No one expected that the plague would soon spread to the palace.
However, two days after they stopped praying, a palace maid fell ill. Then, that afternoon, it was discovered that a maid who swept the palace in Concubine Wende's palace had also been infected with the plague.
For a time, people in the palace were in panic.
The Imperial Medical Bureau distributed mugwort and other simplest herbal medicines for epidemic prevention to various places, and mugwort leaves were burned everywhere in the palace.
All the palace servants who had fever were moved out and isolated in several other courtyards.
Concubine Wende was the most anxious. Although the palace maids who were cleaning the house were not allowed to get close to her, she was walking around in the yard all day long and it was inevitable that she would infect others and bring the disease to the children.
The eldest prince has not gained much weight since he was born, and he has to call the imperial physician every few days. How can he withstand the plague
Originally the child was raised in a side hall, but now he was moved to the main hall. Concubine Wende took care of him personally. The wet nurse slept in the side room of the main hall and was not allowed to go out. She would be summoned if anything happened.
Except for a few senior palace maids who serve closely, no one else is allowed to enter the main hall.
She had gone through so much trouble to give birth to this child, and people said that if the child survived for seven or eight months, he would not survive. She had finally raised the child to seven or eight months, so there could be no mistakes.
At this critical juncture, no one except the emperor dared to send anything to Concubine Wende, for fear that the sick child would be gone and they would be implicated.
Ning Chen also went to see him in person, after all, he was the eldest son.
Just watching it makes me feel complicated.
It is said that children can sit and crawl at any age. In summer, people wear less clothes. The eldest princess can sit on the couch and play at this month, but the eldest prince can't hold up his body at all. He can only be held and can't even turn over.
At this time, I went to see Wang Xiuyuan and the second princess again. The little girl, who had just turned one month old, was full of energy, with a pair of bright eyes.
Comparing the two, Ning Chen couldn't help but feel biased.
Who doesn't like healthy kids
However, Concubine Wende is favored after all, so Ning Chen cares more about the eldest prince.
Another focus at this time is Yang Baolin, who is pregnant, but she is still reassuring because she has the queen to take care of her.
In Yuxiu Pavilion, Ye Yun asked the Imperial Hospital for some common medicines to prevent colds.
He ordered people to boil several jars of it, and each servant in Yuxiu Pavilion drank a bowl of it every day as a precaution.
The situation inside the palace is so bad, and outside it is even worse.
Although the number of sick people has been brought under control, the number of sick people keeps increasing and there is nothing that can be done.
During this period, the lights in the Imperial Medical Service were on every night, and the imperial doctors stayed up late to consult ancient books and study prescriptions.
After keeping an eye on Wei Ruixuan for a few days, he finally saw Zizhu, the maidservant beside Yao Xiang, going to look for Shen Pingzhi again.
"I saw it clearly. Today, when I went to the Imperial Hospital to get medicine, I saw that Zizhu asked Doctor Shen to go to a secluded place and even stuffed his purse with medicine."
As soon as Baizhu came back, he described the whole thing truthfully.
"This is strange. Could it be that Zizhu has taken a fancy to Imperial Doctor Shen?" Ye Jun tapped the table intermittently.
Nan Zhi stamped her feet, "Jieyu, you still have the mind to joke. Even if Doctor Shen is good-looking, he already has a wife and children. It's impossible for Zizhu to fall in love with him. He must be up to something bad!"
The girl didn't seem to care much. She stood up lazily with her eyes slightly raised.
"Okay, I just said it casually. We can't be so cautious, right?"
After taking a sip of tea, he continued, "It seems that we have run out of mugwort here. Huiyue, go to the Imperial Hospital in person this afternoon and bring some back. Also, see if Imperial Doctor Shen has anything to say to me."
This was an easy matter to handle. After lunch, Huiyue went there.
He came back half an hour later with a strange look on his face.
After repeating Shen Pingzhi's original words, Ye Jun also felt very strange.
There was no other reason. Zizhu seemed to believe from her words that Shen Pingzhi could research a cure for the plague, and what she wanted to do was to ask Shen Pingzhi to give most of the credit to Fang Xiuyi.
There are always a few most important medicinal ingredients in each prescription. As long as Fang Xiuyi discovers these, she will have made a great contribution.
But why did Fang Xiuyi find Shen Pingzhi, a young imperial physician who was not very outstanding
It is reasonable and logical to seek help from those respected old doctors.
“Doctor Shen’s family has been practicing medicine for generations, isn’t it? Perhaps Fang Xiuyi values this and wants to bet on it?” Nan Zhi frowned.
Ye Jun's eyes darkened. "If there must be a reasonable explanation, then this is the only way to think about it."
Of course, she also had some other thoughts in her mind.
However, this is an extremely rare event, and it is extremely rare for her to happen once. There is unlikely to be a second one.
"Keep watching." Ye Jun waved his hand but didn't say anything.
This kind of shocking thing would probably scare people to death if told out loud, so it would be better for her to keep it in her heart for the rest of her life.
No matter how many speculations there are, we still have to use factual evidence to support our argument.
The next day, Ye Jun was shocked by a shocking piece of news as soon as he woke up.
"Sun Xiuyi was infected with the plague. She said she had a fever two days ago, but she didn't dare to say it out loud until the situation became serious and she couldn't hide it anymore. Then she reported it to the Empress. Now Hanlu Pavilion has been sealed off."
Nan Zhi helped her get up while telling her about this.
"I haven't heard of any servants in Hanluxuan getting sick, so how come she got infected first?" Ye Jun frowned.
Huiyue combed her hair. "We haven't found out what happened yet. After all, before she got sick, things were circulated everywhere in the palace. Who knows where it came from? The masters are all weak and delicate, so they must have been infected."
"Tsk, she's really had a bad year." Ye Jun shook his head.
First, he failed to get the child he had begged for by selling his relationship, then the emperor found out some bad things about him and took away his title, and now he has been infected with the plague.
Who could have imagined that this was the woman who was second only to Concubine Wende in favor, and the only one at that time who had no children but was listed among the Nine Concubines
At that time, Sun Xiuyi had been feverishly ill and was lying on the couch in a daze. She felt as if her whole body was filled with lead and was as heavy as if it were filled with lead.
This plague not only causes fever, but also causes sores on the body.
The sores are not big, but they grow very densely together. They don't itch, but they hurt when touched. When they grow to white spots, they will burst and ooze pus, and then they will heal.
But once this kind of thing happens, it will leave a scar if you are not careful.
For women in the palace, appearance is so important. But it was too late. Even though Sun Xiuyi had applied ointment on her face, red spots had already appeared on her forehead.
Moreover, at the moment, only the two senior palace maids who served her personally were willing to serve her, and everyone else was no longer willing to approach the main hall where she was.
It was obvious to anyone with a discerning eye that Sun Xiuyi had fallen out of favor. People in the palace had always flattered the powerful and bullied the weak, and now that she was ill, the servants at Hanluxuan were all thinking of finding other ways out.
For a moment, the once glorious Empress Xiuyi seemed really miserable.