No matter what the two doctors think, if the imperial concubine gives a warrant, what objections can there be? An hour later, someone reported: Imperial Physician Liu and Imperial Physician Zhou had already helped the existing patients in Nei'an Le Tang to take the pulse and prescribed medicine. Among them, those who are really seriously ill are also arranged to have a separate small courtyard for recuperation. This is also for the sake of epidemic prevention, after all, everyone knows that the frail are the most vulnerable to epidemics.

As far as Xu Xun knows, the epidemic diseases include malaria, pox (all kinds), plague, rotten throat dansha, typhoid fever, cholera, etc., she herself experienced malaria, but the ancestors of the Xu family also survived the chaos of the change of dynasty, when Mr. Xu was born, the dynasty had been established, but Xu Xun's grandfather and grandmother all survived in the troubled times. At that time, there was a shortage of soldiers and many folk epidemics, and Xu Xun listened to Mr. Xu occasionally talk about it, and some stories were like nightmares. What is in a certain house you have been to, once upon a time there was a plague, there was a defeated soldier who was infected with a disease and could not be cured, and when he was fetching water, he fell headlong and died in a well, and others did not find out, and after drinking the well water, they all contracted the disease and died, and a family died and so on. Later, the malaria in Yuhuatai also took away several of her friends, but the government is the same as non-existence in all these stories, and Mrs. Xu was worried at that time, afraid that if the malaria in Yuhuatai was too bad, the government might close the city gate and not allow people from the direction of Yuhuatai to enter the city, etc.

The folk are like this, mainly because there is no doctor, of course, the palace is different, Imperial Doctor Liu, Imperial Doctor Zhou are well-educated people, the two of them combined, they took an epidemic prevention jihua for Xu Xun, the so-called epidemic disease is mostly from the evil atmosphere, to prevent the epidemic, first of all, with all kinds of spicy and warm and dry things, burn day and night, by the fragrance and avoid evil and defilement, it is a more effective epidemic prevention method in the past dynasties, of course, it is also more expensive, because those medicinal materials are more expensive.

Fortunately, it was the Dragon Boat Festival at this time, and the mugwort leaves were not too expensive, so Imperial Doctor Liu suggested that a large number of mugwort leaves be burned first, and he ordered the Tai Hospital to make more anti-plague pills to incinerate and avoid filth. Xu Xun listened, and immediately passed the six Shanglai, and ordered the Shang Palace Bureau to ask for a large number of mugwort leaves, distribute them to everyone, regardless of the upper and lower dignity, and burn the mugwort house every day, and she couldn't wait for the hospital or even the inner library to go through the warehouse, first turned over the palace library, and took out all the Cangmu and Shu peppers mentioned by Imperial Doctor Liu, starting from Qingning Palace, sending them according to the head, telling that it is best to burn day and night, so as to prevent malaria. Especially for the uterus with children, the dosage is doubled.

Such a solemn matter, naturally attracted the attention of the upper echelons, Qingning Palace came to ask a few people about the situation, Xu Xun simply went back in person, the Queen Mother was a little unimpressed at first, and when she heard that there was an illness near Jingshan, she couldn't help but be moved - Jingshan is really close to the harem.

"You can't be too careful." At such a time, the old lady did not liquidate Xu Xun for the change of Nei'an Le Hall, and her attitude was more cooperative. "The outer court and the harem, that is, separated by a wall, there is also the south inside, but they are all prepared?"

