"My lord, do you remember a few months ago, when you took three days off and the Prince brought two guests back to stay?" the maid continued.
"Oh? Were those two guests people of some importance?"
Ruyun gently stroked the corner of her eye as she asked.
"This servant saw them that day. Those two guests were the current Princess Consort and Princess Ximing! I only remembered today, when I saw the Princess Consort's face."
"Think about it, my lord. The Prince never lets us into his Main Courtyard to tend to it, so we don't even know whether he's often at the Prince's Manor. Yet a few months ago, the Princess Consort and the Princess stayed in his Main Courtyard to rest for half a day. They must have already been involved back then."
"My lord, the Prince may well care about the Princess Consort. Perhaps we shouldn't go too far with her for now..." the maid said cautiously.
Smack!
Ruyun slammed her hand down on the ledger on the desk. She stared coldly at the maid. "This happened months ago. Why didn't you report it to me?"
A woman had stayed in the Main Courtyard of the Prince's Manor to rest for half a day.
Could that possibly have been an ordinary relationship?
The maid trembled all over in fright. "You were away for three days, and we couldn't find you. When you returned, you were ill for several days, so I forgot..."
She hadn't kept quiet on purpose.
It was just that her lord had been terribly irritable while she was ill.
It seemed as though menopause had come early.
How could she have dared tell her about any of this?
"Heh, forget it. This is hardly worth mentioning!" Ruyun sneered.
What truly chilled her heart was