Liu Qiaoer smiled helplessly: "Your Majesty, you are too late. Yesterday, the Marquis's wife already recognized me as her adopted daughter. From now on, I am the prince's aunt. Protecting him is also a matter of family affection."
The queen was very surprised after hearing this: "Then we will be sisters from now on."
Liu Qiao'er didn't care. She glanced at the people in the palace and said, "Smallpox is highly contagious. I'll prescribe some herbs. Your Majesty and these people should bathe with these herbs for half an hour every day. The room should also be wiped with herbs."
"Also, ask the Imperial Hospital to prepare some cowpox. Smallpox is not a terminal disease. Cowpox can be prevented, treated and cured."
The queen was even happier when she heard that smallpox was not a terminal illness. Although it was highly contagious, it could be prevented and cured.
"Okay, I'll get someone to do it right away."
Liu Qiaoer pointed at the bedclothes and said, "But these clothes and mattresses that have been contaminated with the virus cannot be used. Wait until the prince recovers and then burn them."
The Queen Mother asked worriedly, "When will the prince recover?"
Liu Qiaoer: "It can take as long as seven days, or as short as three days. Children have strong metabolism, so it will be quick. After recovery, they will never get smallpox again, and they will be immune to patients who have had smallpox."
The queen was finally relieved.
Once she felt relieved, she felt hungry because she had been worried for days, not eating or sleeping well. She asked someone to prepare food and the Queen invited Liu Qiaoer to eat with her.
Liu Qiaoer said: "My queen, I heard that the emperor seems to be unconscious..."
The Queen didn't seem to care much: "The Emperor is being looked after by the doctors hired by Prince Xin. They would be annoyed by our worrying about him. Besides, the Crown Prince is not fully recovered yet."
Liu Qiaoer glanced at the prince, who had just taken his medicine and was in good spirits, and was resting with a young palace maid. She seemed not to understand what the queen was thinking.
"I heard that it was the Queen Mother's idea for Prince Xin and the Right Prime Minister to establish a country. Is the Queen Mother... okay?"
The Queen snorted coldly, "Although I stay in Kunning Palace all day, I know what's going on outside. The Crown Prince has just been diagnosed with smallpox, and the Emperor has asked Concubine Xian to help me take care of the harem. I can't just let Concubine Xian take care of everything, so I'll let Concubine Hui take care of it together."
"Who would have thought that the stupid Consort Xian would actually release the Queen Mother from her ban on the grounds that there were too few servants in the Queen Mother's palace. The Queen Mother then went to Prince Xin and Right Prime Minister Li Qian."
"The Marquis of Zhennan was talking to the Emperor about fighting the Yituan, but he was unconscious. The Emperor hadn't ordered an investigation into the murderer yet, but he himself was unconscious. Qiao'er, can't you see that the source of all this was the work of that old witch, the Queen Mother?"
The Queen sighed quietly, "Originally, I felt very upset. I thought if the Crown Prince really went, I might as well go with him. It was the Marquis's wife who came to the palace to comfort me. If I really went, our Zhennan Marquis's Mansion would be finished."
The queen forced herself to see the prince and invited Zhang Lingzhi and his father to come. However, when she went to invite them again the next day, Prince Xin actually exiled the Zhang family, saying that the Zhang family's medical skills were not good enough.
It's obvious that they don't want the Zhang family to treat the prince.
Fortunately, Liu Qiaoer arrived in time, the prince's condition stabilized, the Marquis of Zhennan also woke up, and the queen's heart died.
"Qiao'er, now it seems that relying on a man is not as good as relying on a son. I really don't want to care about the emperor, but I can't ignore the old witch, the queen mother. She is cruel and ruthless, and I'm afraid she will harm my son."
Although Liu Qiaoer didn't know what the Queen would do, she still supported her. After all, the wheel of history kept rolling, and the Emperor would not live long. If the Queen Mother took power again, all her and Cui Boxiao's previous efforts would be in vain.
