"A toad?"
Jiang Xiaobai froze for a moment, then glanced in the direction the Elder Princess was pointing.
A palm-sized toad was crouching on the threshold.
But that was not what concerned Jiang Xiaobai right now.
Rather...
Had the Elder Princess just spoken?
That was right. This woman's current identity was the deaf-mute maid the Little Princess had given him.
So, should he pretend he had heard nothing, or... ask her about it?
But if he asked, how would the Elder Princess explain herself?
What if, in a moment of rashness, she exposed her identity?
Wouldn't that leave everyone horribly embarrassed?
His expression shifted as Jiang Xiaobai quickly thought it over. In the end, he chose to pretend he had heard nothing and raised his foot to shoo the toad away.
Startled, the toad kicked out with its hind legs, hopped several times, then vanished into the grass in the courtyard.
Only after watching the toad leave did the Elder Princess let out a heavy sigh of relief and jump down from Jiang Xiaobai's neck.
Once she landed, the Elder Princess patted her chest.
But just then, she froze too.
Clearly, she had also remembered that she had just spoken.
Oh no! Had that wretched man Jiang Xiaobai noticed something?
At that thought, the Elder Princess stole a cautious glance at Jiang Xiaobai.
Seeing that his expression remained calm and nothing seemed amiss, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The Elder Princess immediately lost all desire to linger and hurried out, looking slightly flustered.
Tang Ningshuang stood to the side with an extremely odd expression.
She looked at the departing Elder Princess, then at Jiang Xiaobai, who was pretending nothing had happened. Her lips parted, but she hesitated.
In the end, however, Tang Ningshuang said nothing and quickly followed