When Ah Sheng returned to the courtyard, Shen Fang was still crying faintly, and Haochen was sorting out the burned furniture and sweeping the ruins in the house.

"The government said that the fire was an accident and that it happened about two months ago." Ah Sheng went to the government office to ask about the fire and got a reply. When he first entered the door, he found several fragments of broken oil cans in the corner, and the official official spoke with a flickering speech, which made him feel that this matter was not so simple, as if there was something hidden.

"Two months ago? Wasn't that when we first left here for Ten Thousand Butterflies? Haochen said.

"Ten Thousand Butterfly Valley?" Shen Fang recalled a nightmare she had had, Meng'er was bloody and calling her, was that a sign of mother-daughter connection? She looked at the mutilated rag doll in her hand and burst into tears.

Ah Sheng handed over the plain clothes, incense candles, paper money and wine he brought back to Haochen, and after a while they set up a simple spiritual platform in the courtyard, lit white candles, put on plain clothes, and Shen Fang knelt on the ground and burned paper money.

"Father, mother, I'm Yaosong. Although I don't have time to see your two elders, I will toast the two elders here and repay your great kindness in the next life. Ah Sheng spilled the wine.

"Meng'er, I'm my uncle, we've met, you must remember it, right? When I rescued you from the water, I had a special feeling, it turned out that you were the child of our Shen family, but unfortunately I couldn't hear you call me with my own ears, but my uncle will not forget you, and I wish you a happy life in another place. Ah Sheng prostrated three times and inserted incense.

Shen Fang on the side listened like a knife, poor child, she didn't know that it was her own uncle who saved her, and she didn't know that it was her father who gave her jade pendant, and she didn't have time to call them, why did you go so quickly, how could you bear to leave your mother, you can't live without your mother. She reached out and threw the rag doll into the fire, allowing it to return to Mon'er with its own warmth and continue to accompany her. Watching the rag doll gradually burn out, her eyes were empty, black, extinguished, fluttering unconscious, and fell to the ground.

"Ah Fang!" Haochen was about to put on incense, when he saw Shen Fang fainting and hurriedly rushed over to pick her up.

"Sister!" Ah Sheng looked at Shen Fang's face like dead ashes and was unconscious, so he picked her up from Haochen and rushed out of the yard.

When they came to the inn, Haochen retrieved the horses and packages from the restaurant, and asked a doctor to treat Shen Fang.

"Doctor, how's it going?"

"This girl is angry and overworked, plus her physique is weak, her qi and blood are insufficient, and she is also infected with wind and cold, and the symptoms are menacing, and the situation is not good." The doctor shook his head after checking the pulse.

"It's so serious, doctor, you have to find a way to save her, please." Haochen grabbed the doctor's hand and shouted excitedly.

"Of course the old man will do his best, first prescribe her a few pairs of heat-clearing and cold-repelling medicines and decoction for her to take." The doctor wrote a prescription, Ah Sheng looked at Shen Fang with her eyes closed on the bed blankly, she made it like this in order to find herself, she suffered a lot along the way, and lost her godfather and daughter, she knew that it would be like this, and she should have recognized her as soon as possible. My sister is too tired and bitter, so let's sleep well.

At night, Haochen took the medicine and helped Shen Fang to feed her, the medicine overflowed along the corners of her lips, she never opened her mouth, and she never woke up.

"Ah Fang, wake up, you have to drink the medicine, and the illness will get better." Haochen saw that she was unconscious, and he was anxious.

"Sister, have you heard, you must drink medicine." Ah Sheng took the bowl and fed her with a spoon, but still couldn't feed it, he kept stirring the decoction, pinched her cheeks on both sides after it was cold, and poured the medicine into her mouth, causing her to cough. Shen Fang opened his eyes slightly, looking at the unfamiliar environment around him, feeling that he had floated out of this world, and there was an inexplicable fear of being in another place.

"Go home, I'm going home." She muttered.

"Okay, when you're well, we'll go back." Ah Sheng said.

"You have to get better quickly, Ah Fang, did you hear?" Haochen shook her.

"No, go back now, I'm going to ...... Dead at home. After she finished speaking, she fainted again, and Ah Sheng slammed the bowl on the table and punched it on the table.

"Ah Fang, what stupid words are you talking about, you won't die, I don't allow you to give up on yourself, wake up!" Haochen was still shaking Shen Fang in his arms, and when he saw tears flowing from the corners of her eyes, he wiped them off for her with his hand and hugged her tightly in his arms.

This time, the grief completely crushed Shen Fang, without Meng'er and Godfather, and the loss of the fourth master, which has made her nostalgic. Dizzy and woke up in the confusion, woke up and dizzy, the heat came and went, the condition did not improve, and the doctor also persuaded them to send her back to her hometown after diagnosis and treatment, and slowly breathe, but her sense of survival was weak, and she seemed to be waiting for death wholeheartedly, which is the key. Two days later, Ah Sheng hired a carriage and left Rehe with Shen Fang with Haochen and ran to the capital.

