Chapter 176
The letter indeed mentioned the plague.
Jiang Ran only wrote a few sentences in the letter, not much ink. Rather than telling Wu Shuang about the plague, it was more like casually talking about what happened recently after the daily care and greetings. matter.
The plague spread in Yaoying City for unknown reasons. It infected many people in a short period of time. The specific symptoms were sudden high fever that persisted for a long time.
The city can still be controlled now, but Jiang Ran still asked Wu Shuang to stay in the hotel for a while and not to come back for the time being.
"Boss Shen, there have been plagues before leaving the country, but none of them broke out directly in the capital." Wu Shuang couldn't calm down and walked around in front of the small building. The big oily black tail behind him also controlled He couldn't help but swayed from side to side impatiently and swept up the floor, "Master Imperial Master... nothing will happen to him..." "
No, Jiang Ran is the Imperial Master." Shen Zening asked him to come in first. , made him a cup of milk tea and asked him to drink some to calm down, "He and the little emperor from Li Guo should be the safest people there." The
Imperial Master once said that Boss Shen and His Highness are not only good people, but also He was very powerful and helped him a lot in Yaoying City, so as soon as Wu Shuang received the paper crane and saw the plague written on it, he was very anxious and panicked, so he hurried to find them.
He didn't notice the time when he was in a hurry. Now he took a few sips of milk tea to calm down and realized that it was already late at night.
Wu Shuang almost choked when she saw the time, and quickly stood up and apologized: "Boss Shen, I'm sorry, I came here as soon as my head got hot, did it disturb your rest?" "It's okay, we have
n't slept yet anyway." Shen Zening asked him to sit back and continued to ask him, "The plague started at the end of last year... Did you only contact Jiang Ran after arriving at the hotel? Didn't he mention the plague at that time?" Wu Shuang shook his head, " Yaoying
City and Shuowang City are too far apart. I tried passing paper cranes to my friends in the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, but the paper cranes seemed to have been lost and lost by Luffy. Only the Imperial Preceptor received my message. Paper crane."
"Zhihe won't get lost, Wu Shuang, did you get the wrong recipient?"
Such things often happen to little demons with low cultivation levels. Shen Zening once heard a guest mention it, It is not a rare phenomenon. Many monks have received paper cranes sent by the wrong monsters.
"No, I checked it several times before letting Zhihe leave!" Wu Shuang retorted hastily.
He just doesn't have a high level of cultivation, nor does he have a low IQ. How could he pass the paper cranes to every friend to the wrong person?
"Then..." Shen Zening didn't know what was going on. Could it be that Wu Shuang and the little animals in the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion were too low in cultivation, so they sometimes failed to receive paper cranes when they passed them to each other? possible?
Wu Shuang thought about the paper crane, jumped up again, and said thoughtfully, "No wonder I always have to wait for a long time before receiving a reply when I send a message to the Imperial Master. It turns out that this is what happened. Something!"
If there was a plague in Yaoying City, it would make sense.
After such a big event happened, the Imperial Master must be very busy. It is normal for him to be slow to reply to Zhihe.
Wu Maomao thought so, calmed down a little, and sat on the sofa holding milk tea, drinking it one sip after another. Her soft cheeks were puffed up like a little squirrel.
The two talked for a while downstairs. Bai Yang, who was waiting upstairs, saw that Shen Zening hadn't come back yet and heard the noise below, so he simply put on some clothes and got up and went downstairs.
"Wu Shuang?" Bai Yang noticed the black cat tail hanging on the edge of the sofa at a glance, and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?" Before
Wu Shuang could speak, Shen Zening got up and went to the stairs, holding the little boy in his hand. The fox came down and asked, "Why aren't you wearing shoes?"
The entire second floor, including the rooms and corridors, has been covered with thick carpets since the beginning of winter. With the newly added floor heating, it doesn't matter even if you don't wear shoes. It's still warm on the ground and you won't catch a cold.
Although they are not prone to catching cold in the first place.
Not only was the corridor covered with carpets, but Shen Zening also laid a layer on the stairs. Bai Yang originally just wanted to stand on the stairs to see what was going on below and ask Shen Zening to go back to the room quickly, but he Unexpectedly, Wu Shuang would come suddenly at this time.
While Shen Zening was talking to the little fox about the plague in Yaoying City, she went to get him spare slippers.
He originally wanted to pick up the little fox and carry him to the sofa, but there was also a black cat. If he got too close in front of others, the little fox would definitely be embarrassed.
The spare slippers at home were still the ones Shen Yun insisted on buying, fluffy cotton slippers with rabbit ears.
Wu Shuang pretended not to notice the cute but slightly childish slippers on His Highness's feet. When His Highness walked over, he took the initiative to hand Jiang Ran's letter to him.
When Bai Yang heard Shen Zening say that there was a plague in Yaoying City, he thought the same thing. He remembered the demons they saw in Yaoying City, and the encounter between Qin Yan and Wu Shuang at the border of Dongzhou. However, after reading the contents of the letter, I felt that it was just an ordinary disease that could easily appear in mortal countries.
It's just that this time there is an unrecorded disease, which will be slightly more difficult to treat and find the source.
"Wu Shuang, don't worry too much." He said to the wilted black cat, "Jiang Ran will definitely be fine." "
I, I'm wondering if..." Wu Shuang just started to speak, only raising his head. , and closed his mouth again.
