Su Nansheng took a deep breath to suppress her urge to curse before turning around and leaving.
However, no matter where she went, Su Hele held her head high and followed closely.
Looking at the silent Su Hele and the eager Zhao Qingyi beside her, Su Nansheng suddenly burst into laughter.
She couldn't let this anger go for nothing after being wrongly accused of being a sinister person.
...
In Xizixuan, the room was filled with fragrance, and all kinds of rouge and dressing tables were in place.
As soon as Su Nansheng entered the door, she saw Qin Nian smiling at her. Seeing that she was about to come over, Su Nansheng quickly shook her head slightly.
Qin Nian received the hint and turned on her heel to greet other guests.
Hardly had Su Nansheng stepped into the door when Su Hele and Zhao Qingyi followed in.
Su Nansheng couldn't help but smile. Xizixuan was two streets away from the Western Market. It was really hard for the delicate Su Hele to follow so closely.
"Sister, this sandalwood - colored lip balm is your favorite, isn't it?"
Su Nansheng casually picked up a box of lip balm and handed it to Su Hele, smiling with an air of sisterly affection.
Su Hele hadn't even caught her breath when a box of lip balm suddenly appeared in front of her. She was a bit taken aback for a moment.
"I'll buy this. Mrs. Su, you won't follow me and use the same - colored lip balm, will you?"
Zhao Qingyi snatched the lip balm away and looked extremely proud.
Su Hele ignored her and just silently followed behind Su Nansheng.
Su Nansheng pressed down the corners of her mouth and slowly paced to the middle of the display cabinet. Pointing at the last bottle of perfume on it, she said:
"Sister must like this. I'll buy it. Wrap it up."
Qin Nian at the counter looked utterly confused but still picked up the perfume to prepare for packaging.
"I want it. I'll pay three times the price." Zhao Qingyi immediately rushed over.
The corners of Su Nansheng's mouth curled up. "Five times."
"Ten times."
"Fifteen times!" Su Nansheng continued.
Zhao Qingyi held her head high. "Twenty times."
"Twenty - five times!"
This time, Zhao Qingyi didn't increase the bid. She looked a bit hesitant. This perfume wasn't cheap.
Seeing this, Su Nansheng raised her eyebrows at her, looking quite smug.
Zhao Qingyi gritted her teeth. "Thirty times."
Su Nansheng turned to look at Qin Nian, unable to suppress the smile on her lips:
"Wrap it up for her!"
Qin Nian was first shocked but quickly came to her senses and grinned from ear to ear:
"This young lady is really both wealthy and has good taste. This Qingu perfume is the last bottle. If you want it again, you'll have to wait for half a month, and you may not even be able to get it."
Although it was a compliment, she wasn't lying at all.
This Qingu perfume was very popular. So even though Su Nansheng supplied it regularly, she put out a few bottles irregularly just to attract customers to come often.
Looking at the Qingu perfume handed to her and the women watching the excitement around, Zhao Qingyi was heart - broken but didn't want to lose face.
She motioned for her maid to give the silver and at the same time looked at Su Hele proudly:
"If you can't afford it, why compete with me? This good thing isn't for someone like you."
Su Hele had already hated Zhao Qingyi to the core. She just didn't want to argue with her for the sake of her image. Now seeing her provoking like this, it gave her a chance.
"A Sheng is being vulgar. I've always lived a simple life. How could I use such vulgar things to please others?"
"What do you mean by that?"
Zhao Qingyi's face darkened, and her voice was shrill.
"The purpose of using this perfume is nothing but to charm others. I naturally disdain to use such vulgar and seductive things."
Su Hele tilted her chin slightly and looked calm.
She knew her words would draw dissatisfaction, but she didn't care.
Xizixuan was just a small shop that couldn't even make it into the Western Market. Those who were willing to buy things here couldn't be too powerful.
She scanned around and sure enough saw that although everyone looked resentful, they remained silent.
Only Zhao Qingyi looked gloomy, but she was just a fool and not to be feared.
Just as Su Hele was feeling proud, she heard Su Nansheng say coldly:
"Sister, don't judge others by yourself. This..."
"So this is the high - class Su Hele. All she can talk about are vulgar words like pleasing and seducing. It really broadens my horizons."
A woman in gorgeous clothes stepped forward. Chen Mingzhu was following beside her, and both of them looked displeased.
Su Nansheng looked at Chen Mingzhu following the woman in gorgeous clothes and made up her mind, then stopped talking.
Su Hele glanced at the woman in gorgeous clothes and looked calm:
"I'm just telling the truth."
The woman was so angry that she laughed coldly. "Slap her in the face!"
Immediately, a maid stepped forward and gave Su Hele a hard slap.
Su Hele was beaten back a step, and a mark immediately appeared on her face.
Su Mo, who had been quietly shrinking in the corner, quickly rushed out to support Su Hele, looking terrified.
"How dare you hurt someone like this! This is unreasonable. This is under the feet of the Son of Heaven. Do you have any respect for the law?"
Su Hele covered her face, looking utterly shocked.
The woman in gorgeous clothes didn't even bother to pay attention to Su Hele. "Slap her again."
Su Mo stepped forward to block in front of Su Hele but was pulled away and controlled by the maid of Princess Huici.
"Slap!" Another slap landed.
This time, Su Hele didn't say a word. By now, she understood that this woman dared to be so arrogant because she must have a powerful background.
The woman stared at Su Hele. Seeing that she stopped talking, she then looked at Chen Mingzhu beside her.
Chen Mingzhu strolled up to Su Hele with her hands behind her back, smiling:
"Although I don't want to say this, the person in front of you is the law."
At this point, Chen Mingzhu changed the subject, her voice cold and harsh:
"Don't you even pay your respects to Princess Huici?"
Everyone was shocked and quickly curtsied.
"Greetings to Princess Huici."
"Get up. Except for you, kneel down for me."
Princess Huici pointed at Su Hele, her face as cold as frost.
Su Hele's ears roared, and her body went stiff. Why would a princess come to such a small place!
Seeing that she stood still, a maid immediately stepped forward and kicked her in the back of the knee.
With a thud, Su Hele knelt on the ground.
Princess Huici looked down at her:
"It's already very difficult for women to live in this world, but I didn't expect such slander and defamatory words to come from one of our own kind! Su Hele, don't use your dirty thoughts to slander other women."
Seeing that even the princess was dissatisfied with Su Hele, everyone immediately echoed:
"That's right. Can't we wear lip balm and use perfume just to please ourselves?"
"It's her own dirty mind. She even has the nerve to say that about us."
"Humph. I've long seen that she was just pretending. Now she finally shows her true colors. A fake prude."
Zhao Qingyi shouted the loudest, for fear that others wouldn't hear.
Su Hele hung her head so that her face couldn't be seen, but her body was trembling slightly, and the veins on her neck were clearly visible.
Su Nansheng glanced at her lightly and then curtsied to Princess Huici:
"Thank you, Princess, for clearing our names. Otherwise, we might not even be able to buy daily cosmetics in the future."
Seeing this, everyone also curtsied to express their gratitude.
Princess Huici nodded slightly at Su Nansheng and then looked at Su Hele:
"For your rude words and improper behavior, I'll punish you..."
Just as she was speaking, Su Hele swayed and fainted to the ground.