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Luo Jingxian watched the concubine's hysterical demeanor and realized that no matter how much she explained, it would not penetrate her mind.
What she wanted was not the truth of the matter, but an outlet to vent her frustrations, a way to shift all the blame onto others.
Luo Jingxian instinctively felt a sense of foreboding, but it was already too late. They were just two weak women, utterly powerless against a group of enemies.
Once again, she cursed the man who had poisoned her in the past, leaving her almost defenseless now, forced to watch tragedy unfold before her eyes.
The concubine, seemingly mad with rage, inflicted every conceivable torture upon the two of them. Especially towards Bai Rong'er, who had long been a thorn in her side. Now that she had gained power, having caused the deaths of the Bai Family's master and mistress, she had taken her place as the legitimate wife of the Bai Family, seizing control over everything and no longer needing to suppress herself.
Bai Rong'er was merely a frail woman, and given her already poor health, she quickly became weak from the torment. Yet the concubine was unwilling to let her die so easily; instead, she slowly tended to her wounds, keeping her alive just enough.
It wasn't until much later that members of the Bai Family began to grow suspicious and voiced their dissent against the concubine. Only then did this torment come to an end.
However, it did not lead to any improvement; instead, it escalated into a path of absolute destruction.
The concubine poisoned Bai Rong'er.
"Hahaha!" The concubine laughed maniacally, her face twisted with malice. "What does this poison taste like? Aren't you always crying and thinking about your dead mother? After eating this, you'll soon be able to see her!"
She leaned closer to Bai Rong'er and said each word deliberately: "This is the very poison I fed your mother with my own hands. Now it's your turn to die!"
The poison was potent; within moments, Bai Rong'er convulsed violently and bled from all orifices before dying.
"Strip this bitch's corpse and flay her skin! I want her to die without a complete body! She harmed my son; I will ensure that the Bai Family is forever cut off from descendants!" The concubine's hatred surged as she recalled all those years spent in the Bai Family.
She thought of how she had constantly flattered Master Bai, endured humiliation and hardship. Today, she could finally command power and control everything within the Bai Family.
Yet she never considered that all she had sacrificed was driven by her own greed for wealth and status; no one had forced her. In fact, it was after encountering Master Bai by chance that she had used every means at her disposal to marry into the Bai Family as a concubine.
Now, all she saw was the pain inflicted upon herself while shifting all responsibility onto others.
Bai Rong'er lived a life of kindness, never harming a single person, not even killing a chicken, yet she met such a tragic end. After her death, her body could not even be kept intact.
The deranged concubine even had Bai Rong'er's skin stripped off and turned into objects placed in the Bai Family's ancestral hall, allowing the unsuspecting members of the Bai Family to come and go, touching these items.
Luo Jingxian witnessed all of this. It was not her choice to see; at the moment Bai Rong'er was poisoned to death, she only wanted to close her eyes and not see anything anymore.
But the concubine forcibly kept Luo Jingxian's eyes open, making her witness everything in its entirety.
She needed an observer to witness her victory.
And with her sisterly bond with Bai Rong'er, Luo Jingxian was naturally the best choice.
Watching Luo Jingxian's shock, pain, despair, and breakdown became the source of her joy.
The suspicions among the Bai Family members had already deepened. The concubine decided to end it all and start her new life.
Now she possessed the wealth she had always dreamed of, no longer needing to live a life of poverty where she could only envy others.
"In the end, she fed me the same poison when I was already traumatized and half-mad. She just didn’t want me to die too quickly; she wanted to torment me more by diluting the poison so that I wouldn’t die immediately."
Not dying instantly but slowly consuming life under the invasion of the toxin and the torment of hunger.
"How vicious!" Ye Xiaohan couldn't help but exclaim. She could hardly believe that the woman she had last seen was capable of such monstrous deeds behind closed doors.
After everything was revealed, Luo Jingxian's emotions plummeted to rock bottom. She leaned against the wall, her eyes downcast as if she had expended all her energy and could no longer hold on.
