On this day, Xianyue once again summoned the imperial doctors and said tiredly: "It has been three days since the outbreak of the epidemic. I wonder if the imperial doctors have come up with any prescriptions for the disease?"
Doctor Fang said with a guilty look on his face: "Please forgive me, imperial concubine. Although I have been thinking hard for days, the medicine is still not right for the patient. Please give me a few more days to wait."
Xianyue said coldly: "Of course I can give you a few days, but what about those who are sick? Can they wait? You are all experts in the apricot forest. Is there really nothing you can do?"
Faced with her questioning, all the imperial doctors lowered their heads and did not dare to answer. Xianyue slapped the table with an ugly face and said: "You all receive royal salary, but now you are facing an epidemic, but you are all helpless to support you people."
What’s the use of people?”
Seeing that she was angry, all the imperial doctors quickly knelt down and said: "I will die. Please calm down the imperial concubine."
Xianyue said coldly: "What I want is a way to cure the epidemic, not these false words!"
Zhou Minghua gritted his teeth and said: "Please give me two more days, the imperial concubine. Even if I stay awake, I will definitely find a way to cure this epidemic. If not, I am willing to be punished by the imperial concubine."
"Two days..." Xianyue murmured and repeated these two words, and said in a cold voice: "Okay, I will give you two more days. If there is no good solution, I will ask the emperor to take your advice.
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When Zhou Minghua received the order, Zhuang Zheng said: "To the Imperial Concubine, I have thought carefully about it. Epidemics are mostly transmitted through the mouth. However, the scope of this epidemic was very wide from the beginning. I suspect that it is
The water is infected, so Wei Chen wants to carefully check the water sources everywhere. If we know the cause of the epidemic, it may be helpful to treat it."
Xianyue was having a headache due to the epidemic. Hearing these words, it was not appropriate to have such a thing, so he immediately said: "Okay, I will do as you say and check all the water sources everywhere."
"Wei Chen wants to start the inspection from here, is it possible?" When he said this, Zhuang Zheng was extremely nervous. If Xianyue disagreed, he would not be able to explain it to Wei Jingxuan. Fortunately, the latter did not refuse and let him talk to Wei Jingxuan.
Together with the imperial doctor, we checked the water sources, including the water in the small kitchen.
When he arrived at the small kitchen, Zhuang Zheng pretended to check the water source, and when others were not paying attention, he secretly poured the water Wei Jingxuan gave him into the Yuquan mountain water that Xianyue used on weekdays.
In the past, there were at least five or six palace attendants in the small kitchen, so there was no chance of someone tampering with them without knowing it. However, this epidemic has greatly reduced the manpower of each palace, and there are only two palace attendants left to take care of the small kitchen.
This gave Zhuang Zheng the opportunity to take advantage of the loophole.
That night, Xianyue, like those in the palace, began to suffer from headaches and diarrhea, which made Qi Kuan and others very nervous. They invited Doctor Fang and others who were looking through medical books in the Imperial Hospital overnight. After diagnosis and treatment, they all concluded that Xianyue was suffering from diarrhea.
Yue was also infected with the epidemic.
Zhichun was so anxious that he shed tears and shook his head: "No, the master was fine during the day, how could he be infected with the epidemic? Besides...besides...the master has always been very careful, there is no reason why he would be infected."
Zhou Minghua sighed and said, "But the imperial concubine's current symptoms are completely consistent with the epidemic, so there should be nothing wrong with her."
Zhichun said in a panic: "That's not possible. The master can't be in trouble. You guys should quickly find a way to heal the master. Hurry!"
Zhou Minghua and others looked helpless. If they had a way to treat her, why would they allow the epidemic to spread? After thinking for a moment, Zhou Minghua said: "Well, let me prescribe a prescription first, hoping to stabilize the condition of the imperial concubine.
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These days, the people in Zhong Cuigong have been taking the prescriptions prescribed by Zhou Minghua. Although the medicine cannot cure the disease, it can indeed delay the onset of the disease.
After Zhou Minghua went down to prescribe the prescription, Qi Kuan said: "Zhichun, you stay here to guard the master, I will report to the emperor."
Before Zhichun could answer, Xianyue's weak voice came from the bed, "I'm fine, you... don't go and disturb the emperor."
Qi Kuan said eagerly, "Master, you are like this. How could you not tell the emperor that I will go right away?"
Xianyue endured the pain in her belly and said: "It's okay if I say it's okay. Besides, if the emperor comes here and is infected by me and also catches the epidemic, what should I do? Can you bear this responsibility?"
Qi Kuan said excitedly: "But the epidemic you are suffering from now, even... not even the imperial doctor can cure it for a while. I know that you are afraid that the emperor will catch the disease, so you don't want the emperor to come over, but you should at least let him know about this."
Besides, how long can you keep it secret like this? Everyone will know it after dawn tomorrow, and even if the servants don’t go, Concubine Yi and the others will definitely report it to the emperor."
Faced with Qi Kuan's words, Xianyue closed her eyes and sighed, but finally did not stop her and allowed Qi Kuan to leave. As for Zhichun, she took the prescription prescribed by Zhou Minghua and boiled it. When she passed by Zhou Minghua,
, she wiped her tears and said: "Mr. Zhou, you must save my mistress, nothing will happen to her."
Zhou Minghua nodded solemnly, "I will definitely come up with a solution as soon as possible."
In the Hall of Yangxin, Hongli had just finished reviewing the excerpts and was enduring the exhaustion to ask Sixi about the epidemic situation in the harem. After saying a few words, a palace official came in and said: "To inform the emperor, Qi Kuan from the Yanxi Palace is here.
, saying that there is something urgent and asking to see the emperor."
Hongli's face changed slightly. Qi Kuan asked for a meeting late at night. Could it be that something happened to Xianyue? As soon as this thought appeared, he suppressed it. No, Xianyue will be fine. He took a breath secretly and said
: "Call Qi Kuan to come in."
Not long after the palace attendants left, Qi Kuan hurriedly walked in, clapped his sleeves and knelt down, saying, "I respectfully wish your Majesty's peace."
"Get up, why did you come to see me tonight?" Hongli's words made Qi Kuan's nose sore, and he said hoarsely: "To your Majesty, Master, she...she..." He could not continue with what he said next.
Hongli looked nervous and said: "What's wrong with the imperial concubine? Tell me quickly!"
"Master, she is also infected with the epidemic!" These words were like a thunderbolt in Hongli's ears, making his head buzz; the next moment, he stood up suddenly, stared at Qi Kuan, and roared
: "Why is this happening? Didn't I say that we must take good care of the imperial concubine and never let her be infected with the epidemic? How do you do things?!"
Qi Kuan fell to the ground and choked with sobs and said: "Returning to the emperor, the servants have been very careful. Once they find someone suffering from the epidemic, they will be sent to Zhongcui Palace immediately. Before serving the master, they must wash their hands with strong wine and cook holy powder every day according to the instructions of the imperial doctor.
I have taken the prescription, but I don’t know why, Master, she still..."
"Bastard!" Hongli said with a ferocious face: "If anything happens to the imperial concubine, I want all of you to fall to the ground!" As he said that, he walked out quickly, and in a hurry, he dropped the crystal paperweight on the imperial desk.
There was a loud "bang" on the ground and it fell into countless pieces.