Having spent nearly two months learning court etiquette, any maid-in-waiting with a shred of awareness would have offered a polite bow and asked if the Empress had any instructions.
But this particular one lacked that sense.
Suppressing her contempt, Mammy Liang spoke with pointed implication, "Very well, I shall certainly deliver your message. I won't linger any longer. In a short while, the Emperor will conclude his morning court session and head to the Kunning Palace to dine with the Empress, and I must hurry back to attend to them."
Chapter 188