When Jiang Xi came to deliver the medicine for the third time, the situation in the two counties had basically calmed down. No new patients are being sent to the village, proving that malaria has been brought under control and is no longer spreading. The old patients are starting to recover, and now half of them have recovered and can go home.

These people are all grateful to Taohua and Shen Shu and others, some of them sent rice, noodles, meat and vegetables after they went back, and some simply stayed to help them take care of the sick, or washed and cooked for Taohua and others. Therefore, when Jiang Xi came over this time, he saw that his daughter was neatly dressed, and she was no longer the same as the dry pickles she had two times before.

But isn't there something wrong with this dress? Jiang Xi looked his daughter up and down - the color was the silver-red that Taohua liked, but it looked a little shorter, and the honeysuckle pattern embroidered on it was gold and silver thread, Taohua had never used such gorgeous and complicated patterns.

"When was this garment made?" Jiang Xi finally couldn't help but ask.

Taohua tugged at the hem of her clothes and smiled: "This is what the prince of the county asked him to buy in the city." The clothes I brought with me have been washed, and they haven't dried yet. Not only new clothes, but Shen Shu also asked Chu Yi to buy a big wooden barrel, so she took a bath last night, and now she felt that her body was several pounds lighter.

Jiang Xi hesitated. This time he looked around for medicine, and the bookkeeper surnamed Wu on the Anjun Wangfu also came to help, and when the two talked the day before yesterday, Wu's bookkeeper's words revealed some meaning, as if to say that the Anjun King wanted to ask Taohua to be a side concubine.

Jiang Xi is straightforward and a little naïve, but not stupid. Especially in the matter of his daughter, he was extra attentive, and Wu Accounts Room only revealed the meaning slightly, and he understood it, but pretended not to hear it, and bypassed the words.

If it was someone else, Jiang Xi would refuse without thinking about it. How could his daughter go and be a concubine? But the other party mentioned King Anjun, and Jiang Xi hesitated a little.

His hesitation was not because of King Anjun's noble status, but because of several contacts, he really felt that King Anjun himself was an excellent young man and would think about people everywhere. If he is asked to find another similar person, at least among the relatives and old friends he knows, he will not be able to find another one.

"Sister Tao, the prince of the county takes good care of you......" Jiang Xi finally squeezed out such a sentence a little clumsily, wanting to test his daughter's meaning.

Taohua smiled: "The prince takes good care of everyone. She could guess what Jiang Xi was trying to ask, but although Luo Fu had no husband and made Jun have his own wife, Shen Shu was very good, but he had nothing to do with her. During this period of time in the epidemic area, it is better to leave a good memory at the end.

"I heard that there is a family surnamed Zhou in the county town who wants to send their daughter to the county king's mansion as a concubine?" Jiang Xi observed his daughter's expression.

"Why bother." Taohua shook her head, "Some people say that they would rather be poor □□ than concubines of the rich." With the lintel of the Zhou family, the daughter doesn't have to marry a poor man, so why do you have to enter the palace to be a subordinate. People are sitting and you are standing, and people are eating and you are watching, does it taste good? ”

Jiang Xi completely understood it now, and he liked it in his heart, but he also had a little regret: "Sister Tao is right." "You can't be a concubine! Those who had no way to sell their sons and daughters in those famine years were just that, and the Jiang family was not at the end of the road, how could they put themselves in the category of inferiority?

"Dad, what's going on in the capital? Malaria didn't spread, did it? Taohua didn't want to talk about Shen Shu anymore, so she gently bypassed the topic. In the kitchen that day, maybe because her mood was too heavy and she needed someone to comfort her, or maybe because the atmosphere was too suitable, or maybe because she was full of gratitude to Shen Shu, in retrospect, she also felt that she had lost her temper. But people may be like this sometimes, just like the clothes she is wearing now, the bathtub in the room, although they are all given the first silver money according to the price, but is that equivalent to drawing a line with Shen Shu?

