The death caused by pox in the northwest turned out not to be a problem with the pox itself, but because of the emergence of a batch of false pox vaccines.

The news was transmitted back to the capital and caused two reactions.

One is a sigh of relief: there is no problem with the original method of planting pox, which is great. Of course, there are many people who still have doubts, and they are ready to wait and see even if they start planting acne again.

The other is to put aside the problem of the pox method and start to attack Dingbeihou: Why was the fake pox vaccine made and mixed into the real pox vaccine? The Marquis of Dingbei did not send the official who received the fake pox vaccine to the capital, but he robbed his house and beheaded him in the northwest, is he covering up the truth? There are even people who don't know where to get the news, and they hype that the official is actually colluding with some generals in the Northwest Army, otherwise how did the method of making pox vaccines spread?

Things are in an uproar, but generally speaking, everyone will always choose the part that is closely related to their own interests to pay attention to, for example, Liu Zhijing, what he is most concerned about now is not whether the military power in the northwest is lost, but the matter of pox, can it still be successful?

Chen Yan whispered: "My sister is already going to give Bai Ge'er pox." Cao cried like his father had died, but it was useless, and the Anjun palace had already begun to show up the matter, and in order to verify the effect, they also collected smallpox patients or clothes that had been worn by patients.

Liu Zhijing stood under the porch in a daze. It's almost May, and the wind is warm. Although the Liu family's house is small, there is also a rose in the corner of the wall, with a few white flowers, and the fragrance seems to have been fermented by the sun, spreading wantonly.

However, in such a summer day, Liu Zhijing felt a little cold in his heart. He hadn't been to the pox clinic for at least twenty days, and the resignation papers had been handed in, although Jiang Jun had never approved it, but everyone knew that he had actually quit the errand. However, at this time, Princess Anjun is back again, and she is going to continue to promote pox, this, this is simply playing with him!

"Husband, otherwise, or ......" Chen Yan didn't know what to say for a long time. Said she went to ask Taohua? Forget it, I'm afraid she won't even be able to see Taohua's people now.

Liu Zhijing knew what she didn't say, and couldn't help but say a little impatiently: "That's it, you go and decoct the medicine." "Why did he look at the wrong person in the first place? Everything is shrewd, but who knew that there was a fight on it, and the pheasant was mistaken for a phoenix.

Chen Yan lowered her head gloomily and turned around to go to the kitchen. In the past few years in the Jiang family, she has studied calligraphy, painting and poetry hard, but when she arrived at the Liu family, she somehow was useless, such as burning fire and decoction to cook and serve the sick. She had never done any of this in the Jiang family, and if it weren't for the help of daylilies and wolfberries, she was afraid that she wouldn't even be able to make a meal. In the past, Taohua often cooked soup and snacks, and she secretly looked down on it, but now she knows that these things are useful.

It's just that now those who can't cook have to work under the kitchen every day, and there are many people around them who can cook.

Liu Zhijing didn't care what Chen Yan was thinking, he paced a few steps irritably under the porch, and a thought arose in his heart: If not, go back to the pox plant? Although this move is a bit too spineless, Jiang Jun did not approve his submission, and it is not considered that he has left the pox, if ......

"Ahem-" A violent coughing sound from the room interrupted Liu Zhijing's thoughts, and he hurriedly walked into the house: "Mother, are you awake?" ”

Mrs. Liu was much haggard. As long as people want to cough when they are awake, they can't stop at the beginning, and it is impossible for anyone not to be haggard after such a day. Liu Zhijing supported her with one hand and stroked her back with the other, until Mrs. Liu coughed heartbreakingly and her face was flushed, and she barely stopped.

Liu Zhijing hurriedly took a licorice loquat pill from the plate next to him and gave it to Mrs. Liu: "Chen's medicine is gone, mother will wait first." ”

Mrs. Liu took the licorice pill in her mouth, gasped for breath for a long time, and felt a trace of coolness gradually in her throat, so she dared to speak: "How did I hear your daughter-in-law say, Princess Jun, she is back again, and that kind of pox has become a matter again?" ”

Liu Zhijing sighed: "Mother, don't worry about these things, and rest for a long time." Mrs. Liu took a cold bath by herself and had a serious illness, and she was about to get better after taking the medicine, but she was afraid that her son would have to go back to the pox place if she got better, so she quietly stopped the medicine.

