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  Spring Aunt smiled and watched her sit down, Autumn Goose and another maid quietly walked two rounds in the house, put two plates of dry fruit snacks on the small table beside Ping Li, a bowl of Qinghua porcelain tea.

  "Try some of these sweet pastries, made with peach juice and glutinous rice flour, they're especially sweet." Late Spring Auntie said with a smile.

  Ping Li lightly thanked, elegantly picked up the dim sum and took a bite, it was indeed sweet and delicious, paired with that bowl of swallow tongue, it really had a kind of superior feeling.

  Ping Li almost enjoyed eating snacks and drinking tea, took over the cotton cloth handed by Qiu Yan to wipe her mouth, smiled and glanced at Qiu Yan, able to call the big maid on this side to serve, she felt exceptionally comfortable in her heart.

  Qiu Yan smiled even sweeter, treating her like a mistress, and when receiving the handkerchief she used, he slightly bowed his head.

  Ping Li was extremely pleased and smiled, saying: "The pastries here are really delicious."

  Late Spring Auntie smiled gently: "Sister Ping, if you like to eat it, you can come often, I usually have this kind of pastry here."

  Ping Li smiled and pursed her lips, her eyes scanning towards the dresser.

  Qiu Yan looked at Wan Chun's aunt, who glanced at herself and immediately went over to retrieve the gold silk beaded necklace from the jewelry box. She smiled and slightly squatted down, holding it out with both hands to Ping Li.

  "Auntie Ping, don't despise me, I have nothing good here, only this golden necklace is still worth showing off, let Auntie Ping take a look." said Late Spring.

  Pingli's eyes sparkled as she took it over, smiled a few times, and looked up at Wan Chun's mother: "Mother, you are really too polite."

  Late Spring Aunt smiled and said: "It's still Elder Sister Ping who looks up to me."

  "I'm just a maid in Pinmei Xuan, how dare I look down on my aunt... even if it's the third girl who lives with us now, no matter what happens in the future, she'll always be inferior to my aunt."

  "This is... Elder Sister Ping is joking, I really can't bear the responsibility." Wan Chun's face turned pale as he looked at Ping Li and said: "What relationship could Third Young Lady have with me? How could she end up behind me?"

  Ping Li smiled and said: "Auntie is so clever, how could she not think of it? I'm a foolish person, but I can see that from now on, Third Sister and Auntie... their relationship won't be ordinary." She covered her mouth and laughed.

  Late Spring's face turned even paler, she opened her mouth as if to say something, but subconsciously looked at Autumn Swallow standing by the door, seeing the ambiguous smile on her face, Late Spring closed her mouth again, looking at Ping Li with a hesitant expression.

  "Third Master gave Third Miss a piece of jade yesterday, sheep fat lotus seed jade, gold-edged red lacquer nanmu wood box..." Pingli said with a smile, looking at Late Spring Auntie, seeing that she seemed to understand something in her eyes, and then smiled and stood up: "The slave also wants to retire."

  Late spring aunt suddenly came back to her senses, hurriedly shouting autumn geese: "See off sister Ping, sister Ping, from now on you must come often" She said sincerely to Ping Li.

  Ping Li Fu curtsied and smiled: "As long as Auntie welcomes me, I will come often."

  Wan Chun's aunt was stunned for half a day, and Qiu Yan sent Ping Li back. As soon as she lifted the curtain and entered the door, Wan Chun asked eagerly: "Qiu Yan... why did you have to send Third Young Lady Yu?"

  Qiu Yan poured her a glass of water and handed it over, coldly saying: "Don't you understand? Among the three ladies, I myself chose the third lady."

  Late Spring Auntie exclaimed in surprise: "Can this be considered as something the master himself said? The meaning of the Princess of the Duke... isn't it the Second Miss?"

  The autumn goose landed on the water, but the spring aunt did not receive it. She turned around and put it back on the table, still coldly smiling: "This matter, the king's wife may not be able to persuade the master again, besides, there is also an old queen, if the master asks for the old queen's consent, the king's wife will only have a 'listen' word"

  Late Spring bit her lip for a moment before saying, "This Third Miss... we're not even clear about her temperament. If Master really wants to... what if she's someone who can't be tolerated? As soon as she comes over..."

  "It's usually not the case, unless one is brainless... but we still need to know her temperament. Autumn Goose sat down on a low stool by the door and pondered: "Since we're living in Pinmei Xuan, let's send someone over to serve in Pinmei Xuan and observe this Third Young Lady's character and behavior. Once we understand her temper, we can make plans."

  Late Spring heard an obvious disapproval and shook her head saying: "If Grandfather were to find out, he would probably get angry..."

  "Can't you just not tell grandfather?"