Jiang Xi didn't think about it so much. He always knew that his daughter was determined, so Taohua expressed his attitude, and he thought that his daughter's heart was as clear as what he said, and immediately put Shen Shu's matter behind him, and said happily: "It's very good in the capital." More than a dozen people in Baqiao County have contracted malaria, but it has not spread after a large mosquito eradication. And these days, the weather is getting colder, mosquitoes are rare, and the epidemic will inevitably not occur again. ”

Momoka smiled: "That's great." The patients here will be cured in a few days. Uncle and grandfather are going to be more troublesome, and the prince has passed early in the morning-" When she said this, she was surprised that she had actually mentioned Shen Shu again, and hurriedly swallowed back the second half of the sentence, and changed her words, "If the situation in Luonan County has also stabilized, you can report it to the emperor." Daddy sent these medicinal materials this time, it should be enough, and there is no need to collect medicines. ”

Jiang Xi let out a long sigh. He's also busy and tired enough these days. He ran all over the capital and several surrounding towns and counties, and almost cut out the yellow artemisia in the field. Now that I heard that the situation was good, I was naturally relieved: "Great." When the prince is on the fold, you can also go home, right? ”

Taohua was a little sad to find that this matter couldn't get around Shen Shu: "I think I can stay for two more days and wait until all these patients have recovered." Perhaps, the prince can go back to the capital first, after all, the twists and turns are not as detailed as what he said in front of the king, there are many people here who take advantage of the fire to rob, and they must be rectified. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Xi was also angry: "Exactly! These people are bastards! The lives of so many people have been regarded by them as a gateway to wealth, and they deserve to be cut with a thousand knives! I heard that the emperor knew about it in the palace, and he was so angry that he couldn't do it, but he still needed Huimin Pharmacy to treat the epidemic for a while, and when the epidemic was calmed, he had to be rectified. ”

Taohua nodded, and remembered one more thing: "Is the emperor still in the palace now?" ”

"The emperor has already returned to the capital, after all, there are still many government dignitaries to deal with every day, how can he stay in the palace for a long time." Jiang Xi said casually, "In the days when Cheng Enbo was unconscious, the Queen Mother refused to move, so she lived in the palace. Later, the envoy of the court used Dushen soup to wake up Cheng Enbo, and he recuperated for two days before returning to the capital. ”

After he finished speaking, he lowered his voice a little: "Speaking of which, Cheng Enbo used Du Ginseng Tang to wake up, but I didn't hear that Ma Feng used Du Ginseng Soup...... Although he is not good at diagnosing the pulse and prescribing prescriptions, he knows all about medicinal materials, and naturally knows the effects of ginseng. If it is said that there is a hanging, but after a dose, Yu Sirui woke up, I am afraid that his illness is somewhat different from that of a stroke, that is to say, the previous hospital envoy diagnosed him as a stroke, which was a misidentification......

It's just that the doctor can identify the wrong disease, which is a big deal. Not to mention the hospital envoy, even an ordinary Lang Zhong will be beaten by others if he diagnoses the wrong disease and prescribes the wrong medicine. Therefore, although there was no one else beside him, Jiang Xi subconsciously lowered his voice when he said this.

"Cheng Enbo is yang deficiency." Momoka smiled, "You forgot? At the time of Xingjiao Temple—"

Jiang Xi looked at his daughter in surprise: "Sure enough?" Indeed, at that time, Taohua said to her face that Si Rui wanted to quit sex, but because it was too embarrassing to say this from a girl's mouth, Jiang Xi didn't ask in detail after that, but deliberately forgot about it.

Taohua nodded: "You don't know yet, there is a reason why the hospital envoy made a mistake in identifying the symptoms, and it turned out that the condition was delayed......

The dignified Cheng Enbo, because he drank deer blood and messed around with the concubine, almost killed himself, is this a nice thing? Therefore, after the queen mother was angry, she immediately ordered people not to spread it indiscriminately, but said that it was the concubine who murdered her husband, so it was the people who went to the palace, and there were many people who didn't know the truth, not to mention Jiang Xi.

"It's really Sister Luo-" Jiang Xi's face changed. Of course, he also hated Cao Wu's family very much, but when he heard that Cao Luo was beaten to death, he was also shocked. However, thinking about Cao Luo's actions at that time, her back felt cold again.

