“We’ve been in the palace for over a month now. Another month will make it three months. We might be the ones to break the curse.” One of the beauties said with an optimistic smile.
“I really hope the King forgets us.” Someone said with a prayerful expression.
The food and clothing here are good, but the only downside is the death threat from Feng Chi.
“Hmph, you think you can escape three months of life just because the King forgets you?”
Suddenly, the nanny who managed the Beauty Pavilion approached them, her sharp eyes sweeping across the crowd in the courtyard.
Bei Yutang asked, “Nanny, what do you mean?”
Nanny Wang glanced at Bei Yutang, knowing that this beauty had survived the King’s clutches and was a capable person. Naturally, she would give such a person some respect.
Originally, she had disdained to speak to them, but seeing that she was the one asking, she spoke to clear their confusion.
“You’d better pray that you gain the King’s favor in the coming days. Otherwise, after three months, you will all die.” Nanny Wang said coldly.
“Why do you say so, Nanny? Why do we all have to die after three months?” A beauty asked anxiously.
Nanny Wang said slowly, “There was once a group of beauties, similar to you. They were not chosen for three months and were not sent to serve His Majesty. But guess what happened to them in the end?”
“How?”
Everyone’s heart was lifted. Their eyes fixed on her.
A cold smile played at the corner of Nanny Wang’s lips.
“They were thrown into the hunting grounds, exiled to the forest like prey. Those who could survive the forest could live. Those who couldn’t would become food for wild beasts.”
Everyone gasped.
“Of course, this is just one option. There’s another: to be thrown into the Beauty Lake.”
When the beauties heard about Beauty Lake, they immediately thought of Wang Wan’er, who had jumped into the lake when she first entered the palace, and recalled her words. A chill ran through their bodies. They unconsciously folded their arms.
So that was how the beauties in the lake came to be.
Just now, everyone was happy, thinking that as long as they didn’t get summoned by the King for the next month, they could safely survive the three-month curse. Now, it seemed that once the three months were up, their deaths would also come.
One beauty was so frightened that she burst into tears on the spot, and her sobs infected the others. Soon, the entire courtyard was filled with sobs.
Nanny Wang looked at Bei Yutang and said, “Don’t worry, Beauty Bei. Since the King has allowed you to die of old age, there’s no need to worry after three months.”
The other beauties, upon hearing this, all looked at Bei Yutang.
“Nanny Wang, is there no other way to survive the three months?” Bei Yutang asked.
The beauties pricked up their ears, looking at her with hopeful eyes.
Nanny Wang smiled and said, “Yes. As long as you can please the King, you can survive safely. However, in all these years, no beauty has ever achieved the King’s favor.”
After saying this, Nanny Wang patted her butt and walked away, leaving a group of desperate people behind.
“Ah, alas! Serving the King and surviving is a blessing, let alone earning his favor.” A beautiful woman choked up.
“What should we do? Are we really all going to die?”
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