Chapter 738 Enter the Palace(1)_1
Clearly, this little girl did not respect Madame Jin Guifei, and didn’t care about her, an esteemed Lady-in-waiting in the slightest before. Seeing Lady Li’s snub, her expression became incredibly unpleasant.
In the palace, she has absolute authority, below one person and above all others. In the whole palace, besides Jin Guifei, who wouldn’t care about her feelings? Even the princesses and concubines in the palace had to politely call her ’Li Shanggong’ when they saw her, because she was the one with most power next to Jin Guifei. But surprisingly, she was contemptuously disregarded by a commoner girl outside the palace today. The girl not only publically rejected her but dared to mock her coldly, which was extremely audacious!
Li Shanggong was so angry that she clenched her teeth, wishing she could beat this reckless little imp into a rotten sheep’s head in public, or simply to death, to vent her rage!
However, she is not a rash woman. Having endured to reach her position today, she naturally wouldn’t be like some uneducated women who acted unreasonably over trivial matters. She represents Madame Jin Guifei, and if she shows off her authority and punishes the little maidservant in front of the public, it would likely harm Madame Jin’s reputation among the common people.
Jin Guifei is extra conscientious about her reputation because of rumors of her origin from a brothel. Therefore, Li Shanggong wouldn’t dare to do anything that could potentially harm Jin Guifei’s prestige in any way.
Suppressing her raging anger, she said with a skin-deep smile: "Young lady, your words are harsh. How could Her Majesty get angry with you just because of a few diamonds? Well, since you are not selling the diamonds, we will go elsewhere!"
With that said and with a few female officials by her side, she descended the stairs under the gaze of everyone’s awe.
"Oh my, young lady, you are so bold, even daring to refuse Li Shanggong!"
"Yes, young lady, I advise you to invite Li Shanggong back before she leaves too far, and humbly apologize to her and give her the diamonds..."