When the doorkeeper announced that Ministry of Rites Vice Minister Bai Guanghe sought an audience, Bai Ruozhu's heart jumped fiercely. She set down the teacup she was holding and asked with some excitement, "What is he here for?"
From nervousness and anger, her voice involuntarily grew much louder, startling everyone else in the room who was drinking tea.
"This, this servant does not know," stammered the errand boy from the doorman's lodge, having never seen the young mistress speak so loudly to him before, his mouth nervously tripping, "Otherwise, shall this, this servant go and ask again?"
"Ruozhu, what's the matter? Has that Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites offended you?" Lin Ping'er curiously asked.
Bai Ruozhu suddenly snapped back to her senses, quickly composing herself and said with a smile, "It's nothing, I was just surprised. I don't associate with him."
