Xiqiu looked at the Grand Dowager and felt that she was somehow different at this moment. The way she looked at her was unlike any other time before.
Following instructions, she nodded and performed a salute, "Daughter-in-law takes her leave!"
The Grand Dowager nodded and waited until Xiqiu and her maid exited the courtyard. Then, as if unable to support herself, she leaned on the doorframe, and Nanny Wu greeted her at the door, "Grand Dowager, what's wrong?"
"I'm fine!" She seemed very weary and weak, pointing inside the Warm Pavilion, "Help me inside!"
She sat down on the kang in the Warm Pavilion, looked at Nanny Wu, and said, "Have someone go to the outer courtyard and find Housekeeper Hu!" Nanny Wu responded, went out, and instructed an older maid to invite Housekeeper Hu.
