Favor, offspring, status.
They are the ones filled with love and affection as a family, while she is just a childless and unfavored wife locked away in the ancestral shrine for months, forbidden to have visitors.
Of course, these circumstances only crushed her spirit, yet haven't cost her life.
But his responsibility in her death, can he truly escape it?
If he hadn't been so self-righteous in thinking he was doing what's best for her, if he could have given her a bit more trust, not bearing everything alone, and revealed some of it to her.
Had she known about his danger, had she understood his intention of placing her in the ancestral shrine, would she still have allowed Lu Xiyao to come in? Would she still have treasured the small kindness Lu Xiyao offered to her because of solitude, and worn that bracelet on her wrist?
If it were like this, she wouldn't have fallen into such a scheme, dying inexplicably.
