The two fine horses pulled the spacious carriage, the iron-clad wheels clacking over the smooth bluestone slabs, stopping at the entrance of Mandarin Duck Tower at Xingqing Square.
"Brother Bai, this is one of the top spots in Yihai Prefecture, with chefs specially hired from Celestial Water Prefecture, who once wielded the ladle in the inner sect of the Meridian Sword Sect, adept at medicinal cuisines and precious banquets."
He Jingfeng is now considered the acting head of the main branch, with He Lichang, having lost two sons, appearing increasingly aged and seldom making an appearance.
The various income and expenditures of the mansion are managed by this Seventh Young Master, essentially controlling the purse strings.
In the past, he lived a life of hawking and dog racing, indulging in pleasures and thus being mistaken for a flower-embroidered pillow.
Yet now, he manages affairs quite properly, in an orderly manner, with no visible faults to pick at.
