Before the emperor could respond, Lu Chengfei sent his son Lu Lei to the palace secretly.
Wen Qingzhu took him quietly to Qingning Palace. After some investigation, he confirmed that Prince Jing was not infected, and then returned to Changfu Palace with confidence.
Standing under the corridor of Changfu Palace, Wen Qingzhu recalled what he had just seen and heard.
Qingning Palace was very quiet, and all the maids and eunuchs were waiting carefully.
There are guards sent by the emperor at the door everywhere, so there should be no problem.
But for some reason, Wen Qingzhu always felt strange, as if he had overlooked something.
While doing this, two palace maids carrying concubine Cheng's medicine passed by not far away.
Wen Qingzhu's ears were very good and he heard their conversation.
"It's really strange. There have never been mice in the kitchen before. When I went to get medicine just now, I saw a big one."
"Are you dazzled! How could there be a mouse in Changfu Palace? Why didn't I see it?"
"This is the same. I saw it just once, and I was so scared that I closed my eyes. When I opened my eyes again, I saw no sign of the mouse."
"We'd better go in quickly. This is a newly prescribed medicine. The high court ordered that it be given to the concubine as soon as possible."
Wen Qingzhu was shocked when the two palace maids walked in.
She turned to look at Lu Lei and grabbed his arm: "When we were on the roof just now, did we see the two little eunuchs chasing something?"
Lu Lei touched his chin and thought carefully about it. After a while, he slowly said: "It seems so. I really want to hear what they mentioned about mice..."
After confirmation, Wen Qingzhu's face turned pale.
It's really a mouse!
Wen Qingzhu had already turned around and ran into the house.
Standing outside, she called to the steward of Changfu Palace: "Father-in-law, I have something to trouble you with."
This father-in-law accompanied Concubine Cheng for most of her body, and her eyesight was quite good.
Hearing her speak, he spoke to the palace maid, opened the curtain and came out, raised his hand, and asked respectfully: "What's the matter with Miss Wen?"
"Can you please send someone to check every corner of Changfu Palace immediately? If you find a mouse, catch it immediately and burn it. You must not let the mouse bleed or drown. The mouse is very likely to be infected with infection. source."
Wen Qingzhu's expression was very serious, making his father-in-law also alert.
He nodded, turned around and went out, called the young eunuch over, and ordered him to go down and inspect the entire Changfu Palace.
Back in the corridor, Wen Qingzhu was restless.
There are also rats in the Company Commander's Palace of Fortune, and there are more and more plunderings in the Leng Palace.
Although Wen Qingzhu was anxious, she couldn't leave without a valid reason.
Lu Lei, who was standing aside, noticed something and couldn't help asking: "What are you still worried about?"
Wen Qingzhu began to look at Lu Lei from head to toe.
The Lu family, the great general who governs the country, has always been loyal and loyal to protect the family and the country. There has never been any unfilial son.
So…
A smile slowly appeared on Wen Qingzhu's lips.
Seeing her smile, Lu Lei inexplicably felt that it was a bit creepy. His first instinct was that Wen Qingzhu was trying to do something bad to him.
Wen Qingzhu's smile became gentler: "When the President Princess comes back, she will definitely take Princess Cheng out of the palace, and the emperor will also ask people in the palace to search the entire palace. Before that, I need you to do me a favor. "
"What's the deal?" Lu Lei was not afraid, but subconsciously felt that there must be nothing good going on.
Just as Wen Qingzhu was about to speak, the eldest princess and a group of people hurried to the entrance of Changfu Palace.
Looking from a distance, there is actually a sedan chair.
When the eldest princess came over, she glanced at Wen Qingzhu, nodded, and led everyone into the house.
After a while, the sedan chair, which was tightly covered by the curtain, came out.
Seeing the eunuch carefully carrying the sedan chair, Wen Qingzhu knew that Concubine Cheng was being sent out of the palace immediately.
Eunuch Fang saw him and turned around.
