CHAPTER 45 (1): ITCHY ITCHY ITCHY (1/2)

“Hong Li, there’s a saying called ‘calamity comes from a loose tongue’. Talk about Prince Hao less in the future. Where is the precise location you were pulling weeds today? Are you still going to pluck them tomorrow?”

Hong Li nodded repeatedly, sighing when she heard the words ‘pulling weeds.’ “Yeah. There is still a bunch of it. With how itchy I’m going to get, I don’t want to do this kind of work even if I do get the chance to meet...”

She immediately shut her mouth, biting back the words, ‘Prince Hao.’

“I’ll go with you tomorrow after eating breakfast. Wash yourself first. I will be going back to my room to rest.” Su Xi-er turned around the left the room.

Hong Li stood in the room alone. Why does Su Xi-er want to pull weeds with me? She didn’t scrub the chamber pots today. Does she not need to scrub the chamber pots tomorrow night too?

However, Hong Li didn’t think that her random conjecture was actually correct. Su Xi-er also didn’t need to scrub the chamber pots tomorrow because she had something more important to do.

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The next day, Su Xi-er had already risen at 6.30am.

After freshening up, she went to the place for eating breakfast. After she sat down, palace maids started streaming in one after another.

The thin palace maid who often made caustic remarks about Su Xi-er snorted, “You slacked off last night and didn’t go scrub the chamber pots. It was poor Lian Qiao who helped you despite having to get up early this morning. Meanwhile, a certain tactless person hasn’t even uttered a single word of thanks.”

Su Xi-er looked at Lian Qiao. “Thank you. I wasn’t feeling well last night, resulting in you having to help me do it. I also can’t rest today and have to work.”

Lian Qiao immediately waved her hand. “It’s fine. You were feeling unwell, so it’s only natural that I helped you. Everyone in the Palace Side Quarters is in it together, and should assist each other.” At the same time, she carried her bowl and sat beside Su Xi-er.

The thin palace maid snorted. Lian Qiao is a coward who desperately latches onto others’ thigh to climb up with all her might.