Xu Xundao, "The eldest brother has already disposed of it, and I believe that the outer court and the capital will also deal with it, but a few spices are expensive, and I don't know how the people can afford to use them - fortunately, it is the Dragon Boat Festival, and there is always a lot of wormwood." ”

The Queen Mother sighed, "How bitter all beings are, yes, the more times like this, the more you can't relax the sacrifice, Da Lang may not be able to take care of this, you have to carry him, if you neglect the gods, maybe how many disasters will fall." ”

What's the use of praying to God and worshipping Buddha at this time? Xu Xun didn't think so for a while, but he still responded with a smile on his face, and the Queen Mother said to the left and right, "In order to pray for blessings and avoid disasters, I will be a vegetarian for ten days from today." ”

There is no reason to reduce the meal, the vegetarian here does not mean that the kitchen does not send meat dishes, it is still sent according to the portion, the old people don't eat, the cheap is still the neighbors who can share the leftovers, maybe because of this, maybe it is the business needs, the maids naturally praised, Xu Xun saw that the queen mother looked at herself, and she could only flatter in desperation, "The old lady is merciful, and the concubine is also willing to be vegetarian for five days, so as to pray for blessings." ”

The Queen Mother looked at her for a while, and then smiled, "That's right, you're busy, you shouldn't be a vegetarian - after all, you don't have the strength." ”

Xu Xun sighed in his heart, he was too lazy to worry about this with her, and after he got up and said goodbye and went back, he had to send people to spread the word everywhere: The old lady has been a vegetarian for ten days, the imperial concubine has been a vegetarian for five days, and the rest of the people can be done by yourself.

This vegetarian is like the donation of the day after tomorrow, the leaders are Ru, you don't Ru will seem to be very maverick, however, there are unspoken rules for donations, from the leader down in turn, vegetarian is the opposite, the queen mother is old, has been vegetarian is not good for the body, the younger generations are still young, in addition to the patient does not pay attention to this, should be extended accordingly, this is also the rule in the people, there are often old people religious, Shuowang vegetarian, but can not persevere, a vegetarian temper is not good, so the younger daughter-in-law for the vegetarian thing. The old people have been vegetarian for ten days, and the next should be fifteen, twenty, and a month. If there is someone who is particularly attentive and eats for a year and a half to please Shangfeng, it is not impossible. As a result, today's incident, the old lady is ten days, and the imperial concubine is only five days, and the people below are a little at a loss. If it weren't for the queen mother's supplement, the imperial concubine was a vegetarian for five days because she had to do something, and she probably didn't know what to do. Of course, they will not repay them one by one for how they are vegetarian now, but after a while, they should be able to know their choices from the grapevine.

As for the queen, she is the happiest, because she is still nominally sick, so she is a vegetarian, that is, she is pious, and she is not a vegetarian. So in addition to being unable to go out, sick people actually have a lot of benefits, at least these things can be ignored with confidence, and now they can laugh at Xu Xun's various busyness for epidemic prevention.

Maybe it was the burning of mugwort leaves that was effective, although the internal carrier warehouse pushed back and did not hand over the medicinal materials for two days, but no new person in the palace became ill. However, I heard that there were already a wide range of patients in the city who began to fight, and overnight, as many as 100 people became ill, so Xu Xun's spirit was still very nervous, because he complained to the two Shang Gong, "Do you want us to send the waiter out directly, and we can't buy medicine with silver?" ”

The two Shang Gong glanced at each other, and Liu Shanggong said, "I'm afraid that the inner twelve warehouses will not be able to take out the medicinal materials." You also know that it has rarely been in the palace for such a large amount of medicinal herbs for many years......"

There are two sources of medicinal materials in the palace, one is all kinds of pills, plasters, decoctions, etc. supplied by the Tai Hospital, as for the medicinal materials of the Tai Hospital, there are regular tributes to fill it every year, and those who are short can buy it, and the silver is naturally from the public anyway. But the problem is that the amount of medicinal materials used in this incineration is large and expensive, and the hospital must not be able to supply it, and they also have to rush to make the plague avoidance pill and supply it to the inner and outer courts and many powerful people, so they can only find a second source, the Wuzi library of the inner twelve libraries, which stores weapons and medicinal materials, and it is said that there should also be these expensive medicinal materials stored, because many tributes are directly sent to the library. But judging from their performance now, if it weren't for the arrogance of the Ku envoy to the point that they even looked down on the ladies in the palace, it would be that no matter how anxious they were, it would be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and they wouldn't be able to get what they wanted in the palace for a while.