Originally, stopping the drug was actually not a big deal, if it was taken intermittently, but it was better and slower. Mrs. Liu didn't pay much attention to herself, and woke up in the middle of the night a few days ago to see that it was raining outside, and I was afraid that the salted meat hanging under the eaves was in the water, and she ran out to collect the meat without even putting on a jacket, and she caught a cold again.

This old disease is not healed and a new disease is added, and the two can come seriously together, Lang Zhong shook his head when he came to diagnose the pulse again, saying that he didn't know how to maintain it when he was old, and he would turn into tuberculosis. Liu Zhijing didn't believe it at first, but Mrs. Liu didn't get up again as soon as she fell this time, but he couldn't help but believe it.

"Hey-" Old Lady Liu looked remorseful, "It's all to blame, I shouldn't have made my own decisions in the first place, cough-cough-" This time I coughed, but the licorice pills didn't work, and I almost got stuck in my throat.

Liu Zhijing hurriedly patted her on the back and said: "How can I blame my mother, my mother is all for my good." Now my mother can only recuperate with peace of mind, I always have a way. It's really not good, even if I go back, no one will say anything if I think about it. ”

Mrs. Liu shook her head and wanted to speak, but she coughed so much that she couldn't speak, fortunately, Chen Yan came over with the medicine and fed half a bowl in one mouth, so she could barely suppress the cough, and said in a dumb voice: "This, how can I go back?" She no longer knew what was going on outside, and she knew that such capriciousness was impossible.

"If not—" Old Lady Liu's eyes moved to Chen Yan, "Daughter-in-law, you should go back and beg your sister." The princess of the county also came to check my pulse, but she was really sick, which dragged Jing'er down. ”

Chen Yan didn't want to go, but she really didn't have the slightest certainty: "Sister, she ...... is preparing to plant pox for Bai Ge'er...... "This time the pox Taohua is not arranged in the county king's mansion, but in the Xingjiao Temple in the capital, clean up a meditation room, and give Jiang Baihua pox over there." At the same time, 100 children of similar age will be recruited and vaccinated in three batches for free in the temple.

So far, in the northwest, the fee for pox is 100 wen per child. It doesn't look like much, but it is the price in the northwest, and according to the local prices, when you get to the capital, I am afraid it will at least triple it.

Don't look at the capital is a prosperous and rich place, no matter how rich the place is, there are poor people, 300 Wen a child, not everyone can afford it, not to mention that there is more than one child in some families, who are you planting for or not?

In this way, as soon as the Anjun Wangfu said that they would give pox for free, even if there were still doubts about pox outside, many people immediately signed up for the application. They thought very simply: the younger brother of the princess of the county also wants to plant it, and this batch of pox seedlings must be the best, and it must be the safest to plant.

One hundred free places immediately stirred up the entire capital, and even some people who were not short of money were signing up, and their thoughts were the same: with the younger brother of the princess of the county, it must be the safest.

However, this 100 places are not available to anyone casually, Taohua this time is in strict accordance with the precautions for pox seeding advertised before, and a certain selection of children who come to be vaccinated has also been selected: all those who are weak and sick are picked out. However, for sick children, although they were eliminated, Taohua diagnosed them and prescribed medicine, and some really poor families even gave up medicine directly.

This time, there is an endless stream of people who go to Xingjiao Temple - that is, they can't get pox for free, and it's good to get the princess of the county to see a doctor - it makes it like a free clinic, it is simply all over the capital, no one knows, and those who are seen are indispensably praised for the princess's benevolence and charity, and the medicine is cured.

