In spring, it gets dark later, especially when the weather is fine.

Huan Yue also took action and tidied up the rear hall.

The rear hall is quite spacious, with five bays in width and four bays in depth. Although the eaves are not as wide as those of the main hall in front, the interior is three bays deep.

The central room, with the main hall in front and no back door, was used by Huan Yue as a storeroom.

The place is quite large, and it contains a lot of things.

The east side room was used as a sleeping quarters.

The last changing room contains a bathtub; the middle room is spacious and has a carved canopy bed; the outermost room is like a living room, simply furnished for now, with more things to be added later.

Because it was their wedding day, the decorations were still festive.

The east wing was used as a storeroom, where silver was kept, along with everyday clothes and other items.

With so much fine silk and satin bestowed upon her now, she can slowly make clothes out of it, so even if they become too short, she won't lack clothes to wear.

The west side room will be used as a study. It's been cleaned up for now, and we'll gradually rearrange it later.

The west wing was used as a storeroom to collect calligraphy and paintings, as well as many other antiques and rare treasures.

If some are placed in the back hall, the front Chengen Hall will be less empty.

The rear hall was originally intended to be a storeroom, so a portion of it was set aside to provide living space and objects for daily enjoyment.

You can live normally in the front, and there will be normal things there.

Or multiple bedrooms, which is a very normal practice.

There are three side rooms on each side of the rear hall for the servants. The master may use them if he wishes.

The female official suggested, "Why don't we have a meal in the east wing?"

Huan Yue thought it was a good idea: "We can have a meal in one tea room, and the tea room faces the flower garden directly outside. We should decorate it nicely."

The lady-in-waiting thought it was fine; although the garden was just outside the back door, staying inside the Qing'e Palace was a different matter.

It was getting dark, and Huan Yue was so busy that he hadn't even had dinner yet.

The eunuch quickly brought over a food box. The small kitchen in Qing'e Palace hadn't been lit yet.

Huan Yue didn't wash properly; he planned to wash up and go to sleep after he finished eating.

After tidying up briefly, she sat down at the dining table. For dinner, she requested a bowl of porridge, and the cook prepared four side dishes.

That's quite a feast.

Huan Yue was about to eat when there was another commotion outside.

Before the situation in the east corner could be dealt with, Yuzhu bravely climbed to the doorway.

Then the Crown Prince's eunuchs came over and carried a lot of things.

Huan Yue came out, looking rather bewildered.

An official relayed the message: "His Highness has gifted 20,000 taels of silver and 16 antique treasures. If the furnishings in Cheng'en Hall are insufficient, we can ask His Highness for more."

Huan Yue thanked the emperor with great seriousness.

The eunuch dropped off his things and ran off. He hadn't expected the Crown Princess to be so unaware that they wouldn't be involved in the dowry arrangements.

Everyone in Qing'e Palace looked at the Empress with surprise. His Highness was giving her so much silver, which was a great honor!

Several eunuchs were watching over the Empress.

Huan Yue said, "Fortunately, there's space in the back. I'll carry it in in a bit. You can all go and rest."

That won't do. Even if the Empress can lock the copper lock with her bare hands, the servants will still have to do the actual work.

Since the Empress has specified the location, we will move it to the back of the main hall.

Huan Yue quickly went to drink the porridge, otherwise it would get cold.

While eating stir-fried bamboo shoots, she thought to herself, "What is that scoundrel thinking? Twenty thousand taels of silver isn't something you can just give away casually."

The Pei family had to exhaust all of Xia's resources to scrape together that money. Otherwise, they would have had to use the Pei family's entire fortune.

The Pei family still has some wealth, so it's time for them to start accumulating more. They'll do anything under the guise of the Crown Princess.

Huan Yue ate with great relish and finished it all.

The young palace maid asked with a smile, "Have you eaten your fill?"

Huan Yue nodded. A light meal is enough for dinner.

Or as long as you don't wake up hungry at night, it's fine.

Everyone was quite quick to act after receiving their reward today.

Even though some tasks weren't finished, the yard was kept very clean.