"Do you really want to buy it?" Xu Xun didn't understand the hint of the Shang Palace Bureau, she was speechless, "If you delay any longer, I'm afraid that you won't be able to buy medicine with silver." ”

"I can't buy it." Liu Shanggong said with a smile, "Just wait a few days, and if you want to come to the library, you will try your best to put together the medicinal materials." Let's take the silver out, the first is not in accordance with the rules, and the second, I am afraid that it will become a common practice after that, once there is something in the palace, we can't ask the inner carrier warehouse for it, but we have to carry the gold and silver, and go outside to buy it by ourselves. ”

In fact, gold and silver are also things that are carried in the warehouse, and the difference between directly asking for medicinal materials from the treasury seems to be not big. But Xu Xun is not a little girl who has nothing to do, and if you think about it a little, you will know that in these few entry and exit rooms, I don't know how many people in charge can fill their pockets. She was stingy again, and said unhappily, "How can there be such a reason? When the eldest brother comes, I'll talk to him. ”

"Mother, this matter is absolutely unacceptable." Liu Shanggong was taken aback, and hurriedly dissuaded, "This is going to offend people!" ”

Xu Xun was angry, "If you offend people, who will you offend?" Is it justified that they have committed a crime? Is there really such a horizontal chamberlain? I really don't believe it, if you break my face, can't you send them to guard the imperial mausoleum? ”

Zheng Shanggong didn't talk much, but she always hit the nail on the head, she said lightly. "Hui Niangniang, the inner twelve libraries, the internal carrier library, the A-shaped library, the T-shaped library, the Guanghui library, and the stolen penalty library, which we have always dealt with, are in charge of the internal government, and they are indeed the main affairs of the internal servants. But the remaining seven libraries are all in charge of the household department, and you also know what the ancestors say, and it is up to you to sue the emperor for this matter, but I am afraid that you have committed a taboo......"

Xu Xun understood as soon as he heard it: yes, this matter is no show, this anger is about to come out, and it can't be in front of you.

After all, he suffered a loss, did Xu Xun make a mistake in the battle for the number of Jia? There was nothing wrong, she was wiping the prince's ass and covering for him, so that he could return to the palace in time and not be blocked by Xiaoxiao. If this matter is to be spread, the palace officials must be white-faced, and she is a big red face. It stands to reason that except for those who forced the palace at that time, everyone else should understand the truth of this matter, but just because she is a palace concubine, it is Wenchen who leads the forced palace. How can a civil official sing a white face? The arrogance of the concubine overpowered the civil officials, which was a sign of danger for foreign relatives to disrupt the country - at that time, the dispute over the title also had the meaning of making rules for the emperor, but some of them also looked at this matter in this way. Relatives are in trouble for the country, so from relatives to concubines, they can't suppress civil officials, and they can't take care of things outside the palace gate, this is the consensus of all civil ministers.

If it is the inner government treasury today, Xu Xun directly ordered the inner servant to be pulled out and beaten to death, maybe he will be praised by the ministers, but today is a matter of the household department, then no matter how derelict this treasury envoy is and how he should be degraded, she can't promote it - especially her, the central focus of right and wrong such as the dispute over the number of Jia, the rampant behavior of relatives, etc., once she intervenes, this treasury envoy may be praised as a flower and shaped into a loyal minister who has been wronged...... Anyway, they have always bullied the concubine like this, and they have stepped on her twice, so why not step on her a third time?

Depressed to depressed, what should be done still has to be done, Xu Xun directly gave up ventilation, and said, "Whether it's mildew or secretly selling it for a while, I haven't smoothed the account for a while, anyway, I estimate that I won't be able to come up in a few days - if you go out to buy it this time, are you sure you have to buy it in the future?" ”

The words came out of his mouth, and after thinking about it, he smiled bitterly, "Forget it, when I ask in vain." "Anyway, Wenchen and the harem are arguing, so they naturally have an advantage, this time she opened an opening, and she wants to reverse this momentum in the future? That's really hard.

