Facing Yu Ci, Xue Zhi truly did not know what to say. Especially after that whole series of events yesterday, even just greeting him made her feel deeply uncomfortable all over.
Fortunately, Yu Ci had no intention of having a long conversation with her either. He casually remarked, "Did Lady Xue sleep well last night?" and, without waiting for her reply, strolled away gracefully. He left Xue Zhi standing in the courtyard, her jade-like face slightly pale, both fists clenched tight within her sleeves, and it took her quite a while to catch her breath.
At this moment, the two maidservants were quite perceptive as well, having already prepared the washing utensils and carried over a bathing tub.
Xue Zhi slowly walked up to the front of the room, yet she hesitated and found it hard to enter. In the end, she merely instructed the maidservants to serve attentively, then returned to the courtyard herself, staring in a daze at the flowers in the garden patch that had been battered and scattered by the previous night's sudden rain, leaving only broken branches and withered leaves.
Yet merely ten-odd breaths of time later, the door creaked open again, and the two maidservants carried the bathing tub out, evidently having been refused.
Xue Zhi frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "What is the meaning of this? Is she feeling unwell?"
The two maidservants exchanged glances, and finally one of them said, "Reporting to Madam, Cold Smoke Lady is quite well, but she said she wishes to change to a hot bath fragrance soup infused with kailuo flowers."
At this moment, Xue Zhi had no idea what her expression looked like. In a daze, she merely waved her maidservants away, and by the time she came to her senses, she