  "Is it that easy? Am I so easily deceived?" Late Spring's head shook like a rattle drum.

  Autumn Goose got up again and poured her another cup of tea, but didn't hand it over. Standing by the table, she gazed at the teacup thoughtfully and said: "Auntie doesn't have any children to rely on either. If she really wanted to get rid of Auntie...it would be too easy for her. Look at Master's current state - he's already given in before even entering the door, and he's not even being discreet about it in his own home..." She raised her head, turned around, and looked at Late Spring: "Aren't you worried, Auntie?"

  Late Spring bit her lip, her eyebrows deeply locked, with a completely at a loss expression.

  Autumn Wild Goose walked past and whispered, "Auntie, don't worry, call my sister Spring Swallow over. She's very clever and has been staying in the kitchen with Mother all along, never coming to the front. Master won't recognize her at all, plus she's young, so even if she goes over, she won't attract attention. It's better for her to take a cold look at this Third Miss."

  "If Master finds out, we're both... "

  "Aunt, don't worry, we'll send someone over. We can go through the young master's wife, she's the one in charge. It's normal for us to arrange for someone from our side to serve as a maid for Third Young Miss. Father doesn't have the energy to carefully investigate the background of every single maid in Pinmei Xuan."

  "Is it the Crown Prince's consort? The Crown Prince's consort is Third Sister's older sister."

  "Ah, yes, sister," Qiu Yan said with a nod. "But this sister might have some dissatisfaction towards her younger sister..." Her voice lowered as she continued, "One day, Chun Yan went to the housekeeper's place to collect our courtyard's swallow nests and overheard the two maids of the young master's wife discussing something. They were talking about this third young lady, and from their tone, there wasn't a hint of respect. You think about it, mistress - if the masters have certain thoughts, then we servants would dare to have certain thoughts too... It must be that the young master's wife doesn't look favorably on the third young lady, which is why the servants dared to speak like that..." She tilted her head slightly and furrowed her brow in thought. "The third young lady was born out of wedlock, after all..."

  "Is that so? The illegitimate child... might be somewhat dissatisfied." Late Spring said softly, recalling the attitude of the legitimate daughter-in-law towards those concubines by the son's side, as if she could swallow them whole with one bite. It was also very likely that she was dissatisfied with this illegitimate younger sister.

  Qiu Yan said: "The maid who followed San Guniang back doesn't know why she was driven away, now there's no one serving by her side, this is exactly an opportunity."

  Late Spring frowned and said, "That Crown Prince's consort may not necessarily agree either."

  "The aunt went to the son's concubine and said: I heard that Pinmei Xuan is short of people, and San Ye is also worried. We have a clever girl here who is willing to be sent to Pinmei Xuan to serve San Niang, to relieve San Ye's worries - the son's concubine must agree."

  Late spring looked at her doubtfully: "How can you be sure?"

  Autumn Goose said with a sigh: "I just feel that way... What I just said, since the Crown Prince's wife has a prejudice against Third Miss, I don't know what it is for, maybe even mixed with the Crown Prince... Our Third Master's side sent someone, and the Crown Prince's wife must have agreed."

  She spoke vaguely, and Late Spring listened with a mixture of understanding and confusion. She only felt that there was something hidden in her words, and some things seemed to be faintly implied, but Autumn Goose didn't dare say it, nor did she dare think about it...

  Hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, I'll go find the Crown Prince's consort to talk about it."

  Qiu Yan hastily went over to open the wardrobe: "Wear something plain and speak humbly, if the Crown Prince's consort asks anything, just say it's us trying to help the Third Master alleviate his worries... this way, the Crown Prince's consort will think more of it and agree."

  Late Spring nodded and changed into the clothes she had taken out, then left with another maid.

  The princess consort was sitting on the kang under the window, her body half leaning against the back cushion, holding a hand warmer in her hands, still in a daze.

  The maid came in quietly and reported in a low voice: "Princess, the Third Master's wife, Late Spring, requests an audience."

  The crown prince's consort blinked and regained her composure, slightly furrowing her brow: "Third Master's aunt? What business does she have with me?"

  The maid lowered her head and didn't dare respond. The princess paused for a moment before saying, "Please let her in."

  She straightened her back, regained her composure and dignity, and looked at Late Spring with a condescending gaze as he walked in and knelt on the cushion.

  "Your humble servant Late Spring pays her respects to the Crown Prince's consort." Late Spring's auntie kowtowed.

  The princess didn't call her up, she was originally a lowly servant, and she had always looked down on these people: "What is it?" Her voice was cold and clear.

  "I have something to ask of you, Young Master's wife."

  "What can I help you with?" The crown prince's consort said with a hint of sarcasm: "You should go ask our third master... while he still doesn't have a legitimate wife."

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