The Ugly Truth
Xing thought about Yukiko's position. She had heard that the Emperor of the Water kingdom was trying hard to keep his throne and in one of his struggles to keep his throne she and Haru had inadvertently helped him too by eliminating the Gu Family. So if Yukiko wants to leave the Palace, she has to give up her husband or her husband should allow her to leave there in the first place as he wants to be the Emperor. Surely her situation is different.
"Did you eat?", Xing tried to ease Yukiko's mind by changing the topic. She was dead tired too and just wanted to lie somewhere and sleep.
"He force fed me, medicines too", she laughed dryly making Xing wonder if she had lost her love for her husband. That would be bad!
"He really loves you, doesn't he? I heard the maid saying he helped you get cleaned up and get dressed himself too", Ayane grabbed Yukiko's hand and spoke with a shine in her eyes. Surely she found that a privilege for a woman to get treated gently by her man.