Jokes and consequences

After scrolling through some comments, she changed into her gym clothes and quietly left the room because the children were still sleeping.

"Chi-Chi," her mother called her name boisterously and pulled her to the entrance of the house before she could escape to the newly finished gym in the house.

"What is it mother?" she asked curiously.

Her mother whispered, "Minister Su is here with some cows, he says they belong to you. Dear, why is a full minister of the empire delivering cattle to our house?"

Chi Lian wanted to say, 'mother, why are you whispering as if we are discussing state secrets?'