Today's melon is really thrilling.

Concubine Shu clutched the handkerchief, her heart was pounding, as if she was about to pop out, and it took a long time to recover from her fright, and she subconsciously looked at Concubine An.

The panic in Concubine An's heart was deeper than that of Concubine Shu.

Not only was she afraid of the spread of the plague, but she was also afraid that her pretending to be a host would be exposed.

Judging from the information revealed by today's conversation between Guagua and the host, this person's ability to eat melons and watch the excitement is by no means as simple as eating melons and watching the excitement on weekdays.

It's too easy to reveal their identity.

And there is a big crisis in front of us.

If the plague is not well controlled, for the sake of the society and the people, the emperor is very likely to find out his identity and ask her about the methods of preventing and controlling the plague, but how can she answer.

Hey, if she knew that such a big event would happen, she shouldn't have pretended to be a host in the first place.

But it's too late to say anything now.

She can only go one way to the end, continue to play, and strive to gain the emperor's favor before her identity is revealed, and it is best to be pregnant with a dragon son.

So now she has to hold steady and behave in a way that conforms to the "host's" speech.

An Concubine's index finger tapped her forehead, and her beautiful face showed a relieved look at the right time, but there was still a little worry in her watery eyes.

Concubine Shu didn't doubt it, but she felt very uncomfortable in her heart, in addition to being sour, she was also mixed with a bit of indescribable envy and admiration. That's it, although the little goblin An Concubine always changes his ways to hook the emperor on weekdays, he is still very clear about the major rights and wrongs.

She has this unpredictable ability, and she has not used any unsightly means against them, even if she is a downright person, it is reasonable for the emperor to favor her.

Just thinking about it, he saw Donglai come in, arched his hand and smiled: "Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor is busy today, and he has no time to summon all the maidens, please go back." ”

Tang Shiming said that if such a big event happened, the emperor would definitely have to work overtime, so how could he have the heart to think about anything else. She obediently followed the concubines and stood up.

It's just that before leaving, Donglai stopped An Concubine again: "An Concubine, please stay." ”

Concubine An was happy, she was worried that she couldn't get close to the emperor to get favored, and the opportunity came again. The emperor must be anxious and physically and mentally exhausted at this time, so he needs a gentle and petty explanation.

Although Concubine Shu and Li Zhaorong were still a little jealous, they had no intention of fighting.

The two got into the sedan chair peacefully and left the Chengqian Palace.

Tang Shi was still thinking about the plague, and he didn't pay attention to their abnormality.

Back in Zhaohua Palace, Chun Xi, who knew nothing, quickly asked Tang Shi: "Niangniang, what do you want to eat tonight?" I just heard that someone from the imperial dining room sent a leg of mutton over. ”

"Roast it, roast leg of lamb is the best." Tang Shi licked his mouth and said.

If the plague is not well controlled, the capital will definitely be affected, and it is difficult to say whether it will be eaten in the future.

Chunxi happily took people to prepare for the barbecue.

Tang Shi locked himself in the dormitory and asked Guagua about his current situation.

Guagua comforted her: [Host, don't worry, the court moves quickly. The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division has already led people to seal the city, and now the capital is not allowed to enter or leave except for business trips, in case someone brings the plague into the capital. The military department transferred 50,000 men from the Praetorian Guard, set up a cordon ten miles outside Pangjiazhuang, and dug a trench in case any rats or people wanted to sneak out. 】

Tang Shi was a little relieved: [The government moves so fast. 】

Guagua said: [The Tai Hospital and the official pharmacy are already preparing the corresponding medicines, and the household department is also preparing the corresponding materials, Xuan Pinghou summoned the men in the clan and the family members in the house, and prepared to go to Pangjiazhuang tomorrow with the doctor and the personnel escorting the materials. 】

[The ancients were very smart, and they also prepared a lot of horse manure to carry in, which can prevent rat and flea bites. 】

Tang Shi was relieved: [The action of the imperial court is still quite strong, and this plague should not spread into a large-scale plague. 】

Guagua smiled: [That is, don't you often say that there is a tall man on top of the sky when the sky falls? And the emperor has court officials. Ah, the Queen Mother is going to send a woman to the emperor again, host, do you want to watch the excitement? 】

Tang Shi was a little speechless, it's all at this time, why is the Queen Mother still thinking about this kind of thing. But today she was also frightened, and she needed some light gossip to ease her nervousness.