As soon as he saw the news, he always had an ominous premonition in his heart, and wanted to go back to Yingcheng directly to see what was going on.
Anyway, he is a demon and not a mortal, so it is impossible for him to be infected by mortal diseases.
But... the Imperial Master has already told him in the letter not to go back.
As if he knew what he was thinking, Bai Yang slowed down his voice and said, "Don't be anxious yet. Stay in the hotel for a while with peace of mind, and wait until Jiang Ran and the others have dealt with the plague before going back."
His Highness You're right. If he rashly ran back at this time, the Imperial Master would have to be distracted from taking care of him in his busy schedule. He'd better... wait for the news first.
Anyway, there may be no use for him to go back, because his cultivation level is too low...
Wu Maomao suddenly became dejected again, like a cabbage that has been watered too much.
Bai Yang looked at his appearance and glanced at Shen Zening.
There happened to be a plate of marinated Orleans chicken wings in the refrigerator in the kitchen. Shen Zening originally planned to use it as a supper at night, but Tiao Tiao was full during dinner and could only give up in tears when the chicken wings were marinated. Upon seeing this, Pei Nian also said that he would not eat, and returned to the room with Tiao Tiao early.
This plate of chicken wings has been put away for now. Shen Zening also thought that if he and the little fox got hungry after picking out the furniture in the small castle, they could just bake it and eat it. But now that Wu Shuang is here, they might as well eat it together. , and it can also relieve his worried and depressed mood.
When it comes to making midnight snacks, the most convenient way is to use an air fryer.
Shen Zening put the marinated chicken wings in one by one, and when they were ready, he also cut up a small bowl of fruit during this time.
It only took about ten minutes to make Orleans chicken wings in the air fryer. Shen Zening had just washed and cut several fruits and put them on the coffee table when footsteps came from the stairs.
Shen Yun poked his head through the gap under the staircase handrail, moved the tip of his delicate nose, and asked curiously: "Father, daddy, what delicious food are you making? Eh? Brother Wushuang is here too!"
Wu Shuang was still wilting. After hearing the little dragon cub's voice, Wu Shuang just raised her head blankly and moved the black cat ears in her hair as a greeting.
Shen Zening didn't know how the air fryer could be smelled even though the air fryer was so tightly covered.
He couldn't figure it out and was a little helpless, so he had to tell his son that he was making Orleans roasted wings.
"Roast wings!" The greedy little dragon bastard drooled, "Father, why don't you call me grilled chicken wings? I don't feel full now. All the food I ate for dinner has been digested!" Shen Yun frantically hinted at her father
, It means that he has a belly and is ready for midnight snack!
Bai Yang was about to say why Tiao Tiao hadn't gone to bed at this hour, but when he saw Pei Nian coming down behind Zai Zi, he had no choice but to let them put on their shoes and socks and come over for supper together.
The number of people eating late-night snacks has changed from three to five. Fortunately, the chicken wings were marinated much before, and the two cubs that suddenly appeared are enough to eat.
The grilled Orleans chicken wings were still sizzling when they were placed on the plate, and the aroma of barbecue spread from the half-open kitchen to the living room.
Bai Yang picked out some of the fruits that Shen Zening had washed, squeezed out the complex juice, and poured a cup for everyone.
When the couple went out with the chicken wings and juice, Shen Yun sat up a little straighter, waving her short dragon tail back and forth as if in great anticipation, looking like she was extremely greedy.
They were used to their son always acting like a little glutton when seeing food. As soon as Bai Yang put down the tray, he gently knocked off the kid's tentative hand to grab the chicken wings.
"It's just baked and still hot. Tiao Tiao, please wait a little longer."
A few people gathered around the coffee table. Shen Zening and Bai Yang took two cushions and sat casually in front of the sofa. on the carpet.
After sitting down, he had to continue working. Shen Zening was busy removing the bones from the chicken wings for his wife and children, and Bai Yang was busy picking out funny variety shows or movies from the tablet that could make people feel relaxed.
Wu Shuang, who was holding the milk tea honestly, didn't react until the cup of milk tea in her hand was taken away and replaced with a cup of sweet and sour juice, and she touched the cold side of the glass.
Didn't he come to talk to Boss Shen and His Highness about the plague? Why...why did he suddenly have a midnight snack?
Also, what is it that His Highness is playing with? Water mirror?
But aren't water mirrors generally round, and the long and rectangular one in His Highness's hand... doesn't seem quite like it?
Shen Zening put a roasted chicken wing on the small plate in front of Wu Shuang, "Don't worry about the plague. Jiang Ran is very powerful, and Li Guo's little emperor is not bad either. He can definitely deal with the situation." It's under control."
"...Yeah." Wu Shuang responded softly, picked up the chicken wings and slowly took a bite.
After Wu Shuang was persuaded by them to go back to the house to sleep first, Shen Zening and Bai Yang first put the little kid who had stayed up all night and came here to finish the supper to bed, and then slowly started to clear away the remaining dishes on the coffee table. .
"Yangyang, I think we should ask Jiang Ran what the situation is in Yaoying City." Shen Zening picked up a plate, turned on the faucet and washed away the oil stains on it, "The paper he passed to Wu Shuang What is written on the crane may not be the truth. What if he reports good news but not bad news? Should you ask him or me?"
"I'll ask." Bai Yang thought for a while and simply folded a piece of paper now. He sent a message to Jiang Ran and asked him about the specific situation of the plague in Yaoying City.
