The next morning at court, many people came to greet Su Juan.
"Vice Director Su, how come you arrived so early today?" Minister Mo of the Ministry of Revenue was a bit surprised.
After all, Su Juan was truly lazy. She only pretended for the first two days of morning court. Later, she arrived just on time every day, almost as if the moment she stepped in, the Old Emperor would follow right after.
No one knew how she managed to time it so precisely.
So today, her early arrival was truly surprising.
Su Juan looked haggard and weak, with a forced smile on her face, "I didn't sleep well last night."
[Ever since attending court, I haven't had a good night's sleep...]
Scholar Yuan of the Hanlin Academy, with his sharp eyes, exclaimed, "Vice Director, what happened to your neck?"
Immediately, everyone's attention turned to Su Juan. On her neck was a large dark purple and almost black bruise, looking quite terrifying, as if someone had tried to strangle her to death.
