Repenting an Old Wrong, Xifeng Entrusts Her Child to a Village Woman; Releasing an Old Grievance, a Loving Maid Is Moved by a Foolish Young Master

Now it is said that Concubine Zhao fell gravely ill in the temple. After there were fewer people around, she raved even more wildly, frightening and annoying those beside her, so that two women had to support her. Concubine Zhao knelt on both knees on the ground, sometimes talking, sometimes crying, and sometimes lying prostrate and begging for mercy: “You are beating me to death! Red-bearded Lord, I will never dare do it again.” Then she would press her palms together and cry that her whole body ached. Her eyes bulged outward, blood flowed constantly from her mouth, and her hair was loose and disheveled. Everyone was afraid and did not dare go near. As the sky gradually darkened, her voice grew hoarse, sounding like a ghost weeping. No one dared keep watch by her side, so several bold men were called to sit and guard her. Sometimes she would stop breathing, then revive after a while. She raved the whole night. By the next day she no longer spoke, but only made frightening faces and tore at her own clothes, exposing her chest, as if someone were stripping her.......