Chapter 4 Fire

　　Inside the dream, it was a vast boundless ocean.

　　She was exhausted from struggling.

　　Suddenly, a wave came at her; it somehow turned into a rising flame. She then felt a burning pain through her skin.

　　Shu Huan opened her eyes and discovered that her struggle in the dream made her extend her hand and knocked down the half-burning candle. The flame burned her skin and the straws. When the straws met the fire, they were immediately ignited. She quickly got up and wanted to step on the fire to extinguish it, but the fire had already spread.

　　The four sides of the room were made from wood. If the fire couldn't be controlled on time, it may spread to the nearby wings.

　　"There’s fire! Open the door, quickly open the door!"

　　Shu Huan got anxious. She slammed twice on the door. She didn't wait till the door was opened and took the thin blanket to slam the flames. Sparks flew everywhere, some even flew into her hair.

　　At this time, Xiangqian had already gone back to her room to sleep. The one who was guarding outside was Qiaoyun who was dozing off. She was awakened by the noise. Only when she was about to open the door and searched her body did she remember that the key was not with her. She then ran to Xiangqian in panic.

　　This incident had alarmed many people. Even concubine Yun was awakened. She quickly inquired about what had happened, wore some clothes and came over with Xiangqian and a few maids.

　　As soon as the door was opened, they couldn't see what the situation was like inside when a thick smoke came out, making everyone teary-eyed as they coughed.

　　Then, Shu Huan came out surrounded by flames and smoke. She sat down on the ground and coughed, "Water…bring water…there's still a small fire that hadn't been extinguished…"

　　She already did her best. She managed to keep the fire from spreading. However, she was almost killed by the smoke.

　　Although she said that a small fire wasn't extinguished, now that the door was opened the wind poured in, so the flames re-surged. The maids panicked, brought water, lit the lights, searched for buckets and poured water on the fire. After busying for a long time, the fire was extinguished.

　　When they looked inside the room, half of the walls were already burnt black. There was water everywhere. Mixed with the ashes of the straws, the place was drenched.

　　Shu Huan's appearance wasn't much better than the room’s. Her face was stained with gray. She was full of sweat and her hair was scattered, a small part of it burned by the fire. The clothes on her body was also crumpled. Because she was sleeping and was caught by surprise, she didn't had time to wear shoes. The white socks on her feet also turned black.

　　It happened that concubine Yun was standing next to her now. Her whole body was refres.h.i.+ng, and her hair was like a waterfall without any strand out-of-place.

　　In contrast, her sorry figure was particularly apparent.

　　The maids looked at each other in dismay.

　　Concubine Yun frowned slightly, "Big sister, this…"

　　She caused trouble again!

　　But why mention it again? She couldn’t blame committing suicide by hanging on her!

　　Shu Huan sighed in her heart and stood up from the ground, "I’m sorry. I fell asleep while the candle was still burning. I didn't expect it to cause a fire."