[Eat, you wait for me to get melon seeds.] 】

***

In Chengqian Palace, Emperor Tianheng was still summoning different officials, and when he heard that the Queen Mother was coming, he couldn't help but be a little irritable. But the queen mother is not the concubines of the harem, not that he can't see it if he doesn't want to.

waved away the right attendant of the household, and Emperor Tianheng saw the queen mother: "The son and the queen mother see the queen mother, there are more things today, and the time to ask the queen mother to say goodbye has been delayed, and the queen mother is asked to forgive the sin." ”

The Queen Mother waved her hand: "My son has worked hard, and he hasn't eaten yet, right?" Mourners heard about an outbreak of plague? ”

Emperor Tianheng nodded: "This matter is all caused by Xuanping Hou's young son, and I have ordered Xuanping to go to Pangjiazhuang tomorrow to preside over the situation." At present, they are all under the control of the imperial court, and the queen mother does not have to worry. ”

The Queen Mother frowned: "My son is too soft-hearted, and after such a catastrophe, he should immediately calm the Xuanping Houfu to make the people angry." ”

Emperor Tianheng looked like he was taught: "The queen mother's lesson is that the sons just think that it is the Zhuangzi of his Pang family, and the people of their family know the situation inside best, and sending them to better control the situation in the village." ”

"You've got a point." The Queen Mother waved her hand, "If you don't understand the affairs of the court, you won't have to ask too much." In the past few days, the emperor has lost weight again, and it is not good to take care of someone who knows cold and hot around him, Nianzhen and Sinan, come in and show the emperor. ”

"These two palace maids are carefully selected by the mourning family, and they are very good at taking care of people, do you like the emperor?"

Emperor Tianheng glanced at it and said respectfully: "The queen mother's selection is the best, and the sons and daughters thank the queen mother for rewarding." ”

The Queen Mother was happy: "You two will serve the emperor well in the future." ”

The two girls bowed: "Yes, the slave has seen the emperor, and the emperor is auspicious." ”

Emperor Tianheng nodded, asked Donglai to bring people down, and brought up the old matter again: "Queen Mother, now that the plague has broken out in the suburbs of Beijing, the sons are afraid that it will spread to the capital, so why don't the queen mothers go to the Funing Palace to take refuge, and then return to the palace when the plague passes, so that the sons can also rest assured." ”

The Queen Mother also knew that the plague was severe, so she didn't object this time: "Anyway, the mourning family can't help if they stay in this palace." By the way, I heard that you like An Concubine a lot, do you want to give her a promotion? ”

Before coming, the Queen Mother heard about it, and the emperor left Concubine An alone.

Look at this, Concubine An wants to be the only pet.

Emperor Tianheng smiled bitterly: "Queen Mother, let's talk about this matter after a while." How can Erchen have such a mind now. ”

"Emperor, although state affairs are important, the continuation of heirs cannot be ignored. You are more than 20 years old, and you should give birth to the prince as soon as possible to calm the hearts of the people. The Queen Mother changed her method to give birth again.

It was still Yin Chai Liang of Jingzhao Mansion who asked to see him, saying that he had something important to tell him before he was relieved.

After Tang Shi heard that the emperor couldn't wait to see Chai Liang, he couldn't help but shake his head: [It seems that the emperor is also afraid of urging marriage and childbearing. By the way, it's almost night, did Chai Liang enter the palace to talk about the plague? 】

Guagua said: [Chai Liang is here to exterminate rats, and he wants to organize a nationwide rodent extermination activity in the capital. 】

Tang Shi agreed: [He has a sense of crisis. 】

On this night, the main yamen of the capital, together with Emperor Tianheng, did not sleep, and the palace gate also opened a small door, and there were ministers who kept entering and leaving the palace all night.

As soon as the morning dawned, more than 100 truckloads of materials were sent to Pangjiazhuang.

These supplies mainly include daily necessities such as food and clothing, as well as medicines.

Entering Zhuangzi, Xuan Pinghou looked at the bare ground in front of him, the rat holes, and the rat bite marks on the bark, he was silent.

Evil obstacles, really completely disregarding the lives of others.

Their Pang family really committed a great sin this time.

With a heavy heart, the group arrived at Zhuangzi.

The situation in Zhuangzi was even worse, and the area where the tenant farmers lived was full of foul smells.

The tenant farmers were skinny and skinny, and their backs were high and bulging, as if they would break their skin at any moment. Seeing their group, the tenant farmers all shrank and hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

Xuan Pinghou immediately called the two of them to ask about the situation.

The situation in Zhuangzi is even more serious than Guagua's said.

Eight days ago, people began to feel abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms, and people began to die four days ago, and at present, eleven people have died in Zhuangzi, and the nearby villages are not clear.

