The bright moon, clear and empty, brilliant as if silk.
A scream suddenly pierced through the silence of the night, echoing throughout.
The night vigil servant was shaken awake hard, with a voice urging: “Hurry! Go call a physician! Hurry!”
Foots steps sounded throughout.
Lanterns lit up one after another; all around you can see silhouettes. But the most chaotic was the Sheng Mei residence, there was a constant stream of people coming in and out.
The red candle of the room was still burning, candle wax dripping and condensing on the silver candle holder.
A Few Days Later,
Early in the Sheng Mei residence, Shu Huan she had just fallen asleep when she was woken from her slumber.
She was confused to see the maidservant Qiao Yun near her bed, saying : “Mistress, we have offended!”
They did not wait for her to respond before two servants came forward and grabbed her left and rights hands to take her outside.
She was not shocked by the panic: “What are you going to do?”
Qiao Yun led the way, not turning around to answer: “Lao tai Jun ordered for mistress to have a proper change of residence, for three or two days.”
*Lao tai – Old lady
The so-called proper change of residence is a little room in the Sheng Mei residence, only four walls nothing inside the room, there was not even beds only a pile of of dry straw on the ground for people to sit down.