Chapter 563 - 573: No Becoming Spirits After the Founding of the Nation
Hearing this, Concubine Du, who had just dried her tears, began to cry again and said, "Today is the third miss’s hairpin ceremony, and I worry... with so many guests around, I fear it might turn out like a few years ago, during father’s birthday celebration. Husband, you said she wasn’t to come out and had me host it, yet she still made an appearance and humiliated me in front of so many people. I’m afraid that incident will happen again, which is why... I took it upon myself to have her courtyard locked."
Having said this, Concubine Du was already unable to speak through her tears.
Jie Residence’s second young master patted Concubine Du’s back and whispered consolations, "It’s all right as long as you explain it clearly. Now, no more tears; it’s getting late, you should rest."
After speaking, he stood up and walked outside, his heart inexplicably filled with restlessness and unease.
Ayun said she was going to die, and father loved her so much. If she were to die for these reasons, it would surely be blamed on Aqing again, even if it was unintentional. But if it really resulted in a loss of life, it would seem intentional.
She deserved to die, but she couldn’t just die like that.
After leaving Concubine Du’s courtyard, the second young master of the Jie Residence headed straight for the most secluded courtyard within the estate.
Meanwhile, Concubine Du was helped up by her maid, her eyes fixed bitterly outside the door; her gaze was so chilling that it startled the maid at her side.