Chapter 105 - 88: Can’t Bear to Let You Go
The seal script for "concubine" is a dagger hanging upside down below the character for "woman", originally meaning a female slave awaiting punishment.
In the underground palace, after a brief moment of confusion, Lin Wanxiao instinctively shouted towards Chen Yi.
Among these three people, the only one she recognized was Chen Yi.
Before Chen Yi could respond, the Empress Dowager stopped first.
"You call him uncle? That means..."
The Empress Dowager closely examined Lin Wanxiao and then smiled.
The Lin Family Young Lady nodded rapidly like a pecking chick, speaking in a fluster:
"He is my uncle, and I am his sister-in-law, just like that..."
She seemed to grab at a lifeline, explaining repeatedly.
She came from a deep boudoir. Her father was an unsuccessful scholar, but relying on Elder Lin’s rise, the household was still considered an intellectual family. From a young age, she developed a gentle and refined disposition. Although she was literate, the book she read the most was "The Precepts for Women", making her a typical daughter of the boudoir.
Life passed quickly, and it was soon time for her to marry. Before she even saw the Lin Family son’s appearance, she got on the bridal sedan. Fortunately, in prestigious households, the focus was on the three obediences and four virtues rather than on love. A wife only needed to learn to raise a tray to her eyebrows, which was praised as "raising the tray to the eyebrows".