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"You may rise," Empress Dowager Zhao said coolly. "Go and inform your mistress that I've come to pay her a visit. It has been far too long since my sister and I have spoken." Her tone was gentle, almost cordial—but beneath that calm, her eyes gleamed with restrained sharpness.
Ling Momo kept her head bowed, still smiling. "Your Majesty, this servant begs your forgiveness, but my mistress is currently praying for His Majesty's safe return. It would not be proper to interrupt her halfway."
Her words were humble, yet her tone carried the faint arrogance of someone protected by a powerful master.
The corner of Empress Dowager Zhao's lips lifted. That smile—soft and cold—was enough to make the air around them drop several degrees.
Feng Momo and Xia Momo exchanged uneasy glances, immediately catching the hidden barb beneath Ling Momo's words.