He raised his hands and said to Wen Qingzhu: "Thank you for your hard work, Miss Wen. If anything happens, Miss Wen will need to go there."
"I know, father-in-law, let's get busy first." Wen Qingzhu returned the gesture with a very serious expression.
After watching them leave, the chief steward of Changfu Palace walked over quickly.
He shouted anxiously: "Miss Wen, we really caught three mice, but one of them was bleeding. The old slave has ordered the eunuch to be isolated alone. Please come and take a look, Miss Wen." "
Wen Qing, who has a big bamboo head, found out that the reason why the black plague spread so quickly was because rats carried a large number of infectious agents.
In front of the small kitchen of Changfu Palace, there was a circle of palace maids and eunuchs.
Wen Qingzhu passed by and everyone made way.
There is a brazier in the middle, and the fire inside is burning brightly.
Standing next to her was a calm old palace maid, holding a poker to hold down the fat, wriggling rat.
The screams sounded particularly frightening.
Wen Qingzhu walked over and took a look at the big rat that was still twisting, and found that it kept pushing its belly upwards.
This scene shocked Wen Qingzhu: "There is a nest of little mice in this mouse's belly!"
Wen Qingzhu immediately turned around and asked the steward: "Are the other two mice burned?"
"Burned."
"What does it look like? Does it look like this mouse? How is the hair on its abdomen?" Wen Qingzhu asked again in detail.
The chief steward immediately waved two adult eunuchs over and gave Wen Qingzhu a detailed description.
After hearing this, Wen Qingzhu took two steps back.
It's really over now. Sure enough, once the mice appear, they will always be in a nest.
Lu Lei behind him gave him a weak hand.
The eunuch in charge quickly asked: "What happened?"
Wen Qingzhu stared at the brazier and grabbed Lu Lei's arm with his backhand: "The ones burned in the front were two female rats. From their descriptions, I'm afraid they have given birth to two litters of rat cubs. I'm afraid this black plague... "
"Here, what should we do?" The steward's father-in-law was also anxious.
Wen Qingzhu didn't say anything more, turned around and asked him to take him to see the isolated father-in-law.
When we arrived at the door of the compartment, there were two old ladies guarding it.
Seeing them coming, get out of the way.
Just as Wen Qingzhu was about to push the door open, her father-in-law held her hand: "Didn't the girl just say that it would be contagious?"
"It's okay. I took the preventive medicine. It should be fine if I go over for a while." Wen Qingzhu reassured him, opened the door and walked in.
The little eunuch stained with rat blood looked very frightened.
When he saw Wen Qingzhu coming in, he seemed to want to say something, but he opened his mouth but said nothing.
Wen Qingzhu comforted him a few words, then checked his pulse personally and checked his physical condition.
After reading it, Wen Qingzhu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your physical fitness is very good, and then you encountered rat blood. You will stay here alone for the next few days. I will send someone to deliver medicine. In addition, you must clean up this place. Spray high-concentration white vinegar three times in the morning, noon and evening. , after seven days, if you are still like this, I will let you out."
As soon as he finished saying this, the little eunuch in front of him immediately knelt down and kept saying thanks: "Thank you, Miss! Thank you Miss Wen! If this slave is still alive, I can work as a cow or a horse for you!"
This little eunuch is the fourth-class eunuch of Changfu Palace. He has little status and little money.
When he was imprisoned in this woodshed, he thought of Princess Cheng's situation and thought that he would not survive.
But he didn't expect that Miss Wen in front of him would help him so much and not give up on him.
He was so moved that tears and runny nose burst out from his eyes.
Wen Qingzhu turned around and left the room, spoke several words to the chief steward, and then took Lu Lei away.
When we got to the front, we met Concubine Hui and Jiang Dejia.
Wen Qingzhu explained the situation and at the same time told: "Jingping Palace where the empress lives, and Fengyang Pavilion where the princess lives, it is best to check them all carefully. The precautions are the same as those in Changfu Palace."
