She wouldn't blame His Majesty for this slap; she wanted to hold Su Luo accountable for it.
One day, she would definitely make Su Luo pay for this slap!
Guo Guiren raised her eyes and looked at herself in the mirror, her lips moving silently, "Time will tell, just you wait!"
In the southern courtyard, the scene was entirely different.
As soon as Wei Shu entered the room, he saw the unfinished screen of the hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix.
Seeing his gaze fall upon it, Guo Jieyu stammered as she explained, "This is a birthday gift I'm embroidering for the Empress because I'm clumsy, so I've started preparing well in advance!"
"My embroidery skills are poor; I must have amused Your Majesty!" She blushed, looking very uneasy, "Your Majesty, it's better if you don't look."
After saying this, she bravely glanced at Wei Shu, finding that his gaze had already moved away, and he had sat down straight on a stool.
A trace of inexplicable awkwardness floated in the air.
