"Anthrax...... What is the epidemic? The Emperor was unfamiliar with the name.

"It is commonly known as carbuncle, and if livestock get this disease, it is called huang." Taohua had expected the emperor to ask, "But anthrax is actually different from ordinary carbuncles, if it is expressed in the texture, it is carbuncle, but if it invades the lungs, it will be cold and high fever and chest pain and cough, invade the intestines and cause diarrhea and vomiting, and invade the head and cause convulsions and coma." It's just that most of it is expressed in the texture, so it is regarded as a carbuncle. ”

The emperor compared what she said with the fold handed by the northwest, and his face couldn't help but change: "It's so powerful? What kind of medicine should be used to cure it? ”

Taohua smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from the emperor, if the disease is in the texture, most of it can be cured, if the disease enters the five organs or even the skull, I am afraid that the group of doctors will be restrained." ”

For the treatment of anthrax, intramuscular injection of penicillin is the first choice, followed by a series of antibiotics such as streptomycin and chloramphenicol, but Taohua does not have any. All she can use is traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions such as Qingwen Septic Drink, but the effect is far less good than that of antibiotic injections.

"You can't help it?" The emperor was a little incredulous, "Then you still want to go to the northwest?" "There is no way to cure the epidemic, if you go, you will be sent to death?

"The disease is more important than prevention, and the source of the epidemic must be found and dealt with so that the epidemic will not spread. Otherwise, it will intensify and will be out of control. "The spores of Bacillus anthracis are vigorous, and ordinary treatment methods cannot completely kill them, even if they are cured this time, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not occur again next time.

The emperor looked at Taohua and didn't know what to say: "Do you know what kind of crime it will be if I send you and you can't cure the epidemic?" ”

"Why does the emperor need to send his courtiers?" Taohua smiled, "The prince's family is in the northwest, since I am married to the prince, I should follow him to visit the elders, and when I see the epidemic, I naturally have to do my best." Of course, she knows that if she can't cure this disease, how many people are waiting to charge her, she is not so stupid. When I entered the palace today, I had to make it clear to the emperor first, I couldn't make it hard for half a day, and I had to carry the black pot when I came back.

The emperor's brows furrowed: "This is not a trivial matter. ”

Taohua also said: "The courtiers know, so they entered the palace regardless of the rules to explain this matter to the emperor." "It is said that today she should dress neatly and enter the palace to meet the queen mother and the emperor, and then go to the temple to worship the ancestors, so that she can be recognized as a member of the royal family, instead of running to see the emperor in homely clothes like now.

The emperor looked at the two in front of him. Shen Shu didn't like to wear red in the past, although he had to be crowned the queen of the county and wear it as red, but if it wasn't for the previous dynasty, he would never wear it. Although it is a homely dress today, it is rare to use dark red material, standing next to Taohua in a red long jacket, and the indescribable harmony matches.

After all, it's not Xia's. The Emperor sighed secretly in his heart. In the face of the epidemic in the northwest, even after bluntly saying that it was difficult to treat, Jiang still stood with his back straight and did not have any timidity. In contrast, if Xia is a peach blossom in the spring of March, then Jiang is a green bamboo in the harsh winter, but this green bamboo is wrapped with some flowers, which often makes people only notice the bright color, and it is not until the cold and snow fly that the tenacity of the bamboo will be discovered.

"What do you need?" The Emperor asked slowly.

Taohua had already written a list and immediately handed it to the emperor. In addition to the medicinal materials that need to be treated, there is mainly a large amount of lime and other materials, which are used to disinfect the contaminated site and kill the anthrax bacillus as much as possible.

"Clear the plague and poison drink?" The emperor had never heard of this name, "Is it your recipe?" ”

Qingwen Septic Drink is a prescription only in the Qing Dynasty, and other medicinal materials are just that, rhino horn is a precious medicinal material, without the emperor, Taohua can not get so much.

"It's a recipe contained in the predecessors, with some adjustments......," Taohua said vaguely, "If you don't have rhino horns, you can replace them with buffalo horns, but the dosage needs to be increased." ”

This year, cattle can't be slaughtered casually, let alone get a lot of horns, Taohua doesn't have the ability.