It was late at night, and the distance between Yaoying City and Shuowang City was not short. They couldn't receive a reply for a while. After Shen Zening and Bai Yang packed up, they went upstairs to sleep, thinking that Jiang would wait until tomorrow afternoon. Of course, the paper crane should be almost there.
At this moment, the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion in Yaoying City far away in Nanzhou was heavily guarded. Many guards were walking in a hurry, escorting Xiao Zheng, and drove straight in from the gate of the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, all the way to Jiang Ran's study.
The lights in Jiang Ran's study had been burning all night for three days and three nights and had not been extinguished. Xiao Zheng opened the door and saw Jiang Ran talking in a low voice to the officials next to him about the plague. There was also a bowl of unseen food on the table. The tampered sweet soup.
The young official had just written down the Imperial Master's instructions and was about to say goodbye when he was startled by the sound of opening the door. When he looked up, he suddenly saw Xiao Zheng. He thought he was dazzled. After reacting for several seconds, he quickly saluted. .
But Xiao Zheng walked straight past the young official and walked up to the surprised Jiang Ran. When he was about to speak, Jiang Ran beat him to it.
"Your Majesty, why are you here?"
From the first case of plague in Yaoying City to the present, the streets have been heavily guarded day and night, with few people walking around, and a new curfew has been imposed at night.
From the nobles to the common people, they almost stayed behind closed doors for fear of being infected by the disease, let alone Xiao Zheng, who was supposed to be sitting in the palace and was protected by everyone.
Even though Jiang Ran beat him to it, Xiao Zheng still said what he wanted to say as soon as he entered the door, "Jiang Ran, have you eaten today? Not even sweet soup?" Jiang Ran was stunned for a moment, "
Your Majesty, Now is not the time to talk about this. You came here because..."
"I will tell you after you eat the sweet soup." Xiao Zheng said.
But he didn't let Jiang Ran eat the cold bowl of sweet soup. Instead, he asked the kitchen to bring another bowl.
Jiang Ran was half helpless and half indulgent, and ate the whole bowl of sweet soup like a child having a tantrum.
Xiao Zheng didn't like Jiang Ran's attitude very much, as if in his eyes he would always be the stupid kid who would just follow him stubbornly.
But now is not the time to worry about this. Xiao Zheng watched Jiang Ran put down the bowl and chopsticks, let the attendants take it down, stepped back, took a deep breath, and said to Jiang Ran, "Something happened to the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother She is not Xiao Zheng's biological mother, but she was quite good to Xiao Zheng when he was young, and she was also obedient. After Xiao Zheng ascended the throne, because her biological mother was unknown, she was appointed to the position of Queen Mother.
The imperial palace and the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion were supposed to be the safest places in Yaoying City now, especially the palace where Xiao Zheng and the Queen Mother lived.
But the palace's calm and safe appearance was broken three days ago.
"The Queen Mother met a person three days ago, who was her niece." Xiao Zheng said, "Not long after the woman returned from the palace, she became depressed, then had a fever, and showed symptoms of infection, but she was She deliberately concealed it. On the second day after she left...the Queen Mother also appeared in this situation."
"The Queen Mother...is infected?" Jiang Ran couldn't sit still and stood up suddenly, " Where is the Queen Mother now? No, when did you know about it?"
If Xiao Zheng had known about the Queen Mother's illness for a long time, there was no way he would have come to tell him now and come in person.
Sure enough, a trace of impatience flashed across Xiao Zheng's face, and he said, "Half an hour ago, the Queen Mother was unconscious all day, and those idiots panicked and came to tell me when they saw that they could no longer hide it. "
There are no outsiders present at this moment, so the two of them call each other much more casually in private.
"Hide it from you? Did the Queen Mother tell you to hide it?" Jiang Ran asked strangely, "Why did the Queen Mother do this?"
"I don't know." Xiao Zheng shook his head, "I have ordered the gate of Yishou Palace to be closed. Any No one is allowed to come in or out, but in the past three days, the maids and eunuchs in Yishou Palace have been walking around, and I am afraid that the palace is... no longer safe."
"Then don't go back." Jiang Ran said decisively, "I'll have someone clean up a room for you, but no one else knows about your leaving the palace, right?" Xiao Zheng nodded and said, "That's
natural."
He He had known how to sneak out of the palace to find Jiang Ran since he was a child. Now that he was the emperor, it would be easier if he didn't want to be discovered.
The plague broke out suddenly in Yaoying City, and Jiang Ran didn't dare to risk letting him go back. The two of them talked for a while, and then they went back to their houses to rest.
Xiao Zheng had long known that there was something... unusual in the Imperial Master's Mansion. If one were to say that the safest place in the entire country is the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, even the imperial palace is not invulnerable, but the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion can do it.
What the two of them didn't know was that the Queen Mother woke up as soon as Xiao Zheng left the palace.
However, the Queen Mother only opened her eyes when she woke up, but showed no reaction to the surrounding situation.
At this time, everyone who was imprisoned in Yishou Palace knew that they might not be able to get out. Seeing that the Queen Mother had woken up, the maid guarding the bed reluctantly wiped her tears and hurriedly stepped forward to check, but when she saw the Queen Mother, When his eyes were blank, he was startled again.
A scream was stuck in his throat, and he had a hard time swallowing it.
"Mr. Sun, come and see, Queen Mother, what is...what's going on?" The
middle-aged woman on the bed stared with her eyes fixed, as if she was not closing her eyes, but everyone knew clearly that she was still alive.
