Chapter 19: Asking for Punishment
"All members of the Bai family are loyal and upright, their characters impeccable. Whether men or women, they all stand tall and righteous, embodying a spirit of integrity!"
Occasionally, drunken men would say that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent and that her main duty is to manage the household and educate the children. But such remarks would quickly be drowned out by the praises sung for the Duke of Zhen's Mansion.
The Duke of Zhen's Mansion.
On the third day after her marriage, Second Miss Bai Jinxiu lay at death's door. She was carried back horizontally to the mansion, causing the whole mansion to be as taut as a drawn bowstring.
Servants and maids moved in and out of the side door in an orderly manner, lighting lanterns without daring to speak loudly.
Second Madam, Mrs. Liu, stayed by Bai Jinxiu's bedside, clutching her daughter's cold fingers, tears streaming down as she softly called her daughter's name.