Liu Shanggong also said, "If this is not the case, how could the emperor take the five warehouses of the inner carrier warehouse to the inner government?" In the end, the inner servant is more obedient, if it is our inner government five libraries, who dares to make you so angry? ”

These pieces of soup are useless now, Xu Xun finally decided, "There is a Wuzi library, urging three times a day, waiting for three days, depending on the situation, it is really deteriorating quickly, and it can only make people take the silver out to buy it." Or ask the eldest brother to ask for some from out of town. ”

It's not a last resort, she doesn't want to go out to buy from the waiter, she has also read Bai Letian's poem, "Half a horse of red silk and a zhang of silk, tied to the cow's head to fill the charcoal straight", don't look at these eunuchs in front of her like quails, go out and don't know how domineering, buy directly, the same is to fatten a group of middlemen, after all, it is still a pharmacy.

If she doesn't do anything, she really doesn't think it's difficult, Xu Xun has been tossed in the past few days, and she really has a belly of fire to want to start, but although the object she wants to be angry at may be in the imperial city, it is a wall away, but she will never be able to touch it, and even if she touches it, she can't scold, and a scolding is equivalent to helping him, at this time she especially understands the psychology of those favorite concubines blowing the pillow wind - now she can't take care of it, and when the matter passes, she will not rectify the scoundrel treasury envoy, it will really be a waste of her grade.

But that's all for later, and now the emperor is also worried about the epidemic, and he rarely hasn't entered the harem for a few days, and he doesn't seem to have gone to Nannei, and Xu Xun can't bother him with such a trivial matter. In desperation, although I was apprehensive, I had to wait.

It seems that the sky does not help the capital, the second day, it began to rain again, it was seven or eight days, with the rain, the malaria in the city was more prevalent, and soon after the rain stopped, even the palace could not stop people from getting sick one after another. Fortunately, at this time, the Wuzi library finally sent all kinds of spices, and the Tai Hospital even sent refined pills. In the living rooms of the masters of the palaces, incense pills are burning day and night, and there are decent subordinates in the house, either bright or dark, or the master is rewarded, or the people below are filial piety - at their level, they don't have to worry about the shortage of spices, that is, when the E-word library did not send medicinal materials before, they have their own way, and those ordinary palace maids who have no way and are not favored burn mugwort leaves several times a day, and shake off wormwood ashes everywhere, In order to avoid the filth.

As for the outside of the city, or because the Dragon Boat Festival has passed, it is no longer burned with mugwort, and I don't know that burning mugwort can prevent pollution, and it has begun to be epidemic with malaria, and I heard that people are starting to die. At this time, all those who died of malaria were to be sent to the out-of-town chemical site to be burned, and the body was never allowed to be left behind, so as not to be infected again. However, even so, it has not been able to stop the momentum of the epidemic, and I heard from the emperor that now that the epidemic has spread to the Gyeonggi area, I don't know when it will pass.

In addition to the normal political activities can not be stopped, the palace directly did not pass the Dragon Boat Festival and June 6, the children did not go to school anymore, and stayed in the house all day, Xu Xun felt that there were people in the house, and he was afraid of bringing filth, so he specially moved the office to the side courtyard.

Fortunately, they are all sensible, knowing that this is not a joke, although Diandian is bored, but he does not go out to play, but often complains, feeling that the doors and windows are closed, and burning spices, it is really boring. But Xu Xun only allowed her to go out for a short time every morning to breathe, and the rest of the time she was locked in the house. She also tried to spend as much time as she could, lest they be too bored.

