The Guard officers and nearby nobles hurriedly lowered their heads and turned away, yet all of them desperately stole one last glance from the corners of their eyes.
The door closed again.
Tina pushed the man before her in shame and indignation. "They're gone. Please get up..."
Just now, this man had actually suggested that, in order to preserve Her Majesty the Queen's reputation, she and he put on a performance of adultery here.
Under the Queen's orders, she had no choice but to accept.
Baron Trudaine gently covered her mouth, maintaining the same rhythm as before as he whispered, "Shh—be careful, someone might be peeking through the keyhole. We absolutely can't give ourselves away."
In the hall, people began excitedly gossiping. "Haha, Tina really has some skill. Two men are going to duel over her." "So Her Majesty the Queen came too?"
"With both Tina and Atanis here, Her Majesty must be here."
"Do you think the Queen might also be in some room..."
The Queen of Prussia's Guard blocking Charles and the others immediately stepped aside. Their leading officer nervously apologized to Count Bender. Charles merely tightened his Stag mask and lowered his head as he jogged out through the crowd.
In the courtyard of Count Schlobitten's estate, the group was about to climb into their carriage when Count Bender looked back at the villa hosting the ball and said with feeling, "Good thing nothing too chaotic happened tonight..."
He frowned, narrowed his eyes, and stared hard at the second floor. "Am I seeing things? There seems to be someone there."
Charles was still wrestling with the thought that the voice in Room 219 had clearly been Louise's, so why had it turned out to be her maid? Hearing this, he instinctively looked up.
It was already nine