Outside the garden stood maids dressed similarly, with fair faces and cherry lips, adorned with gold hairpins and jade pendants, looking even more elegant than the daughters of ordinary officials.
Seeing Qin Luo and Zhu Jiayu approach, the group exchanged glances. The two leaders reached out and blocked the door, saying coldly, "The princess is inside. Unauthorized persons are not allowed to approach this place."
Qin Luo's expression changed, and she was about to speak when Zhu Jiayu stopped her.
She smiled and said, "If that's the case, we should avoid it."
Qinluo frowned: "But..."
She wanted to say something, but it was clearly the princess who invited Miss Zhu to meet her at Ruihe Garden. However, she was interrupted by Zhu Jiayu as soon as she opened her mouth.
She said in a nonchalant tone, "But what? Sister Qinluo is just a maid. How could she possibly challenge the princess? We will obey the princess's orders. Let's go."
Seeing that they left so readily without any fuss, the maids outside the garden discussed for a while, and soon one of them turned around and went into the garden to tell the princess what had happened at the gate.
“Miss Zhu’s politeness makes it seem like we’re abusing our power. Fine, go apologize to Miss Zhu and invite her in,” Gu Jinshu said in a cold tone without stopping her work.
The maid then went down and quickly caught up with Zhu Jiayu, who had been gone for a long time. She smiled and said, "Miss Zhu, we were negligent just now. Although the princess ordered that no one else was allowed to approach, she also said that she wanted to see you here. We were blind and did not recognize your greatness. We have offended you, Miss Zhu. Please forgive us and come with us into the garden to see the princess."
Zhu Jiayu also asked with a smile, "You told me to leave quickly without even asking my name. I thought you were trying to give me a hard time. Now it seems you really don't recognize me and have already asked someone for my name?"
Although she was smiling, her smile carried a chilling undertone, giving off a sense of desolation and ruthlessness.
The maid was mesmerized by what she saw.
Qinluo couldn't help but shiver. Last time, Miss Zhu smiled at Mingxin in the same way, and then Mingxin...
However, Zhu Jiayu did not make a fuss. He just smiled and said, "It's okay, don't be nervous. I was just asking casually."
Maid: "Huh?"
"Didn't you say the princess wanted to see me? Please lead the way. If we're late and the princess blames us, who will be responsible?" She spoke softly, as if she were very concerned for her maid.
The maid was taken aback and felt a sense of gratitude towards her. After a moment, she came to her senses, regained her composure, and quickly said, "Yes, Miss Zhu, please come with me."
Qinluo and Lüzheng wanted to go back with them and accompany Zhu Jiayu into the garden, but they were stopped by several other maids. They used the same excuse: "Unauthorized persons are not allowed to approach this place."
Zhu Jiayu then turned to them and said, "You should go back first. Don't wait for me outside; it's not good to catch a cold. After all, we're at my aunt's house; nothing will happen to me, right?"
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