"Is this... caused by an epidemic?" Looking at this strange scene, the palace maid couldn't help but ask.
There were two imperial doctors waiting in the Queen Mother's Palace. Imperial Physician Sun didn't have to come over originally, but it happened to be his turn to be on duty that day, so he was unlucky enough to be summoned to Yishou Palace.
He was very cautious, and after putting on the hijab, he carefully went to check on the Queen Mother.
Imperial Physician Sun first took the Queen Mother's pulse, but strangely, the Queen Mother's pulse became much more stable, as if she was not sick, and could not diagnose the disease at all.
He whispered "offended" and raised his hand to test the temperature of the Queen Mother's forehead.
...It turned out that he no longer had a fever.
Imperial Physician Sun's surprise was written on his face, and he didn't hide it at all.
You must know that earlier today, the Queen Mother had a high fever and fell into a coma. Everyone was frightened to death and did not dare to listen to the Queen Mother's words anymore. Even if they risked losing their heads, they would Inform Your Majesty of this matter.
If the Queen Mother really burned to death with such a high fever, there would be no chance for the heads on their necks to turn around. They would definitely be buried with the Queen Mother with a bang. But if they took the risk to find His Majesty, they might be able to retrieve it. A life.
Many eunuchs and maids in Yishou Palace thought so. They always paid attention to the Queen Mother's body and did not dare to relax for a moment.
Seeing the expression on Dr. Sun's face, the palace maid who made the noise at the beginning couldn't help but ran to Dr. Sun and asked him: "Doctor Sun, why don't you speak?"
"The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother... "Mr. Sun murmured, "She seems... to have gone down the fever..."
"What?!" the palace maid said in disbelief, and hurried up to test the temperature of the Queen Mother's forehead. When she saw that it had indeed dropped, her heart was filled with ups and downs. So soft, he immediately fell to the ground.
Queen Mother...are you okay?
Seeing the strange reactions of the two, the other eunuchs and maids couldn't help but come forward to ask.
"The Queen Mother has a fever. She must have recovered from the epidemic." Doctor Sun slowly exhaled and said to them, "It's just that the Queen Mother is not completely awake yet. She looks like this..." Doctor Sun said
, He hesitated.
He had never seen such a strange situation.
Although the Queen Mother's pulse was weak, it was still within the normal range, and the disease on her body seemed to have disappeared. But...how could she suddenly open her eyes and still have no reaction to her surroundings?
No matter how he waved his hand in front of the Queen Mother's eyes, the Queen Mother's eyes remained unchanged, as strange as a corpse.
...Bah, bah, bah, what a corpse!
Imperial Physician Sun couldn't help but slap his right face lightly.
If the Queen Mother died, his life would be in danger.
Another doctor, Dr. Wan, who was called to the Queen Mother's palace with him, happened to be in a hurry and went to the latrine. He wanted to wait for his colleagues to come back and discuss together why the Queen Mother became like this, but the other palace maid backed away when she saw the Queen Mother. Fever, anxious and excited, I pulled off the towel from my face and wanted to personally check the temperature of the Queen Mother's forehead.
But at this moment, the Queen Mother's dull eyes suddenly moved slightly. After a few breaths, they slowly focused and stared at the palace maid.
The palace maid was startled and was about to retreat when she saw the Queen Mother grabbing her hand and raising her upper body with great effort. She made two "ho ho" sounds in her throat, as if she was trying hard to say something, but her mouth failed. Zhang, however, spit out a mouthful of black blood and poured it all over her face.
The palace maid couldn't help but scream, and after the queen mother vomited blood, she closed her eyes again and passed out.
This turn of events made the already confused Imperial Physician Sun even more confused. He pushed the stunned palace maid away and went to lift the Queen Mother's eyelids.
After vomiting the blood, the whites of the Queen Mother's eyes were quietly covered with traces of black mist, slowly occupying the entire eyeballs. However, it was late at night and there was not enough light around, so Doctor Sun did not notice this at all.
The pupils were still unresponsive. Doctor Sun felt strange and went to feel the Queen Mother's pulse again, but was horrified to find that the pulse was... getting weaker and weaker...
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Dr. Sun's heart tightened, and then he stretched out a finger to test the Queen Mother's breathing. Seeing that her breathing was getting weaker and weaker, she secretly felt bad. He stood up quickly, went to the medicine box, and took out a handful of thousand-year-old ginseng. slices, and stuffed a few slices directly into the Queen Mother's mouth, which shocked the eunuchs and maids surrounding the bed.
Then, he quickly wrote down a recipe that could temporarily save Zhang's life, and handed it to the little palace maid next to him, asking her to quickly prepare the medicine.
"Sun, Imperial Physician Sun, the Queen Mother..." a young eunuch asked tremblingly.
After he asked, he saw that Dr. Sun's face was sullen and silent, and he became even more frightened. He knelt down with a bang, shook his legs, and crawled to the Queen Mother's bed using his hands and feet, "The Queen Mother! The Queen Mother, you can't die. Wuwu." Ugh..."
As soon as the little eunuch cried, the eyes of the other eunuchs and palace maids nearby all turned red. Thinking that their lives would end with the Queen Mother, they were filled with despair and began to sob sadly.
"Cry, cry, cry, why are you crying? The Queen Mother is so blessed that she is not dead yet!"
