No, it is pain, a fate worse than death.
Gu Yixuan sold her to a local indigenous man as his wife, making her the wife of a man ten years younger than she.
In this godforsaken place, where no cries for help could be heard, where even birds wouldn't bother to crap, she finally understood the true meaning of despair.
Every day, she got out of bed before dawn, and at nightfall, she was dragged back to bed.
She, alone, had to do the work of several people.
Planting vegetables, washing clothes, cleaning the house, drying wild game, cooking, and even slaughtering livestock!
These were tasks she had no idea how to do.
But if she didn't do them well, she would have nothing to eat.
When she first arrived, she thought about escaping every day, attempting it a few times, only to be caught each time and tortured half to death.
Eventually, she managed to escape successfully, only to find that there were no means of transportation to the outside world.
