Shuqi wanted to take on the task, but Lin Wanwan sent him away.
She instructed him to teach the male servants in the manor martial arts, claiming that the family's defensive capabilities needed to be increased.
But the techniques had already been taught to these servants long ago; now, it was just a matter of daily practice. Why did he need to supervise their training again?
But in this matter, Lin Wanwan had the final say, and even Lord Xiao Chong didn't oppose her. What could a mere guard say?
The Great Tang didn't have the custom of pasting couplets; they usually hung peachwood charms.
The so-called peachwood charms were pictures of the two door gods "Shentu" and "Yu Lei" drawn on wood boards, or their names written on peachwood, hung over the door to ward off evil.
But Lin Wanwan liked to paste "Fu" characters and Spring Festival couplets. When she was little, her grandparents used to paste them with her every year—full of New Year spirit.
