Year of the Boar, Tenth Month, Day 17.

I have been run ragged this past day or two trying to ready the House for the delegation. The Diplomats finally appear to have decided that they would prefer to keep their posts for now and have begun cooperating more fully. It is with relief that I can therefore report that Court silks are laundered and pressed as is the servants' livery for such an occasion.
The House has enough to clothe every servant who will be seen by any of the visitors for six days if each one of them wears the same set for three days. The laundry will be working 24 sticks a day in shifts so the servants, at least, will look pristine for the duration of the delegation.
Further to this, the sleeping arrangements have been finalised; each visiting servant will share a room with one of Dying Crane's servants excepting Rani's personal maids who will share the ante-chamber as Yuika's do.
We have no information from the scrolls about whether this is the custom in the Seventh but since they are visitors, they will just have to adapt to Dying Crane's customs on this issue since the House is not designed in a way which would allow Rani's maids to have rooms close enough to her should she need them during the night.
I feel a good deal more settled about matters than I have recently and were it not for Yuika's quite abominable behaviour, I would be actively looking forward to this delegation. The idea of hearing about the Seventh first hand instead of having to read scrolls is so exciting but it is marred by the situation in the House. If Yuika does not start behaving appropriately then the rest of Rani's tour will no doubt be accompanied by gossip about how dreadful Dying Crane's Hospitality was. Why I should care about that so much, I cannot say but I do not that I do not want my name mentioned in relation to a terrible stay at Dying Crane...
It occurred to me belatedly that word may reach Pale Twilight, by which I mean Mother of course, about the fact that I am here and managing the Diplomats and therefore, the House. Perhaps I should speak to Yuika about introducing myself as someone else. Am I also to wear Dying Crane's silks and not Pale Twilight's? Can I make such a bold move and distance myself so completely from my own House? If I do that... will there be any going back...? Do I want there to be...? One thing is certain; if I do choose to wear my own silks and give my name and rank, Mother will absolutely know where I am once Rani and her delegation reach Pale Twilight, if gossip does not reach her faster than that. While I might have left Pale Twilight in search of answers at Purple Lightning before that, there is no way Yuika will cope with a visit by Mother's representatives...  This requires more thought, especially in light of Yuika's current attitude.
 I did, indeed have to drag her into the Hall to eat as I will continue to do if she cannot be trusted to go herself but my punishment for that is a complete lack of cooperation on any matter at all. She will not answer questions about the arrangements for the delegation, she will not sign any orders allowing me to assign duties or order consignments we will need. I have had to acquire her seal by asking Diplomats go and ask her about completely unrelated matters and hope that she does not notice what she is signing.
She has been sitting on her verandah seemingly looking at her garden for sticks on end, speaking to no one and refusing to be coaxed into even going to the bath house. I am at a loss. I know I am doing the right thing; it is not as if I torture her for amusement or for my own gain and what I cannot understand is why she has suddenly begun to act as though I am an enemy who wishes her harm...