Peach Blossom.

After hearing what Butler Zhao said, Xiaowan broke out in a cold sweat for Taoye again.

After all, they had just escaped from the prince consort's room!

But Tao Ye was reminded of another thing: Butler Zhao once told all the cooks that those who could stay and continue to serve the prince consort would be "rewarded with a hundred taels of silver"!

When Tao Ye worked as a delivery man in his time, he could only earn two to three thousand yuan a month. How could he let go of this one hundred taels of silver (50,000 yuan)?

Tao Ye looked up and saw Zhao Si had already walked back to the kitchen, so she hurriedly chased after him: "Manager Zhao, didn't you say... that anyone who can stay and continue to serve the Prince Consort will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver?"

Zhao Si seemed to be somewhat disdainful of Tao Ye's behavior of asking for money: "If you can serve the Prince Consort well, how much wealth and glory will be waiting for you! How can you be so short-sighted?"

Tao Ye was confused: "What do you mean?"

Zhao Si just sat in his usual chair and looked through the kitchen account book, with no intention of paying.

Tao Ye thought to herself, a princess shouldn't need this 100 taels of silver, right? How could she deny the debt? It must be Zhao Si who embezzled it!

"Hey! Where did you put the money?" Tao Ye slapped her hand heavily on the account book that Zhao Si was looking at. Countless debt collection videos that she had seen in the past flashed through her mind, and those scenes were all quite intense!

Zhao Si seemed very calm and asked slowly, "Do you know where this place is?"

This question stumped Tao Ye.

Yes, this is ancient times, this is the princess’s palace.

The other party was a butler with decades of experience, while she was just a young cook who had only been in the job for a few days.

This cannot be compared with the relationship between superiors and subordinates in ordinary companies in modern society.

Unconsciously, Tao Ye had retracted her hand, smiling unnaturally: "Manager Zhao, I'm sorry... I just want to ask about the money... when will it be paid..."

Zhao Si also smiled sarcastically: "What do you want the money for?"

Tao Ye was stunned. Of course money is meant to be spent. Is there any need to ask?

Xiaowan, who had just moved things into the kitchen, heard this and hurried over to hold Taoye's arm, casting a charming smile at Zhao Si: "Sister Taoye is of course doing this to show her filial piety to Manager Zhao. She has had this intention for a long time, but her family is poor. She still begs Manager Zhao to give her a chance to do her best!"

"Miss Xiaowan is really knowledgeable." Zhao Si smiled and took out a small box and opened it. There were four silver ingots inside.

Xiaowan quickly winked at Taoye.

Tao Ye understood and took out one of the four silver ingots. Just as she was about to hand it to Zhao Si, she suddenly saw Xiao Wan take the lead and push the remaining three silver ingots and the box back to Zhao Si: "Manager Zhao, please accept it. Please take good care of us sisters in the future!"

Zhao Si put it back, stroked his beard, smiled and nodded.

Tao Ye was stunned. Before she could come to her senses, Xiao Wan took her arm and pulled her away.

Walking out of the kitchen, Tao Ye angrily pushed Xiao Wan away and said, "What are you doing? Even if you win the lottery, the personal income tax is not that high!"

"What ticket?" Xiaowan was confused.

Tao Ye was in a bad mood and explained perfunctorily: "I said you gave too much! That's my money!"

"Don't be angry, sister! If you want to survive in the princess's mansion, you have to buy your way first. You can't offend everyone one after another. This Butler Zhao, even though he is only in charge of the kitchen, he is the one who accompanied the princess from the palace. He is more unacceptable to be offended than Sister Caiwei and the others!" Xiaowan spoke earnestly and seemed to be very considerate of Taoye.

Tao Ye had no choice but to stop being angry and became curious again: "You said he came from the palace? So he... is a eunuch?"

"Hush..." Xiao Wan looked back quickly, and seeing no one around, she told Tao Ye: "Don't mention these two words again! Don't you know that people like him hate others to say..."

Tao Ye smiled knowingly. With such a big flaw, she would have the chance to tease Zhao Si sooner or later, so there was no need to rush today.

At night, all the cooks in the same room had gone to sleep, but Tao Ye could not fall asleep.

She kept thinking about why the prince consort asked her to deliver dinner again, but she just couldn't figure it out.