Dr. Sun was so noisy by the cries in the bedroom that her head was buzzing.
In just one night, he first experienced a severe upsurge, thinking that he would be fine if the fever subsided. However, the fever subsided, but he vomited blood and fainted again, and experienced another severe downturn.
If he hadn't been on duty in the palace for many years, his mental endurance would have been developed long ago, otherwise he would definitely not be able to bear it now.
Imperial Physician Sun pinched his eyebrows. When he put down his hand, his eyebrows were still in the shape of "chuan", tightly knitted together.
Under his low voice just now, the crying in the hall finally became quieter, but a few low sobs could still be heard from time to time.
The Queen Mother was in critical condition, and he had no time to take care of the palace maids and eunuchs who were panicking when something happened. He strode out of the palace to inform His Majesty that the Queen Mother was suddenly seriously ill.
There are only palace residents who are isolated here in Yishou Palace. The guards are guarding outside the palace gate, so strict that not even a bird will be allowed to fly out.
As soon as Imperial Physician Sun reached the palace gate, before the door was fully opened, the swords of the imperial guards were already stretched out in front of his eyes.
Imperial Physician Sun stopped dangerously. The swords of the guards came suddenly, and he almost hit them.
The guards guarding the gate of Yishou Palace also wore face towels and were fully armed. Seeing that Imperial Physician Sun had no protection on his face, they quickly stood farther away from him.
Doctor Sun took a deep breath and told them about the disappearance of the disease on the Queen Mother.
The captain of the imperial guard was doubtful and was about to ask aloud to make sure. Doctor Sun did not give him a chance. He spoke quickly and told the story about the Queen Mother's serious illness.
The captain of the Imperial Guard was also forced to go through ups and downs, but he didn't understand that since the Queen Mother's fever had subsided and the diseases on her body had disappeared, how could she still be seriously ill?
Imperial Physician Sun also didn't know that this plague came out of nowhere. This was the first time he found that the disease could disappear on its own.
The Queen Mother vomited blood and fell into a coma, with weak breath, perhaps a sequelae of the epidemic.
But now is not the time to dwell on these things. The most important thing right now is how to save the life of the Queen Mother.
Dr. Sun needed all kinds of precious medicinal materials in the hospital. The captain of the Imperial Guard nodded and said he understood. He asked Dr. Sun to go back and guard the Queen Mother first. He put on his face mask again and told the eunuch beside Xiao Zheng about the matter. Wang Run, the general manager.
Both he and Wang Run knew that Xiao Zheng was not in the palace now. After Wang Run heard the news that the Queen Mother was seriously ill, he thought for a moment and asked the captain of the Imperial Guard to send someone to find Xiao Zheng at the Imperial Preceptor's residence and tell him the news.
Xiao Zheng had already fallen asleep, but the guards around him did not dare to delay such an important event, so they had no choice but to wake him up.
"...What did you say? The Queen Mother is critically ill?"
Xiao Zheng's originally dim sleepiness disappeared without a trace in an instant.
After something like this happened, he couldn't continue to sleep. He put on his clothes and got up. When he was about to go out, he saw Jiang Ran walking quickly towards the corridor next to him, holding a lamp.
"Why are you up too?" Xiao Zheng said. Seeing that Jiang Ran's clothes were already neatly dressed, he asked again and again, "You're not sleeping?" Of course Jiang Ran wasn't sleeping
. He just received Bai Yang's paper not long ago. crane.
He didn't expect Wu Shuang to speak so quickly and already told His Highness about the matter. Facing His Highness's inquiry, he had no choice but to write down the specific situation in Yaoying City one by one in the letter.
As soon as the paper crane that replied to Bai Yang flew away, he received the news that the Queen Mother was seriously ill. Worried that Xiao Zheng was about to return to the palace, he hurried to stop him.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will go to the palace for you." Jiang Ran said to Xiao Zheng.
Jiang Ran is not a mortal, and nothing will happen to him even if he gets together with a group of patients. Xiao Zheng knew it, but he was still reluctant. It was hard to say anything when outsiders were present.
The sudden plague, the Queen Mother's illness, these things piled up together, Xiao Zheng felt like his head was going to explode just thinking about it.
Although the news from the palace said that the symptoms of the disease on the Queen Mother's body had disappeared, the inexplicable vomiting of blood and the condition of her life were in danger. No matter how strange it seemed, Xiao Zheng felt that the disease had not completely disappeared.
Under such circumstances, he naturally did not want Jiang Ran to enter the palace.
Xiao Zheng lowered his face and dragged Jiang Ran into the room. The door was slammed shut by him. The guards outside the door looked at each other and had to stand up again to guard the door.
"You don't have medical skills, so what's the use of going?" Xiao Zheng let go of Jiang Ran and said in a deep voice.
Jiang Ran knew that Xiao Zheng's bad temper was coming back, so he calmed him down and let him go back to bed.
When it comes to stubbornness, Jiang Ran is definitely no match for Xiao Zheng.
Xiao Zheng had a cold face, as if there were nails on the bed. After confronting Jiang Ran for a long time, he only gave in and sat on the edge of the bed with his clothes on.
"The disease on the Queen Mother's body disappeared strangely, and after vomiting blood, her pulse was almost non-existent and her breath was weak. This is even more strange. I have to go into the palace to check the situation." After Jiang Ran finished speaking, he poured the wine for Xiao
Zheng with his own hands. After drinking a cup of tea, he said like a quarrelsome cub, "You can't go, but I'll be fine if I go. Be good, don't be angry."
