The doctor's diagnosis was that it was due to hunger.
An Zhongtao looked at her strangely: "How could this happen? Is Lan Xiao Pavilion's supply insufficient?"
Lian Jinrong smiled weakly: "Mingxuan and Yanran are still growing. I'm so old now, it doesn't matter if I eat more or less..."
An Zhongtao sighed and took the bowl of soup: "You too, I can't drink so much by myself. I'm an adult, and I can't starve myself to death..."
As he spoke, he gently scooped a spoonful of soup and brought it to Lian Jinrong's mouth. Lian Jinrong was secretly happy, but she didn't show it on her face. Instead, she said, "General, you drink too..."
"I'm not hungry, hurry up and stop talking nonsense."
It has been a long time since the general spoke to her in such an intimate tone. Lian Jinrong was delighted. She sat up and drank the soup, with a shy and coquettish look on her face, just like she was ten years ago.
The two people were being affectionate in the room, but the east warm room was in a bleak state.
Lian Jinyu has lost a lot of weight in the past few days and has dark circles under her eyes. She looked at Mingchen with heartache. Mingchen's voice has become hoarse from crying these days and he can no longer make any sound when crying, but that hoarse voice is really heartbreaking.
Although An Qingran told herself to stay calm, she still couldn't help crying secretly twice, because she knew that her brother's illness was not an ordinary rash, he really had the plague. Now she couldn't find the source. After a few days, there was still no new outbreak in the mansion, so she couldn't judge what was going on.
She had no choice but to give him medicine according to her own prescription and give him a medicinal bath every day, treating him both inside and outside. However, the rash continued to break out and showed no signs of stopping. She knew that it would take some time for the disease to fully break out, so she told herself not to give up.
She finally had this younger brother, and she must watch him grow up safely. She couldn't explain her feelings for her brother. In her previous life, her own children didn't have the chance to be born, so all her excessive maternal love was invested in her younger brother.
"Qingran, if anything happens to your brother, I will not live either." Lian Jinyu's tears kept falling. Although she told herself to be strong, her heart broke when she saw her son.
An Qingran forced herself to cheer up: "My brother's condition is not serious, so I have hope of curing him. Mother, you have to be strong now, you can't fall ill."
Lian Jinyu knew this truth.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside. The door was knocked and opened, revealing a team of soldiers, all with serious expressions.
"By order of the Emperor, take the young master of the General's Mansion, An Mingchen, to the Xichi Sanatorium for isolated treatment. Get up immediately..."
One of them shouted.
An Qingran stepped forward and said, "General, my brother is young. If he gets a new disease there, he will die. Besides, we have been isolating ourselves in the general's mansion for treatment. There have been no new cases of illness in the general's mansion for so many days. My brother may not have the plague."
She knew about the Xichi sanatorium. Whenever there was an epidemic, some high-ranking officials and royal family members who fell ill would be sent there to die. Ordinary people were simply burned and buried, or killed and burned when there was an epidemic. However, the nobles were given some mercy and dignity.
"Miss, this is the emperor's decree. How dare we disobey it? Please don't make things difficult for us..." the military officer said helplessly.
When Lian Jinyu heard this, she fell to the ground half unconscious. Madam Hong and others held her up. She was barely breathing: "If you want to take me away, take me with you. I won't live anymore..."
An Qingran was also heartbroken, but she did not panic and looked at her father.
An Zhongtao looked helpless. Since it was the emperor's order, there was nothing he could do.
Seeing that things had come to this point, An Qingran calmed down instead: "Okay, Master Jun, I will go with my brother. He is too young, and you must not have enough people to take care of him, so let me go."
Lian Jinyu shook her head when she heard this: "No, Qingran, you can't go. If you want to go, I have to go..."
An Zhongtao said to the soldier, "Please wait outside the mansion, sir. I will get him in the car as soon as possible. But I still have to deal with the matter at hand..."
Those people understood that the death of this child was like a parting of life and death, and they were willing to give them time to say goodbye.
Lian Jinyu rushed forward and grabbed An Zhongtao's arm: "General, our Mingchen can't be taken away. If he leaves, he won't come back..."
"How can you say that? He will be fine..."
"General, please go and beg the emperor to let Mingchen stay in the mansion. I will accompany him and don't trouble anyone. Otherwise, just send us to the shack in the field. We, mother and son, can live and die together..." Lian Jinyu cried so hard that her legs became weak.
How could An Zhongtao not feel distressed?
But the current situation was something he had no way of changing.
An Qingran also came forward to persuade her mother: "Mom, I will go to accompany my brother, my brother will be fine."
"You are not allowed to go." Lian Jinyu glared, "This An Mingchen is my beloved child, aren't you? If you two go, it would be better for me to just die."
"Mom, I know medicine, and I've been researching a prescription these days that has some effect on my brother. This time, I will continue to give him this medicine. Mom, you can't go. You don't understand pharmacology, and you'll just be sad, which won't help, right?" An Qingran had a calm smile on her face. "I know my brother will be fine."
She was so confident, as if she was cheering herself up.
No matter how reasonable her words were, Lian Jinyu firmly opposed them. Her eyes turned red. She couldn't let such a young daughter take risks.
At this time, Lian Jinrong also came forward and said, "General, this matter is easy to handle. Neither my sister nor Qingran needs to go. I will go and take care of Mingchen."
When An Qingran saw Mingchen coming forward, she felt hatred in her heart. If she went, Mingchen might not survive the night.
She absolutely couldn't let her go.
Of course, she might not really want to go, she might just be doing it for her father to see.
An Zhongtao was indeed a little touched: "You really want to go."
Lian Jinrong nodded: "My sister is the mistress of the house, and Qingran is the legitimate daughter of the general's mansion. They can't go. I am the most suitable one. If anything happens when I go, please treat Mingxuan and Yanran well..."
Lian Jinrong spoke in a very tragic and heroic manner, as if she was a soldier about to go to the battlefield.
An Qingran walked closer and said, "Father, I will go with my brother right now. No one else is needed."
She turned around and picked up Mingchen. Lian Jinyu looked at her daughter and tried to pull her away anxiously. The worries and concerns she had felt over the past few days became the last straw that broke the camel's back, overwhelming her...
An Qingran carried An Mingchen into the car. An Zhongtao looked at her with admiration and emotion in his eyes. It really made him, as a father, ashamed that his daughter could do this.
An Qingran sat in the car, feeling sad and solemn. She was not sure if she could come back after this departure, but she had to go.
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