Farewell, My Regent

Once the regent's treasured pearl, her heart turned to ice the day he brought home a pregnant concubine. She neither fought nor pleaded, but silently traded each cold neglect for a single gold bar. Ridiculed yet unwavering, she clung to her purpose. When her mother's keepsake was destroyed, she finally saved her tenth gold bar, penned a letter of severance, and vanished.