So these days, Taohua is basically staying in Xingjiao Temple, and Chen Yan really can't guarantee that she will be able to see her. Besides, she also understands in her heart that Liu Zhijing has retreated for the second time - the first time she didn't see it, it can be said that it was a misunderstanding, but this time she can see it clearly, if Liu Zhijing hadn't shown his intention to retreat, Mrs. Liu would not have made such a fuss - everything can not be done again, Liu Zhijing has gone back on his word again, and it is impossible for anyone to tolerate him again and again.

Mrs. Liu may not have understood this truth in her heart, but seeing Chen Yan's embarrassed face, she couldn't help but get angry again: "You are a worthless thing!" It's still your sister, you-" In the middle of speaking, he suddenly changed his tone, and when Liu Zhijing looked at it urgently, Mrs. Liu's face was already like pig's liver, and she choked violently, and even coughed up blood foam on her lips.

"Quick, please Lang Zhong!"

was annoyed by the pox, of course, the queen and the queen mother in the palace. The summer days are long and boring, and the two aunts and nephews can only talk in the Shouxian Palace to pass the time, but when it comes to this, a few words can't get around the Jiang family.

"Queen Mother, what happened to the Cui family...... "The queen still doesn't give up on the side concubine," is the Cui family really crazy? ”

The Queen Mother was very reluctant to talk about this topic, because this was the second time she had lost to Shen Shu. The imperial doctor kept going to Cui's house, but most of the time Cui Youwan drank the soothing decoction and fell asleep, and occasionally when she woke up, she looked a little sluggish, not like crazy, but not mental, but like crazy.

However, whether it is crazy or stupid, this Cui Jimin's Qiqi is about to pass, and the auspicious period selected by Qin Tianjian is coming, such a side concubine, how can you send it to the Anjun Palace? Mrs. Cui has already resigned from this family affair, claiming that "the little girl suddenly suffered from a vicious disease, and it is not enough to serve the king of the county", begged to revoke the marriage contract, and allowed the Cui family to return to their hometown, so that Cui Youwan will be old at home for the rest of her life - although she has never married, she has already promised the children of the royal family, and Cui Youwan will not be able to marry others again in her life.

"The emperor has already promised." and also gave some generous things, even if it was to cover up the rumors of retaliation due to the private murder of the maidservant, and save the face of the Cui family.

The queen was angry: "The emperor is clearly eccentric-"

"That's it!" The Queen Mother stopped her in a low voice, "There are more important things now." "Compared to dividing the military power in the northwest, a side concubine is really insignificant. No one expected that the pox, which made the Jiang family and the Dingbei Hou Mansion extremely beautiful, would have such a loophole for people to drill. If you can't grasp this opportunity, there is no better opportunity!

The queen pursed her lips, but didn't say anything. She also knows how much it will benefit her family if she gets the military power in the northwest. What is even more rare is that the emperor also intends to take the opportunity to weaken the Marquis of Dingbei this time, it seems that the emperor is still afraid of the Yin family and Shen Shu.

"Lu Baolin's fetus has been seven months old, if you want to promote her, you should also start to do it. Otherwise, if you really give birth and then promote your position, who will still see this favor? "The matter of sharing the military power is done by the men outside, and the queen mother can't take care of it no matter how anxious she is, so she has to put it down for the time being and go back to teach the queen a lesson.

As soon as the queen mentioned this, she couldn't help but sulk: "The emperor is too partial to the Yuan family!" "Looking at the emperor's meaning, he really planned to give Lu Baolin's child to Concubine Yuan Shu to raise. What made the queen even more angry was that because of the matter of dividing the military power in the northwest, the emperor and the Yu family agreed on it, and at this moment, Yu Ge Lao did not want to conflict with the emperor again because of raising children, and had already hinted at her.

At present, the Queen Mother has proposed Lu Baolin's promotion to the throne, in fact, this is what it means - don't come with the emperor at this time, as long as you don't let Concubine Yuan Shufei raise children, it's a big deal to hand over to Lu Baolin to raise by himself, anyway, if everyone doesn't have a child in their hands, then the middle palace will always press Zhong Xiugong.