Taohua sighed softly: "I didn't expect her to be like this-when she begged me to save her, I was hesitant, who knew that she would say such a thing again...... To be honest, if I were to intercede for her, I wouldn't be willing to. Therefore, the Queen Mother must not let her live, but she spared me from a dilemma. Dad, am I too ruthless? ”

"How to blame you for this!" Jiang Xi came back to his senses and said angrily, "She died by herself, and she was going to pull you into the water when she was dying, really, really-" He didn't scold, he really didn't think of the right words for a long time, so he had to say, "In short, she is to blame!" I didn't expect that she used to look like a quiet and quiet person, but at that time, she only thought about exculpating herself, and even disregarded her life! ”

"Being smart is being mistaken by being smart." Taohua sighed a little and said, "Their family is too smart. ”

"What cleverness!" Jiang Xi spurned and said, "It's cold!" Your wife is not bad to them, but they can coax her to steal your mother's stuff and get out. Cheng Enbo finally fished out Cao Wu for them, but at this time, Cao Luo didn't care about his life - even so, what result is also retribution. After a few days, I'm afraid I'll see the difference. ”

Taohua nodded in agreement: "Although Cheng Enbo was rescued this time, it was delayed for too long, and I am afraid it will not work in the future." The heirs are cut off, and the queen mother will definitely sprinkle this breath on the Cao Wujia. I just hope that it won't affect our family. ”

No, such a thing comes out of a girl's mouth, which is really a bit of a disobedience. Jiang Xi coughed dryly twice and changed the topic: "You don't need to transport medicine anymore, and Daddy won't leave, I'll help you." ”

He is not young anymore, and these days he has been running around and losing weight. How could Taohua be willing to let him work again, and hurriedly refused: "There are not many patients left, and there are still many who have recovered from their illnesses to stay and help, and there are enough people." Daddy doesn't have to be here with me, but go to Luonan to have a look, if the situation on my uncle's side is also stable, it is only right to take my uncle and grandfather home early. ”

Old lady Jiang is already over sixty years old, and Luonan's situation is still stricter than Lantian's, so he is naturally more tired. Jiang Xi felt sorry for both his daughter and his uncle, and after hesitating, he still listened to his daughter's words: "Then Daddy will go to pick up your uncle and grandfather." It's just that if you have nothing to do, you should go back to the capital early. ”

Momoka smiled and agreed. She was personally sentenced by the emperor to preside over the treatment of the epidemic, and she had to wait for a decision before she could go back. But there is no need to tell Jiang Xi about this.

Shen Shu went to Luonan County to take a look and found that it was basically stable. Luonan malaria is more violent, but there is no typhoid fever, so the number of deaths is not much different from that of Lantian County, and the situation of recovery is similar now. Coupled with the fact that there have been no new malaria patients in Baqiao County for several days, it can be said that the epidemic has been extinguished and the situation is stable.

"On the first day of the new year, you took the excerpt back to the capital and told the emperor that there are still some patients here who have not returned home, and in three days, when all the patients are cured, I will return to Beijing to report to the emperor."

"The prince-" Chu Yi took the fold but didn't leave, a little hesitant under his feet, "Actually, in fact, the prince can also go back to the capital now...... "The prince didn't go back, naturally for Miss Jiang, but since the third master Jiang came that day, Miss Jiang has obviously been a little estranged from the prince.

Shen Shu's expression did not move: "This should have been." A few days ago, because of the urgency of the epidemic, the matter was urgent. Now that the epidemic has basically calmed down, it is natural to avoid suspicion, otherwise it will not ruin Miss Jiang's reputation. "He always has to go back to marry Cui, and it was enough to have a peaceful and happy time in the kitchen that day......

Chu Yi couldn't help but say: "If the prince likes it, why don't you mention it?" Although Miss Jiang is good, her background is really mediocre, and it is not in vain to be a side concubine. "The Jiang family is looking for it again, can they find a better son-in-law?

"If I like it, will I make her a concubine?" Shen Shu glanced at Chu Yi lightly, "If you have a favorite girl, let her serve your future wife?" ”

Chu Yi was choked, and only after a while did he smile dryly: "What is the identity of the subordinates, how can they take a concubine......

