After having lunch, Ah Jiu assisted Empress Dowager Mo to the Imperial Garden to take a walk and aid digestion. As the mother and son slowly walked and chatted, a line of palace maids and eunuchs followed at a respectful distance.
"Jiujiu, is it that the people below are not serving attentively? I see that you seem a bit displeased today?" Empress Dowager Mo looked at her son and asked.
Ah Jiu was taken aback and then laughed, "Not at all, the staff in the mansion are all old hands, they serve diligently, and there is nothing that displeases me."
"Yet here you are with a stern face. I thought perhaps someone irritated you, or maybe coming to the palace to share a meal with this old woman has made you uncomfortable?"
