Zhulan asked Steward Ding, "You said some foreigners came looking for Chang Yi?"
Steward Ding replied, "Yes, several foreigners came looking for the second master, who is not at home today as he is taking his rest."
Zhulan knew why the foreigners had come; it was about these very foreigners that the court had convened early this morning. Although she was not as knowledgeable about history as Zhou Shuren, she was aware of the humiliating past. "Just tell the truth, that will do."
Steward Ding, who had been with the family from the earliest times, may not have thoroughly understood the dispositions of the members of the household, but he was familiar with them to a degree, and the mistress's indifferent attitude clearly displayed her disdain for the foreigners. "Yes."