Shen Shu waved his hand, not wanting to say any more: "Go." ”

Chu Yi didn't dare to say any more, so he retreated, got on the horse and went straight to the capital.

An epidemic that spread to two counties was calmed down in ten days, and it never affected other counties again, and the result was really quite unexpected by the emperor.

Although he had never personally experienced the epidemic, he had also read from the book that wherever the epidemic had broken out to the two counties, it had basically lost its control, and finally it was poisoned for thousands of miles, and I don't know how many people would die. This time, the epidemic was launched very close to the capital, and the emperor had to consider whether he should evacuate the people of the capital in advance.

It is important to know that the population in the capital is far more densely populated than the surrounding counties, and if the epidemic spreads, it is simply impossible to control it, but even if it is evacuated, it will cause panic and turmoil.

The emperor was in a dilemma, but he heard that the epidemic was only introduced to a few places in Baqiao County and was stopped, and after a few days, Baqiao County was calm, but the situation in Lantian and Luonan was gradually improving, I was really surprised and delighted.

No matter how detailed the song is, it is impossible to write everything down, and the first year of junior high school has a personal experience, so it is naturally extremely detailed.

For example, how did the deputy envoy get some medicinal materials that were not right at all, and how did the Luonan County Commander collude with illegal drug dealers, causing many people who might not have died, but they died because of too long of delay.

For example, although Jiang Yuan judged that although she was a woman, she was not afraid of danger, she was not alarmed, and her medical skills were good, so how could she find typhoid fever among malaria patients and deal with it properly, so as to prevent typhoid fever from spreading again.

For example, the Jiang family also volunteered to go, how did Mrs. Jiang take charge of Luonan alone, and how did Jiang Xi look for medicine everywhere. The local people were grateful to Dai De, not only to the Jiang family for saving their lives, but also to the emperor for sending such a good doctor to treat the epidemic.

The emperor had heard of the severity of typhoid fever. There are actually two epidemics in Lantian County, and if this spreads, the consequences will be unimaginable. The emperor was happy in his heart, and the reward was naturally indispensable, so he immediately summoned people to draw up the decree and reward him for meritorious deeds.

What is going on here in the emperor, the harem can usually know. Although the news has not been so smooth since the death of the two great eunuchs last time, there is no need to hide such a big thing as the reward after the epidemic, so it quickly spread to the back.

As soon as the queen heard the news, she went straight to Shouxian Palace: "Queen Mother, what can I do!" ”

"What's the matter?" The Queen Mother felt a little cold last night, and she had a headache when she got up this morning, because she was afraid that she would catch a cold, she drank a bowl of ginger soup first, and asked the palace people to massage her head, but she tossed for a long time to no avail, and she was annoyed in her heart. ”

The queen has probably been reprimanded a lot by the Queen Mother in recent years, and she is already a little shameless, and she doesn't care about the displeasure in the Queen Mother's tone, so she sat down next to the Queen Mother and said, "Haven't you heard?" The emperor wants to reward the Jiang family's girl! ”

"So what?" The Queen Mother said impatiently, "The epidemic in the two counties has been cured by her, so she naturally wants to be rewarded." Although she only cares about Yu Sirui these days, she has also heard so many ears, saying that Jiang Shi actually used stinky artemisia that had never been used before to treat malaria, and the effect of the medicine is far better than that of her predecessors, and the people in the hospital are talking about it.

"But she's a woman, what do you want to reward!" The queen was almost angry, "The emperor also made her the envoy of the sixth grade, don't you really want her to be an official?" ”

The Queen Mother was almost annoyed by her: "Didn't you recommend her to treat the epidemic?" Shouldn't you be happy that the person you recommended is out of business? ”

The queen was choked speechless, and after a while, she changed the topic a little stiffly: "The queen mother is a little cold?" Has the Emperor been a doctor? When she came in, she saw that the Queen Mother was uncomfortable, and she should have said a few words of greeting first.

