“Mother Empress?” Rong Mo asked, staring blankly for a moment. Only after a while had she realized that the crown princess was talking about the empress. As the crown princess’ personal maid, she naturally knew that the crown princess and the empress’ relationship wasn’t good.

But after thinking about it, she thought it made sense to an extent. There weren’t many mothers and daughters-in-law that got along. Furthermore, the empress wasn’t even the crown prince’s mother, and yet she acted like Bi Linglong’s senior. Both of them were particularly stubborn in nature, so they naturally didn’t like each other.

“Okay then!” Rong Mo said with a huge smile. She was looking forward to the moment when the crown princess saw that brat Zu An’s double-crossing actions. She wanted to see what he would say to try and regain the crown princess’ favor then.

…

Soon afterward, Bi Linglong brought a group of maids to the Empress Palace. They were quickly stopped by the maids and eunuchs outside, who said, “We greet the crown princess.”

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