Can't she surprise me first?

Once the Consorts left the chamber of Empress, Deng Hui told the maidservant not to let anyone inside. There was an awkward silence between the two when Deng Hui finally broke the ice. 

"Crown Princess, I cannot meet my eyes with the Crown Prince for the wrong that I did to him," Deng Hui said. Ying Lili agreed with her because Deng Hui was going to do something which was not imaginable. 

"Sheng Li got hurt after he found the thoughts of the Imperial Mother," Ying Lili informed her. Since they were on that topic, Ying Lili did not want to stop herself from speaking either.