There were nightmares one after another that night. Sujin would have such dreams whenever she closed her eyes. She was so scared that she didn't dare to close her eyes, so she kept her eyes open until dawn.
Before it was fully light, Su Jin got up in a hurry, washed and dressed herself, and then rushed to serve Queen Mother Zhou.
With her qualifications and status in the palace, she no longer had to do things like serving the Queen Mother Zhou to wash herself, as other palace maids took care of her.
But she was still used to getting up to Queen Mother Zhou's palace early every day.
To her surprise, she thought she got up early enough, but she didn't expect Queen Mother Zhou to get up earlier than her.
When Su Jin entered, Queen Mother Zhou was already dressed neatly and was sitting in front of the dressing table with several palace maids serving her. When she heard Su Jin's footsteps, she didn't look back and said with a smile: "Why are you getting up so late today?" Come on, is the Ai family's bun still in place today? This girl is clumsy and always gets it wrong. You're here at the right time, come and help the Ai family put it in order."
The maid who was helping Queen Mother Zhou comb her hair was in a hurry to admit her mistake. Queen Mother Zhou was obviously in a good mood and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. You can go down and have a rest. Sujin is here. She can stand up to ten of you by herself." "
"If the Queen Mother said this, wouldn't it chill the hearts of these girls?" Su Jin said with a smile, stepped forward to take the grate from the maid's hand, and helped Queen Mother Zhou comb her bun.
Queen Mother Zhou glanced at Sujin in the mirror and said in surprise: "Did you sleep well last night? Look at the bruises under your eyes, as if you were punched by someone, but who is so big in this palace?" How dare I punch you in the face."
Su Jin pursed her lips and smiled and said: "Others don't dare, but the Queen Mother can do it. I was keeping vigil for the Queen Mother last night. The Queen Mother slept soundly. In her sleep, she punched the slave in the eye, and she became... It became what it is now.”
Her words immediately caused a burst of laughter.
The maids covered their mouths and giggled.
They also had good intentions. It could be seen that the Queen Mother Zhou was in a very good mood today, so Aunt Sujin deliberately told a few harmless jokes to win over the Queen Mother Zhou.
Empress Dowager Zhou laughed and scolded: "You girl are becoming more and more sharp-tongued. You don't even blink when you tell lies. When did you stay overnight for the Ai family last night?"
She knew that Sujin was deliberately joking to make herself happy, and the smile on her lips grew wider.
Su Jin smiled and said: "The Queen Mother beat someone but refused to admit it, what can I do?"
She deliberately showed a wronged expression.
Empress Dowager Zhou was even more happy and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, since you said it was the Ai family who beat you, then I will give you twenty taels of silver to buy some rouge pollen to cover the bruises on your face, so that you won't say anything when you see me later. He was beaten by the Ai family, and people thought that the Ai family were such cruel people."
Su Jin hurriedly said: "Thank you, Queen Mother, for the gift. Queen Mother, I think this box of balsam paste is very good. Why don't you give it to me as well?"
"You are short-sighted. Are all the things from the Ai family good? Take them and reward you." Empress Dowager Zhou pretended to be displeased.
Su Jin picked up the balsam box, pursed her lips and smiled, and left the Queen Mother Zhou's bedroom.
Everyone else thought she was so bold that she even dared to ask for Empress Dowager Zhou's belongings, but they didn't know that she was the only one who understood the underlying meaning of Empress Dowager Zhou's words.
Queen Mother Zhou asked her to dress up so that she would look radiant when she went to greet the Northern Qi envoy later.