'Did I hear wrong?' The question was on their lips. Seeing that they both had the same reaction they knew that they have indeed heard the right thing. They had boldly insulted the future Queen to her face.
If they could lie to the prince that they did not see the princess, they could not say that lie to her face, since they walked past her moments ago.
"Your highness, please forgive us. We are just lowly maids who listen to the baseless room," the first maid said with tears in her eyes. She looked very pitiful.
When the second maid heard her, she decided to play along. The prince was cold-hearted, they knew that their pitiful face will not move him but the princess is a woman. She will be kind and merciful.
"Yes your highness, we have been brainwashed by the rumor and started to gossip because of our poor minds. Please forgive us." The second maid said.
