The Queen said nothing. She had lost all energy to say anything.
She went back to the inner chamber of the Weiyang Palace.
Aunt Nan helped her to remove the coat and asked Susu to get her a new blouse. The Queen had no energy or strength to change. Instead, she just waved her hands and said to Aunt Nan. "Aunt Nan, go and get Lord Huai. I need to speak with him."
Aunt Nan nodded and hurried away. Aunt Nan kept blaming herself for not being able to do such an important thing first a while ago. She had been confused.
When Aunt Nan was gone, Susu was left alone in the room.
Susu served the Queen some tea and helped her get changed into a set of new clothes. Her Queen loved to be clean and hated the smell of blood. Her Queen would not be very happy about having so much blood on her - that was what Susu was thinking inwardly anyway, but the Queen did not care about this at all.
