Yesterday, while trying to come up with a pretext to properly bring the Crown Princess into the matter, I got stuck.
"Your Highness, it is time to disembark."
Female Official Zou Qingyun's reminder drew the Crown Princess back from her inexplicable thoughts. Sighing faintly to herself, she held her right arm, wrapped within her sleeve, suspended in the air.
Zou Qingyun hurriedly turned and knelt, backing away two steps on her knees. She lifted the carriage curtain with her peach-like rear, then reached out to support the Crown Princess's arm.
The palace attendants who had long been waiting nearby also hurriedly raised the carriage curtain high.
Lowering her head and using the support, the Crown Princess stepped out of the carriage. She immediately straightened, her head full of jeweled ornaments, and stood steady upon the carriage shaft with dignified grace. Only then, accompanied dutifully by six palace maids, did she lift her skirts and descend from the carriage.
The moment her feet touched the ground, she instinctively looked toward the staircase, only to see an unfamiliar figure carrying something as he disappeared around the upstairs corner.
He seemed...
To be a Taoist priest?
The Crown Princess frowned slightly. The area was guarded by the Crown Prince's Residence and princely estate guards. By what identity had this Taoist passed through so many layers of security?
"Your Highness?"
Zou Qingyun had also stepped down from the carriage. Seeing the Crown Princess standing at the stairs in apparent contemplation, she approached and asked, "Is there something amiss?"
The Crown Princess hesitated, then finally shook her head. "Nothing—let us go. We should not keep Sister Wei waiting too long."
Since the Dragon Root Case two years ago, the guards of the Crown Prince's Residence had been entirely replaced. In terms of loyalty and diligence,