Rebirth: The Fourth Lady Wants to Lie Down

After a while, a burst of light footsteps broke the tranquility of the courtyard. Song Gege, wearing a light and elegant cheongsam, walked slowly into the garden holding the hand of Er Gege. Er Gege was still young, wearing pink clothes, with curiosity and shyness in her eyes.

"Sister Li, how are you?"

Song Gege's voice was as gentle as water. She first greeted Li Gege who had been waiting here for a long time. Er Gege also imitated her mother, bowed slightly, and said childishly: "Hello, Li E'maiden."

Li Gege smiled widely, and hurriedly stepped forward, took Er Gege's hand, her eyes full of love: "Oh, Er Gege has grown taller again, and is getting more and more handsome. Come quickly, let your brothers and sisters see her too."

As she spoke, she turned around and called the three children behind her to come forward. The children bowed and greeted Song Gege and Er Gege one by one, and the atmosphere suddenly became warm and harmonious.

Seeing that the time was right, Li Gege patted Da Gege's shoulder and said softly, "Da Gege, take Er Gege to play in the flowers over there, look at the butterflies, pick some flowers, and get closer to nature."

The eldest princess was a little reluctant to hear this, after all, she usually preferred to be alone or play with her close sisters, but when she met her mother's expectant eyes, she could only force a smile.

She walked up to the second princess and tried her best to make her voice sound friendly: "Second sister, come on, I'll take you over there to have a look." As she spoke, she took the initiative to extend her hand.

The Second Princess seemed a little hesitant. She secretly glanced at Song Princess, and her clear eyes seemed to contain thousands of words.

Seeing this, Song Gege immediately gave him an encouraging smile and nodded gently, as if to say, "Go, kid, this is a good opportunity to make new friends."

After getting her mother's affirmation, the second princess finally plucked up her courage and gently placed her hand on the palm of the eldest princess. At that moment, the two pairs of hands were tightly connected, as if they also connected two originally unfamiliar hearts. They walked side by side into the depths of the garden. As they walked, the eldest princess would occasionally find some topics to talk about, trying to ease the awkwardness of this first meeting.

"Look at that butterfly. How beautiful it is! It seems to be welcoming you too."

The eldest princess pointed at a dancing butterfly not far away and said, upon hearing this, the second princess showed a rare smile on her face, with excitement flashing in her eyes, as if she was really attracted by the butterfly and had forgotten her initial restraint.

Just like that, under the warm afternoon sun, the figures of the two little girls gradually faded away, leaving behind a string of silver bell-like laughter and the friendship that had quietly sprouted inadvertently.

The two girls gradually faded away, leaving their laughter and joy in the air. Song Gege's eyes followed them gently for a moment, and then naturally fell on the Third Prince who was held in the arms of the nanny behind Li Gege.

The third prince’s little face is rosy, making him look particularly healthy and cute, making people want to get close to him.

"I haven't seen you for a few days. The Third Prince has grown stronger and stronger. Sister Li is really good at taking care of children. I envy her."

There was some sincere praise in Song Gege's words, but there was a subtle flash of complex emotions in her eyes.

Upon hearing this, Li Gege's lips curled up into a smug smile, but then she waved her hand in a humble manner.

"No, no, this is all thanks to the maids. I am just able to do it so easily because of them. But then again, I have given birth to two children, so I naturally have some experience in how to take care of children."

At this point, Li Gege seemed to suddenly remember something, a cunning look flashed across her eyes, and then she put on an apologetic expression and looked at Song Gege.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Sister Song, I almost forgot that you don't have any other children besides the second princess. I'm afraid you can't understand the hardship and happiness of being a mother of many children like us."

When Song Gege heard this, the handkerchief in her hand was unconsciously crumpled, but she suppressed her inner turmoil and kept a decent smile on her face. She knew the meaning behind Li Gege's words, which was nothing more than putting on some airs in advance because she had the hope of being promoted to a concubine. However, Song Gege did not intend to argue with her about this.

"Sister Li is right. I really don't have as much parenting experience as your sister."

Song Gege's voice was calm and indifferent, as if she didn't take Li Gege's sarcasm to heart, "However, seeing that the Third Prince is so healthy and cute, I am also happy for my sister."

Li Gege felt annoyed when she saw that her words did not provoke any reaction from Song Gege, just like a punch on cotton. She originally thought that she could use this opportunity to make Song Gege feel uncomfortable, but she did not expect that she would be so patient.

So she could only smile awkwardly, found an excuse to end the topic, then found a place to sit down and said no more.

Everything around seemed to have returned to calm, with only the occasional singing of birds and children's laughter in the distance breaking the tranquility.

Song Gege and Li Gege sat on each side. Although they seemed to be at peace on the surface, they each had different thoughts in their hearts.