so this was a few months after Maomao got kidnapped and was now one of the servant girls at a far location from home. She was currently doing the usual, doing work while talking with her best friend Xiaolan (Maomao also still tests poisons on her arms but she never told anyone about that and or told anyone about her knowing how to read and write)

Xiaolan: giggles did you hear about the new prince that moved here a few days ago? People say he’s a total cutie.