Mrs. Dong tightly bit her lips, gently patted Bai Qingyan's hand that was holding her, her nostrils flared, and she closed her eyes as tears immediately streamed down.
On the twenty-ninth of December in the Xuanjia period, heavy snowfall, the wives of the master of the Duke of Zhen's Mansion—Mrs. Dong and the second wife, Mrs. Liu, the third wife, Mrs. Li, the fourth wife, Mrs. Wang, the fifth wife, Mrs. Qi—learned one after another that all the men of the Duke of Zhen's Mansion had perished in the Southern Frontier. The pain was unbearable.
While the entire Dadu City brimmed with festive joy, the Duke of Zhen's Mansion was shrouded in gloom. The concubines, maids, and older servants within the mansion, sensing something unusual, kept to themselves and did not dare to make noise.
