But Mrs. Gong did not get discouraged; she knocked on the door for seven consecutive days.
She had once offended An Jing. If she could curry favor with An Jing, that would be great; if not, she hoped that this action would lead An Jing to forgive her past actions.
It was not that Mrs. Gong truly repented, but that she had become afraid.
An Jing was now an official!
An official has two mouths, and commoners should not contend with officials. Even if they did, they could not possibly win. She did not wish for An Jing, with her petty grievances, to remember those past issues and use her official status to take revenge against her family.
Her family was already suffering enough. If an official were to take revenge on them, it would be extremely easy, and she did not want to suffer any more.
If they were to suffer any further, her family would not survive.