The Queen Mother had her eyes half-closed, only feeling a little chill on her body, and her head hurting, and she didn't like to take care of it. Or Qingyu said with a smile: "I'm afraid that when I went to bed last night, I opened the window and the wind blew my head." Fang Cai had already boiled the ginger soup and drank it first. If there is no major event, the mother does not want to alarm the imperial doctor, so she has no choice but to worry the emperor. ”

The queen hurriedly praised: "The queen mother is the most considerate ...... the emperor"

She patted her ass for a long time, and the Queen Mother glanced at her: "What did the emperor reward the Jiang family?" ”

The queen couldn't wait for her to ask, and hurriedly said: "The emperor said that the Jiang family spontaneously went to treat the epidemic and wanted to give them official titles. ”

The Queen Mother sneered: "It's just the sixth grade, you came here in such a hurry, and I should be the emperor who wants to crown them as the hereditary prince and marquis." ”

It's not that the queen couldn't hear the queen mother's sarcasm, but she couldn't care about it at this time, so she only said: "These two people have been crowned officials, and the Jiang family is the leader, and they must be rewarded." Perhaps, this court sentence will really be given to her, so how can it be good? ”

The Queen Mother said impatiently: "Who told you to recommend her in the first place." Now that she has made meritorious contributions, what if she really made a court judgment? ”

The queen said angrily: "This is not good! After entering the Tai Hospital, does she still have to come to the palace on an errand? Circling under the emperor's nose all day, isn't that-"

"And what about you?" The Queen Mother felt that her headache was getting worse and worse, and she also shivered for a while, so she motioned to Qingyu to close the window, and said lightly, "Wouldn't it be better if she came to the palace on an errand?" If the imperial doctor is good on an errand, he will be fine, but if he is not good, then he will be punished. You are the queen, can't you punish a doctor? ”

The queen got the pointer, and there was a smile on her face that was a little understanding: "It's still the queen mother's words—but...... But I always don't want her to fall into the emperor's eyes. ”

When the Queen Mother heard her stupid words, she couldn't help but arch up again, and was about to reprimand her two more sentences, when suddenly a strong headache and nausea came up together, she turned her head sideways, and with a bang, she vomited out all the ginger soup she had just drunk.

Qingyu was shocked at this time. Since the queen mother changed the medicine last time, she has not felt nausea and vomiting for a month: "What does the mother think?" ”

The Queen Mother not only had a headache at the moment, but her lower abdomen also began to wrench and hurt: "Help me to change my clothes ......"

Qingyu hurriedly helped the Queen Mother to walk back, while not forgetting to tell the little palace maid: "Go and pass the imperial doctor!" ”

The envoy of the Tai Hospital has been conditioning Yu Sirui in Chengenbo Mansion for the past few days, and he has summoned the judge of Zhou Yuan, who is on duty. Since the last time I went back to the royal hospital to be sentenced to be demoted due to careless medication, the people in the hospital were a little trembling, and when they heard that the queen mother was unwell, they were immediately careful and their livers were beating, and they hurriedly ran over, while still thinking that the queen mother was only worried about Cheng Enbo a few days ago, and some qi and blood were deficient. If you prescribe a prescription for a while, should you use cheap herbs or expensive ginseng?

When he arrived at Shouxian Palace, the Queen Mother had just had diarrhea once, but she didn't feel relaxed at all, but her body became colder and colder, and she had to add another jacket. The queen didn't dare to leave, and when she saw the judgment of the Zhou court, she hurriedly said: "Come and see, is the queen mother suffering from a cold?" ”

Zhou Yuanju was still thinking about which herbs to treat wind and cold are cheaper, but his face changed after he stepped forward to diagnose the pulse, and after asking Qingyu, he said tremblingly: "The minister is bold, I'm afraid I want to touch the queen mother's phoenix body......"

The Queen Mother is older now, and when the Imperial Doctor comes to diagnose the pulse, she no longer has to cover her wrist with a veil, so Zhou Yuanju said this, obviously not as simple as diagnosing the pulse, but to touch the Queen Mother's body. Qingyu's face suddenly changed: "Imperial Doctor Zhou, why is this?" ”

Zhou Yuanju's face turned pale and said: "The minister wants to touch the place where the queen mother's liver and spleen are, if the liver and spleen are large, I am afraid that the queen mother is - she has malaria!" ”