Chapter 143: Withered Beauty

Huang Ze, eyes vacant, murmured, "Account? I'll give the matriarch an accounting…now." She removed her hairpin—not an ordinary one, but sharpened to a needle point, a concealed weapon. Gazing at it, she whispered, "This face has disgraced the patriarch and matriarch. What further use is it?"

Closing her eyes, tears streaming, she raised her hand and slashed the hairpin across her face, leaving a long, crimson gash marring her exquisite beauty. The image of a weeping beauty, her loveliness marred, should have elicited pity; yet, the only visible reaction from those in the hall came from Huang Run, who cried out, "Sister!" and rushed toward her.