At the back of the capital’s courtyard, the capital’s governor’s right eye was throbbing, so much so that he couldn’t sit still and simply got up and walked back and forth around the house.
“My lord ……”
The government’s official said, “What happened?”
The court official’s face was pale, “The man, the man was caught.”
The magistrate did not react for a moment.
“It’s the man in the portrait, Sheriff Zhang, Zhang brought him back.”
The capital magistrate was almost subconsciously about to curse, hadn’t he instructed long ago that people should be sent to a place of isolation after being caught, how come he had brought him to the capital.
The magistrate swallowed a large mouthful of water, “He, he said ……”
“Say what?”
“He said that Liu Ying had many people in his hands who had smallpox like him, and that he would release them in batches so that all the people in the city would catch it.”
A buzz went through the capital’s governor’s head.
“Where are the people?”
“In, in front.”
The magistrate stumbled halfway to the front, and would have fallen on his face if the magistrate hadn’t been quick to help him.
But he couldn’t think of anything else. If it was true what the men had said, there would be chaos in the capital.
The man with smallpox was placed in the courtyard of the former magistrate’s office, and all the magistrates hid away from him, except Sheriff Zhang, who was by his side.
The governor of the capital walked quickly to a stop three paces away and looked at the man sitting on the ground, “Are you telling the truth?”
The man nodded weakly, “A few days ago, he, he had already released a group of people, originally, I was included, but, but I, I didn’t want to do this unconscionable thing, I came out and hid, I wanted to find a place to wait for death, but who knows, his people found them.”
A few days ago a group was released!
A blackness came over the capital’s governor.
The first two days, the rumors were all over the place and he was scared at first, but after three days of not finding anyone with smallpox, he got lucky again, saying that maybe Song Yin was wrong, or maybe someone was deliberately spreading the rumors.
But it turned out to be true!
He gritted his teeth and said, “Sheriff Zhang, go and bring Liu Ying here!”
Sheriff Zhang answered and led his men to the Liu Residence.
The mansion was empty, not to mention people, not even a single living thing.
Zhang galloped back to the capital and reported to the capital’s governor.
The Governor closed his eyes.
It was over, his official position was over!
“Have the painter draw Liu Ying and post a reward of ten thousand taels of silver for anyone who provides a clue to Liu Ying!”
“Yes.”
Sheriff Zhang led the order and went away.
The governor of the capital was spinning in place, what did he need to do next?
Yes, go and report to the Emperor.
He could not afford such a big matter.
Damned Liu Ying, if he caught the man, he would have to cut him to pieces!
The governor of the capital straightened his official robes and went to the palace as if he were dying.
When he entered the imperial study, he thumped his head on the ground, “Your Majesty, I deserve to die! ”
The emperor put down his pen, picked up his tea, opened the lid while fiddling with the tea leaves and asked carelessly, “Didn’t you catch the person in the portrait?”
“No, no ……”
The governor’s throat tightened, “The man was caught! He, he said that he escaped from the hands of Liu Ying, the former commander of the imperial army, and that Liu Ying still has many people with smallpox in his hands, releasing a batch from time to time in order to infect the people of the capital.”
Snap!
The tealight in the emperor’s hand fell to the ground, splashing tea in all directions.
He couldn’t care less about that and got up in anger, “Good Liu Ying, how dare he ……”
Before the words were finished, the man fell backwards.
“Your Majesty!”
Eunuch Huang shouted in shock as he scurried over at a single stride to try to hold the emperor, but was brought down to the ground instead.
The imperial study was in chaos.
The Imperial Secretary’s mind went blank as he knelt frozen in place.
“Proclaim the Imperial Physician, proclaim the Imperial Physician quickly!”
Eunuch Huang’s broken voice rang out hoarsely.
Immediately, a small eunuch rolled and crawled to shout for the eunuch doctor.
The fourth prince had completely recovered, and Miss Song was expected to leave the palace tomorrow. He thought about whether he should take advantage of the moment to seek medical advice, or wait for Miss Song to leave the palace and go to the Xu family to find him.
“Quick, quick, something has happened to the Emperor!”
The little eunuch’s voice broke into a whisper and came over.
The crowd of eunuchs’ hearts tightened, before they all ran towards the imperial study.
When they entered the imperial study, they saw the emperor lying on a soft couch, unconscious and with his mouth and eyes slanted, they all drew a breath of cold air.
The courtier pushed aside the other eunuchs and stepped forward, taking out silver needles from the medicine chest and quickly sticking them in several of the Emperor’s acupuncture points.
And then he quickly wrote a prescription and handed it to Huang Yuan, who took it and stumbled and ran to get the medicine.
Eunuch Huang knelt in front of the soft collapse, shouting one after another, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty ……”
Red Ying, who was kneeling at a distance, quietly got up and retreated.
“The courtyard, the courtyard is ……”
The capital minister shivered his lips, “What’s wrong with the emperor, the emperor?”
“His Majesty has had a stroke.”
A stroke?
The capital’s governor’s brain went even whiter, the emperor had suffered a stroke because he had listened to him, and if he was pursued, he, he ……
If he caught him, he would have him killed alive.
The first thing that happened was that she saw a group of imperial guards approaching. She gave a slight nod to one of them and then went to the pantry as if nothing had happened.
Green had already heard the commotion in the imperial study and grabbed her, “What’s wrong?”
Red Ying attached herself to her ear and told her, and Green Loh sat down on her buttocks after listening.
Song Yin, who was walking in the line, gave Sun Qi a wink, who grabbed a panicked young eunuch, “What’s wrong?”
“The Emperor, His Majesty has had a stroke. ”
A stroke!
Sun Qi let go of the young eunuch, drew his legs and ran towards the Fourth Prince’s palace.
The palace door was tightly closed and the sound of laughter came from inside.
Sun Qi couldn’t care less about the rules and banged on the door, “Your Majesty, it’s not good, the Emperor has had a stroke!”
Inside the house, when Consort Xiao Xian heard the sound, she and Song Wan Yue looked at each other, got up with the fourth prince and walked out of the house, ordering as they walked outside, “Prepare the palanquin!”
Consort Xiao Xian and the Fourth Prince walked into the imperial study.
The imperial study room was suddenly silent.
Eunuch Huang’s shouting also stalled.
Consort Xiao Xian walked quickly to the collapsed front and when she saw the Emperor’s condition, her eyes instantly reddened, “Courtier, how is the Emperor?”
“Your Majesty, His Majesty’s condition is not good.”
“No matter what method is used, His Majesty must be cured.”
“I will certainly do my best.”
Consort Xiao swept the room and her gaze finally fell on Eunuch Huang, “Eunuch Huang, this palace remembers that His Majesty has always been in good health and the eunuchs have asked for a safe pulse every day, how did he suddenly have a stroke, and how did you serve him?”
The eunuch Huang knew it was not good, but the emperor’s mouth and eyes were now crooked and unconscious, so he could not do anything for him, so he trembled and knelt on the ground, “It’s my servant’s fault, Your Majesty forgive me!”