Completely Shattered
Immediately, two palace maids rushed out from the Cold Palace, grabbing Princess Mira from both sides. "Oh, you crazy woman! How dare you run around? Just wait till we get back—you're in for it!"
Lily Evans stood in the center of the courtyard, her posture calm and composed. Princess Mira glared at her with undisguised jealousy, her voice trembling as she spat out, "Lily Evans, you think you’re so clever, stealing Professor Jade Evans’s favor!"
Lily Evans glanced at Princess Mira, her lips curling into a cold, mocking smile.
Princess Mira’s eyes flashed with resentment as she clung desperately to the hope that Professor Jade Evans would choose her over Lily Evans.
Princess Mira saw Professor Jade Evans approaching, her dirty face contorting with excitement and wild joy.
"Professor Jade Evans, you—you finally want to be close to me..." Princess Mira lifted her head in excitement, but when she got a clear look at the face before her, her expression turned deathly pale and she screamed: "Lily Evans! How could it be you! You wretch, how dare you wear Professor Evans's clothes! You must have seduced him and stolen his clothes! Shameless!"
Princess Mira screamed, and the two palace maids immediately scolded her: "Crazy woman, what are you shouting for? Don't you get it? Professor Jade Evans and Lily Evans, the Princess Consort of Qin, are the same person! What nonsense are you spouting about them having an affair? What a joke—how could someone have an affair with themselves? You're truly mad! Your brain is full of water!"
Princess Mira shook her head frantically, her face full of terror. "You’re spouting nonsense—I don’t believe it! Professor Evans is like a celestial being, how could he possibly be that wretch Lily Evans!"
"Pah! How dare you insult Princess Lily Hayes! We'll tear your mouth apart!" The two maids rushed to cover Princess Mira's mouth, terrified she'd say something even more disrespectful and get them all in trouble with the Princess Consort.
Lily Evans looked at the deranged Princess Mira and snorted coldly: "Princess Mira, I bet you never expected this. The two men you've been obsessed with—one is just my other identity, and the other is my husband. Tell me, how can you possibly compare to me?"
"No! I don't believe it!" Princess Mira shrieked, her bloodshot eyes fixed on Lily Evans, wild with disbelief and rage.
Lily Evans cleared her throat, and with a subtle shift, her voice transformed into Professor Jade Evans’s calm, scholarly tone: "Princess Mira, do you still recognize this voice?"
The instant Princess Mira heard Lily Evans speak in that familiar man's voice, she froze, all her struggles vanishing as if she'd been struck by lightning.
Professor Jade Evans was the man of her dreams. Of course Princess Mira remembered his voice—it was gentle as spring water, cultured, and impossibly refined.
And now, with her own ears, Princess Mira heard Professor Jade Evans’s voice coming from Lily Evans’s mouth...
Princess Mira’s psyche shattered completely!
"Here, the face you adored is worthless now—play with it to your heart’s content." Lily Evans sneered, tossing the battered Professor Evans mask into Princess Mira’s arms. Without a backward glance, she strode off with Lolo, her head held high.