Hong Ying spat and said, "Pah! What do you mean, 'what I have been through'? I saw it with my own eyes!"
"Tell your story to the Husband for him to hear!"
Hong Ying said, "When I was eleven, my second brother was preparing for the imperial exam. Everything was arranged from top to bottom, making the exam itself just a formality. However, he still needed to read some books. He said he was afraid of being disturbed, so he moved to the East Courtyard to study. After a while, his studies didn't improve, and his health deteriorated. He couldn't walk more than two kilometers without breaking out in a cold sweat. Our father had a doctor examine him. The doctor simply said he was weak and needed more nourishment. One day, my mother made some soup and asked me to deliver it to him. When I entered his room, I found him trying to crawl into a painting on the wall.