Zhuang'er is better than Diandian, because he learned chess with Han Nushi, he has been playing chess for days, but he is not as old as Diandian complaining, but he is also worried and silent, Xu Xun still thinks he is bored, and he is worried about his teacher. When I came into the house to see him that day, I specially said to him, "Your Mr. Nami has recovered, and now he is only resting at home. ”

Zhuang'er sighed, it didn't seem to be relaxed and happy, he still lowered his head and put the chess game down, Xu Xun sat down in front of him, and said, "Play a game with me?" ”

Zhuang'er hummed, and the two of them set up in formation. Xu Xunben is not good at chess, in the past few years, there are many things, less play, and even more sparse, Zhuang'er has not studied chess for more than a month, and he is actually on a par with her, so that she frequently takes long exams - this is still in his absent-minded situation.

"Mother?" After a few strokes, he asked, "Is there another person in the palace who is sick today?" ”

"Well, there is a palace maid in Xianyang Palace who was sent over." Xu Xun told truthfully: The fear of the epidemic has permeated the entire palace, and there is gossip circulating every day, such as the so-and-so of a certain palace being sent to the inner peace hall. Instead of hiding from the people below and making them suspicious, it is better to publish the correct information every day, so that everyone can be more vigilant. Of course, it's also because there aren't too many people who are sick now.

"Can there be so many people in the Inner Harmony Hall?" Zhuang'er made a move, "Every time I count, there are hundreds of people who have passed." ”

"Hmm...... Some of them are no longer there, and they have been carried to the outside of the coal mountain and melted. Xu Xun said, "There are still some who live in Nannei now - you haven't lived, in the past, in the Taisun Palace, there was a big place, and you can recuperate." There are not many people, so they will not be infected. ”

"Oh......" Zhuang'er was silent for a while, and the chess pieces in his hand were not put down at all. That's ......."

Xu Xun has been so busy these days that his brain hurts, and his reaction is also slow, seeing him like this, he was wondering, so he was about to ask, and he reacted again - after all, it was his biological mother.

"As soon as you say it, I remember." She said, "Wu Meiren also lives in Nannei...... But it's not in my mother's hands, I'll ask Ming'er, if she doesn't have Kaoru, let's send some over. ”

Zhuang'er hummed in a low voice, and after a while, he said again. "Mother......

Xu Xundao, "Aren't you still down?" ”

Zhuang'er ignored her urging, his head bowed, and his chin was about to poke into his neck. "I'm sorry ......"

Xu Xun couldn't help laughing, she crossed the chessboard and touched Zhuang'er's head, "Fool, what's so sorry about this." Don't think about it so much, just play chess. ”

Zhuang'er peeked at her, as if to make sure that there was no other emotion on Xu Xun's face, so he slowly raised his head and said in a more normal tone, "Well, okay." ”

He pondered for a while, but the chess pieces in his hand still didn't go down, "Mother, if you want to play here, you will lose." ”

"Really?" Xu Xun was taken aback, studied for a while, and sure enough, he found that if Zhuang'er landed here, he could cut off her big dragon's qi eye - he could still win himself when he was so absent-minded, which showed how bad her chess skills were.

She was a little embarrassed, and glanced at Zhuang'er, but couldn't help laughing. Zhuang'er was also brought by her to show a smile, Xu Xun said, "You are good at chess, but I'm afraid that Mr. Han can't play you, right?" ”

Since Han Guilan became Zhuang'er's teacher, she has been treated with special privileges, even Xu Xun calls her sir, except for teaching Zhuang'er, she generally doesn't do other chores.

"Mr. Han's chess is strong for Haode." Zhuang'er shook his head and said, "If I don't let my son, I still won't be able to win." ”

"Really?" Xu Xun was surprised again, "I used to play with her, and the chess strength of the two of us was between the best?" There can be five or five wins and losses. ”

Zhuang'er didn't speak, but couldn't help but smile again, Xu Xun quickly understood-people are letting her!

She looked at Zhuang'er's smiling face, couldn't help but rub his head fiercely, and laughed with him.

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