Everything as far as the eye could see was dancing with flames.
The tongues of fire engulfed the curtains and licked the furniture in the room.
The wooden furniture was quickly engulfed, groaning in pain in the fire.
Shen Tianshu was trapped in the sea of fire, and his whole body was roasted and burned by the flames.
She couldn't escape or hide.
Gradually, my throat began to feel tight and I couldn't breathe.
Shen Tianshu gasped for air and reached out to pull his collar, as if this would make his breathing easier.
But as soon as her hand touched the collar, someone grabbed it.
She shook her head desperately and wanted to say, "Let me go." I couldn't breathe, but I couldn't say anything.
"Tianshu, wake up, it's okay." A gentle and familiar voice came to my ears.
Although Shen Tianshu heard the sound, his body seemed to be still trapped in a dream and unable to break free, unable to wake up immediately.
Soon, a veil was placed on her forehead.
The cool veil dissipated the heat wave that kept coming in his dream, and made Shen Tianshu feel much more comfortable.
She soon fell into a chaotic sleep again.
I don't know how much time passed, but when she finally woke up from her sleep, she slowly opened her eyes and found that the room was dark.
Li Zian was sitting on the bed next to her in his clothes, with his eyes closed as if he was asleep.
His body blocked the weak candlelight on the table next to the bed.
The candlelight gave him a warm outline.
Shen Tianshu's whole body felt uncomfortably hot, and he felt like a big furnace, trying his best to spread heat around him.
She raised her hand to touch her forehead, but she touched a wet handkerchief that was already warm.
As soon as Shen Tianshu made a move, Li Zian woke up and immediately turned to look at her.
After realizing that she was awake, he was stunned for a moment, as if he couldn't believe his eyes.
Shen Tianshu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but found that his throat was sore and hoarse, and he could no longer even make a sound.
"Don't speak in a hurry." Li Zian finally came to his senses and confirmed that Shen Tianshu was really awake. He reached out and took off the handkerchief on her forehead and threw it aside.
He skillfully fished out a cloth towel from the ice basin nearby, twisted it until it was half dry, and put it on her forehead.
Then he turned around and brought over a bowl, stirred it gently with a spoon, tested the temperature and said, "I asked someone to make pear soup. You can take a few sips first to moisten your throat."
As he spoke, he filled a spoon with pear soup and fed it to Shen Tianshu.
He was quite skilled at twisting the handkerchief earlier, but Li Zian obviously had no experience in the complicated operation of feeding a lying person to drink.
The first spoonful was basically fed to Shen Tianshu's neck.
"I'm sorry, I..." Li Zian was a little at a loss. He had actually fed Li Zihan before.
But obviously, the key to success is whether the party being fed can cooperate well.
Now I don't want to ask anyone to come in.
Li Zian put down what he was holding and was about to ask someone to come in when Shen Tianshu grabbed his sleeve.
"What's wrong?" Li Zian turned around quickly and said, "Don't worry, don't be afraid, I won't leave. I'll ask someone to come in and help you clean up."
Shen Tianshu struggled to squeeze out a few words from his dry throat: "Bao, Bao'er... Yunhui... Ming, Mingyu, Yun'er..."
"Don't worry, they are all fine." After Li Zian finished speaking, he saw that Shen Tianshu was still staring at him, and said, "I really didn't lie to you, I'll call someone in to show you, okay?"
Li Zian did not let Shen Tianshu let go, and raised his voice: "Is Mingyu outside? Come in."
The door of the Zen room creaked, and there was a sound of very light footsteps. The visitor stopped at the door of the inner room and did not enter the room.
"Your Majesty, my servant is here."
It was indeed Mingyu's voice.
"Ming...Mingyu..." Every time Shen Tianshu said a word now, it felt like there was a handful of thorns in his throat being pulled and rubbed repeatedly.
"Girl, are you awake?" Mingyu's voice immediately became excited. He didn't even care that Li Zian was still in the room, and rushed in and threw himself beside the bed.
The moment she saw Shen Tianshu, tears burst into her eyes uncontrollably.
Seeing Shen Tianshu's lips moving, as if he wanted to speak, Li Zian hurriedly said for her: "You girls want to know the situation of other people in the family, and you are afraid that I will lie to her!"
After seeing Mingyu, Shen Tianshu obviously relaxed a lot, and finally let go of his hand holding Li Zian's sleeve.
Li Zi'an felt a little sour for no reason, but he still said to Mingyu: "Just in time, you can help her clean up, change her clothes, and tell her about her family's situation. I'll go out and ask someone to bring some hot water in."
After he said that, he turned and left. Soon someone brought hot water, clean towels and new clothes.
While Mingyu helped Shen Tianshu undress and wipe himself, he choked and said: "Girl, you have been sleeping all day and all night. If you don't wake up, I won't want to live anymore..."
"Don't worry, the third girl and the young master are both fine, and everyone in our room is fine too.
"After all, you were hurt the most, but you were still thinking about others!
"You don't know that when the Crown Prince rushed back to see you last night, his whole face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He looked as if he was going to topple Tian'en Temple."
While Mingyu was talking, she quickly helped Shen Tianshu pack up and put on clean clothes. Then he put two soft pillows behind her, supported her and let her sit half-relying on the head of the bed, and then took a spoonful Feed her pear soup by the spoonful.
After finishing a bowl of pear soup, Shen Tianshu immediately felt that his throat was much moisturized, but it was still very painful, so he asked angrily: "Where are the others?"
"The old lady is still alive, only the eldest master and the eldest lady were buried in the flames." Mingyu lowered his eyes and said, "Hey, there is nothing we can do about it, after all, the fire started in their room.
"It should be that the eldest man was smoking opium in the room and accidentally set the tent on fire with his pipe.
"Most of these meditation rooms in the temple are made of bamboo and wood. The autumn weather has been crisp recently and it hasn't rained much.
"The slightest spark will cause it to burn out of control."
"But..." Shen Tianshu knew that things couldn't be that simple, but it was too difficult for her to speak now.
She gestured with paper and pen, asking Mingyu to get it for her.
Unexpectedly, Mingyu stretched out his hand to tuck the quilt for her and said, "Girl, it's more important than anything else to take good care of your health first. The master is already on his way over. It's not too late to wait until the master comes to talk about anything."
Shen Tianshu was really dizzy at this time, his whole body felt very uncomfortable, and he couldn't concentrate on thinking at all.
Even her memory of what happened in Mrs. Shen's room was a little blurry.
With Mingyu's repeated assurances and comfort, Shen Tianshu ate something and soon fell asleep again.
Li Zian came in from outside, and Mingyu quickly returned the seat beside the bed to her.