Chapter 34.1: lifted her sleeve up
After Pei Qianhao left, Su Xi-er raised her sleeves and wiped her mouth fiercely. She was already repulsed by the idea of getting close to men, much less kissing.
However, no matter how she wiped, she was unable to erase that smell of his. His scent wrapped around her and reminded her of his overbearing arrogance.
In the end, Su Xi-er picked up the coarse rope on the ground and continued walking to the side of the well.
After she arrived, she began to bring the well water up and keep herself busy. Only by doing that would the scene of her kissing him vanish from her mind.
After she had collected five buckets of water in a row, she began to scrub the chamber pots diligently.
The chamber pots are stinky, so they should erase his smell right?
Although it had taken her six hours to finish scrubbing the chamber pots in the past, she was almost done in approximately an hour today.
Regardless, she continued to scrub relentlessly in order to completely forget the scene that had just occurred.
Finally, she finished scrubbing the last chamber pot and collected the well water again, preparing to wash them one more time.
Before she could do so however, a large hand reached out from the side as its owner spoke in an emotionless ice-cold voice, âYouâre going all out in scrubbing with no regard for your life tonight. Did you get provoked?â
She could tell that the voice belonged to the Third Imperial Prince.
Situ Li took the bucket from her hand, pulling up a few buckets of water before pouring them onto the chamber pots.
Afterwards, he tossed the bucket at the side of the well. âWhat kind of provocation did you receive? If you work so hard with all your might, your body wonât be able to take it.â
Su Xi-er raised her head to look at him. âThird Imperial Prince, when did you arrive? With how late it is, shouldnât you be resting?â
âIt wasnât comfortable sleeping in the repose palace that I was given, so I came out for a walk. I just happened upon you scrubbing for your life when I passed by. What on earth is the matter?â
Su Xi-er released a breath of relief.
Good thing he just arrived. If he had come when I was kissing Pei Qianhao, that would have spelt trouble.
She replied softly, âIâm fine. You donât have to be worried, Third Imperial Prince.â
Situ Li clearly didnât believe her. He raised his large hand and grabbed her wrist. Su Xi-er immediately exerted strength and prepared to struggle free of him.
âDonât move. Do you want to dislocate it again? Look at how you have set your bones.â Situ Liâs voice was now more imposing as he increased his strength. She was unable to break free from him and could only watch on helplessly as he lifted her sleeves up.
In Nanzhao, women who have exposed their arms to others must promise themselves to the other party. Even Yun Ruofeng hasnât seen my arm before.
When she thought of Yun Ruofeng, the expression in her eyes changed.
He doesnât love me at all, so why would he look at my arm? Iâm really stupid. I should have been able to make out these minute details.
âYour face is red?â Situ Li looked at her face and suddenly laughed. âDonât worry. In Beimin, Â as long as a man loses his interest, even carrying out the matter of a married couple wouldnât make a man marry the woman, much less seeing an arm.â
Su Xi-er felt extremely displeased about that and raised her right leg to step on Situ Li ferociously. Right when he was finding it painful, she nimbly struggled her hand free from him.
âThird Imperial Prince, according to what you have said, what should this servant be worried about? And whatâs your purpose in telling this servant this?â Her voice held an imposing demeanour that a palace maid should not have possessed.
Situ Li looked at her and observed the expression on her visage.
Sheâs just a palace maid from the Palace Side Quarters? Why does she possess such an imposing aura? An unyielding loftiness and an inherent pride in her eyes.
Furthermore, what I said wasnât wrong.
Beimin is simply like that. If the man doesnât want the woman, even if she uses the child to blackmail him, the man can still unreasonably abort the child.
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