But judging by the food delivery tonight, nothing good will happen tomorrow night!

What if the prince consort wants to kill her again?

She held the twenty-five taels of silver in her hand and thought to herself: If I escape from the princess's mansion, I won't be hungry or cold in this strange ancient time. I can slowly find another place where I can deliver food, and I can also complete the task assigned by the Ghost King...

But... she was too lazy to look for a new place all over the street...

It was because she was too lazy that she was disliked by her leaders in the era where she used to live and the company where she used to work, and that she died here inexplicably!

Yes! Tao Ye suddenly remembered that she had already died!

Even if the prince consort wanted to kill me again, it would be nothing more than going to the underworld to see the King of Ghosts again. What was there to be afraid of?

In fact, she really wanted to see the Ghost King again, at least to ask him. For example, the meal sent to the prince consort this time was not eaten by the prince consort, but only tasted by Xiaowan. Does it count as a completed order?

But how can I see the Ghost King again?

Thinking of this, Tao Ye put on her clothes, tiptoed out of the house, and came to the ancient tree outside the kitchen - the place where she had picked up the takeaway during the day.

With the help of the meager moonlight, she looked around the ancient tree, but couldn't see how this tree was any different from the other trees.

She touched the ground where the food box had been placed during the day, and couldn't help but ask herself, "How did it get here?"

"The imp stuffed it in from underground."

Tao Ye was so frightened when she heard this answer, but she couldn't see anyone around, so she was so scared that her voice trembled: "Who? Who is talking?"

"It's me." The ancient tree shook twice.

Tao Ye stepped back in fear: "The ancient tree... has become a spirit!"

"What are you afraid of? You are not a human being either!" The ancient tree swayed twice again.

"I'm not a human?" Tao Ye looked at herself. Her arms, hands, legs and feet were no different from those of ordinary people.

The ancient tree chuckled: "Your own body is still in your own era! Only the soul came to the ancient times! Don't you know?"

"So where did my current body come from?"

"Look at what kind of tree I am."

Tao Ye looked at the ancient tree carefully: "You are... Taoshu?"

The ancient tree laughed again: "What kind of leaves are my leaves?"

"Tao Ye..." Tao Ye said this answer and suddenly understood: "So... I really am..."

The tree shook, as if nodding: "Well... you came from me. The ghost king's skill in making fake people is amazing."

Tao Ye looked at the ancient peach tree in front of her again, and it was a little hard to imagine: Could she be just a peach leaf?

Tao Ye looked at her body again, and it was exactly the same as her previous self: "What's the difference between me and ordinary people? Why can't I feel it myself?"

"Because it's still young, you will naturally discover your differences slowly in the future. For example, your blood is green, which is the color of peach leaves..."

Tao Ye hurriedly bit her finger, and the blood that flowed out was really green!

This made Tao Ye feel scared and even a little disgusted.

Tao Ye looked up at the ancient tree: "I want to see the Ghost King again, is there any way?"

The old tree said: "There is a river in the city called Qinhuai. On the other side of Qinhuai is Ghost Mountain. There is a cave at the bottom of Ghost Mountain. People call this cave the Haunted House."

"Is that... the office set up by the Ghost King in the human world?" Tao Ye understood, but she needed to confirm it again.

The ancient tree nodded.

Tao Ye thought to herself: It seems that if I want to see the Ghost King, I have to leave the house first!

But there are guards at every gate of the princess's mansion, so not everyone can go in or out as they please. One still has to wait for an opportunity.

Tao Ye returned to her room and quietly wrapped her bitten finger with cloth. She was really afraid that someone would see the green blood, which would definitely scare people to death!

The next day when the sun was setting, Tao Ye went to the kitchen again and pretended to cook, then walked out of the kitchen carrying a food box filled with empty bowls and plates.

Just like last time, when passing under the ancient tree, she put the food box on the ground, pretended to tie up her hair, and then picked up the food box and came to the prince consort's courtyard.

The door of the prince consort's room was open, and the guy named Mada with a sword was still standing guard outside the door.

Tao Ye walked in and looked around the room a few times to make sure there was no dog in the room before putting the food box on the table.

"Who allowed you to look around in my room?" Chen Ji sat at the table with his legs crossed.

