Chapter 23
Going to the Beauty Palace was what all women, especially palace maids, hankered after . The way Prince Hao selected the women was very unique . As long as he was interested, he would take the woman back to the Beauty Palace, regardless of her family background .
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Hence, once Prince Hao spoke, all the palace maids widened their eyes . A jealous heat filling their gazes to varying degrees .
Some inwardly lamented . Prince Hao didn't pay He Xiangyu any attention after she was flogged by the Empress Dowager, but now he is suddenly involved with Su Xi-er . What would He Xiangyu think if she finds out?
Su Xi-er smiled sincerely . "Many thanks for your kind intentions, Prince Hao . However, this servant won't be able to adjust to the Beauty Palace after getting accustomed to staying in the Palace Side Quarters for so long . Furthermore, this servant always has a lingering stench on me due to my work of scrubbing the chamber pots . I have no connection to the word 'beauty' at all . "
All the palace maids were astonished again . They could no longer restrain themselves from raising their heads to look at Su Xi-er .
The expression on her face is too unperturbed . She doesn't care about the Beauty Palace at all, actually daring to reject Prince Hao! Only he is allowed to reject others . How would he tolerate others rejecting him!
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When they looked at Prince Hao again, his gaze was sinister and callous while his whole body was emanating coldness .
The palace maids' knees involuntarily trembled as they immediately lowered their heads, not daring to look up again as their hearts palpitated in fear .
They were afraid and on tenterhooks, having witnessed Prince Hao's handsomeness and cold imposing manner with their own eyes .
"Already accustomed to staying in the Palace Side Quarters?" Prince Hao chuckled and glanced at Su Xi-er . Then, he walked towards the palace gate of the Palace Side Quarters .
His calm tone made his mood indiscernible . As she watched his departing figure, Su Xi-er looked pensive .
Once Pei Qianhao's figure was out of sight, the previously quiet Palace Side Quarters exploded into activity . With Old Maidservant Zhao, the old-maidservant-in-charge, having been punished, there was no one to discipline them .
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As everyone's voices gradually became louder, their eyes naturally drifted towards the topic of conversation: Su Xi-er .
"She has lost her mind, right? It's the Beauty Palace, yet she actually chose to not go!"
"Exactly . She offended Prince Hao while already being under Commandery Prince Xie's ire from when she helped He Xiangyu take the blame . From the looks of it, she's going to die . "
Hong Li raised her eyebrow . "Do you treat Commandery Prince Xie as a fool? He is very clear about who has offended him . It's because He Xiangyu got taken into the Beauty Palace that Commandery Prince Xie didn't pursue the matter further with her . "
Now that she mentioned it, that also seems to make sense .
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A fat palace maid chuckled . "Hong Li, you take Su Xi-er's side a lot . Is it because you think that she is going to prosper that you are so hurriedly hugging her thigh[1]?"
Su Xi-er hadn't spoken all this while and finally responded, "My arms and legs are thin . If it's about the thigh, it's better to hug yours instead . "
In an instant, the other palace maids could no longer hold it in and laughter escaped their mouth .
That palace maid was the fattest in the Palace Side Quarters . She had been fat since she was young, even growing fatter by drinking water .
Having been teased, the palace maid's face flushed . People had commented that she was fat since she was young . My body is just like that . I have no choice .
Which woman wouldn't like to be beautiful? But I am unable to slim down .
The fat palace maid was sad to the point that tears threatened to fall from the rim of her eyes .
At this moment, Su Xi-er walked to her side and patted her shoulder . "Some people are fat and unhealthy . You, however, are very st . u . r . dy . You have sufficient strength to work and your body wouldn't collapse . Instead of seeing this as a flaw, treat it as your unique strength . "
The fat palace maid's tears flickered and she sniffled . "I don't need you to pretend to be kind . You can just ridicule me directly for being fat . "
"It's just you deriding yourself for being fat, not others . " Su Xi-er then turned around and entered the room, Hong Li following closely behind without minding the stares of others .
Right now, everyone was aware that Hong Li was already on the same side as Su Xi-er .
They were all starting to hesitate . Should we learn from Hong Li?
1 . to forge connections with a powerful person