Changchun Palace.

Concubine Qin was the first concubine to be visited since the fourth master returned to the palace, she was so happy in her heart that she deliberately asked the nurse to hold the eighth elder brother and show the fourth master.

"After going out for a while, he grew up again." The fourth master hugged his sleeping son in his arms and smiled.

"It's not, some clothes can't be worn, the concubines are rushing to make it these days, and a few days ago Lafayette also said that he grows up fast and looks like the emperor." Concubine Qin said softly, trying her best to please him.

"Galeries Lafayette has been here too?"

"Yes, come and see Yongying, I like him very much. Yongying, wake up quickly, show Huang Ama and talk to Huang Ama. Qin Feibo played with her son's little face, trying to wake him up, but Yongying squirmed her little mouth.

"Don't wake up the child, let him sleep, sleep more to grow faster." The fourth master stopped her, hugged Yongying and coaxed, reminding him of Meng'er, the child who called her father in her dream, I don't know how she is now, whether she is also hoping that she can bring her mother back to her. He often feels guilty about this daughter, he has five daughters, two of whom died early, and he loves his daughter more than his son. But among the many children, only Meng'er will show him an innocent smile, will talk to him without scruples, will instinctively attach to his arms, a child's innocence and simplicity can not be seen in the children in the palace. And he couldn't give her anything, and he didn't even have the courage to let her know this "father". He handed the child to the nurse and pinched his eyes.

"Your Majesty, you're tired, go and rest early."

"It's okay, what have you been busy with in the past few days since I left the palace?" He pulled Concubine Qin and made her sit on his lap, and Concubine Qin was proud.

"Back to the emperor, in addition to taking care of Yongying, the concubines also learned to paint, Xi characters, read a lot of books, and grew a lot." She hooked the neck of the fourth master, and her eyes bloomed with infinite softness.

"Oh? These are not what you like to do, why are you suddenly interested? The fourth master pinched her chin.

"Because the emperor likes it, the concubine also wants to be a talented woman who is full of economy and knows how to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and be the emperor's confidant. This is not only for the emperor, but also for himself. Recently, the emperor has been out of the palace again, and he is busy with government affairs, and he doesn't come to the concubines here. So the concubines used these to pass the time, and as soon as they learned it, they gradually liked it. She rubbed the fourth master's chest with her hands while complaining coquettishly.

"You, it's Pai, isn't it?" The fourth master nodded the tip of her nose.

"The concubine doesn't dare." Concubine Qin's body was so soft that she wrapped around the fourth master like a water snake, buried her head under his chin, and her onion-like fingers continued to caress his strength, so that he finally couldn't resist, and picked her up and walked to the inner room.

"Alright, alright, it's all over." Haruyoshi outside the house listened to the movement inside and smiled.

"It's none of my business, I'll go back first, and I'll come back early tomorrow morning." Chunxi saw that the fourth master was staying in Changchun Palace, so he wanted to go home.

"What's the hurry, tell me, where have you been out of the palace these days, and have you encountered anything new?" Haruyoshi grabbed her and wanted to ask about something.

"It's not like I'm not going to take a walk in the summer resort, go to the north to observe the people's feelings, look at the mountains, green water, and soil nests, and come back when I'm tired of shopping." Chunxi has always kept her mouth tight, so she won't reveal anything to her.

"That's better than us staying in the palace all day long and not being able to get out, Chunxi, you're so lucky." Haruyoshi flattered her a few words.

"Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and I don't know what will happen today. You're not bad, Master Qin is so good to you, don't envy me. ”

"That is, our master Qin has always been gentle and virtuous, and he is also kind to his slaves, and he does not beat or scold." Haruyoshi did not forget to praise it, so that she could pass it on to the emperor.

"Yes, then I'll go back first, and you should rest early." Chunxi didn't bother to listen to her talk any more, and she was tired, so she said goodbye and went back.

Early in the morning, a carriage stopped at the gate of Shen Yuan, and Chen's mother and Ah Tao opened the door to greet them.

"Oh, young master, it's the young master who is back." Chen's mother grinned and shouted happily.

"Ah Tao has seen the young master." Tao knelt on the ground and saluted.

"Get up." Ah Sheng said, Ah Tao raised his head and saw the master in front of him with clear eyebrows, he couldn't help blushing, and hurriedly lowered his head.

"Where's Miss? Didn't you find Miss? Seeing that he was the only one, Chen's mother chased and asked. Ah Sheng lifted the curtain, Haochen got out of the carriage, and carried Shen Fang out.

"What's wrong with Miss?" Chen's mother was startled when she saw Shen Fang, whose face was bloodless.

"Mother Chen, hurry up and clean up the house, Ah Fang is sick and needs to recuperate." Haochen said.

