Several doctors did a good job of segregating the initial patients together, the intermediate ones together and the ones with high fever that were not awake.
Song Wangyue went to where the patients with high fever lived, checked their pulses one by one and wrote different prescriptions.
The people of the capital had heard of Song Wan Yue’s name, but she was so tightly covered that no one would have expected her to see them, and wondered when there had been such a young female doctor in the capital.
Song Yin followed behind her, looking for his Cui Hu without a trace, until noon, when he found someone in the shed at the far side.
He gestured without moving, and Cui Hu nodded slightly.
“Miss Song ……”
A magistrate came over and called out, “It’s noon, you should rest for a while, the food will be delivered in a while.”
Miss Song?
The patients whose pulses had been checked by Song Wan Yue looked at each other and stammered, “Which Miss Song are you?”
After asking the question, they thought it was silly to ask, who else in the capital would take the risk of coming to see them?
“Of course it’s Miss Song Wangyue Song.”
The magistrate replied loudly, “Not only did she come over to see you all, she also sent a large cart of medicinal herbs.”
With the herbs to cure the sick they would not die and the family would not be snowed under.
I don’t know who led the way, but they knelt down and kowtowed to Song Wangyue.
Song Wangyue hurriedly helped people up, “Everyone must not be like this, I am just lifting my hand, everyone must also have faith in our doctors, they will definitely cure you.”
The people had been in fear of death for the past few days, and Song Wangyue’s words were like a reassurance pill for them!
“Miss Song, can we really be cured?”
“Of course.”
Song Wangyue replied without half a moment’s hesitation, “Smallpox is not terrible, we have found a cure, you only need to drink the medicine on time every day and follow what the doctor says, you will soon be cured.”
“We believe in Miss Song!”
“Yes, we believe!”
Even the magistrates were infected by the atmosphere and shouted after them.
He had been sent here to guard the place, and it was not easy for him to watch these patients lying around waiting to die every day, and he believed Song Wangyue more than the people, and believed what she said.
A group of doctors stood at a distance, surrounded by Master Yao, and seeing this scene, they were also in a stirring mood. The purpose of being a doctor is to save lives, and no one wants to see patients dying in front of them every day.
……
The Duke of Zhen, the Duke of Ding and the six ministers and the capital’s governor entered the palace together with Zhu Zhihong.
The emperor was still in his usual state, unconscious.
Eunuch Huang, who had been on guard for several days, could no longer hold on and passed out early this morning and was carried back to his place of residence by the palace staff.
Only Consort Xiao Xian and the Fourth Prince were guarding the bed.
“Your Majesty ……”
After seeing the Emperor, the Minister of Rites knelt down towards Consort Xiao Xian, “Tomorrow is the 18th, the day the Emperor has appointed to make the Fourth Prince the Crown Prince, the Ministry of Rites is all ready.”
Xiao Xianfei served over here day and night, her simmering brain was a bit slow, she didn’t react for a moment, but it was the fourth prince who understood what the Minister of Rites meant and objected, “No, Father is still ill, how can the enthronement ceremony be held at this time?”
“Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has spent a great deal of manpower and resources to prepare for the enthronement, and if it is postponed, all these expenses will be wasted. If it were normal, it would be fine, but now that smallpox is raging in the capital, the court does not know how much it will cost, so my opinion is to save as much as possible. Moreover, if there is no enthronement ceremony, you will not be able to handle the affairs of the court in a proper manner, so I beg Your Majesty to think twice.”
“Please think twice, Your Highness.”
The Duke of Zhen led the way, and the Duke of Ding and the other five ministers also knelt down.
Only then did Consort Xiao Xian react, “Feng’er is still too young to bear the burden of state affairs ……”
“Your Majesty ……”
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice interrupted her, “His Majesty is in a coma now, the court affairs have piled up like a mountain, if not dealt with, I am afraid it will cause chaos in the whole country, please allow this matter for the sake of the people of Da Qing country, Your Highness Consort Xian.”
“But, Johnnie has no experience in handling state affairs, I’m afraid he won’t do a good job.”
Zhen Guo Gong said, “I am willing to assist with all my might, and the Fourth Prince has a gentleman to guide him, so there is no need for Your Majesty to worry.”
“This ……”
Consort Xiao Xian looked towards her father, Duke Ding met her gaze, nodded slightly and spoke respectfully, “Don’t worry, Your Majesty, as long as you agree, I will immediately go out to the palace to find Xu Yan and have him agree to enter the palace to assist His Fourth Highness.”
“Then, fine. But His Majesty is still ill, and the people of the capital are also in a state of panic, so it is not advisable to make too much noise about the enthronement, so that the civil and military officials can observe the ceremony.”
“Yes.”
Several people answered in unison, and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
……
Song Wangyue stayed outside the city for the rest of the day and only returned to the city when it was about to get dark.
Cui Hu escaped from the quarantine while no one was looking, got into the carriage with the medicinal herbs, changed into the clothes prepared inside, and took the quarantine measures.
When the soldiers who were guarding the city saw that it was they who had returned, they did not even check and let them enter the city directly.
All the way back to their residence in the southern city.
Seeing Cui Hu get off the carriage, Hu Yong breathed a long sigh of relief. From the moment they had hidden in the mountains, they had been ready to die at any time, but that did not include watching their brother die by dyeing the flowers with their own eyes.
Cui Hu gave him an all-clear gesture and went with Xiao Si to the house prepared for him.
Song Wangyue and Song Yin and Master Yao each took a bath and burned the clothes they had changed out of.
Doctor Yao sat on the rocking chair, his body swaying with it, “I say, disciple, when can I go earn those ten thousand taels of gold?”
He couldn’t wait.
He was going to give this money to his second brother so that he could expand Renshantang, so that he would have the face to go underground to see his father after a hundred years.
“Soon, it should be in these two days, Master wait in peace, the ten thousand taels of gold won’t get away.”
“Count on your filial piety, if you cook a few more delicious dishes for my master, that would be even more filial.”
“Not today, we have to go to the Xu residence.”
Doctor Yao smacked his lips, thinking that if the dog emperor didn’t still have a use for him, he should really feed him a handful of poison after he entered the palace, then his apprentice would have plenty of work to cook him delicious food in the future.
……
When the two of them arrived, Xu Yan and the second gentleman were both in the old gentleman’s house.
“Grand great grandfather, second grandfather, uncle.”
The two men greeted each other.
The old gentleman said, “Sit down.”
When they sat down, Xu Liang brought up tea and placed it in front of them before retreating to guard the door.
The old gentleman looked at the two of them, “Today, the Duke of Ding came and invited Yan’er to the palace to assist the fourth prince at the crowning ceremony tomorrow.”
All this was expected and the two were not much surprised, they just asked, “What does Grand Great Grandfather mean ……?”