It was only because of a last shred of rationality that she just stabbed her hand, but if things escalated, she was afraid that she might kill herself.
It was also why she had followed Gu Bailu when the latter wanted her to face her problem.
However, who would have thought that the trip wouldn't help at all, but only make things worse.
"Qian'er, you can't blame yourself. Anybody would be deeply afraid after suffering that sort of extended abuse. You're not alone or useless; you just didn't have anybody to rely on before, and that wasn't your fault, understand?"
An orphan girl, who didn't have spiritual power or a family, and who had been a maid at the crown prince's house since she was a child, naturally wouldn't have had the courage to stand up to her heartless master's torture.
If she had resisted, she would've been killed, and nobody wanted to die.
There weren't that many people in the world who would rather die before caving in.