The emperor frowned and looked at it for a while, and handed the list to Du Neijian: "Order them to prepare quickly, and those who are insufficient will be dispatched along the road and sent to the northwest!" And according to the note on the list, people quickly spread the news to the northwest first. ”

The news from Kuaima was mainly to instruct how to isolate different patients, and to immediately investigate the source of the spread of the disease, and to deal with various things that may have been contaminated to extinguish the channels of epidemic transmission.

"When are you leaving?"

"I'll leave tomorrow." Shen Shu replied, "The ministers and the others can go all the way and purchase some medicinal materials. "There are many people in the capital, and if you wait for everything to be prepared in the capital before you set off, it will be too late to get to the northwest.

The emperor wanted to say something, but the words came to his mouth and swallowed back, only sighing: "You two must be careful." ”

Shen Shu and Taohua's entry into the palace naturally can't be hidden. The queen was originally ready to come to visit Taohua today, but she didn't wait for anyone to come, but she heard that she left the palace after seeing the emperor, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed: "What kind of system is this!" If you don't come to worship the Queen Mother, and you don't go to the temple to see you, don't you think that if you become a parent, you will be considered the princess of the county? ”

According to the next ceremony, marriage is only the end of the ceremony of husband and wife, and in the people, you have to worship your in-laws, and go to the family temple to put your name on the family tree, which is considered the gift of becoming a woman. If you have never worshiped the ancestral hall, even if you have been in the cave house, the woman can only be sent back to her mother's ancestor for burial if she dies, which is called "unmarried woman".

In the royal family, it is necessary to worship the Taimiao, and to get the title to be a real "princess of the county", otherwise it is just an empty title, and it is not even easy to say that the serious grade is actually not good.

"Go and tell the Zongren Mansion-" Before the queen finished speaking, she saw that the face of the person in the personal palace was difficult, and she couldn't help but stop the second half of the sentence, "What?" ”

"As soon as the king of Anjun and the princess of the county left the palace, the emperor asked the princess of the county to take the seal of the princess of the county to use the treasure and send it to the palace of the county princess." Niangniang no longer needs to ask the Zongren Mansion to pinch the princess of the county, the emperor has already expected it.

The queen was so angry that she leaned back and didn't speak. With the official seal, the Jiang family is a serious first-class respect, and when he goes out, he has the confidence to speak and do things, and the emperor is very thoughtful.

It was like a frying pan in the Tai Hospital, and several Tai Doctors were talking about the Qing Plague and Septic Drink, as well as the newly heard anthrax.

"It makes sense to clear away heat and detoxify. But the so-called carbuncle into the five organs and even the head, what is the language? What is the book? ”

"yes, yes. If we don't see a patient, how can we know that this is a disease? If you go to the northwest and know the big mistake, what should you do? ”

The royal envoy frowned and looked at these people: "Naturally, I have to go to the northwest to have a look." Since you also said that the prescription for clearing heat and detoxifying is reasonable, the medicinal materials naturally have to be prepared in advance, can't you wait until you go to see it and then come back to call it? ”

Someone whispered: "There is rhino horn in this prescription, how many rhino horns do you have to use to save the epidemic......"

Rhino horn is a very valuable medicinal material, even if there are not many in the imperial pharmacy, but it is for the use of the emperor and queen mother, and ordinary concubines are not qualified to use this medicine, let alone save those ordinary people?

"Don't you want to profit from it......" someone next to him whispered. The last time the two counties of Lantian and Luonan were treated with the epidemic, wasn't there someone who wanted to make a fortune who was pulled out and beheaded? That time, the princess of the county made all the accounts public, and no one found any drawbacks from it, but this time it was far away, in the territory of the Marquis of Dingbei, who knows what will happen?

"It's the epidemic in the northwest, will it be ......?" the man was stunned by the hospital envoy halfway through his words.

"Since you suspect that there is no epidemic in the northwest, it is better for you to go this time." The envoy said coldly. This idea is too despicable, and it is suspected that the Marquis of Dingbei lied about the epidemic, and then united with the Anjun Wang and his wife to make a fortune.

"There is an old mother in Xiaguan's family, and she is sick, so you can't stay away from Xiaguan for a moment......" The man immediately coaxed. Don't say it's an epidemic area, just say that it's the northwest, and he doesn't dare to go to war with the Beiban at this time of year.

The envoy said with a straight face: "If the official is not mistaken, Lingtang is an old disease of the waist and legs, and he is served by Mrs. Zun." "The old lady is sick, but she is serving her daughter-in-law, and it has nothing to do with this person.

