Edna narrowed her eyes. What Lily was essentially saying was that she had told the Queen Edna was here. She was the Queen's personal maid—her orders were above that of the crown prince's. Edna had to go or face the wrath of the Queen. However, experience told her that the crown prince tended to do a better job calming down his mother than otherwise.
"Take one of the girls with you. Tell her the crown prince gave me strict orders. She might not even notice if I'm not there," Edna tried to explain. "The Queen is more forgiving, the crown prince is not."
Lily looked like she wanted to argue, then sighed, turned around, and started to leave. "Whatever happens won't be my fault."
"Thank you, Lily," she called out to her.
"Don't thank me. Better pray the Queen is in a good mood."
