Before long,misfortunes occurred one after another in the Chia family.Yuanch'un,the Imperial Consort,became very ill;Pao-yu remained deranged,having lost his jade.The Lady Dowager and Pao-yu's mother,Lady Wang,were busy visiting the sick Yuan-ch'un at the Palace.They had no time to attend to other matters.Not until Yuan-ch'un had passed away and her funeral had ended did they find out that Pao-yu's illness was serious.The Lady Dowager ordered the servants to move Pao-yu to her inner room so that she could watch over him more easily.
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