Initially, she had refused to follow Lo Cheng back to Exiled Nation. Later, she accompanied Ye Xiaohan southward not only because she had developed a good relationship with Yeh Hsiao-Han and couldn’t bear to leave them alone but also to find this concubine from the Bai Family again and avenge Bai Rong'er!
And to take revenge for herself for the harm suffered years ago.
She only had a few clues, just a general idea that the concubine had relatives in Jiangnan, which prompted her to take a chance.
When she saw the radiant concubine on the street, Luo Jingxian felt an intense hatred, wishing she could set her ablaze to comfort Bai Rong'er’s spirit.
"I see," Ye Xiaohan said, piecing together the details. She was determined not to let this matter rest.
Ye Xiaohan reassured Luo Jingxian, "Just hold on a little longer. I will go back and prepare. I will make sure the wicked are brought to justice and avenge Bai Rong'er!"
She hurried back to discuss plans with Gu Bei, and soon they had a strategy. With Ye Xiaohan's current power and Gu Bei's covert assistance, it wouldn’t be difficult to uncover the secrets of the past.
Ye Xiaohan first sought justice from the Government Office, clarifying the situation and securing time to gather evidence. After three days, armed with sufficient proof, Ye Xiaohan returned to the Yamen.
The trial for Luo Jingxian's case commenced, and the outcome was no surprise. With ample evidence presented, the concubine from the Bai Family had no room for defense and was immediately detained. Her brutal methods of murder were met with disdain.
"It’s all over now; you have avenged the White Maiden," Ye Xiaohan gently held Luo Jingxian in her arms, patting her back. "From now on, everything will get better."
Luo Jingxian buried her face in Ye Xiaohan's neck, hiding her reddened eyes. Only Ye Xiaohan felt the slight dampness—Luo Jingxian’s tears.
"Go ahead and cry; let out all the pain from before. Tears may mostly be just ordinary water, but they can cleanse human emotions."
Wash away unwanted feelings, leaving only those worth remembering in one’s heart.
Before long, it would be Qingming Festival, and Ye Xiaohan decided to return to the capital. One reason was that Luo Jingxian had learned from the concubine about Bai Rong'er’s final resting place; she needed to return to bury the body alongside its stripped skin and repair a grave with good feng shui.
The other reason was that they also needed to pay respects to Liu Qi.
"Time is truly ruthless; in the blink of an eye, it’s already Qingming," Ye Xiaohan lit the paper money and incense she had brought, watching as the wind carried smoke and ashes away into the distance.
They had aged another year, while Liu Qi would forever remain a child.
"Let's go. We should come to see her more often in the future." Gu Bei held Ye Xiaohan's hand, which felt icy cold. Although a smile lingered on her lips, her eyes seemed ready to spill tears at any moment.
After Ye Xiaohan walked away, she couldn't help but glance back one last time. The freshly packed yellow earth lay neatly over the grave, and a piece of paper carried by the wind from somewhere else floated gently down in front of it.
It was as if someone was waving goodbye to them.
Ye Xiaohan's mood remained low. Gu Bei felt similarly, but he was better at hiding it and continued to comfort Ye Xiaohan.
When dinner time arrived, Ye Xiaohan sat gloomily at the table, lacking any appetite.
"Is there any wine? I don't want to eat; I just want to drink," Ye Xiaohan said, looking at Gu Bei.
The general's residence might lack many things, but wine was certainly not one of them. Although Gu Bei thought that drowning one's sorrows in alcohol wasn't a solution, he wouldn't refuse her request since she had asked. He had always indulged her.
"Shen Ru brought some over before; there are a few jars of rare fine wine. I'll have someone fetch them," Gu Bei said, secretly scheming. The wine was indeed good quality, but it was all fruit wine with a mild potency that the soldiers in the barracks had always complained about, which was why it remained until now.
Ye Xiaohan actually had a decent tolerance for alcohol, but Gu Bei still didn't want her to get drunk.
The wine was quickly brought over. Ye Xiaohan wanted to drink not for the taste itself but to fill the void in her heart and dispel the faint sorrow that lingered within her.
Before long, half of a jar of wine was already empty.
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