Wearing gauze masks that had been made overnight, the doctors went to see the sick and the corpses, confirmed that it was the plague, and immediately took action.

The hospital immediately took out the treatment manual formulated last night and began to take action.

The first is to place the Zhuangzi in different categories, the seriously ill ones stay in the Zhuangzi, and the ones who are not seriously ill or have not yet become ill are placed in tents in the open space, and then send another team of doctors to the nearby villages with the Pang family to understand the situation.

The Pang family organized people to exterminate rats on a large scale in Zhuangzi, but whenever they saw rat holes, whether they were burned with smoke or irrigated, they had to force the rats out to be eliminated.

In addition, a large-scale disinfection of the inside and outside of the Zhuangzi should be done with lime.

Finally, the corpses are burned intensively to avoid the formation of new sources of disease.

But this was resisted by many tenants and villagers.

In the end, Xuan Pinghou stood up and solved it with the ability to use money.

He promised that the Pang family would subsidize ten yuan for each burned corpse. After the plague passed, the land on the Zhuangzi was distributed to all the tenant farmers free of charge, but the premise was that everyone must listen to the arrangements of the imperial court, and violators would not be able to get an inch of land.

Owning their own land was a huge temptation for sharecroppers.

The voice of the tenant farmers resisted was quiet, and many people even took the initiative to join the work of sanitizing rodents and treating patients.

Tang Shi was very happy when he heard these news. Xuan Pinghou's family are all smart people, but unfortunately Pang Fei's cleverness was used in the wrong place, but fortunately, the plague is now under control.

Four days later, more than 100 people died in Pangjiazhuang and its vicinity, but the good news was that the death toll was gradually decreasing, with 35 dead on the fourth day and 32 dead on the fifth.

Most importantly, the plague is not spreading outward.

But this incident still caused a lot of panic in the capital, especially those pampered families, who sacrificed their lives more than the poor people.

So as soon as I heard that the Queen Mother was going to Funing Palace to soak in the hot springs, many people wanted to squeeze into the accompanying team to leave the capital, a place of right and wrong, and Fu Guogong entered the palace several times in a row, just to let the Queen Mother stuff him into the team.

After being known by the emperor, Emperor Tianheng waved his hand and directly added this uncle, along with his most precious son and several important figures of the Fu family, in the name of "Filial piety for him" to accompany the Queen Mother.

Tang Shi always felt a little strange after knowing this.

The emperor obviously doesn't like the Fu family, why is he so easy to talk this time? She always felt that the relationship between the emperor and the queen mother and the Fu family was a little strange, but she couldn't say what the blame was.

However, there are too many incomprehensible things in the emperor's heart, such as the plague has happened, and Emperor Tianheng still can't let these concubines go to Chengqian Palace every day.

I didn't know how lustful Emperor Tianheng was, and I spoiled these concubines, but in fact, except for An Concubine, they hadn't even seen the emperor's face in the past few days, and the only thing worth being happy about was that the chairs in the side hall were replaced with soft couches, which were much more comfortable to sit on, but they were not as comfortable as they were in the palace, and they couldn't lie down at will.

Tang Shi moved his buttocks, leaned on the peony pillow embroidered with gold edges, and listened carefully to Guagua's relays of the movements in the imperial study.

In the past few days, there have been many ministers who have entered the palace, discussing the matter of the plague, reporting various progresses, and asking the emperor for various arrangements.

Tang Shi was much relieved when he heard that everything was in order, this time the plague was discovered early, and it should be controlled after a while.

She got up too early today, she was a little sleepy, she couldn't help yawning, and was about to look for an opportunity to take a nap, but she heard Guagua suddenly say in horror: [Host, it's not good, there are fish that have slipped through the net in the capital. 】

Tang Shi opened his eyes suddenly: [What's the matter? Didn't it reach the capital? 】

Guagua: [Seven days ago, the two sons of the family went to the outskirts of the city to ride horses and hunt, and when they came back, they had contact with the infected villagers. Two days after returning to Beijing, a young man had symptoms such as diarrhea, high fever, vomiting, etc., and died yesterday. 】

Who would have thought of such a slip through the net.

Tang Shi is going crazy: [Didn't Jingzhao Mansion check the people who went to Zhuangzi some time ago? 】

Guagua: [Yes, they investigated, but they didn't go to Zhuangzi, but went around the nearby mountains. During the investigation, the children of the family were afraid of being taken out of the city for isolation, so they stuffed silver and passed the customs in confusion. 】

Tang Shi was speechless: [It's numb, let's say that this plague is all man-made. Those who have come into contact with them can be infected, human-to-human transmission, and it will be over! 】