The next morning, when Bai Ruozhu re-entered the palace, Hao Mu quietly told her that the Virtuous King and the Virtuous Queen had visited the palace last night, and the Virtuous Queen had cried for a long time in Cining Palace. When they left the palace, they took Princess Yuwei with them, but both of Princess Yuwei's middle fingers were broken.
"Why?" Bai Ruozhu asked in surprise.
Hao Mu looked at her with disdain and said, "Don't tell me you don't know. Aren't you also a disciple of the Astrology Tower? It is said that to abolish the cultivation of someone practicing Magic Techniques, their middle fingers are to be broken."
It was then that Bai Ruozhu realized the emperor must not have allowed Princess Yuwei to learn Magic Techniques from someone like Duanyan, harming others, or perhaps it was a punishment for Princess Yuwei, thus his abolishment of her cultivation.
