The Stand-In Empress's Wedding Night (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 196

“Where does this door lead?”

Roxana asked, glancing down at the stairs from which Sharon had come.

“The stairs… lead to the laundry room.”

“But how did you manage to come up through this passage?”

“I’m… currently working in the laundry room.”

‘So Nancy must have sent her there.’

Roxana guessed that while she’d been bedridden with fever, Nancy had probably reassigned the maids who’d once served the former empress to positions near her.

Because laundry work was harsh and grueling, those maids were considered lower in status even among other servants.

Most noble households operated this way, so the imperial palace was likely no different.

“You must have been the former empress’s closest confidante to possess a key like this, right?”

Roxana snatched the triangular keyring with two keys from Sharon’s hand.

“Why would you, a laundry maid, sneak into the empress’s dressing room at this hour?”

Sharon felt a chill run down her spine under Roxana’s piercing gaze.

What excuse could she possibly give?

She absolutely couldn’t mention the Divine Sword!

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