Every sound in the court fell silent at that moment.
Even the officials who could not hear the little princess's thoughts began to tread carefully when their colleagues' expressions suddenly grew grave.
The little voice atop the Golden Terrace was filled with regret and anger: [Those two uncles used to be such good friends...]
That sigh sent everyone's thoughts drifting back into the past.
Before their falling-out, Lei Zhixin and Ke Shaohui had practically been a pair of oddities at court.
One was a civil official, the other a military officer. Their temperaments and learning were utterly mismatched, yet, strangely enough, they had been extremely close.
Then, one day, those two oddities had suddenly begun to quarrel.
At first, Ke Shaohui had merely avoided Lei Zhixin, sometimes openly, sometimes subtly. Eventually, Lei Zhixin's temper had flared as well, and little by little, things had deteriorated to their current state.
In the court, now quiet enough to hear a pin drop, the officials' gazes drifted almost imperceptibly toward the Little Princess, whose tiny face had flushed crimson with anger.
[Pan Chengbi, is it? Chengcheng is going to write a little note reporting you tonight!]
The officials sucked in a cold breath.
Only today had they truly understood the saying that curiosity killed the cat.
They should never have let the Little Princess's thoughts wander unchecked like this!
How could people like them afford to hear secrets involving the Pan Family?!
Even if the members of the Pan Family could not hear the Little Princess's thoughts at present...
People changed. Who could guarantee that the loyal officials who could hear her thoughts today, because they had yet to be stained by the muddy waters of court, would not one day enter the Pan Family's service and become blades plunged into their backs?!