"Mother often cried to me, saying how that favored concubine never respected her and bullied her."
"I hated that favored concubine to death. Whenever I saw her, I never showed her a good face. If it weren't for her, Mother wouldn't be so depressed every day."
"This hatred accumulated day by day, finally reaching a very dangerous level."
"One day I returned home, and Mother, disheveled, cried to me, saying that concubine was going to convince Father to divorce her and make herself Madam Hou."
"Mother worked hard all these years managing the Marquis Mansion, only to end up like this. It was simply outrageous."
"Mother couldn't accept it and tried to end her life by hitting a pillar. Luckily, maids managed to hold her back."
"In my fury, I shouted, why should Mother die? Dying would only be a favor to that woman! The one who should die is her!"
"I grabbed a sword and rushed to that woman's courtyard."
