Just deal with it directly, what concerns could there be.
In the boundless fear, Consort Zhao awaited the announcement of fifty lashes, and if she didn't die, she would be sent to the Cold Palace.
"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, 'A day as a couple, a hundred days of grace.' How can you bear to treat me like this?"
"These lashes are landed on my body, doesn't it hurt in your heart?"
"You're so heartless to me!"
For Consort Zhao, this was no different from having her life taken. She cried out in a mix of unwillingness and grievance, but no one paid her any attention.
Seeing this, she suddenly fainted.
Was it to avoid the upcoming punishment that she genuinely fainted, or was it a pretense?
