Monk Du awkwardly stood in the Empress dowager's reception hall with his head bowed. He had just explained and apologized for his prior hasty departure to the Empress dowager who just maintained a blank hard stare and stony silence.
After a while of the eerie silence, Monk Du glanced up at the Empress dowager, who was looking down at him with the same expression, blank and unmoving. It did not seem like she had even registered his words just now. Monk Du glanced at Eunuch Li, who had brought him here.
Eunuch Li furrowed his brow and signaled up at Song mama, who was standing beside the Empress dowager's throne chair. Song mama promptly got the message, bowed close to the Empress dowager, "Your majesty...your majesty...your majesty!"