The man was speechless, and said with a smile on his face: "The envoy also knows, Xiaguan is now serving Lanxiu Palace, and the eldest princess has been feeling a little unwell recently, and Xiaguan is really ......."

Lanxiu Palace is Yu Zhaorong's residence. Speaking of which, Yu Zhaorong has been unfavored for a long time, but because she gave birth to the emperor's only child, the eldest princess, all kinds of examples are superior.

The eldest princess is six years old this year, but her body has always been weak, and she has to take medicine every now and then. Fang just said that this Tai Yi is mediocre, he only has some achievements in pediatrics, and he has been treating the eldest princess well over the years, so Lanxiu Palace also values him, and it is indeed inseparable.

The envoy also knew about this, so he was just trying to scare him, and then he glared at him and turned his head to ask the others, "Which of you would like to go to the northwest?" "Originally, he was the envoy of the hospital who was responsible for the treatment of the epidemic, but the northwest is thousands of miles away, and it is not better than the two counties of Luonan and Lantian that are next to the capital, at his age, he can run away half his life if he goes to the northwest, let alone the treatment of the epidemic, I am afraid that it will cause trouble to people.

At this moment, the imperial doctor didn't move, and after looking at each other for a while, someone began to speak one after another: "The lower officials serve the Qunxiang Palace, and Wang Chongrong has been feeling a little unwell recently......

"Xia Guan has a cold disease in his legs, and it is a little inconvenient to move around when it is cold, which is really ......"

"Xia Guan only has a little experience in gynecology, and he is not good at treating carbuncles......

The court envoy sneered twice, and everyone was silenced by laughter: "In this way, this time the epidemic in the northwest is going to let the emperor confer the princess of Anjun as the court judge?" ”

A group of imperial doctors, on weekdays, look down on their peers, the emperor temporarily sealed a court judgment for the princess of the county, which caused a group of people to jump up and down, until the epidemic subsided and the emperor withdrew the title of this court judgment, which was considered to be stopped. Something is happening now, and you're going to be a shrunken turtle again?

To be honest, the hospital made itself feel ashamed. If he wasn't really old, he really wanted to go to the northwest, at least he couldn't tell outsiders to say that there were a bunch of such things in the Tai Hospital, so where was his face as an envoy?

Everyone in the room was so ridiculed by the envoy that their faces were hot. At the beginning, the emperor named Jiang as the court judge, and Jiang was still a doctor at that time, and it was reasonable to talk about being ordered to come to danger. Now that the Jiang family is already the princess of the county, let the princess hang the title of hospital judge to treat the epidemic, this matter will be known to the world, won't it highlight the incompetence of the hospital? However, after thinking about it, no one is willing to stand up and say that they are willing to go to the northwest.

The envoy waited for a long time, and saw that everyone was like frosted flowers with their heads down, and there were two imperial doctors who were not reused on weekdays and did not have any concubines on their chins, and they almost wanted to lower their heads in the crotch of their trousers, with a look of fear that he would bully the soft and afraid that the two of them would be sent to the northwest.

As soon as he left, the room came alive, and the one who climbed Yu Zhaorong made a grimace and whispered: "Whoever goes to the northwest is a fool." That side is the territory of Dingbei Hou, even if you risk your life at that time, he said that you are not effective in curing the epidemic, you can't do anything, right? ”

These words resonated instantly, and everyone said, "That's it!" Of course, Princess Anjun is not afraid, that is the nephew and daughter-in-law of the Marquis of Dingbei! ”

There are also people who rush to the person who serves Yu Zhaorong: "Brother, you serve Yu Zhaorong, maybe when the time comes, Dingbei Hou will see you unpleasantly, saying that you are delaying the treatment of the epidemic, and it is not impossible to cut it with a click." ”

This one actually wants to climb up to the Yu family in the palace, but she can't compare to that one in pediatrics, and she can't hold the leg of the eldest princess. He is good at geriatrics, and his medical skills are really good, but there is a hospital envoy above him, and the queen mother can't see him in her eyes.

Although the one knew that he was mocking, but thinking that it was really possible if he went to the northwest, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and with a hehe twice, he lifted the medicine box and slipped away.