Hearing "Good" made Xiao Zheng's face turn green, but he didn't feel right. Jiang Ran had a seizure and could only hold his nose and drink the tea, asking him to go and come back early.
"Just take a look and come back."
Before Jiang Ran left, Xiao Zheng felt uneasy thinking about it, and specifically warned, "Don't stay in the palace for too long." The
entrance of Yishou Palace was filled with precious medicinal materials, and the captain of the imperial guard was worried about Imperial Doctor Sun and his wife. Doctor Wan couldn't figure it out, so he even called the dean of the Taiyuan Hospital and the left and right judges, who were over seventy years old and were about to go home for retirement, from their beds and packed the medicine together with them.
After the imperial doctors entered Yishou Palace, the palace door closed again with a clang, which frightened the old hospital attendant and made him wake up completely.
Imperial Physician Sun was afraid that he would just give up on him and secretly said that the captain of the imperial guard had done something wrong.
On the way to the Queen Mother's bedroom, Imperial Physician Sun and three superiors walked in front, telling them about the Queen Mother's condition. The eunuchs behind them carried the newly arrived medicinal materials and sent them into the side hall.
Even though she is the age of the old hospital official, after hearing what Dr. Sun said, the Queen Mother first opened her eyes and did not respond to her surroundings, and then the diseases on her body suddenly disappeared, and then she vomited blood, and her breath was weak again. I thought it was very strange, so I could only see the Queen Mother's condition before discussing how to treat her.
The envoy of the old court and the three judges on the left and right were very cautious. They always wore face scarves and did not dare to take them off easily.
Seeing their actions as if facing a formidable enemy, Imperial Physician Sun silently took the scarves back.
At this time, except for the panicked palace maids and eunuchs, there was no sign of Dr. Wan in the palace.
Seeing that he hadn't come back yet, Imperial Physician Sun went out to look for someone while the hospital envoys and others were checking on the Queen Mother's condition.
"Did this person named Wan fall into a latrine?" Dr. Sun held up a lamp and complained while looking for someone.
The hut in Yishou Palace was not too far away, and it was only a small place in total. However, he searched all over and could not find Doctor Wan. When he was wondering, he saw something in the grass not far away, as if there was something in the moonlight. The color reflects light.
Seeing this, Imperial Physician Sun quickly walked over and took a look. There was actually a man lying in the grass, unconscious with his face on the ground. The reflective thing was the copper buckle on his belt.
The man was wearing the official uniform of an imperial physician. At first glance, he looked like Imperial Physician Wan who had just disappeared when he went out for a convenience.
Imperial Physician Sun screamed inwardly, but as soon as he touched Imperial Physician Wan's body, he found that his body was frighteningly hot.
Doctor Sun was startled and quickly retracted his hand.
Doctor Wan...does he have a fever?
When Jiang Ran entered the palace, he received news that an imperial physician on duty in Yishou Palace fell ill and fell ill.
The palace was filled with the smell of various herbs and spirits, which was choking.
Jiang Ran endured the discomfort, took out the face towel, put it on, and walked quickly to Yishou Palace.
Wang Run, the chief eunuch beside Xiao Zheng, did not dare to neglect this mysterious imperial master who had not aged well during the hundred years he had left the country. He respectfully led him the way and reported to him the situation in the palace.
The plague spread faster than before. According to the news Wang Run learned, the Queen Mother met her niece who was already infected with the plague three days ago and was infected with the plague, but she did not show symptoms of fever until today.
But the imperial physician on duty had only been in contact with the Queen Mother for half a day. How could he be infected so quickly? His fever was much faster than that of the Queen Mother.
Logically speaking, the imperial doctor was younger than the Queen Mother, and his body bones were stronger and tougher. If the disease was to be diagnosed quickly, it should be the Queen Mother who became sick faster.
Or is it that the imperial doctor...actually contracted the infection elsewhere in the palace?
"Whoever Doctor Wan has met and come into contact with in the past few days must be found out, and those people must be isolated first." Jiang Ran recalled quickly in his mind as he walked, constructed a map of the palace, and selected the northwest There was an idle palace in the corner, and Wang Run was asked to isolate people there.
After explaining the matter to Dr. Wan, Jiang Ran happened to walk to the gate of Yishou Palace.
Wang Run accepted the order and retreated. The guards in the palace all knew Jiang Ran and opened the palace door for him.
There were only three imperial doctors in the Queen Mother's chamber, namely, the envoy of the old hospital and the left and right doctors. Dr. Sun had been packed up and sent to another side hall for isolation because she had come into contact with Dr. Wan.
Seeing the imperial master coming, the three imperial doctors seemed to have long been accustomed to Jiang Ran walking around the palace on Xiao Zheng's behalf. They did not show any surprise. After bowing, they told him about the Queen Mother's situation.
"Right now, we have given the Queen Mother some medicine. Her pulse is still weak, but at any rate..."
Judge Zuo said. The unfinished words meant that the Queen Mother's life was temporarily saved. It is not clear when she will wake up. , but he shouldn’t be dead now.
After Jiang Ran heard this, he stepped forward to check on the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother's face was now pale and lifeless, and there was almost no rise and fall in her chest. Her pulse was as the doctors said, although it was weak, but it was still beating slowly. However, the Queen Mother's expression looked a little...indescribable. A sense of peace.
Aside from his weak breathing and pulse, he really looked like he was dead.
