After her fate was taken away, she was favored by her five brothers.

Yun Zhiqian thought that even if he went to the Mei family to propose marriage, he would have to ask Mei Shuyu first. It would be very abrupt if he let the matchmaker come blindly.

Yun Fu said, "Brother, let's go together. Just ask for a female teacher for me. After we meet Sister Mei first, we can make plans."

The three of them went to Mei's house.

After the Mei family fell into decline, they split up. The Mei family sold the big house and divided the money into several parts.

The money Mei Shuyu received was enough to buy a medium-sized yard for her family of four to live in, and there was not much left.

Mei Shuyu's father was the eldest son in the family. Seeing his family decline, he was depressed all day long. Ultimately, he was unable to resolve his inner worries and died after spitting out blood.

Mei Shuyu used the only remaining money in the family to arrange the funeral of his father, and his mother fell ill because she was too sad.

When Mei's mother was in better health, Mei Shuyu entrusted her mother and younger brother to her second aunt, who was also the mother of Mei Shizhang, who lent Yun Zhiyan's Bailu Academy reading notes, and went out to work as a female teacher.

Her mother needed money for medicine and her younger brother needed money for schooling. As the eldest daughter, she had no choice but to shoulder the responsibility and live up to her father's last wishes.

Yun Zhiqian and the other two came to Mei's house and knocked on the door. They saw a boy of eight or nine years old coming out, and they explained their purpose.

The boy said, "My sister went to Baoguang Temple to pray for mother. You can come back tomorrow."

After the door of the Mei family was closed, Yun Zhiqian told Wang Er: "Let's go to Baoguang Temple."

Baoguang Temple is located in the embrace of mountains, with ancient trees towering into the sky and clouds and mist lingering around, just like a fairyland on earth.

The temple is filled with the burning incense, with the smoke curling up and echoing in the ancient hall along with the monks' chanting.

On the lotus throne, there is a huge golden statue of the Buddha, which seems to be looking down at all living beings kindly.

The Main Hall is bustling with people, and it has to be said that Baoguang Temple is the most popular temple in the entire capital.

Mei Shuyu was wearing plain clothes and kneeling beside a cushion, holding three lit incense sticks in her hands, closing her eyes and praying softly.

After a moment, she stood up and inserted the incense into the incense burner.

She didn't know that Yun Zhiqian had already arrived in the capital. All she wanted now was for her mother to get better.

This time, Mei Shuyu originally planned to go home to celebrate the festival. She left a letter for Yun Zhiqian, said hello to the prefectural government, and then returned to the capital.

But Mei's mother's illness got worse again. The doctor said that she would probably not live more than two months. Mei Shuyu had to give up the idea of ​​returning to Shiqiao Town and take her mother to see a doctor first.

But after seeing several doctors in a row, they all said the same thing: "Prepare for your mother's funeral."

Mei's mother seemed to have a premonition and told Mei Shuyu about her funeral arrangements.

Mei Shuyu was unwilling to accept the fact that her father was gone and her mother was also about to leave them, so she came to Baoguang Temple to pray for her mother. She would rather shorten her life by ten years for her mother.

Yun Zhiqian told Wang Er to wait outside the temple in case Mei Shuyu happened to come out of the temple and missed him.

So he and his sister entered Baoguang Temple and looked everywhere for Mei Shuyu.

The main hall was too big, and they couldn't find Mei Shuyu for a while, but Yun Zhiqian saw an old woman who looked very familiar.

She had a head full of white hair and was kneeling on a futon. Yun Zhiqian recognized her at a glance. It was her grandmother, Madam Su, now Madam Su Hua.

He had been to the Su Mansion several times when he was a child. He remembered that every time Mrs. Su saw him, she would affectionately call him to her side and say, "My dear grandson has grown taller again."

Now when he saw Madam Su again, Yun Zhiqian didn't know whether he should recognize her.

At the same time, Yun Fu also saw Madam Su. After Yun Zhili ascended the throne in his previous life, although he cleared the evidence for the Su family, the Su family was severely damaged and could never return to its former heyday, but it was still among the high-ranking families in the capital.

Naturally, after Yun Fu married into the Shunyi Marquis' Mansion, she also met Madam Su when attending palace banquets, but she had never spoken to Madam Su.

"Brother, do you know that old lady?"

Mrs. Su must be about sixty years old, but she looks older than other women of the same age. She looks very frail, which shows how much she has endured over the years.

Even when Mrs. Su wanted to stand up, she needed the support of the woman around her.

"Mother, be careful."

Madam Su seemed to have been kneeling for too long. Her vision blurred and the woman next to her failed to support her and she was about to fall to the ground.

Yun Zhiqian, who was standing not far away, hurried forward and supported Mrs. Su, who was about to fall.

Yun Fu sighed in his heart. His elder brother's only shortcoming was that he was too soft-hearted towards the people he cared about. He was willing to expose himself and run to support Madam Su.

The woman next to Madam Su saw that a good-looking young man had helped her, and hurriedly thanked him:

"Thank you very much, sir. Thank you very much, sir."

She looked up and saw that Yun Zhiqian looked very familiar, so she asked, "Eh? Young Master, have we met before somewhere?"

The woman was Mrs. Su's eldest daughter-in-law, Zhou.