The morning court resumed the following day.
None of the civil and military officials had a solid heart these past three days, and every day they would strain their ears to listen to the movements in the palace. Whenever there was someone running in stride in the place where they were going to court, their hearts would instantly lift, lest it be the fourth prince who had failed.
Fortunately, three days had passed and there was no news from the palace.
Before dawn, one by one, dressed in their official uniforms, came early to wait at the palace gates.
When they saw their colleagues, they greeted them unspokenly, but no one dared to mention at the palace gates that the Fourth Prince had smallpox.
When the time came, the palace gates were opened and the civil and military officials entered in a line of fish.
Unlike before, there was not a single person in the palace along the long tunnel.
The hearts of the civil and military officials were raised, it had been three days, but the palace was still so anxious, it must be because the smallpox had not completely passed, and I did not know how the fourth prince was doing, and the emperor, was the emperor also ……
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Fortunately, it didn’t take long to wait for the emperor to arrive with tiger steps accompanied by Eunuch Huang.
His Majesty was fine!
The civil and military officials breathed a sigh of relief in unison.
……
Hu Yong’s breath was not relieved, however.
He had searched the capital with a hundred of his brothers and could not find another person who had smallpox.
Since the emperor had moved, surely he would not have gotten just one person!
He strode around the room grumpily, “When will the old emperor die?”
Doctor Yao ignored him and made a list and handed it to him, “You send people to buy these herbs separately, buy as much as you can, and go and ask Xiao Qian for the money.”
Back then, King Qin’s family fortune was divided into two, part of it was allowed to be taken back to the countryside by Gu Qian, and part of it was left in the mountains.
Hu Yong also knew that this matter was not trivial and did not dare to be sloppy, taking the list and walking out.
Dr Yao exhaled a long breath, he had to prepare the most herbs before the smallpox broke out in the capital and try to bring it under control in the fastest possible time.
This alone would not do, but he also had to think of ways to alert the people, especially the doctors in the medical school.
“Little Four.”
Xiao Si answered and came in.
Dafu Yao gave him what he thought, “Go to the Duke of Ding’s residence and ask him to think of something.”
Xiao Si did not dare to delay, and quickly went to the Ding Guo Gong’s residence, relaying what Dafu Yao had said to the Ding Guo Gong.
The Duke of Ding did not know what had happened yesterday in front of the Xu residence, and after hearing Xiao Si’s words, his face was very ugly. For the sake of his own selfishness, he had put the entire city at risk.
Even though his daughter was defiled and his son-in-law was given a death sentence, Duke Ding has never had any intention of turning against him all these years. What he wants is for the emperor to take the initiative and admit his mistake, but at this moment, he has the intention of forcing the emperor to abdicate.
Suppressing the anger in his heart, he ordered his subordinates to call Xiao Zheng and Xiao Qian to him.
After hearing this, the two men’s faces were also extremely ugly.
But now was not the time to be angry.
The three of them deliberated in the study for an hour, and then the Duke of Ding chose a few smart underlings and called them into the study to give them personal instructions.
The subordinates came out of the study and went out of the house in succession, going in various directions.
Within a day, news spread in the capital that someone had contracted smallpox, and people were on edge.
When Zhu Zhihong came back from the court and heard his wife talk about it, he was shocked and put on his official robe again.
“Master, what are you going to do?”
Zhu Zhihong was already walking quickly outside, “To the palace.”
Smallpox was not trivial, once one person was infected it would spread to the whole city, he had to go to the palace to ask the emperor to release Song Wan Yue from the palace, she had the experience and would surely bring smallpox under control.
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The palace, however, was peaceful.
The fourth prince was almost well, and no one else in the palace had been found with smallpox, so both those concubines and the palace people were relieved.
The Emperor’s face also had a long-lost smile on it, and he even went to see the Fourth Prince, but was stopped by a group of eunuch doctors who were shocked, “Your Majesty, you must not, the Fourth Prince is not completely well yet, you should wait for two more days.”
The emperor could not, but had to take a step back, “I will not go in, let Consort Xian come out to see me.”
The palace staff quickly went to pass on the message, and Consort Xian came over to greet me with the help of the aunt in charge.
Seeing that she had only lost some weight and was otherwise fine, the emperor was relieved, “Since Feng’er is already fine, you should also go back to the palace and take a good rest.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty, I am fine. I want to wait until Feng’er is completely well before I go back.”
“I see that you have lost a lot of weight, can your body still carry on?”
“With Miss Song around, I will be fine.”
The emperor smoothly looked at Song Wangyue, “Thanks to you this time, when the fourth prince is completely well, I will not treat you badly.”
“My daughter does not dare to take credit for this, it is all the credit of the courtier.”
“If they can really cure smallpox, how can I bear to summon you to the palace? You have also worked hard these few days, but it is still necessary for you to stay in the palace for a few more days, and wait until the Fourth Prince is completely well before leaving the palace.”
“My daughter obeys the order.”
The emperor swept his gaze across the courtyard, “Since the fourth prince is fine, you may take shifts to leave the palace and go home to rest.”
“Yes.”
Song Yin stood two steps away from him, a reach could reach his neck, and he did not make a move, as the other forbidden guards did, his gaze lowered and his expression respectful.
The courtier came out, the palace door slowly closed, and the emperor stood for a while longer before turning to go to the imperial study.
Zhu Zhihong was already waiting outside the imperial study.
When the Emperor entered the imperial study, Zhu Zhihong followed him in and knelt down, “Your Majesty, a smallpox patient was found in the city today.”
The Emperor’s face also changed, “Where was it found and what kind of person?”
Zhu Zhihong froze, he had rushed into the palace when he heard the news and really didn’t know where the patient was found.
“When I heard the news I went into the palace, exactly where it was found and what kind of person it was, I haven’t had time to find out, I was trying to ask Your Majesty to let Miss Song out of the palace ……”
“I have just released the people from the Imperial Hospital from the palace, the fourth prince’s side cannot be left without someone. Huang De, go and give an order to the governor of the capital to send someone to control the person who has smallpox quickly.”
Huang De answered and hurriedly went out.
Zhu Zhihong opened his mouth and wanted to say something else, but the emperor said, “The people must be in a state of panic, so put aside your business for the time being and calm the people, so as not to cause a panic.
“Yes.”
Zhu Zhihong withdrew.
The Emperor relaxed himself and leaned back in his chair, picking up his tea and drinking it slowly.
Hong Ying stood to one side with lowered brows and a calm expression.
I don’t know what kind of medicine Consort Xian has given, it’s already the fourth day and His Majesty hasn’t shown any difference yet.