"Thank you, Miss Wen." Concubine Hui thanked her seriously, then turned around and left with Jiang Dejia.
Wen Qingzhu looked back at Lu Lei: "Follow me to the Tai Hospital."
Lu Lei was a little hesitant at first. He was more likely to follow the county lord Pingshu out of the palace to take care of the concubine, so as to win the favor of the county lord.
But before entering the palace, his father said that he would listen to Wen Qingzhu's arrangements.
Two people were shown going to the hospital.
Before I even reached the door, I found a medicine boy and apothecary at the entrance of the Imperial Hospital, among whom there were also Imperial doctors, doctors, teaching assistants and others.
After Wen Qingzhu entered, he saw a busy Angelica among the crowd.
Letting Lu Lei clear the way, Wen Qingzhu suddenly arrived in front of Angelica, grabbed his hand and said, "Little guy, help me grab some medicine and take the three pills."
"But I don't have time first..." Angelica still held two medicine bags in her hand.
Wen Qingzhu smiled and said: "Don't worry, my medicine is not complicated. Just remember it first, maybe you can use it by then."
Danggui gritted her teeth and decided to help Wen Qingzhu first.
When they arrived at the medicine warehouse, Wen Qingzhu reported the name of the medicine and its ingredients, and Angelica quickly helped her grab it.
"...The last pill is Huanglian Pill."
It was normal for Danggui to get the first two pills, but when he got the last Huanglian pill, he was stunned.
"What is this pill used to treat?"
Wen Qingzhu patted his shoulder gently: "Stop talking nonsense and look for her quickly."
Huang Lian Wan is rarely used, and Dang Gui spent a lot of effort to find a bottle.
After getting the pills he thought of, Wen Qingzhu said, "Have you written down all the things I asked for just now?"
Angelica nodded in confusion.
"That's good. If your High Court judge comes to me later, I can tell him these medicines and he will know what to do."
After saying this, Wen Qingzhu turned around and led Lu Lei to Leng Gong.
As always, once you get here, you will encounter almost nothing.
Lu Lei became more and more strange. After following Wen Qingzhu for a while, he suddenly stopped: "Wait! What are you doing here!"
Wen Qingzhu did not look back and continued walking forward: "I will take you to meet someone."
After walking, we arrived at the cold palace where Xu Meiren lived.
As soon as he approached the yard, Wen Qingzhu saw a mouse running past in front of him.
Wen Qingzhu immediately started running and ran towards the woodshed behind.
Seeing this, Lu Lei could only move forward quickly.
But as soon as they arrived at the door of the woodshed, they heard the sound of 'woo woo woo' coming from inside.
Lu Lei looked at Wen Qingzhu in surprise, but saw that her face was as dark as water, holding the medicine bag tightly with both hands, and said quickly: "Someone has caught the dog egg, I will open the door first, you look at the window."
Without waiting for Lu Lei to answer, Wen Qingzhu immediately opened the door.
I happened to see a woman wearing plain clothes, with no makeup on her face, but sharp eyes, with her gagged dog balls under her arm.
"Let him go!" Wen Qingzhu yelled.
Lu Lei followed closely behind, and while drawing out his sword, he flew towards the woman and jumped towards her.
The woman was obviously surprised and started fighting with Lu Lei.
Wen Qingzhu stood aside and looked at Goudan nervously.
At the same time, Wen Qingzhu suddenly discovered the identity of this woman.
"You are Liu Liangren!"
When the woman heard this, she paused. Lu Lei caught her and struck her, throwing her to the ground.
But before falling to the ground, she let Godan go.
Wen Qingzhu quickly went to help Goudan up.
Lu Lei on the other side put away his sword with his backhand and was about to catch this woman.
She suddenly took out a black smoke bomb from her hand.
With a bang, a burst of smoke and dust rose up throughout the house, and the woman swayed and fled the woodshed.