Upon hearing that the eunuch reported that the gift was sent by Meng Liangshen, the city owner of Beiyu City, Bai Ruozhu quickly looked over. Naturally, she knew what the screen looked like, but she was very curious about what material the Meng Family had used to make the frame. Would it be exceptionally grand?
Consequently, before she had a chance to pay attention to the frame, she was startled by a hole in the screen.
The screen was originally crafted with a pattern of thin silk and hook needle that depicted the character 'Shòu' (longevity), and the hole was right at the place of a large 'Shòu'. The 'Shòu' was gone. Was this a curse for the empress dowager to die an early death? Even if it was not done deliberately, it was still very inauspicious, wasn't it?
The color immediately drained from Leng Wanhua's face as she started mumbling, "Certainly, definitely, someone is up to mischief…."