The hospital envoy strode out of the house, and was about to walk out of the hospital, when someone suddenly came from the side: "My lord, the lower official is willing to go to the northwest." ”

The envoy looked at him in surprise. This person's surname is Gu Mingcong, who used to be inconspicuous in the Tai Hospital, but he is an eight-rank official, and he does not fix which concubine he serves, but only diagnoses those low-ranking concubines such as the Baolin Imperial Maiden. It's just that a few days ago, after Zhao Chongyi became pregnant, this person was promoted by the emperor and often went in and out of the Chunhua Palace.

After Zhao Chongyi gave birth to a deformed fetus, this Gu Cong was beaten back to his original form, and he was still silent on duty every day. But the so-called from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift is difficult, Gu Cong himself is still the same as before, but others are not like this. At that time, there were several imperial doctors who wanted to go to the Chunhua Hall to serve but did not succeed, and they sneered at him from time to time, although the envoy stopped him a few times, but he couldn't keep an eye on the hospital, so Gu Cong was still angry in private.

However, the envoy of the hospital had a good eye, but he saw something from it - Zhao Chongyi's pregnancy was a big deal, and it was even enough to affect the situation in the palace, how many people wanted to take the opportunity to go to the Zhao family, but in the end, it was this Gu Cong who went to Chunhua Palace. Although he was not the only one who served the Chunhua Hall at that time, this still proves that Gu Cong was the person trusted by the emperor. Until Zhao Chongyi's accident, although Gu Cong began to sit on the cold bench as before, the emperor did not punish him.

The hospital envoy has been in the Tai Hospital for nearly forty years, and he often thinks more than others, and when these things are linked, he looks at Gu Cong a little differently, and thinks that he will have a chance in the future. In this case, if Gu Cong didn't speak, this errand to the northwest might not be his turn. At this time, he jumped out by himself, which really surprised the envoy.

"You want to go to the Northwest? You're specialized in gynecology, aren't you? ”

"Xia Guan has a little income from the women's department, but the ancestors passed it on to treat carbuncles, or they can do their best in the northwest epidemic. And the princess of the county has excellent medical skills, and the lower officials also want to follow the left and right, so as to get one or two pointers. ”

Speaking of the princess's medical skills, the court envoy also admired. However, Gu Cong is a man, and it is a little inappropriate to say this: "It would be best if you wanted to go, but the princess of the county is not a doctor after all, you still have to be cautious." "Don't look at you unpleasantly when the prince of the county comes, give you a secret loss to eat in the northwest, you will have to walk around without eating.

Naturally, the news of the epidemic in the northwest quickly spread to Shouxian Palace, and the Queen Mother leaned there and let Qingyu rub her forehead, and said slowly: "You say, is the matter in the northwest true or false?" ”

Qingyu didn't understand what she meant, and said, "Such a big thing, can't you fake it?" ”

The Queen Mother sneered: "The sky is high and the emperor is far away, how can you not fake it?" What carbuncle enters the five internal organs, although I don't know medical skills, but I also know that pulmonary carbuncle and intestinal carbuncle are different, not to mention what carbuncle enters the skull, how can it be the same disease? Jiang thinks that he has some medical skills, and what he says will be believed by everyone in the world? ”

Qingyu was still a little puzzled: "What does Niangniang mean, is it that the epidemic in the northwest is fake?" But - what is the purpose of Dingbei Hou's hypothesis? ”

"Who knows." The Queen Mother said slowly, "Maybe it's to urge the household department to allocate salaries and create this epidemic, so that the emperor will feel that the border is tight and dare not default on the food and wages." Or, at all, to take this opportunity to let the fourth child return to the northwest. ”

Qingyu didn't dare to say anything. The Queen Mother has always wanted to take the opportunity of marriage to keep Shen Shu in the capital and separate him from the Marquis of Dingbei, so when the first Cui family was unadaptable, she just let it go and delayed Shen Shu's marriage date again and again. Later, when Cui's died, he readily agreed to Shen Shu to keep it for his fiancée for a year. However, at this time, there was an epidemic in the northwest, and the Jiang family wanted to go to treat the epidemic, and King Anjun, as a husband, came from the northwest, so he naturally had to go back, which no one could find fault.

If you think about it this way, it seems that what the Queen Mother said also makes sense, although - this speculation is really cold-blooded.

"What does the lady mean, don't you let the princess go?"

