The Crown Prince mansion, the Crown Prince's study.
Zhongshan Ling dismissed the inner room maids cleaning his study on arrival, to ensure that there were no ease droppers. He wheeled himself to the other side of the reading table, the cluster of empty wine jars and cups had already been removed apart from the faint smell of alcohol that hinted to his late-night drinking everything else were in order. The official reports were piled up and arranged on one side of the table while on the opposite end was the inkstone, ink, brush and paper.
He glanced down at the flower kept by the table and frowned, "was a new maid posted here?"
"New maid..." Eunuch Lan glanced at the flower vase, "my apologies, your highness. I will make sure to educate the new maids. It won't happen again". Eunuch Lan quickly picked up the flower vase and kept it by the window before returning to stand by the Crown Prince's table.
