Lian Hua turned around, puffing up with anger, and said, "Your Majesty, how can you say that I'm usually sloppy? Where have I ever been like that? Didn't you promise to tell Nanny Qi that I perform my etiquette well?"
So, she had overheard again and was unhappy about that, but was that the only reason for her unhappiness?
The Emperor felt somewhat uneasy and carefully said, "My darling is not sloppy but vibrant. I said that just to make Nanny Qi go easy on you."
Lian Hua was still not pleased and pouted, "That's still not okay."
He had made just one negative comment about her, and she had overheard it, yet Nanny Qi had been criticizing her from start to end, and she hadn't reacted at all.
The Emperor wondered, unable to resist asking, "Nanny Qi said so much against you, aren't you angry?" Don't keep it bottled up inside, it might harm your health.
But his Little Concubine was someone who spoke her mind; she wasn't one to hold back her words.
