Zhao Yang came to the Prince's Mansion to visit Shen Wei, and news of this soon reached the Princess Consort's ears. However, the Princess Consort paid it no mind—she was currently overwhelmed with her own affairs.
Spring brought a flurry of miscellaneous tasks.
The Prince's Mansion's fields needed managing, tenant farmers in the estates required their wages, the profits from the shops had to be calculated, and new spring garments for the wives and concubines had to be arranged. The Princess Consort rubbed her temples wearily, staring at the piles of account books on her desk, her head throbbing.
In truth, during the first few years after her marriage into the Prince's Mansion, the Princess Consort had managed the household quite well. Unfortunately, she later shifted her focus entirely to the struggles among the wives and concubines and the education of the children, gradually growing unfamiliar with the intricacies of household management.