"I... I'm afraid of dogs!" Tao Ye smiled, opened the lunch box, and placed the food in front of Chen Ji one by one.

Chen Ji smiled coldly: "What's so scary about dogs? People are much scarier than dogs!"

Tao Ye guessed that when the prince consort said "people are scarier than dogs", the "people" must be referring to the princess.

However, she didn't care about that. She only cared about whether her second order could be completed.

"My Lord Prince Consort, you designated me to deliver the meal tonight, so I can't not eat, right?" Tao Ye smiled and handed the chopsticks to Chen Ji.

"Eat. I asked you to come here, so of course you have to eat." Chen Ji took the chopsticks, picked up a dish and put it in his mouth.

Tao Ye opened her eyes wide and watched: After just one mouthful, the Prince Consort couldn't help leaning over and vomiting...

Tao Ye suddenly remembered that Xiaowan tasted the food here yesterday, and her expression seemed quite painful when she swallowed the bite.

When Tao Ye first saw that the Ghost King's restaurant was deserted, she had already guessed that the food tasted bad, but she didn't expect it to be so bad that it would make people vomit...

The guard outside the door came in quickly and supported Chen Ji: "My Lord, are you okay?"

Tao Ye stood aside, trembling with fear, fearing that she would anger the prince consort again and be "bound to go without return" again.

But Chen Ji just waved his hand, slowly sat up, wiped his mouth, and told the guard Mada: "Go tell the kitchen manager Zhao that Miss Taoye is an excellent cook and I like her very much. She is a talented person with great potential. I intend to take her to Jingshui Tower tomorrow to learn more about the secret recipes of delicious dishes so that she can improve her skills."

Mada nodded, bowed his head and left.

Chen Ji looked at Tao Ye again.

Tao Ye buried his head deeply and did not dare to raise it for a long time.

"If the princess summons you, remember to say that I just admire your cooking skills, nothing else."

"Ah?" Tao Ye was a little surprised. The prince consort didn't lose his temper? His attitude was so calm?

She was increasingly confused as to what the prince consort was up to.

Unexpectedly, when Tao Ye woke up, the first news she received was that the princess wanted to summon her.

The prince consort is really good at predicting things!

Tao Ye was a little happy. She remembered watching TV series in the past, and the princesses in those costume dramas were all extremely beautiful.

Moreover, every princess has a wonderful love story.

This time I come to ancient times, if I can see what a real princess looks like in person, this trip will be worth it!

Tao Ye followed a little maid to the garden where the princess lived. She couldn't measure the size of the garden, but it was definitely more than ten times the size of the prince consort's courtyard.

The buildings in the garden were all decorated with carved beams and painted rafters, needless to say they were luxurious. Even the servants worked in groups, some standing guard, some going back and forth to work, unlike the garden where there was only one guard motor outside the Prince Consort's gate.

From this perspective, the prince consort really has no status in the princess's mansion.

Tao Ye was brought to the door of the princess's room. The princess had not yet gotten up, so Tao Ye could only wait in the corridor.

At this time, Tao Ye noticed that there was a dog under the corridor and Cai Wei was combing the dog's hair.

It turns out that Caiwei relied on her elder sister and the only good job she could get was to serve dogs?

Tao Ye took another closer look and realized that this dog was the one that jumped onto the table to eat the food when the meal was first served to the prince consort.

Tao Ye was afraid that she had seen it wrong, so she hurriedly moved closer, squatted down, touched the dog's head and looked at it carefully.

"Get out of the way! The princess has raised her treasure for two years. How can someone like you touch it?" Caiwei pushed Taoye away with a look of disgust on her face.

Tao Ye also stuck out her tongue at Cai Wei in disdain, but suddenly remembered the Prince Consort's question, "Good question, am I the Prince Consort? Or is the dog the Prince Consort?"

From what Tao Ye knew during these days in the palace, the princess and her husband had always lived in separate courtyards and had not disturbed each other, but this dog had been treasured by the princess for two years!

So, the prince consort thinks that the dog is the perfect partner for the princess?

Tao Ye was just daydreaming when she suddenly heard: "The princess calls you in!"

Tao Ye quickly stood up and took two steps over the threshold.

When Tao Ye saw the princess for the first time, she was stunned...