Old Master Wu gave his daughter-in-law a thorough scolding, and she, too, regretted it. Back then, who could have known Fang Zichen would rise to where he was today?
Had she known, she would never, ever have treated Guaizai that way.
At first, she only felt regret and a sense of loss. But later, when she saw Guaizai again—leading a great troop of men into the prefectural residence, beating the newly appointed prefect of Yuanzhou half to death, and then taking Yang Mingyi—that young ger she'd once refused to even look at—all the way to Hezhou—that was when her regret truly turned her guts green.
