"Your Highness."
Zou Qingyun bowed. When she raised her head again, she saw that the Crown Princess was lost in thought and had not noticed her at all, so she could only raise her voice and call out again, "Your Highness!"
The Crown Princess snapped back to attention and quickly straightened herself. "Has Lord Sun left?"
"His Highness personally saw him out of the residence."
As Zou Qingyun spoke, she stepped forward to refill the Crown Princess's teacup. Suspiciously sweeping her gaze around the room, she wondered, "Where are those two little hussies? Why aren't they here attending to you?"
"I sent them to summon Consort Liu and Talented Lady Wang."
The Crown Princess answered blandly, but Zou Qingyun immediately furrowed her brow. She seemed to want to speak several times, yet in the end she merely sighed.
When the Crown Princess had looked down into that courtyard from above early that morning, Zou Qingyun had already guessed that her mistress was planning to repay malice with kindness again.
At this point, no matter how she tried to persuade her, it would likely be useless.
Fortunately, those two cheap maids no longer had any room to show off around the Crown Prince. There was no need to fear that they would once again grow arrogant on the strength of his favor.
"Your Highness!"
Just then, two palace maids entered from outside. After paying their respects, they looked at each other, each waiting for the other to speak first.
The displeasure Zou Qingyun had just suppressed instantly surged up again. Before the Crown Princess could say anything, she snapped, "What are you two making eyes at each other for? Speak! Is it those two little—"
In her haste, she had nearly blurted out the word "bitches." Catching herself, she quickly changed