Miss had suffered great shame and, after her divorce, returned home, already heartbroken and feeble. How could she withstand their cold mockery and insidious oppression? After several such mockings, she finally succumbed to illness unable to bear it any longer, lying sick for more than half a month before she got better. Though she was now recovered, she had lost a lot of weight, gaunt to the point of being unrecognizable, and spoke much less than before, almost always staying inside her room and rarely going out, to avoid hearing those hurtful idle chatter.
Today she unusually went outside, and it was to perform a ritual for Nanny Xie. Even knowing this, Aunt Hua deliberately slandered her in front of the family.
"Ah, the Marquis and Madam are not here today, and nobody knows where the Miss has gone; our mansion really is quiet,"