The Queen Mother frowned: "According to her, she is already the princess of the county, and it is too unseemly to show her head like this." However, this is not very tenable, it is an epidemic, if it is said that in the past, as a doctor and a woman, she could still cure the epidemic, and the people of the two counties had to set up a shrine, and now she marries into the emperor's family and doesn't care whether the people live or die, can you listen to this?

Qingyu said carefully: "The princess of the county is also for the people of the northwest......"

The Queen Mother was a little irritable: "I naturally know!" "But Shen Shu returned to the northwest, like a dragon returning to the sea, and if he wanted to drag him back to the capital to be trapped, I am afraid that there would be no such good reason.

Qingyu saw that the Queen Mother's brows were furrowed again, and she hurriedly increased the strength in her hand and said, "Niangniang, don't worry about these things anymore." The Northwest Frontier is an important place, and if something goes wrong, it will be a big deal. Now that the princess of the county is willing to go, she will be able to keep the northwest safe. If it's ...... case"

If the Queen Mother blocks it, if there is a problem in the northwest, the Queen Mother will not be able to escape the responsibility, and now everything depends on the King of Anjun, and if there is a problem in the northwest, it will be the matter of the relatives of the Dingbei Hou family. The Queen Mother slowly relaxed her brows: "That's what you said, then let them go." It's just that you need to send someone over to investigate, don't be coaxed by the Yin family. ”

Qingyu smiled: "That's a bully." ”

The Queen Mother sneered with her half-closed eyes. A while ago, there was a lot of turmoil in Shandong, if she could catch the handle of the Dingbei Hou Mansion this time, I don't think she would let it go gently.

"Go, go, go, go. If this epidemic is not cured...... Heh-"

The epidemic was as urgent as a spark, and Taohua could only go back to Jiang's house with Shen Shu when everyone in the house was packing and packing their things.

The third day of marriage is the time to return to the door, and the bride goes home the next day, usually because something went wrong and is returned by the man, so the people on the door were all startled when they saw the carriage of the county king's mansion arrive, and hurriedly sent a letter inside.

Jiang Xi was teaching Jiang Bohua to write, and he was also taken aback when he heard the words, only Jiang Bohua heard that his sister was back, and he was so happy that he threw the pen and jumped off the chair and ran out. Last night, he found out that his sister would not come back in the future, and he cried at the top of his throat for half the night.

Jiang Xi ran out with his son, and saw two people walking in under the surrounding, Jiang Bohua rushed up: "Sister! ”

Taohua bent down to pick up the little fat man who was pulling her skirt, and her eyes were red when she saw it: "Brother Bai'er, what's wrong?" ”

"Sister is not leaving!" Jiang Bohua's mouth flattened, "Don't get married!" "I used to say that my sister's marriage was a happy event, but that day he only saw his sister dressed up so good-looking, how did he know that he would not be able to see it anymore when he became a parent?

Taohua couldn't cry or laugh, Shen Shu smiled and stretched out his hand to take the little fat man over, but he was hit by Jiang Bohua's fierce eyes, and tried to kick him with his little short legs.

"Brother Baier!" Taohua reluctantly put the little fat man down, stretching her legs and kicking her feet like this, she really couldn't hold it, "Don't be rude." "Children can't get into the habit of beating people.

Jiang Bohua pulled her skirt and didn't let go, and was picked up by Shen Shu and lifted it into the air a few times: "Brother Bai'er is reluctant to sister? ”

The little fat man's heart swayed in the anger of losing his sister and the excitement of being lifted high, and finally felt that it was more important for his sister: "Don't you lift!" My sister won't go with you either. You're the bad guy! ”

Shen Shu laughed and threw the little fat man into the air a few more times. Cao had just received the news and came out from behind, first heard his son say that the prince of the county was a bad person, and then saw the prince of the county throwing his son into the air, he was so frightened that he wanted to step forward and take his son down but he didn't dare, so he was so anxious that he stomped his feet.

Jiang Bohua was thrown several times in a row, and finally forgot that it was a bad guy who threw him, and giggled. Taohua looked at him, and couldn't help but smile, then turned to Jiang Xi and said, "Dad, there is an epidemic in the northwest, and the prince and I will leave for the northwest tomorrow." I was going to call someone to deliver you a letter, but the prince said that he still wanted to come in person, so he should return to the door early. ”