1771
When Fu Hanwen and Xiao Ruo sent Ge Xuan back to the Ge Residence, it was already evening. Fu Hanwen and Xiao Ruo were eager to return to the palace, so they did not enter the Ge Residence to pay their respects to Ge Huaiyi, but instead asked Ge Xuan to pass on their regards.
Cang Mofeng had been waiting the whole day to finally see Fu Hanwen and Xiao Ruo return, but to his surprise, Xiangxiang was not with them: "What's going on, where's Xiangxiang?"
Fu Hanwen recounted to Cang Mofeng that the people were suffering from smallpox, and also conveyed Xiangxiang's suspicions. After listening, Cang Mofeng's pupils contracted slightly, and he said calmly, "I understand. Wang Yipeng is watching over them there; we should indeed let Xiangxiang return to the palace."
Smallpox can be deadly; he couldn't let Xiangxiang stay near those patients.
"Xiangxiang might not return to the palace for now," Xiao Ruo spoke up.
