Chapter 6: Books

As for what her facial features looked like, Su Jingyao had no intention of looking anymore, because the flesh on her face was all bunched together; how could one even make out any features?

No wonder the original Su Jingyao never looked in a mirror.

After a long while, Su Jingyao sighed and roughly checked her height. In terms of height, Su Jingyao was now twelve years old and already about 1.4 meters tall. Su Jingyao smiled; that could be considered normal.

At the very least, she didn't want to be a shorty. Thinking back, her height in her past life was a full 1.72 meters. It was just a pity that her brother had said that if a girl was too tall, it would make boys feel a sense of distance. Coupled with the fact that Su Jingyao herself had a cold and glamorous appearance, it made people feel she was high and unreachable, possessing the full aura of a queen; ordinary people wouldn't even dare to come and speak to her.

As for this Su Jingyao, she only hoped she wouldn't be too short.

Su Jingyao’s boudoir was very large, consisting of three rooms in total. The innermost room was for sleeping, the middle room was for reading, passing the time, and recreation, and the last room was for bathing.

Su Jingyao walked into the second room. There were many bookcases inside—a full three or four of them—and they were all filled with books. Su Jingyao stood in front of the bookcases, carefully examining the titles.

Seeing a book on the history of the Beiyue Kingdom, Su Jingyao took it out with interest and began to flip through it carefully.

So, the Beiyue Kingdom already had a history of eight hundred years; it truly was a powerful nation.

In this current continent and the four great kingdoms, there was absolutely no such thing as favoring men over women.

In some smaller countries, women even served as emperors.

Among the four great kingdoms, the emperor of the Xiqi Kingdom was a female emperor.

This female emperor was very formidable. The Xiqi Kingdom was the country with the fewest wars among the four great kingdoms. On this point, Su Jingyao admired her greatly, because this female emperor only wanted to live a stable life; war only brought suffering to the common people. Su Jingyao was instantly filled with intense curiosity about the female emperor of Xiqi.

After a long while, Su Jingyao closed the book and put it back in its original place.

The original Su Jingyao did not like these books, but they were kept very clean. It seemed those two maids had been taking care of them; otherwise, how could they be spotless?

For a time, Su Jingyao read several books in a row.

The characters on this continent were the same as in the modern era, though some individual characters were in traditional form, which did not hinder Su Jingyao’s reading in the slightest.

"Miss, Miss, I beg you, I beg you!" Just as Su Jingyao was reading intently, two maids suddenly burst in. Su Jingyao frowned slightly. When reading, one needed peace and quiet the most and least wanted to be disturbed. Su Jingyao raised her head and looked toward the source of the sound.

Upon seeing these two maids, Su Jingyao’s brow furrowed even deeper.

Because these two maids were the ones who had previously served her and had been demoted to menial servants. Now, they had actually barged into her study with such fanfare, which made Su Jingyao very displeased!

"What are you doing?" Su Jingyao stood up and looked at the two maids kneeling before her.

These two maids were named Huazhi and Huaxiang. Two years ago, they had dressed very much like young ladies from wealthy families; she hadn't expected that two years later, they would end up like this.

Su Jingyao let out a cold snort but didn't say anything.

"Miss, we were truly wrong. Please, Miss, give us another chance to serve you."

"Yes, yes, Miss, this servant was truly wrong," the other maid immediately chimed in.

"But the maids by my side now were arranged by my father; I cannot help you," Su Jingyao replied coldly. She felt absolutely no pity for these two maids!

Because they had brought this entirely upon themselves. If she were to help them now, she would have to be a fool!