Jiang Ran felt an inexplicable chill on his back and lowered the curtain beside the Queen Mother's bed.
He entered the palace just to see the Queen Mother, and then dealt with the palace's handling of the epidemic, and then returned to the Imperial Prefect's Mansion.
When he went back, he was blown by the cold night wind all the way, and the smell of herbs and spirits that Jiang Ran had been tainted in the palace still lingered on his sleeves.
Xiao Zheng stayed awake, waiting for Jiang Ran to come back.
Jiang Ran had already guessed that he would be worried, knowing that he was no longer a child, and was too lazy to worry about him staying up late at night like he did when he was young, so he moved a chair over to sit in front of him and talk to him. Talking about the situation in the palace.
"The plague in the palace seems to be getting more and more serious." Jiang Ran said, "Not long after Dr. Wan, who was on duty in the Queen Mother's Palace, was found unconscious with a high fever by Dr. Sun who was traveling with him. At this time, the two Everyone has been quarantined, and the Queen Mother's side is guarded by the envoys of the old hospital and the judges on the left and right."
"The disease on the Queen Mother has really disappeared?" Xiao Zheng asked after hearing what he said.
He was more concerned about this, why after other people contracted the plague, they either had a high fever for several days before going down, barely surviving, but it took a while for the symptoms to slowly disappear, but the Queen Mother... ...but
... He woke up inexplicably, couldn't see anything, and had no reaction to his surroundings. Then his fever quickly subsided, then he coughed up blood and fell into coma again.
"Yes." Jiang Ran nodded and said, "The doctors said that the Queen Mother has completely recovered, but why she coughed up blood and fell into a coma. The old hospital did not know what the situation was. They could only save the Queen Mother's life first, and then Observe the situation."
Jiang Ran and Xiao Zheng sat in the house all night, talking about the plague without stopping.
When Yishou Palace first closed its doors, no one else in the palace showed symptoms of the disease except the Queen Mother. But not long after, an imperial doctor actually fell down, and for a while, people in the palace were even more panic-stricken.
The source of the plague has not yet been identified. They don't know what else to do to deal with the plague except isolating the patients, smoking them with herbs, and pouring strong alcohol on them to disinfect.
At dawn, another shocking news came from the palace.
The Queen Mother, whose condition had stabilized and whose life was not in danger for the time being, actually... died.
Now Xiao Zheng could no longer stay in the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion. Xiao Zheng and Jiang Ran, who had not slept all night, forcibly cheered up and returned to the palace.
In the Yishou Palace, the Queen Mother was lying quietly on the bed. The skin on her body had quickly turned pale. Xiao Zheng was sitting by the bed, feeling mixed for a moment.
His relationship with the Queen Mother could not be said to be good or bad, but since the Queen Mother died like this, he still felt... a little depressed.
The Queen Mother looked weird from the time she got sick to the time she died. Jiang Ran was worried about letting Xiao Zheng stay near the Queen Mother's body for too long, so he stepped forward and persuaded him to leave.
The death of the Queen Mother was a big event, but with this plague raging, the funeral could only be kept simple.
Jiang Ran helped Xiao Zheng, busy dealing with the death of the Queen Mother and the intensifying plague in the palace.
Jiang Ran stayed in the palace for a short time, only one day passed, but the choking smell of herbs and spirits seemed to stay on his clothes forever.
As expected, Shen Zening and Bai Yang received Jiang Ran's paper crane on the afternoon of the second day after they sent the message to Jiang Ran.
The paper crane flew across two continents, and it didn't look like it was in good condition. When Shen Zening opened the window, it collapsed on the windowsill with a bang, and it just lay there and turned into a letter.
Jiang Ran wrote in the letter that since the end of last year, people have been getting sick one after another. At first, he looked pale and had a high fever that could not be reduced no matter what method he used. In the end, the fever made him completely delirious and he did not even recognize his relatives.
Severely ill patients died within a few days of high fever, while the remaining ones who were still alive had more air coming out and less air coming in, and they could survive one day at a time.
During the Chinese New Year, the rate of infection of this fever-causing disease slowed down. He thought the strange disease was about to end, but when spring started, it actually recurred.
Officials have not yet been able to find the source of the disease, so they can only isolate the patients in the city to the suburbs.
Shen Zening thought of the infectious diseases that had occurred in modern times. Isolation was indeed a good method, but the conditions in the ancient plane were insufficient. I was afraid there was no way to disinfect the isolation place well, so he thought about whether to send some disinfection to Jiang Ran. Supplies past.
He is not a doctor, and after much thought, he can only provide help in disinfecting items.
In addition to these two items, there are also protective masks, medical gloves, etc. Let’s pack them up and send them over too.
"Mr. Shen, you are such a good person." The system helped Shen Zening and merchants from other dimensions place orders, and said smoothly while looking at the amount on the order.
"Good people and bad people are just normal people." Shen Zening sighed, "The outbreak of the plague is a big deal. How can we just watch so many people die? If we can help a little, we can count on it." The system He
sorted out the orders and sent them to the cooperating merchants one by one. While sending them, he asked Shen Zening: "But Mr. Shen, you have ordered so many medical supplies. How will you deliver them when the time comes? When the goods arrive, I can only deliver them here." Go to the hotel."
"I'll find someone to drive there in a flying boat." Bai Yang said, "Jiang Ran came out of the demon world after all. It's impossible to leave him alone."
