The thing that Tang Jizhong did to Zhu Caihua was the first time he had done such a thing since his wife's passing. The words he spoke to Zhu Caihua were also true: he needed to continue the Tang Family's bloodline. The Tang Family was too large and prominent to be left without an heir.
After Tang Jiuling's death, Zhu Caihua was violated by Tang Jizhong several more times, until the pregnancy test displayed two lines, and only then did Tang Jizhong cease his assaults on her.
However, once Zhu Caihua's pregnancy was confirmed, Tang Jizhong confined her to this place. Aside from providing her with sumptuous food every day, she lived like a dog caged in a cell.
Zhu Caihua had contemplated ending it all, for she had nothing left to live for, yet the life growing inside her womb stayed her hand time and again. As time progressed, the signs of pregnancy became more pronounced, and she could even feel that tiny life pulsing within her body.
