Madam Song gathered her sleeves and said, "Is the concubine unwilling to tell me this?"

These words sound like an interrogation.

Song came here today to inquire about Li Chenjiao's intentions, and also to test Li Chenjiao's attitude towards adopting the eldest princess.

However, Li Chenjiao's indifferent and unresponsive attitude was infuriating to Madam Song.

So they completely forgot about the proper attitude of asking for favors.

Li Chenjiao swept her gaze over Liu Xu, the maid standing beside Song Gege, with a sharp look: "Your princess is tired, why don't you help her back to rest?"

Liu Xu stepped forward anxiously and called out softly to her mistress.

Madam Song gritted her teeth and finally asked, "Could it be that you already had a plan in mind?"

That's really bold and blunt.

Li Chenjiao frowned coldly, not wanting to keep anyone, and left after saying "please go ahead" before returning to her inner room.

After Li Chenjiao left, Song Gege didn't linger and quickly picked up her fan and walked out.

The eldest princess, who was having a great time playing with the persimmons outside, suddenly felt a figure fly out from inside, almost bumping into her.

The persimmon, which had been being stroked by the eldest princess without moving, suddenly straightened up and darted across the veranda by the door, startling Song Shi. After a while, she patted her chest in relief.

Wang, who was standing to the side, quickly pulled the eldest princess into her arms. Looking at Song's expression, she thought to herself that this trip had probably been in vain again.

Song came and went quickly, but Wang made sure to follow all the proper etiquette, first asking Chen, the wet nurse of the Second Princess, if the Second Princess had woken up yet.

Upon learning that the Second Princess had just fallen asleep, he wisely refrained from disturbing her and politely returned the greetings to the two maids, Qiu Hu and Qiu Ci, as he left.

Just now, when she was playing with the eldest princess under the eaves, she saw the two young ladies instructing the servants to move the potted plants under the eaves.

When the eldest princess played with Shizi, there were maids watching over them, even more attentively than Wang Shi, the eldest princess's proper wet nurse.

The Wang family naturally took note of this as well.

Lady Wang led the eldest princess behind Lady Song and Liu Xu, listening to their conversation from a distance.

As soon as Song left the East Courtyard, the anger on her face dissipated: "Did you see that just now? When I was carrying the Third Prince, Li didn't even blink, but she seemed to care a lot about the First Princess."

"It's a pity that we still couldn't figure out Li's attitude in the end." Song added with a hint of regret at the end.

Liu Xu thought her princess had acted very convincingly today, and said softly while supporting Song Shi.

"It seems that Consort Li doesn't seem to care much about adopting the Third Prince."

Madam Song tilted her head and said, "You noticed it too? I thought I was wrong. But she kept refuting my words and refused to answer, which made her seem quite confident."

The master and servant were still somewhat unsure of what to do.

However, before the master and servant had even returned to the courtyard, they spotted Danqing, who was beside Bai Jiashi, walking cautiously with a bowl of something in her hand in the garden.

Judging from the direction it's heading, it seems to be going towards the front yard.

Madam Song stopped in her tracks: "Madam Bai—I didn't realize she had such thoughts."

Song's words were clearly meant as sarcasm.

She dared to fight because she had entered the household earlier and had been favored before, but what was Bai Jia Shi?

Hasn't last year's house arrest taught her a lesson yet?

Liu Xu said, "It's just that Princess Baijia has no children. Perhaps the Fourth Prince thinks that Princess Baijia might treat the Third Prince well in the future?"

That's true.