But Qing Liu noticed Mrs. Sun was in a daze, so she discreetly nudged her. Mrs. Sun, snapping out of her shock after seeing Susu, quickly apologized to her.
Susu naturally understood the reason for her unusual behavior. She hurriedly stepped forward to personally help her up, but didn't say much, only giving her hand a firm squeeze.
The maids and attendants who came with Susu and the gifts in the two carriages were naturally taken care of by others. Susu only brought along three maids—Fen Dai, Linglong, and Han Niu—entering through the side gate.
Upon entering the inner residence, they continued by carriage and sedan chair, stopping at a Hanging Flower Gate.
Inside the Hanging Flower Gate, there was a large courtyard. To the west stood a magnolia tree two or three stories high, to the east and south was a row of privet trees, to the north over a hundred stalks of square bamboo, and two broad-leaved plantain trees, along with three or four Sichuan palm bamboo trees.
