The grandfather had been settled in Old Madame Wang's house, which in the East Courtyard was the only place fortunately spared from destruction, perhaps because the evil slaves feared agitating Old Madame and incurring a loss of life, so this house was not entered and vandalized.
After Lady Liao entered the room, she first paid her respects to Old Madame Wang. Wang's mouth was askew, and she was barely able to speak clearly, yet she kept moaning and even tried to maintain her status as a lady by belittling her.
Lady Liao simply performed the salutation and before she could say "rise," she got up on her own and went behind the gauze cabinet to take care of the old master.
Wang was so upset that she kept moaning, staring in the direction of the gauze cabinet while making noises and angrily pounding on the bed. Her old face turned red from suffocation, but no one paid her any attention.