After Duchess An woke up, her first words were: "Where is the Lord?"
Upon hearing that Duke An was writing a memorial, the Duchess struggled to get up and, with the maid's help, went to the study.
"My Lord! You must not write this memorial!" Duchess An cried incessantly, "If you submit it, you will lose your position as the Minister of War, the duke title, and even give up half of our family's fortune... This is like tearing out our hearts."
"In the future, what face will the Zheng Family have to show?"
In contrast to his tearful wife, Duke An was much more composed: "Being able to safeguard the lives of the entire Zheng family is already a great fortune. Were it not for the Grand Empress Dowager's protection, I would have long been dragged to the execution ground. Don't cry and make a fuss. Money and titles are external things, compared to the lives of the whole clan, they are nothing."