Shen Zening continued to browse the system mall. Hearing the words, he responded: "Okay, but the flying boat needs to be bigger. There are so many supplies that the small flying boat can't hold. By the way, Tong'er, when will those supplies be delivered?" "It will take
three to five days, right? Mr. Shen, I just communicated with those merchants a minute ago. It will definitely take some time to wait for the goods to be ready, shipped, and delivered," the system said.
Three to five days is very fast.
Shen Zening thought about it and stopped urging the system.
After they sent the paper crane to Jiang Ran, they did not send any more messages. They just told Jiang Ran that when the purchased materials were ready to be shipped, they would send someone to deliver the things to him in a flying boat. Then go get it outside Yaoying City.
But the strange thing is that it has been two days since the paper crane was sent out, but he and Bai Yang have not received any news from Jiang Ran.
Because the Queen Mother died of a sudden illness and her death was so sudden, the palace was not prepared for the burial. Even the coffin was being made. At this moment, the Queen Mother's body was still lying on the bed in the palace, and her mouth was Embalming materials were put in, and palace officials came every day to check on the decaying condition of the Queen Mother's body.
Compared with Dongzhou, the weather in Nanzhou is already hotter. Even if spring has just begun, the clothes on everyone's body are much lighter than in other places.
The palace wanted to ensure that the Queen Mother was buried with dignity, and someone was always paying attention to the corpse spots on the Queen Mother's body.
But after the death of the Queen Mother, several days passed. Not to mention the corpse spots on her body, her face only looked paler. Like a recently deceased corpse, there was no rancid smell coming from her body.
While the palace officials felt it was strange, they also thought it might be because their anti-corrosion measures were well done.
However, the series of strange actions before the death of the Queen Mother still left a big shadow in everyone's heart, not to mention the palace maid who was spit out blood by the Queen Mother. Wake up with a start.
Except for daily routine inspections, the rest of the time, the palace people did not dare to approach the Queen Mother's bedroom.
Fortunately, due to the plague, the coffin was not ready and the mourning hall could not be built. His Majesty did not require the palace attendants in Yishou Palace to keep vigil day and night. Only the palace attendants who went to check on the body would enter the dormitory.
Today, it was a young eunuch who looked young to see the condition of the Queen Mother's body.
The windows of the dormitory were closed, and no sunlight came in. It looked gloomy. The little eunuch swallowed and shook his legs to get closer to the Queen Mother's bed.
He lifted the curtain beside the bed and took a quick glance. Seeing that the Queen Mother looked the same as before, with no disgusting corpse spots on her face, he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly lowered the curtain.
The little eunuch still held the incense prepared for the Queen Mother's bedroom to cover up the smell of corpses, but he was afraid in his heart and lowered the curtain too quickly. The edge of the curtain suddenly swept across the tray in his hand, and the things on it were The incense touched the ground and spread all over the place.
He panicked, and cold sweat started to flow from his forehead. He whispered something like "The Queen Mother has offended you and disturbed you so much that I can't help but calm down." He knelt down to collect the incense on the ground.
The things on the tray were swept to the ground and rolled everywhere. The little eunuch cleaned up the area around the Queen Mother's bed. When he saw the lid of an incense burner not far away, he leaned forward to get it.
He had his back to the bed at the moment, and he was thinking about packing up and leaving here quickly. Naturally, he didn't hear the slightest movement from the bed, nor did he notice that the curtain beside the bed suddenly swayed twice.
Just when the little eunuch was unaware, a blue-white hand stretched out from the curtain.
The lid of the incense burner fell in an awkward position, under the large floor-standing candlestick.
The shape of the candlestick is a Suzaku spreading its wings, and the feathers on its body are also carved lifelike. The small candlestick holding the candle is surrounded below the Suzaku. When it is lit, from a distance, the Suzaku seems to be soaring in the fire. From average.
The little eunuch had no time to appreciate this at this time. He stretched out his hand with difficulty, avoiding the small candlestick and touching the lid of the incense burner.
After struggling for a long time, he finally touched the corner of the incense burner lid, leaned forward, and successfully took it out.
"Great, I finally got it."
The little eunuch breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the lid of the incense burner with the hem of his clothes. When he was about to turn around, he suddenly heard a strange sound of footsteps coming from behind him, and...a strange "ho!" "Hoo" sound.
He was immediately frightened and froze in place. He shook his body and turned around, only to see the Queen Mother, who had been dead for many days, wearing a shroud and with her head lowered, standing not far behind him.
The little eunuch was horrified, trembling and speechless.
As soon as he let go of his hand, the lid of the incense burner fell to the ground, and the fragments flew everywhere. A crisp sound resounded in the empty bedroom, like thunder in the little eunuch's ears.
One of the fragments flew directly to the feet of the Queen Mother.
When the Queen Mother heard the noise, she slowly raised her head. On her pale face, the whites of her eyes could not be seen, and they were all filled with black. Her eyes, as if filled with thick ink, quickly locked onto the little eunuch.
The Queen Mother made a vague and strange sound from her mouth, which was like the roar of a wild animal. She rushed towards the little eunuch very fast.
The words "fraudulent corpse" kept popping up in the little eunuch's mind. He wanted to run away, but his feet gave way and he fell straight to the ground.
The Queen Mother rushed in front of the little eunuch, staring at him with her dark, inhuman eyes. Amidst the frightened screams of the little eunuch, she bit his shoulder.