Liu Lanxi had been ill since the day Lady Liu returned from the palace, rejected by the Empress Dowager.
She had been sick for many days without improvement, and it was not until the head of Jingzhao Prefecture, Chen Qiaoyue, was beheaded and his family's property confiscated, and Lady Chen and Chen Langui were demoted to servitude and sent to the Ling Family, that a lady of such wealth overnight became a servant, with no home to return to. It was not an exaggeration to say it was pitiable.
