Zhao Gui sighed, "Your Majesty, please don't comfort me. The injuries are so severe, how could it possibly be the same as before? I'm quite content with this. At the time when I was being flogged, I thought I would die. To live on and still receive your favor, I'm very satisfied!"
Helan Hao said nothing more, just held the person in his arms tighter, and his resentment towards Hanna grew deeper…
At night, Juhua slept alone on the couch because her monthly letter suddenly arrived, causing her to clutch her stomach and turn back and forth in pain, sweating profusely.
Shen Luming and his wife saw their daughter tormented by her monthly letter like this and, feeling heartache, abandoned the idea of letting her accompany Li Sheng back north. They busied themselves preparing brown sugar water and menstruation tea to relieve their daughter's pain.
