Gluttonous Crown Princess

and followed Tao Ti out the door.

The Eastern Palace covered a large area with many halls, pavilions, gardens and rockery—it was pleasantly scenic.

One of the junior eunuchs had a clever tongue—he chittered and chatted nonstop, introducing the various aspects of the Eastern Palace as they walked.
Tao Ti listened with great interest and thought to herself that it was a pity that such an eloquent talent was born at the wrong time—if he were in modern times, he would have been a gold medal tour guide for sure.

The group wandered leisurely for almost two hours before they finally just managed to tour the general layout of the Eastern Palace.

“I’m exhausted.
I didn’t expect the Eastern Palace to be so huge, my legs are about to break from all that walking.
I’ll have to soak my feet in hot water tonight.”

When Tao Ti returned to Yaoguang Hall in the afterglow of the sunset as she lamented, Pei Yan was already sitting in the courtyard drinking tea.

Hearing the movement at the door, he turned his head to look.

He was wearing pale white brocade robes today with a jade belt around his waist and was sitting tall and straight.
The golden sunlight sprinkled softly upon him, making his already delicate and beautiful eyes seem even more gentle.

This scene made Tao Ti suddenly forget to speak, and even her footsteps had unconsciously stopped.

Pei Yan smiled at her, and his voice was not too high or too low, “You’re back?”

Only then did Tao Ti come back to her senses and walked towards him.
Her dark and clear eyes carried some degree of surprise, “Your Highness, why are you here so early?”

In the past, he always came during dinner time, and it was not even dark yet now.

“I’m not busy today, so I just decided to drop by.” Pei Yan raised his hands and poured her a cup of tea, then motioned for her to sit down and drink it.

Tao Ti also happened to be thirsty; she sat down opposite him, picked up the cup of tea and drank, not giving the matter of “just decided to drop by” much thought.

Seeing that her cheeks were tinged with a light red and there was a thin layer of sweat on her smooth forehead, Pei Yan couldn’t keep from narrowing his black eyes and said softly, “I heard you crying out just now about being exhausted.
Where did you go?”

The cup of tea wasn’t enough for Tao Ti, so she poured another cup for herself, then replied, “It’s been a while since I’ve come to the Eastern Palace, and I haven’t really walked around properly, so I walked around the entire Eastern Palace at one go today.
I just didn’t expect the Eastern Palace to be so big, it took me almost the whole afternoon to finish walking around!”

Hearing this, Pei Yan lifted his eyes calmly to glance at Linglong who was standing by the side.

Seeming to understand the inquiry within those deep eyes, Linglong gave a brisk nod, indicating that the crown princess was telling the truth.

Only then did Pei Yan lift the corners of his lips and say lightly, “The future is long, you can take your time to walk around, there’s no need to be in a hurry.”