Entering the Imperial Animal Garden, the first thing Lian Hua and her companions noticed was Beauty Zhao, whose lips were pale and expression dazed, resembling a headless fly. On seeing Lian Hua, she acted like a victim, sobbing incoherently, insisting it wasn't her fault and that she was forced.
Lian Hua was disinclined to listen to her nonsense and decisively had her knocked unconscious and dragged away. Eventually, they discovered an old eunuch who had been knocked out. Despite being covered, he was frozen thoroughly; if left there for another half day, he might have frozen to death.
Seeing the old eunuch, the energy sustaining the grey hawk seemed to vanish abruptly. It landed next to the old eunuch, apparently too exhausted to continue flying, panting heavily. Xiao Jizi and the others tried to hold it, but the grey hawk struggled and refused until Lian Hua held it, calming it down.
