Xinnan was lying flat on the couch. Her face was exhausted and pale. She was no longer angry.

Concubine Yan rushed over. Seeing how Xinnan looked, the hope left in her disappeared. She turned back to glare furiously at Official Zhuang and internally scolded her for being a fool. The first stupid move of hers was to not observe Xinnan properly and did not realise that she was suicidal. The second stupid move was that she did not know when to report it and actually reported it in front of the other concubines.  

Before this, in order to establish her prestige, she momentarily became strict. Today, all the concubines had come to plead for Xinnan. Concubine Yan had made it sound nice and mentioned that she was going to grant Xinnan a pardon. In the end, the situation turned into one that she could not redeem. Having killed the daughter of the Empress, she now had such a bad reputation. Who would dare to truly follow her?

Zhong Yutang came up to report, “When I rushed here, Her Highness had already passed away.”

Yan Zifang cut in, “Looking at Her Highness, she must have taken poison.”

Concubine Yan was...