Chapter 162 Useful
"Mother, why not give it a try? I have given one piece to each of the maids in the mansion. I believe that you will hear different sounds in a short time." Xu Qingyan said with a smile.
However, the Duke's wife took the thing with some embarrassment and asked her maid to put it away and put it where no one could see it.
After a few days, the voices discussing Xu Qingyan in Xinyuan's mansion really changed direction.
That day, Xu Qingyue was walking through the garden with her maidservant. When they reached the corridor, she faintly heard the chattering of several maids, and she stopped.
Originally, she wanted to listen to how others laughed at Xu Qingyan so that she could vent her anger, but after hearing what she heard, she was so angry that she gritted her teeth.
"Hey...Have you used the sanitary napkin that the Crown Prince's wife gave me? I used one when I had my period yesterday and it was very useful, much better than my previous sanitary belt. It's a pity that it's gone after one use. If you don't need yours, can you give it to me first? I'll buy it back for you next time." A maid was seen pulling another maid, saying with pleading eyes.
Another maid looked at her curiously and asked, "Is that thing really that useful? Why are you two saying that? Sister Luliu, you are the fourth person I've heard praising this thing."
"Of course it's useful! I fell in love with it after using it once. I now hate my previous menstrual belts so much. We washed them over and over again, and they were dirty and smelly. This one can only be used once, but it's very comfortable to use. I asked about it the other day and it's not expensive, only two cents. But I sent all my monthly salary back home this month, and I won't have any spare money until next month."
"Is it so cheap? I thought it was very expensive!"
"It's so cheap. The prince's wife opened a shop to sell this stuff. It's really good news for us women!"
What a blessing for women! Xu Qingyan's shameless behavior, they actually praised her so much, even this kind of maid wanted to patronize her business! Suddenly, Xu Qingyue was so angry that her face was hideous.
She couldn't help herself and walked directly to the two maids and scolded them, "You two maids are so shameless that you dare to discuss such shameless things in public! The prince's wife openly sells menstrual belts, which is a disgrace to women. Not only do you not feel ashamed, but you say it is a blessing for women. Are you crazy?"
The two maids looked at each other and said, "They were obviously doing it secretly, how could they discuss it openly?" However, because they were slaves, they did not dare to refute and could only bow their heads and remain silent.
Seeing this, Xu Qingyue continued to scold them, venting her anger: "Menstrual belts are such shameful things, and the Crown Prince's Concubine is selling them in a wide range of shops, hoping to make money from them. This is a shameless act. You can't control the master, but how can you learn from him? No one of you is allowed to go out and buy the Crown Prince's Concubine's menstrual belts from outside. Do you hear me?"
"But...that thing is really easy to use! It's much better than the menstrual belt we used before. Aunt Xu, why don't you try it too?" a maid said cautiously.
She just couldn't do it. She didn't buy something so useful and affordable, but chose to use something so uncomfortable.
Xu Qingyue became even angrier when she heard the maid say that. She slapped the maid in the face loudly and said, "How dare you talk back! You shameless little bitch!"
The maid's face was swollen and red from being beaten, and she was so scared that she quickly knelt down to apologize.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the side, defending the injustice: "A concubine of a Duke's mansion is so powerful? This maid didn't say anything wrong, but you are being unreasonable here!"
"Who are you? Why are you making trouble in our Duke's Mansion?" Xu Qingyue turned around and looked at the woman with a strange face.
She saw a woman wearing a gorgeous red corseted long dress, with a bright and generous face and a noble temperament, walking towards her. She had never seen this woman before, and she was not dressed properly like a noble lady of Daxia, so she thought she was a dancer or a skinny horse who was invited or sent by someone.
But who would have thought that the woman would raise her chin in a haughty manner and said, "It's not for you to ask who I am. It's just that you are just a little concubine, and your ugly face just now is really disgusting! The prince's consort sells such useful sanitary napkins, which has benefited so many women, but you think it's shameless. What! Aren't you a woman, and don't you need things like menstrual belts?"
"You...where did you come from, you bitch, and how dare you come to the Duke's Mansion to make trouble! Come on, kick her out!" Xu Qingyue was so angry when she saw the other party pointing at her nose and scolding her, so she ordered the servants around her to kick her out.
But at this time, the servant who brought Gu Yina in was so scared that he hurried forward to stop her and said, "Madam Xu, this is Princess Louxi. She is here to see the Crown Prince's Consort. You can't be so presumptuous to her!"
"What? Princess...Princess?" Xu Qingyue was stunned when she heard that.
This woman in strange clothes was actually a princess? And she came to see Xu Qingyan. Judging from the way she defended Xu Qingyan just now, she seemed to have a good relationship with her. Why could Xu Qingyan be friends with a princess? Thinking of this, Xu Qingyue became jealous again.
"Hmph! How can a concubine of a duke's mansion be so presumptuous? I'll have to ask the duke's wife later what punishment the concubine should receive for offending the princess." Gu Yina snorted coldly.
At this moment, Xu Qingyue was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat. If she heard that the princess was going to tell the Duke's wife, wouldn't she be scolded and punished later? She had finally regained some status in the Duke's Mansion, how could she be despised again?
So, Xu Qingyue apologized to Gu Yina in panic: "Princess, calm down! It was my fault that I didn't recognize you and offended you with my brazen words. Please forgive me, Princess."
But Gu Yina didn't buy it and sneered, "You didn't just offend me. The one you just insulted was your prince's consort. You are just a lowly concubine, and you are not worthy of mocking your master. If people like you are not taught a lesson, I'm afraid you will become even more rampant in the future!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Qingyue immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "Please forgive me, Princess! As long as you can let me go and not report it to the Duke's wife, I will do anything for you."
"Really? Then slap yourself twenty times now and let me see your sincerity in admitting your mistake!" Gu Yina sneered.
"Princess..." Xu Qingyue looked up in surprise when she heard that.
Gu Yina looked at Xu Qingyue coldly and said, "Why are you still unwilling? Forget it, I'll let the Duke's wife punish you."
"No...no...I...I will fight you." Seeing Gu Yina raising her leg to leave, Xu Qingyue could only agree humiliatingly.
If she was punished by the Duke's wife again, she would probably get a divorce. So, she could only slap herself in the face again and again in humiliation.
After a while, her face turned red. Gu Yina left with satisfaction, but Xu Qingyue's eyes were filled with hatred. She stared at Gu Yina viciously and thought: Princess Louxi! I remember this! When I ascend to a high position in the future, I will definitely deal with this ungrateful princess!
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