"Your Highness, please allow me to recount what happened. I was present when everything happened," Concubine Yvonne said.
"Go on," Nicholas said tiredly; he was already having a headache.
"Forgive me, Your Highness, it was I who suggested Lady Evelyn go out on a walk with me to enjoy the night air and do some exercises because she was feeling stuffy and the baby wanted to enjoy some air. Who knew we would come across this malicious maid who would push Lady Evelyn just because she was talking about what happened earlier in the empress' courtyard? Your Highness, this maid is too bold; it was as if she was following the instructions of someone else," Concubine Yvonne said.
Luciana's eyes flashed at the underlying meaning in Yvonne's words: Who else would instruct Dora if not her mistress? They were accusing her.
