"Your Highness, the Queen, please allow me to greet you," she greeted me formally.
I still had a hard time getting used to these formalities. But as a queen, I needed to follow them even though I did not like them at all.
"Indeed," I smiled. "It's a pleasure to see you."
"The pleasure is mine, Your Highness. What a funny world- two people living in the same residence but cannot meet each other at all," she said with a smile. I could sense the hint of mockery in her tone.
"Yes, after all, those two people are supposed to work," I said. "It doesn't matter if one is idle, the other one is busy nonetheless. How can those two meet in such a different lifestyle?"
"Indeed, indeed," she said. She looked at the maids and said, "Pour us some tea."
"In any case, Your Highness doesn't dislike black tea, right?" she asked.
