Maternal Aunt Liu had hoped that she would spend some time quietly in the Buddhist hall, and once Duke An's anger subsided, Ye Hongyang would ask Duke An and his Wife again to let her out. But it turned out that not a single man in this world was decent, and that damned man Ye Hongyang was no exception, having let her down like this.
When Ye Hongyang came to visit her for the first time, she saw at a glance that the urgency and love that used to be on his face changed into astonishment the moment he saw her, which was not the look of a man seeing his beloved consort in distress.
She panicked at the time and poured all her energy into plaintive cries and reminiscing, doing her best to show the warm and gentle side of herself, softening Ye Hongyang's heart a bit. He shed a few tears but that was all, and he didn't even say he would help her out of her predicament.
What Ye Hongyang showed, rather than pity for her, might as well be pity for the past he had lost.