"How about I go to the Queen Mother's palace in the middle of the night and make her unconscious as well?"
The queen's eyes lit up: "Yes, but the Queen Mother's palace is heavily guarded. Can you do it?"
Liu Qiaoer thought for a moment and said, "Prince Xin and Right Prime Minister Li Qian are both in the palace during the day, so it's definitely not convenient. It might be possible at night, but it's a little difficult for me to do it alone. I heard that there are people from the Marquis of Zhennan in the imperial guards in the palace?"
The Queen nodded. "The commander of the Imperial Guard was once my father's subordinate. He is highly skilled in martial arts and upright. He was recommended by my father to the Imperial Guard. Over the past five or six years, he has risen from a small soldier to the position of leader."
The Imperial Guards are in charge of public security in the palace. With their help, Liu Qiaoer will be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Liu Qiaoer: "The sudden coma of the Marquis of Zhennan is because he was used with the Thirteen Soul Chasing Needles. The person who used this needle is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also highly skilled in medicine. If the Queen can help me find this person and get rid of him first, the Queen Mother's problem will be solved."
When the Marquis's wife came in just now, the Queen already knew that the Marquis of Zhennan had woken up, but she did not announce it to the public because she wanted to find the person who had given him the acupuncture.
Now that Liu Qiaoer had described this person's characteristics, the Queen was also surprised: "Highly skilled in martial arts and good at medicine? There is no such person in the palace or the Imperial Hospital. Could he be from the Yituan?"
When the Heyi Group was mentioned, the Queen was furious: "Just because they defeated the foreign devils a few times, they dared to talk to the court about equality for all. It's a joke. I am willing to be equal to them, but I am afraid that after they have tasted the power, they will never talk about equality again."
Yes, even Liu Qiaoer, who lives in modern times, understands that all living beings cannot be equal. No matter when and what dynasty there will always be some privileged classes who use the resources in their hands to enjoy life.
However, the more developed the technology and the more prosperous the economy, the better it will be. The more this is the case, the more it demonstrates the greatness of the world of great harmony proposed by modern rulers.
Liu Qiaoer nodded: "That's possible. There are no such capable people in the capital, whether it's Prince Xin's men or Li Qian's men. We are not familiar with the Heyi Group that came to the capital recently. It is very likely that there are such powerful people."
There are many experts among the people, some of whom are used to being alone and are not used by others.
The queen is worthy of being a woman who has been in the harem for more than ten years. She is full of wisdom and courage.
She thought for a moment and said, "How about this, you stay here first, I'll find Zhang Qi tonight, maybe there will be some new discoveries."
Marquis Zhennan was cured by Liu Qiaoer, but he did not announce it to the outside world. Instead, he secretly contacted his subordinates and began to control the capital and fight back.
In the palace, the Queen did not let anyone spread the news that the Prince could be cured. She wanted to secretly contact the leader of the Imperial Guards to deal with the Queen Mother.
From an outsider's perspective, the Marquis's wife brought a doctor to see the prince today, but the doctor went back crying, which shows that the prince is really not feeling well.
The Queen got furious in the palace and went to see the Emperor angrily, but she only saw Prince Xin. The Queen asked Prince Xin to call Imperial Physician Zhang and his family to treat the Prince.
Unexpectedly, Prince Xin ignored him completely and showed an annoying arrogant attitude. He said that Imperial Physician Zhang's medical skills were not good enough and he couldn't even cure the emperor, so he deserved to be exiled.
The queen could only put on her majesty as the mother of the country and threatened Prince Xin: "If you don't invite Imperial Physician Zhang and his family, I will punish you for harming the crown prince. Prince Xin, the emperor has not passed away, and I am not dead yet. It is not your turn to make decisions in this court."
Prince Xin snorted coldly: "Well, what if I call the Zhang family back and still can't cure the prince?"
The queen's eyes were as cold as ice: "If the prince cannot survive, I will kill myself."