Dingguo Marquis Estate.
The entire household was in absolute chaos. Except for Mistress Wu, who had not attended the banquet, Concubine Qian of the Fifth Branch who was pregnant, and the Old Dowager and Third Concubine Lady Rong, who had returned to their quarters earlier due to feeling unwell, almost everyone else had been struck down.
The effect of the raw lacquer was both direct and intense. It made no distinction between status or wealth; once one had inhaled or come into contact with its diffusing particles, the result was the same. Mild cases suffered from intense itching all over the body, while severe cases saw victims swell up like pigs—uniformly and grotesquely bloated from head to toe.
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