Huan Yue carried a chair and sat under the ginkgo tree, looking extremely content!

That's all she pursues in life, though the old ginkgo tree's pursuit is far from simple.

Huan Yue didn't want to dwell on the impact he might have on others today.

Yuzhu, supported by her maid, struggled to walk over.

She stared at Huan Yue with even colder intensity.

Huan Yue propped his chubby chin up with one hand, tilted his head and looked at the maid, as if to say, "Is she going to be Niohuru Yuzhu?"

It's not impossible. In the book, she almost controlled the life of the fake heiress in the Eastern Palace, and later followed the real heiress, holding a very high position.

In her eyes, the real heiress is her master, while the fake heiress is a cuckoo taking over her place.

No matter how many people the Pei family changed, a maid could never know everything. The fact is that the fake heiress took the position.

Huan Yue himself had experienced a living hell, so Yu Zhu's insistence on this matter meant she didn't yet know what true pain was.

As for her ruthless act of climbing into the Crown Prince's bed, that's her business, and Huan Yue won't interfere.

The jade beads swayed and rattled.

The young maids were all being led around unsteadily.

Huan Yue's eyes were like bright stars in the sky, and they were fascinating to look at.

Trying to play the innocent victim and expect her to be gentle and considerate? Huan Yue thought this maid had lost her mind.

Several palace maids rested, preparing to serve their master and watch the play.

Yuzhu's complexion was extremely poor, a frighteningly pale white at night.

Huan Yue lived in the back palace and wasn't afraid that she would run over from the east corner to scare him.

Wandering around the palace is tantamount to courting death.

The little maid looked at her mistress pitifully. It wasn't that she wanted to help her up.

Huan Yue was heartless; since she had already helped him up, she might as well let him continue.

Yu Zhu reasoned with Huan Yue: "Didn't you think about it carefully?"

The palace maid scoffed, "You're the one who should be thinking things through. If you don't want to live, just say whatever you want to Her Majesty."

Yu Zhu glared at her! Her eyes were terrifying in the night!

The young palace maid had seen her fair share of ghosts by now. She was usually cautious, but she wouldn't refrain from using her skills against these clueless individuals.

Yu Zhu decided not to argue with her and would deal with it later. Instead, she told Huan Yue, "The old ancestors will be entering the palace the day after tomorrow."

The palace maid chuckled: "Do you want to tattle? Or do you want to shut your mouth forever and never be able to tattle again?"

The female officials were speechless: "Who gave the Pei family the audacity? A servant is bullying his master, and a lady of the house is bullying the Empress? Sure enough, the Pei family's daughter dared to push the Crown Princess."

Yu Zhu was a little flustered, her expression fierce but her heart pounding: "What do you know?"

Huan Yue ordered, "Make her shut up forever, so that she won't have any peace and quiet while living in the back palace."

The palace maid reacted quickly: "Does Your Highness have a headache again?"

Eek.

The eunuch came and dragged Yuzhu away. She knew too much.

They happened to be mixed up with the Diao family, and they were capable of killing each other, so it's clear that the Crown Princess was right to punish them.

Cuizhu was honest and, together with Ji Shi and the others, cleaned up the east corner inside and out.

Ji felt that it was still unknown how many would be left.

Qi panicked as well.

She has a headache now, and if the imperial physician isn't called soon, she doesn't know if she'll make it through the night.

Who knew Pei Huanyue would become so bold? But she has to stay alive first.

Qi told Ji, "Take that silver and go fetch the imperial physician."

Lady Ji said, "Imperial physicians cannot be hired simply by paying money."

Qi was so angry she vomited blood! Pei Huanyue! Qi will haunt her even as a ghost!

Gritting her teeth and enduring it, Madam Qi called to her maid, "Go tell that slut that if she wants to know, she should come find me!"

The little maid blinked, thinking that the Empress might not want to know. After all, she was the Empress now, so what could the Pei family do to her?

The room was dark, though there was no shortage of candles or candlesticks.

Lady Ji suddenly realized that the Empress might not be unaware of this.