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Chapter 13: Laundry and Palace Fighting
Huanyi Bureau.

The clothes of the royal family and relatives in the palace were all received here and washed every day by special palace maids.

A group of palace maids were squatting by the canal, washing clothes carefully.

The weather was extremely cold and the water in the canal was icy.

These are all minor issues.

The clothes of the royal family are extremely precious and must be washed with great care. If they are accidentally damaged, there will be punishment.

This is the big problem.

But fortunately, the palace maids were already skilled and could even chat while cleaning.

The voice with the clearest sound is Su Lian.

Su Lian is the one who talks the most on weekdays.

She said with great energy:

"My brother Bao is very good to me and always brings me good things."

"But the one who treated me the best was my brother Jin. He even brought me some medicine that cured the chilblains on my hands."

"Look, sisters, has the swelling gone down and there's no cracking?"

"This medicine is so effective, I know it without you telling me. It must be a good medicine that Brother Jin spent a lot of money to buy!"

Su Lian is a bit careless and often speaks without thinking.

She always likes to tell people around her about how good Bao Ge and Jin Ge are to her.

She was sharing her joy with others.

But she didn't know that her words were seen as showing off to others.

Several palace maids in the distance looked at Su Lian with jealousy, and then muttered:
"This damn girl talks so much. Auntie has punished her so many times, but she still hasn't learned her lesson?"

"That's right. Look at her, she's always protecting me and asking me to come and go. Is she the only one who has a good life? Is she the only one who has friends in the palace?"

"This kind of person is really stupid. Just wait and see. This little bastard will suffer a great loss sooner or later."

The palace maids didn't take Su Lian seriously, but seeing Su Lian's happy and cheerful face when she was chatting every day was really annoying.

Life in the palace is already depressing and difficult.

Everyone lives in fear, everyone has learned to keep silent and live in fear.

Why is Su Lian so happy?
Why can Su Lian be so silly and happy every day?

Su Lian's personality can be described as simple and straightforward to put it nicely, or as stupid and foolish to put it bluntly.

She's fifteen years old and still so immature.

Do you really think the palace is a charity?!
A palace maid with an oval face looked back and seemed to see someone walking towards her.

Then a cunning look flashed in her eyes, and she whispered to the surrounding palace maids:
"Look how I deal with her!"

The palace fighting in the imperial palace does not only happen among the concubines in the harem.

But it was happening in every corner of the palace.

The oval-faced maid deliberately came near Su Lian and complained in a low voice:

"Oh, I've been doing laundry and other chores every day lately. It's so tiring!"

These words immediately resonated with everyone.

Everyone knew that the aunt was in a bad mood recently, so she tortured the palace maids in various ways, making everyone suffer together.

As everyone started discussing, Su Lian also joined in:
"That's right, we have already rinsed the clothes very clean, but Auntie said it's not clean enough and wants to rinse it again and again."

"If the rinsing is not done properly, we will be slapped in the face."

"She just slapped my left cheek and made it swollen the day before yesterday, and it only went down today. Please don't slap my right cheek too, or I'll be too embarrassed to see anyone."

Once Su Lian starts talking, it's hard to stop.

After the oval-faced maid saw Su Lian fall into the trap, she turned her head slightly to look behind her, and then continued to stir up trouble:
"Su Lian is right, Auntie is going too far!"

She spoke in a low voice, as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

The other palace maids were well versed in the ways of survival in the palace, and they knew something was wrong when they heard this.

Aren’t you afraid of being criticized for speaking ill of your aunt in public?
unless……

Many people secretly looked back, as if they saw something terrible, and were so scared that they shut up and concentrated on washing clothes.

But no palace maid was willing to remind Su Lian.

They were also jealous of Su Lian and were happy to see her suffer.

really.

Su Lian was simple-minded and didn't notice anything unusual. She even agreed with the words of the oval-faced palace maid:
"Is it more than excessive?"

"In my opinion, my aunt is just an old witch!"

Su Lian's voice was naturally clear.

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like jade beads falling on a plate, and everyone present could hear them clearly.

The palace maids suppressed their smiles, they knew that Su Lian was doomed!
Then, there was a silence.

Su Lian scratched her head: "Why are all of you silent?"

The palace maids were still busy washing clothes, and no one responded.

Sudden.

"Cough! Cough!"

Two familiar dry coughs sounded behind Su Lian.

Su Lian was startled and turned around hurriedly.

There was a skinny female official, about thirty years old, standing behind her.

This frightened Su Lian so much that she jumped up from the ground and covered her mouth tightly:
"aunt……"

These two words slipped out from between Su Lian's fingers, full of fear.

Because this female official was Guo Min, the assistant clerk of the laundry bureau, and also the "aunt" of Su Lian and the other palace maids.

At this time.

The oval-faced maid stood up and complained:
"Auntie, that little bitch just now was talking nonsense. She even dared to insult you behind your back. You really should tear her mouth apart!"

A fierce look appeared on Guo Min's face.

Her hands were also raised high.

Everyone present knew that Guo Min was going to slap someone in the face!
Su Lian hurriedly covered the left half of her face, revealing the right half for her aunt to slap her, while closing her eyes and waiting for her aunt to slap her.

The oval-faced palace maid gloated over the misfortune, with a hint of sneer on her lips.

The other palace maids also turned around to watch the show.

Guo Min finally received the slap.

"Snapped!!!"

The crisp sound of a slap echoed throughout the venue.

But from the sound, you can tell that the slap was very hard!

The scene fell into silence.

Su Lian was full of doubts.

My face...why doesn't it hurt?

She couldn't help but open her eyes, only to see the palace maids looking surprised.

And on the face of the oval-faced palace maid, there was a red slap mark.

The oval-faced maid was dazed by the slap:

"Aunt, it's not me who said bad things about you, it's Su Lian who said it!"

"She was the one who called you an old witch, not me!"

As she spoke, she pointed her finger at Su Lian.

Guo Min snorted coldly and raised his hand again.

"Snapped!!!"

Another loud slap came.

There was another palm print on the face of the oval-faced palace maid.

This completely stunned her.

Why am I still being beaten?

Didn’t auntie hear Su Lian calling her an old witch?
impossible!

Su Lian spoke so loudly, and her aunt was standing behind her at the time, so there was no reason for her to have heard it wrong!

She wasn't the only one confused.

Even the palace maids around her, including Su Lian herself, couldn't figure out what was going on.

Guo Min stretched out her hand, pinched the oval-faced maid's cheek and scolded her:
"You little bitch! You don't work hard all day long, you just like to gossip, right?"

"I heard it clearly just now. It was you, a little bitch, scolding me!"

The oval-faced palace maid hurriedly tried to explain herself.

But Guo Min used more and more force in her hands, and her nails dug into the flesh of the oval-faced palace maid, even causing blood to flow.

The pain made the oval-faced palace maid scream in pain and tears kept falling.

Su Lian was frightened and couldn't help but explain:
"Aunt, actually—"

Before she finished speaking, Guo Min interrupted her:
"Su Lian, you don't need to plead for her. Doesn't your aunt know who you are?"

"You are the most sensible, the most diligent, and the one that pleases Aunt the most."

"Auntie, I'm not deaf. The one who just spoke rudely was this little bitch!"

"Everyone, let's talk about it, right?"

(End of this chapter)