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âPrincess,â Yue Yao kneeled with both knees on the ground, lowering her head, not daring to raise her head and face Mo Qingli.
âHmm?â
âThis maid was useless, and was unable to capture the two perpetrators who put the princessâs room in such disarray, please punish this maid.â Yue Yao hit her head harshly against the floor, her heart filled with blame for her own incompetence; she couldnât even solve such a simple affair like this, she really mislead the Princessâs trust for her. Although, these two people had simply disappeared, no matter how much they searched they would not appear.
âItâs fine, get up!â Mo Qingli had been blinded by her anger at the time, and relied on Yue Yao, who was merely a mortal. Even if it were someone at the level of a martial master or higher, they would still not be at the level of those two devils; if they really did actively impede Yue Yaoâs attempts to find them, then she would definitely never find them.
Yue Yao was astonished at Mo Qingliâs new bearing. Before, wouldnât she definitely punish them harshly? At the very least it would be one hundred whip lashes! How come she had been so easily let off this time?!
Mo Qingli, seeing Yue Yao still kneeling on the ground, couldnât help but furrow her eyebrows, her thin lips opening as she asked, âDidnât you just hear what I said?â
Do these mortals really want me to repeat everything I saw twice? It really is stupid. Seeing this familiar scene made Mo Qingli feel a sense of deja vu, She suddenly thought of that cold and indifferent man loathingly calling her stupid, then of those tittering, no-moraled men. Those peopleâhow were they now?
Her previously undisturbed state of mind suddenly experienced inner turmoil, as she felt a sense of nostalgia washing over her.
Yue Yao slowly rose. At seeing her princessâs reflecting expression, she held in the words she wanted to speak.
Mo Qingli, seeing that Yue Yao wanted to say something, said: âYue Yao, what is it? Donât worry and just tell me.â
âYes, itâs the Eldest Princess,â Yue Yao said, slowly raising her eyes. Only after she had confirmed that Mo Qingliâs expression hadnât changed, did she continue. âThis servant just spoke with several of your spies in the Eldest Princessâs employment. They say that early this morning the Eldest Princess entered the Imperial Palace, and hasnât left even now!â
Just as Yue Yao finished speaking, an official palace maid appeared in the front gates of the residence. âAn Imperial Edict has arrived, the Sixth Princess must obey the Imperial Decree!â
Mo Qingli and Yue Yao exchanged a mutual glance. Mo Qingli rose from her sitting position and kneeled on the floor, receiving the Imperial Edict.
âPassing the Empressâs words, she commands the Sixth Princess to enter the Imperial Palace!â
âThis daughter, has received the decree.â
The palace maid arrogantly looked down at Mo Qingli, but didnât look at her more than she had to. Inside her eyes the loathing she felt towards Mo Qingli was obvious. The way she saw it, even if Mo Qingli didnât die she would still have to peel off a layer of her skin as repentance; to have the impertinence to blind the Eldest Princess, the dislike the maid felt wasnât nearly hateful enough.
âFollow this servant then. The Empress and the Eldest Princess are both waiting for you in the Imperial Palace.â
There was not the slightest degree of respect in her tone.
Mo Qingliâs elegant almond-shaped eyes narrowed, her clothing billowing in the wind as if dancing. At feeling the cold energy emitting from Mo Qingliâs body, the palace maid couldnât help but tremble, feeling as if in the next moment Mo Qingli would grind her into ten thousand small pieces. Her legs shook, until they ultimately collapsed onto the floor into a kneel.
Mo Qingli stared down at the kneeling and trembling palace maid below her, her thin lips opening and coldly spitting out words without even a trace of warmness. âForever remember that I am a princess, but you, you are only a maid.â
She threw her sleeve down and left.
âPrincess,â Yue Yao said with some worry. After all this was someone from the Imperial Palace, and furthermore someone that the Empress herself had chosen; if that maid decided to tell everything that happened to the Empress, thenâŠ
Mo Qingli knew what Yue Yao was thinking. She turned her head around, giving a faint smile, her voice light as she said, âYou donât have to worry.â
Those simple five words made Yue Yao feel an incomparable sense of calm. The current princess was really unsimilar to the one that Yue Yao had served before, more like a heaven-defying Empress than anything else. She resolved that as long as she stayed by Mo Qingliâs side, then even if her bones were crushed and ground into dust she would not stray from this path.