Back in the East Palace, Pei Yan went directly to his Zixiao Palace, while Tao Ti went back to her Yaoguang Palace.

After lunch, Tao Ti went back to the house to take a nap under Linglong's service.

When she woke up again, a crowd of people was already waiting outside the main hall.

Tao Ti sat on the bed, confused, "Are they...?"

Linglong folded her hands in front of her and replied respectfully, "Back to the Crown Princess, those coming outside are the supervisors from the Third Temple and the Fifth Bureau of the East Palace. They are here to pay their respects to the Crown Princess and at the same time hand over the palace affairs of the East Palace."

Palace manager? Tao Ti frowned slightly and pondered for a moment. She stood up and said, "You dress up with me first, and by the way, tell me what these three temples and five bureaus are all about."

Linglong agreed and hurriedly helped her get out of bed.

…

After about a stick of incense, Tao Ti opened the curtain and walked to the main hall. She saw a group of internal officials wearing light cyan, dark cyan, navy blue, light red, brown red, and dark red standing neatly according to their official rank.

Seeing the Crown Princess coming out, all the officials said in unison, "I will pay my respects to the Crown Princess. May the Crown Princess be blessed and safe."

Tao Ti walked slowly to the seat and calmly stood down, "Everyone, please excuse me."

Only then did everyone get up.

Tao Ti glanced at them. There were men and women. The eunuchs wore green robes of different colors, while the female officials wore red robes of different colors.

After thinking for a while, she said, "Please introduce yourselves first."

Everyone in the audience looked at each other, then followed the instructions and introduced them in order——

"Yuan Lichun, the superintendent of the Dianshan Bureau, is in charge of eating and tasting the food in the East Palace."

"Sun Wenmei, Supervisor of the Chen Medicine Collection Bureau, is in charge of Donggong Medicine."

"Hu Dezhong, the official supervisor of the direct bureau, is in charge of seals, clothes, umbrellas and fans, several cases, pens and inkstones, and walls. He is responsible for the official clothes, fans, and Han Dynasties, etc. [1]"

"..."

By the time the sixteen people in the audience had finished their introductions, the time for one stick of incense had passed.

Tao Ti has a good memory, and after seeing this once, she has a general idea.

She straightened her waist, sat upright, with a gentle and calm smile on her face, and said softly, "I have just arrived in the East Palace. I don't understand many things yet, so I have to learn slowly. I hope you can give me some advice and help me in the future."

Manage the affairs of the East Palace well."

After that, she said to Linglong, "Go and bring the plate of silver that you brought back today."

Linglong was a little surprised and didn't dare to ask any more questions, so she hurried back to the house to get it.

A whole tray was neatly arranged with silver ingots, shining brightly in the afternoon sun.

This was all rewarded by Emperor Zhaokang in the morning, and Tao Ti didn't feel too bad about it.

She calculated in her mind and determined that the number was almost the same, so she gave each supervisor and deputy supervisor one ingot of silver ingots. There were still sixteen ingots of silver ingots left, so she gave two ingots to each department and let them work on their own.

Convert it into broken silver and reward it to your subordinates.

This rich and powerful operation shocked the officials of Sansi and Wu Bureau.

Carrying the heavy silver ingots, they all thanked the Crown Princess.

As the old saying goes, eating people is soft-spoken, and taking advantage of others is short-handed. If when they first came to the Yaoguang Palace to meet, they still looked down on the Crown Princess, but now, they only think that the Crown Princess is humble, tolerant, and friendly to the servants.

He is not as eccentric and sarcastic as the rumors outside.

After a cordial and friendly conversation, Tao Ti also had a general understanding of the affairs of the East Palace. She was equivalent to a boss. She only needed to check the work of various departments every few days, so it was not a troublesome matter.

Before I knew it, the afternoon passed.

After the officials in each department resigned, Linglong brought six more people to Tao Ti.

Tao Ti glanced at it, and the memory in her mind told her that these were her dowry girls and nanny.

"Princess, Your Highness is worried that you won't be able to get used to the people in the East Palace, so he asked them to come back to serve you." Linglong said.

"Your Highness is interested." Pei Yan is such a considerate little angel. She just mentioned it casually in the morning, but he actually remembered it.

The six people included maids and mothers-in-law. Tao Ti told them to pay attention to the palace rules and asked Linglong to take them down to settle down.

Tao Ti was not idle either. After she returned to the house, she looked through the East Palace account books and her dowry book.

There is a saying that as the legitimate daughter of the Hou family, this dowry is quite impressive. It contains more than five pages of farmland shops, jewelry, gold, silver, calligraphy and painting, etc.

