Chapter 158
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As a favored concubine, Cheng Wan had always treated the people in the palace as nothing. But today, she casually glanced around and found a pretty little palace maid by the side of the road.
Her gaze froze.
Xue Ning was wearing the clothes of a palace maid and the simplest hairpin. She knelt there carefully with her head lowered, and she didn't notice anything unusual. She thought it would be the same as every time she knelt, and she would stand up and continue sweeping after the concubine passed by.
She didn't realize that something was wrong until a pair of exquisite embroidered shoes stopped in front of her.
Then, a lazy and dignified female voice came from above, "Raise your head and let me see."
Xue Ning was shocked. She looked around and confirmed that the person in front of her was talking to her.
She looked up carefully, still looking at the ground.
"What's your name?"
"Thank you, Your Highness. I'm Xue Ning."
"How old are you?"
"Seventeen."
"You're quite handsome." Cheng Wan sized her up, but there was no warmth in her eyes, as if she wasn't a person at all, but a beautiful piece of jewelry. "What a beautiful face. It's so unfair for you to sweep the floor here."
Xue Ning shivered.
She had a clear understanding of her own appearance. From Cheng Wan's two simple sentences, she realized something. No one who could survive in the palace was stupid.
Her face was full of fear, sixty percent real and forty percent fake. "No … I'm not wronged. This is a servant's duty."
"What a good duty." Cheng Wan smiled. She glanced at her from the corner of her seductive eyes and exuded the aura of a favored concubine. "I want to praise you. I wonder if you're willing to?"
"I'm slow-witted. I'm afraid I'll let you down, Your Highness." Her body tensed up, and she tried to keep her voice calm. However, her hands were already in the mud, and her joints were clear.
At that moment, all the staff members held their breaths, including the male lead, Qin Youhui.
Acting was an art that depended on talent. An outstanding actor could perform multiple emotions required by the director, but a talented actor also needed to have a kind of aura.
This kind of Qi could be understood as an aura, but it could also be understood as an expression. No matter how you looked at her performance, you wouldn't think any of her details were particularly outstanding, but you just couldn't look away from her. You would feel that she was Xue Ning herself. From her tense body, the small movements of her hands, every rise and fall of her voice, and even the trembling of the hair clip, you could see her fear and hesitation, as well as that subtle ambition.
She was terrified. This was a trap. If she hesitated, the slightest carelessness would lead to her death. But at the same time, she was also asking herself, should she really reject this opportunity? As someone at the bottom of the food chain in this palace, she knew very well how cheap human lives were. She had seen too many of her companions being crushed like ants. And this opportunity at least gave her hope to escape from this situation where anyone could crush her to death.
That kind of struggling vitality was the charm of Xue Ning. And this kind of charm, like a fatal attraction to everyone's heart. In comparison, although Su Han's performance wasn't bad, she seemed to be lacking compared to Ye Shengge's performance.
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