I've been feeling dizzy the whole day, and it's getting worse as the night goes on.
Meixiang wrapped her in a thick cloak, and the little girl curled up on the soft couch in the room.
An sat beside him, checking her forehead from time to time, and said worriedly, "It's getting hotter. I think we should tell the old lady and ask a doctor to come."
Xiangrong held An back and shook his head, saying, "No, it's not good to call a doctor so late at night. I just have a fever. I'll be fine after a little sweating."
An knew that it was not a good idea to make such a fuss at night. Moreover, Xiangrong was a concubine's daughter and was never well-liked by the old lady. So she could only tell Meixiang, "Go and add some more charcoal."
Meixiang agreed to go get the charcoal, but Xiangrong pulled An and said, "I can't let it go. I'm always thinking about my second sister. Auntie, do you think my second sister will be okay?"
An was also worried, but she still tried to persuade Xiangrong: "Didn't Huang Quan come here? She said everything was fine, so it must be fine. Your second sister is such a strong-willed person, how could she let herself fall into such an unbearable situation. Besides, isn't there the Ninth Prince? He won't let your second sister suffer any injustice."
As soon as the Ninth Prince was mentioned, Xiangrong's thoughts started to work again. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but no words came out.
An was her mother, so how could she not see her daughter's little thoughts? She could not help but persuade her: "Last time, the old lady had an order, so you had to go to Prince Chun's mansion. This time, the old lady didn't say anything, so you can't have other thoughts anymore."
Xiangrong lowered her head, her face flushed, feeling a little aggrieved. "Auntie, I didn't."
"You know best in your heart whether there is any." An sighed, "Don't blame Auntie for being cruel. Maybe you didn't feel it before, but now look at your second sister. She was so glorious in the past, but because she couldn't cure the Ninth Prince's leg, what has she become now?"
"Aunt just said it was okay." Xiangrong pouted to show her dissatisfaction, "You also said that the Ninth Prince would not let my second sister suffer any injustice."
"But what is the truth?" An was a little anxious. "Being wronged is one thing, and rumors are another. Look at what the situation is like in the mansion now? Look at how many people sent by various courtyards are standing at the door of Tongshengxuan? They don't treat the second young lady as their master, but as a target! To be honest, no matter how good the old lady is to your second sister, once there is any disturbance, the first person to turn against her is the old lady. She will make the same choice as she did more than three years ago without hesitation. I think if you insist on following Prince Chun, your fate will be the same."
Xiangrong was already feeling cold, and after hearing what An said, she felt even more uncomfortable. But people are like this, the more you tell her not to think about people and things, the more she wants to think about them. Xiangrong's initial feelings for Xuan Tianhua were just a feeling of longing, but under An's consolation, she gradually became stubborn.
That night, Xiangrong slept very badly. Sometimes she felt cold, sometimes she was sweating, and she had strange dreams all the time. Sometimes it was Xuan Tianhua, and sometimes it was An's constant warnings.
She suddenly woke up, thinking it was midnight, but Meixiang, who was on night watch, told her: "Miss Third has only been lying down for less than half an hour, how come she is up now?"
She was startled, "Only half an hour?" She thought it was almost dawn.
Unable to sleep anymore, she simply put on her clothes and went downstairs. Meixiang quickly put the cloak on her again, fearing that she would be cold again.
"Meixiang, do you think my second sister can sleep now?" Xiangrong sat in front of the charcoal brazier, feeling uneasy.
Meixiang shook her head, "I don't know. But Aunt An must have fallen asleep, and I'm sure the Second Miss is asleep too."
"How about... let's go and see?" As soon as the words came out, Xiangrong immediately cheered for her idea, "Yes, let's go and see, Meixiang, I'm sick, and my second sister is the only doctor in the mansion, so it makes sense for me to go to her now. I think my second sister should also see me."
Meixiang was so scared that she waved her hands repeatedly: "Miss, you must not do that! You must not do that! You are already sick, and it is cold outside and the roads are slippery. What if you get frozen and fall? If we want to see the Second Miss, can we go tomorrow morning? I will definitely keep watch for you, and wake you up as soon as it gets light."
Ke Xiangrong had already made up her mind, so how could she listen to a maid? Seeing that Meixiang disagreed, she simply ignored her, put on her clothes, and walked out of the room.
Meixiang had no choice but to trot out and chase Xiangrong while saying, "Miss, if you must go out, you must tell Aunt An!"
Xiangrong suddenly turned around, stared at Meixiang and said, "I am the third young lady of this mansion, and you are my maid. If you can't be of the same mind as the master, then what use do I have for you?" Xiangrong rarely spoke to people in such a tone, but Meixiang was frightened. "Follow me quickly, if you wake up Aunt An, I will send you out of the mansion early tomorrow morning. Then you can see whether the words of the third young lady are more effective, such as mine or Aunt An's."
Meixiang didn't dare to say anything more. Just as Xiangrong said, a young lady, although a concubine, has a much higher status in the mansion than a concubine. She is the maid of the third young lady, and she should share honor and disgrace. Not to mention just going to see the second young lady, even if she wants to set fire to the house, she has to provide the tools for the crime!
After figuring this out, Meixiang felt relieved and obediently followed Fendai out of the yard.
