She looked genuinely terrified, her face drained of color and her lips trembling. The sound that struggled past her throat sounded as though she were on the verge of tears.
Old Madam made no further reprimand regarding the possibility of her colluding with foreign enemies, and instead stooped down herself to help her up from the floor. "Come."
With that, Old Madam led her inside, then instructed someone to fetch a letter from the study and handed it to her. "His trusted aide delivered this personally. This one is a family letter; the rest of the battle reports have already been submitted."
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