"With all due respect, my lord, I wasn't entirely certain at first," the older woman said, moving a little closer to Shu He. She gestured toward her hands and added, "But after observing this lady's hands and her face just now, I can be sure."
"What do you mean by that?" Zhang Zhiyi asked.
"It’s like this: that Mother Chen and her family were not good people. They beat and scolded their servants constantly and forced them to work without rest. The girl slave they kept was abused for years; her hands were covered in festering sores, and her face was raw and cracked, covered in broken capillaries."
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