CHAPTER 57 (1): BOUNCED UP
Pei Qianhao loosened his hands. “It’s nothing. Wear your shirt properly. Return to your room after you have delivered the dicine.”
He then turned to leave, leaving the door wide open.
Peering out, Su Xi-er saw that all the palace maids in the vicinity had already been dismissed. Gazing at his retreating figure, she mused over what he had said just now. “Wear it when I tell you to do so. This Chinese bodice is even...” What ca after that?
Don’t tell that he hadn’t secretly hidden it, but specially searched for it?
Su Xi-er knitted her eyebrows as she recalled the Lucky Knot Yun Ruofeng gave her. He specially searched for it and there is only this one pair in the whole world. But what happened afterwards?
Hehe. In this lifeti, I can’t repeat the sa mistakes.
Her fists were tightly clenched as she remained frozen on the wooden stool. Only after 15 minutes had passed did she realise that her clothes were still dishevelled.
Using both her hands, she rapidly straightened them out and couldn’t help but curse in her heart. What a splendid Prince Hao. You dared to pull my clothes off. You even left the room door open when you left!
With her clothes tidied up, she poured the dicinal extract in the gallipot into a few large bowls.
Just as she had finished pouring all of it out, a palace maid ca. “Su Xi-er, Old Maidservant Li instructed you to look for Eunuch Zhang at the Imperial Household Departnt in order to get two new well buckets for the Laundry Service Bureau. I will deliver the dicine instead.”
The palace maid placed the few large bowls containing the dicinal extract onto a wooden tray before taking it away.
Su Xi-er contemplated for a mont before heading towards the Imperial Household Departnt.
Eunuch Zhang had long prepared for her arrival. The imperial bodyguards at the door only asked for her na before letting her in.
The room was the place where she had t Eunuch Zhang for the first ti. While he had tried to evaluate her in the past, the gaze that Eunuch Zhang trained on her was one of surprise and confoundnt.
“Su Xi-er, there are no outsiders here. Tell the truth; were you the one who caused the incident in the Laundry Service Bureau?”
Su Xi-er slowly answered, “So you’ve already deduced it, Eunuch Zhang. Indeed, I was the one who did it. However, regardless of the ans, Ruo Yuan has returned to the Palace Side Quarters.”
“Are you sure that you have managed to retreat unscathed? The Imperial Physician Institute has already found that the grass ca from the woods beside the Palace Side Quarters during their investigation.”
Su Xi-er smiled. “I have already been taken back to be questioned by Imperial Physician Zhao; yet, am I not standing here safe and sound? As for whether I can retreat unscathed, aren’t you the clearest about that, Eunuch Zhang?”
Eunuch Zhang’s expression beca solemn but it returned to normal in a mont. “To have co up with such a thod, I don’t know if I should say that you are audacious or courageous. Nevertheless, I an what I say. Feel free to instruct should you need my help in the future.”
With the help of the Head Eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Departnt, she would be able to receive news in the palace faster in the future.
“You have already heard about the Empress Dowager going to the Beauty Palace, right?” Eunuch Zhang suddenly ntioned the Empress Dowager.
Su Xi-er nodded in affirmation.
“The Empress Dowager was obstructed by her father, Lord Pei, on the way. The only reason that this matter didn’t blow up is because Lord Pei suppressed the news. And yet, Prince Hao didn’t pay any attention to it. Right now, there is almost nobody who knows that the Empress Dowager is not in the Compassionate Peace Palace, but the Pei Residence.” Eunuch Zhang sighed.
“On the day of the incident in the Laundry Service Bureau, I had gone to the Compassionate Peace Palace and found the Empress Dowager completely incensed with Prince Hao. The conflict between these two siblings is too huge; either one party will concede or...””
Eunuch Zhang stopped to look at Su Xi-er carefully.
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