Suiyu Pavilion
The wounds on Huanbi’s back had mostly healed, leaving only a scar in the small of her back. It felt bumpy to the touch, no longer as smooth as before.
She took off her clothes, sat on a stool, and turned to look at herself in the mirror, tracing the scar with her fingers. Her tears had long since run dry. A woman with a scar would find it difficult to become one of the Emperor’s concubines, unless she possessed such extraordinary favor that he simply did not care.
Chapter 96