The two of them ran all the way to Tongshengxuan and walked to the largest artificial lake in Feng Mansion. Before they even crossed the small bridge, Xiangrong's lips had already turned blue from the cold.
She hugged her arms tremblingly, turned to Meixiang and said, "I was in such a hurry when I came out that I forgot to take my cloak. You should run back and get it quickly. I'm almost freezing to death."
Meixiang also ignored this matter. Although she was also cold, she was much better than Xiangrong who was sick. When she heard Xiangrong say that she was cold, she realized that her young lady didn't even bring a cloak with her.
The little girl stamped her feet and blamed herself, "It's all my fault. I was negligent. Miss, please wait here. I will go back and get it." After Meixiang said this, she turned around and ran back.
Xiang Rong stood alone by the bridge, the cold wind made her upper and lower teeth chatter. The coldness during the hot season is different from the usual coldness, it chills from the inside out, all the way to the internal organs.
Gradually, Xiangrong couldn't stand any longer, so he just sat down leaning against the bridge. He folded his arms, shivered, and kept praying that Meixiang would come back soon. But they had already walked so far, how could she come back soon?
She didn't know how long she had been sitting on the bridge when she suddenly heard hurried footsteps accompanied by panting due to fatigue.
Xiangrong thought it was Meixiang, and opened his eyes in joy, stood up slowly, and shouted: "Meixiang, hurry up, I'm going to freeze to death if you don't come back!"
As soon as she said this, she was stunned. Where was the person on the path in front of her?
She was sitting in the opposite direction, facing the way she came, so that Meixiang could see her when she came back.
But at this moment, the path in front of her was empty, with not even a bird.
But she clearly heard footsteps just now?
Xiangrong was frightened. He held his head with both hands and squatted down suddenly.
It was a pitch-black night, and a little girl was left here all alone, with a bridge behind her and lakes on both sides. The path in front of her was empty. The more she thought about it, the more scared she became, and she finally began to regret coming out.
She wanted to go back, so she ran along the path back to her yard. Unfortunately, her legs were so weak and she was so scared that she couldn't even stand up, let alone run.
Suddenly, the sound of footsteps came again. This time, Xiangrong heard it clearly. It was not coming from the direction where Meixiang left, but from behind her.
This time it was slower than last time, as if it was getting closer little by little.
But the slower she went, the more scared she became. Her heart was in her throat.
Just when the footsteps were less than three steps away from her, Xiangrong gritted her teeth and, not knowing where she got the courage from, she suddenly stood up, turned around in an instant, and looked directly into the eyes of the "thing" that was touching her.
"you--"
"Why is it you?"
After seeing this, Xiang Rong was shocked, but not as scared as before. After all, it was better to know that the person in front of him was a living person than to make random guesses.
But this person...
"Auntie Han, why are you here?" She looked at Han, who was only three steps away from her. Her hair was disheveled, and a hairpin was still hanging, about to fall to the ground. Her collar was open, revealing a large area of snow-white skin on this cold winter night. What's worse, there were several red marks on her neck. Han tried to cover it with her clothes, but after a few tries, not only did she fail to cover her neck, but she also tore off the buttons below.
Xiangrong was stunned. Although she was young, she was not ignorant. Han's expression was too obvious. This was not being happy with others. What was good?
But her father is not at home!
This Han family...
"Third, Third Miss." Han couldn't speak clearly. She never expected to run into Xiangrong at this time and in this place. She had planned everything, thinking that at most she would run into the night watchman, but she didn't expect to run into the Third Miss of the Feng family.
Both of them were stunned. They just stood there looking at each other, and neither of them knew what to say.
Han's mind raced, and in just a moment he thought of more than a hundred possible outcomes for himself. Which one would not be capital punishment?
She was about to collapse. This matter must not be spread out. She didn't want to die. She wanted to give birth to a son for the Feng family and let Fendai take the position of the legitimate daughter. How could she end up like this?
When he thought of this, the pair of eyes staring at Xiangrong seemed to be able to spit out flames.
Xiangrong looked into Han's eyes and began to feel sad. He felt that those eyes were full of cruelty and killing.
Her mind suddenly exploded - Han wanted to kill her!
Xiangrong was so frightened that he stepped back step by step, screamed suddenly, turned around and ran back.
But Han was determined to kill her, so there was no way he would let her get away like that.
So, one ran and the other chased, but the child could not outrun an adult, and after only a few steps, Han grabbed him by the collar from behind.
Xiangrong wanted to scream, but the collar was so tight that she couldn't breathe. She was dragged hard by Han and had no ability to resist at all. She was dragged all the way back to the river.
When they looked at each other for the last time, Xiangrong heard Han say to her, "Third Miss, if you don't die today, I will never live again. Don't blame me. Blame yourself for seeing something you shouldn't have seen."
Xiangrong shook her head desperately. She really wanted to tell Han that she would keep her mouth shut and not say anything.
But the collar was too tight, and she could only open her mouth, but no sound came out.
She watched helplessly as Han pushed herself into the lake like a madman. The moment she fell into the water, she actually thought - if I had not been lazy when practicing martial arts with my second sister, would I not have died today? [End of this chapter]
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