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away." Chen's mother hurriedly ran in, Ah Tao helped with the luggage, and Ding Xiaohe led the horses. They followed Shen Fang's house, put her on the bed, and ordered someone to ask for a doctor.

"How can this be, how can Miss get sick?" Chen's mother wrung out the handkerchief and wiped Shen Fang's face.

"Overwork and cold, it's a bit serious, but we're confident that she'll recover." Haochen said.

"By the way, what about Miss Mon'er?" Chen's mother remembered that she hadn't seen Meng'er yet.

"She ......," Haochen wanted to say and stopped.

"What's wrong with her? Is it still in Rehe? ”

"Well, Ah Fang was sick, so I didn't bring her back." Haochen casually made up a reason according to her words, afraid that if he told her that the old man would not be able to stand the stimulation.

"Oh, the old horse, with me." After Chen's mother finished wiping, she covered Shen Fang with the quilt.

"Yes, with you." Haochen said worriedly.

Ah Sheng watched silent and walked out of the house. This time, he was really down-to-earth and upright walking in his courtyard, the midsummer sun was shining warmly on his body, but it made him feel a little cold, and Shen Fang's illness made him worried. It's not people who are sick, but hearts, and there is no desire to survive in my sister's eyes, just as the doctor said, waiting for death, is it true that the Shen family is going to be destroyed? Let the people of the Shen family leave one by one. He unconsciously walked to the pond in the backyard, quietly looked at the pond and the goldfish swimming in it, and Meng'er's words sounded in his ears...... "Little goldfish, can you all come and play with me?" He couldn't help but shake his head in regret.

A whole week has passed, Shen Fang's illness still has not improved, the doctor invited one after another, and the diagnosis said that it was a disease of depression and qi confusion, coupled with the influence of wind and cold, resulting in a sickness. Haochen hurriedly went home, explained the details to his parents, and rushed to Shen Yuan to take care of her, Mr. Zhou and his wife also came to visit several times and brought some supplements, Chen's mother and Ah Tao took care of her even more unclothed, and Shen Fang was still angry, and she couldn't even feed the medicine.

"Ah Fang, wake up and drink the medicine, okay?" Haochen helped her up and gently patted her face.

"Sister, do you want to die like this? Do you want to leave me and the Shen family behind? Okay, since you are going to die, then I will accompany you, if you die now, I will kill myself immediately, and let our family be reunited in heaven. Ah Sheng shook her, trying to stimulate her to wake up.

"Ah Song, don't scare her, you know she cares about your brother, don't scare her." Haochen felt a little numb in his heart when he heard this.

"Since you care about my younger brother, you have to get better quickly, I don't allow you to give up on yourself, sister, did you hear?" Ah Sheng ignored Haochen and continued to shout loudly at Shen Fang.

"Miss, wake up quickly, you look so sad that Mother Chen looks like this, think about Miss Meng'er, she is still waiting for you." Seeing that Chen Fang's improvement was not as good as day by day, Chen's mother was anxious and burst into tears.

"Mong'er...... Meng'er ......, my mother is here. Shen Fang murmured, and she saw Meng'er waving at her.

"Mother, come on, play with Meng'er, mother, come on."

"Meng'er, my mother is here, wait for me, Meng'er!" In the dream, she chased after Meng'er, hugged her happily and smiled.

"Mother, you won't leave Meng'er in the future, will you?"

"Yes, my mother will always be with Meng'er in the future, and my mother will take you home." She took Meng'er into a door with a light on, and as soon as she entered, she saw a man with his back to her, she wanted to see his face clearly, only to see him slowly turn around, it was the fourth master.

"Fourth Master."

"Shen Fang, we'll meet again." The fourth master smiled at her.

"Fourth master, aren't you angry with me?"

"How could I not be angry with you? You are so cruel, why do you still regard me as an enemy, why did you leave me, why did you break up me and my daughter, what is your heart made of, what kind of woman are you, I will not let you take your daughter. The fourth master snatched the child from her hand, hugged it and walked forward.

"No, don't snatch my child, give it back to me, Meng'er." Shen Fang chased after him and grabbed the fourth master's clothes.

"Fourth master, please, don't take her away, she's the only one I've left, please." She cried and shouted, and the sound of the fourth master and a drop of tears made everyone puzzled.

"Ah Fang, Ah Fang, wake up." Haochen tried to wake her up, but her mind remained in her dreams.

"Mother...... Mother...... Mother. ”

"Fourth master, don't, don't, Meng'er!" The fourth master walked into a light with Meng'er in her arms, she desperately chased after her, but she was still a step too late and was left in a dark place. She let out a frightened sound, suddenly opened her eyes, her head was drenched in sweat, everyone saw that she was awake and surrounded her, she looked at her in front of her in a daze, her vision was blurred, and then she fainted again.

"Sister!"

"Miss!"

"Ah Fang!" Everyone called, Shen Fang lay down calmly, her breath was weak, her body was getting colder and colder, and Chen's mother and Ah Tao couldn't cry.