The Foolish King's Cherished Physician Consort

At dusk, the setting sun was blood-red, the sky ablaze, with a few pink clouds drifting across it. A group of maids and servants had gathered in the rear courtyard of Prince Xuan's manor. Their faces were grim as they stared at the horrifying scene before them. “Wretched girl! You dared to steal my things! I'll beat you to death today!” A richly dressed, elegant woman held a whip and lashed the woman lying on the ground again and again. The woman's screams had long since stopped, yet the lady seemed unable to dispel the fury in her heart and continued to whip her. The woman's maid's clothes had been torn to shreds by the lashes, and her face was already...