She spoke timidly and pitifully: "Miss Jiang, please don't be angry, the slave did not do it on purpose! I truly did not mean to drop the cord!"
Xiaozi stepped forward, blocking Lianlian, and shouted angrily: "Shut up!"
Such matters become less humiliating with fewer knowing of them.
Thus Xiaozi recognized it earlier but did not reveal it, to preserve her master's dignity.
Lianlian spoke quickly: "Miss Jiang, earlier, the Crown Prince said in the carriage to keep the cord well and not let you see it! I kept it well in my sleeve but accidentally fell, causing it to drop. It truly wasn't intentional; I'll wash it clean and return it to the Princely Heir!"
With her saying this, what else is unclear to everyone?
It turns out Jiang Yingying's expression changed drastically because the heart-picking plum blossom cord on the ground, which she originally gave to Zhu Biao, is now in Lianlian's hands.
With Lianlian bringing it up, some remembered.
