In Huamu Garden, Xiao Lin let Bai massage her forehead and sighed softly, "What else do you want from me? The palace is no longer what it was last year. I can just move whatever I want back home. At worst, I can find the prince and use the eldest young master's title to get anything good. But now, the concubines don't even realize that I only have so little power, and it's all dwindling. I've already given them so much, and they're still not satisfied."

Mrs. Bai said softly, "I would like to argue with you, but you know the personalities of your mother and sister-in-law. Because of your situation, I can't say anything harsh, so I have to explain a little more. But from what they said, I don't think your mother said much for you. I wanted to explain the reason clearly, so I stayed a little longer, which may have caused others to misunderstand you."

Xiao Lin sat up and patted her hands. "It was I who misunderstood you. I was saying that we had just arrived at the mansion and I found an excuse to send you away. Why did you take so long? It was my second sister who brought this up, saying that I couldn't control you, and that's why I was so angry when you came back."

Mrs. Bai smiled slightly. "You still don't understand why the Second Miss is like this. If she had half of your beauty or luck, how could she have lived such a hard life?"

Xiao Lin smiled smugly, "That's right, she's unwilling to accept this. Humph, she's the legitimate daughter, so what? Even though I'm a concubine's daughter, I've been bullied by her at home. Now that I'm back home, I'm still firmly on her."

Back then, after the eldest daughter of the Lin family passed away, the Lin family wanted to find another one to send in. As Lin's biological sister, the Second Miss Lin was naturally the best candidate to be the principal wife. Unfortunately, the Second Miss Lin looked really... not even pretty.

The original intention of marrying another woman into the family was to maintain and hold onto Song Chengze. How could this appearance possibly catch Song Chengze's eye and please him? Therefore, the Lin family had no choice but to send the most beautiful young lady, Xiao Lin, into the family. The following year, Miss Lin also found a husband, but she wasn't doing well. Every time she met Xiao Lin at the Lin family, she would always be jealous.

Mrs. Lin also targeted Xiao Lin's concubine in the mansion because her second daughter did not live as well as Xiao Lin's. However, because Xiao Lin was respectable in front of Song Chengze, she could often go home under the pretext of Song Baimo, so Mrs. Lin did not dare to do too much.

After Xiaolin's elation, she thought of her own concubine. She had always cared for her, supporting her and her family, but her family's appetites only grew larger. First, they bought houses and land, and hired servants. Later, when men and women married, the betrothal gifts and dowries all fell on her, like a bottomless pit that could never be filled.

When she went back this time, her aunt actually took her hand and said that she wanted her to find an official position for her cousin whom she had only met a few times. She asked for a sixth-rank position, or at least a seventh-rank position.

Xiao Lin really wanted to knock those people over and see what was in their heads. Her own aunt was also confused. She actually said that someone in her family was a high-ranking official. Whether she was in the Lin Mansion or Xiao Lin was in the Wang Mansion, they both had backers and were powerful people.

Bai looked at Xiao Lin's frown and said, "You don't have to overthink it. Auntie has never had the opportunity to go out, so how could she know so much? In fact, she is also doing this for her family. If someone in her family holds a position, Auntie will be proud in the mansion. Think about it, if you can really ask for it, even if you don't return to the Lin family in the future, Madam will know how capable you are and will definitely not embarrass Auntie all the time."

Xiao Lin looked up and asked, "Do you also think I should speak to the prince?"

Bai thought for a moment and said, "We must give it a try. Auntie, what you said is a bit too much. Let's find a place on the edge first. Once we have a public identity, I think the prince will not refuse your honor."

Bai said this, looking embarrassed, "It's just..."

"Just what?"

"But you have to think carefully about what to do with the princess. You know, since the young master moved to the outer courtyard, you've been there more often. I heard that Jing'an Garden is not happy about it. Now that Nanny Hai has helped you so much, you naturally have to be nice to her. But I'm afraid the princess will misunderstand you and go against her. If she knows you want to find a job for your aunt's nephew, and then get in her way..."

"How dare she?" Xiao Lin shouted. "She can't even keep the prince under control, and yet she keeps hurling venom at me all day long. What a talent! Madam Hai is such a capable person, yet she can't tolerate her just because she spoke a few truths. The prince placed Madam Hai in the outer courtyard out of old friendship, yet she keeps targeting me at every turn. She's simply intolerant."

Mrs. Bai nodded. "That's true. I heard that the princess sent someone to tell Eunuch Zhang that Nanny Hai's monthly allowance cannot be distributed in the outer courtyard."

"Oh? Who told you that?"

"Baochun, didn't you ask me to spend more time with her? They've been in the outer courtyard for almost a month. The princess is saying this because she wants to get the monthly allowance card."

"If they don't allow it to be released from the outer courtyard, could it be that it came from the inner house?"

"That's right. Originally, Nanny Hai was in charge of distributing the monthly allowance, but now the princess has handed it all over to Mama Liu. Nanny Hai and Baochun can't get their monthly allowance, so what should they do?"

Xiao Lin frowned. She had made a promise when she wanted Madam Hai's help. Besides, all these servants worked for the extra monthly salary.

"What should we do? You were the one who came up with the idea in the first place, so you think about what to do."

Mrs. Bai rolled her eyes helplessly in her heart, "I was thinking about you at first. I thought that since the young master went to the outer courtyard, you must not cut off contact. If it weren't for the young master, you wouldn't be so valued when you returned to the Lin family, just like today..."

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