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"I will wash the clothes and return them to you . I am sorry for not asking before taking them from you yesterday . " Su Xi-er apologised politely, then picked up the bowl and started to sip the medicine .
Having been simmered for so many hours, the medicine's bitter taste was especially prominent, causing Su Xi'er to knit her eyebrows .
The female cook laughed . "You need to eat some candied jujubes[1] . if you don't like the bitter taste . I have a jujube tree at home that is bearing fruit right now . In a few days, I will pick some and make candied dates for you . "
"Thanks Auntie . " Su Xi-er smiled, then clenched her teeth and finished the bitter medicine .
"Go to the kitchen and have some breakfast . Prince Hao had some guards specifically a . s . signed to watch you before he left the posthouse this morning, so you won't be able to sneak out again . You be careful, you will be punished if you break the rules again . " The female cook urged Su Xi-er as she took the empty bowl .
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Su Xi-er nodded . "Thanks for reminding me, Auntie . I won't go out again . "
After she finished the medicine, Su Xi-er and the female cook left the room together . Su Xi-er heading towards her own room and the female cook walking towards the backyard .
Su Xi-er changed out of the coa . r . s . e clothes after she went inside her room and put on an emerald coloured dress . She then carried a wooden basin out and prepared to wash the coa . r . s . e clothes so that she could return them to the female cook as soon as possible .
But just when she walked out of her room, she saw a few men in their 30's delivering firewood discussing something carefully .
Su Xi-er quietly crept a few steps forward and listened in on their conversation .
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"I didn't expect that the Wei Miss' were murdered by the manager and a waiter from the Fortune Apricot House . They had absconded and died when they fought against the bailiff runners . "
"Exactly . Fortune Apricot House is Nanzhao's largest teahouse, yet the manager actually did something like this . No matter how unpleasant the Wei Miss' were, it's human lives!"
"The manager and the waiter coveted money and had something to threaten the Wei Miss' with . Unfortunately for those sisters, it's not always a good thing to have too much money as they even lost their lives due to it . The Senior Master of the Wei Family is pitiful as well . "
Su Xi-er was puzzled . The manager and the waiter couldn't have murdered the Wei Misses; they were both so timid . Moreover, with how much money the manager of the most popular teahouse must have earned every year, it's unlikely that his motivations were monetary .
Everything us a trap; someone set up the manager and the waiter to become scapegoats .
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"Let's not discuss it anymore, this is the posthouse . It wouldn't be good if the imperial guards of Prince Hao's Residence catch us gossiping . Let's unload everything quickly and leave . "
The other men started to unload the firewood into some wooden carts before pus . h . i . +ng them towards the back of the posthouse .
When they rounded the corner, they saw Su Xi-er off to the side . Although she was wearing coa . r . s . e clothes, it wasn't enough to hide her elegance .
In the few decades between them, they had never seen a woman so beautiful . They couldn't help but think of the peerless beauty they had heard about a few days ago .
Is the peerless beauty as beautiful as this woman in front of us?
Su Xi-er glanced at them, then walked towards the well . The men in their 30's continued to stare at her back, only recovering from their stupor when they were scolded by the imperial guard from the Prince Hao Residence .
"Please have mercy . Us lowly people won't dare to look again . "
The imperial guard expressed his disgruntlement . "Hurry and leave the posthouse . "
"Yes yes, these lowly ones will leave now . " They hurried out of the posthouse after they finished unloading the firewood .
The imperial guard couldn't help but shake his head and sighed . No wonder Prince Hao ordered us to keep an eye on Su Xi-er . This woman is too attractive . She is attracting stares even inside the posthouse, much less outside of it surrounded by commoners .
If Su Xi-er had gone out, she could probably only stay behind Prince Hao . Otherwise, she would have to put on makeup to look ugly .