Ting!
Teacups clinked against each other as the sound of laughter echoed through the garden. Maids bustled in and out while serving tea and small snacks to the two noble ladies.
"Hehe, Now that the rumored stone is nowhere to be found, how do you suppose you are going to have a breakthrough now Your Highness?" An elegant and well-poised lady in a blue dress teased the Empress in front of her.
Crack!
Tea was spilled all over the edge of the marble table. There were pieces of broken teacups on the floor while a hand stopped in mid-air. The Empress quickly regained her senses and smiled. "Apologies Noble Consort Yhessa, this Empress's hand slipped causing this...small disaster." Her venomous words did not match her exquisite golden robe attire adorned with a phoenix in flight. Her words targeted the other woman. Just a small disaster can happen with just a slip of a hand from the Empress. For whatever disaster she might be referring to, people are more than aware of it.
