled the number and patterns of clothing and adornments." The Bureau of Palace Cuisine managed meals; "whenever food was served to the master, the Bureau of Palace Cuisine tasted it first." The Bureau of Palace Handicrafts was the place for women's crafts, where needlework and embroidery all came from. There was also the Palace Rectification Office, which inspected the inner quarters and enforced rules and punishments. Female officials and maidservants together numbered more than two hundred, each performing their own duties.]

[The servants of every courtyard were even more countless than ants swarming toward the smell of fat. Take Xie Yuan alone—merely as a young master of the manor, he already had eight servants attending him at all times. With the head matron, retainers, singers, and courtesans included, there were dozens of people in all.]

[Whenever there was a festival or the Old Madam's birthday, the main courtyard's Bureau of Palace Cuisine alone was sufficient.]

[Even today, with distinguished guests filling the house, how could there possibly be a shortage of hands?]

[Why would a senior maid from the second courtyard come to the main courtyard to summon one insignificant maid?]

[Zhang Yuanlai also fell silent in thought, his gaze shifting