"It's all ready, I'll do it for her this month." The queen actually didn't really want to give Lu Ying any position, but at this time, it could only be like this. The Zhao family is becoming more and more disobedient now, Zhao Chongyi has been moving around with Yuan Shufei recently, and it seems that she wants to join a party, and the queen can't help but be afraid.

"I heard that the emperor will add Enke next year." The Queen Mother sighed, "At this time, you must be at ease." "Next year is the queen's thirtieth birthday, and the emperor gave her an excuse to celebrate the Thousand Autumn Festival, and opened a new branch of autumn festival. This thing sounds like the students are borrowing the light of the queen, but in fact, as long as the main examiner is the emperor's person, of course the person who comes up will be used by the emperor.

The queen said unconvincedly: "If you talk about the main exam, how many of us can't recommend it." "Yu Ge is always a civil minister, and his friends are naturally mostly civil ministers, speaking of the main examination, it is indeed a lot of suitable people in the party.

"The emperor still wants to do martial arts." In this regard, Yu Ge Lao has no one who can take any exam.

"Queen Mother, if the emperor really gave the child to Concubine Yuan Shu...... the queen suddenly felt a little scared, "The emperor is now-" The emperor is now separated from the Yu family, what will the situation become in the future?

A cold light flashed in the queen mother's eyes, but she didn't answer the question, and only glanced at the queen's belly: "Your belly is really not angry." ”

The queen's eyes suddenly turned red. Doesn't she want to give birth? Over the years, how many doctors have been found and how many decoctions have been drunk, everyone said that her body was fine, but she just couldn't give birth. Speaking of which, the emperor was not very close to her, and only came to her palace three or four times a month, and sometimes he didn't—like this, it was normal for her not to be able to give birth. But on the other hand, those little concubines, the emperor is not close to much, and she can still get pregnant, which seems to be abnormal again.

"I think let your father find another suitable person in the clan." The Queen Mother finally said lightly, "It is best to have an imperial heir from the Yu family." "The child born to the concubine surnamed Yu, Concubine Yuan Shu can't even die to the edge, and with such a prince, it is convenient for the Yu family to do whatever they want.

"Send someone in again?" The Queen's eyes immediately widened.

"And what do you want?" The Queen Mother was angry when she saw her like this, and couldn't help but raise her voice, "Can you give birth, or can Yu Zhaorong give birth?" "Don't talk about the queen, Yu Zhaorong hasn't been able to see the emperor for a long time, if it weren't for the eldest princess by his side, it would be no different from living in the cold palace.

The queen pinched her fingers angrily, and said after a while: "If this is the case, the child of the Lu family is not needed." ”

The Queen Mother really wanted to raise her hand and slap her: "You are so confused!" Do you really think that if you drugged Yuan's family, the emperor wouldn't know? "If it weren't for her aftermath, I don't know what the situation would be now.

The queen's eyes suddenly flickered: "What did the queen mother say, I don't understand ......"

The Queen Mother raised her hand and nodded at her, wanting to say something, but felt that it was in vain: "That's it, I won't say more to you." In short, if you dare to make any more moves, you don't need the emperor, I will abolish you first! The daughter of the Yu family has it, and it is not difficult to find another one to replace you. ”

This is actually a bit frightening. The daughters of the Yu clan do have, but the elder Yu Ge has no suitable age now, so if you want to pick one that is qualified to be established for a while, you can't find it at all. But if the queen mother really starts to stop supporting the queen, the emperor can empty her, even if she is not deposed, she has no real power in the middle palace.

The queen was taken aback and couldn't help but feel aggrieved: "Auntie-"

At this time, it will be called aunt. The Queen Mother really didn't want to say more to her: "Anyway, you give me some peace, don't make any more trouble!" "Does the queen know that she has been willful all these years, and what has been the impact on the Yu family? However, I have to blame the Queen Mother herself, always thinking that as long as the queen gives birth to a prince, everything will be decided, so it is up to her, but who would have thought that for more than ten years, the queen has not even given birth to an egg?

