Because she's been educated, unlike the maids. She's helping the Empress with affairs and that sort of stuffs, not with cleaning or the like. Also this is a fantasy world, and most eastern people (speaking from experience) don't know that much about western royal culture or the like, only the romanticized versions.
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No worries! glad i can help!
"ladies in waiting" weren't exactly servants, more like helpers or friends just not on the level. Think of them as entourage for - the ppl surrounding - movie stars or hip-hop artists.
and yeah it's being taken a bit more literal in the servitude part in stories from eastern culture.
At the French court in Versailles, even high-ranking nobles lived in small, old chambers just to be close to the king and state politics, instead of living in their beautiful, grand castles. It's all about influence.
Since you brought it up, for the other people, the Palace of Versailles, in addition to the American Revolution, were responsible for the French Revolution as well!
Louis XIV spent so much tax money building the Palace of Versailles for all of his royal friends that it caused a lot of hatred in the monarchy. Then later on, when France helped America fight and gain independence from England by sending troops, money, food, and clothing, all of the tax money used caused a huge debt towards France. Which, of course, America refused to pay because that's the American way, and there was not enough food for everyone, and then the French Revolution started. The slow and steady hatred towards the monarchy from Louis XIV to America's debt to France being unpaid with Louis XVI... Voila! Revolution.
Lady in waiting is like a servant right? How can a noble lady be a servant when she's been taken care of their whole life by their maids?