"Mr. Hu, you have been practicing medicine the longest among us. What do you have to say?"
Dr. Hu stroked his beard and kept shaking his head. He practiced medicine when he was young and is now in his seventies. He has experienced several epidemics, but none of them were as life-threatening as this one.
"Mr. Feng, I heard that you have practiced medicine barefoot in various places over the years, specializing in treating various difficult and complicated diseases. Isn't there anything you can do?"
At this moment, no matter whether it was the imperial physician in the palace, the doctor in the capital, or Feng Daxian, a medical practitioner who walked around barefoot, they were all helpless.
People in the palace also heard some news from outside, and some maids and eunuchs were discussing the matter privately.
The regent originally wanted to sit tight on the Diaoyutai and leave the matter to the weak and incompetent emperor, but he did not expect that the epidemic would spread so badly.
"Nan Tian, I'm a little worried that the palace will also be infected. What about us?"
Feng Nantian gently caressed the Queen Mother beside her, "Queen Mother, you are not afraid of the presence of your ministers."
There were hurried footsteps outside. It should be that the person Feng Nantian sent out to find out the news had returned.
"Reporting to the regent, Liehuo seeks an audience."
"come in."
Li Huo is one of the regent's spies. He has strong martial arts skills and eyes like an eagle, and he can detect all kinds of news accurately and quickly.
"Your Majesty, the epidemic outside the city has reached an uncontrollable situation. People in the capital have also been infected. Many people have died after treatment failed. There are too many people being carried out from the disaster shed."
The Queen Mother was so frightened by Li Huo's words that she almost fainted, but luckily Feng Nantian hugged her.
"Okay, you go back first. If there are any new situations, come back and report to me at any time. Take extra precautions."
Li Huo turned around and went out. The regent could not sit still at this time. He had to find a way to prevent the epidemic from spreading to the palace.
The Queen Mother also sat in a chair in a daze at this time, keeping her eyes on the Regent, waiting for him to come up with a good countermeasure.
"Nan Tian, please sit down and stop rocking back and forth. It will give the Ai family a headache."
"Here comes someone!"
The eunuch outside opened the door and came in, "Prince Regent, what are your orders?"
"Go and call Doctor Xu."
The eunuch Wang Zuo immediately went to the imperial hospital after receiving the order, but along the way, both the palace maids, eunuchs and the imperial guards were all talking about the epidemic.
"I heard that the three-year-old child from the house in the west of the city is dying."
"The epidemic outside the palace has spread everywhere, will it also happen in the palace..."
"I work as an errand in the imperial kitchen. Every day I am with the eunuchs who go shopping outside the palace. I am the most dangerous, wuwu..."
Even if Wang Zuo doesn't deliberately inquire about these words, they will still fall into his ears. Wang Zuo comes into contact with more people every day. At this time, he is panicking and his hands are shaking, but he still does not forget to teach these people who gossip.
"Stop here, what are you muttering about? Our palace is protected by the Emperor. The Emperor is the True Dragon Emperor, so no epidemic will be spread to the palace."
Several people were so frightened that they did not dare to raise their heads and were trembling all over, "What the prince said is that the slaves will never dare to do it again."
Although he said this, Wang Zuo himself had no idea. No one could say for sure about the epidemic, and even a group of doctors couldn't do anything about it, unless gods descended to earth to save him.
I was pounding in my heart, but I still had to do my job well, so I finally arrived at Tai Hospital.
"Mr. Xu, the regent has invited you."
Upon hearing the summons from the regent, Imperial Physician Xu put down the medical book in his hand and followed Wang Zuo to the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace.
On the way, Wang Zuo asked Imperial Physician Xu tentatively. He was the head of the imperial hospital and an authoritative figure in modern times. He looked troubled and kept shaking his head. It seemed that he didn't have any good prescriptions.
Feng Minyi was helpless in the face of the epidemic. He only knew how to lead troops in battles, but did not know medical skills. At noon, a tired Feng Minyi returned to the house.
Wang Yiyao had long expected the outbreak of the epidemic, so she did not go out these days, and Huan'er was kept at home by her. However, she was a doctor after all, and she still missed those patients very much.
When it was almost lunch, she came to the front hall of Donglin Palace to see if she could meet Feng Minyi. The two of them bumped into each other at the door of the front hall, and Wang Yiyao followed him into the house.
Seeing the dark green spots at the corners of his eyes, he must have not slept for several nights. His hair was messy, his eyes showed exhaustion, and his face was dull.
"Your Majesty, have any of the doctors sent by the emperor developed a prescription?"
Feng Minyi didn't answer, just shook her head, closed her eyes and leaned on the back of the chair, falling into deep thought.
It seemed that he really thought highly of these doctors and doctors. Wang Yiyao couldn't help but sigh that so many people were helpless.
Seeing Feng Minyi like this, she probably didn't want to talk anymore, so she closed the door of the front hall and returned to her own Xinghan Garden.
After being summoned by the Prince Regent and the Queen Mother, Dr. Xu from the Taiyuan Hospital returned to the Taiyuan Hospital shaking his head. Now that the epidemic was spreading, how could he possibly develop a prescription in a short time on his own?
After the regent and the queen mother summoned Dr. Xu, they were completely panicked and said, "Queen Mother, please have a good rest first. I have to go see the emperor."
The emperor is already weak and incompetent, so he can only rely on his ministers for this kind of matter. At this moment, he is also worried in the Qianqing Palace.
"I see you, Your Majesty."
"Please rise, Prince Regent."
"Your Majesty, now that the epidemic is spreading in the capital, I am worried that it will endanger the palace. You and the Queen Mother have thousands of dollars, but it will be troublesome. We still have to send someone to take charge and solve it as soon as possible."
"In the opinion of the regent, who can take on this important task?"
"I feel that King Donglin is the most qualified. He once went to the southwest border to fight, and he was not afraid of the miasma there. I believe this small epidemic will be able to be solved."
Since the regent had recommended him, the emperor did not dare to have any objections.
Immediately afterwards, an imperial edict was passed to the Donglin Palace, ordering Feng Minyi to be mainly responsible for the epidemic, and all matters concerning the resettlement of the victims were left to Liu Ben.
Feng Minyi received the imperial edict and had a splitting headache. Wasn't this obviously a problem for him? He also wanted to find a way as soon as possible, but he was too ambitious and unable to do so.
After a hurried lunch, he put on the modern mask that Wang Yiyao had sewn for him and went to the serious areas of the city to check. There were currently no dead people and the control was pretty good. However, if there was a complete cure, there was still no effective way.
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Then we came to the center of the epidemic, the disaster shack outside the city, where almost all the doctors gathered.
"See King Donglin."
"Excuse me, I don't know how the prescription was developed."
Several doctors, some quacks, and barefoot doctors have tried many prescriptions in these days, and they have tried them on some strong patients, but they still have no effect.