The queen agreed stupidly, didn't want to sit down anymore, got up and left. The Queen Mother sighed at her back: "You take a good look at her, the last thing is not allowed to happen again." ”

Qingyu hurriedly responded, and when she saw that the Queen Mother was bored, she rubbed her temples for her, and picked up some good news and told the Queen Mother: "The matter of Uncle Chengen's heir has been decided, and a six-year-old child has been selected, and the ancestral hall will be opened in a few days." The child's mother had already died, and it was enough to give his father some silver. ”

That relative is also very poor, and if he sells his son, he can still get silver and marry a daughter-in-law, why not? And he is a distant relative of the Yu clan, and he doesn't live in the capital at all, and it's thanks to Yu Sirui that he can find him. It's just that the kid looks stupid, he can't read a word at the age of six, and he doesn't look like a promising person.

"I only hope that the child will be stupid and reckless, and there will be no disaster and no trouble to the princess......" The Queen Mother sighed, "It's just inheriting the incense, it's okay to be stupid, it's good to be filial." "Yu Sirui himself is not promising, and he has a title, is it possible to expect his heir to enter the phase? In the coming year, it will be able to continue to worship and sweep.

Qingyu looked at the Queen Mother, who didn't look happy, and hurriedly said one more thing: "The Lord of Nanhua and the Marquis of Jinghai have made a marriage." If the second son of Jiang wins the autumn next year, he will hurry up and do a happy event. ”

The Queen Mother smiled slightly: "In this way, it is also a good thing to add Enke." Heng'er's kid said that his knowledge was good, and he became famous and became a family, so Nanhua was relieved. "The queen mother still has feelings for the Nanhua county lord who was raised by herself, plus Jiang Heng has always been likable, and the Jinghai Hou family is also a peaceful family, although it is not considered to be in the party, and it never causes trouble, the only bad thing is that it has something to do with the Jiang family.

Qingyu saw that she was not good at talking about this matter again. Speaking of which, the vision of the lord of Nanhua is not wrong, the Marquis of Jinghai's mansion is rich and stable, and the character of the eldest girl of Jinghaihou is also visible, as for the princess of Anjun, it has something to do with the princess of Anjun - even the lord of Nanhua himself has been diagnosed and treated by the princess of Anjun, and the marquis of Jinghai is just a little related to the stepmother of the princess of Anjun, and he really can't count anything.

"The slave maid heard that after Pharmacist Jiang went out, the princess of the county even took her younger brother to live in her mansion, and she didn't want to get along with the Cao family...... What's more, in addition to the New Year's Festival in recent years, the Jiang family and the Jinghai Marquis Mansion have not often interacted...... that is, the county prince's mansion and the Lu that year, the Jinghai Marquis Mansion went up, but that time, the daughter-in-law of the Nanhua county lord, Wen, also went.

"This Jiang clan is really capable of stirring up wind and rain!" The more the Queen Mother listened, the more irritable she felt, and her eyes began to bloom again. Think about it, at the beginning, she was a little doctor girl, and she was found by various powerful people to diagnose the pulse, but she came and went as soon as she was recruited, who knew that the sparrow flew on the branch and became a phoenix, and now looking back, it has something to do with this and that family.

"That's it, no more talk." The Queen Mother didn't want to hear about Taohua, "Inquire about the news from outside diligently, and see how things are going in the northwest." "As long as the Yu family can grasp some military power in their hands, a woman in the back house of the Jiang family is nothing.

"It's just a pity that Rui'er is still in the south now...... "If you can get some military power, it will naturally be in Yu Rui's hands to reassure the Yu family the most, but Yu Ruicai has not been transferred to the Fujian Health Center for a long time, so why can't he be transferred to the northwest again." However, when the Japanese invaded the incident, General Lu led the army to pursue, and defeated the Japanese at sea, sinking several ships, which can be regarded as a repayment. The emperor has the intention of defending, even if the party and the masses rise up to attack, they can't pull General Lu off the horse, it's really a toss-up.

"This opportunity in the northwest, we must seize it......" The Queen Mother sighed deeply, if she can't seize the opportunity again, the Yu family will really fall slowly.