Madam Zhou cried so much that her eyes were like peaches. Only when Wufu brought up the child in her belly did she gradually stop.
"I never expected it to be like this. I thought that even as a concubine-born daughter, you're a proper Official's daughter; no one would dare call you illegitimate. I truly didn't expect this kind of scheming," Madam Zhou said, gripping Wufu's hand. "Wufu, believe me, I never intended to demean you this way."
"I believe you!" Wufu softly patted her hand and said gently, "Don't cry anymore. Their schemes will ultimately fail. How could I let them so easily succeed in plotting against me?"
Madam Zhou shook her head. "I shouldn't have come; shouldn't have come to Changan. What do we do now?"