Tao Ti held her chin and thought, if Pei Yan really didn't live to be twenty-three, and she and his wife would divorce, this dowry would ensure that they would have enough food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

Just when she was thinking about her future life as a rich little woman, a maid came in with a cup of tea. Seeing that there was no one else around, the maid immediately made a crying look and said, "Girl, I've really suffered you. The prince didn't bully you yesterday."

You?"

"Your Highness did not bully me." Tao Ti blurted out, but only later did she remember that this maid was named Zi Shuang, and she was the confidant of the original owner.

"What happened yesterday, His Highness didn't blame you?" Zi Shuang looked surprised, "Girl, please don't hide this from me."

Tao Ti looked strange, "Why should I hide it from you?"

Zi Shuang was dumbfounded for a moment, as if she wanted to find a clue from Tao Ti's expression, but when she saw her relaxed and contented look, she seemed to have really not been bullied?

"Your Highness, you don't blame me for being the best." Zi Shuang said angrily, "Since the girl has married into the East Palace, don't do that stupid thing again. If the girl really doesn't like your Highness, the worst she can do is pay the prince some money after some time.

Concubine, please distract the prince’s energy so that we can have some peace and quiet.”

Hearing this, Tao Ti's eyes moved slightly and she looked at Zi Shuang thoughtfully.

Zi Shuang met Tao Ti's gaze, paused in her heart, and said rather uncomfortably, "Miss, why are you looking at this slave like this?"

"It's nothing." Tao Ti was silent and then said calmly, "I don't need anyone to serve me now, so you can go down first."

Zi Shuang did not move immediately.

Tao Ti raised her eyebrows and looked at her sideways, "Is there anything else?"

Zi Shuang was stunned, "No, no, girl, that slave has left first."

"Oh, wait."

"Eh?"

"Now that I have married into the East Palace, you must also change your words from now on. Don't call me girl anymore. Call me Crown Princess or Master instead."

"...Yes, I have remembered this." Zi Shuang lowered her head and replied. When she walked out of the inner room, she couldn't help but look back.

Strange, why does the girl look different today? The whole person's spirit has become bright and open, and she is no longer like before, always complaining with a bitter face. Is it possible that if you get married, you can have a good life?

Such a big change?

After Tao Ti read the dowry booklet and the East Palace ledger, it was getting dark outside.

She opened her arms and stretched, and asked Linglong beside her leisurely, "Is it almost time to have dinner?"

Linglong said, "If the Crown Princess is hungry, my servant will go and pass on the food."

"Is His Highness still dealing with official business? Will he come over to have dinner with me?" Tao Ti asked casually.

"This..." Linglong didn't dare to answer for sure, so she just said, "The Crown Princess may send someone to invite His Highness. Maybe Your Highness will come?"

Tao Ti pondered for a moment, "Okay, find someone to invite you."

Thinking of the attitude of the second princess Pei Lingbi today, she felt that she needed to remind Pei Yan. Alas, a simple and kind person like the prince, how could he know that this world is dangerous.

I have to give this poor little guy a heads up.

*****

East Palace, Zixiao Palace.

A bright moon hangs high in the sky, and its bright white light shines through the window like a veil and shines slantingly on the desk.

Pei Yan, who has a handsome figure, is sitting at the table, turning over a book with one hand and tapping the table from time to time, thoughtfully.

The guard Zhan Ping stepped forward and called softly, "Your Highness."

Pei Yan didn't raise his head and said calmly, "What's the matter?"

"Someone came from the Crown Princess and asked if Your Highness would go to her place for dinner?"

Hearing this, Pei Yan paused in turning the book, remained silent for a moment, and said, "Just say that I still have some matters to deal with, so I won't go through with it... Let her eat and drink by herself, and I will go see her later.

"

Seeing that the prince's response was so gentle, Zhan Ping knitted his thick eyebrows and said angrily, "Your Highness, you are just too kind. That girl... the princess is not worthy of you being so kind to her. If it were a subordinate who married such a

My wife, I must leave her alone and let her cry on her own."

As the left guard of the East Palace and the commander of the prince's personal soldiers, Zhan Ping has always been close to the prince. Yesterday, the prince committed suicide by taking poison, and it was he who personally went to ask for the doctor. Therefore, he did not have a good impression of the prince.

She is so ignorant.

Zhanping continued, "Your Highness, you can't spoil her. You can't spoil this woman. Who knows if she will bite her nose and do something even more outrageous..."

Seeing that he was getting more and more energetic as he spoke, Pei Yan raised his head, tapped his heavy temple, and whispered, "Aping, you talk too much."

The well-known chatterbox Zhan from the East Palace was stunned. Seeing that the prince's face was not very good, he hurriedly shut his mouth.

Pei Yan put the volume in his hand aside, as if thinking about something. After a long while, he softly said, "She has become a little different."
To be continued...